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Ahmed Abouelsaad, Greg White and Ali Jamshidi
Asphalt mixtures age during service in the field, primarily as the result of chemical changes in the bituminous binder phase. The ageing phenomenon changes the properties of the asphalt mixture, including the stiffness modulus, the resistance to deformat...
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Tongying Liu, Yafen Fu, Guang Li, Xin Wang, Xiaoxin Qu, Yanzhou Wang and Siyuan Zhu
Qingye ramie is a multi-purpose crop, used as a feed ingredient in southern China, that is susceptible to drought. Qingye ramie was studied to investigate the effects of high temperatures and drought on its growthh. The results show that, after drought, ...
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Qiming Wang, Qiang Chai, Xuecheng Dou, Cai Zhao, Wen Yin, Hanting Li and Jingui Wei
Agricultural soil microorganisms play a crucial role in farmland ecosystems and are integral to the material cycle in these environments. The composition and abundance of soil microorganisms are influenced by agronomic measures that alter the soil microe...
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Chunggil Jung, Gayeong Lee and Jongyoon Park
Anthropogenic development can strongly influence natural river processes, leading to environmental changes that negatively affect important habitats and biodiversity and consequently reduce economically important natural resources. This study investigate...
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Lei Jiang and Ziyue Zeng
Since the impoundment of the Three Gorges Project, the downstream hydrology and river dynamics have been modified. The Yichang?Chenglingji Reach (YCR), as a part of the mainstream of the Middle Yangtze River, has consequently been significantly scoured, ...
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Sami W. Tabsh and Moussa Leblouba
Over the years, structural engineering codes and specifications in Canada and elsewhere have moved from an allowable stress design (ASD) approach to a load and resistance factor design (LRFD) philosophy. LRFD methodology takes better account of the inher...
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Weidong Cao, He Wang and Jian Tang
Guide vane submersible centrifugal pumps are a kind of submersible pump, and the fluid inside the pump is often mixed with gravel and other impurities during operation, affecting the pump?s operating efficiency and life expectancy. However, past studies ...
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Yanyun Yu, Hongshuo Zhang, Zongbao Mu, Yating Li, Yutong Sun and Jia Liu
Trim optimization is an available approach for the energy saving and emission reduction of a ship. As a ship sails on the water, the draft and trim undergo constant changes due to the consumption of fuel oil and other consumables. As a result, the select...
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Shiming Wei and Kaixuan Qiu
The extraction of shale gas from onshore and offshore shale gas reservoirs will play an important role in meeting China?s future energy needs, which will not only help alleviate the energy crisis but also contribute to climate change mitigation. As for t...
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Tatiane C. Silva, Silvino I. Moreira, Daniel M. de Souza, Felix S. Christiano, Jr., Maria C. G. Gasparoto, Bart A. Fraaije, Gustavo H. Goldman and Paulo C. Ceresini
The Sigatoka disease complex (SDC), caused by Mycosphaerella fijiensis (Mf) and M. musicola (Mm), comprises the most destructive fungal leaf streak and spot diseases of commercial banana crops worldwide. In Brazil, the site-specific succinate dehydrogena...
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