BORIS [4 ] ie an exper imenta l computer program designed to understand and answer quest ions about compl ica ted n a r r a t i v e s . By " c o m p l i c a t e d ' we mean n a r r a t i v e s which r e q u i r e the s p e c i f i c a t i o n and i n t e r a c t i o n o f m u l t i p l e sources o f knowledge, i n c l u d i n g : s c r i p t s , p l a n s , g o a l s , i n t e r p e r s o n a l...

Abstract This research work presents an experimental and numerical study of the coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) processes that occur during soil freezing. With focusing on artificial ground freezing (AGF) technology, a new testing device is built, which considers variety AGF-related boundary conditions different directions. In conducted experiments, distinction made between two thermal st...

Winter frost resistance (WFR), midwinter frost hardening and frost dehardening potential of Pinus cembra L. were determined in situ by means of a novel low-temperature freezing system at the alpine timberline ecotone (1950 m a.s.l., Mt Patscherkofel, Innsbruck, Austria). In situ liquid nitrogen (LN₂)-quenching experiments should check whether maximum WFR of P. cembra belonging to the frost hard...

Amino acid homeostasis was investigated in frost-resistant barley seedlings under either cold- or freezing-stress conditions. Total free amino acid content varied only slightly, but a substantial conversion of glutamate to gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) was found that was proportional to the severity of the stress. Cold acclimation caused a significant increase in amino acid pools, and induced ...

V. Yepes , D. Martínez-Muñoz J.V. Martí Polytechnic University of Valencia, ICITECH, Dept. Construction Engineering (SPAIN)

The timing of life history traits is central to lifetime fitness and nowhere is this more evident or well studied as in the phenology of flowering in governing plant reproductive success. Recent changes in the timing of environmental events attributable to climate change, such as the date of snowmelt at high altitudes, which initiates the growing season, have had important repercussions for som...

Alex Bennet and David Bennet 1 Co-Founder, Mountain Quest Institute, Frost, West Virginia; Chair Emeritus, U.S. Federal Knowledge Management Working Group; former Chief Knowledge Officer and Deputy Chief Information Officer for Enterprise Integration of the U.S. Department of the Navy. 2 Co-Founder, Mountain Quest Institute, Frost, West Virginia; former Chairman of the Board and CEO of a profes...