Impact exercise and bone density in premenopausal women with below average...
Purpose: To study the effects of two home-based impact exercise programs on areal bone mineral density (aBMD) in adult premenopausal women with below average aBMD for age (negative Z-scores; 40.8...
View ArticleCharacterization of novel water-equivalent PRESAGE® dosimeters for...
In this paper we introduce three novel PRESAGE<sup>®</sup> dosimeters referred to as metal optimized dosimeters (MODs) 1, 2 and 3, and determine their sensitivity, as well as their water...
View ArticleTuning the oxygen functional groups in reduced graphene oxide papers to...
The superior mechanical flexibility, mechanical strength, electrical conductivity, high specific surface area, and a special two-dimensional crystalline structure make graphene a very promising...
View Article(In Press) The practice of integrating adaptation and disaster risk reduction...
Disaster risk reduction (DRR) and emergency management (EM) efforts are integral to climate change adaptation (CCA). The integration of DRR with adaptation is globally recognized as a rational use of...
View Article(Convex) Level Sets Integration
The paper addresses the problem of recovering a pseudoconvex function from the normal cones to its level sets that we call the convex level sets integration problem. An important application is the...
View ArticleA quasi-static FEM for estimating gear load capacity
Measurement of time-varying load capacity of gears is a vital process prior to manufacturing. There are two ways to evaluate the strength of gears, the analytical method proposed in AGMA and ISO...
View ArticlePreparation and characterization of chia seed protein isolate-chia seed gum...
Chia seed protein isolate (CPI) and chia seed gum (CSG) were extracted and complex coacervation between these two was studied. The pH and the CPI-to-CSG ratio were optimized to obtain the highest yield...
View ArticleTowards the commercialization of Botryococcus braunii for triterpenoid...
Botryococcus braunii can accumulate unusually high levels of triterpenoid hydrocarbons making it a potential source of high value chemicals. However, its commercial application is hampered by its slow...
View ArticleSolving the redundancy allocation problem with multiple strategy choices...
In most research on redundancy allocation problem (RAP), the redundancy strategy for each subsystem is assumed to be predetermined and fixed. This paper focuses on a specific RAP with multiple strategy...
View ArticleNonlinear LCO "amplitude-frequency" characteristics for plates fluttering at...
The nonlinear aeroelastic behavior of isotropic rectangular plates in supersonic gas flow is examined. Quadratic and cubic aerodynamic nonlinearities as well as cubic geometrical nonlinearities are...
View ArticleLife cycle assessment and life cycle cost implications for roofing and floor...
This paper describes life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle cost (LCC) analysis for typical Australian houses. It reports how different roofing (i.e. roof and ceiling) and floor designs affect the...
View ArticleGroundwater cooling of a supercomputer in Perth, Western Australia:...
Groundwater cooling (GWC) is a sustainable alternative to conventional cooling technologies for supercomputers. A GWC system has been implemented for the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre in Perth, Western...
View ArticleInvestigation on the looseness of the worm connected to the motor shaft in a...
This article aims at identifying the possible cause of the detachment between a worm and its coupled motor shaft. Investigation includes several characterization techniques such as visual observation,...
View Article(In Press) All of London's a stage: the 1943 County of London Plan Exhibition
The post-war reconstruction era was marked by numerous planning exhibitions which provide a window on the contemporary nature of communication and consultation in planning practice. The 1943 Exhibition...
View ArticleCo-creation and participation as a means of innovation in new media: An...
This study endeavors to shed some light on the notion of co-creation in the global context of new media user participation and its relationship with innovation. First, the different discourses...
View ArticleBenchmark averaging and the measurement of changes in international income...
Using data for 113 countries covering the period 1980-2005 we show how international comparisons of income inequality and the way it changes over time are inherently sensitive to (i) the choice of...
View ArticleElectron injection dynamics at the SILAR deposited CdS quantum Dot/TiO2...
Semiconductor quantum dots with their tunable band gap energies offer new opportunities for controlling photoresponse and photoconversion efficiency of solar cells. Exciton dissociation, charge...
View ArticleA review of policy drivers and barriers for the use of anaerobic digestion in...
Anaerobic digestion (AD) of biomass has become a common technology used in many European nations and is receiving increased attention in other nations. The chief attraction of AD is it generates...
View Article(In Press) Shear stress mediates exocytosis of functional TRPV4 channels in...
Mechanosensitive ion channels are implicated in the biology of touch, pain, hearing and vascular reactivity; however, the identity of these ion channels and the molecular basis of their activation is...
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