ists with miles of beaches, sea breezes, an arts and museum district, waterfront restaurants, shopping and more. It is also home to a major seaport, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi, a large health care system, military bases, refineries and chemical plants. Port activity and tourism remain important components of the Corpus Christi economy. However, some sectors are declining in importance,...

Turning the Ship Around Toward Early Trials In a place where yachts sit jammed side by side in the harbor like so many gilded peas in a pod, a marine metaphor seems fitting. The conference showcased a field trying to steer therapy development out of the doldrums of the past decade and into swifter waters. Organized by Bruno Vellas of the University of Toulouse, Jacques Touchon of Montpellier Un...

This is the first in-situ study of feeding behaviors exhibited by bluntnose sixgill sharks. Bait was placed beneath the Seattle Aquarium pier situated on the waterfront in Elliott Bay, Puget Sound, Washington at 20m of water depth. Cameras and lights were placed around the bait box to record sixgill shark presence and behavior while feeding. Analysis of feeding behavior revealed that sixgills u...

This paper presents an analysis of computer renderings urban spaces created for architectural competitions to promote the Fjord City redevelopment plan waterfront in downtown Oslo, Norway. The are assessed with compositional and semiotic analyses. Drawing from Lefebvre's theory production space literature on landscape, this argues that submitted ‘myth attractive city’, which is one way viewing ...

Driving cycles are an important input for state-of-the-art vehicle emission models. Development of a driving cycle requires second-by-second vehicle speed for a representative set of vehicles. Current practice is to use standard driving cycles, like HWFET or SFTP-US06, however, these driving cycles reflect small samples of vehicles, do not reflect varying conditions by time of day, by vehicle t...

This article describes the evolution of the coastal economy in Alabama and examines the driving forces of the sustainable economy in a historical context. The input-output model was applied to assess the direct and secondary effects of output and employment in the coastal region. Results suggest that state industries are heavily dependent on waterfront-related activities in this area, which hav...