ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to take this opportunity to thank each and everyone who helped me to achieve my Master's degree. First and foremost, I would like to dedicate my work to the God I believe Sri Venkateswara swamy and my parents, Venkaiah Thulluri and Koteswaramma Thulluri for what I am today. They have given me strength day after day. If it were not for them, I would not have made...

The use of waste materials has been increasingly conceived as a sustainable alternative to conventional in the road construction industry, concerns have arisen from uncontrolled exploitation natural resources recent years. Re-refined acidic sludge (RAS) obtained material—acidic sludge—is an source for bitumen. This study’s primary purpose is evaluate resistance warm mix asphalt (WMA) mixtures c...

Chris Marshall Chris Marshall, who died on August 8 at age 66, was a world-renowned cell biologist best known for his pioneering contributions to oncogene research and to cell signaling via GTPases, especially to our understanding of tumor cell signaling through the Ras-Raf-Mek-Erk pathway. He spent the whole of his independent research career at the Chester Beatty Laboratories of the Institute...