the central alborz mountains of northern iran (figure 1) is a zone of intense active continental deformation and is the most heavily populated region of iran, including the mega-city of tehran with a population of over 10 million. the region is affected by numerous active faults, some of them having great seismic potential, and documented historical seismicity. hence, the central alborz is a pr...

Direct numerical simulation (DNS) can be used to extract information implicit in the equations of fluid-particle motion. We have investigated the lift-off of a single particle and many particles in pressure driven flows by 2D DNS (N.A. Patankar, Huang, Ko & Joseph 2001a, Ko, N.A. Patankar & Joseph 2001, Joseph, & Ocando 2001, Choi & Joseph 2001, N.A. Patankar, Ko, Choi & Joseph 2001b). We show ...

Lord Mount-Edgcumbe as private surgeon. During these travels he saw some fighting in the Sicilian rebellion of 1847-48, and gained experience in the treatment of the wounded there; and again in the attack on Rome by the French troops under General Oudinot in 1849. In that year he also took the degree of M. D., Rome. On his return to England he resigned his naval commission, and shortly afterwar...