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Clay Mineral Quantification Using Gravemetric Analysis
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2009-09-16)
The current procedure used by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to determine the type of stabilizer is based mainly on the Plasticity Index (PI) and the gradation of the soil. This method of stabilization does ...
The Role Of Child Protective Services Workers:
(Criminology & Criminal Justice, 2009-09-16)
This study examines the self-concepts and opinions of Child Protective Services (CPS) caseworkers and University of Arlington undergraduate students that are declared Criminal Justice majors. Both groups have been surveyed ...
Comparative Damage Of Different Truck Configurations On Jointed Plain Concrete Pavement
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2009-09-16)
This study estimated the damage done by trucks with 35 different configurations on a typical structure of a Jointed Plain Concrete Pavement. The configurations were proposed by New York Department of Transportation, the ...
A Process For Ice Detector Placement Using 3-d Eulerian Droplet Impingement Analysis
(Aerospace Engineering, 2009-09-16)
Ice detectors invoke an aircraft's ice protection systems, which reduce the risks of flight into known icing conditions. A process has been developed to place ice detectors on aircraft using high fidelity computational ...
Synthesis And Study Of Fluorinated Thiophenes, Bithiophenes And Trithiophenes: Models For The Polymeric Material
(Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2009-09-16)
3-Fluorothiophene is a small molecule and the known syntheses for this molecule are far from being straight forward and suffer from many drawbacks such as low yield, long synthetic procedures and the use of expensive or ...
The Amber Alert: A Comparative Analysis Of The Suggested Federal Amber Alert Activation Guidelines And Individual State Activation Criteria
(Criminology & Criminal Justice, 2009-09-16)
This study focuses on the AMBER Alert system, in particular the criteria that should be present prior to the issuance of an alert. The purpose of this study is to review individual state's AMBER Alert activation criteria ...
Cytotoxicity Studies On Metallo-salens And Their Applications In Gene Delivery
(Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2009-09-16)
Most of biological catalysts including nucleases are made of active metal centers. Metal complexes that are able to interact with DNA and RNA mimicking these natural nucleases will be valuable as therapeutic agents that ...
Performance Evaluation In Reverse Logistics With Data Envelopment Analysis
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2009-09-16)
Good reverse logistics design can save cost, increase revenues, and gain competitive edges over the rivals. Design of the optimized reverse supply chain model is a very important task to help enterprises save cost and gain ...
The Influence Of Knowledge Aquired At Study On Younger And Older Adults' Source Memory
(Psychology, 2009-09-16)
The current experiments were intended to investigate the tendency of younger and older adults to use knowledge acquired during encoding to guide source memory judgments at test. Participants studied a list of words with ...