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A Constitutive Model for Lead Free Solder Including Aging Effects and Its Application to Microelectronic Packaging
(2013-08-01)
The microstructure, mechanical response, and failure behavior of lead free solder joints in electronic assemblies are constantly evolving when exposed to isothermal aging and/or thermal cycling environments. Traditional ...
Constraints on the Petrogenesis of the Rockford Granite by Chemical and Radiogenic Isotopic Compositions
(2022-04-27)
The Rockford Granite is a Paleozoic igneous body located in Coosa County, Alabama. Regionally, between the Brevard zone and the Kowaliga zone, there lies intense faulting and shearing, which has been studied extensively ...
Construcción desde afuera: el género masculino mexicano en Pedro Páramo de Juan Rulfo
(2015-05-11)
En esta investigación, se explora desde una perspectiva de estudios de género la manera en que se construye la masculinidad masculina. Esta construcción es una función no del individuo, sino que se hace a base de la ...
Construct Validity of Three Measures of Depersonalization in College-Exposed College Students
(2010-08-10)
Depersonalization is a type of dissociation characterized by feelings of unreality and detachment from one’s sense of self. Despite a history rich in clinical description, depersonalization has proven difficult to define ...
Constructing Cubic Splines on the Sphere
(2009-07-15)
A method to approximate functions defined on a sphere using Tensor Product cubic B-splines is presented here. The method is based on decomposing the sphere into six identical patches obtained by radially projecting the ...
Constructing Meaning through Talk: A Research Study Examining the Use of Dialogic Discourse in Guided Reading to Promote Student-Centered Classroom Practices in Primary Classrooms
(2019-01-22)
Teachers have been tackling the best approaches to teaching reading comprehension for decades. The classroom teacher becomes a vital component in improving the critical thinking students must develop within academic settings. ...
Construction and Calibration of Large-Scale Rainfall Simulators
(2023-04-24)
Large-scale rainfall simulation offers valuable insight into the effectiveness of erosion
control practice. While small and intermediate-scale apparatuses can analyze the effects of splash
and sheet erosion on a slope, ...
Construction of a Diesel Engine Test Stand and a Crank Angle Based Heat Release Model
(2011-11-15)
A test stand for a light duty diesel engine was constructed and used to measure both mean and crank angle based engine operating parameters. The test stand features a 1.1L Hyundai CRDi turbo-diesel engine, a Land and Sea ...
Construction of a high-density high-resolution genetic map and its integration with BAC-based physical map in channel catfish
(2015-12-10)
Catfish is the leading aquaculture specie in the United States of American. However, the catfish industry is facing great challenges due to devastating diseases, high production cost, high feed and energy cost and international ...
Construction of an Intellegient Database Application Development Environment Using Object-oriented Concept
(1988-12-09)
Throughout the world, managers are beginning to recognize the potential of computers and information processing technology to help them cope with today's complex business world. When the demand for new or expanded ...
Construction of Orthonormal Multivariate Wavelets
(2011-08-01)
The purpose of this paper is to explain the construction of orthonormal multivariate wavelets associated with a multiresolution analysis. This paper primarily uses the work of R. A. Zalik [10], where he outlines a method ...
Construction Site Utilization Planning Best Practices
(2014-03-31)
Construction site utilization planning has implications for project safety, construction efficiency, scheduling, and budgetary performance of a project. An important aspect not identified in past research efforts are the ...
Construction Technique and Strength of Connected Regolith Bag Structures
(2007-05-15)
Masonry Arches have been used from a long time in construction of bridges, domes and other structures. They are constructed out of voussoirs and their stability is determined by drawing a funicular polygon representing ...
Constructive Aspects for the Generalized Orthogonal Group
(2010-04-28)
Our main result is a constructive proof of the Cartan-Dieudonn\'{e}-Scherk Theorem in the real or complex fields. The Cartan-Dieudonn\'{e}-Scherk Theorem states that for fields of characteristic other than two, every ...
Consumer adaptation mediates top-down regulation of ecosystems across a nutrient gradient
(2016-03-07)
Individuals within a species frequently differ in important traits, and these differences are known functions of genetic, epigenetic, and environmental influences. While evolutionary biologists have been studying ...
The Consumer Cold Chain: Evaluation of Consumer Handling Behaviors on Fresh Beef Products at Retail Locations and during Vehicular Transport from Retail to Residence and the Implications on Palatability
(2017-11-16)
Unlike the controlled and highly regulated systematic steps in the production and handling of the fresh red meat products prior to purchase, a consumer’s handling behavior cannot be regulated by an outside authority after ...
A Consumer Participation Approach to the Design of Functional Collector Toys by Incorporating Designer Toy Subculture
(2009-12-15)
Designer toys have become one of the emerging toy markets since the late 1990’s. Designer toys were designed by artist especially targeted at first to underground art collectors and until now it has been targeted to toy ...
Consumer Preferences for Watermelons: A Conjoint Analysis
(2008-05-15)
Almost 5,000 years after the first recorded watermelon harvest, people are still harvesting and eating watermelons today. However, different people prefer different attributes of the fruit. The main purpose of this study ...
Consumer Preferences on Peanut Aflatoxin Safety in Ghana
(2013-11-11)
Food safety attracts growing attention in discussions among scientists, policymakers, and the general public. The introduction and enforcement of appropriate regulatory standards for pervasive food toxins, such as aflatoxins, ...
Consumer Willingness-to-Pay for Sweet Grown Alabama Sweet Potatoes
(2023-07-28)
In this study, we capture consumer willingness to pay for differently labeled and sourced
sweet potatoes at Alabama farmers markets using an incentive-based experiment. Data were
collected at farmers markets in four ...