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Braking Forces in Highway Bridge Substructures
(2019-06-24)
Under the Load-and-Resistance Factor Design Specification, the longitudinal braking force that must be designed for was increased when compared to a bridge designed according to the previous code, the Standard Specification. ...
Branched Amphiphilic Peptide Capsules (BAPCs): A promising platform for mRNA therapeutics delivery.
(2023-12-11)
mRNA therapeutics represent an emerging and powerful strategy for the treatment and
prevention of infectious and genetic diseases. However, mRNA molecules are large anionic
polymer that necessitate a delivery vector to ...
Brand Equity among Producers of Chinese Mitten Crab
(2014-03-31)
In the Shanghai area of China there is considerable product differentiation among producers of Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis, with as many as 50 brands available in the marketplace. At the same time, the brand ...
Breaching of Concrete Masonry Unit Walls due to Direst Shear when Subjected to Blast Loading
(2012-04-10)
This report details the steps needed to formulate an engineering design equation to address the potential for breaching of concrete masonry walls in between grout cells when subjected to blast loading. Prior to the beginning ...
Breakdown studies of helium and nitrogen in partial vacuum subject to non-uniform, unipolar fields in the 20-220 kHz range
(2008-08-15)
Partial discharges and corona are considered as unwanted processes in electrical power systems since they are constant source of power loss and electrical noise (EMI). These effects can further develop into a major problem ...
Brick by Brick: A Narrative Account of Black Undergraduate Men Thriving at Historically White Institutions
(2023-08-07)
Black labor at historically white institutions is commonplace without reward. The overwhelming majority of this labor is coming from Black male students who are associated into spaces where they must act on behalf of a ...
Bridal Gown Shopping in Relation to Body Size, Image and Satisfaction, and Previous Experience and Anticipated Pleasure
(2014-12-09)
The purpose of this research was to gain insight into how consumer’s body size, image, and satisfaction with previous apparel shopping experiences relate to views of the bridal gown shopping experience in terms of anticipated ...
Bridge Pile Bent P-Delta Curves in Transverse Direction Using FB-Pier and GTSTRUDL Pushover Analysis Procedures
(2005-08-15)
Extreme flood events may create large transverse water loads that cause piles of a bent to bend about their weak axes in addition to causing scour. A comparison of the nonlinear pushover analysis procedures and resulting ...
Bridging the gap between Academic Research and Public Perception of Natural Hazard Risk
(2019-04-23)
Natural Hazards are a common but regularly misunderstood problem in our world. Researchers have training to understand the processes and risks of natural hazards to better understand how climate related hazards develop and ...
A Brief Abstinence Test for College Student Smokers: Testing the Utility of a Novel Choice Task
(2007-08-15)
Cigarette smoking among college students is prevalent and correlated with other unhealthy behaviors. Reinforced abstinence (e.g., contingency management) has been demonstrated to be an effective method for reducing substance ...
Brief Alcohol Intervention with College Students using BASICS: Face-to-Face versus Computerized Feedback
(2007-12-15)
Research suggests that brief motivational models of intervention for alcohol use among college students are effective in decreasing risky drinking (Baer, Marlatt, Kivlhan, Fromme, Larimer, & Williams, 1992; Emrick 1975). ...
A Brief Exploration of the Sorgenfrey Line and the Lexicographic Order
(2006-05-15)
The author will compare properties of the usual topology on the real line with the properties of the Sorgenfrey Line. After that she will look at properties of the Lexiographic Order on the reals cross [0,1]. The main ...
A Brief Review of Body Quest: Food of the Warrior, a Childhood Obesity Prevention Initiative, and Impact on Fruit and Vegetable Preference
(2013-05-01)
Objective: Body Quest: Food of the Warrior (BQ) was developed as a childhood obesity prevention initiative. This thesis provides a brief program review of BQ and measures the effect of BQ on fruit and vegetable (F/V) ...
A Brief Survey of Hyperspaces and a Construction of a Whitney Map
(2009-08-03)
This paper is a brief survey of hyperspaces of topological spaces. In particular, the hyperspace of all nonempty compact subsets of a space and the hyperspace of all nonempty subcontinua of a space with the Vietoris topology. ...
‘Bring God to the Negro, Bring the Negro to God’: Thomas Joseph Toolen, Archbishop of Mobile (1927-1969), His Culture, His Religion, and His Mission
(2006-05-15)
Archbishop Thomas Joseph Toolen was the Bishop of Mobile through some rather turbulent times for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mobile. One of the most frequently occurring questions he had to deal with was the question ...
Broaching Style and Multicultural Counseling Competence Explored in the Context of Sexual Orientation
(2016-04-26)
The present study explored counselors-in-training (CITs) and their self-perceived competency in their work with lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) clients along with their perception of broaching behaviors with this population. ...
Broad characterization of structural variation and genetic differentiation in two hybridizing macaque species
(2018-07-25)
Speciation and hybridization drive all of the biodiversity seen on the plant. Understanding underlying mechanisms of these cornerstones of evolutionary genetics if of vital importance. Here we seek to apply a combination ...
Broadband Radio Frequency Transmitter for Magnetic Resonance Imaging
(2015-07-14)
In Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) application, radio frequency (RF) coils play an important role to excite the nuclei inside the imaging subject and receive MR generated signals. To achieve optimal transmit efficiency/receive ...
Brood habitat use and availability and daily and seasonal covey movements of Northern Bobwhites in east-central Alabama
(2010-01-07)
We examined home range habitat composition and preferred habitats within home ranges for Northern bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) broods during the breeding seasons (April 1 – October 31) of 2003 – 2006 on Sehoy ...
Brood stock nutrition: enhancement of egg quality for the production of hybrid catfish
(2007-08-15)
The catfish industry is one of the largest and best developed aquaculture segments in the United States. The development of technological solutions to maintain a competitive level in the market is key to this success. The ...