New Releases by Anthony Brown

Freshwater flora and fauna have been declining worldwide due to anthropogenic alterations to Earth's rivers and streams. To address this, rivers and streams are often restored by modifying or removing human induced stressors. River restoration in the form of topographic manipulation is often needed to remove or modify constraints that limit the potential for natural adjustments in channel topography that create and maintain physical habitat. The practice of river restoration has become a billion dollar industry nationally in the US alone, but is highly criticized as being ineffective because often the scientific foundations of restoration actions are unclear. Process based river restoration is an ideology based on restoring the fundamental processes that shape and maintain river systems. While process based restoration has a strong conceptual basis in achieving successful restoration, it still lacks the specificity needed for restoring rivers and streams through topographic manipulation. River restoration professionals need a way to analyze fluvial processes and invert that knowledge to synthesize topographies that yield those processes for river restoration design. Just as scientific analysis and synthesis are dual engines of the scientific method, they are necessary components in river restoration that involves topographic manipulation. In this dissertation the approach is to develop a framework to blend the analysis and synthesis of fluvial topography for river restoration design and scientific inquiry. To do this, a "geomorphic covariance structure (GCS)," which is a univariate or bivariate spatial covariance amongst or between attributes of fluvial topography such as bed elevation, channel width, and curvature is used. Empirical data, analytical equations, and numerical models all support the idea that there are covarying aspects of channel topography shaped by flowing water. While there are numerous cases of covarying spatial variables in rivers, no attempt has been made to use this information to assess fluvial processes and then invert that knowledge to recreate the topography that yields them. This makes the use of GCS's to analyze and create the topography of rivers for specific form-process assemblages a unique and novel research. In this dissertation GCS's are used to evaluate processes associated with channel change in a mountain river. Next, a framework is developed for creating 2D topography of synthetic river valleys that are parameterized by the GCS. Finally, the GCS's associated with riffle-pool maintenance are used in the synthetic river valley modeling framework to reverse engineer the topography needed for flow convergence routing, a key mechanism that maintains relief in gravel and cobble bedded rivers.

Drug prescribing errors are a common cause of hospital admission, and adverse reactions can have devastating effects, some even fatal. Pocket Prescriber Emergency Medicine is a concise, up-to-date prescribing guide containing all the "must have" information on a vast range of drugs that staff from junior doctors to emergency nurses, nurse prescribe

This dissertation attempts to address this issue of marginalization and that of child morbidity and mortality during the Late Roman Period, recognizing that children and other non-adult cohorts represent important segments of archaeological skeletal populations that can add significant information on past human behavior.

Life is very unfair to Tom, but its the only life he has. Set during the time when many young men were shipping out to die in Southeast Asia, Braxton and Tom, very different in every way, discover they have one thing in common: their pasts. Brought together by providence, they soon learn about a series of tragic events from their childhoods that involve international espionage, money, and even murder. The mystery from 1952 has been set to come to its climax when Tom turns eighteen years old, near the end of his senior year, and the two boys are caught up in the middle of the shocking climax.

The art of creating a successful theme park ride involves seamlessly fusing complex mechanical systems with elegant architecture. More importantly, it is the job of telling a story that serves as a foundation for designing effective themed rides. This project involves the conceptual design of a ride system versatile enough to accommodate for numerous themed scenarios. Although the scope of this project is conceptual, we cannot ignore the constraints that may inhibit the design's feasibility; hence, calculations are made based on standards and guidelines for amusement park rides. Furthermore, a combination of sketches and diagrams are provided to assist in the visualization of the proposed design.

Solid interfaces such as surfaces and grain boundaries (GBs) play a very important role in the structural, mechanical, and electronic properties of materials. Using a variety of advanced computing and simulation techniques coupled with robust embedded-atom method potentials, a range of solid interfaces are explored using the intermetallic compound nickel-aluminum as a model structural material and copper and gold as model electronic materials. Low-index surfaces in NiAl for the stoichiometric and Ni-enriched cases are investigated by grand canonical Monte Carlo (MC) simulations. Surface re-ordering and segregation is observed. Surface stresses and surface segregation in (110) NiAl free-standing thin films have been studied using MC simulations. The size effect of segregation at the surface is explained by the elastic deformation of the film in response to the surface stress. Grain boundary structure and segregation at Sigma3 GBs in NiAl using stoichiometric and Ni-rich compositions are studied by molecular statics and MC simulations. Ni-segregation is observed, resulting in transformation of the GBs to structures capable of accommodating higher Ni concentrations. The full range of possible inclinations in the family of Sigma11 [110] asymmetric tilt grain boundaries in copper is investigated and structural trends are established. Development of a non-Sigma11, low-index boundary is observed, giving rise to local rotation of the GB tilt angle accommodated by development of intrinsic stacking faults. A more general case of the 9R structure in low stacking fault energy materials is postulated. MD simulation of the family of 〈110〉 90° asymmetrical tilt GBs in gold are presented and compared with high-resolution transmission electron microscopy observations of the same boundaries. The faceting behavior for this family of GBs is explored and it is shown that varying the inclination angle produces a variety of faceting behaviors.

This hugely popular book justifiably remains one of the best-selling single-author Accident and Emergency handbook in print. Its strength lies in the consistently clear, didactic approach giving immediate access to uncluttered information - ideal for heat-of-the moment decisions by the bedside. No other text sticks to the point quite like this one. This new edition covers every emergency from the major life-threatening event to the more frequent minor complaint. The essentials of diagnosis and management are described concisely and clearly, including exact drug dosages, relevant practical procedures, patient disposition (and its urgency) to inpatient care, outpatients or community care and common pitfalls for the unwary. The fourth edition has been extensively revised and updated to include many new topics and guidelines at the forefront of developments in acute care. Written primarily for senior house officers in the Accident and Emergency Department, it is packed with thorough, practical advice. It will also prove invaluable to general practitioners, emergency and critical care nurses, paramedics and senior medical students.

Rev. Adenoid''s Church Announcements is the newest release from J. Anthony Brown, co-host of the nationally syndicated Jon Jaynes Morning Show. In this anecdotal pocket-size book, J shares his light-hearted church observations using familiar characters to illustrate the humor among church-goers. This book is guaranteed to make you smile and you''ll wish that the Reverend gave the announcements in your church every week.

The non-stop laughs of Church Announcements come from comedian J. Anthony Brown, the cohost of the nationally syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show. Brown shares his light-hearted church observations using familiar characters to illustrate the humor among church-goers. Book jacket.

This text explores the essential elements of broadcast management and looks at all levels of management in each of the major components of the broadcasting cable industry including, personnel, audiences, programming, sales, finance, law and engineering. Third revised edition.

The Stikine project area covers part of a mineral-rich belt near the Alaska panhandle/British Columbia border. The area includes important precious and base metal deposits such as Eskay Creek, and was selected for this study due to its high mineral potential and outdated geological database. This report, the result of four seasons of mapping in the area (1988-91), describes the area's regional tectonic setting and stratigraphy, intrusive rocks, structural geology and metamorphism, and economic geology (types of mineral deposits, timing of regional metallogenic events, isotope geology, exploration activity, mineral potential).

"Traces the history of the popular British comedy series, and offers plot summaries for all 69 episodes." -- Amazon.com.

Representing a significant survey and evaluation of major media literacy projects in the U.S. and selected countries throughout the world, this book covers all aspects of critical viewing skills. It provides comprehensive, theoretical and historical background about the field, the criteria for its evaluation, and various structured programs including the CVS projects and programs sponsored by school districts, individuals, non-governmental national organizations, and private companies. The book can serve as a guide for curriculum planners as well as teachers in the classroom and adult workshops -- and also parents and individual adult viewers -- in applying the best match of theories, practices, readings, and specific exercises to monitor and enhance television''s role.