Search Results - "Buxton, H"

Power consumption and form drag of regular and fractal‐shaped turbines in a stirred tank by Steiros, K., Bruce, P. J. K., Buxton, O. R. H., Vassilicos, J. C.

“…Previous wind‐tunnel measurements have shown that fractal‐shaped plates have increased drag compared to square plates of the same area. In this study, the…”
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Barriers and opportunities experienced by staff when implementing infection prevention and control guidelines during labour and delivery in healthcare facilities in Nigeria by Buxton, H., Flynn, E., Oluyinka, O., Cumming, O., Esteves Mills, J., Shiras, T., Sara, S., Dreibelbis, R.

“…Infections account for 15% of neonatal deaths and one-tenth of maternal mortality globally. Evidence-based practices to prevent and control infection are…”
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Modeling entrainment of waterlogged large wood in stream channels by Buxton, Todd H.

“…Research has led to an understanding of how floatable wood provides physical complexity and habitat in streams, but little is known about large wood that does…”
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A robust post-processing method to determine skin friction in turbulent boundary layers from the velocity profile by Rodríguez-López, Eduardo, Bruce, Paul J. K., Buxton, Oliver R. H.

“…The present paper describes a method to extrapolate the mean wall shear stress, τ w a l l , and the accurate relative position of a velocity probe with respect…”
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On the Formation Mechanisms of Artificially Generated High Reynolds Number Turbulent Boundary Layers by Rodríguez-López, Eduardo, Bruce, Paul J. K., Buxton, Oliver R. H.

“…We investigate the evolution of an artificially thick turbulent boundary layer generated by two families of small obstacles (divided into uniform and…”
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The effects of resolution and noise on kinematic features of fine-scale turbulence by Buxton, O. R. H., Laizet, S., Ganapathisubramani, B.

“…The effect of spatial resolution and experimental noise on the kinematic fine-scale features in shear flow turbulence is investigated by means of comparing…”
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Pharmaceuticals, Hormones, and Other Organic Wastewater Contaminants in U.S. Streams, 1999−2000:  A National Reconnaissance by Kolpin, Dana W, Furlong, Edward T, Meyer, Michael T, Thurman, E. Michael, Zaugg, Steven D, Barber, Larry B, Buxton, Herbert T

“…To provide the first nationwide reconnaissance of the occurrence of pharmaceuticals, hormones, and other organic wastewater contaminants (OWCs) in water…”
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Spiking perceptrons by Rowcliffe, P., Jianfeng Feng, Buxton, H.

“…A more plausible biological version of the traditional perceptron is presented here with a learning rule which enables training of the neuron on nonlinear…”
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Cue-guided search: a computational model of selective attention by KangWoo Lee, Buxton, H., Jianfeng Feng

“…Selective visual attention in a natural environment can be seen as the interaction between the external visual stimulus and task specific knowledge of the…”
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Evolution of tributary junctions and their capacity for rearing juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) on a regulated river by Buxton, Todd H., Bradley, D. Nathan

“…The Trinity River in northern California was adjusting to unregulated flood and mining impacts when it was dammed and flow regulation began in 1960. We examine…”
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The mechanics of diurnal thermal stratification in river pools: Implications for water management and species conservation by Buxton, Todd H., Lai, Yong G., Som, Nicholas A., Peterson, Eric, Abban, Ben

“…We examined conditions that form or prevent thermal stratification in river pools using field measurements, statistical modelling, and three‐dimensional (3D)…”
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Does small-bodied salmon spawning activity enhance streambed mobility? by Hassan, Marwan A., Tonina, Daniele, Buxton, Todd H.

“…Female salmonids bury and lay their eggs in streambeds by digging a pit, which is then covered with sediment from a second pit that is dug immediately…”
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Conceptual descriptions from monitoring and watching image sequences by Howarth, R.J., Buxton, H.

“…This paper contrasts two ways of forming conceptual descriptions from images. The first, called “monitoring”, just follows the flow of data from images to…”
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Evaluating the source and residence times of groundwater seepage to streams, New Jersey Coastal Plain by Modica, E., Buxton, H. T., Plummer, L. N.

“…A conceptual model of the patterns and residence times of groundwater seepage to gaining streams indicates that groundwater seepage originates from sources…”
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A Computational Model of the Analysis of Some First-Order and Second-Order Motion Patterns by Simple and Complex Cells by Johnston, A., McOwan, P. W., Buxton, Hilary

“…Although spatio-temporal gradient schemes are widely used in the computation of image motion, algorithms are ill conditioned for particular classes of input…”
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The relative stability of salmon redds and unspawned streambeds by Buxton, Todd H., Buffington, John M., Yager, Elowyn M., Hassan, Marwan A., Fremier, Alexander K.

“…Where female salmon build nests (“redds”), streambed material is mixed, fine sediment is winnowed, and bed material is moved into a tailspill mound resembling…”
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Flume simulations of salmon bioturbation effects on critical shear stress and bedload transport in rivers by Buxton, T.H.

“…Nest (redd) construction by female salmonids involves sequences of pit excavation and filling that winnow fines, loosen grains, and moves sediment downstream…”
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Percutaneous cervical cordotomy : a review of 181 operations on 146 patients with a study on the location of pain fibers in the C-2 spinal cord segment of 29 cases by LAHUERTA, J, BOWSHER, D, LIPTON, S, BUXTON, P. H

“…The authors present a review of 146 patients who underwent 181 percutaneous cervical cordotomies for intractable pain. In addition, an anatomical-clinical…”
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Learning and understanding dynamic scene activity: a review by Buxton, Hilary

“…We are entering an era of more intelligent cognitive vision systems. Such systems can analyse activity in dynamic scenes to compute conceptual descriptions…”
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Temporal album by Vasilaki, E., Jianfeng Feng, Buxton, H.

“…Transient synchronization has been used as a mechanism of recognizing auditory patterns using integrate-and-fire neural networks. We first extend the mechanism…”
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