Agricultural land use has a remarkable influence on the stock and distribution of soil organic carbon (SOC). However, both regional sampling process-based ecosystem models for SOC estimation at scale have limitations when applied in areas with large change. In present study, framework (CMCS) combining CENTURY modeling (CM) chronosequences (CS) was established, case study conducted Cangshan Coun...

High modulus of about 1 TPa, high thermal conductivity over 3000 W/mK, very low coefficient expansion (CTE), electrical conductivity, self-lubricating characteristics and density have made CNTs one the best reinforcing materials nano composites for advanced structural, industrial, strength wear-prone applications. This is so because it has capacity improving mechanical, tribological, electrical...

Objective. Measurements of knee joint movement in gait analysis may result in large errors caused by misplacement of reflective markers by the testers. To properly understand the measurement results, it is important to guarantee the reliability of the measurement method used for the purpose. The aim of this study was to confirm the interrater reproducibility of a measurement method with a rigid...

Personal ([2] C. Barnatt, Cyber Business — Mindsets for a Wired Age, Wiley, New York, 1995) computers and networks have transformed communications in the workplace over the last decade. Tomorrow’s society is likely to revolve around the use of Computer Mediated Communication (CMCs) to eschew the geographical distance between individuals ([27] N. Negroponte, Being Digital, Hodder and Stoughton, ...

PURPOSE When medical students move from the classroom into clinical practice environments, their roles and learning challenges shift dramatically from a formal curricular approach to a workplace learning model. Continuity among peers during clinical clerkships may play an important role in this different mode of learning. We explored students' perceptions about how they achieved workplace learn...

ANOMALY DETECTION AND MICROSTRUCTURE CHARACTERIZATION IN FIBER REINFORCED CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES Name: Bricker, Stephen E. University of Dayton Advisor: Dr. Russell Hardie Ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) have the potential to replace current superalloys being used in hot components of jet engines. CMCs with continuous fiber reinforcement exhibit significant strength retention beyond tempera...

Recent proliferation of cell phone and mobile computing technologies has yielded an opportunity to design software systems intended to facilitate collaboration and teamwork among geographically dispersed users. On-the-go collaboration on portable computers, however, cannot be facilitated with traditional Computer Mediated Collaborative Systems (CMCS)s [1] typically deployed on desktop computers...

In this paper, the comparison of cyclic hysteresis behavior between cross-ply C/SiC and SiC/SiC ceramic-matrix composites (CMCs) has been investigated. The interface slip between fibers and the matrix existed in the matrix cracking mode 3 and mode 5, in which matrix cracking and interface debonding occurred in the 0° plies are considered as the major reason for hysteresis loops of cross-ply CMC...

We have identified a subpopulation of stem cells within adult human BM, isolated at the single-cell level, that self-renew without loss of multipotency for more than 140 population doublings and exhibit the capacity for differentiation into cells of all 3 germ layers. Based on surface marker expression, these clonally expanded human BM-derived multipotent stem cells (hBMSCs) do not appear to be...

Acknowledgements I would like to express my gratitude to Professor Alfio Quarteroni, who gave me the possibility to work within the Chair of Modeling and Scientific Computing (CMCS) to my Master Project, and to Luca Dedè, who was very supportive during these months and always available to provide valuable advice and ideas. My thanks go to everyone in the CMCS group, in particular to Andrea and ...