This dissertation work presents the development of a novel closed-form mathematical solution for calculating AC resistance in conductors of two different media using curr[...]

Tungsten and tantalum are neighbors in the Periodic Table of the Elements and, as refractory metals, both have very high melting points (tungsten: 3422<super>o</[...]

Sports economics literature has recently explored the idea that there is an incentive to intentionally lose games in some professional sports leagues. This process is kno[...]

Large-scale exfoliation cracks and associated domes can strongly influence regional landscape evolution, hydrology and hazards, but their formation mechanism(s) and long-[...]

Low-income individuals encounter significant personal, social, economic, and political obstacles to adequate health care. Transportation challenges, communication barrier[...]

The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of weathering on the performance of intumescent fire-retardant coatings on wooden products. The weathering effe[...]

Healthcare, among other domains, provides an attractive ground of work for knowledge discovery researchers. There exist several branches of health informatics and health [...]

Prohormones are a type of nutritional supplement similar to Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids (AAS). As AAS are illegal without a medical prescription prohormones are sometim[...]

The combination of singular optics and partially coherent fields has become increasingly important in the applications of optical communication and optical imaging. Withi[...]

In a world of differentiated firms, customers with the same observable characteristics reveal different choice behaviors. This research contributes to the modeling of com[...]