In this paper, we discuss the thermo-hydro-mechanical behaviour of geomaterials at light their microstructure and its changes induced by multiphysics loading. After recalling strong links between water retention properties unsaturated soils, relation themicrostructure physical ruling heat mass transfers are discussed. The mechanical soils is then discussed focussing on definition an effective s...

A comparative study of two coagulants, aluminum sulfate (Alum) and aluminum chlorohydrate (ACH), used in parallel in a full scale water treatment plant (WTP) in Ohio from October 2009 to December 2012, was conducted to determine disinfection by-product (DBP) formation potential removal based on both dissolved organic matter (DOM) and fluorescence-derived metrics. Water quality parameters and fl...

In spite of the recognition of potentially toxic chemicals in chlorinated drinking water, few studies have evaluated reproductive health consequences of such exposure. Using data from a case-control study of miscarriage, preterm delivery, and low birth weight in central North Carolina, we evaluated risk associated with water source, amount, and trihalomethane (THM) concentration. Water source w...

A bstmct-A new efficient algorithm for bounded-distance decoding of the Leech la t t ice is presented. The algori thm decodes correctly at least ulp to the guaranteed error-correction radius of the Leech lattice. The proposed decoder is based on projecting the points of the Leech lattice onto the codewords of the (6,3,4) quar te rnary code, the hezacode Ne. Project ion on the hexacode induces p...

-Endothelial thrombomodulin plays a critical role in hemostasis by binding thrombin and subsequently converting protein C to its active form, a powerful anticoagulant. Thrombomodulin thus represents a central mechanism by which patency is maintained in normal vessels. However, thrombomodulin expression decreases in perturbed endothelial cells, predisposing to thrombotic occlusion. An adenoviral...

We propose a projection-based monolithic model order reduction procedure for class of problems in nonlinear mechanics with internal variables. The work is motivated by applications to thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) systems radioactive waste disposal. THM equations the behavior temperature, pore water pressure, and solid displacement neighborhood geological repositories, which contain are respons...

In this paper, we consider a connected undirected graph with n nodes. An asynchronous dist r ibuted algori thm is described which determines a spanning tree of the graph. Moreover, if the edges of the graph are weighted, the same algorithm can compute a minimum-weighted spanning tree. This algori thm can be favourably compared to the one of Gallagher et al. [6] in the following way: identical a...

Hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) technology was used to carbonize and improve biomass raw material obtain hydrochar. The effects of HTC temperature holding time on the yield, composition, structure, combustion behavior, safety hydrochar were studied systematically. In addition, results show that with increase in prolongation time, yield gradually reduces, fixed carbon content increases, volatil...