Iowa: Five days with 103° heat index equated to five weeks of stress on corn crops in Iowa. The crops clearly ran out of energy and will see a just-below-average yield. Minnesota: Burn is eating ...

It is also necessary to know the limit of elastic behavior when designing a component that will be exposed to high stress during use. The stress-strain diagram opposite shows the response of a ...

Even though Altria’s dividend yield has dropped from ~10% a year ago to about 7.5% today, following the stock’s price appreciation, it still offers one of the highest yields among large-cap U ...