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Overlap Packing Optimization for Spacecraft Layout Design
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Author
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Alaimo, Richard
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Industrial engineering, Operations research
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Description
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Packing optimization is a common problem that is encountered on a day-to-day basis and has led to an extensive study over the years. One variant of the packing problem that is beginning to emerge is the overlap cuboid packing problem (OCPP), which...
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DRONE ROUTING FOR DAMAGE ASSESSMENT ON POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS UNDER HILF EVENTS
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Author
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Alapati, Mahesh
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Engineering, Power resources, Operations research
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Description
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Significant damages caused by extreme weather conditions such as flood, storm, hurricanes, blizzards etc., contribute multiple and widely-spread damages to electric power transmission and distribution systems resulting in large-scale power failure...
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Development of Bridge Management Tools for Predicting Bridge Replacement Projects
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Author
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Alar, Aidan
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil engineering
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Description
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One of the responsibilities of the NCDOT is the prioritization of highway bridge replacement projects throughout the North Carolina transportation system. The Priority Rating Index (PRI) is a multi-criteria formula that is currently used to provid...
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Synthesis and Reactivity of N-Heterocyclic Chalcogenone Complexes of Copper and Silver
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Author
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Allen, Alexander
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Chemistry, Inorganic, Chemistry, Organic, Analytical chemistry
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Description
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This presentation outlines the synthesis and characterization of several unusual two-coordinate copper(I) and silver(I) complexes supported by bulky N-heterocyclic thione (NHT) and selone (NHSe) ligands. More specifically, copper(I) complexes of t...
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MOISTURE AND HEAVY METAL STABILIZATION FOR COAL COMBUSTION RESIDUALS USING SODIUM POLYACRYLATE
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Author
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Annamraju, Sai Sahithi
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil engineering, Environmental engineering, Geotechnical engineering
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Description
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Due to the recent (2015) federal regulations pertaining to disposal of coal combustion residuals (CCR) from electric utilities, methods to dewater the CCR impoundments, establish structural stability, and mitigate the leaching of heavy metals from...
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Self-Propelling Robotic Hydrofoil Arrays: Mechanics, Efficiency, and Optimization
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Author
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Bhansali, Rakshit
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Mechanical engineering, Robotics
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Description
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Mathematical models for the self-propulsion of articulated bodies in fluids at low Reynolds number can be interpreted geometrically in terms of connections in principal bundles. Visualization of the local curvature of a connection in this context ...
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Isotope hydrology and sustainability of High Plains groundwater in northeastern New Mexico
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Author
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Blumenberg, Victoria
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Water resources development--Management, Hydrology
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Description
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Observable increases in depth to water in wells throughout the High Plains Aquifer have led to growing concerns regarding the sustainability of groundwater in the High Plains region. Previous studies have pointed to overuse and the presence of pal...
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COMBINED DEM-FEM MODELING OF SHOT PEENING PROCESS
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Author
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Bobba, Dhanooj
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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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Shot peening is a commonly used technique for improving the fatigue life of machine components by inducing compressive residual stresses in the surface layers. This process involves plastically deforming the surface layers by impacting the surface...
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Title
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Low Power RFID System Design and Implementation
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Author
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Bowen, Jacob
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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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A successful design and implementation of an RFID(Radio Frequency Identification)tag and reader.The RFID reader was implemented using a USRP board and GNU radio. TheRFID system designed here is considered a UHF(ultra high frequency) RFID. Thereade...
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Vascular Function in Patients With Chronic Ankle Instability and Healthy Adults
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Author
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Bruce, Casey
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Physiology, Neurosciences
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Description
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CASEY BRUCE. Vascular function in patients with chronic ankle instability and healthy adults. (Under the direction of DR. ABBEY THOMAS FENWICK)Introduction: Patients with CAI display impaired sensorimotor output and deficits in afferent/sensory pr...
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EXPERIMENTS IN TEXT SUMMARIZATION USING DEEP LEARNING
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Author
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Bulusu, Sai Amrit
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Computer science, Artificial intelligence, Information science
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Description
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Deep Learning has been the go-to tool for text summarization in the recent times.Traditional deep learning research focuses on performing abstractive text summarizationwithout considering the user’s interests to personalize the summaries.This prob...
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STRUCTURE-FROM-MOTION AND RGBD DEPTH FUSION
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Author
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Chandra shekar, Akash
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Computer science, Robotics
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Description
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Abstract This article describes a technique to augment a typical RGBD sensor by integrating depth estimates obtained via Structure-from-Motion (SfM) with depth measurements from an RGBD sensor. Limitations in the RGBD depth sensing technology prev...
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Title
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THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN MILK CONSUMPTION DURING CHILDHOOD AND PRECOCIOUS MENARCHE
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Author
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Choi, Younjung
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Public health, Epidemiology, Nutrition
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Description
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Menarche, the last stage of the normal pubertal development in girls, is one of the most significant events in a woman’s life as it signifies that a girl is capable of becoming pregnant from then on. Furthermore, menarche also means that a girl ha...
