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Structural Analysis At Aircraft Conceptual Design Stage
(Aerospace Engineering, 2014-03-12)
In the past 50 years, computers have helped by augmenting human efforts with tremendous pace. The aircraft industry is not an exception. Aircraft industry is more than ever dependent on computing because of a high level ...
Development Of A Conceptual Design Weight Estimation Method Library And Documentation
(Aerospace Engineering, 2014-07-14)
The state of the art in estimating the volumetric size and mass of flight vehicles is held today by an elite group of engineers in the Aerospace Conceptual Design Industry. This is not a skill readily accessible or taught ...
Constraining The Provenance Of Middle Cenozoic Fluvial Sandstone In The Central Rocky Mountains Using Detrital Zircon U-pb Geochronology And Sandstone Petrography
(Geology, 2014-09-17)
Detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology and sandstone petrography are studied to constrain the provenance of middle Cenozoic fluvial sandstone in the Central Rocky Mountains. Petrographic point counting of 12 sandstone samples ...
No Longer Estranged: Women, Science, Science Fiction
(English, 2014-03-10)
Feminist science fiction (SF) and feminist science studies share common concerns--the gendered perception of science and women's place in the sciences among them--but the two fields are rarely considered together. This ...
New Matrix Completion Models For Social Information Retrieval Application
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2014-03-12)
Many popular social web sites have emerged during the past decade and completely changed many users' everyday live. Recently, social information retrieval models, where conventional information retrieval meets the social ...
Application Of Pd-catalyzed Reactions In The Total Synthesis Of Oroidin-derived Alkaloids
(Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2014-03-17)
The oroidin family of marine natural products is a growing group of sponge-derived alkaloids which contain 2-aminoimidazole and pyrrolecarboxamide fragments as their signature features. Due to their structural diversity ...
An Innovative Model For Police Leaders And Managers: From An Ancient Source "the Art Of War" By Sun Tzu
(Criminology & Criminal Justice, 2014-03-10)
Crime has been perceived as a battle that has yet to be won within the United States, as in other countries as well. However, an ancient text over 2,500 years old has been used to achieve victory in many battles throughout ...
A Novel Injectable Porous Hydrogel Composite Scaffold For Bone Tissue Engineering
(Biomedical Engineering, 2014-03-17)
Over the past decade there has been an increasing use of bone grafts for orthopedic applications. With the aging US population, the need for suitable bone grafts substitutes has also increased. The aim of this study was ...
Development Of An Adaptation Model For Health Interventions For Sexual And Gender Minorities: A Grounded Theory Study
(Social Work, 2014-03-12)
A dearth of literature exists on health issues impacting sexual and gender minority (SGM) populations. SGM face health disparities linked to stigma, discrimination, and denial of their civil and human rights. Albeit limited ...
The CCHC Motif In Non-LTR Retrotransposons Modulates RNA Associated Protein Conformational Changes
(Biology, 2014-03-10)
Non-LTR retrotransposons encode a conserved cysteine histidine motif of undetermined function. The spacing of the cysteines and histidine residues in the motif is CX₃CX₇HX4C. The site specific non-LTR retrotransposon R2Bm ...