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An improved method for measurement of radial thermal conductivity of cylindrical bodies
(2017-05-10)
Li-ion cells are ubiquitously found in day to day electronic devices due to their high power density storage capacity. These batteries are known to exhibit sharp reduction in performance at high temperature. Due to this, ...
ADOPTION DISSOLUTION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ADOPTIVE PARENTS FROM THE USA WHO ADOPTED CHILDREN INTERNATIONALLY
(2017-05-03)
The goal of this qualitative dissertation is to explore why some international adoptions result in dissolution. I attempt to answer this question through the experiences of American parents who adopted children internationally ...
THE IMPACT OF SHARED LEADERSHIP ON A CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION CAMPUS
(2017-05-12)
Programs of career and technical education (CTE) have grown in popularity across the U.S; over 7.5 million students enrolled in one or more CTE courses during the 2013-14 school year (Association for Career and Technical ...
SPARSE SAMPLING AND ARRAY IN SIGNAL PROCESSING
(2017-04-25)
Sparse sampling and sparse arrays have attracted lots of interests in recent years. In this dissertation, we firstly apply nested sampling and co-prime sampling to ultra-wide band radar, which require us to extend the ...
Machine Learning: Several Advances in Linear Discriminant Analysis, Multi-View Regression and Support Vector Machine
(2017-04-24)
Machine learning technology is now widely used in engineering, science, finance, healthcare, etc. In this dissertation, we make several advances in machine learning technologies for high dimensional data analysis, image ...
INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS AND CROSS-BORDER MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS: THE 2000-2012 PERIOD
(2017-05-12)
Using mergers and acquisitions (M&As) from 26 countries between 2000 and 2012, I examine the role of foreign and domestic institutional investors in cross-border M&As. I have several findings. First, both foreign and ...
USE OF GENERALIZED GAMMA DISTRIBUTION IN MODELING
(2017-06-01)
In this study, we have considered analysis of lifetime or survival data with right censoring, which is the most common form of censoring encountered in practice. Assuming a fully parametric setup, the main objective is to ...
SOFTWARE DEFINED LOAD BALANCING OVER AN OPENFLOW-ENABLED NETWORK
(2017-05-15)
In this modern age of the Internet, the amount of data flowing through networking channels has exploded exponentially. The network services and routing mechanism affect the scalability and performance of such networks. ...
AUTO-ROI SYSTEM: AUTOMATIC LOCALIZATION OF ROI IN GIGAPIXEL WHOLE-SLIDE IMAGES
(2017-05-09)
Digital Pathology is a very promising approach to diagnostic medicine to accomplish better, faster prognosis and prediction of cancer. The high-resolution whole slide imaging (WSI) can be analyzed on any computer, easily ...
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF WOODEN AND COMPOSITE CROSSARM OF AN ELECTRIC UTILITY POLE
(2017-05-12)
Currently, most of the crossarms existing in the nation are made of wood. However, wood has a set of negative features like shorter life span due to environmental cracking, damages by insects and birds. Secondly, an ...