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IMPLEMENTATION AND VALIDATION OF A HYDRO-MECHANICAL ELASTOPLASTIC CONSTITUTIVE MODEL FOR FULLY COUPLED ANALYSIS OF UNSATURATED SOILS
(2017-05)
Unsaturated soils are commonly encountered in natural soil deposits above the ground water table and in civil infrastructure construction as compacted soils. In earthquake prone areas, problems arise from dynamic loading ...
The relentless pursuit of construct validity: Why employment interviews predict job performance?
(2011)
Employment interviews are one of the most frequently researched areas in the human resources management research (Buckley, Norris, & Wiese, 2000). Over the last eighty years, the employment interview research has gone ...
Development and validation of a sodar simulator for atmospheric boundary layer characterization
(2014-05-09)
A sodar simulator capable of producing time-series data emulating sodar signals
has been developed and tested. The atmospheric elds used to populate the sodar
simulator are taken from output of a large eddy simulation ...
DESIGN AND FUNCTIONAL EVALUATION OF A 3D IN-VITRO LIVER CULTURE SYSTEM FOR APPLICATIONS IN TOXICITY SCREENING OF NEW CHEMICAL ENTITIES
(2011)
Advancements in biomaterials and manufacturing processes have enabled the development of 3D cell encapsulated hydrogels as systems to mimic in-vivo like function for drug-screening. Accurate prediction of human response ...
RECURSIVE ADAPTATION AND INTERDEPENDENT COMMUNICATION: A GROUNDED APPROACH TO THE INTEGRATION OF NEW/MOBILE TECHNOLOGY AND THE K-2 TEACHER
(2019-05-10)
The ascendency of technology in contemporary culture has catalyzed vertiginous alterations in the communication practices of individuals, groups, and organizations. The integration of new/mobile technology in educational ...
Understanding the Development of Legitimate Teacher Authority through the Teacher-Student Relationship: A Qualitative Study
(2014-05-09)
Focusing on the relational elements of care, respect, and trust, this sequential qualitative study examined teacher authority development through the development of the teacher-student relationship. Teacher effectiveness ...
Genomic investigation of cnidarian toxin evolution
(2017-12)
The phylum Cnidaria (jellyfish, hydras and anemones) was one of the earliest diverging animal groups and member species have simple, diffuse nervous systems. A trait unique to Cnidaria is specialized stinging cells ...
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF HUMAN INCUDOSTAPEDIAL JOINT AND TYMPANIC MEMBRANE IN NORMAL AND BLAST-DAMAGED EARS
(2018-05-11)
The human ear consists of outer ear, middle ear and inner ear. The mechanical properties of the incudostapedial joint (ISJ) and tympanic membrane (TM) are critical to the sound transmission function of the ear because the ...
Probabilistic Visual Search
(2013)
In the present dissertation I examine whether participants are able to use cues that provide probabilistic target information. On each trial, participants are presented with a search array and are asked to find a target ...
AN ANALYSIS OF WIND AND SOLAR ENERGY RESOURCES FOR THE STATE OF KUWAIT
(2012)
Kuwait is an important producer of oil and gas. Its rapid socio-economic growth has been characterized by increasing population, high rates of urbanization, and substantial industrialization, which is transforming it into ...