The morphological changes caused by storm events in two Barcelona beaches were recorded using video monitoring techniques during the period 2001–2006. Changes in shoreline position and configuration and submerged bar position and shape were analyzed during the 25 major storm events that occurred during the study period. Beach responses to storms were grouped into three categories: shoreline adv...

We describe an automatic storm-tracking system to help Doppler radar system to detect severe storms such as thunderwith the forecasting of severe storms. In this article, we present the storms and tornadoes. The Doppler radar generates intensity and concepts of fuzzy point, fuzzy vector, fuzzy length of a fuzzy vector, radial velocity images, examples of which are shown in Figures and fuzzy ang...

A conceptual stochastic model of rainfall is proposed in which storm origins occur in a Poisson process, where each storm has a random lifetime during which rain cell origins occur in a secondary Poisson process. In addition, each cell has a random lifetime during which instantaneous random depths (or ‘pulses’) of rain occur in a further Poisson process. A key motivation behind the model formul...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate use of clomipramine, alprazolam, and behavior modification for treatment of storm phobia in dogs. DESIGN Prospective open clinical trial. ANIMALS 40 dogs with storm phobia. PROCEDURE Dogs received clomipramine at a dosage of 2 mg/kg (0.9 mg/lb), PO, every 12 hours for 3 months; then 1 mg/kg (0.45 mg/lb), PO, every 12 hours for 2 weeks; then 0.5 mg/kg (0.23 mg/lb), PO...

The impact of storm conditions on the heterotrophic activity of planktonic bacteria in a southwestern reservoir was investigated. Storm events were considered as rainfall in excess of 2.5 cm in a 24-h period before sampling. Storm conditions stimulated heterotrophic activities and resulted in increased uptake rates and decreased turnover times of glutamate and acetate. Uptake rates were 45 to 7...

Support Groups for Patients Who Have Recovered From Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Pratibha Ambadwar, Deanna Duvall, Norma J. Wolf, Deirdra R. Terrell, Sara K. Vesely, and James N. George* Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, College of Public Health, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, The University of...

Scott P. Carroll Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA I compared male allocation to prolonged mate guarding versus not guarding between two populations of the soapberry bug {fadera haematoloma) that differ in adult sex ratio: Oklahoma, USA (mean ± SD adult sex ratio, 2.70 ± 0.95 males per female), and Florida, USA (1.09 ± 0.26 males per female). To predict th...