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Indian River Lagoon surface water improvement and management (SWIM) plan, 2002 update.
In recognition of the need to place additional emphasis on the restoration, protection, and management of the surface water resources of the state, the Florida Legislature, through the Surface Water Improvement and Management (SWIM) Act of 1987, directed the state’s water management districts to “design and implement plans and programs for the improvement and management of surface water” (Section 373.451, Florida Statutes [FS]). The SWIM legislation requires the water management districts to protect the ecological, aesthetic, recreational, and economic value of the state’s surface water bodies, keeping in mind that water quality degradation is frequently caused by point and nonpoint source pollution and that degraded water quality can cause both direct and indirect losses of aquatic habitats.
This 2002 update is the second update of the Indian River Lagoon SWIM Plan. This 2002 plan update includes a status report on the state of the Lagoon, a summary of progress on projects undertaken since the last update, and recommendations for future projects and other actions over the next 5 years. (262pp.
FCNC Processes in the LHT Model: a 2009 Look
We present a summary of our recent analysis update of flavour changing
neutral current (FCNC) processes in the Littlest Higgs model with T-parity
(LHT). The essential novelties of our update are: the removal of the
logarithmic UV cutoff dependence by the inclusion of the new contribution to
the Z^0-penguin diagrams identified by Goto et al. and by del Aguila et al.,
the study of the decay K_L -> mu^+ mu^-, a discussion of fine-tuning in
epsilon_K and Br(mu -> e gamma).Comment: 3 pages, Proceedings of the 2009 Europhysics Conference on High
Energy Physics, July 2009, Krako
V-GRAM: Magellan bulletin about Venus and the radar mapping mission
Papers on the following topics are presented: Magellan project update; summary of Magellan science findings; excerpt from 'Acquisition and Analysis of Magellan Gravity Data'; Magellan gravity; and Magellan stereo image data
University Update - November 21, 2012
This update includes the Board of Trustees Planning Retreat Summary, the Information Technology Assessment Results, the COACHE Survey, an update international connections, and details about all of the upcoming holiday events on campus
NASA thermal barrier coatings: Summary and update
A durable, two-layer, plasma-sprayed coating consisting of a ceramic layer over a metallic layer was developed that has the potential of insulating hot engine parts and thereby reducing metal temperatures and coolant flow requirements and/or permitting use of less costly and complex cooling configurations and materials. The results are summarized of analytical and experimental investigations of the coatings on flat metal specimens, turbine vanes and blades, and combustor liners. Discussed are results of investigations to determine coating adherence and durability, coating thermal, strength and fatigue properties, and chemical reactions of the coating with oxides and sulfates. Also presented are the effect of the coating on aerodynamic performance of a turbine vane, measured vane and combustor liner temperatures with and without the coating, and predicted turbine metal temperatures and coolant flow reductions potentially possible with the coating. Included also are summaries of some current research related to the coating and potential applications for the coating
Dune Monitoring Data Update Summary
The Shoreline Studies Program at VIMS established a beach and dune monitoring program for nine sites around the Virginia portion of Chesapeake Bay (Milligan et al., 2005). These sites were monitored twice yearly for four years (2001-2004). In addition to three years of relatively calm conditions, these data included the impact of Hurricane Isabel, a nearly 100-yr event, on the Bay’s shorelines. The shoreline’s change due to the storm and their subsequent short-term recovery was documented by this data. However, since the end of the monitoring program, other events have impacted Chesapeake Bay shorelines. In order to document the longer-term recovery of these systems, additional monitoring is necessary. Several of these sites are man-influenced and have upland development behind the dune. Understanding storm impacts and shoreline recovery is critical knowledge when determining the suitability of living shoreline options (i.e. beach/dune) in higher energy environments. In addition, the overall stability of these sites and their response to physical forces can provide important information when developing guidelines for beach and dune encroachment
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