Infrared absorption and vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) spectra of four Corey lactone derivatives (diol, benzoate, p-phenylbenzoate, and bisbenzoate) were measured and analyzed on the basis of ab initio computations. The analysis interpreted most of the spectral features as well as the differences among individual compounds. Despite the common rigid lactone residue, conformational behavior...

Thomas, Matthew, B.S., May 2017 Geosciences Using Thermal Infrared Imaging to Estimate Soil Hydraulic Parameters: A Novel Approach Faculty Mentor: W. Payton Gardner, Marco Maneta In this study, skin temperature measured with a thermal infrared (TIR) camera was used to estimate soil hydraulic parameters. These physical properties that control how soils transport and retain water are notoriously ...

Accurate characterization and modeling of subsurface flow in multi-fluid soil systems require development of a rapid, reproducible experimental method that yields the information necessary to determine the parameters of the capillary pressure–saturation and permeability functions. Previous work has demonstrated that parameter optimization using inverse modeling is a powerful approach to indirec...

Characterization of the engineering behavior of unsaturated soil is dependent on the soil-water characteristic curve (SWCC), a graphical representation of the relationship between water content or degree of saturation and soil suction. A reasonable description of the SWCC is thus important for the accurate prediction of unsaturated soil parameters. The measurement procedures for determining the...

The a-helix, first characterized by Linus Pauling in 1951 (Pauling et al., 1951), has been extensively studied due to its prevalence in structural biology (Brandon, 1991). a-Helices are the most common secondary conformation in natural proteins ( 40% of amino acids adopt helical conformations) (Ruan et al., 1990). A typical a-helix completes one rotation with 3.6 amino acid residues, each with ...

In the present work, q-homotopy analysis transform method (q-HATM) was used to generate an analytical solution for moisture content distribution in a one-dimensional vertical groundwater recharge problem. Three scenarios Brooks–Corey model are studied based on linear and nonlinear diffusivity conductivity functions. The governing fractional partial differential equations solved effectively by c...