Lessons Learned from Event Detection from Arabic Tweets: The Case of Jordan Flash Floods near Dead Sea

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatima B. Shannag ◽  
Bassam H. Hammo
Keyword(s):  
Event Detection ◽  
Flash Floods ◽  
Dead Sea ◽  
Lessons Learned

scholarly journals Self-accelerated development of salt karst during flash floods along the Dead Sea Coast, Israel

2016 ◽  
Vol 121 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoav Avni ◽  
Nadav Lensky ◽  
Elad Dente ◽  
Maayan Shviro ◽  
Reuma Arav ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Flash Floods ◽  
Dead Sea ◽  
The Dead ◽  
Salt Karst ◽  
Sea Coast

scholarly journals floodX: Urban flash flood experiments monitored with conventional and alternative sensors

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Moy de Vitry ◽  
Simon Dicht ◽  
João P. Leitão
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Flash Flood ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Early Warning Systems ◽  
Flash Floods ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
High Temporal Resolution ◽  
Data Types ◽  
Urban Flood ◽  
Flood Risk Mapping

Abstract. The datasets described in this paper are intended to provide a basis on which new methods for monitoring and modelling urban pluvial flash floods can be developed. Pluvial flash floods are a growing hazard to property and inhabitants' well-being in urban areas. However, the lack of appropriate data collection methods is often cited as an impediment for reliable flood modelling, thereby hindering the improvement of flood risk mapping and early warning systems. In the floodX project, 37 controlled urban flash floods were generated and monitored in a flood response training facility with state-of-the-art conventional sensors in the drainage network, as well as alternative sensors on the surface, namely temperature probes and surveillance cameras. With these data, the technical feasibility of utilizing citizen science and computer vision for urban flood monitoring can be explored. The floodX project stands out as the largest documented flood experiment of its kind, providing both conventional and alternative data types in parallel and at high temporal resolution. Besides describing the flash flood experiments and the resulting datasets, weaknesses in the data and lessons learned are also described. The main data package is openly available at http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.236878.

scholarly journals On the Use of Measurements from a Commercial Microwave Link for Evaluation of Flash Floods in Arid Regions

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Eshel ◽  
Hagit Messer ◽  
Jonatan Ostrometzky ◽  
Roi Raich ◽  
Pinhas Alpert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Flash Flood ◽  
Ground Level ◽  
Flash Floods ◽  
Dead Sea ◽  
Dense Networks ◽  
Flood Warning ◽  
Novel Method ◽  
Microwave Link ◽  
Rate Relation

Abstract. Flash flood warning in deserts is a challenging task, and local rain bursts are of high significance. In the last decade, commercial microwave telecommunication links have been shown to be a valuable tool for near ground rainfall estimations. Dense networks are used for highly accurate rainfall estimates, while isolated links, typical in rural areas, can detect the existence of near-ground rainfall. However, the induced attenuation of the signal integrates the rainfall along a line, therefore high local rain intensities are smoothed. In this paper, we propose a novel method that uses the integration of measurements from an isolated long microwave link with measurements from weather radar to identify potential conditions for flash floods. In particular, we suggest using radar measurements to indicate the rain variability (spottiness) along a 16 km long link, crossing Wadi Ze'elim catchment (245 km2), using kurtosis as a spottiness index. Quantitative ground level rainfall measurements are then provided by the link. When compared with analyzed discharge, inverse kurtosis-rain rate relation is associated with flash flood responses in Wadi Ze'elim, an ephemeral Wadi located in the Dead Sea.

Lessons Learned From Coaching Postsecondary Students With Traumatic Brain Injury

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-96
Author(s):  
Mary R. T. Kennedy
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Sudden Onset ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Exhaustive List

Purpose The purpose of this clinical focus article is to provide speech-language pathologists with a brief update of the evidence that provides possible explanations for our experiences while coaching college students with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Method The narrative text provides readers with lessons we learned as speech-language pathologists functioning as cognitive coaches to college students with TBI. This is not meant to be an exhaustive list, but rather to consider the recent scientific evidence that will help our understanding of how best to coach these college students. Conclusion Four lessons are described. Lesson 1 focuses on the value of self-reported responses to surveys, questionnaires, and interviews. Lesson 2 addresses the use of immediate/proximal goals as leverage for students to update their sense of self and how their abilities and disabilities may alter their more distal goals. Lesson 3 reminds us that teamwork is necessary to address the complex issues facing these students, which include their developmental stage, the sudden onset of trauma to the brain, and having to navigate going to college with a TBI. Lesson 4 focuses on the need for college students with TBI to learn how to self-advocate with instructors, family, and peers.

Experiences With and Lessons Learned From Developing, Implementing, and Evaluating a Support Program for Older Hearing Aid Users and Their Communication Partners in the Hearing Aid Dispensing Setting

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (3S) ◽  
pp. 638-647 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janine F. J. Meijerink ◽  
Marieke Pronk ◽  
Sophia E. Kramer
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Hearing Aid ◽  
Critical Discussion ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Research Note ◽  
Support Program ◽  
Large Sample Size ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Communication Program ◽  
Communication Partners

Purpose The SUpport PRogram (SUPR) study was carried out in the context of a private academic partnership and is the first study to evaluate the long-term effects of a communication program (SUPR) for older hearing aid users and their communication partners on a large scale in a hearing aid dispensing setting. The purpose of this research note is to reflect on the lessons that we learned during the different development, implementation, and evaluation phases of the SUPR project. Procedure This research note describes the procedures that were followed during the different phases of the SUPR project and provides a critical discussion to describe the strengths and weaknesses of the approach taken. Conclusion This research note might provide researchers and intervention developers with useful insights as to how aural rehabilitation interventions, such as the SUPR, can be developed by incorporating the needs of the different stakeholders, evaluated by using a robust research design (including a large sample size and a longer term follow-up assessment), and implemented widely by collaborating with a private partner (hearing aid dispensing practice chain).

Maximizing Outcomes in Group Treatment of Aphasia: Lessons Learned From a Community-Based Center

2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 100-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darlene Williamson
Keyword(s):  
Group Treatment ◽  
Treatment Protocol ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Group Program ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Multiple Treatment ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Communication Impairments ◽  
Treatment Settings

Given the potential of long term intervention to positively influence speech/language and psychosocial domains, a treatment protocol was developed at the Stroke Comeback Center which addresses communication impairments arising from chronic aphasia. This article presents the details of this program including the group purposes and principles, the use of technology in groups, and the applicability of a group program across multiple treatment settings.

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