Two dimensional slope profile morphometric investigation in a part of the land failure prone Garhwal region of the Lesser Himalaya, Tehri district, U. P., India, indicates that the landslip morphology is closely related to the dominant movement processes active in this terrain. Technique developed for the morphometric analysis of landslips involves the use of five morphometric indices. Each ind...

Undocumented historical losses of sea turtle nesting beaches worldwide could overestimate the successes conservation measures and misrepresent actual status population. In addition, suitability many sites continues to decline even without in-depth scientific studies extent impacts this study, multidecadal changes in outlines area Jana Karan islands, major Arabian Gulf, were compared using avail...

The aims of the present study were to establish a detailed and representative record of landing techniques (two-, left-, and right-footed landings) in professional beach volleyball and compare the data with those of indoor volleyball. Beach volleyball data was retrieved from videos taken at FIVB World Tour tournaments. Landing techniques were compared in the different beach and indoor volleybal...

Constraining the exchange of water from the shoreline to the mid-shelf is necessary for the development of accurate and predictive models of nearshore circulation. Ra isotopes, which emanate from sediments and have a variety of half-lives, may be useful in measuring cross-shelf mixing rates. The distributions of Ra isotopes were measured in transects extending perpendicular from the shoreline a...

BACKGROUND Bispectral index (BIS) monitoring reduces the cases of intraoperative awareness. Several factors can alter BIS readings without affecting the depth of anesthesia. We conducted a study to assess the impact of beach chair position (sitting position) on BIS readings. METHODS General anesthesia was administered to 30 patients undergoing arthroscopic shoulder surgery. Patients were kept...

In this work, we will identify important variables that contribute to vehicular movement in an emergency environment. In particular, we formulate and pose the Convoy Routing Problem. We suggest a method for modeling the problem and formulate a precise problem statement that significantly reduces the number of variables under consideration. The difficulty of the proposed problem is examined, pra...

8 Three-dimensional beach features such as crescentic sandbars and rip channels influence beach 9 response to, and recovery from, storm waves, as well as significantly affecting the safety and 10 amenity provided by the surf-zone for beach water-users. In this contribution temporal variations in 11 subtidal and intertidal beach three-dimensionality are observed at a high-energy macrotidal beach...

When paired with dart biopsying, quantifying cortisol in blubber tissue may provide an index of relative stress levels (i.e., activation of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis) in free-ranging cetacean populations while minimizing the effects of the act of sampling. To validate this approach, cortisol was extracted from blubber samples collected from beach-stranded and bycaught short-beaked...

[1] A large set of numerical experiments are designed to examine the maximum run-up generated by three-dimensional (3-D) submerged and subaerial, solid body landslides. A depth-integrated numerical model is utilized, allowing for the efficient simulation of landslides in shallow and intermediate water. Six dimensionless parameters are introduced: the slide thickness, the slide wave number, a sl...

HOBBS, C.H., III; LANDRY, C.B., and PERRY, J.E., III, 2008. Assessing anthropogenic and natural impacts on ghost crabs (Ocypode quadrata) at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina. Journal of Coastal Research, 24(6), 1450–1458. West Palm Beach (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208. This study explores impacts of off-road vehicles on ghost crab populations as a measure of impact from recreational b...