"We're just recognizing that these things exist and are playing a role in a variety of scenarios," said Thomas Peacock, a mechanical engineering professor at M.I.T. who is evaluating how Lagrangian coherent structures affect vehicle performance and efficiency.
He and his colleagues are working closely, he said, with the Fire Department, the Port Authority and the Transit Authority, as well as with engineers from the Thornton-Tomasetti Group, who are advising the city on the condition of structures affected by the catastrophe.
It's an unusual situation: although the Department of Transportation frequently assists residents who wish to move structures affected by extensive roadwork, the department has never before moved a historic landmark.
But these complaints do not include that systems and structures affecting them on a daily basis have broken down, or that the next turn in Indonesian policy cannot be derived from the psychological analysis of a single individual.
In any case, there is little proof that ownership structures affect water quality: in Europe, for example, strict water regulation ensures minimum standards regardless of who runs the system.
