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Ching, Y. E. "The adaptation and feasibility of the narrative component of the Narrative Enhancement and Cognitive Therapy (NECT) for late-onset psychosis." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2017. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10024653/.
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This thesis focuses on the adaptation and feasibility of the narrative module of an intervention, Narrative Enhancement and Cognitive Therapy (NECT), for people with late-onset psychosis (LOP). Part one of the thesis is a literature review examining the outcomes of adapted psychological interventions for psychosis and exploring the adaptation processes where reported. The 11 papers are presented according to the study design quality, followed by a discussion on the three reported adaptation models and ad-hoc adaptation processes. Part two of the thesis is an empirical study which investigated the adaptation process and feasibility of the narrative module of NECT for people in late-onset psychosis. The intervention was delivered by NHS and evaluated using a feasibility guidance (Orsmond and Cohn, 2015). The recruitment process for this study was jointly conducted with Lucy Smyth (2017). She examined the process and content of life history and present-time narratives of people with late-onset psychosis through semi-structured interviews. Part three is a critical appraisal. It will reflect on the process of conducting the research, including: research design, research governance, group selection, and implementation fidelity.
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Bögl, Michael, Karl Doerner, and Sophie N. Parragh. "The School Bus Routing and Scheduling Problem with Transfers." Wiley Periodicals, Inc, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/net.21589.
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In this article, we study the school bus routing and scheduling problem with transfers arising in the field of nonperiodic public transportation systems. It deals with the transportation of pupils from home to their school in the morning taking the possibility that pupils may change buses into account. Allowing transfers has several consequences. On the one hand, it allows more flexibility in the bus network structure and can, therefore, help to reduce operating costs. On the other hand, transfers have an impact on the service level: the perceived service quality is lower due to the existence of transfers; however, at the same time, user ride times may be reduced and, thus, transfers may also have a positive impact on service quality. The main objective is the minimization of the total operating costs. We develop a heuristic solution framework to solve this problem and compare it with two solution concepts that do not consider transfers. The impact of transfers on the service level in terms of time loss (or user ride time) and the number of transfers is analyzed. Our results show that allowing transfers reduces total operating costs significantly while average and maximum user ride times are comparable to solutions without transfers. (authors' abstract)
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Carter, Laura. "Building Nest." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2007. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/english_theses/27.
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“What does it mean, to make a genuine generalization, to create an objective concrete abstraction of a phenomenon?”—Evald Ilyenkov. As Guy Debord writes in his Society of the Spectacle, “the lack of general historical life also means that individual life as yet has no history.” These poems are my process of coming to understand history, and many of them are critiques of histories per se. If, as Frank O’Hara writes, “these anxieties remain erect,” they also shape the poems that I have written here. I want to be in dialogue with the spectacle that shapes postmodernism. I want to live in communication with the memories of events that have shaped my speech over the years. The title is a struggle to regain a home while not forgetting the displacement of the proverbial poet, a poet to whom I am forever indebted and probably likely to become.
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Choi, Jongyoll. "Sky Nest." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1086751735.
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Abram-Diroll, Evaline E. "Monkey's Nest." Youngstown State University / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1314734197.
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Seilheimer, Nora. "Nest Morale." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2019. https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2641.
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Sproat, Thomas McKell. "The nest defense and nest-destroying behaviors of house wrens." Virtual Press, 2000. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1167800.
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Presentations of three potential nest intruders were used to investigate house wren nest defense behavior, while regular nest box checks provided information regarding house wren nest-destroying behavior. During nest defense trials, male wrens were typically more active in defense than females in the egg stage but no intersexual differences existed in the nestling stage. Males' greater defensiveness could be an extension of their territory defense role. Defense vocalizations were sex biased, with males giving primarily song calls and females giving chatter calls. Both sexes maintained or lowered their defense levels from egg to nestling stage, possibly due to decreased offspring vulnerability. House wrens altered their defense behaviors among intruder species, depending on the type of threat. Males exhibited greater defense levels against the house wren model compared to the bluebird or cowbird model in the egg stage but showed no differences among model species in the nestling stage. Females exhibited no defense differences among model species. Male defense levels were affected by their breeding strategy, as attentive males were more aggressive toward the house wren and cowbird models than non-attentive males. Attentive males discriminated among intruder species while non-attentive males did not. Lack of male attentiveness, due to polygamy or attempted polygamy, appeared to be potentially costly to females, regardless of their order of pairing with the male. House wren nest destroying behavior (NDB) varied with respect to the timing of house wren nest attacks, the abandonment and reacquisition of nests following a wren attack, and the status of neighboring house wren nests at the time of a nest attack. Some supportive evidence was found for the existing NDB hypotheses, but no single hypothesis was completely supported. House wren NDB may serve several functions but may ultimately depend on house wren population density.Department of Educational Leadership
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Rogers, Phil. "Next steps Christian spirituality and discipleship for the next generation /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2007. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p033-0823.
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Stake, Mike M. "Golden-cheeked warbler nest predators and factors affecting nest predation /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p1418066.
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Berg, Arnstein, and Håvar Wehus. "Læringsrom i nett." Thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Computer and Information Science, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-10206.
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Denne oppgaven tar for seg temaet e-læring, og spesielt samarbeidslæring over internett. Gjennom å utvikle store deler av et komplett e-læringssystem, har vi sett på teknologbruk og funksjoner i praksis. Den aller største delen av prosjektet har vært å implementere dette systemet, men i den forbindelse har vi også brukt mye tid på planlegging og refleksjon. Dette har gitt oss mange erfaringer med hvordan e-læring kan og bør legges opp. Vi har spesielt fokusert på å ta i bruk teknologier som i liten grad er utnyttet i e-læring i dag. Samarbeidsfunksjoner har stått mye i fokus, og vi har sett på måter å gjøre både elev-lærer- og elev-elev-interaksjonen over internett bedre. Særlig gjelder dette bruk av synkron kommunikasjon. Vi har også sett en del på personlige verktøy og systemet vårt som en helhetlig IT-løsning for skoler. Det har samtidig vært et mål for oppgaven å øke bredden i e-læring gjennom å forsøke å tilpasse systemet til flere forskjellige undervisningstyper og aldersgrupper. Systemet vårt ble som en del av oppgaven vist frem til et lite utvalg personer, for å få noen tilbakemeldinger på e-læringssystemet vårt. Formålet var å gjennomføre et case study, der vi ser hvordan de løsningene vi har diskutert oss frem til, ble mottatt av andre. Studien er utført i veldig liten skala, og kan i liten grad brukes til å generalisere holdninger til e-læring. Den kan derimot være et utgangspunkt for videre forskning, gjennom å se på de momentene vi prøvde ut og hvilke reaksjoner vi mottok. Resultatet fra testpersonene var overordnet positivt, og vi fikk spesielt god tilbakemelding på at synkron kommunikasjon var ønskelig. Vi har ikke hatt anledning til å legge inn særlig avanserte synkrone funksjoner, men det lille vi hadde med vakte stor interesse. Synkrone kommunikasjonsmetoder ser ut til å være avgjørende for hvor lett det er å samarbeide med andre i systemet. Her er det viktig å føle at det er noen i den andre enden, og den følelsen gir ikke asynkrone metoder i så stor grad. Studien viste videre at vi ikke hadde klart å tilpasse systemet vårt så godt til alle aldersgrupper som vi hadde håpet. Vi ser imidlertid at ved å bruke mer tid på å utvikle det, kan man forholdsvis enkelt forbedre brukervennligheten. Dersom man bare er villig til å ta i bruk det nyeste av teknologi i dag, er det få begrensninger i forhold til hva slags informasjon man kan overføre.
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Podeschi, Mario. "What comes next /." View online, 2008. http://repository.eiu.edu/theses/docs/32211131428176.pdf.
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Andersson, Elin. "Next Stop: Nature." Thesis, KTH, Arkitektur, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-253050.
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WHAT My project deal with Kymlinge station, the nature and the activities in the area. It is a site-specific project with the unusual situation of an abandoned station in the middle of the greenery. The purpose of the thesis is to study the specific site of Kymlinge and contribute with an idea of how to improve the area. WHY Kymlinge is situated in a weak part of the green wedge called Järvafältet that is risking fragmentation due to urbanisation. By creating possibilities for more people to enjoy Kymlinge and spend time here, it will both improve their health and make people realise the importance of having nature close by, which in turn secures the continuous existence of the green area. HOW By finalising and opening up the station more people will be be able to access and enjoy Kymlinge. New additions and improvements in the green area will make it more attractive at the same time as its existing qualities is being enhanced and protected.
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Dehaven, Ryan Swords. "Smarter NEAT Nets." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2013. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/1024.
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This paper discusses a modification to improve usability and functionality of a ge- netic neural net algorithm called NEAT (NeuroEvolution of Augmenting Topolo- gies). The modification aims to accomplish its goal by automatically changing parameters used by the algorithm with little input from a user. The advan- tage of the modification is to reduce the guesswork needed to setup a successful experiment with NEAT that produces a usable Artificial Intelligence (AI). The modified algorithm is tested against the unmodified NEAT with several different setups and the results are discussed. The algorithm shows strengths in some areas but can increase the runtime of NEAT due to the addition of parameters into the solution search space.
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Demmons, Timothy Douglas. "Nest site selection and nest predation patterns at forest-field edges." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape2/PQDD_0021/MQ52983.pdf.
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Yu, Taochang, and Pan Tong. "Net Disk : net disk for private network." Thesis, Högskolan Kristianstad, Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-9370.
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With the continuous development of computer and network techniques as well as the extensive application of modern means of communications, computer plays an important role in the social life of modern society. It is always associated with a large number of files which are frequently used. Although new computer hardware products provided by various makers help people to solve the problem that have arisen in carrying files, people still face some difficulties in carrying storage devices. This project will partly realize the basic function of the net hard disk. The net hard disk is used to store the files of users on the internet, making it easy for users to carry files and share files with their friends. The uses are able to download, upload, copy, move and delete files and create a new file folder. They can also create, freeze, delete and alter their account. People can retrieve the file they want from the hard disk without anytime at any place.
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Berni, Simone. "Dragonfly: next generation sandbox." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2020. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/20894/.
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An endless battle between malwares and malware analysts is fought every day. Many techniques of analysis are deployed, allowing the study of targets in a clean environment. Isolation is commonly provided by sandboxes, but it is not the only way: a new paradigm is emerging, emulation, that allows the study of targets without having to fear that its own infrastructure can be infected.
Malwares are detected and categorized using rules, simple regex queries that describe their behaviours and are matched against the static sample, but thanks to the emulation we can move this process a step further: Dragonfly allows deeper and more precise rules that are matched during the emulation of the target, allowing even the execution of custom user functions when a rule is matched to bring the analysis to its next step
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Strelle, Torsten. "Next Generation Network (NGN)." Ilmenau Universitätsbibliothek Ilmenau, 2010. http://d-nb.info/1000955737/34.
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Helgegren, Lars, and Caroline Adolfsson. "Next Generation Weather Station." Thesis, Halmstad University, School of Business and Engineering (SET), 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-2402.
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This project was about develop a concept for next generation weather station and was
assigned by Bushnell, Kansas U.S. The project was appropriate for the students since it
would involve product development with both visual design and engineering. For the
reason that the initiator was located in another country, the students got an offer of being
positioned at the consultant firm; Epsilon in Gothenburg.
This project is about developing an innovative product as the next step of their evolution;
a portable Wi-Fi household appliance that keeps the user up-dated with weather forecasts
as well as news and other desirable info. This next generation weather station shall be
transboundary by offering more than traditional weather forecasts. Through its direct
connection to Internet it shall display and capture customizable data such as news, traffic,
sports (scores, news and highlights), photo and video content to name a few. The user
shall be able to get “data at-a-glance” in a fun user-friendly, low maintenance approach
while keeping the simplicity of the older products.
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Jordan, Dirk. "Mathcad „The Next Generation“." Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, 2010. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:ch1-201000581.
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In diesem Vortrag wird die Weiterentwicklung von Mathcad gezeigt. Einmal als Update auf Mathcad 15 und dann die ganz neue Generation Mathcad Prime, mit neuer Benutzeroberfläche und neuem "look and feel". Sowie die neuen Funktionen und Möglichkeiten in Mathcad Prime.
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Lillebo, Ole Kristian. "Next generation privacy policy." Thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for datateknikk og informasjonsvitenskap, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-13647.
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Privacy policies are commonly used by service providers to notify users what information is collected, how it will be used and with whom it will be shared. These policies are however known to be notoriously long and hard to understand, and several studies have shown that very few users actually read them. Alternative solutions that accurately communicates the most important parts of the policy in a way that is more enjoyable to read, is therefore needed to aid the users in making informed decisions on whether or not to share information with a provider.By following a design science strategy we first explore current solutions, and based on an initial evaluation we find the Nutrition Label to be the current approach best suited to base further work on. Through an assess and refine cycle we first evaluate the Nutrition Label based on usability literature, and propose a set of design criteria which is used as a basis for developing an alternative solution, entitled the Privacy Table. By following an iterative design process, we evaluate the Privacy Table in terms of accuracy, time-to-response and likeability through a pre-test, a laboratory experiment with 15 participants, and finally through an Internet experiment with 24 participants, where each iteration results in a re-designed version of the Privacy Table. While we don't find clear evidence for any difference between the formats, we find indications for that they perform similarly in terms of accuracy and enjoyability. We discover several issues regarding the Nutrition Label where some are related to the terminology used, which could indicate that it would need modifications in order to be usable among non-native English speakers. We also suggest that future research on the Nutrition Label should focus on its usability rather than further expansion, and that it should be considered to base it on a more simplified underlying technology than the P3P language. Finally we find that a merged version of the Privacy Table and the Nutrition Label could be advantageous to use in relation with current and future privacy enhancing technologies, as a top layer to communicate the most important privacy practices.
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Tomsick, Terry. "Ectogenesis : the next generation." Thesis, McGill University, 2008. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=111579.
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Ectogenesis -- literally creation outside the womb -- is a word coined by British geneticist J.B.S. Haldane in 1923 as he provocatively predicted future scientific frontiers. Fast-moving assisted reproductive technologies assure us that ectogenesis is no longer the fantastical creation of futuristic writers. Instead, it is likely to manifest in one of three ways. It may be a quiet byproduct of the lessening gap between in vitro procedures and the use of sophisticated neonatal environments. It may arise from endometrial tissue ladders grown into artificial wombs. Or, it may be as bizarre as that envisioned in Brave New World where there is an intentional effort to create an artificial womb from which the development of a human being may be scrutinized and monitored from start to finish.The morass of hasty and reckless legislation passed in various countries to deal with the creation and termination of embryonic life shows that few are prepared to deal with exigencies of ectogenesis when it arrives insidiously or abruptly. Moreover, Eastern thought and traditions will conflict with Western ideology with respect to the beginning and maintenance of human life. This thesis suggests that the language, structure and philosophy of the United Kingdom's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act is well crafted and should be considered as a world-wide paradigm. This thesis also suggests that ectogenesis will mandate that the interests of the developing fetus override notions of reproductive autonomy.
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Kumar, Sujai. "Next-generation nematode genomes." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/7609.
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The first metazoan to be sequenced was a nematode (Caenorhabditis elegans), and understanding the genome of this model organism has led to many insights about all animals. Although eleven nematode genomes have been published so far and approximately twenty more are under way, the vast majority of the genomes of this incredibly diverse phylum remain unexplored. Next-generation sequencing has made it possible to generate large amounts of genome sequence data in a few days at a fraction of the cost of traditional Sanger-sequencing. However, assembling and annotating these data into genomic resources remains a challenge because of the short reads, the quality issues in these kinds of data, and the presence of contaminants and co-bionts in uncultured samples. In this thesis, I describe the process of creating high quality draft genomes and annotation resources for four nematode species representing three of the five major nematode clades: Caenorhabditis sp. 5, Meloidogyne floridensis, Dirofilaria immitis, and Litomosoides sigmodontis. I describe the new approaches I developed for visualising contamination and co-bionts, and I present the details of the robust workflow I devised to deal with the problems of generating low-cost genomic resources from Illumina short-read sequencing. Results: The draft genome assemblies created using the workflow described in this thesis are comparable to the draft nematode genomes created using Sanger sequencing. Armed with these genomes, I was able to answer two evolutionary genomics questions at very different scales. The first question was whether any non-coding elements were deeply conserved at the level of the whole phylum. Such elements had previously been hypothesised to be responsible for the phylum body plan in vertebrates, insects, and nematodes. I used twenty nematode genomes in several whole-genome alignments and concluded that no such elements were conserved across the whole phylum. The second question addressed the origins of the highly destructive plant-parasitic root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita. Comparisons with the newly sequenced Meloidogyne floridensis genome revealed the complex hybrid origins of both species, undermining previous assumptions about the rarity of hybrid speciation in animals. Conclusions: This thesis demonstrates the role of next-generation sequencing in democratising genome sequencing projects. Using the sequencing strategies, workflows, and tools described here, one can rapidly create genomic resources at a very low cost, even for unculturable metazoans. These genomes can be used to understand the evolutionary history of a genus or a phylum, as shown.
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Lorilla, Leandro M. (Leandro Manalac) 1977. "Enhanced next generation alternator." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/34474.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2005.Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-176).
The power requirements of automotive alternators are increasing significantly due to the introduction of new vehicle electrical loads. Moreover, the possible transition to a 42 V electrical system is introducing new concerns regarding the load dump overvoltage transient of alternators. This thesis makes several contributions to the power density, efficiency, and transient performance of future alternators. A comparison and design optimization of four alternator types is conducted to identify the least cost alternator that meets the challenging requirements of future automobiles. Alternator designs with conventional diode rectifiers and switched-mode rectifiers are investigated. It is found that optimized Lundell alternators are capable of meeting the demands of future systems, and that wound field synchronous machines may also be competitive. It is also found that incorporation of a simple switched-mode rectifier enables substantial improvements in designs optimized for their use. The behavior of the Lundell alternator under load dump transient conditions is studied. It is found that rotor eddy currents limit the rate at which the machine can be de-excited to terminate the transient overvoltage. Models for the de-excitation process are developed based on experimental measurements, and new field control circuits are proposed that provide fast field de-excitation.
(cont.) The use of foil field windings in Lundell alternators to improve alternator power density is also explored. Foil field windings are shown to provide higher conductor packing factors than conventional wire wound fields (e.g. 73% as opposed to 64% for a typical wire wound design) and offer improved thermal transfer properties. These advantages are demonstrated to enable significant increases in field ampere turns and achievable alternator output power. However, realizing these advantages requires new field excitation circuits that can deliver high field currents at low voltages, without exceeding the limited current ratings of alternator brushes. Two new field excitation circuits capable of meeting the needs of foil field windings are developed and experimentally demonstrated. The first field excitation circuit is based on the use of a coreless printed circuit board transformer with a rotating secondary for contactless transfer of power to the rotor. A stationary inverter delivers high frequency ac to the transformer primary, and the power received by the transformer secondary is rectified and delivered to the field. This approach eliminates the need for brushes, and their associated wear and current limitations.
(cont.) This rotating transformer topology is designed, built and tested at standstill with a foil wound bobbin. Experimental results demonstrate that a 51% increase in ampere turns on the rotor can be delivered with this approach, which is more than sufficient for practical applications. The second class of field excitation circuits developed in this thesis uses a DC/DC converter on the rotating side to provide a step down in voltage and a step up in current for the foil field. Control information is communicated to the rotating converter to regulate the field. An experimental alternator implementing a foil field winding and this excitation circuit is developed and experimentally validated. Tests at idle speed demonstrate an improvement of 15% in alternator output power, and an approximate increase of 30% in field ampere turns for similar temperature limits. It is anticipated that significantly larger power improvements could be achieved if the alternator stator were redesigned to take advantage of this improved field capability.
by Leandro Manalac Lorilla.
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Kim, Jaewon S. M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Next generation CAT system." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/62117.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Program in Media Arts and Sciences, 2010.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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Two novel techniques for future CAT system are presented. Transmission descattering is a singleshot method to differentiate unscattered and scattered components of light transmission through a scattering material. Directly-transmitted components travel in a straight line from the light source, while scattered components originate from multiple scattering centers in the volume. Angularly varying scattered light is strategically captured via a lenslet array placed close to the image plane and the unscattered direct component is computed based on separable scattered components. The disadvantage is a reduction in spatial resolution. As an application, the enhanced tomographic reconstruction is demonstrated using estimated direct transmission images. The other technique is single-shot 3D reconstruction of a translucent object. Multiple light sources form images of a translucent object at different projection angles onto a screen. Those images are captured by a single-photo in a coded format via lenslet array. The projection image casted from each light source is separated from each other by a decoding process and in turn the images are combined to reconstruct 3D shape of the translucent object by ART method.
by Jaewon Kim.
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Cooke, Alan. "Where Next for XidML." International Foundation for Telemetering, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/595667.
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ITC/USA 2011 Conference Proceedings / The Forty-Seventh Annual International Telemetering Conference and Technical Exhibition / October 24-27, 2011 / Bally's Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NevadaXidML is an open, vendor neutral, XML based standard for the FTI community used to capture the metadata associated with flight test instrumentation and data acquisition networks. This paper discusses the difference between metadata and meta-metadata, how these concepts apply to XidML and an optional schema, XdefML. The paper also describes how Settings and their validation may be applied to a Generic package definition. Some examples are given of how the current version XdefML can be leveraged to auto-generate graphical user interfaces that are both feature rich and incorporate sophisticated error checking and data validation.
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Wang, Ye. "Next Generation Outlier Detection." The Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1397704520.
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Seares, Rei Mark. "THE COLLECTIVE NEXT DOOR." Thesis, KTH, Arkitektur, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-298817.
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Fågelbärsträdet 12 is a property on John Ericssonsgatan on the area of Kungsholmen in Stockholm. It has been emptied since 2018 and undergoing the application process for demolition due to erroneous use of aluminate cement during its construction in the 1930’s, making the structure weak and at risk of falling down. In this project, the site is reused and reinforced to accommodate a collective housing for single mothers with their children, and elderly. By reusing an existing building, the question regarding the life cycle of building was touched. Most often, proprietors decide upon demolition for economic gain which mean throwing away energy and resources used to build the building, and only to build a new one. Furthermore, the proximity of the site to the iconic Markelius Kollektivhus (which is just next door), gave an opportunity to revitalize the concept of collective living to modern day society. Using collective living as a tool, social and economic sustainability was also taken into consideration. Through a collective, a community within the building can easily flourish and become a support system both for all the residents. The result of the project is the reinforcement of the existing load-bearing walls, a new entrance from the courtyard, and new co-living spaces on the upper floors. There are social spaces accessible to the public on the ground floor (restaurant and youth recreation space), and collective activity rooms on the upper floors for the residents to use.
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Barrett, Martin Andrew. "The next best thing." Thesis, University of East London, 2013. http://roar.uel.ac.uk/3013/.
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The collective discourse within the Doctorate has been of particular importance to me as my practice has generally been a solitary experience. The title of my Doctorate came from a quote by the German artist Anselm Keifer. In an interview he was asked when he first thought about becoming an artist. He said that he had decided to be a priest when he was seven years old but was told that only God could make that choice. He consequently decided that being an artist ‘was the next best thing’. I have often felt that art practice borders on being a belief system and this quote underlines this. Making art would, in ancient times, have been an important and pious activity and I think somehow this attitude has been carried down over the centuries into our secular world. The report is divided into a number of sections starting with this Introduction and an autobiographical context; the main part of the report covers my creative practice, theoretical research and professional practice. The guidance for theoretical research advises looking at the writing around artists that one admires or who have influenced ones work. I found this particularly challenging as many of the artists that have influenced me during my career have died. I did manage this, after a few false starts, by reading about Cornelia Parker’s discovery of the writings of Noam Chomsky. Subsequently I have researched James Lovelock, Felix Guattari, Richard Sennett, Iain McGilchrist, Richard Kearney. Daniel Kahneman and many other writers as well as looking at artists like Grayson Perry, Ian Hamilton Findlay, Wolfgang Tillmans, Rachel Whiteread and Bill Woodrow. I have decided, in discussion with my supervisors, to approach the main section by discussing the key works that I have produced throughout the programme and reflecting on all the aspects of research, influences and professional outcomes that have surrounded these works. In my conclusion I have summarized the outcomes of the Professional Doctorate in Fine Art and how it has informed my practice and particularly its impact on my approach to teaching.
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Reidy, Jennifer L. "Golden-cheeked warbler nest success and nest predators in urban and rural landscapes." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4968.
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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007.The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on November 1, 2007) Includes bibliographical references.
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Pires, Joao Nuno R. G. "Infrared subtraction at next-to-next-to-leading order for gluonic initial states." Thesis, Durham University, 2010. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/164/.
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In this thesis we describe a procedure for isolating the infrared singularities present in gluonic scattering amplitudes at next-to-leading and next-to-next-to-leading order. We adopted the antenna subtraction framework which has been successfully applied to the calculation of NNLO corrections to the 3-jet cross section and related event shape distributions in electron-positron annihilation. We consider processes with coloured particles in the initial state, and in particular two-jet production in hadron-hadron collisions at accelerators such as the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). We derive explicit formulae for subtracting the single and double unresolved contributions from the double radiation gluonic processes using antenna functions with initial state partons. We show numerically that the subtraction term effectively approximates the matrix element in the various single and double unresolved configurations.
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Chambless, Cathleen F. "Nec(Romantic)." FIU Digital Commons, 2015. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1933.
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NEC(ROMANTIC) is a poetry collection thematically linked through images of insects, celestial bodies, bones, and other elements of the supernatural. These images are indicative of spells, but the parenthesis around romantic in the collection’s title also implies idealism. The poems explore the author’s experiences with death, grief, love, oppression, and addiction. NEC(ROMANTIC) employs the use of traditional forms such as the villanelle, sestina, and haiku to organize these experiences. Prose poetry and a peca kucha ground the center of NEC(ROMANTIC) which alternates between lyrical and narrative gestures.
NEC(ROMANTIC) is influenced by Sylvia Plath. The author uses Plath’s methods of compression, sound, and rhythm to create a swift, child-like tone when examining emotionally laden topics. Ilya Kaminsky influences lyrical elements of the poems, including surrealism. Spencer Reese’s combination of the natural and personal world is also paramount to this book. Adrienne Rich and Audre Lorde influence NEC(ROMANTIC)’s political poetry.
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Du, Dechuan [Verfasser]. "Nucleon-nucleon scattering process in Lattice Chiral Effective Field Theory approach up to next-to-next-to-next-to-leading order / Dechuan Du." Bonn : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Bonn, 2018. http://d-nb.info/1160594236/34.
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Grip, Helena. "Biomechanical assessment of head and neck movements in neck pain using 3D movement analysis." Doctoral thesis, Umeå : Umeå University, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-1600.
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Kolada, Eric J. "Nest site selection and nest success of greater sage-grouse in Mono County, California." abstract and full text PDF (free order & download UNR users only), 2007. http://0-gateway.proquest.com.innopac.library.unr.edu/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:1447600.
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Latif, Quresh S. "How predation risk shapes avian nest site selection and processes underlying nest predation patterns." Diss., [Riverside, Calif.] : University of California, Riverside, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=1957706911&SrchMode=2&sid=4&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1268765320&clientId=48051.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Riverside, 2009.Includes abstract. Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Title from first page of PDF file (viewed March 16, 2010). Includes bibliographical references. Also issued in print.
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Richards, Karen Victoria. "An investigation of neck posture clusters; their relationship to neck pain and biopsychosocial factors." Thesis, Curtin University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/54057.
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Mizuguchi, Satoshi. "Net Impulse and Net Impulse Characteristics in Vertical Jumping." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1459.
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The purpose of this dissertation was to explore the potential use of net impulse and its characteristics in vertical jumping to monitor athletes' performance status and responses/adaptations to interventions. Five variables were proposed as net impulse characteristics: net impulse height and width, rate of force development, shape factor, and net impulse proportion. The following were then examined: 1) test-retest reliability of a new approach to identify net impulse in a force-time curve and of net impulse characteristics and criterion validity of the new approach; 2) effective measures of net impulse characteristics; 3) relationships between training-induced changes in its characteristics and force production ability.
The following are major findings of the dissertation. Rate of force development particularly for the countermovement jump require a large magnitude of change to overcome the variable's inherent variability. Shape factor and net impulse proportion for the static jump should be used with caution and requires further investigations. Alternative net impulse can be used interchangeably to criterion net impulse. Of the proposed net impulse characteristics, net impulse height and width and shape factor were found to contribute to countermovement jump height, whereas all the net impulse characteristics were found to contribute to static jump height. Of the characteristics found to contribute, relative net impulse height (net impulse height divided by system mass) appears to be an important characteristic to achieve a high jump height for the countermovement and static jumps and net impulse proportion for the static jump. A mechanism behind increased countermovement jump height may be an increased countermovement displacement as a result of increased force production ability. A mechanism behind increased static jump height is the increased proportion of the entire positive impulse occupied by net impulse (i.e. increased net impulse proportion).
The findings of this dissertation show the possibility of the use of the net impulse characteristics to monitor athletes' performance status and responses/adaptations to interventions. However, because this dissertation was the first to explore the potential use of the net impulse characteristics for athletes' performance monitoring, the existing knowledge is still preliminary and further research is required before practical recommendations are made.
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Joroughi, Vahid. "Next generation multibeam satellite systems." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/334988.
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Satellite communication will play a central role towards fulfilling next generation 5G communication requirements. As a matter of fact, anytime-anywhere connectivity cannot be conceived without the presence of the satellite segment. Indeed, satellite communication industry is not only targeting popular markets but also to high dense populated areas where the satellite will become an essential element to decongest the terrestrial wireless network.
In order to deliver broadband interactive data traffic, satellite payloads are currently implementing a multibeam radiation pattern. The use of a multibeam architecture brings several advantages in front of a single global beam transmission. First, as an array fed reflector is employed, the antenna gain to noise ratio can be increased leading to high gain in the achievable throughput. Second, different symbols can be simultaneously sent to geographically separated areas, allowing a spatially multiplexed communication. Last but not least, the available bandwidth can be reused in sufficiently separated beams, increasing the spectrum reuse in the overall coverage area. Whenever the system designers target the terabit satellite system the aforementioned multibeam architecture shall be reconsidered. Indeed, the achievable rates can be extremely increased in case a more aggressive frequency reuse is deployed and interference mitigation techniques are implemented either at the user terminal (multiuser detection) or in the transmitter (precoding).
Our study deals with the problem of precoding and linear filtering receiving methods for multibeam satellite systems when full frequency reuse is considered.
Concretely, we consider the particular restrictions of satellite communications which, in contrast to terrestrial communication systems, suffer from additional drawbacks.
First, the feeder link shall aggregate the overall data traffic leading to a very large rate requirement. This required data rate is even increased whenever linear filtering at the return link and precoding in the forward link are deployed. This is because the feed signals, which are larger than the number of beams, shall be computed on ground. In order to solve this problem, we propose a hybrid architecture where the satellite payload is equipped with a fixed processing. This on-board processing linearly transforms the received and transmitted data in order to keep the feeder link rate requirement low. The on-board processing results to be the same for both return and forward links, leading to a large reduction of the payload complexity, mass and cost.
Second, as the data traffic can be generated by different gateways, the precoding method shall be designed accordingly. In contrast to previous works, this work studies the case where the collaboration between different gateways is limited. In addition to the aforementioned contribution, in this work some unexplored aspects of multi-gateway multibeam precoding are also investigated.
Finally, we consider an important phenomena that currently needs to be treated in multibeam systems: the fact that a single codeword is embedded the information of multiple users in each beam. This leads to the difficult so-called multigroup multicast model, whose optimization requires computationally complex operations. In order to solve this problem: i) we propose a two-stage precoding design in order to both limit the multibeam interference and to enhance the intra-beam minimum user signal power, ii) a robust version of the proposed precoder based on a first perturbation model is presented. This mechanism behaves well when the channel state information is corrupted, iii) we propose a per beam user grouping mechanism so as its robust version in order to increase the precoding gain. Forth, a method for dealing with the multiple gateway architecture is presented that offers high throughputs with a low inter-gateway communication.La comunicación por satélite desempeñará un papel central en el cumplimiento de los requisitos de comunicación 5G de próxima generación. Como cuestión de hecho, la conectividad cualquier momento y lugar no se puede concebir sin la presencia del segmento satelital. De hecho, la industria de la comunicación por satélite no sólo se dirige a los mercados populares, sino también a la alta densas zonas pobladas donde el satélite se convertirá en un elemento esencial para descongestionar la red inalámbrica terrestre. Para entregar el tráfico de datos interactiva de banda ancha, las cargas útiles de satélites están implementando un diagrama de radiación de haces múltiples. El uso de una arquitectura multihaz aporta varias ventajas frente a un único haz de transmisión global. En primer lugar, como se emplea un reflector alimentado matriz, la ganancia de antena a ruido puede aumentar dando lugar a una alta ganancia en el rendimiento alcanzable. En segundo lugar, diferentes símbolos pueden ser enviados simultáneamente a las áreas separadas geográficamente, lo que permite una comunicación multiplexada espacialmente. Por último, pero no menos importante, el ancho de banda disponible puede ser reutilizado en las vigas suficientemente separadas, el aumento de la reutilización del espectro en el área de cobertura global. Cada vez que los diseñadores de sistemas se dirigen el sistema de satélites terabit se reconsideró la arquitectura multihaz mencionado. De hecho, las tasas alcanzables pueden ser extremadamente aumentaron en caso de reutilización de frecuencias más agresiva está desplegado y las técnicas de reducción de interferencias se implementan ya sea en el terminal de usuario (detección multiusuario) o en el transmisor (precodificación). Nuestros estudio aborda el problema de precodificación y filtrado lineal recibir métodos para sistemas de satélites multihaz cuando se considera la reutilización de frecuencias completa. Concretamente, consideramos las restricciones particulares de comunicaciones por satélite que, en contraste con los sistemas de comunicación terrestres, sufren de desventajas adicionales. En primer lugar, el enlace de conexión deberá agregar el tráfico global de datos que conduce a un requisito tasa muy grande. Esta velocidad de datos requerida es incluso aumentó cada vez filtrado lineal en el enlace de retorno y precodificación en el enlace directo se despliegan. Esto se debe a que las señales de alimentación, que son más grandes que el número de haces, se computarán en el suelo. Con el fin de resolver este problema, se propone una arquitectura híbrida, donde la carga útil del satélite está equipado con un procesamiento fijo. Este procesamiento a bordo transforma linealmente los datos recibidos y transmitidos con el fin de mantener el requisito de baja tasa de enlace de conexión. Los resultados del procesamiento de a bordo para ser el mismo para ambos enlaces directo y de retorno, dando lugar a una gran reducción de la complejidad de carga útil, la masa y el coste. En segundo lugar, como el tráfico de datos puede ser generada por diferentes puertas de enlace, el método de precodificación deberá ser diseñado en consecuencia. A diferencia de los trabajos anteriores, este trabajo estudia el caso en que la colaboración entre las diferentes pasarelas es limitado. Además de la contribución anterior, en este trabajo también se investigan algunos aspectos inexplorados de multi-gateway multihaz precodificación. Finalmente, consideramos un fenómeno importante que necesita actualmente para ser tratados en sistemas multihaz: el hecho de que una sola palabra de código se incrusta la información de múltiples usuarios en cada viga. Esto conduce a la denominada modelo de multidifusión multigrupo difícil, cuya optimización requiere operaciones computacionalmente complejos. En tal escenario, el diseño de precodificación en el enlace directo será dirigido.
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Martí, Fraiz Jonathan. "dataClay : next generation object storage." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/405907.
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Existing solutions for data sharing are not fully compatible with multi-provider contexts. Traditionally, providers offer their datasets through hermetic Data Services with restricted APIs. Therefore, consumers are compelled to adapt their applications to current functionality, and their chances of contributing with their own know-how are very limited.
With regard to data management, current database management systems (DBMSs) that sustain these Data Services are designed for a single-provider scenario, forcing a centralized administration conducted by the single role of the database administrator (DBA). This DBA defines the conceptual schema and the corresponding integrity constraints, and determines the external schema to be offered to the end users. The problem is that a multi-provider environment cannot assume the existence of a central role for the administration of all the datasets.
In terms of data processing, the different representations of the data model at different tiers, from the application level, to the Data Service or DBMS layers; causes the applications to dedicate between 20\% and 50\% of the code to perform the proper transformations. This causes a negative impact both on developers' productivity and on the global performance of data-intensive workflows.
In light of the foregoing, this thesis proposes three novel techniques that enable a data store to support a multi-provider ecosystem, facilitating the collaboration within all the players, and the development of efficient data-intensive applications. In particular, and after the convenient decentralization of the database administration, this thesis contributes to the community with:
1) the proper mechanisms to enable consumers to extend current schema and functionality without compromising providers constraints.
2) the proper mechanisms to enable any provider to define his own policies and integrity constraints in a way that will never be jeopardized.
3) the integration of a parallel programming model with the data model to drastically reduce data transformations and being designed to be compliant with near future storage devices.
These contributions have been validated by means of the design and implementation of dataClay, as an example of a multi-provider data store that fulfills the defined requirements. Furthermore, regarding the first and third contributions, different performance analysis are exposed to evaluate and prove their feasibility (notice that the second contribution is merely logical).Les solucions actuals per a compartir dades no són compatibles per a contexts multi-proveïdor. Tradicionalment, els proveïdors de dades les ofereixen via Data Services hermètics amb APIs molt restringides. De manera que els consumidors per una banda es veuen obligats a adaptar les seves aplicacions a la funcionalitat actual, i d'altra banda veuen com les possibilitats de contribuir amb el seu propi know-how queden molt limitades. A nivell de gestió, els sistemes gestors de bases de dades que sostenen aquests Data Services estan dissenyats per a escenaris amb un únic proveïdor, forçant una administració centralitzada que recau en el rol de l'administrador de la base de dades o DBA. El DBA defineix les restriccions d'integritat necessàries i especifica el model extern de les dades a oferir als usuaris. El problema és que en un entorn multi-proveïdor, no podem assumir l'existència d'un únic administrador central que s'ocupi de les dades de tothom. A nivell de processament, el fet de tenir diferents representacions de les dades segons es processin a nivell aplicació, de servei, o de base de dades; fa que les aplicacions hagin de dedicar d'entre un 20 i un 50% del codi a realitzar les transformacions corresponents. Això té un impacte negatiu tan a nivell de productivitat dels programadors, com a nivell de rendiment global en aplicacions que fa un ús intensiu de les dades. Tenint en compte aquestes dificultats, aquesta tesi proposa tres nous mecanismes per fer possible que un sistema gestor de dades pugui donar suport a entorns multi-proveïdor, on es faciliti la col·laboració amb els consumidors i el desenvolupament d'aplicacions que facin un ús intensiu de les dades. En concret, partint de la descentralització de l'administració de les dades i d'un model de dades orientat a objectes, aquesta tesi contribueix a la comunitat científica amb: 1) un mecanisme per permetre que els consumidors puguin estendre el model extern de les dades i la funcionalitat oferta, sense comprometre les restriccions dels proveïdors. 2) un mecanisme per permetre que cada proveïdor pugui definir les restriccions d'integritat que cregui convenients sobre el model de les dades, i de tal manera que sempre siguin respectades independentment de l'ús que se'n faci i les extensions que hi hagi. 3) la integració d'un model de programació paral·lela amb el model de dades per millorar el rendiment de les aplicacions i la productivitat dels programadors, reduint significativament les transformacions de les dades i el codi necessari per accedir-les. Aquestes contribucions es validen per mitjà del disseny i implementació de dataClay, com a exemple de gestor de dades multi-proveïdor que compleix els requisits definits. A més, en relació a la primera i tercera contribucions, es mostren una serie d'estudis de rendiment que n'avaluen i en demostren la seva viabilitat (la segona contribució és només lògica).
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Yu, Renwen. "Toward next-generation nanophotonic devices." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/667314.
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In this thesis, we aim to explore several novel designs of nanostructures based on graphene to realize various functionalities. We briefly introduce the fundamental concepts and theoretical models used in this thesis in Chapter 1. Following the macroscopic analytical method outlined in the first chapter, in Chapter 2 we show that simple simulation methods allow us to accurately describe the optical response of plasmonic nanoparticles, including retardation effects, without the requirement of large computational resources.
We then move to our proposed first type of device: optical modulators. We explore graphene sheets coupled to different kinds of optical resonators to enhance the light intensity at the graphene plane, and so also its absorption, which can be switched on/off and modulated through varying the level of doping, as explored in Chapter 3. Unity-order changes in the transmission and absorption of incident light are predicted upon electrical doping of graphene.
Heat deposition via light absorption can severely degrade the performance and limit the lifetime of nano-devices (e.g., aforementioned optical modulators), which makes the manipulation of nanoscale heat sources/flows become crucial. In Chapter 4, we exploit the extraordinary optical and thermal properties of graphene to show that ultrafast radiative heat transfer can take place between neighboring nanostructures facilitated by graphene plasmons, where photothermally induced effects on graphene plasmons are taken into account. Our findings reveal a new regime for the nanoscale thermal management, in which non-contact heat transfer becomes a leading mechanism of heat dissipation.
Apart from the damage caused by heat deposition, generated thermal energy can be in fact used as a tool for photodetection (e.g., silicon bolometers for infrared photodetection). In Chapter 5, we show that the excitation of a single plasmon in a graphene nanojunction produces profound modifications in its electrical properties through optical heating, which we then use to demonstrate an efficient mid-infrared photodetector working at room temperature based on theoretical predictions that are corroborated in an experimental collaboration with the group of Prof. Fengnian Xia in Yale University.
Finally, in Chapter 6, we show through microscopic quantum-mechanical simulations, introduced in the first chapter, that both the linear and nonlinear optical responses of graphene nanostructures can be dramatically altered by the presence of a single neighboring molecule that carries either an elementary charge or a small permanent dipole. Based on these results, we claim that nanographenes can serve as an efficient platform for detecting charge- or dipole-carrying molecules.En esta tesis, pretendemos explorar varios diseños novedosos de nanoestructuras basadas en grafeno, con diversas funcionalidades. Tras presentar brevemente los conceptos fundamentales y los modelos teóricos utilizados en esta tesis en el Capítulo 1, en el Capítulo 2 mostramos la posibilidad de describir la respuesta de nanopartículas plasmónicas (incluyendo efectos de retardo) mediante métodos de simulación semi-analíticos sencillos y sin la necesidad de emplear grandes recursos computacionales. Posteriormente, empleamos estos modelos en el desarrollo de un primer tipo de dispositivo: moduladores ópticos. Añadiendo láminas de grafeno acopladas a diferentes tipos de resonadores ópticos, podemos mejorar la intensidad de la luz en el plano del grafeno, y por lo tanto también su nivel de absorción, la cual puede ser modulada a voluntad mediante el nivel de dopado electrostático del grafeno, como se explora en el Capítulo 3. Los modelos empleados predicen cambios en la transmisión del orden de la unidad, produciendo así la absorción total por parte del dispositivo de la luz incidente. En esta clase de dispositivos, así como en todos los dispositivos nanofotónicos, la producción de calor mediante la absorción de la luz puede degradar severamente su rendimiento, así como limitar su vida útil, lo que hace que la manipulación de la fuente y el flujo de calor en la nanoescala sea una componente crucial del desarrollo. En el Capítulo 4, empleamos las extraordinarias propiedades ópticas y térmicas del grafeno para mostrar que puede tener lugar una transferencia ultrarrápida de calor radiativo entre nanoestructuras vecinas, facilitada por los plasmones del grafeno, los cuales a su vez experimentan efectos fototérmicos asociados con este proceso de disipación. Nuestros hallazgos revelan un nuevo régimen para la energía térmica a nanoescala, en la que la transferencia de calor radiativa se convierte en el mecanismo principal de disipación de calor. Además de los daños causados por la deposición de calor, la energía térmica generada puede ser de hecho usada como herramienta para la fotodetección: tal es el caso, por ejemplo, de los bolómetros de silicona, empleados para la fotodetección por infrarrojos. En el Capítulo 5, mostramos que la excitación de un solo plasmón en una unión de grafeno altera radicalmente sus propiedades eléctricas debido al calentamiento óptico. Este hecho puede ser empleado para demostrar el funcionamiento eficaz de un fotodetector en la región media de los infrarrojos a temperatura ambiente, tanto a través de predicciones teóricas como su corroboración experimental (en colaboración con el grupo del Prof. Fengnian Xia de la Universidad de Yale). Finalmente, en el Capítulo 6, mostramos a través de simulaciones mecánico-cuánticas (introducidas en el Capítulo 1), que tanto la respuesta óptica lineal como la no lineal de las nanoestructuras de grafeno pueden ser dramáticamente alteradas por la presencia de una sola molécula vecina que transporte o bien una carga elemental o un dipolo permanente. En base a estos resultados, afirmamos que las estructuras de grafeno nanoscópicas podrían ser una plataforma eficiente para detectar moléculas portadoras de carga o dipolos.
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Paliwal, Gaurav. "Convergence : the next big step /." Online version of thesis, 2006. https://ritdml.rit.edu/dspace/handle/1850/1316.
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Ventura, Håkan. "Diameter : Next generations AAA protocol." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Electrical Engineering, 2001. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-1195.
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The need for AAA protocols in the world are increasing and todays most common protocols RADIUS and TACACS+, cannot cope with the fast advances in fields benefiting from the use of AAA protocols. This is why IETF has developed the protocol Diameter as a next generations AAA protocol. The objective of this thesis is to account for the work conducted with Diameter as well as to determine if it is going to become the major AAA protocol of the next generation. In this thesis, I describe what Diameter is, its close integration with the Mobile IP protocol and its other uses. As Diameter is based on RADIUS an introduction to AAA and RADIUS is given in order to comprehend where we are today and where we are going as well as to why. I also compare today’s protocols (RADIUS, TACACS+, Kerberos and COPS) against the next generations AAA protocol Diameter. From this comparison, the Mobile IP integration capabilities and an analysis of the support of the Diameter protocol I have come to the conclusion that Diameter is going to become the major AAA protocol of the next generation.
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Williamson, Marcus Eaton. "Next Generation Military Housing Privatization." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/7144.
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Military personnel are faced with having to move every three to four years, making it extremely difficult to build any equity in a home when they are forced to refinance their loan every time they buy and sell their home. This continuous churn of home loans over a 20 year career, results in military personnel ending their career with little equity in a home because they have primarily only paid the high interest portions of the loans to financial institutions and any equity gained from rising home prices is offset by closing costs.
This research will review the current approaches to housing for military personnel, develop the stakeholders needs, propose new approaches to meet these needs, analyze these new approaches and identify the recommended new approaches.
The major players in military home purchases have been the service member, Department of Defense, local real estate services, and financial institutions. Local real estate services and financial institutions are currently the groups benefiting from the churn of homes by service members so they have no obvious incentive to change. The research will break down the resources of each of these players and align them with new approaches to real estate. The new approaches listed below will establish the need for large property management/developers that have purchasing powers within the real estate markets similar to Wal-Mart/Sams Club within the consumer goods market. With the military base realignment and closure almost complete, Department of Defense looking to get out of the housing business and the military clearly at a low manning level, the markets are now primed for this transformation.
New approaches include planned communities that are built specifically for military personnel and owned by the corporation. These communities can be strategically located near the bases (real estate values are often low adjacent to military bases), constructed according to the Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) rate for each location, constructed for frequent resident moves, service contracts for maintenance, utilities maintained by corporation and then billed directly to residents, community center geared toward spouse and military activities and key business (veterinarian, pet boarding, video store, coffee shops, restaurants, military gear store, etc). If the corporation owned 2000 houses, there would be 4000 members with 30 year loans to maintain the equity for the homes.
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LaValley, Jason. "Next Generation RFID Randomization Protocol." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/20471.
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Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) is a wireless communications technology which allows companies to secure their assets and increase the portability of information. This research was motivated by the increased commercial use of RFID technology. Existing security protocols with high levels of security have high computation requirements, and less intensive protocols can allow a tag to be tracked. The techniques proposed in this thesis result in the increase of ciphertexts available without a significant increase in processing power or storage requirements. The addition of random inputs to the generation of ciphertexts will increase the number of possible results without requiring a more advanced encryption algorithm or an increased number of stored encryption keys. Four methods of altering the plaintext/ciphertext pair (random block, set pattern, random pattern, and indexed placement) are analyzed to determine the effectiveness of each method. The number of ciphertexts generated, generation time, and generation errors were recorded to determine which of the four proposed methods would be the most beneficial in a RFID system. The comparison of these method characteristics determined that the set pattern placement method provided the best solution. The thesis also discusses how RFID transmissions appear to attackers and explains how the random inputs reduce effectiveness of current system attacks. In addition to improving the anonymity of RFID tag transmissions, the concept of authenticating random inputs is also introduced in this thesis. These methods help prevent an adversary from easily associating a tag with its transmissions, thus increasing the security of the RFID system.
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Sato, Ken-ichi. "Next Generation Transport Network Architecture." IEEE, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/14451.
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Stabin, Barbara D. (Barbara Donna). "Participatory design--the next step." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70247.
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Francpourmoi, Salomé. "Salvation Army : the next generation." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/57552.
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Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2010.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Cataloged from student submitted PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-96).
The Salvation Army thrift stores are retail entities in the center of neighborhoods which collect and resell used objects. Although historically dear to many, it seems that the physical condition, market visibility, and social perception of these stores do not always match the importance of the service they provide. The potential of that recycling network, already in place internationally, seems enormous in a context of economic crisis and rising environmental concerns. I would like to create a new Salvation Army thrift store for the years to come, and propose to redesign the closest one at hand as a case study. Among my ideas for this undertaking: - make the thrift store a pleasant and rich experiential space - add to the function of salvaging, the functions of cleaning and repairing - turn what used to be a store into a store ++, with small crafts attached (tailors, shoe repair, laundromats and dry cleaners, wood and metal workers) which would provide next door services and be a tool for social reinsertion (professional training for the unemployed) - open the market segment to all social categories - have the buildings themselves be an example of a new type of reuse/recycling.
by Salomé Francpourmoi.
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Forbes, David Louis. "Probation officers : the next generation." Thesis, University of East London, 2011. http://roar.uel.ac.uk/3724/.
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This study is an investigation into the new world of probation. For the past two decades the Probation Service has struggled to survive in a highly ambivalent social and political climate. During this period, the training of probation officers has separated from social work training and the service has adopted a more punishment-focused, coercive and managerialist stance in its work with offenders. Using a mixed methods approach that includes semi-structured interviews and case discussions, my research focuses on a sample of recently qualified probation officers with a view to exploring their experiences and perceptions of their working lives, and to construct a picture of the occupation from a newcomer perspective. In particular, given the shift in the ideological framework of the service, I wished to learn about the professional identity of the generation of probation officers who are now entering the service through an examination of their motivation and practices. Despite pressure to eradicate the welfare-oriented ethos of the service, a significant and unexpected discovery arising from my research has been the resilience of traditional values that are brought to the service in the aspirations and habitus of newcomers. My findings are contextualised in relation to the criminal justice system, the historical development of the probation service, the status of probation as a profession and my own 'insider' experience. In addition, the study is underpinned by a theoretical perspective that draws on the work of the French sociologist, Pierre Bourdieu.
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Cork, Alex. "Next generation cricket bowling machine." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2009. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/15180.
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Cricket is a traditional team sport played in over 100 countries around the world. Unlike many mainstream sports, cricket has seen little research and development within the equipment used to play the game. Ball launching machines have been used as a training aid in a number of sports including cricket, however, as with the playing equipment used, these too have seen little development. Current cricket bowling machines enable players to train at a high intensity producing repeatable deliveries for batsmen to hone their skills. A need has been established by the coaching staff of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for a cricket training system that provides batsmen with a match realistic environment in which to train. Existing cricket bowling machines do not offer batsmen pre-release visual information that they would receive in a match situation and the most popular models release moulded, dimpled balls that do not replicate the performance of cricket balls.
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Ljungqvist, Ebba, and Johansson Sofia Stegs. "Development of Next Generation Rollator." Thesis, KTH, Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-182897.
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Today the county councils in Sweden prescribe rollators, but in the near future, the retail market for rollators will increase simultaneously with increased pressure within customer requirements. Among the users there is an increased awareness and urge to have a rollator that is up to date according to today’s development of the society. Which the current rollators on the market does not do. The demands from the customer have therefore started to change and are increasing within the coming generations. This is a result of the availability and possibility of all types of information regarding the subject. This means that there is a gap on the market that is growing, which leaves room for developing of a new product, to be able to keep up with technological progress. The goal was to deliver a reasonable concept proposal for a new rollator that with further development could be taken on to the next phase of development and production. The work also aims to clarify the next generation’s customer demands. Identify the issues surrounding today's prescriptions of rollators, as well as clarify the values that are imbedded in the product. The work has been based on a method called Pretzel, which is a product developing process developed by the company Scalae. Mapping of the society's value and norms connected to the rollators shows that the biggest problem among people is the early acceptance of the aid, this results in late prescribing of rollators. Which means that unnecessary injury often occurs, that is in not only unfortunately for the injured person but also a big cost for the society. Especially in comparison with the prescription cost of a rollator. These problems are thereby deep-rooted in values that closely connected to the slow development of rollators. The technological development today is extremely fast and new products are launched on the market at increasingly speed. For example, it would be very unusually to have the same model of mobile phone as your mother had when she was young. But when it comes to rollators, it is most possible that you may get the same model as your grandmother. To decrease the resistance against rollators the final concept is inspired by existing products on the market that already are accepted by the society. Although in other contexts, such as strollers and shopping carts. By using design and functions that the user is already are familiar with reach acceptance faster and reduce the risk of injuries. The final concept is called the Dramator and is a hybrid between a shopping cart and a rollator.Idag förskrivs rollator av Landstingen samt kommuner, men inom en snar framtid kan marknaden för retail komma att öka radikalt i samband med att kraven från kunden ökar. Det råder en allt mer ökad medvetenhet och en vilja hos kunden att få en produkt som hänger med i samhällets utveckling, vilket dagens rollatorer inte gör. Då möjligheten och tillgängligheten till all sorts information ökar bidrar detta till att framtida generationer kommer att ställa högre krav på produkten än vad som ställs idag. Detta innebär att det just nu håller på att bildas ett glapp på marknaden och att en ny produkt som hänger med teknikens framfart måste utvecklas. Målet var att komma fram till ett konceptförslag, som sedan skulle kunna tas vidare till nästa fas för vidareutveckling och produktion. Arbetet syftar även till att bringa klarhet i kundkraven hos nästa generation och problem kring dagens förskrivningar, samt klarlägga värderingar som råder kring produkten. Arbetet har utgått från en metod som heter Pretzel, som är en process för degenerering och produktutveckling framtagen av företaget Scalae. Kartläggningen av värderingarna och samhällets syn på rollatorn, visar på problem som resulterar i att många rollatorer utskrivs försent. Detta innebär att onödiga personskador hinner uppkomma som i sin tur kostar samhället mycket pengar i jämförelse med förskrivningskostnaden av en rollator. Problemen ligger djup rotade i värderingar som går hand i hand men den långsamma utvecklingen av rollatorer. Den tekniska utvecklingen går idag oerhört fort och nya produkter lanseras på marknaden med rasande fart. Att till exempel ha samma mobiltelefonmodell som sin mamma är i dagens samhälle högst orimligt, men när det gäller rollatorer kan du till och med få samma modell som din farmor hade.Konceptet är inspirerat av existerande produkter på marknaden som är socialt accepterande, fast i andra sammanhang, så som barnvagnar och klassiska Dramaten-väskan. Genom att använda formspråk och funktioner som användaren redan är bekant med är målet acceptansprocessen för användaren kan kortas ner så att hjälpmedlet kan börja användas i tid och på så sätt minska risken för fallskador. Det slutliga konceptet kallas för Dramatorn och är en hybrid mellan en dramatenväska och en rollator.