There is an ongoing debate, in Concrete Science and Engineering, whether cementitious
materials can be viewed as poromechanics materials in the sense of the porous media theory. …

Probability and time are integral dimensions of virtually any decision. To treat them together,
we consider the prospect of receiving outcome x with a probability p at time t. We define risk …

Asymptotic calcium leaching of cement-based materials produces a new material composed
of C–S–H with low C/S ratio on the order of 1 and a high porosity generated by the …

Calcium leaching of cementitious materials has been identified as a severe long-term
chemical degradation scenario of concrete structures. While the coupled diffusion–dissolution …

We generalize and extend the second-order stochastic dominance condition for expected
utility to cumulative prospect theory. The new definitions include preferences represented by S-…

We present an experiment in which we add a common delay in a choice between two risky
prospects. The results show that delay produces the same change in preferences as in the …

It is known that characteristics of individuals explain only a part of the variations in Subjective
Well-Being (SWB) between people. The country of origin of an individual accounts for a …

Studies on animals and humans have demonstrated the importance of dopamine in modulating
decision-making processes. In this work, we have tested dopaminergic modulation of …

Decision making can be regarded as the outcome of cognitive processes leading to the
selection of a course of action among several alternatives. Borrowing a central measurement …

Calcium leaching of concrete may be critical for the mechanical integrity of hazardous waste
storage systems, in which cement-based materials are employed as construction material or …