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Wongwan Jung and Daejun Chang
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Kristina M. Chomiak, Wendy A. Owens-Rios, Carmella M. Bangkong, Steven W. Day, Nathan C. Eddingsaas, Matthew J. Hoffman, André O. Hudson and Anna Christina Tyler
Plastic debris is a growing threat in freshwater ecosystems and transport models predict that many plastics will sink to the benthos. Among the most common plastics found in the Laurentian Great Lakes sediments are polyethylene terephthalate (especially ...
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Farouk Smith and Jieun Bae
This paper presents the design and development of a sub-joule micro-Pulsed Plasma Thruster (µPPT) as a possible low-cost propulsion solution for Pocket-Cubes, used to increase its reliability, capability, and lifetime. It is shown that the µPPT successfu...
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Haiping Zhang, Jessica J. Pilgram, Carmen G. Constantin, Lucas Rovige, Peter V. Heuer, Sofiya Ghazaryan, Marietta Kaloyan, Robert S. Dorst, Derek B. Schaeffer and Christoph Niemann
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Andrea E. Copping, Daniel J. Hasselman, Charles W. Bangley, Joel Culina and Max Carcas
Commercial development of tidal stream energy is hampered by technical and financial challenges, and impeded by uncertainty about potential environmental effects that drive environmental risk assessments and permitting (consenting) processes. The effect ...
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Donald J. Anderson, Kevin W. Franke, Robert E. Kayen, Shideh Dashti and Mahir Badanagki
Following the M7.0 strike-slip earthquake near Kumamoto, Japan, in April of 2016, most geotechnical engineering experts believed that there would be significant soil liquefaction and liquefaction-induced infrastructure damage observed in the densely popu...
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Jubilee Prasad-Rao, Olivia J. Pinon Fischer, Neil C. Rowe, Jesse R. Williams, Tejas G. Puranik, Dimitri N. Mavris, Michael W. Natali, Mitchell J. Tindall and Beth W. Atkinson
The cost to train a basic qualified U.S. Navy fighter aircraft pilot is nearly USD 10 M. The training includes primary, intermediate, and advanced stages, with the advanced stage involving extensive flight training, and, thus, is very expensive as a resu...
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Hui Shao, Yuxin Miao, Fabián G. Fernández, Newell R. Kitchen, Curtis J. Ransom, James J. Camberato, Paul R. Carter, Richard B. Ferguson, David W. Franzen, Carrie A. M. Laboski, Emerson D. Nafziger, John E. Sawyer and John F. Shanahan
Plant N concentration (PNC) has been commonly used to guide farmers in assessing maize (Zea mays L.) N status and making in-season N fertilization decisions. However, PNC varies based on the development stage. Therefore, a relationship between biomass an...
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Pappu Kumar Yadav, J. Alex Thomasson, Robert Hardin, Stephen W. Searcy, Ulisses Braga-Neto, Sorin C. Popescu, Roberto Rodriguez III, Daniel E. Martin, Juan Enciso, Karem Meza and Emma L. White
Plastic shopping bags are often discarded as litter and can be carried away from roadsides and become tangled on cotton plants in farm fields. This rubbish plastic can end up in the cotton at the gin if not removed before harvest. These bags may not only...
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Asim Mehmood, Peter M. Dracatos, Linta Maqsood, Qudsia Yousafi, Abrar Hussain, Muhammad J. Jaskani, Muhammad W. Sajid, Muhammad S. Haider and Muhammad M. Hussain
Molecular germplasm characterization is essential for gathering information on favorable attributes and varietal improvement. The current study evaluated the genetic divergence and population structure of 80 potato genotypes collected from Punjab, Pakist...
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