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Nonlinear Analysis Of Pile Raft Foundations Under Eccentric Loads, Khalid Qasim Hussein, Dr. Rafi’ M. Sulaiman Al-Ne’Aimi

Polytechnic Journal

This paper discusses a series of 3D nonlinear analyses of the pile group foundation of a 34-floor multi-story building subjected to vertical load and large moments using PLAXIS 3D v20 software. The soil profile consists of seven strata of various properties, with groundwater encountered at 19.6 m below the ground surface. The soil is modeled as hardening soil material in drained conditions. The piles in the pile group foundation are modeled as embedded pile elements. Several parameters were investigated through a rigorous parametric study, such as the pile spacing-diameter ratio (s/dpile), the number of piles, and the pile slenderness ratio …

Identifying The Stream Depletion Paradox By Monitoring A Stream’S Response To Aquifer Pumping From Neighboring Wells, James Klueber

Master of Science in Environmental Sciences and Management Projects

Current groundwater models utilize a constant head (Dirichlet) boundary condition which assumes stream stage is fixed and does not experience any drawdown in the event of pumping from an interconnected aquifer despite the presence of stream depletion. Therefore, constant head boundary implies that streams and lakes in a groundwater model behave as an infinite supply of water when aquifer pumping occurs. This study aimed to determine if a stream located in the California Central Coast experiences drawdown and depletion when pumping occurs within an aquifer-stream system. This was achieved by measuring stream stage, aquifer water levels, stream discharge, and the …

Assessing Environmental Impact Of The Built Environment By Adopting Life Cycle Design: Using Swanton Pacific Ranch As A Case Study, Hope E. Springer

Master of Science in Environmental Sciences and Management Projects

To combat the carbon emissions contributed to the atmosphere by the built environment, it is imperative that low-embodied-carbon materials choices be prioritized throughout the building design process. To achieve this, this professional project creates an Excel-based, open source, and user-friendly tool for the construction sector to make design decisions that prioritize the sustainability of structures, as one such tool does not currently exist. The use of OpenLCA software and the EcoInvent34 database are utilized to calculate the environmental impact of 25 different building materials, as well as energy and electricity consumption. Swanton Pacific Ranch (SPR) in Santa Cruz County is …

Pappus Of Alexandria, Book Viii Of The Mathematical Collection, Pappus Of Alexandria, John B. Little

Holy Cross Bookshelf

John B. Little is the translator.

This is a Greek-to-English translation of one section or chapter of a larger ancient Greek work called the Mathematical Collectionby Pappus of Alexandria (ca. 290 - 350 CE). Specifically, this is “Book VIII”' of that work. To date and to the translator’s knowledge, no complete English translation of Book VIII has been published.

Pappus was very influential as a bridge between the knowledge that had been preserved from ancient mathematics and European mathematicians in the Renaissance. This specific part of Pappus' work deals with applications of geometry to questions in mechanics.

The format …

Thinking Beyond Chatbots’ Threat To Education: Visualizations To Elucidate The Writing Or Coding Process, Badri Adhikari

Educator Preparation & Leadership Faculty Works

Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, educational practices continue to be predominantly centered around outcome-oriented approaches. These practices are now thoroughly disrupted by the recent accessibility of online resources and chatbots. Among the most affected subjects are writing and computer programming. As educators transform their teaching practices to account for this disruption, it is important to note that writing and computer programming play a critical role in the development of logical and computational thinking. For instance, what and how we write shapes our thinking and sets us on the path of self-directed learning. Likewise, computer programming plays a similar role …

Wofford College Catalogue 2023-2024, Wofford College. Office Of The Registrar

College Catalogues

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Toi-908: A Planet At The Edge Of The Neptune Desert Transiting A G-Type Star, F. Hawthorn, D. Bayliss, D. J. Armstrong, J. Fernández Fernández, A. Osborn, S. G. Sousa, V. Adibekyan, J. Davoult, K. A. Collins, Y. Alibert, S. C. C. Barros, F. Bouchy, M. Brogi, D. R. Ciardi, T. Daylan, E. Delgado Mena, O. D. S. Demangeon, R. F. Díaz, T. Gan, K. Horne, S. Hoyer, J. M. Jenkins, Eric L.N. Jensen, J. F. Kielkopf, V. Kostov, D. W. Latham, A. M. Levine, J. Lillo-Box, L. D. Nielsen, H. P. Osborn, G. R. Ricker, J. Rodrigues, N. C. Santos, R. P. Schwarz, S. Seager, J. Serrano Bell, A. Shporer, C. Stockdale, P. A. Strøm, P. Tenenbaum, S. Udry, P. J. Wheatley, J. N. Winn, C. Ziegler

Physics & Astronomy Faculty Works

We present the discovery of an exoplanet transiting TOI-908 (TIC-350153977) using data from TESS sectors 1, 12, 13, 27, 28, and 39. TOI-908 is a T = 10.7 mag G-dwarf (T_eff = 5626 ± 61 K) solar-like star with a mass of 0.950 ± 0.010 M⊙ and a radius of 1.028 ± 0.030 R⊙. The planet, TOI-908 b, is a 3.18 ± 0.16 R⊕ planet in a 3.18 d orbit. Radial velocity measurements from HARPS reveal TOI-908 b has a mass of approximately 16.1 ± 4.1 M⊕, resulting in a bulk planetary density of 2.7 (+0.2)/(-0.4)g cm⁻³. TOI-908 b …

The Unusual M-Dwarf Warm Jupiter Toi-1899 B: Refinement Of Orbital And Planetary Parameters, A. S. J. Lin, J. E. Libby-Roberts, J. A. Alvarado-Montes, C. I. Cañas, S. Kanodia, T. Han, L. Hebb, Eric L.N. Jensen, S. Mahadevan, L. C. Powers, T. N. Swaby, J. Wisniewski, C. Beard, C. F. Bender, C. H. Blake, W. D. Cochran, S. A. Diddams, R. C. Frazier, C. Fredrick, M. Gully-Santiago, S. Halverson, S. E. Logsdon, M. W. Mcelwain, C. Morley, J. P. Ninan, J. Rajagopal, L. W. Ramsey, P. Robertson, A. Roy, C. Schwab, G. Stefánsson, D. J. Stevens, R. C. Terrien, J. T. Wright

Physics & Astronomy Faculty Works

TOI-1899 b is a rare exoplanet, a temperate warm Jupiter orbiting an M dwarf, first discovered by Cañas et al. (2020) from a TESS single-transit event. Using new radial velocities (RVs) from the precision RV spectrographs HPF and NEID, along with additional TESS photometry and ground-based transit follow-up, we are able to derive a much more precise orbital period of P = 29.090312 (+0.000036)/(-0.000035) days, along with a radius of R_p = 0.99 ± 0.03 R_j. We have also improved the constraints on planet mass, M_p = 0.67 ± 0.04 M_j, and eccentricity, which …

Differences In Clinical Presentation At First Hospitalization And The Impact On Involuntary Admissions Among First-Generation Migrant Groups With Non-Affective Psychotic Disorders., Kelly K Anderson, Rebecca Rodrigues

Epidemiology and Biostatistics Publications

BACKGROUND: Some migrant and ethnic minority groups have a higher risk of coercive pathways to care; however, it is unclear whether differences in clinical presentation contribute to this risk. We sought to assess: (i) whether there were differences in clinician-rated symptoms and behaviours across first-generation immigrant and refugee groups at the first psychiatric hospitalization after psychosis diagnosis, and (ii) whether these differences accounted for disparities in involuntary admission.

METHODS: Using population-based health administrative data from Ontario, Canada, we constructed a sample (2009-2013) of incident cases of non-affective psychotic disorder followed for two years to identify first psychiatric hospitalization. We compared …

Coaching High School English Teachers In Guided Reading For Struggling Readers, Tiffany L. Gallagher, Arlene Grierson, Catherine Susin

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Although small-group guided reading is traditionally an elementary school instructional practice, this study details how high school English teachers perceived its implementation in high school classrooms. As part of a larger, multiyear research project, this 2-year study examined a dual-level coaching professional learning program that included two school district literacy coaches, eight provincial literacy facilitators, and 21 high school teachers. Teachers were coached in the implementation of guided reading and small-group instruction to support students in Grades 9–10 who were struggling with reading. Qualitative methods were used to gather data including observations of the professional learning meetings and teachers’ instruction; …

Ece 231 - Circuits & Systems I, Oksana Manzhura

Electrical and Computer Engineering Syllabi

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Ece 232 - Circuits & Systems Ii, Sumit Balguvhar

Electrical and Computer Engineering Syllabi

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Ece 251 - Digital Design, Ahmed Yousef

Electrical and Computer Engineering Syllabi

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Ece 291 - Electrical Engr Lab I, Electrical And Computer Engineering

Electrical and Computer Engineering Syllabi

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Ece 321 - Random Signals And Noise, Ali Akansu

Electrical and Computer Engineering Syllabi

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Ece 353 - Computer Arch & Organization, John Carpinelli

Electrical and Computer Engineering Syllabi

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Ece 368 - Signal Transmission, Mohammed Feknous

Electrical and Computer Engineering Syllabi

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Ece 361 - Electromag Fields, Sumi Balguvhar

Electrical and Computer Engineering Syllabi

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Ece 362 - Electromagnetic Waves Propagat, Oksana Manzhura

Electrical and Computer Engineering Syllabi

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Ece 372 - Electronics Ii, Mohammed Feknous

Electrical and Computer Engineering Syllabi

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Ece 375 - Introduction To Semiconductors, Leonid Tsybeskov

Electrical and Computer Engineering Syllabi

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Ece 414 - Elect & Comp Engr Project I, Leonid Tsybeskov

Electrical and Computer Engineering Syllabi

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Ece 416 - Elect & Comp Engnr Proj Ii, Marek Sosnowski

Electrical and Computer Engineering Syllabi

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Ece 421 - Digital Data Communication, Moshe Kam

Electrical and Computer Engineering Syllabi

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Ece 422 - Computer Comm Networks, Mohammed Feknous

Electrical and Computer Engineering Syllabi

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Ece 442 - Power Systems, Walid Hubbi

Electrical and Computer Engineering Syllabi

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Ece 495 - Comp Engineer Design Lab, Milad Shojaee

Electrical and Computer Engineering Syllabi

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Ece 453 - Intro Discrete Event Sys, Mengchu Zhou

Electrical and Computer Engineering Syllabi

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Ece 495 - Comp Engineer Design Lab, Qirui Tian

Electrical and Computer Engineering Syllabi

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Ece 611 - Transients In Power Systems, Don Gies

Electrical and Computer Engineering Syllabi

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