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Evaluation of Self-Consolidating Concrete for Use in Prestressed Girder Applications
(2008-09-09)
Self-consolidating concrete (SCC) is a highly flowable, yet cohesive, concrete that is able to fill formwork and completely encapsulate any reinforcement without the need for external vibration. The use of SCC may help ...
Exploring sinefungin analogs as potential antiviral agents
(2008-09-09)
Sinefungin bears a strong structural resemblance to S-adenosylmethionine and S-adenosylhomocysteine and, therefore is one of the most potent inhibitors of viral mRNA methyl transferase. Besides antiviral activity, sinefungin ...
A Statistical Analysis of Georgia's HMA Quality Assurance Proccess
(2008-09-09)
In the recent years, there has been a push towards allowing contractors to use their own test results in the quality assurance process of Departments of Transportation (DOTs). While this movement saves the states money ...
Attributions and Depression Across Cultures
(2008-09-09)
There is evidence that culture and depression can both affect the pattern of explanations that people give for events. To date, research on attributions has considered only culture or depression with respect to attributions, ...
A Comparison of Personal Attribute and Scenario Based Shame Measures
(2008-09-09)
Shame has become an increasingly important topic in the study of emotion and psychopathology; however, the best way to measure it remains unclear. Three current, prominent shame measures include the Experience of Shame ...
Evaluation of the Maturity Method to Estimate Concrete Strength
(2008-09-09)
The strength of a newly constructed concrete structure or roadway is critically important to contractors and engineers who must decide when to safely allow construction loads, prestressing operations, or opening to traffic ...
Transfer Length in Prestessed Self-Consolidating Concrete
(2008-09-09)
Over the years much research into the transfer lengths of prestressed beams cast with conventional-slump concrete has been performed, but very little has been done in regard to beams cast with self-consolidating concrete ...
The Effects of Sulfide on Pulp and Paper Wastewater Color Reversion
(2008-09-09)
More and more concern is being given to the aesthetics of wastewater, specifically the color of the resulting effluent. The underlying causes of colored wastewater suggest incomplete pollutant removal and unsuccessful ...
Drawn Into Unknown Lands: Frontier Travel and Possibility in Early American Literature
(2008-09-09)
This dissertation explores the symbolic meanings contained in literary depictions of journeys to the American frontier written during the late 1700s and early 1800s. I argue that these depictions work to create and advance ...
Perceptions of the Size, Shape and Attractiveness of Female Body Scans Relative to Body Mass Index
(2008-09-09)
The purpose of this study was to investigate male and female college students’ perceptions of female body size using 3-D body scan images. A convenience sample of 146 men and 155 women viewed 10 women’s scanned images ...