Historically, decision-makers have used expert opinion to supplement lack of data. Expert opinion, however, is applied with much caution. This is because judgment is subjective and contains estimation error with some degree of uncertainty. The purpose of this study is to quantif…
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A constitutive model is a relationship between material stimuli and responses. Calibration of model parameters within well-defined constitutive models is thus key to the generation of accurate model-based predictions. One limitation of traditional material calibration is that on…
Understanding the global pattern of glaciation can aid interpretation of what caused late-Pleistocene glacial cycles. Here I investigate the glacial history of the Khumbu Glacier of the Mount Everest region of Nepal. Prominent hypotheses for Himalayan glaciation suggest importan…
Although the main limitation of crop production in the arid and semiarid regions of Morocco is lack of sufficient rainfall, phosphorus (P) nutrient deficiencies also are major obstacle to maximum crop production. Fertilizer management is an important step in sustainability of cr…
The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) river basins exhibit extremes in surface water availability at seasonal to annual timescales. However, due to lack of near basin-wide hydrological data, whether it is real-time or historical, water management at the basin-wide scale has been q…
Digital signal processing (DSP) systems operating on analog inputs are often limited by the speed of the analog-to-digital (A/D) interface. With a given process, the maximum sample rate at which a given analog-to-digital converter (ADC) will operate is limited for a given resolu…
Improvement in analytical methods, including extraction procedures has been a recurrent topic in mycotoxin research due to the fact that mycotoxins are ubiquitous, potent and notoriously difficult to eradicate from the food and feed supply chain. Effective management of these to…
The desire to unveil the mystery of dark matter which, according to compelling astrophysical and cosmological evidence, constitutes about 85% of the matter in the Universe, drives physicists to continuously develop their tools and search methodologies. There are several proposed…
Dynamically Coupled Socioeconomic system dynamics models integrated with physically-based Environmental Models (DCSEM) can aid in resolving complex environmental problems involving dynamic interactions between socioeconomic and biophysical systems. DCSEMs are promising tools for…
