The triaxial compressive response of bituminous mixes with volume fractions of aggregate in the range 52 to 85% was investigated over a wide range stresses and strain rates. The types of loadings considered include triaxial ...

Organisms are constantly subjected to stressful stimuli that affect numerous physiological processes and activate the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, increasing the release of glucocorticoids. Exposure to chronic ...

A model to evaluate the uncertainty in the measurement of the through-thickness residual stress distribution in plates by the layer removal technique is presented. Thin layers were chemically etched from a stripe on ...

Several multidimensional projection techniques have been proposed in literature over the last years. The quality of those techniques can be evaluated based on the dimensionality reduction or the clusters quality. The first ...

Reductions in crop yields brought about by abiotic stress are expected to increase as climate change, and other factors, generate harsher environmental conditions in regions traditionally used for cultivation. Although ...