A regional risk/loss assessment methodology that utilizes easily obtainable physical properties of clay brick unreinforced masonry buildings is developed. The steps of the proposed risk/loss assessment methodology are ...

These lessons were created for implementing drawing-to-learn as a learning strategy for middle school students in science classes.

In 2001, extension faculty in the College of Human Environmental Sciences at the University of Missouri- Columbia and regional faculty across Missouri developed a website for the general public that provides information ...

Introduces mobile augmented reality applications for smartphones and reviews a number of augmented reality uses for next generation library service. Examples are drawn from museum and archives informatics, computer science ...

Argument visualization may help make research papers easier to understand, which could both speed quality assessment within a discipline and help build interdisciplinary knowledge networks. This paper presents a case study ...

Current AISC-LRFD code requires that the moment-rotation characteristics of connections be known. Moreover, it requires that these characteristics be incorporated in the analysis and member design under factored loads ...

This excerpt, “Mother,” narrates the death of the protagonist’s mother from cancer in a clinic in the south of France, followed by a surprise package that arrives after her death like an encoded message from the beyond. ...

Human alteration of stream channels and land use initiates responses in a fluvial system that can increase flooding, erosion, and sedimentation, which, in turn, impact aquatic habitat, property, and water quality. Geomorphic ...

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Early gastric cancer is associated with a much better prognosis than advanced disease, and strategies to improve prognosis is strictly dependent on earlier detection and accurate diagnosis. ...