Community-based Question Answering (CQA) services enable members to ask questions and have them answered by the community. These services have the potential of rapidly creating large archives of questions and answers. ...

Deterministic slope stability design charts for cohesive-frictional (c-φ) soils have been used by geotechnical engineers to examine the effects of earthquakes on slopes by identifying the critical seismic loading which ...

Successful mitigation of vessel-whale encounters requires quantitative estimates of vessel strikes, how strike rates change over time, where strikes are most likely to occur, and options for minimizing strikes. In addressing ...

In Li-ion cells, a passivating film called the solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) develops at the interface between the electrolyte and the electrode particles. The SEI is essential to the functionality of the cell, but ...

Apelin is a peptidic hormone that activates the class A G-protein-coupled apelin receptor. Apelin is found in several bioactive isoforms in the body, ranging from 13 to 55 amino acids in length. Only the C-terminal 12 amino ...

Parasitic reactions in lithium-ion cells consume solvent, salt and active lithium ions, resulting in a loss of capacity and eventual cell failure. The projects described in this thesis have the common goal of exposing the ...

Research shows that the microbiome-gut-brain axis affects physiological systems related to food intake, obesity, anxiety, and inflammation. These disorders are related to stress exposure and stress responding is influenced ...

This thesis describes the importance of the problem definition phase of the engineering design process. The key finding of this study is that when novices are provided with schemes (or design prototypes), their ability ...