High-pressure (HP) depresses the phase-transition point of water especially in the case of ice-I (down to -21°C at about 210 MPa). This phenomenon has several potential advantages in food processing applications, such as pressure shift freezing (PSF) and HP thawing.…

Task uncertainty and noise---generically referred to as uncertainties in the thesis---in the design and operation of robotic mechanical systems pose a major challenge to the designer. The aim of this thesis is to contribute to the laying down of the…

Since the declaration of “War on cancer” in 1971, and with the insight provided by recent advances in human genetics and in molecular technology , the field of cancer biology has been expanded rapidly providing hope that a cure for…

Four teachers & their eight classes of 179 5th-grade (10-11-year-old) students participated in this quasi-experimental classroom study, which investigated the effects of form-focused instruction (FFI) & corrective feedback on immersion students' ability to accurately assign grammatical gender in French. The…