ASSET ASSESSMENT OF CONCRETE STRUCTURE

Asset Assessment of Concrete Structure

Infrastructures which were constructed in the last century are approaching or have exceeded their design life.It is essential to maintain, repair and rehabilitate existing structures to ensure safety and develop a sensible rehabilitation plan.This paper suggests an inspection program for the condition evaluation of existing structures, particularly

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A pan-genome method to determine core regions of the Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli genomes [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

Background: Synthetic engineering of bacteria to produce industrial products is a burgeoning field of research and application.In order to optimize genome design, designers need to understand which genes are essential, which are optimal for growth, and locations in the genome that will be tolerated by the organism when inserting engineered cassette

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Migration Performance for Legacy Data Access

We present performance data relating to the use of migration in a system we are creating to provide web access to heterogeneous document collections in legacy formats.Our goal is to enable sustained access to collections such as Embroidery Notions these when faced with increasing obsolescence of the necessary supporting applications and operating s

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