The state transportation agencies (STAs) in the United States are mandated by federal rule to carry out work-zone impact assessment for highway rehabilitation projects. The work zone impact assessment requires calculating ...

Standing dead trees (SDTs) are an important forest component and impact a variety of ecosystem processes, yet the carbon pool dynamics of SDTs are poorly constrained in terrestrial carbon cycling models. The ability to ...

In current-generation climate models, the warm sea surface temperature (SST) bias problem is most commonly seen in the eastern boundary upwelling systems (EBUSs), and is most pronounced and most prevalent in the Southeast ...

In the quickly developing field of robotics, there is an urgent and growing need for high-quality and reliable simulations. While robotics simulators are used commonly by roboticists, there is a lack of knowledge about how ...

Interpretation of electrical resistivity logs in organic-rich source rocks has been challenging for petrophysicists. Conventional resistivity-porosity-saturation models (e.g., Archie’s, Dual-Water, and Waxman-Smits equations) ...

The transportation infrastructure systems in the United States were built between the 50's and 80's, with 20 years design life. As most of them already exceeded their original life expectancy, State Transportation Agencies ...

The cardiovascular system is strongly dependent on the gravitational environment. Gravitational changes cause mechanical fluid shifts and, in turn, autonomic effectors influence systemic circulation and cardiac control. ...

Water deficit is a major limitation for cotton yield in drought-prone Texas croplands. Where underground or surface water is available and cost affordable, water is applied to crops using a variety of irrigation techniques ...

Complex rock composition and pore geometry, as well as anisotropic behavior and heterogeneity, can significantly affect formation electrical resistivity and dielectric permittivity, which are used to estimate in situ ...