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• Seismic based strengthening of steel and RC telecommunication poles based on fem analysis 

  Kalkan, Erol ; Laefer, Debra F. (Elsevier, 2004-12)

  This study describes a numerical projection of pre- and post-retrofitted conditions of telecommunication poles subjected to seismic hazards. The absence of explicit guidelines for the rehabilitation of existing poles ...
• Cost-effective decision making for blast mitigation 

  Princehorn, Molly ; Laefer, Debra F. (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2005-04)

  Since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States (U.S.), there has been a marked increase in both public and private sector demand for increased blast-mitigation for existing buildings. To adequately ...
• Significance of the concentration of chloride in the repair of concrete highway structures using surface applied corrosion inhibitors 

  Richardson, Mark G. ; Grimes, E. ; McNally, Ciaran ; Söylev, T. A. (Taylor & Francis, 2005-11)

  Advances in surface-applied corrosion inhibitors suggest that they have the potential to prevent or significantly retard corrosion of steel in reinforced concrete structures. It is thought that the effectiveness of the ...
• Forensic investigation methodology for structures experiencing settlement 

  Laefer, Debra F. ; Evans, Ashley ; Frazier, Jon (Association for Preservation Technology International (APT), 2006)

  The progressive settlement of a plantation in North Carolina is explored through a post-damage inspection. If a building is experiencing settlement or other deleterious movement, the underlying causes must be established ...
• Accurate prediction of protein secondary structure and solvent accessibility by consensus combiners of sequence and structure information 

  Pollastri, Gianluca ; Martin, Alberto J. M. ; Mooney, Catherine ; Vullo, Alessandro (BioMed Central, 2007-06-14)

  Background : Structural properties of proteins such as secondary structure and solvent accessibility contribute to three-dimensional structure prediction, not only in the ab initio case but also when homology information ...
• Protein structural motif prediction in multidimensional φ-ψ space leads to improved secondary structure prediction 

  Mooney, Catherine ; Vullo, Alessandro ; Pollastri, Gianluca (Mary Ann Liebert, 2006-10-24)

  A significant step towards establishing the structure and function of a protein is the prediction of the local conformation of the polypeptide chain. In this article, we present systems for the prediction of three new ...
• Beyond the twilight zone : automated prediction of structural properties of proteins by recursive neural networks and remote homology information 

  Mooney, Catherine ; Pollastri, Gianluca (Wiley InterScience, 2009-10)

  The prediction of 1D structural properties of proteins is an important step toward the prediction of protein structure and function, not only in the ab initio case but also when homology information to known structures is ...
• Structural adjustment and the effect of drought : the case of Zimbabwe 

  Durkan, Joe (University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1995)

  This paper examines the Economic Structural Adjustment Programme (ESAP) of Zimbabwe and considers the effect of drought on the realisation of targets set in the ESAP. The paper concludes that (i) the ESAP was introduced ...