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REUSING OF RECYCLED PLASTIC AS PAVEMENT BASE AND SUB-BASE MATERIALS
(2021-08-10)
A large percentage of waste materials is recycled back into the same product from which they originated. In spite of considerable progress in recycling waste materials generated in urban environments, the materials are ...
Novel Mechanisms of Peripheral Vascular Dysfunction in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
(2020-08-04)
Currently, over 30 million adults in the United States have been diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes mellitus (T2D). Importantly, T2D disproportionately augments the risk for the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD), ...
ADVANCING HYDROLOGIC AND HYDRAULIC UNDERSTANDING AND APPLICATION THROUGH INUNDATION MAPPING AND ESTIMATION OF LOSSES
(2020-08-28)
Flooding is the most frequent weather hazard that can cause serious fatalities and property damages worldwide. Climate change with extreme weather has further increased the impact from flooding and brought unprecedented ...
FINITE ELEMENT BASED METHODOLOGY TO PREDICT FATIGUE COMPRESSION FAILURE IN COMPOSITE BASED ON FIBER KINKING DAMAGE MODEL
(2020-09-04)
Advanced polymer matrix composites are widely used in designing high-performance and lightweight spacecraft, rotorcraft, and automotive structures, due to its superior performance such as specific stiffness, specific ...
FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS REVEALS THE MECHANISMS AND EVOLUTION OF EXTREME PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS IN SNAKES
(2021-04-28)
Previous studies examining post-feeding organ regeneration in the Burmese python (Python molurusbivittatus) have identified thousands of genes that are significantly differentially regulated during this process. However, ...
MACHINE LEARNING METHODS TO IMPROVE FAIRNESS AND PREDICTION ACCURACY ON LARGESOCIALLY RELEVANT DATASETS
(2021-08-16)
Machine learning-based decision support systems bring relief to the decision-makers in many domains such as loan application acceptance, dating, hiring, granting parole, insurance coverage, and medical diagnoses. These ...
INFLUENTIAL FACTORS FOR DIETARY INTAKE: EXPANDING THE PROTOTYPE WILLINGNESS MODEL IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
(2021-05-05)
Only 10-13% of individuals consume enough fruit and vegetables. Not only do fruit and vegetables help stave off chronic disease, but they also help maintain weight, and contain nutrients that reduce inflammation, infection, ...
MODELING FACTUAL CLAIMS WITH SEMANTIC FRAMES: DEFINITIONS, DATASETS, TOOLS, AND FACT-CHECKING APPLICATIONS
(2021-08-26)
As social media sites have become major channels for the quick dissemination of news, misinformation has become a significant challenge for our society to tackle. Today fact-checking rests primarily on the shoulders of ...
TUNING THE SOLUBILITY, CELLULAR-UPTAKE AND ACTIVITY OF MICROTUBULE STABILIZING RUTHENIUM POLYPYRIDYL COMPLEXES
(2021-08-06)
Many Ru(II) Polypyridyl Complexes (RPCs) are being investigated as they show potent cytotoxicity and acceptable toleration in animals. Some of these RPCs are thought to target DNA and/or mitochondria in cells. Recently, ...
CHARACTERIZATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF MECHANICAL PROPERTIES IN THERMOPLASTIC FFF PARTS USING IN-SITU ANNEALING
(2021-08-13)
Fused filament fabrication is one of the most common and widely used additive manufacturing techniques. Owing to its ease of use, availability and cheap feedstock it provides a significant advantage over other AM techniques. ...