Determining convergence of Monte Carlo criticality problems is complicated by the statistical noise inherent in the random walks of the neutrons in each generation. The latest version of MCNP5 incorporates an important new tool for assessing convergence: the Shannon entropy of the fission source distribution, Hsrc. Shannon entropy is a well-known concept from information theory and provides a s...

Wilmington University has a functioning committee and procedures to review and approve all research involving human subjects. All human subjects research conducted by the University is reviewed under the auspices of the Human Subjects Review Committee (HSRC) of the Faculty Senate. Wilmington University is primarily a teaching institution rather than a research institution, therefore, the HSRC p...

The study objective was to determine the direct effects of rapid cooling after acute hyperthermia on intestinal morphology and inflammatory response in pigs. In four repetitions, male pigs (N = 36; 88.7 ± 1.6 kg) were exposed to thermoneutrality (TN; n = 3/rep; 19.5 ± 0.1°C) for 6 h or heat stress (HS; 36.4 ± 0.1°C) for 3 h, followed by a 3-h recovery period of rapid cooling (HSRC; n = 3/rep; r...

Dr Dimitri Tassiopoulos was a Chief Research Manager with Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance (SAHARA) within the HIV/AIDS, STIs and TB (HAST) research programme of the HSRC. He held a BA (Hons.) degree in Political Science from the University of Stellenbosch, and obtained an MBA and PhD in Management and Administration from the University of Stellenbosch Business School in South Africa.

Abstract This work aims at describing the behavior of high-strength reinforced concrete (HSRC) beams under short-term ultimate loads with compressive strengths higher than 50 MPa. A plastic approach besides a cross sectional analysis is employed to primarily trace nonlinear response nineteen HSRC simply supported for which experimental results are available. proposed theoretical able acceptably...

limit to the tension reinforcement ratio ( ρ) in flexural high strength reinforced concrete (hsrc) members is based on the requirement that tension failure as sufficient rotation capacity are ensured at ultimate limit state. however, the provisions for the total amount of longitudinal reinforcement ratio ( ρ and ρ’) are not associated with any rational derivation. in this paper, a quantitative ...