Benzene is an environmental pollutant and a known human leukemogen. It is also suspected to be associated with in utero-initiated leukemia. However, the mechanisms of benzene-mediated toxicity and carcinogenicity in both ...

This thesis aims to explore simple methods to improve the analytical performance of inductively coupled plasma (ICP) optical emission spectrometry (OES) and mass spectrometry (MS). 1. An argon-nitrogen mixed-gas plasma ...

This thesis describes the preparation of several phosphine-borane species containing bulky aryl groups on the heteroatoms for steric protection. Depending on the system, they either exhibit interesting photophysical ...

Two physical issues of geomembrane wrinkle deformations and downslope shear deformations – that need to be considered to obtain good long-term geomembrane liner performance – are examined. First, field-scale monitoring ...

Today, throughout the engineering world, there is a large emphasis being placed on the environment which requires the development of new greener materials. This is no different in the realm of composite materials with ...

Precast concrete sandwich panels are commonly used on building exteriors. They are typically composed of two concrete wythes that surround rigid insulation. They are advantageous as they provide both structural and thermal ...

The aquaculture sector has been the fastest growing animal food producer since the 1970’s. With such a fast growth rate, ecological problems have arisen due to the lack of ability to control nutrient run off in coastal ...

This study investigates two aspects of precast concrete insulated sandwich wall panels, namely mechanical connections and fatigue behaviour. In the first part, flexural tests were performed on panels with various end support ...

This thesis investigates experimentally and analytically the structural performance of sandwich panels composed of glass fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP) skins and a soft polyurethane foam core, with or without thin GFRP ...

Nano-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (nano-ESI-MS) has become an important analytical tool due to its high sensitivity through improved desolvation from smaller droplet production as well as high sample utilization ...