The Arkoma Basin is a Carboniferous arcuate foreland basin that spans across west-central Arkansas into southeastern Oklahoma along the northern side of the Ouachita orogenic belt. High levels of thermal maturity are ...

Our purpose is to introduce a stochastic seismic inversion algorithm based on the Markov Chain Monte Carlo Simulation. Conventional inversion algorithms generate elastic properties instead of the key rock properties needed ...

In today's technology-driven world, it is essential to build secure systems with low faulty behavior. Authentication is one of the primary means to gain access to secure systems. Users need to be authenticated in order to ...

Oil well cementing is considered as one of the foremost important and challenging operations in drilling. The main purpose of cement in wellbores is to provide zonal isolation, and support for casing. Properties of oil ...

This qualitative study was initiated in order to examine the home literacy practices of culturally and linguistically diverse families of kindergarten students. In particular, the literacy practices of mothers were surveyed, ...

Calibration of the flexural resistance factors in the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Official’s (AASHTO) Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) format is performed for bridge girders prestressed ...

This study documented the measurement development processes and alignment of learning outcomes for a student affairs division at a large, urban research institution. A significant contribution of this study was the ...

Large scale evacuations are important in the wake of events such as an anticipated strike of a natural disaster or a looming military attack. Planning to evacuate people towards safe areas and effective management of the ...

In the United States, preservice teachers often go on to teach students whose backgrounds are different from their own and in communities in which they have limited lived experience (Sleeter, 2000). They often graduate ...

In this era dominated by the importance of mathematics, science, and technology, national organizations in science and mathematics education (e.g., National Science Teachers Association and the National Council for Teachers ...