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Haftmann, Florian. "Code generation from specifications in higher-order logic." kostenfrei, 2009. https://mediatum2.ub.tum.de/node?id=886023.
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Scott, Michael Andrew. "Interior node projection techniques in sweeping algorithms /." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2006. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd1121.pdf.
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Piochacz, Christian. "Generation of a high-brightness pulsed positron beam for the Munich scanning positron microscope." kostenfrei, 2009. https://mediatum2.ub.tum.de/node?id=829689.
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Yildiz, Ozgur. "Implementation Of Mesh Generation Algorithms." Master's thesis, METU, 2003. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/1339621/index.pdf.
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In this thesis, three mesh generation software packages have been developed and
implemented. The first two were based on structured mesh generation algorithms
and used to solve structured surface and volume mesh generation problems of
three-dimensional domains. Structured mesh generation algorithms were based
on the concept of isoparametric coordinates. In structured surface mesh
generation software, quadrilateral mesh elements were generated for complex
three-dimensional surfaces and these elements were then triangulated in order to
obtain high-quality triangular mesh elements. Structured volume mesh
generation software was used to generate hexahedral mesh elements for volumes.
Tetrahedral mesh elements were constructed from hexahedral elements using
hexahedral node insertion method. The results, which were produced by the mesh
generation algorithms, were converted to a required format in order to be saved in output files. The third software package is an unstructured quality tetrahedral
mesh generator and was used to generate exact Delaunay tetrahedralizations,
constrained (conforming) Delaunay tetrahedralizations and quality conforming
Delaunay tetrahedralizations. Apart from the mesh generation algorithms used
and implemented in this thesis, unstructured mesh generation techniques that can
be used to generate quadrilateral, triangular, hexahedral and tetrahedral mesh
elements were also discussed.
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Scott, Michael Andrew. "Interior Node Projection Techniques in Sweeping Algorithms." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2005. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/335.
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The enhancement of node projection techniques in sweeping is the subject of this thesis. Sweeping is a method used to produce all-hexahedral finite element meshes on certain classes of geometry. The placement of nodes in the interior of the geometry during the sweeping process remains a difficult problem. This thesis presents advancements in this area which improve the speed of the algorithm and the resulting element quality. A comparison of existing projection methods was performed. The existing Faceted projection sweeping method was extended to be applicable to more general classes of sweepable geometry. This comparison and extension of node projection algorithms led to the development of a new node projection technique: the SmartAffine method. This method builds on previous techniques and is characterized by its speed. Finally, a technique for coupling node projection techniques is presented. This technique characterizes the complexity of the sweepable geometry and applies the most appropriate node projection scheme. This is accomplished without user interaction and improves the speed of the sweeping algorithm and the quality of swept meshes.
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Harrer, Stefan. "Next-generation nanoimprint lithography: Innovative approaches towards improving flexibility and resolution of nanofabrication in the sub-15-nm region." kostenfrei, 2008. http://mediatum2.ub.tum.de/node?id=646522.
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Shepstone, Sven E. "AAL2 switching node to support voice services in 3rd and 4th generation networks." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9773.
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Includes bibliographical references.The research community and industry alike have, over the past decade, been showing considerable interest in packet-switching networks to support voice services as well as data services. A technology that was standardised to accommodate these delay-sensitive requirements is Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), which deals particularly well at transporting uncompressed voice and data. However, due to the exponential increase in wireless applications and their supporting access technologies, a need has arisen for an infrastructure in the wide area network to support and maintain the QoS requirements of low-bit rate, compressed voice. An adaptation layer known as AAL2 was re-standardised to support these specialised voice services. However, a severe side-effect of using AAL2 with traditional ATM switches results in inefficient routing and waste-age of resources. In this study, a design for an AAL2 switching node will be proposed to address the above-mentioned issues. The design is comprised of modules that perform the following functions: Buffering, payload interrogation, protocol translations, packet classification, packet re- routing, timing, scheduling and support for signalling and management interfacing. The supporting architecture is targeted towards an embedded >286-based computing system, which itself is overlaid upon one or several ports of a high-speed, research-oriented ATM switch, known as the Washington University Gigabit Switch (WUGS). In order to evaluate the operation and performance of the AAL2 switch architecture, a testbed is proposed and implemented, comprising the AAL2 switch at the core, with a supporting infrastructure to emulate the generation and analysis of low bit-rate voice traffic over an AAL2 connection. By conducting a set of experiments, a series of operational and performance results will be presented. Particular focus will be placed on the performance and efficiency of the AAL2 layer over ATM, as well as the ability of the switch to route packets from multiple sources to a set of output connections in the correct manner.
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Griggs, Caitlin Elizabeth. "Generation of myeloid-derived lymphatic endothelial cell progenitors (M-LECPs) by TLR4-mediated inflammation and de novo VEGFR-3 signaling in breast cancer." OpenSIUC, 2016. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/1902.
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Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related death in women in the United States. Complications that lead to mortality of cancer patients are associated with tumor metastasis. Specifically, lymphatic metastasis in breast cancer patients strongly correlates with poor patient survival and this process is facilitated by the formation of new tumor lymphatic vessels termed lymphangiogenesis. Previously, our lab reported that lymphangiogenesis was promoted by a distinct subset of bone marrow (BM)-derived myeloid cells that co-express lymphatic-specific markers designated as myeloid-derived endothelial cell progenitors (M-LECPs). Furthermore, our lab has generated M-LECP in vitro from a mouse macrophage cell line (RAW264.7) by LPS stimulation. Taken together, these data suggest that chronically inflamed sites drive M-LECP differentiation and that these cells can contribute to the formation of new lymphatic vessels and promote lymph node metastasis. Evidence supporting this hypothesis was indicated by high levels of circulating M-LECP in peripheral blood of breast cancer patients but undetectable levels in healthy donors, cancer-free donors. Additionally, the generation of M-LECP was prompted through TLR4-signaling pathway, and de novo expression of VEGFR-3 and VEGF-C. This co-expression produces an autocrine loop essential for pro-lymphatic reprogramming in both primary human monocytes and the immature monocytic cell line, THP-1. Taken together, these data indicate the major regulatory role of TLR4 in inflammation-driven lymphangiogenesis involves the recruitment and differentiation of M-LECP, a process that may promote lymphatic metastasis.
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Kelso, Douglas Ross. "Open access to next generation broadband." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2008. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/16612/1/Douglas_Kelso_Thesis.pdf.
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Wireline telecommunications infrastructure in the customer access network or CAN is undergoing a veritable technological and commercial revolution. The paired-copper CAN is being modernised with optical fibre deployed ever closer to customers, culminating soon with fibre-to-the-home networks or some variant thereof. Although bandwidth ceases to be a scarce commodity, the underlying natural monopoly will most likely be strengthened.
National competition policy desires open access to multiple service providers yet commercial pressure calls for closure. This has been the recent experience with the hybrid fibre coaxial networks delivering pay television and Internet access.
This research asks the question: What are the factors that prevent open access to the broadband services of next generation wireline infrastructure? How can these obstacles be overcome? A particular focus is given to non-price considerations which come to the fore due to the unique strategic and technological characteristics of optical fibre in the access network.
The methodological approach involves data gathering via three case studies - that of the Telstra/Foxtel pay television network, the TransACT broadband network and fibre-to-the-home networks in general. Although the ultimate focus is on the research question above, these cases are discussed in a holistic way with consideration of a number of contextual factors. The research also examines the relationship between the concepts of 'open access' and 'network neutrality', visiting the concept of 'common carriage' in doing so.
Several findings are reached that illuminate the field of telecommunications access regulation as applied to infrastructure capable of delivering truly next generation broadband services. Since 1993, our politicians have only paid lip service to the importance of competition and have deferred to the demands of the dominant builder of telecommunications infrastructure. From the viewpoints of end-users and access seekers, the access regime is found to be incapable of dealing with the technical and commercial bottlenecks arising from optical fibre in the CAN.
It is concluded that communication between users should be recognised as the prime purpose of telecommunications and that the regulatory regime should not reward discriminatory practices detracting from the development of a networked information economy. It is also concluded that dominant players should never be rewarded with access holidays which could otherwise entrench market dominance through the creation of new bottlenecks. Access regulation is ill-equipped to cope with optical fibre in the CAN until it also recognizes the strategic potential of such infrastructure.
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Kelso, Douglas Ross. "Open access to next generation broadband." Queensland University of Technology, 2008. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16612/.
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Wireline telecommunications infrastructure in the customer access network or CAN is undergoing a veritable technological and commercial revolution. The paired-copper CAN is being modernised with optical fibre deployed ever closer to customers, culminating soon with fibre-to-the-home networks or some variant thereof. Although bandwidth ceases to be a scarce commodity, the underlying natural monopoly will most likely be strengthened. National competition policy desires open access to multiple service providers yet commercial pressure calls for closure. This has been the recent experience with the hybrid fibre coaxial networks delivering pay television and Internet access. This research asks the question: What are the factors that prevent open access to the broadband services of next generation wireline infrastructure? How can these obstacles be overcome? A particular focus is given to non-price considerations which come to the fore due to the unique strategic and technological characteristics of optical fibre in the access network. The methodological approach involves data gathering via three case studies - that of the Telstra/Foxtel pay television network, the TransACT broadband network and fibre-to-the-home networks in general. Although the ultimate focus is on the research question above, these cases are discussed in a holistic way with consideration of a number of contextual factors. The research also examines the relationship between the concepts of 'open access' and 'network neutrality', visiting the concept of 'common carriage' in doing so. Several findings are reached that illuminate the field of telecommunications access regulation as applied to infrastructure capable of delivering truly next generation broadband services. Since 1993, our politicians have only paid lip service to the importance of competition and have deferred to the demands of the dominant builder of telecommunications infrastructure. From the viewpoints of end-users and access seekers, the access regime is found to be incapable of dealing with the technical and commercial bottlenecks arising from optical fibre in the CAN. It is concluded that communication between users should be recognised as the prime purpose of telecommunications and that the regulatory regime should not reward discriminatory practices detracting from the development of a networked information economy. It is also concluded that dominant players should never be rewarded with access holidays which could otherwise entrench market dominance through the creation of new bottlenecks. Access regulation is ill-equipped to cope with optical fibre in the CAN until it also recognizes the strategic potential of such infrastructure.
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Kelso, Ross. "Open access to next generation broadband." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2008. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/12663/1/12663a.pdf.
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Wireline telecommunications infrastructure in the customer access network or CAN is undergoing a veritable technological and commercial revolution. The paired-copper CAN is being modernised with optical fibre deployed ever closer to customers, culminating soon with fibre-to-the-home networks or some variant thereof. Although bandwidth ceases to be a scarce commodity, the underlying natural monopoly will most likely be strengthened.
National competition policy desires open access to multiple service providers yet commercial pressure calls for closure. This has been the recent experience with the hybrid fibre coaxial networks delivering pay television and Internet access.
This research asks the question: What are the factors that prevent open access to the broadband services of next generation wireline infrastructure? How can these obstacles be overcome? A particular focus is given to non-price considerations which come to the fore due to the unique strategic and technological characteristics of optical fibre in the access network.
The methodological approach involves data gathering via three case studies - that of the Telstra/Foxtel pay television network, the TransACT broadband network and fibre-to-the-home networks in general. Although the ultimate focus is on the research question above, these cases are discussed in a holistic way with consideration of a number of contextual factors. The research also examines the relationship between the concepts of ‘open access’ and ‘network neutrality’, visiting the concept of ‘common carriage’ in doing so.
Several findings are reached that illuminate the field of telecommunications access regulation as applied to infrastructure capable of delivering truly next generation broadband services. Since 1993, our politicians have only paid lip service to the importance of competition and have deferred to the demands of the dominant builder of telecommunications infrastructure. From the viewpoints of end-users and access seekers, the access regime is found to be incapable of dealing with the technical and commercial bottlenecks arising from optical fibre in the CAN.
It is concluded that communication between users should be recognised as the prime purpose of telecommunications and that the regulatory regime should not reward discriminatory practices detracting from the development of a networked information economy. It is also concluded that dominant players should never be rewarded with access holidays which could otherwise entrench market dominance through the creation of new bottlenecks. Access regulation is ill-equipped to cope with optical fibre in the CAN until it also recognizes the strategic potential of such infrastructure.
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Diebolder, Philipp [Verfasser], and Roland E. [Akademischer Betreuer] Kontermann. "Generation of "LYmph Node Derived Antibody Libraries" (LYNDAL) : a concept for recovering human monoclonal antibodies with therapeutic potential / Philipp Diebolder ; Betreuer: Roland E. Kontermann." Stuttgart : Universitätsbibliothek der Universität Stuttgart, 2014. http://d-nb.info/112545069X/34.
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Gupta, Kapil. "Combinatorial optimization and application to DNA sequence analysis." Diss., Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/26676.
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Thesis (Ph.D)--Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009.Committee Chair: Lee, Eva K.; Committee Member: Barnes, Earl; Committee Member: Fan, Yuhong; Committee Member: Johnson, Ellis; Committee Member: Yuan, Ming. Part of the SMARTech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection.
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Vikström, Johansson Edwin, Dylan Mäenpää, Justus Karlsson, Oscar Sandberg, Adam Segerros, Johannes Hägerlind, and Carl Davidsson. "Nästa generations dashboard för denna generations näringsliv." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för datavetenskap, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-166731.
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Denna rapport kommer behandla det projekt som en grupp på sju personer gjorde i kursen TDDD96 på Linköpings universitet våren 2020. Projektet var att utveckla en webbapplikation som kunde visualisera en översikt av data från olika källor, en så kallad dashboard, åt kunden Skira. Rapporten kommer beskriva hur utvecklingsarbetet utfördes samt försöka besvara de uppsatta frågeställningarna. Den huvudsakliga frågeställningen är hur webbapplikationen som tidigare beskrevs kan skapas för att tillföra värde till kunden. För att utveckla webbapplikationen användes ramverket React på klientsidan. Verktyget Node användes på serversidan. Gruppen adopterade ett agilt arbetssätt med iterativ utveckling. Övriga metoder för att utveckla webbapplikationen redovisas mer utförligt i metod-delen tillsammans med tillvägagångssätten för att besvara övriga frågeställningar. Sammantaget blev slutsatsen att den metod som valdes framgångsrikt kan användas för att utveckla en webbapplikation som tillför värde till kunden. Kravspecifikationen som skapades tillsammans med kunden uppfylldes. Varje medlem i gruppen har också bidragit med en individuell del om ett ämne relaterat till projektet. Dessa delar finns i slutet av rapporten.
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Brown, Dewayne Randolph. "A New Digital Relay for Dispersed Storage and generation (DSG) Units." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/30594.
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A dispersed storage and generation system consists of both a source of energy for conversion to electricity and a means to interconnect this unit to the electric utility system. Most dispersed generators connected to the utility distribution system are less than 5 MW. A new emerging problem arises when a utility circuit breaker is opened while a capacitor-bank bus and load bus is energized very near a dispersed storage and generation unit. A new resonant- detecting relay will be developed that has the ability to trip if dangerously high off-nominal frequency voltages are produced at the capacitor-bank bus or load bus during this condition (self-excitation). Self-excitation may lead to severe overvoltages, and may induce undesirable transients in neighoring circuits (low power and control circuits being particularly vulnerable) on the connected network. It can create harmonics that can fail surge arrestors or cause transformer saturation. The new relay will be able to detect this condition at the inter-tie and trip the cogeneration facility. In order to make this multifunction relay cost effective, it includes protection functions for traditional relay functions such as directional inverse time-delay overcurrent, directional instantaneous overcurrent, islanding, loss-of- excitation, differential, overfrequency, underfrequency, overvoltage, undervoltage, negative-sequence current, check-synchronism, and directional power. Also, the new relay will have metering capability.Ph. D.
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Hörmann, Wolfgang. "A Note on the Performance of the "Ahrens Algorithm"." Department of Statistics and Mathematics, Abt. f. Angewandte Statistik u. Datenverarbeitung, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2001. http://epub.wu.ac.at/1698/1/document.pdf.
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This short note discusses performance bounds for "Ahrens" algorithm, that can generate random variates from continuous distributions with monotonically decreasing density. This rejection algorithms uses constant hat-functions and constant squeezes over many small intervals. The choice of these intervals is important. Ahrens has demonstrated that the equal area rule that uses strips of constant area leads to a very simple algorithm. We present bounds on the rejection constant of this algorithm depending only on the number of intervals. (author's abstract)Series: Preprint Series / Department of Applied Statistics and Data Processing
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Ladha, Sonia. "Second Generation Immigrant Adaptation: Construction of a Hybrid Cultural Identity." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2005. http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/u?/NOD,194.
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Thesis (M.A.)--University of New Orleans, 2005.Title from electronic submission form. "A thesis ... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of Sociology"--Thesis t.p. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.
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Gandy, Clayton A. "Borromean: Preserving Binary Node Attribute Distributions in Large Graph Generations." Scholar Commons, 2018. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7293.
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Real graph datasets are important for many science domains, from understanding epidemics to modeling traffic congestion. To facilitate access to realistic graph datasets, researchers proposed various graph generators typically aimed at representing particular graph properties. While many such graph generators exist, there are few techniques for generating graphs where the nodes have binary attributes. Moreover, generating such graphs in which the distribution of the node attributes preserves real-world characteristics is still an open challenge. This thesis introduces Borromean, a graph generating algorithm that creates synthetic graphs with binary node attributes in which the attributes obey an attribute-specific joint degree distribution. We show experimentally the accuracy of the generated graphs in terms of graph size, distribution of attributes, and distance from the original joint degree distribution. We also designed a parallel version of Borromean in order to generate larger graphs and show its performance. Our experiments show that Borromean can generate graphs of hundreds of thousands of nodes in under 30 minutes, and these graphs preserve the distribution of binary node attributes within 40% on average.
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Bhamidipati, Harini. "SINGLE TROJAN INJECTION MODEL GENERATION AND DETECTION." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1253543191.
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Hauser, Michael A., Wolfgang Hörmann, Robert M. Kunst, and Jörg Lenneis. "A Note on Generation, Estimation and Prediction of Stationary Processes." Department of Statistics and Mathematics, Abt. f. Angewandte Statistik u. Datenverarbeitung, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 1994. http://epub.wu.ac.at/142/1/document.pdf.
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Some recently discussed stationary processes like fractionally integrated processes cannot be described by low order autoregressive or moving average (ARMA) models rendering the common algorithms for generation estimation and prediction partly very misleading. We offer an unified approach based on the Cholesky decomposition of the covariance matrix which makes these problems exactly solvable in an efficient way. (author's abstract)Series: Preprint Series / Department of Applied Statistics and Data Processing
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Pryputniewicz, Sarah Jean. "Mechanism of TCDD-Induced Immunotoxicity: The Role of Cell Activation in the Generation of Toxicity." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/9691.
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2, 3, 7, 8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin is well known for its immunotoxic effects on the thymus, as well as on B and T lymphocyte functions. Previous studies suggested that TCDD exerted immunotoxic effects only on cells differentiating in response to antigenic challenge. To this date, no work has been done to characterize the long-term effects of TCDD on the activated cells. Additionally, no studies have been done to determine whether TCDD has any effect on resting T cells. In the current study, therefore, we investigated the effects of TCDD on activated and resting cells within the same animal. T cells in the popliteal lymph node cells were activated by rear footpad immunizations with anti-CD3 antibodies. Distally-located axillary lymph nodes were chosen as a source of naive and resting T cells. Our results demonstrate that TCDD acted at the time of cell differentiation to suppress the immune responses of activated T cells, but failed to suppress, and at times, enhanced the immune responses of resting T cells. The TCDD-induced immunomodulations were temporary; responsiveness of both activated and resting T cells from TCDD-treated animals returned to normal by two weeks post-treatment, suggesting that TCDD does not affect memory cells. Futhermore, we provide direct evidence that the TCDD-induced immunosuppression in activated cells is due to increased apoptosis of CD3+ T cells. TCDD also induced significant changes in cell surface markers expressed by naive and activated T cells. Together our data suggested that TCDD suppresses the proliferative responsiveness of only the activated, but not naive, T cells and that this is accomplished by induction of increased apoptosis of activated T cells. These studies shed new light on the mechanism through which TCDD induces increased susceptibility to infections and cancer in the vertebrate host.Master of Science
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Kikwai, Benjamin Kipkirui. "Multiplicativity of the Generating Functions for the Refined Node Polynomials on Toric Surfaces." Doctoral thesis, SISSA, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11767/4894.
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Hori, Yuki. "In vivo generation of 'vaccination nodes' using injectable alginate hydrogels for cancer immunotherapy." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/53244.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, 2009.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 78-90).
Despite the amount of ongoing intensive research, tumor cells have continued to outwit us in the effort to combat and prevent cancer by exerting a number of mechanisms to evade and suppress anti-tumor immune responses. The present work employs strategies to generate a synthetic extranodal immunoplatform that can harbor both exogenously provided and endogenously recruited immune cells (primed against tumor cells), at the same time providing immuno-factors that support these cells and counter immunosuppressive effects from tumors. We have developed injectable self-gelling alginate formulations for this purpose, enabling sustained release of soluble immunomodulatory factors from the gels and presentation of immobilized immunostimulatory factors inside the gels. The hydrogels injected into the back flanks of mice formed a macroporous structure that allowed easy cell infiltration and migration. Modulation of the mechanical properties of self-gelling alginate was possible by varying the number of calcium-bound microspheres in the gels. During characterization of immune responses using these hydrogels, alginate gels carrying activated dendritic cells (DCs) were shown to dramatically increase the number of T cells recruited to the local injection site. When the dendritic cells were pulsed with antigen, these 'vaccination nodes' were able to initiate an antigen-specific immune response, with some of the injected DCs migrating to the regional lymph nodes and priming cognate T cells. The activated antigen-specific T cells then migrated to the injection site and infiltrated the gels, causing an effector re-trafficking phenomenon that guided both T cells and host dendritic cells to the gels.
(cont.) Taking advantage of this phenomenon, the ability of the vaccination nodes to serve as a peri-tumoral local therapy against established tumors was tested using an ovalbumin-expressing B16FO subcutaneous melanoma model. When mice bearing 7-day established small tumors (-3mm2 diameter) were immunized using alginate carrying activated DCs, a mild tumor suppression effect was observed. The anti-tumor effect was augmented by supplementing IL-15 superagonist (IL-15SA) into the gels, which caused suppression of larger tumors (-20-50mm2), treated 14 days after tumor cell inoculation, and enhanced survival of the mice. In addition to showing therapeutic benefits against established tumors, the matrix-based approach allowed analysis of cells that trafficked locally near the tumor site. The ease of encapsulating factors and the injectable, non-invasive nature of the self-gelling alginate open up possibilities for use in other tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications.
by Yuki Hori.
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Mungara, Mahesh Babu. "A Method for Systematically Generating Tests from Object-Oriented Class Interfaces." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/9620.
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This thesis describes the development and evaluation of a manual black-box testing method inspired by Zweben's test adequacy criteria, which apply white-box analogues of all-DU-pairs and all-nodes to a flow graph generated from the black-box specification. The approach described herein generates tests from a matrix representation of a class interface based on the flow graph concept. In this process, separate matrices for all-DU-pairs and all-nodes guide the generation of the required tests. The primary goal of the research is not to optimize the number of tests generated but to describe the process in a user-friendly manner so that practitioners can utilize it directly, quickly, and efficiently for real-world testing purposes.
The approach has been evaluated to assess its effectiveness at detecting bugs. Both strategies - all-DU-pairs and all-nodes - were compared against three other testing methods: the commercial white-box testing tool Jtest, Orthogonal Array Testing Strategy (OATS), and test cases generated at random. The five approaches were applied across a sample of eleven java classes selected from java.util.*. Experimental results indicate that the two versions resulting from this research performed on par with or better than their respective equivalent approaches. The all-DU-pairs method performed better than all other approaches except for the random approach, with which it compared equally. Experimental evaluation results thus indicate that an automated approach based on the manual method is worth exploring.Master of Science
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Rupolo, Diogo [UNESP]. "Planejamento integrado de redes de distribuição de energia elétrica com fontes renováveis de geração distribuída na média e baixa tensão." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/151582.
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Neste trabalho propõem-se metodologias para realizar o planejamento de sistemas de distribuição de energia elétrica de média tensão (MT), baixa tensão (BT) e o planejamento integrado de sistemas de média e baixa tensão (MT/BT). Nos modelos de funções objetivos considerados minimizam-se os custos associados à construção, expansão, operação e confiabilidade das redes de MT, BT e MT/BT, considerando a presença de geradores distribuídos e variáveis de natureza estocástica. A geração distribuída presente no planejamento de sistemas de distribuição é avaliada através de metodologias de geração de cenários e análise de risco. Como método de busca de soluções para o problema de planejamento dos sistemas de distribuição é proposta a meta-heurística de busca em vizinhança variável GVNS (General Variable Neighborhood Search). A meta-heurística GVNS trabalha com uma série de estruturas de vizinhanças que permitem explorar o espaço de busca de forma eficiente através dos critérios de diversificação e intensificação, aumentando a probabilidade de obter soluções que não sejam ótimos locais. No planejamento integrado MT/BT, as soluções obtidas são analisadas através de um fluxo de potência integrado entre as redes de MT e BT, considerando as relações de conexão dos transformadores entre estes sistemas. Os algoritmos propostos relacionados ao planejamento de sistemas MT, BT e MT/BT são implementados em linguagem de programação C++ e testado em diferentes sistemas testes de MT (54 barras e 182 barras), BT (76 barras) e MT/BT (172 e 412 barras), sob diferentes cenários operacionais.
This work proposes methodologies for the planning of medium voltage (MV), low voltage (LV), and integrated planning of medium and low voltage (MV/LV) systems. In the objective function models are considered the costs associated with the construction, expansion, operation and reliability of MV, LV and integrated MV/LV networks. Distributed generators and stochastic variables are also considered in the models. The distributed generation present in the planning of distribution systems is evaluated through methodologies of scenario generation and risk analysis. As a method of finding solutions to the problem of distribution system planning, the GVNS metaheuristic (General Variable Neighborhood Search) is proposed. The metaheuristic GVNS works with a series of neighborhood structures that allow to explore the search space efficiently through diversification and intensification criteria, increasing the probability of obtaining solutions that are not local optimum. In integrated MV/LV planning, the solutions obtained are analyzed through an integrated power flow between the MV and LV networks, considering the connection ratios of the transformers between these systems. The proposed algorithms related to the planning of MV, LV and integrated MV/LV systems are implemented in C ++ programming language and tested in different distribution systems, MV (54 and 182 bus), LV (76 bus) and MV/LV (172 and 412 bus), under different operating scenarios.
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Rupolo, Diogo. "Planejamento integrado de redes de distribuição de energia elétrica com fontes renováveis de geração distribuída na média e baixa tensão /." Ilha Solteira, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/151582.
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Orientador: Jose Sanches MantovaniResumo: Neste trabalho propõem-se metodologias para realizar o planejamento de sistemas de distribuição de energia elétrica de média tensão (MT), baixa tensão (BT) e o planejamento integrado de sistemas de média e baixa tensão (MT/BT). Nos modelos de funções objetivos considerados minimizam-se os custos associados à construção, expansão, operação e confiabilidade das redes de MT, BT e MT/BT, considerando a presença de geradores distribuídos e variáveis de natureza estocástica. A geração distribuída presente no planejamento de sistemas de distribuição é avaliada através de metodologias de geração de cenários e análise de risco. Como método de busca de soluções para o problema de planejamento dos sistemas de distribuição é proposta a meta-heurística de busca em vizinhança variável GVNS (General Variable Neighborhood Search). A meta-heurística GVNS trabalha com uma série de estruturas de vizinhanças que permitem explorar o espaço de busca de forma eficiente através dos critérios de diversificação e intensificação, aumentando a probabilidade de obter soluções que não sejam ótimos locais. No planejamento integrado MT/BT, as soluções obtidas são analisadas através de um fluxo de potência integrado entre as redes de MT e BT, considerando as relações de conexão dos transformadores entre estes sistemas. Os algoritmos propostos relacionados ao planejamento de sistemas MT, BT e MT/BT são implementados em linguagem de programação C++ e testado em diferentes sistemas testes de MT (54 barras e 182... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)
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Klein, Jackson Alexander. "Energy Harvesting Opportunities Throughout the Nuclear Power Cycle for Self-Powered Wireless Sensor Nodes." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/78031.
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Dedicated sensors are widely used throughout many industries to monitor everyday operations, maintain safety, and report performance characteristics. In order to adopt a more sustainable solution, much research is being applied to self-powered sensing, implementing solutions which harvest wasted ambient energy sources to power these dedicated sensors. The adoption of not only wireless sensor nodes, but also self-powered capabilities in the nuclear energy process is critical as it can address issues in the overall safety and longevity of nuclear power. The removal of wires for data and power transmission can greatly reduce the cost of both installation and upkeep of power plants, while self-powered capabilities can further reduce effort and money spent in replacing batteries, and importantly may enable sensors to work even in losses to power across the plant, increasing plant safety. This thesis outlines three harvesting opportunities in the nuclear energy process from: thermal, vibration, and radiation sources in the main structure of the power plant, and from thermal and radiation energy from spent fuel in dry cask storage. Thermal energy harvesters for the primary and secondary coolant loops are outlined, and experimental analysis done on their longevity in high-radiation environments is discussed. A vibrational energy harvester for large rotating plant machine vibration is designed, prototyped, and tested, and a model is produced to describe its motion and energy output. Finally, an introduction to the design of a gamma radiation and thermal energy harvester for spent nuclear fuel canisters is discussed, and further research steps are suggested.Master of Science
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Iyer, Srikrishna. "A Unifying Interface Abstraction for Accelerated Computing in Sensor Nodes." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/34625.
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Hardware-software co-design techniques are very suitable to develop the next generation of sensornet applications, which have high computational demands. By making use of a low power FPGA, the peak computational performance of a sensor node can be improved without significant degradation of the standby power dissipation. In this contribution, we present a methodology and tool to enable hardware/software co-design for sensor node application development. We present the integration of nesC, a sensornet programming language, with GEZEL, an easy-to-use hardware description language. We describe the hardware/software interface at different levels of abstraction: at the level of the design language, at the level of the co-simulator, and in the hardware implementation. We use a layered, uniform approach that is particularly suited to deal with the heterogeneous interfaces typically found on small embedded processors. We illustrate the strengths of our approach by means of a prototype application: the integration of a hardware-accelerated crypto-application in a nesC application.Master of Science
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Liu, Yingzhen [Verfasser], and M. [Akademischer Betreuer] Noe. "Design of a superconducting DC wind generator / Yingzhen Liu ; Betreuer: M. Noe." Karlsruhe : KIT-Bibliothek, 2018. http://d-nb.info/116030355X/34.
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Marinkovic, Djordje [Verfasser]. "A New Power-Processing Circuit for an Ultra-Low-Power Autonomous Sensor Node Based on a Piezoelectric Generator / Djordje Marinkovic." Aachen : Shaker, 2012. http://d-nb.info/1069047155/34.
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Holgersson, Emelie, and Emelie Ahlén. "Work in to work out : En studie om hur små- och medelstora företag (SMF) kan stärka sitt employer brand hos medarbetare tillhörande generation Z." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-158476.
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Bakgrund: Strukturförändringar har präglat den svenska arbetsmarknaden vilket resulterat i en ökad konkurrens bland arbetsgivare. Ett aktivt employer branding-arbete blir därmed viktigare eftersom det är en möjlig konkurrensfördel. Tidigare forskning inom ämnesområdet har främst studerat en kontext av stora bolag, detta trots att de allra flesta svenska företag är SMF. Generation Z blir en allt större del av arbetskraften vilket skapar en ökad efterfrågan av mjuka, icke finansiella, värden hos arbetsgivare. Således är det avgörande att förstå hur SMF ska arbeta med sitt employer brand för att attrahera och behålla den unga generationen. Syfte: Denna studie syftar till att undersöka medarbetares, tillhörande generation Z, efterfrågan av mjuka, icke finansiella, värden hos en arbetsgivare i en kontext av små- och medelstora företag (SMF) på den svenska arbetsmarknaden. Studien eftersträvar även att utforska sambandet mellan ett antal mjuka värden och lojaliteten hos medarbetare tillhörande generation Z. Detta för att skapa en förståelse för hur SMF kan arbeta med sitt employer brand gentemot generation Z. Metod: För att uppfylla studiens syfte undersöktes såväl medarbetare tillhörande generation Z som ledare i SMF. Semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes i en förstudie för att samla in bakgrundsinformation om hur SMF idag arbetar med employer branding samt deras uppfattning om generation Z. En enkät framställdes och skickades ut till medarbetare tillhörande generationen i syfte att undersöka deras värderingar av mjuka, icke finansiella, värden samt dess samband med lojalitet. Flertalet analysmetoder, såsom multipel regressionsanalys, har nyttjats för att analysera det empiriska materialet. Resultat: Studien påvisar att generation Z värderar en tydlig och öppen kommunikation från ledaren, en trivsam social arbetsmiljö, att arbeta med något som intresserar dem, stolthet över sin arbetsgivare och ett individuellt perspektiv från ledaren. Lägst värderas utlandsresor i arbetet följt av möjligheten att arbeta hemifrån. Studien kan fastställa att stolthet över sin arbetsgivare, kultur, attraktiviteten som arbetsgivare tillsammans med identifiering med företaget har ett positivt signifikant samband med medarbetarlojalitet.Background: Structural changes have characterized the Swedish labor market which have resulted in increased competition among employers. Therefore, employer branding becomes even more important since it is a possible competitive advantage. Previous research in the area has mainly studied the context of large companies, although most Swedish companies are SMEs. Generation Z is becoming an increasingly larger part of the workforce, which results in increased demand of employers offering non-financial values. It is therefore crucial to understand how SME should work with their employer brand to attract and retain the young generation. Purpose: This study aims to investigate what kind of non-financial values generation Z employees demand of an employer in a context of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in the Swedish market. The study also seeks to explore the connection between a number of non-financial values and the loyalty of generation Z employees, in order to create an understanding of how SMEs can work with their employer brand towards generation Z. Methodology: In order to fulfill the purpose of the study both generation Z employees and leaders of SMEs were investigated. Semi-structured interviews were conducted in a preliminary study to gather background information about SMEs current work with employer branding and their perception of generation Z. A questionnaire to employees of the generation was produced in order to investigate the generation's valuation of non-financial values and its relation to loyalty. Analytical methods, such as multiple regression analysis, have been used to analyze the empirical material. Conclusion: The study explains that generation Z values a clear and open communication from the leader, a pleasant social work environment, working with something that interests them, pride in their employer and an individual perspective from the leader. The least valued by generation Z is foreign trips, followed by the opportunity to work from home. The study can determine that pride in their employer, culture, attractiveness as an employer together with identification with the company has a positive significant correlation with employee loyalty
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Chen, Jie. "Design and analysis of a thermoelectric energy harvesting system for powering sensing nodes in nuclear power plant." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/64792.
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In this work, a thermoelectric energy harvester system aimed at harvesting energy for locally powering sensor nodes in nuclear power plant coolant loops has been designed, fabricated and tested. Different mathematical modeling methods have been validated by comparing with experimental results. The model developed by this work has the best accuracy in low temperature range and can be adapted and used with any heat sink, heat pipe, or thermoelectric system, and have proven to provide results closely matching experimental data. Using the models, an optimization of the thermoelectric energy harvesting system has been performed which is applicable to any energy harvester of this variety.
With experimental validation, the system is capable of generating sufficient energy to power all the sensors and electronical circuits designed for this application. The effect of gamma radiation on this thermoelectric harvester has also been proved to be small enough through radiation experiment.Master of Science
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Truong, Khai Nhut. "INCA an infrastructure for capture & access supporting the generation, preservation and use of memories from everyday life /." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/7167.
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Peoples daily lives and experiences often contain memories and information that they may want to recall again at a later time. Human memory, however, has its limitations and many times it alone may not be sufficient. People sometimes have difficulty recalling salient information and can forget important details over time. To complement what they can remember naturally, people must expend much time and manual effort to record desired content from their lives for future retrieval. Unfortunately, manual methods for capturing information are far from ideal.
Over the years, ubiquitous computing researchers have constructed devices and applications to support the automated capture of live experiences and access to those records. At Georgia Tech, we have also investigated the benefits of automated capture and access in over half a dozen projects since 1995. As we encountered challenges in developing these systems, we began to understand how the difficulty of building capture and access systems can prevent exploration of the hard issues intertwined with understanding how capture impacts our everyday lives. These challenges illustrate the need for support structures in building this class of ubiquitous computing systems.
This dissertation presents a set of abstractions for a conceptual framework and a focused design process that encourages designers to decompose the design of capture and access applications into a set of concerns that will be easier to develop and to manage. In addition, an implementation of the framework called the INCA Toolkit is discussed, along with a number of capture and access applications that have been built with it. These applications illustrate how the toolkit is used in practice and supports explorations of the capture and access design space.
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Froehlich, Juliana. "Juventude e arte contemporânea: indefinição e itinerância em nove obras e duas exposições de Inês Moura." Universidade de São Paulo, 2013. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/93/93131/tde-15102013-083812/.
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Este trabalho é fruto do questionamento do uso da categoria de jovem arte contemporânea, uma categoria que demanda o novo e a novidade de uma geração de artistas. A partir da suspensão de tal categoria, procuramos adentrar o fenômeno da criação de Inês Moura, artista portuguesa residente no Brasil, considerada jovem pela idade e por margear o circuito da arte contemporânea, do qual almeja participar. Buscamos, assim, durante oito meses, ao frequentar o ateliê da artista e a criação de suas obras, indícios do que poderia ser um possível imaginário de uma geração jovem de artistas atuais que produziram trabalhos artísticos entre os anos de 2009 e 2013. A partir da pesquisa em ateliê selecionamos obras e exposições de Inês Moura que pudemos acompanhar e das quais tínhamos acesso às imagens. Desse modo, o leitor pode ter acesso às obras e exposições das quais acompanhamos o processo. As mesmas imagens foram fragmentadas em formatos fixos ao longo de cada tópico, os quais formam um percurso visual a cada página, que complementa, ilustra e, por vezes, possui sua própria narrativa junto ao texto. Esse texto tem um formado híbrido de discurso escrito e discurso de imagens que se comunicam. Forma que pretende possibilitar ao leitor uma proximidade das obras e exposições da artista Inês Moura. Por fim, é possível identificar, a partir das obras, assim como do que está em obra de uma artista e, talvez, de uma geração, que não há um projeto que busca o novo, são artistas que insistem em nada mais do que participar do circuito da arte contemporânea, o qual persiste em mantê-los na margem e sob a categoria de juventude.This dissertation is the result of questioning the young contemporary art category, that demands the new and the innovation from an artist generation. After this category\'s suspension we intended to approach the creation phenomenon of Inês Moura, a Portuguese artist resident in Brazil who is considered young due to both her age and her marginal action towards arts circuit, in which she longs to take part. Considering this, during eight months attending weekly the artist\'s studio and her works creation, we have searched traces of what could be an imaginary of a young artists generation, artists who have produced between 2009 and 2013. After deep research in the studio, we have selected some of Inês Moura\'s works and exhibitions that we could see along those eight months and that we also had access to the images. Thus, the reader can have access to the art works and exhibitions that we have attended the process of creation. The same images were fragmented in fixed formats and posed alongside the text. Those images complement, illustrate and sometimes provide their own narrative. This dissertation has a hybrid format, written and illustrated discourse, that communicate with each other. This format intends to give the reader proximity to Inês Mouras works and exhibitions. At last, it is possible to identify, that there is no project that look for the new considering some artistic works and this artists generation. Those are artists that insist in nothing but participate in the contemporary art system and circuit, which persists to maintain them at the margin and under the youth category.
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TADINI, Luisa. "La previdenza dei giovani e il nodo dell'equità intergenerazionale." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Bergamo, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10446/30730.
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The study has made an attempt to review the legal framework concerning the insurance coverage enjoyed primarily by youth; pointing out some legal gaps in terms of safeguards arising from precarious youth employment.
A first conclusion is that those engaged on flexible forms of work are in need of further social protection; since they are not granted the same safeguards as workers in standard or salaried employment; or in apprenticeships; as the survey pointed out. In the normal run of things; a modern and efficient welfare system should also consider the historical developments and be reviewed accordingly; in order to offer protection and meet the expectations of younger generations. Yet this is not always the case; for the investigation revealed that among developed countries; Italy is the one with the highest distribution rate of resources allocated to older generations; thus penalising the new ones.
Relevant statistics point to a kind of “intergenerational” liability concerning the distribution of costs for the solutions adopted; and argue in favour of those who see youth as the victims of far than straightforward moves in the past. The last section of the survey investigates supplementary retirement schemes and partial pensions; initiatives which; albeit not new; are not widely widespread within our national welfare system. Research highlights that there are not pre-established solutions to ensure adequate retirement schemes to youth. Yet on the basis of legal opinion and good practices; it is possible to pinpoint most effective measures to review the Italian social system and deal with possible social risks. Only in this way is it possible to restore equity and provide the same opportunities in terms of welfare to this category of people.
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Hörmann, Wolfgang. "A note on the quality of random variates generated by the ratio of uniforms method." Institut für Statistik und Mathematik, Abt. f. Angewandte Statistik u. Datenverarbeitung, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 1993. http://epub.wu.ac.at/1440/1/document.pdf.
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The one-dimensional distribution of pseudo-random numbers generated by the ratio of uniforms methods using linear congruential generators (LCGs) as the source of uniform random numbers is investigated in this paper. Due to the two-dimensional lattice structure of LCGs there is always a comparable large gap without a point in the one-dimensional distribution of any ratio of uniforms method. Lower bounds for these probabilities only depending on the modulus and the Beyer quotient of the LCG are proved for the case that the Cauchy the normal or the exponential distribution are generated. These bounds justify the recommendation not to use the ratio of uniforms method combined with LCGs. (author's abstract)Series: Preprint Series / Department of Applied Statistics and Data Processing
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Marculet, Stefan. "On the road di Jack Kerouac: analisi delle due traduzioni italiane." Bachelor's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2019.
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Il seguente elaborato presenta l’analisi delle traduzioni italiane del romanzo “On the road” di Jack Kerouac, in particolare dei capitoli 12 e 13 della prima parte del libro. Dopo una breve introduzione all’autore e alla Beat Generation, viene esaminata la ricezione dell’opera negli Stati Uniti e in Italia. Nel capitolo seguente vengono analizzate le scelte traduttive delle due versioni italiane, con particolare attenzione alle strategie source/target-oriented e alle tecniche di revisione. Le due versioni italiane vengono confrontate sia con l’originale, sia tra di loro concentrandosi sulla traduzione dei nomi propri, dei realia, del turpiloquio e sull’uso delle note del traduttore..
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Ančík, Zdeněk. "Mechatronic Design and Verification of Autonomic Thermoelectric Energy Source for Aircraft Application." Doctoral thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-234600.
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Předložená disertační práce řeší komplexní mechatronický návrh autonomního termoelektrického zdroje energie pro letecké aplikace. Na základě dostupných zdrojů a literatury práce popisuje současný stav problematiky. V práci jsou prezentovány simulační modely MEMS termoelektrických článků, které jsou ověřeny experimentálním testováním a hodnotami dostupnými od výrobce. Na základě metodiky model-besed design byly navrženy a vyrobeny tři demonstrátory. Jejich vlastnosti byly testovány v reálných podmínkách na letecké pohonné jednotce.
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Wooller, René William. "Techniques for automated and interactive note sequence morphing of mainstream electronic music." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2007. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/20232/1/Rene_Wooller_Thesis.pdf.
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Note sequence morphing is the combination of two note sequences to create a ‘hybrid transition’, or ‘morph’. The morph is a ‘hybrid’ in the sense that it exhibits properties of both sequences. The morph is also a ‘transition’, in that it can segue between them. An automated and interactive approach allows manipulation in realtime by users who may control the relative influence of source or target and the transition length. The techniques that were developed through this research were designed particularly for popular genres of predominantly instrumental electronic music which I will refer to collectively as Mainstream Electronic Music (MEM). The research has potential for application within contexts such as computer games, multimedia, live electronic music, interactive installations and accessible music or “music therapy”. Musical themes in computer games and multimedia can morph adaptively in response to parameters in realtime. Morphing can be used by electronic music producers as an alternative to mixing in live performance. Interactive installations and accessible music devices can utilise morphing algorithms to enable expressive control over the music through simple interface components.
I have developed a software application called LEMorpheus which consists of software infrastructure for morphing and three alternative note sequence morphing algorithms: parametric morphing, probabilistic morphing and evolutionary morphing. Parametric morphing involves converting the source and target into continuous envelopes, interpolation, and converting the interpolated envelopes back into note sequences. Probabilistic morphing involves converting the source and target into probability matrices and seeding them on recent output to generate the next note. Evolutionary morphing involves iteratively mutating the source into multiple possible candidates and selecting those which are judged as more similar to the target, until the target is reached.
I formally evaluated the probabilistic morphing algorithm by extracting qualitative feedback from participants in a live electronic music situation, benchmarked against a live, professional DJ. The probabilistic algorithm was competitive, being favoured particularly for long morphs. The evolutionary morphing algorithm was formally evaluated using an online questionnaire, benchmarked against a human composer/producer. For particular samples, the morphing algorithm was competitive and occasionally seen as innovative; however, the morphs created by the human composer typically received more positive feedback, due to coherent, large scale structural changes, as opposed to the forced continuity of the morphing software.
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Wooller, René William. "Techniques for automated and interactive note sequence morphing of mainstream electronic music." Queensland University of Technology, 2007. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/20232/.
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Note sequence morphing is the combination of two note sequences to create a ‘hybrid transition’, or ‘morph’. The morph is a ‘hybrid’ in the sense that it exhibits properties of both sequences. The morph is also a ‘transition’, in that it can segue between them. An automated and interactive approach allows manipulation in realtime by users who may control the relative influence of source or target and the transition length. The techniques that were developed through this research were designed particularly for popular genres of predominantly instrumental electronic music which I will refer to collectively as Mainstream Electronic Music (MEM). The research has potential for application within contexts such as computer games, multimedia, live electronic music, interactive installations and accessible music or “music therapy”. Musical themes in computer games and multimedia can morph adaptively in response to parameters in realtime. Morphing can be used by electronic music producers as an alternative to mixing in live performance. Interactive installations and accessible music devices can utilise morphing algorithms to enable expressive control over the music through simple interface components.
I have developed a software application called LEMorpheus which consists of software infrastructure for morphing and three alternative note sequence morphing algorithms: parametric morphing, probabilistic morphing and evolutionary morphing. Parametric morphing involves converting the source and target into continuous envelopes, interpolation, and converting the interpolated envelopes back into note sequences. Probabilistic morphing involves converting the source and target into probability matrices and seeding them on recent output to generate the next note. Evolutionary morphing involves iteratively mutating the source into multiple possible candidates and selecting those which are judged as more similar to the target, until the target is reached.
I formally evaluated the probabilistic morphing algorithm by extracting qualitative feedback from participants in a live electronic music situation, benchmarked against a live, professional DJ. The probabilistic algorithm was competitive, being favoured particularly for long morphs. The evolutionary morphing algorithm was formally evaluated using an online questionnaire, benchmarked against a human composer/producer. For particular samples, the morphing algorithm was competitive and occasionally seen as innovative; however, the morphs created by the human composer typically received more positive feedback, due to coherent, large scale structural changes, as opposed to the forced continuity of the morphing software.
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Šmihula, Michal. "Kulturně společenské centrum u brněnské přehrady - architektonická studie objektů pro kulturně společenské i sportovní akce." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta architektury, 2010. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-215678.
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The design of cultural centre is situated in part Kozia Hôrka( well-known city swimming pool), in its advantage takes natural scenery and calm atmosphere of place. Into action of performance brings a message in form of body of reservoir, function of centre is divided into small parts placed in area Kozia Hôrka. Orientation of objects comes mainly from local natural ispirations. Complex is multifunctional in concept, counts with several sorts of culture - sports events. Whereby the main function of swimming pool is preserved and added for higher comfort of inhabitants. Architecture of objects comes from idea of floating leaf on water level and body of reservoir. Objects stylizely illustrate this idea. The design takes the game of solids of organic and strictly ortogonal shapes. Two mutual opposites, in interaction. Objects smoothy and with respect encroach the environment, which is enough marked by human. Simplicity in used materials ( glass, steel, wood ) give transparency and purity to whole solution.
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Hart, M. J. Alexandra. "Action in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: an Enactive Psycho-phenomenological and Semiotic Analysis of Thirty New Zealand Women's Experiences of Suffering and Recovery." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Social and Political Sciences, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/5294.
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This research into Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) presents the results of 60 first-person psycho-phenomenological interviews with 30 New Zealand women. The participants were recruited from the Canterbury and Wellington regions, 10 had recovered. Taking a non-dual, non-reductive embodied approach, the phenomenological data was analysed semiotically, using a graph-theoretical cluster analysis to elucidate the large number of resulting categories, and interpreted through the enactive approach to cognitive science.
The initial result of the analysis is a comprehensive exploration of the experience of CFS which develops subject-specific categories of experience and explores the relation of the illness to universal categories of experience, including self, ‘energy’, action, and being-able-to-do.
Transformations of the self surrounding being-able-to-do and not-being-able-to-do were shown to elucidate the illness process.
It is proposed that the concept ‘energy’ in the participants’ discourse is equivalent to the Mahayana Buddhist concept of ‘contact’. This characterises CFS as a breakdown of contact. Narrative content from the recovered interviewees reflects a reestablishment of contact.
The hypothesis that CFS is a disorder of action is investigated in detail.
A general model for the phenomenology and functional architecture of action is proposed. This model is a recursive loop involving felt meaning, contact, action, and perception and appears to be phenomenologically supported.
It is proposed that the CFS illness process is a dynamical decompensation of the subject’s action loop caused by a breakdown in the process of contact.
On this basis, a new interpretation of neurological findings in relation to CFS becomes possible. A neurological phenomenon that correlates with the illness and involves a brain region that has a similar structure to the action model’s recursive loop is identified in previous research results and compared with the action model and the results of this research. This correspondence may identify the brain regions involved in the illness process, which may provide an objective diagnostic test for the condition and approaches to treatment.
The implications of this model for cognitive science and CFS should be investigated through neurophenomenological research since the model stands to shed considerable light on the nature of consciousness, contact and agency.
Phenomenologically based treatments are proposed, along with suggestions for future research on CFS. The research may clarify the diagnostic criteria for CFS and guide management and treatment programmes, particularly multidimensional and interdisciplinary approaches.
Category theory is proposed as a foundation for a mathematisation of phenomenology.
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Wang, Yi, and 王逸. "Study of 3rd generation Radio Acces Network Expansion in Node B." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/05173792678925118348.
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At the present, the income from mobile communication service makes 59.26% of the revenue of the telecom industry in Taiwan. The users are accustomed to mobile communication, and the descending rate of vocal communication is pushing the operators to develop new contents and provide mobile internet related services to satisfy the users and as a result to make a breakthrough to surmount the present revenue. However, the operators are facing the same problem：The mobile internet service takes much more system resources than the traditional vocal communication service, in terms of the amount of radio network controller (RNC) and the capacity of base stations. Therefore, how to accurately plane ahead the expansion of network capacity of the 3rd generation communication is obviously a critical issue for the operators. In the past, when planning the expansion of base station capacity, the traffic estimation was based on assumption, without considering the actual distribution of the traffic. As a result, the accuracy of the estimate capacity is usually unsatisfying. This research has taken into consideration that in most of the cases, 2G & 3G collocated at the same base station，therefore, it would estimate the capacity based on the past traffic record of 2G and 3G, and the expected growth rate of user. The traffic model, although base on the concept of packet switch service, has similar estimation rules with traditional vocal traffic. Therefore, we will make the inference based on the concept of Erlang, then, to test and verify the inference with the actual traffic expansion in the following six months. This research aims at accomplishing a more accurate planning tool for the expansion of base stations.
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Redmond, Keith. "Development of a Virtual Applications Networking Infrastructure Node." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1807/18840.
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This thesis describes the design of a Virtual Application Networking Infrastructure
(VANI) node that can be used to facilitate network architecture experimentation. Cur-
rently the VANI nodes provide four classes of physical resources – processing, reconfig-
urable hardware, storage and interconnection fabric – but the set of sharable resources
can be expanded. Virtualization software allows slices of these resources to be appor-
tioned to VANI nodes that can in turn be interconnected to form virtual networks, which
can operate according to experimental network and application protocols. This thesis
discusses the design decisions that have been made in the development of this system
and provides a detailed description of the prototype, including how users interact with
the resources and the interfaces provided by the virtualization layers.
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Chang, Yao-Lin, and 張曜麟. "A Novel Partition-Based Cell Generation for High Performance and Printability in Advanced Node." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/r3ymp7.
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電子研究所
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As the complexity of a layout design grows, layout automation problem has been more and more important. Among all the solutions, The 1-D GDR layout style is the key to simplify the process and obtain high performance in a lithography-friendly way. In consideration of gate matching, transistor folding, area, wire length and stage-like line end gap, we present an effi cient and deterministic algorithm to generate 1-D layout in standard cells and memory cells. This algorithm features bi-partition tree and the selective stage. With bi-partition tree, we speed up the algorithm and guarantee the safety of the process. With objective functions in placement selection stage and routing stage, a lithography- friendly layout with low congestion, minimum area and high performance is proved to be generated.
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Kimonis, Eva R. "The association between callous-unemotional traits and emotional processing within individuals and across generations." 2003. http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/u?/NOD,49.
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Thesis (M.S.)--University of New Orleans, 2003.Title from electronic submission form. "A thesis ... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in the Applied Developmental Psychology Program, the Department of Psychology"--Thesis t.p. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.
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Han, Zhen (Luke). "Generative Morphology: Establishing Relief Networks in the Dynamic Taklamakan Desert." 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10222/31492.
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Desertification, the deterioration of productive and fertile lands into barren and desolate deserts, usually occurs as a result of deforestation, drought, or improper planting and agriculture. This thesis investigates ways to provide reliefs such as water and shelter in a continuously desertifying landscape (Taklamakan desert, Xinjiang, China) for locals, pilgrims, travelers and expedition caravans. To create diverse experiences in the desert, both temporary and permanent structures are considered in this project to minimize further land degradation. Movements of historical trade routes, oasis towns, and modern population fluctuation are examined to determine strategies and locations for intervention. The progressions of architectural, environmental and cultural decay are revealed in three selected sites: the Kapakaskan Village, the Jafar Sadiq Shrine, and the ancient ruined city of Niya. The design and the primary area of study seek to explain and incorporate passive or low energy building systems, form, cultural community, and technological innovations.
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Chang, Yi-Chun, and 張怡君. "A Study of Mobility Model for Generating Movements of Large Mobile Nodes." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/86368583795255594724.
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In many researches related to wireless network, simulation is commonly used for performance evaluation. Among the simulation parameters, the mobility model that is used to generate the movements of mobile nodes (MNs) is essential. Mobility models can be classified into two types: trace or synthetic. Trace models use traces which show mobility patterns of MNs observed in the real world. Traces provide accurate movements, but they are not easily modeled. On the other hand, synthetic models attempt to realistically represent the movements of MNs without using traces. Most of the current simulations are based on synthetic models. Many applications are designed to serve hundreds or thousands of MNs simultaneously, especially in mobile or pervasive computing. The simulations of such applications require the movements of large numbers of MNs. However, current synthetic models are focus on small numbers of MNs. If they are used to generate movements of large numbers of MNs, the generated movements are not similar to the movements in the real world. It causes the simulation results of the above applications are debatable. Consequently, a trace model, called an event-driven mobility model (EMM), is proposed in this paper. When the real world is observed, it can be seen that the movements of MNs are driven by various events (e.g., meetings, dining, etc.). This allows the movements to be deemed as “move-stay” mobility pattern. The current design of EMM is based on such pattern of movements of students on a campus. In our experiment, 6,780 movements of students in one day were generated systematically. The statistics of the generated movements were used to determine the deployment of wireless access points.
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Magalhães, Pedro Miguel Craveiro de. "HOJE SEM MUSA APENAS MEU NOME ESCRITO NA BLUSA: a Beat Generation e o Budismo Zen em Paulo Leminski." Master's thesis, 2014. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/88045.
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Magalhães, Pedro Miguel Craveiro de. "HOJE SEM MUSA APENAS MEU NOME ESCRITO NA BLUSA: a Beat Generation e o Budismo Zen em Paulo Leminski." Dissertação, 2014. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/88045.
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