This paper investigated the effects of combining fibers with self-consolidating concrete (SCC). 12 series of test specimens were prepared using three kinds of fibers including steel, polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) and glass fibers with four different volumes fractions and one specimen without fibers as a reference sample. All plans were subjected to fresh concrete tests. For mechanical behavior of...

The estimation of crustal structure and thickness is essential in understanding the formation evolution terrestrial planets. Initial planetary missions with seismic instrumentation on board face additional challenge dealing activity levels that are only poorly constrained a priori. For example, lack plate tectonics Mars leads to low seismicity, which could, turn, hinder application many data an...

We present results from two experiments that investigate the nature of pragmatic inferences triggered by numeral modifiers (namely at least and more than when embedded under universal quantifiers). We have found that while both types of modifiers give rise to implicatures, they differ in the extent to which they trigger such inferences, contra current theoretical analyses (e.g. Büring 2008, Sch...

Abstract Maize is a major staple food in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Vitamin A deficiency index high and could be reduced through the consumption of provitamin-A-enriched maize. However, foliar diseases such as maize streak virus, northern corn leaf blight common rust constrain production SSA. The cultivation host-resistant varieties most effective approach to mitigate their effects. Therefore, s...

Breeding maize with high contents of zinc, iron and provitamin A (PVA) could be effective in mitigating micronutrient deficiency developing countries a reliance on maize-based diets. Information the mode inheritance iron, PVA grain yield (GY) would facilitate development varieties enhanced these nutrients. Twenty-four yellow to orange inbred lines their 96 F1 hybrids generated using North Carol...