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Beach nourishment techniques: Report 1: Dredging systems for beach nourishment from offshore sources

, 2020
BEACH NOURISHMENT TECHNIQUES Report I DREDGING SYSTEMS FOR BEACH NOURISHMENT FROM OFFSHORE SOURCES by Thomas W. Richardson Hydraulics Laboratory U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station P. O. Box 631, Vicksburg, Miss.
Waterways Experiment Station (U.S.); United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
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Trust in Social Robots: Experimental Outcomes and Interactional Trajectories

Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
This study examines interactions between students and a social robot in an experiment designed to explore students' trust in educational robots. In the experiment, 16 out of 22 students come to accept an erroneous solution to a mathematical task presented by the robot, even though the vast majority of students initially suggest the correct solution ...
Gustav Lymer, Silvia Kunitz, Catrin Norrby, Pablo González‐Oliveras, Olov Engwall, Ali Reza Majlesi   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tracing the Change in the Status of a Language Teacher in University Governance through English Medium Instruction

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how a top‐down English medium instruction (EMI) decision changed a language teacher's status and participation in faculty governance in a graduate engineering school at a national university in Japan. Using a longitudinal single‐case design, the study follows one language teacher across the period from policy announcement
Ikuya Aizawa, Yuka Akiyama
wiley   +1 more source

Valuing Beach Re-nourishment: Is it Preservation?

A proposed plan to preserve beach and beach access along the Cape Hatteras National Seashore thorugh beach re-nourishment offers the opportunity to apply contingent valuation techniques to explore the implications of three sources of preference ...
Laura Osborne, Rebecca P. Judge, Smith, Kerry   +2 more
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Late‐Arriving Multilingual Learners' Transition from K–16 Education to the Workforce: Cultural Capital and Habitus Adaptation across Fields

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract English learners (ELs) in US K–12 schools face systemic barriers that constrain their college and career readiness. Although research has richly documented ELs' limited opportunities to learn in high school and barriers to postsecondary education, much less is known about how late‐arriving ELs move from high school to community college (CC ...
Kuang Li, Yasuko Kanno
wiley   +1 more source

A Review of the Effects of Changes of Sediment and Topography of Nourished Beach on Intertidal Macrobenthic Fauna

Haiyang Kaifa yu guanli
Currently, beach nourishment projects are undergoing rapid development. Nourished beaches are distributed from northern temperate zone to southern tropical zone along China’s sandy coastline.
LUO Shilong, JIN Ruifang, PENG Zirui, WU Xiangen, WANG Haoyin, ZHANG Jinpeng   +5 more
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Micronuclei and Other Nuclear Abnormalities in Patella Limpet as Biomarkers of Cytogenotoxicity in Recreational Port Waters

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over the past decades, the growth in human population and economic activities has led to an increase in maritime traffic. This rise puts additional pressure on marine environments, vessel fuel spills being considered to have a major impact on the ecosystem.
Carlos Valiente‐Diaz, Eva Garcia‐Vazquez, Verónica Soto‐López   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the Health Impacts of Contaminants on Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) Along the Southern Coast of Brazil

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Chemical pollutants pose a significant threat to marine ecosystems. Among these contaminants are trace elements and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH). Green turtles can be employed to evaluate the oceans' health due to their coastal habitats and exposure to multiple threats.
Camila Roberta da Silva Ribeiro, Andressa Maria Rorato Nascimento de Matos, Eloiza Teles Caldart, Liana Rosa, Camila Domit, Guilherme dos Santos Lima, Ana Paula Frederico Rodrigues Loureiro Bracarense   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Microbial Community Dynamics in Marine Water: Influence of Hydrocarbon Type and Exposure Time

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Marine environments are frequently impacted by petroleum‐derived hydrocarbons, which pose ecological risks because of their toxic, mutagenic, and carcinogenic potential. Microorganisms play a crucial role in hydrocarbon degradation, and understanding the influence of time and hydrocarbon type on microbial dynamics helps improve bioremediation ...
Karen C. F. Santaren, Douglas A. Monteiro, Eliene S. Lopes, Diogo A. Jurelevicius, Lucy Seldin   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Barrier island geomorphic complexity drives storm and post-storm response. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Miselis JL, Buster NA, Ciarletta DJ, Bernier JC, Wei EA, Palermo RV.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source