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The mechanical performance of composite materials is determined by the mechanical properties of their individual components and the effective load transfer between these components. Binders are commonly used to bond composite components together...
2014-08-27 (iso8601)
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To improve storage/shipping quality of sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.), the effect of calcium chloride (CaCl₂) added to hydro-cooling water on physiological and biochemical processes related to fruit and pedicel quality was investigated on two...
2014-10-01 (iso8601)
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A recent result of Chepoi, Estellon and Vaxes [Disc. Comp. Geom. '07] states that any planar graph
of diameter at most 2R can be covered by a constant number of balls of size R; put another way, there
are a constant-sized subset of vertices within...
2014-06 (iso8601)
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Results are provided that highlight the effect of interfacial discontinuities in the
diffusion coefficient on the behavior of certain basic functionals of the diffusion, such
as local times and occupation times, extending previous results in [2,...
2014-07 (iso8601)
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Wildfire in dry, frequent-fire forests is a pressing issue for natural resource managers, communities
and politicians in the western United States. Area affected by wildfire has climbed steadily over the
last twenty years and is expected to...
2014-08-11 (iso8601)
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Most specifications for ready-mix concrete (RMC) limit mixing time to 90 minutes and/or truck drum revolution counts (DRC) to 300 before discharge. These specifications have been in place for many years with the objective of ensuring the quality...
2014-08-11 (iso8601)
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Healthcare facilities are often complex and overwhelming for visitors, and wayfinding in
healthcare facilities can be challenging. As there is an increasing number of global citizens
who travel to seek medical care in another country, it is...
2014-07 (iso8601)
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This thesis seeks to analyze the relationship between economic growth and environmental quality, in this case measured by forest cover, and analyzes whether this relationship is consistent with an Environmental Kuznets Curve. Additionally the...
2014-08-05 (iso8601)
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