This thesis investigates the impedance of acoustic liners, to attenuate noise originating from jet engines and enable compliance with international standards and regulations regarding noise from airplane jet engines. Experimental tests of two supplied liners were conducted in an impedance tube; one liner with known and predictable properties, and one liner with unknown properties. The tests included tonal excitations in the formats of stepped sine and random noise with frequencies within set boundaries. After post-processing of the captured data, the desired impedance could be analysed in terms of excitated frequencies and sound pressure levels. The conclusions from this project are that both of the liners deviated from their expected behavior, which was that liner 1 should have been unaffected by the alternated sound pressure levels, and liner 3 should have shown bigger affection due to the changed sound pressure level. Since the results were different than expected, there might have been minor sources of error during the measurements. It could be investigated if there is leakage from the mounting of the liners, or if the 3D printing resolution is sufficient. Because of limitations in time, there is more left in this project to investigate. Therefore, conducting similar studies where more frequencies, sound pressure levels, and multi-tonal measurements can be included, is suggested as future work.

The aviation environment holds challenging application constraints for efficient hydraulic system noise reduction devices. Besides strong limits on component weight and size, high safety and reliability standards demand simple solutions. Hence, basic silencers like inline expansion chambers and Helmholtz-Resonators are state-of-the-art aboard commercial aircrafts. Unfortunately, they do not meet today’s noise attenuation aims regarding passenger comfort and equipment durability. Significant attenuation performance is expected from active concepts that generate anti-phase noise. However, such concepts remain a long term approach unless related costs, e.g. due to additional power allocation and real-time control equipment can be avoided. In this paper an active fluid borne noise attenuation concept is discussed that accounts for the mentioned constraints. An aircraft hydraulic pump is considered as main noise source. The active attenuator is an in-house rotary valve design. The basic feature is a known direct shaft coupling principle of pump and rotary valve, so no speed/ frequency control of the valve and no separate power supply are required. The common-shaft principle is further simplified here and proposed as integral feature of future “smart pumps”.

Il est essentiel pour chaque organisme d’avoir la possibilité de réguler ses fonctions afin de permettre sa survie et d’améliorer sa capacité de se reproduire en divers habitats. Avec l’information disponible, il semble que les organismes consacrent une partie assez importante de leur matériel génétique à des fonctions de régulation. On peut envisager que certains mécanismes de régulation ont persisté dans le temps parce qu’ils remplissent bien leurs rôles. Les premières études sur les procaryotes ont indiqué qu’il y avait peu de mécanismes de régulation exerçant le contrôle des gènes, mais il a été démontré par la suite qu’une variété de ces mécanismes est utilisée pour la régulation de gènes et d’opérons. En particulier, les opérons bactériens impliqués dans la biosynthèse des acides aminés, l’ARNt synthétase, la dégradation des acides aminés, les protéines ribosomales et l’ARN ribosomal font l’objet d’un contrôle par l’atténuation de la transcription. Ce mécanisme d’atténuation de la transcription diffère d’autres mécanismes pour la génération de deux structures différentes de l’ARNm, où l’une de ces structures réprime le gène en aval, et l’autre permet de continuer la transcription/traduction. Dans le cadre de cette recherche, nous nous sommes intéressé au mécanisme d’atténuation de la transcription chez les procaryotes où aucune molécule ne semble intervenir comme facteur de régulation, en me concentrant sur la régulation des opérons bactériens. Le but principal de ce travail est de présenter une nouvelle méthode de recherche des riborégulateurs qui combine la recherche traditionnelle des riborégulateurs avec la recherche structurale. En incorporant l’étude du repliement de l’ARNm, nous pouvons mieux identifier les atténuateurs répondant à ce type de mécanisme d’atténuation. Ce mémoire est divisé en quatre chapitres. Le premier chapitre présente une revue de la littérature sur l’ARN et un survol sur les mécanismes de régulation de l’expression génétique chez les procaryotes. Les chapitres 2 et 3 sont consacrés à la méthodologie utilisée dans cette recherche et à l’implémentation du logiciel TA-Search. Enfin, le chapitre 4 expose les conclusions et les applications potentielles de la méthode. / It is essential for each organism to have the possibility to regulate its functions to allow its survival and improve its capacity to reproduce in different environments. With the information available, it is apparent that most organisms dedicate an important piece of their genetic material to regulating functions. We could think that certain regulating mechanisms have most likely persisted over time because they fulfilled their roles. The first prokaryotes studies indicated that there are few regulating mechanisms that take control over genes, but it has been proven that a variety of these mechanisms are used in the regulation of genes and operons. In particular, the bacterial operons involved in the biosynthesis of amino acids, tRNA synthetase, the degradation of amino acids, the ribosomal proteins and RNA ribosomal could be controlled by transcription attenuation. This mechanism of regulation differs from others for the creation of two different structures of the mRNA where one of these structures represses the gene in 3’ and the other one allows the transcription/translation to continue. In this work, I’m interested in the mechanism of transcription attenuation in prokaryotes where no molecule appears to act as a regulatory factor. In particular, I’m interested in the regulation of bacterial operons. The principal goal of this work is to present a new method for detecting riboswitches that combines the traditional research of these elements with the structural research by incorporating the study of mRNA folding. This thesis is divided into four chapters. Chapter 1 is a review of the literature on RNA and an overview of the regulatory mechanism of gene expression in prokaryotes. Chapter 2 and 3 present the method developed for this work and its implementation in new software, TA-Search. Finally, Chapter 4 is dedicated to providing a discussion and conclusion for this work.

Osteoporosis and depression are prevalent among older postmenopausal women 65 years or older. Bisphosphonates (BPs) and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) or serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) are commonly used medications to treat these conditions. Inhibitory effects of BPs on osteoclasts are responsible for the reduction in fracture risk. SSRIs, however, are associated with increased fracture risk through decreasing osteoblasts and increasing osteoclastic activity. These effects of SSRIs could attenuate the beneficial effects of BPs. This dissertation describes the concomitant use of BPs and SSRIs among postmeopausa women and reports findings from examining the association between concomitant use of BPs and SSRIs and fracture risk. Separate cross-sectional analyses were performed using data from the 2004-2008 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) and Medicare Part D prescriptions claims data (2008-2010) to examine usage patterns of BPs and SSRIs/SNRIs for women aged ≥45 years and ≥65 years, respectively. For our second objective, a nested-case control was conducted using Medicare claims data (2008-2010). Data from Medicare inpatient claims were linked to Medicare Part D data for all female BP users 65 years or older. We used Cox proportional hazards model to assess the increased risk of osteoporotic-related fractures among propensity score matched (1:1 ratio) cohorts of concomitant users of BPs and SSRIs and BP alone users. Concomitant use of BPs and SSRIs was prevalent and increased with age for each timeframe examined. Findings showed that approximately 12% (using MEPS) and 28% (using Medicare data) of women on BPs were also on SSRIs. For the second objective, 4,214 propensity score matched pairs (average age=80.4 years) of subjects were analyzed. Findings showed that concomitant use of BPs and SSRIs was associated with statistically significant increased risk for any fracture (HR=1.29, 95% CI, 1.07-1.57), but statistically non-significant increased risk for hip (HR=1.16, 95% CI, 0.92-1.47) and vertebral fractures (HR=1.55, 95% CI, 0.97-2.48). Current findings indicate that concomitant use of BPs and SSRIs is not uncommon among postmenopausal women and suggest potential attenuation of antifracture efficacy of BPs by SSRIs. Further studies are needed to understand the clinical impact of concomitant use of these medications among older postmenopausal women.

Ce travail de thèse porte sur l’analyse et le traitement des signaux ultrasonores pour la caractérisation de l’os cortical. La première partie est dédiée à l’analyse des signaux acquis par un prototype de sonde de transmission axiale à 1 MHz. Nous montrons qu’une contribution arrivant après le premier signal présente un intérêt pour la caractérisation ultrasonore de l’os cortical. En effet, cette contribution évaluée sur des radius humains in vitro est associée à une onde de flexion propagée dans l’os qui est dépendante de l’épaisseur corticale. L’analyse de cette contribution a nécessité le développement d’une technique de séparation d’ondes. Cette contribution étant plus basse fréquence que le premier signal et associée à un mode de propagation différent, nous montrons ainsi qu’une analyse plus poussée du signal peut permettre une approche multi-modes/multi-fréquences. Dans une seconde partie, nous montrons l’intérêt de l’évaluation de l’atténuation ultrasonore pour la caractérisation de l’os cortical. Lors d’une étude expérimentale in vitro sur des échantillons corticaux bovins, nous montrons la dépendance d’un paramètre d’atténuation aux propriétés osseuses et à la micro-structure. De plus, ce paramètre semble plus sensible aux propriétés osseuses que ne l’est la vitesse de l’onde longitudinale. Ainsi, l’atténuation évaluée en complément de la vitesse pourrait permettre de caractériser de manière plus complète l’os cortical / This work deals with the ultrasonic characterization of cortical bone. In a first part, the signals acquired with a 1-MHz axial transmission device are analyzed. A later contribution occuring after the first arriving signal is studied after the application of a wave separation procedure. This contribution is shown to be of interest for the ultrasonic characterization of cortical bone. Indeed, experiments performed in vitro on human radii show that this contribution is associated with a flexural wave guided which is dependent on the cortical thickness. In addition, this contribution has a lower frequency content than the first arriving signal and is associated with a different propagation mode. Therefore, a more thorough analysis of the ultrasonic signals enables a multi-modal/multi-frequency approach. In a second part, the ultrasonic attenuation is evaluated in an in vitro experimental study on bovine cortical bone samples. Ultrasonic attenuation is shown to be dependent on bone properties and micro-structure. Furthermore, this parameter seems to be more sensitive than the longitudinal wave velocity to bone parameters. Attenuation, in combination with ultrasonic wave velocity, is of interest and may provide a more comprehensive characterization of cortical bone

The main subject of this diploma thesis is to make a proposal to improve the optical access network for the transmission of Triple play services. I would here to the reader clarify method of proposal of optical network. There are described the kinds of optical access networks with parameters, for which we must look by their construction. There are described the modern methods of construction optical network too. In the theoretical part are discussed used architecture of networks too. I met here known standards, which I compared for big importance by their choice. A reason of construction of optical network are services known like Triple play. These services together with their problems and parameters are here discussed too. At the end of theoretical part I listed here measuring method for getting negative attribute distorting the led signal. In practical part the locality witch use the optical signal as the source of information is ordered. These network use unfit connections and has less possibilities than usual and this is the reason, why is the network not able to supply Triple play in requested quality. At first the analysis of ordered network was needed. Situation was complicated by the fact, that it has been prohibited entrance to me. The structure of network and network parts was known and documented by me. I made the proposals to improve this network in practical part. By the first proposal remained original kind of access network FTTB, but used new parts with higher performance. By the second proposal I made the network FTTH, by which it was possible to use the last haul optical cables with treatment and using new elements. It was needed to create solution by flat units. The resulting proposals are here evaluated, compared and cost evaluated. For rejection of access to optical network I did not make measuring, so I made simulation for variant FTTH for getting some parameters negative acting transmission.

A baía de Sepetiba, localizada a 60 km na direção Oeste da região metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro, vem sendo submetida, nas últimas décadas, a um considerável desenvolvimento populacional e industrial, contando hoje com aproximadamente 400 indústrias (em sua maioria metalúrgicas) instaladas nas bacias de drenagem da baía, as quais lançam seus resíduos diretamente na baía ou nos corpos d'água da região. Além disso, o Porto de Sepetiba trouxe muitos investimentos industriais para a área. Toda esta expansão industrial e urbana resultou em uma série de impactos ambientais, devido ao lançamento de efluentes domésticos e industriais, os quais são ricos em metais pesados e outras substâncias potencialmente tóxicas. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a contaminação e mobilidade dos metais Cd, Cu, Ni, Pb e Zn, em sedimentos da baía de Sepetiba. Foram determinados os Sulfetos Voláteis em Ácido (AVS) e os Metais Extraídos Simultaneamente (SEM) em 65 amostras de sedimentos, coletadas de modo a cobrir toda a área da baía. Os resultados obtidos na extração ácida mostraram que os metais Cd, Cu, Pb e Zn apresentaram as mais altas concentrações extraíveis na região NE (principalmente na saídas dos rios Guandu e Canal de São Francisco), enquanto que as mais altas concentrações de Ni foram observadas na porção Oeste da baía. A comparação dos valores dos SEM com os valores guias de qualidade de sedimento (VGQS) canadenses (TEL e PEL) indicou que os metais Cd e Zn apresentaram teores nos quais é freqüente a ocorrência de efeitos negativos à biota (valores acima do PEL); já os metais Cu e Pb e Ni apresentaram concentrações que indicam uma baixa probabilidade de ocorrência de efeitos adversos aos organismos aquáticos de Sepetiba. Por outro lado, a razão S[SEM]/[AVS], ficou abaixo de 1 na porção NE, sugerindo que, apesar das altas concentrações dos metais na região, estes estão retidos no sedimento, na forma de sulfetos. Foram também determinadas as concentrações totais dos metais nos sedimentos, e observou-se que o padrão de distribuição das concentrações totais seguiu o mesmo padrão observado para os SEM, com as mais altas concentrações na porção NE da baía, classificando a área como nivel 2, com relação ao Zn, e como nível 1, com relação aos metais Cd, Cu, Pb e Ni, de acordo com a Resolução CONAMA 344/04. Apresenta-se um modelo geoestatístico, o modelo de atenuação das concentrações, que tem como proposta estimar a mobilidade de um elemento nos sedimentos. O modelo proposto mostrou os mais altos valores de atenuação para Zn, Cd, Cu e Pb na região NE, indicando que a mobilidade destes metais na região é baixa, o que está de acordo com as conclusões obtidas com o modelo S[SEM]/[AVS], indicando boas possibilidades de aplicação do modelo em estudos de contaminação de sistemas estuarinos por metais. / Sepetiba bay, located about 60 km west of the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro city, has undergone notable development in the last decades, with the establishment of about 400 industrial plants in its basin, basically metallurgical, which release its industrial waste either straight into the bay or through local rivers. The Sepetiba harbor also brought up a lot of industrial investment in that area. This urban and industrial expansion caused several environmental impacts, mainly due to the presence of heavy metals and other potentially toxic substances present in the effluents discharged into the bay. This work aimed to assess heavy metal (Cd, Cu, Ni, Pb e Zn) contamination and mobility in sediments from Sepetiba bay. The acid-volatile sulfides (AVS) and the concentration of simultaneously extracted metals (S[SEM) were determined in 65 sediment samples from Sepetiba bay, representing the whole area. The results obtained showed that Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn presented higher concentrations in the northeastern area (mainly in the mouth of Guandu and Canal de São Francisco rivers), while the highest concentration of Ni were observed in the western region of the bay. The comparison between SEM concentrations with the Canadian Sediment Quality Guidelines (TEL and PEL) indicated that Cd and Zn presented values which may hazard to aquatic organisms (concentration levels above PEL); the elements Cu, Pb and Ni presented concentration levels below PEL, suggesting low probability of toxicological effects to the aquatic organisms. On the other hand, the ratio S[SEM]/[AVS] was below 1 in the northeastern region, indicating that, in spite of the high concentration of the analyzed metals in this area, they are trapped in the sediment, as sulfides. The total metal concentrations in the sediments were also determined and the same distribution pattern obtained for the SEM were observed, with high concentrations in the northeastern region of the bay, classifying the area as level 2, for Zn, and as level 1, for Cd, Cu, Pb and Ni, according to the CONAMA 344/04 act. A geostatiscal approach is presented, the attenuation of concentrations model, which aims to estimate metal mobility in sediments. The proposed model showed the highest attenuation values for Zn, Cd, Cu and Pb in the northeastern region, indicating that the mobility of these metals is low in this region, suggesting low availability, which is in good agreement with the results obtained by the S[SEM]/[AVS] model. These results indicate good possibilities of applying this model in metal contamination studies in estuarine ecosystems.

Neste trabalho foram avaliados aventais de proteção e blindagens de ovário de cinco fabricantes segundo as normas NBR / IEC 61331-1 e NBR / IEC 61331-3 de 2004. Para a determinação da espessura equivalente de atenuação foram aplicadas três metodologias diferentes (interpolação linear, modelo de Archer e somatório de exponenciais), uma vez que a norma não indica como este valor deve ser obtido. Além disso, foram estimadas as incertezas associadas a cada método e a influência do número de medições na incerteza combinada. As características de confecção avaliadas foram: documento acompanhante, projeto, materiais, dimensões e marcação da etiqueta. Para esta avaliação foi elaborado um formulário que contemplava todas as exigências da NBR / IEC 61331-3. Os resultados mostraram uma grande diferença entre os valores de espessura equivalente de atenuação declarados e medidos. A comparação dos resultados das três metodologias aplicadas mostrou que há pouca variação entre os valores obtidos e entre as incertezas associadas nas diferentes metodologias. Foi possível observar também que o número de medições não contribui significativamente para o aumento da incerteza nas três metodologias. A metodologia que melhor se adequou à rotina do laboratório foi a metodologia da interpolação linear com cinco medições da taxa de kerma no ar. A discrepância entre os resultados apresentados neste trabalho e as exigências das normas estudadas mostra a necessidade de tornar compulsória a certificação dos dispositivos de proteção, contribuindo assim para o aumento da proteção radiológica do usuário. / In this work protective devices of five manufacturers were evaluated according to the NBR/IEC 61331-1 and NBR/IEC 61331-3 standards. Three different methodologies (linear interpolation, Archer model and sum of exponentials) were applied for the determination of the attenuation equivalent, since the standard does not indicate how it must be determined. Moreover, the uncertainties associated to each method, and the influence of the number of measurements in the combined uncertainty were estimated. The evaluated manufacture characteristics were: accompanying document, design, materials, dimensions and label marking. For this evaluation a check list about the requirements of the NBR/IEC 61331-3 standard was elaborated. The results showed a great difference between nominal and measured attenuation equivalent values. The comparison of the results using the three methodologies showed small variations among the obtained values and among the associated uncertainties in the different methodologies. It was possible to observe that the number of measurements does not contribute significantly for the increase of the uncertainty in all three methodologies. The best methodology for the laboratory routine is the linear interpolation methodology, with five measurements for each air kerma rate value. The discrepancy between the results obtained in this work and the requirements of the applied standards show the need to adopt a compulsory certification process for protective devices, thus contributing for the increase of the radiation protection of the users.

Das Gefühl die eigenen Handlungen selbst zu verursachen und deren Konsequenzen zu kontrollieren, ist ein wesentlicher Bestandteil unserer Selbstwahrnehmung und wird als Erleben von Urheberschaft oder Autorenschaft bezeichnet. Die zugrunde liegenden neurokognitiven Mechanismen sind bislang nur unzureichend verstanden. In zwei Experimenten zur Handlungswahrnehmung wurde bei gesunden Probanden mittels Elektroenzephalogramm (EEG) die Hirnaktivität auf visuelles Handlungsfeedback erfasst. Reduzierte neuronale Aktivität (sensorische Attenuierung) auf selbst versus extern generiertes Feedback wurde als implizites Maß für das Erleben von Urheberschaft verwendet. Die Ergebnisse zeigten, dass das Ausmaß der neuronalen Attenuierung stärker von der Präsenz einer Handlung sowie vorausgehenden Hinweisreizen abhing, als von präzisen Vorhersagen durch spezifische Kontingenzregeln. Die explizite Beurteilung der eigenen Urheberschaft dagegen beruhte primär auf hoher Kontingenz von Handlung und Feedback, während externe Hinweisreize nur in Kontexten herangezogen wurden, in denen Kontingenzinformationen nicht ausreichten. Eine dritte EEG Studie untersuchte Patienten mit Zwangsstörung, welche durch abweichendes Erleben der Vollendung und Urheberschaft für Handlungsergebnisse gekennzeichnet ist. Die Ergebnisse zeigten eine fehlende neuronale Attenuierung selbst generierter Handlungskonsequenzen bei Zwangspatienten. Verkörperte Signale wurden dabei weniger stark genutzt für Vorhersagen des Handlungsfeedbacks. Zusammenfassend trägt die vorliegende Arbeit zur Validierung der sensorischen Attenuierung als implizites Maß des Erlebens von Urheberschaft bei. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass das Erleben von Urheberschaft auf einer Integration multipler verkörperter und externer, kontextueller Hinweisreize beruht. Dieser Integrationsmechanismus scheint bei Zwangspatienten gestört zu sein und führt möglicherweise zu dem mangelnden Gefühl von Handlungsabschluss und Urheberschaft. / The experience of causing and controlling one s own actions and their consequences is a major aspect of our self-awareness, which has been termed sense of agency or experience of authorship. The underlying neural and cognitive mechanisms are still not well understood. In two consecutive experiments on action awareness, the electroencephalogram (EEG) of healthy participants was recorded to measure brain activity related to the perception of visual feedback. Reduced neuronal activity (sensory attenuation) in response to self- versus externally generated feedback was taken as an implicit measure for the sense of agency. The results showed that the amount of sensory attenuation was primarily determined by the mere presence of an action and external cues independent of highly precise predictions based on specific contingency rules. Explicit judgments of agency, in contrast, were mainly determined by high degrees of contingency between action and feedback, and external cues had an influence only in ambiguous contexts where contingency information was not reliable enough. A third EEG study investigated patients suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). OCD is characterized by lacking a sense of completion and agency for action outcomes. The results of this study revealed that OCD patients fail to suppress the consequences of their own action. Embodied signals were used less by patients for making specific predictions of the action feedback. In conclusion, the present work offers validation of sensory attenuation as an implicit measure of non-conceptual agency experience, and provides evidence that the sense of agency is based on an optimal integration of multiple embodied and external, contextual cues. Moreover, the present research reveals for the first time, to our knowledge - reduced gating of extracorporeal sensory action consequences in patients suffering from OCD, which may explain aberrant feelings of action completion and agency in these patients.

Cette thèse est une étude de l'applicabilité des profileurs acoustiques Doppler horizontaux (H-ADCP) pour le suivi des flux d'eau et de matières en suspension (MES) dans les rivières. Plus d'un an de données acquises avec des H-ADCP de 300, 600 et 1200 kHz sur quatre sites, sur le Rhône, l'Isère et la Saône, avec des géométries et des conditions de forçage contrastées sont analysées. Les résultats montrent qu'une profondeur de section limitée peut poser problème en raison de la diffusion d'une partie de l'énergie acoustique par la surface libre. De plus, quand l'intensité rétrodiffusée par les particules est trop faible, les mesures de vitesse sont sous-estimées ou plus dispersées par rapport aux mesures de référence. Des relations de vitesse indice sont toutefois établies en fonction de l'intensité et de la concentration afin de corriger les vitesses. La concentration en MES est déterminée à partir de l'atténuation acoustique qui est importante pour des suspensions concentrées de limons (> ~100 mg/L). Les constantes d'atténuation sont obtenues par calage sur des mesures de turbidité~; elles sont proches des valeurs théoriques calculées pour les distributions granulométriques des particules primaires. Les mesures acoustiques de concentration sont en bon accord avec les mesures de référence et reproduisent finement la dynamique temporelle. En outre, l'évolution de la granulométrie est étudiée à partir des mesures multi-fréquences d'atténuation sous l'hypothèse que les distributions granulométriques sont lognormales. Cette étude montre qu'une fois que les conditions limites pour des mesures fiables sont bien établies, le H-ADCP est un outil performant pour le suivi des flux d'eau et de MES dans les rivières, surtout pendant des périodes de fortes concentrations telles que des crues. / The work investigates the feasibility of using horizontal acoustic Doppler current profilers (H-ADCPs) to monitor fluxes of water and suspended sediment in rivers. Year-long data sets acquired with H-ADCPs operating at 300, 600 and 1200 kHz at four sites with varying geometries and flow forcing conditions on the Rhône, Saône and Isère rivers are analyzed. Findings show that limited depth can pose a problem due to scattering of a fraction of the acoustic energy from the air-water interface. A second problem arises when the backscattered intensity from the suspended sediment is too weak; this leads to underestimation or higher variability of the velocity estimates compared to reference values. Nevertheless, index-velocity relationships are established as a function of concentration and intensity in order to correct the velocity measurements. Concentrations of suspended sediment can be determined from the acoustic attenuation, which is substantial for silt-sized particles at concentrations > ~100 mg/L. Attenuation constants obtained by comparison with turbidity data are in good agreement with the theoretical values calculated for the measured grain size distributions of the primary particles. The acoustic measurements of concentration are in good agreement with reference methods in terms of both amplitude and temporal resolution. Grain size is determined from multi-frequency attenuation data, accounting for lognormal grain size distributions. Our findings show that once the limits of accurate velocity measurements are well established for a given site and instrument, the side-looking ADCP can be a valuable tool for monitoring concentration and changes in grain size throughout high concentration events such as floods.