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Capillary forces between equally sized moving glass beads: an experimental study by Bozkurt, M.G, Fratta, D, Likos, W.J

“…The mechanical response of near-surface unsaturated soils in large-strain environments such as earthquakes, landslides or debris flows is highly dependent on…”
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Discussion of “Fines Classification Based on Sensitivity to Pore-Fluid Chemistry” by Junbong Jang and J. Carlos Santamarina by Schneider, J. A, Lee, J. K, Fratta, D

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Mechanistic Corrections for Determining the Resilient Modulus of Base Course Materials Based on Elastic Wave Measurements by Schuettpelz, C. C, Fratta, D, Edil, T. B

“…The mechanical performance of pavement systems depends on the stiffness of subsurface soil and aggregate materials. The moduli of base course, subbase, and…”
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Irreducible Water Saturation from Capillary Pressure and Electrical Resistivity Measurements by Attia, A. M., Fratta, D., Bassiouni, Z.

“…This paper presents the results of capillary pressure and electrical resistivity measurements for three kinds of core specimens: Berea sandstone, Quartz and…”
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Electrowetting on mineral and rock surfaces by Francisca, F. M., Fratta, D., Wang, H. F.

“…Electrowetting was investigated as a method to influence fluid movement on mineral or rock surfaces. The experimental setup was to place a small drop of water…”
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A combined acoustic and electromagnetic wave-based techniques for bathymetry and subbottom profiling in shallow waters by Lin, Y.-T., Schuettpelz, C.C., Wu, C.H., Fratta, D.

“…Acoustic-wave based sub-bottom profiler (SBP) and electromagnetic-wave based ground penetrating radar (GPR) are two complementary geophysical tools that were…”
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Discussion of "Correlations between P-wave velocity and Atterberg limits of cohesive soils" by Sawangsuriya, A, Fratta, D

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Risk factors for recent toxoplasma infection in pregnant women in Naples by Buffolano, W., Gilbert, R. E., Holland, F. J., Fratta, D., Palumbo, F., Ades, A. E.

“…Effective primary prevention of congenital toxoplasmosis requires up to date information on locally relevant risk factors for infection in pregnant women. In…”
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Ground penetrating radar and spring formation in a groundwater dominated peat wetland by Lowry, Christopher S., Fratta, Dante, Anderson, Mary P.

“…Ground penetrating radar (GPR) was used to identify the thickness and geometry of peat in a groundwater fed wetland in Northern Wisconsin. The low electrical…”
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Time-series analysis of surface deformation at Brady Hot Springs geothermal field (Nevada) using interferometric synthetic aperture radar by Ali, S.T., Akerley, J., Baluyut, E.C., Cardiff, M., Davatzes, N.C., Feigl, K.L., Foxall, W., Fratta, D., Mellors, R.J., Spielman, P., Wang, H.F., Zemach, E.

“…We analyze interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) data acquired between 2004 and 2014, by the ERS-2, Envisat, ALOS and TerraSAR-X/TanDEM-X satellite…”
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Preclinical tests for cerebral stroke by Zini, M. F., Pisanti, N., Biasci, E., Podda, A., Mey, V., Piras, F., L'Abbate, G. L., Marini, S., Fratta, D., Bonaretti, S., Trasciatti, S.

“…Stroke is the second single highest cause of death in Europe. The low reliability of animal models in replicating the human disease is one of the most serious…”
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Validation and implementation of a new method for monitoring in situ strain and temperature in rock masses using fiber-optically instrumented rock strain and temperature strips by Gage, JoAnn R., Fratta, Dante, Turner, Alan L., MacLaughlin, Mary M., Wang, Herbert F.

“…Fiber-optically instrumented rock strain and temperature strips (FROSTS) are a new method for monitoring in situ strain and temperature in intact rock masses…”
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Dynamic Electrical-Mechanical Energy Coupling in Electrolyte-Mineral Systems by Santamarina, J Carlos, Fratta, Dante O

“…Electrical-mechanical and mechanical-electrical coupling phenomena have been observed in geo-materials. Underlying internal phenomena are not always clear. In…”
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Effect of Fine Particle Migration on the Small-Strain Stiffness of Unsaturated Soils by Alramahi, Bashar, Alshibli, Khalid A, Fratta, Dante

“…The paper presents the results of an experimental investigation of fine particle migration from pore body to the pore throat and toward the contact between…”
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Role of cytochrome P-450 isoenzymes in the bioactivation of hydroxy anthraquinones by Fratta, D, Simi, S, Rainaldi, G, Gervasi, P G

“…The reductive and the P-450-dependent oxidative bioactivation of various anthraquinones (AQs), 1-hydroxy AQ, 1,2-dihydroxy AQ, 1,4-dihydroxy AQ, 1,8-dihydroxy…”
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Superoxide anion production and toxicity in V79 cells of six hydroxy-anthraquinones by Mian, M, Fratta, D, Rainaldi, G, Simi, S, Mariani, T, Benetti, D, Gervasi, P G

“…This study investigates the cytotoxic and genotoxic effects of various carboxy AQ, 1,4-dihydroxy 6-carboxy AQ, 1,8-dihydroxy 3-carboxy AQ, 1,4-dihydroxy AQ,…”
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Use of V79-derived cell lines expressing cytochrome P-450 activity in the study of genotoxicity of anthraquinones by Fratta, D, Simi, S, Piras, A, Rainaldi, G, Gervasi, P G

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Discussion of "Correlations between P-wave velocity and Atterberg limits of cohesive soils"1/Reply to the discussion by A. Sawangsuriya and D. Fratta on "Correlations between P-wave velocity and Atterberg limits of cohesive soils"1 by Sawangsuriya, A, Fratta, D, Fener, Mustafa, Kahraman, Sair

“…Sawangsuriya and Fratta correlate P-wave velocities with Atterberg limits of eight undisturbed samples of fine-grained soils and argue that the Atterberg…”
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Parameter Estimation for Evaluation of in Situ Density and Moisture Content by using Elastic and Electromagnetic Wave Propagation by Alramahi, Bashar, Fratta, Dante, Alshibli, Khalid A.

“…Soil density and moisture content are two essential properties in the quality control and quality assurance of projects that involve soil compaction. However,…”
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Modulation of cytotoxic but not genotoxic effects by dicumarol on mitomycin C treated Chinese hamster cells by Fratta, D, Rainaldi, G, Piras, A, Moretti, A, Mariani, T, Vatteroni, L, Simi, S, Gervasi, P G

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