Traditional modeling approaches support a limited set of instantiation levels (typically one for classes and another adjacent one for objects). Multi-level modeling approaches on the other hand have no such limit to the number of levels. As a consequence, an arbitrary number of levels may be used to define models, and the distinction between class and instance is redefined. The paper summarizes...

This paper discusses the forensic investigation of a fatality-involved catastrophic structure collapse and the special challenges faced when tasked with directing such an effort. While this paper discusses the investigation’s findings and the outcome of the event; this paper’s primary focus is on the challenges faced directing a forensic investigation that requires coordinating with governmenta...

Examining the effects of information sources on individual earning rates in the South Korean stock market Eunil Park & Sang Jib Kwon To cite this article: Eunil Park & Sang Jib Kwon (2015) Examining the effects of information sources on individual earning rates in the South Korean stock market, Economic ResearchEkonomska Istraživanja, 28:1, 650-667, DOI: 10.1080/1331677X.2015.1083878 To link to...

As he thumbed through his manual, my memory reverted to a cryptanalysis course that my fiancee had taken at Brooklyn College, given by Professor Jack Wolfe of the math department. She and I would sit in a sunny meadow in Prospect Park, and I helped with the frequency counts. My reverie was broken by the information that I was to be sent to Vint Hill Farms Station, near Warrenton, Virginia close...

A long-term goal of our sediment transport and accumulation investigations is to link sedimenttransport processes to the formation and preservation of event beds in sediment deposits. The general aim of this project is to investigate how forcing processes affect the sediment-transport dynamics that act to import or export fine-grained sediment in intertidal regions. We strive to understand how ...

Understanding the sensitivity of tidal flats to environmental changes is challenging. Currently, most studies rely on process-based models systematically explain morphodynamic evolution flats. In this study, we proposed an alternative empirical approach explore flat dynamics using statistical indices based long-term time series daily surface elevation development. Surface dynamic (SED) focus ma...

This paper presents numerical simulations of multi-storey reinforced concrete frames under progressive collapse scenarios. Reinforced with different storeys are modelled using DIANA. The load resistance and failure mode obtained from the simulation. Variations in axial force bending moment at beam end also determined analysed to shed light on transfer mechanism. Numerical results show that sing...

In the granitic Seychelles, many shores and beaches are fringed by coral reef flats which provide protection to shores from erosion by waves. The surfaces of these reef flats support a complex ecology. About 10 years ago their seaward zones were extensively covered by a rich coral growth, which reached approximately to mean low water level, but in 1998 this was largely killed by seawater warmin...