This paper applies a mix of aspect-oriented programming (AOP) and logic meta-programming (LMP) to tackle some concerns of/in legacy environments. We present four different problems, and illustrate —with code— how far AOP+LMP gets us. The legacy environments subjected to this treatment encompass the two major players: C, and (of course) Cobol. The aspect code is based on, respectively, Aspicere ...

The effects of climate change and sea level rise, combined with overpopulation are leading to ever-increasing stress on coastal regions throughout the world. As a result, there is increased interest in sustainable adaptable methods protection. Dynamic cobble berm revetments consist gravel installed close high tide shoreline sand beach designed mimic naturally occurring composite beaches (dissip...

[1] The October 1999 Mw 7.1 Hector Mine earthquake in the Mojave Desert, California, generated characteristic surface disturbances on nearby desert pavements. These disturbances included (1) zones of wholesale gravel displacement interspersed with zones of intact pavement, (2) displaced and rotated cobbles, (3) moats around loosened, embedded boulders, (4) filling of abandoned cobble sockets, b...

Pressure on the coastline is escalating due to impacts of climate change, this leading a rise in sea-levels and intensifying storminess. Consequently, many regions coast are at increased risk erosion flooding. Therefore coastal protection schemes will increase cost scale. In response there growing use nature-based which aim be sustainable, effective adaptable. An example solution dynamic cobble...

We evaluated habitat features (i.e., substrate particle size, water depth, water velocity) at spawning redds and randomly selected reference locations (where spawning activity was not apparent) to determine importance of these features to rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) spawning habitat use in the Pere Marquette River, Michigan, 1997 to 1999. Rainbow trout selected areas with small gravel, ...

Despite the general view that the Antarctic intertidal conditions are too extreme to support obvious signs of macrofaunal life, recent studies have shown that intertidal communities can survive over annual cycles. The current study investigates distribution of taxa within a boulder cobble matrix, beneath the outer, scoured surface of the intertidal zone at Adelaide Island, west Antarctic Penins...