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Title
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A Comprehensive Study of Drinking Water Coagulation with Aluminum Sulfate
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Author
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Alansari, Amir
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Date Created
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2021
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil engineering
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Description
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Coagulation is usually the first and most important step in conventional drinking water treatment processes. The efficiency of all downstream processes is directly dependent on the effectiveness of the coagulation stage. Coagulants such as aluminu...
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A GIS-BASED EXPERT SYSTEM TO IMPROVE THE ACCURACY OF WETLAND CLASSIFICATION
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Author
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Deng, Jing
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Geography
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Description
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Wetlands play a critical role in our natural environment, such as improving water quality, controlling erosion and flooding, and protecting biodiversity. To better protect wetland systems, a comprehensive knowledge of their spatial distribution is...
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A Post-Processing Approach for Solar Power Combined Forecasts of Ramp Events
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Author
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Abuella, Mohamed
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Electrical engineering
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Description
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The growing integration level of wind and solar energy resources introduces new regulating and operating challenges in the electric grid. Ramp-rate limits of conventional power plants in the generation mix impose an operating constraint on renewab...
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Algorithmic Optimization of First Convolution Layer in CNNs for Hardware Accelerator Design
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Author
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Chamarthi, Ramachandra Vikas
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Electrical engineering, Computer engineering
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Description
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This thesis proposes "1D Convolution replacement layer ", a novel optimization for first convolution layer in CNN. This optimization enables edge friendly streaming accelerator design with a minimum drop in accuracy. This optimization reduces the ...
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An Integrated Phylogeographic Analysis of the Bantu Migration
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Author
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Ford, Colby
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Computer science, Mathematics, Genetics
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Description
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"Bantu" is a term used to describe lineages of people in around 600 different ethnic groups on the African continent ranging from modern-day Cameroon to South Africa. The migration of the Bantu people, which occurred around 3,000 years ago, was in...
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Distributed Messaging System for the IoT Edge
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Author
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George, Anjus
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Electrical engineering, Computer science, Computer engineering
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Description
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Recent advances in Deep Learning have made possible distributed multi-camera IoT vision analytics targeted at a variety of surveillance applications involving automated real-time analysis of events from multiple video perspectives. However, the la...
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ELECTRICITY PRICE FORECASTING USING ADVANCED MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES
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Author
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Sardana, Bhav
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Power resources
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Description
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Electricity Price Forecasts have been a very important part of the energy industry for a long time. Traditionally, it was used by utilities, but after the liberalization of electricity markets around the world, they are of prime importance not onl...
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Title
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Exploring an Intelligent Responsive Architecture through Gesture-based Interaction
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Author
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An, Yijing
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Information technology, Architecture, Building
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Description
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Architects are increasingly adopting gesture-based interaction to create responsive, engaging and inspiring spaces. However, there is no established theories providing guidelines to link gestures and spatial movement. This thesis critiques the pre...
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Functional Dynamics in Beta-Lactamase: Insights into Substrate Recognition and Inhibition
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Author
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Avery, Christopher
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Date Created
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2023
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Subjects--Topical
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Bioinformatics, Biophysics, Physics
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Description
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Beta-lactamase proteins are among the most prominent causes of antibiotic resistance. These enzymes confer resistance to beta lactam antibiotics, which are commonly used to treat bacterial infections. In recent years, novel beta-lactamase have eme...
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GENERATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF FIREBRANDS FROM SELECTED STRUCTURAL FUELS
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Author
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Hedayati, Faraz
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Mechanical engineering
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Description
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Spotting by firebrands is the only mechanism that is capable of initiating fires miles from a fire line. The firebrand phenomenon can be understood in three major sequential phases: production, transportation, and ignition of the recipient fuel. A...
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Generative Machine Learning Models for Airflow Prediction of Architectural Spaces
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Author
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Claudio Rodriguez, Fernando
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Date Created
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2021
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Subjects--Topical
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Computer science, Information technology, Architecture
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Description
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Computer Fluid Dynamics (CFD) airflow simulations are not used as often in architectural settings primarily due to time constraints. The proper use of CFD airflow simulations involves a complex setup and run-time process that requires a large amou...
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Interactive Topic Guided Thematic Analysis for Social Media Data
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Author
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Sah, Subham
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Architecture, Information technology
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Description
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Social media plays a significant role in modern-day information dissemination, owing to its ubiquity and ease of sharing. There has been an increased focus on analyzing topics frequently occurring in social media.We refer to social media as a plat...
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OPERATIONAL LOSSES: LESSONS FROM SEVEN OF THE LARGEST ROGUE TRADING EVENTS IN HISTORY
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Author
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Morat, Patricio
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Date Created
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2017
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Subjects--Topical
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Finance, Economics, Industrial management
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Description
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Operational losses: Lessons from seven of the largest rogue trading events in history. (Under the direction of DR. ROB ROY MCGREGOR)Operational risk is the risk of losses arising from the failure of people, processes, and systems, and from externa...