The goal of this effort was the design and analysis of multiple composite material tension specimens, which when loaded only with an inplane load, exhibit bend, torsion, and shear extension coupling. The coupling effects distinguish composite...
Outer Island is one of the Thimble Islands located just off the shoreline of Stony Creek, Connecticut. The island is about 0.02 square kilometers in size and measures approximately 250 meters long and 90 meters wide. The purpose of this study was...
Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Lungs -- Cancer
This study examines the relationship ovserved between the chromosomal
abnormalities detected by FISH and available clinical data on cancer type on
forty lung cancer specimens. An attempt to derive correlation between subtype
of lung cancer and type...
Construction workers -- Substance use -- United States; Construction workers -- Drug testing -- United States
A career in construction exposes a tradesperson to an ever changing environment with known as well as unknown hazards. Unfortunately one of the unknowns is the use of illicit substances and the abuse of legal medications by some of the workers. ...
Botany -- Connecticut -- Branford (Town) -- Outer Island
The purpose of this study, on the Outer Island unit of the Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge in Branford, CT, from July 1998 to June 1999, was to conduct botanical research and to make an associated collection of plant specimens. All...
Soil Stabilization occupies an important role in all Civil Engineering works. Now with the scarcity of good building sites, engineers are forced to use the available sites, modify their geotechnical properties and build facilities. In these...