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Toward Statewide Implementation of the Surface Performance Graded Specification for Chip Seal Binders
(2015-08-11)
Over the past 15 years, a surface performance-graded (SPG) specification for chip seal binders was developed by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) using laboratory measurements and visual field performance ...
Commonly Used Intra-Articular Medications Affect Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell Growth and Viability
(2017-12-14)
The objective of this work was to describe bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) proliferation and characterization after expansion with the common intra-articular medications polysulfated glycosaminoglycan, ...
An Alternate Approach to Determine the Explosibility of Dusts
(2013-12-04)
A dust is classified as explosible based on the laboratory tests specified by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) E 1226. This standard requires that a dust be uniformly dispersed into an enclosed 20-Liter ...
CO2 EOR Simulation in Unconventional Liquid Reservoirs: An Eagle Ford Case Study
(2016-08-01)
The purpose of this work is to perform an improved method to optimize different CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) processes in unconventional liquid reservoirs, particularly in the volatile oil region of the Eagle Ford shale. ...
Analytical Study on Adhesively Bonded Joints Using Peeling Test and Symmetric Composite Models Based on Bernoulli-Euler and Timoshenko Beam Theories for Elastic and Viscoelastic Materials
(2012-02-14)
Adhesively bonded joints have been investigated for several decades. In most analytical studies, the Bernoulli-Euler beam theory is employed to describe the behaviour of adherends. In the current work, three analytical ...
Computational Study of Mean-Risk Stochastic Programs
(2013-05-01)
Mean-risk stochastic programs model uncertainty by including risk measures in the objective function. This allows for modeling risk averseness for many problems in science and engineering. This dissertation addresses gaps ...
Decision Motivations: Factors Guiding the Choices of Agriculturalists in California
(2014-10-16)
This study sought to highlight a specific area of California-agriculturalist behavior—decision-making—that may lend additional insight into how to begin bridging the communication gap between farmers and consumers. ...
Determining Salt Tolerance Among Sunflower Genotypes
(2012-02-14)
Crop lands around the world are becoming more salt-affected due to natural processes and agricultural practices. Due to this increase of salinization, acquisition of saline tolerant germplasm for breeding purposes is ...
Mercury Contamination in Pelagic Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico
(2012-10-19)
Knowledge of mercury concentrations in fish is essential for human health protection. Mercury is a naturally occurring element that acts as a neurotoxin to humans and other species. The biologically available mercury form, ...
Planning for Disaster Recovery: Lessons from Hurricane Ike for Theory and Practice
(2015-08-11)
Recovery is the least researched and prepared-for phase in the disaster management cycle, but the critique of the post-Katrina’s planning has begun to get researchers’ attention with an emerging consensus on the value of ...