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Title
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SOLUTION OF A 1-D INVERSE PROBLEM BY THE CONVEXIFICATION METHOD
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Author
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Abney, Ray
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Mathematics, Physics
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Description
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In this thesis, we demonstrate a method outlined by Dr. Mikhail Klibanov for solving a 1-D coefficient inverse problem by the convexification method. Our inverse problem in question concerns finding buried bombs, where the dielectric constants of ...
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Force and Moment Tire Data Modelling and Test Report Generation
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Author
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Agalgaonkar, Sudeep
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Mechanical engineering
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Description
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For optimizing the performance of vehicles, tire force and moment data generated by a tire testing machine is crucial to automotive manufacturers. The data representation should involve more than the transmittal of raw data. Conceivable representa...
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Electrical Behavior During Cooling of Conductive Concrete
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Author
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Alhakim, MHD ALi
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil engineering
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Description
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Self-sensing concrete consists of embedded conductive materials allowing enhanced electric conductivity for assessing mechanical properties. This thesis describes the design of a self-sensing concrete with steel fabrication waste and the detection...
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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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POLYDYNE DISPLACEMENT INTERFEROMETER USING FREQUENCY-MODULATED LIGHT
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Author
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Arablu, Masoud
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Mechanical engineering, Electrical engineering, Optics
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Description
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A novel multi-frequency (polydyne) optical interferometry method is introduced and a prototype developed to evaluate its performance in a Michelson displacement interferometer configuration. The polydyne interferometer contains three main parts of...
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Title
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DISFLUENT SPEECH SEGMENTS DETECTION AND REMEDIATION
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Author
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Arbajian, Pierre
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Information science, Linguistics
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Description
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Speech remediation by identifying those segments which compromise the quality of speech content can be performed by correctly identifying portions of a recording which can be deleted without diminishing from the overall quality of the speech, but ...
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PERFORMANCE AND SPECIFICATION OF OPTICAL COMPONENTS WITH MID-SPATIAL FREQUENCY SURFACE ERRORS
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Author
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Aryan, Hamidreza
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Mechanical engineering, Optics, Engineering
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Description
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The advent of sub-aperture computer-numerically controlled (CNC) manufacturing techniques has enabled new opportunities for high-performance optical components and systems. Freeform and other challenging designs are now possible like never before....
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Title
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CROSS-PLATFORM INDOOR NAVIGATION USING MIXED-REALITY
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Author
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Ayyanchira, Akshay Murari
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Computer science
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Description
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Indoor navigation and localization are challenging due to the limits of available devices. A number of devices, such as GPS [3], beacons [5], infrared positioning system, ultrasonic positioning system and RF positioning system [21] have been explo...
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IMPACT OF DELIRIUM EDUCATION ON A POST-SURGICAL UNIT
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Author
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BYRNES, TRU
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Nursing
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Description
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Background: Delirium is a common issue experienced by many geriatric patients. However, it is often under-recognized and misdiagnosed by nurses resulting in the delay of treatment. The literature indicates that staff education is vital in delirium...
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A Recurrent Neural Network Based Patch Recommender for Linux Kernel Bugs
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Author
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Bableshwar, Anusha
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Computer engineering
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Description
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Software bugs result in a variety of issues including system crashes, loss of system performance, incorrect output and security vulnerabilities. In this thesis, we explore the design of a patch recommender system for the Linux kernel. Software too...
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UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL MOVEMENTS THROUGH SIMULATIONS OF ANGER CONTAGION IN SOCIAL MEDIA
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Author
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Bacaksizlar, Nazmiye
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Sociology, Information technology, System theory
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Description
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This dissertation investigates emotional contagion in social movements within social media platforms, such as Twitter. The main research question is: How does a protest behavior spread in social networks? The following sub-questions are: (a) What ...