DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF MIXTURE FORMULATIONS TO ENHANCE CONCRETE RESISTANCE TO MICROBIAL-INDUCED CORROSION

Development and evaluation of mixture formulations to enhance concrete resistance to microbial-induced corrosion

Diverse strategies were designed and evaluated for enhancement of concrete resistance to microbial-induced corrosion through refinement of concrete chemistry, pore structure, transport attributes, and amenability to microbial growth.Laboratory and insitu field experiments were implemented in order to screen different strategies.The study considered

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BUILDING SOCIAL CAPITAL THROUGH INCLUSIVE BASKETBALL

The inclusive basketball program of the National Sports Academy is a compilation of adapted and unified basketball where persons with intellectual and physical disabilities together with students and volunteers are training and competing together.PURPOSE of this study is to explore the extent of contribution of our program for the building of socia

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Mechanisms of glutamate receptors hypofunction dependent synaptic transmission impairment in the hippocampus of schizophrenia susceptibility gene Opcml-deficient mouse model

Abstract Schizophrenia is a severe psychiatric disorder with high Shacket heritability, characterized by positive and negative symptoms as well as cognitive abnormalities.Dysfunction in glutamate synapse is strongly implicated in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia.However, the precise role of the perturbed glutamatergic system in contributing to

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A Stochastic Approach Towards Travel Route Optimization and Recommendation Based on Users Constraints Using Markov Chain

Accurate analysis of tourist movement is essential for a country to devise sustainable policies for promoting and growing tourism.From the activities of tourists and the spots they visit, the amount of revenue generated for a particular region can Energy Support be predicted.However, the tourist preferences evolve and vary from one user to another,

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The Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy on Ego Strength and Anxiety in People with Generalized Anxiety Disorder

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy on the ego strength and anxiety among people with generalized anxiety disorder.The research method was quasi-experimental with pretest-post-test design and control group.The statistical population of the study consisted of all individuals with generalized an

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