An Analysis of the Habitat of the Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros Rhinoceros Unicornis (Mammalia: Perissodactyla: Rhinocerotidae) at the Chitwan National Park, Nepal (open access)

An Analysis of the Habitat of the Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros Rhinoceros Unicornis (Mammalia: Perissodactyla: Rhinocerotidae) at the Chitwan National Park, Nepal

This article uses geographic information systems and landscape-level data obtained from remote sensing sources to build a habitat suitability index model for the Greater One-horned Rhinoceros.
Date: September 26, 2014
Creator: Thapa, Vivek; Acevedo, Miguel F. & Limbu, Kul P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effect of Microstructure on the Deformation Mechanism of Friction Stir-Processed A₁₀.₁CoCrFeNi High Entropy Alloy (open access)

Effect of Microstructure on the Deformation Mechanism of Friction Stir-Processed A₁₀.₁CoCrFeNi High Entropy Alloy

This article reports grain refinement using friction stir processing and a detailed study on the microstructural evolution at various locations in the processed region using scanning electron microscopy, in addition to the effect of grain refinement on the tensile properties and the underlying deformation mechanisms in both coarse-grained and fine-grained materials.
Date: August 7, 2014
Creator: Komarasamy, Mageshwari; Kumar, N.; Tang, Z.; Mishra, Rajiv & Liaw, P.K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preparation and Characterization of Injectable Brushite Filled-Poly (Methyl Methacrylate) Bone Cement (open access)

Preparation and Characterization of Injectable Brushite Filled-Poly (Methyl Methacrylate) Bone Cement

This article discusses the design of an alternative cement system that can better accommodate calcium-phosphate additives while preserving cement rheological properties and performance.
Date: September 19, 2014
Creator: Rodriguez, Lucas C.; Chari, Jonathan; Aghyarian, Shant; Gindri, Izabelle M.; Kosmopoulos, Victor & Rodrigues, Danieli C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Characterizing recent and projecting future potential patterns of mountain pine beetle outbreaks in the Southern Rocky Mountains (open access)

Characterizing recent and projecting future potential patterns of mountain pine beetle outbreaks in the Southern Rocky Mountains

This article aims to quantify the landscape-level drivers that explain the dynamic patterns of mountain pine beetle (MPB) mortality, and simulate areas with future potential MPB mortality under projected climate-change scenarios in Grand County, Colorado, USA.
Date: September 29, 2014
Creator: Liang, Lu; Hawbaker, Todd J.; Chen, Yanlei; Zhu, Zhiliang & Gong, Peng
System: The UNT Digital Library