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    Mammals and beetles in Costa Rica
    (Field Museum of Natural History, 1986-11) Ashe, James S.; Timm, Robert M.
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    Obituary: Guy G. Musser (1936–2019)
    (2024) Timm, Robert M.
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    Color as a Holistic Medicine: Lan Ying and his Boneless Landscape
    (University of Kansas, 2025-02-13) Zhu, Ying
    This paper investigates the iconography and the material features of Lan Ying’s boneless landscape and its relationship with the practice of “nourishing life,” or yangsheng養生. It argues that Lan Ying's boneless landscape paintings were medicinal landscapes that facilitated the cultivation of the physical body (yang xing 養形) and the nurturing of the spirit (yang shen 養神). The archaic color style, the subject matter, and the materiality of Lan’s painting had an intimate relationship with Daoist alchemy, the legendary special diets, and Chinese medicine, transforming Lan’s immortal landscape into a healing device intended to bring longevity to his patrons.
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    Evaluation of Multi-Layer Polymer Concrete Overlays
    (University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc., 2025-01) Tiwari, Bijay; Darwin, David; O'Reilly, Matt
    Multilayer polymer overlays were evaluated using cracked beam and Southern Exposure specimens to investigate their ability to limit corrosion of reinforcing steel in bridge decks. Corrosion rates, corrosion potentials, and total corrosion rates based on linear polarization resistance results were used for the evaluation. Two polymers, the epoxies Sikadur and Flexolith, were used for preparing the polymer overlays. Test specimens were prepared using three systems: one layer of epoxy polymer, one layer of epoxy polymer and aggregate, and two layers of epoxy polymer and aggregate (the manufacturers’ recommended application). Specimens without polymer overlays were also tested. Some cracked beam specimens were contaminated with chloride and then coated with polymer overlay to evaluate the ability of polymer overlays to limit corrosion in chloride-contaminated concrete. The design, fabrication, and testing procedures for post-crack specimens, used to evaluate the ability of the overlays to remain intact when cracks form in the concrete after the overly has been applied, are described, but no test results are yet available. The results of the study show that specimens without the polymer overlay exhibited the highest corrosion rate. One cracked beam specimen with two layers of Sikadur polymer and aggregate, one cracked beam specimen with one layer of Flexolith polymer and aggregate, and one cracked beam specimen with two layers of Flexolith polymer and aggregate exhibited higher corrosion activity than the other specimens with polymer overlays. Other than these three specimens, little corrosion activity was observed, and overall, the results show that multilayer polymer overlays limit corrosion. In addition, a measurable reduction in corrosion rate occurred when chloride-contaminated concrete was coated with a polymer overlay.
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    Reducing Physical Tension in the Beginning String Orchestra
    (University of Kansas, 2025-02-28) Wilson, Matthew
    Reducing physical tension in the beginning string orchestra is essential to creating a healthy young musician. This session will focus on the two aspects of a musician's tension: the mental and physical.