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Independent Source Extraction Applied To Radar Imaging
(Electrical Engineering, 2009-09-16)Multiple scattering and random interactions among scattering elements and between the scatterers and the background adversely affect the radar image quality and target detection capability. In radar images formed using ... -
INDEPENDENT SOURCES OF RELATIVE CLAUSE PROCESSING DIFFICULTY: EVIDENCE FROM RUSSIAN
(2016-05-11)This study investigates the influence of syntactic, semantic, and frequency-of-occurrence information, as well as role of memory in the comprehension of complex sentences. This was done by examining the processing of Russian ... -
Indexing, Querying, Prediction, and Integration for Network-constrained Moving Objects Databases
(2018-05-14)The emergence and presence of satellites and GPS devices have led to the creation of a huge amounts of spatial and spatio-temporal data, which had significant effects on creating new applications to analyze and mine these ... -
Indi'n Humor, Tricksters, And Stereotype In Selected Works Of Gerald Vizenor, Thomas King, And Sherman Alexie
(English, 2012-07-25)Humor in American Indian literature is a popular and important area of study. Yet, to date few full-length studies have compared the role of humor in Gerald Vizenor, Thomas King, and Sherman Alexie. This study offers a ... -
The Individual And Collective Effect Of US Colonialism In Puerto Rico: A Scale Construction And Validation, With Implications For Social Work Education And Practice
(Social Work, 2012-04-11)"Understanding the individual and collective psychology of the people of Puerto Rico requires an understanding of both the history of its colonialism and the U.S. laws that have helped shaped the social world of the Puerto ... -
The Individual Approach To Contact: How Personality Predicts Intergroup Contact Behavior
(Psychology, 2013-03-20)Personality has been shown to be associated with prejudice levels and intergroup contact has been shown to reduce negative outgroup attitudes and discrimination, but until now the motivating factors that encourage naturalistic ... -
Individual Differences in Influenceability and Anti-Influenceability
(2017-06-12)Using a dispositional strategy, two studies investigated individual differences in three types of influenceability and two types of anti-influenceability. Study 1 replicated the majority of consistent results found in ... -
Individual Human Capital And Performance: An Empirical Study In Thailand
(Business Administration, 2013-07-22)According to the resource-based view of the firm, human capital is a source of sustained competitive advantage of the firm (McMahan, Virick, & Wright, 1999; Wright & McMahan, 1992; Wright, McMahan, & McWilliams, 1994; ... -
Individual Motivational Factors Impacting United States Air Force Reserve Recruiting
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2014-12)This research seeks to discern the latent motivational factors that prompt individuals to join the Air Force Reserve. It is hypothesized that the decision to affiliate has a large non-economic component; this study also ... -
Individual, Family, School, And Community Predictors For Depression And Self-esteem: A Comparative Study Between Asian And Latino Adolescents
(Social Work, 2012-07-25)The purpose of this study was to identify the predictors within the family, school, and community environments of Hispanic and Asian adolescents' that may predict mental health (depression and self-esteem). Another aim was ... -
Indoor Air Quality In Schools: An Investigation Of The Impact Of Outdoor Air Quality, School Layout, And Room Type
(Environmental & Earth Science, 2014-09-17)Indoor air quality (IAQ) in educational facilities is a very important aspect of the educational process because it may affect the students and staff health and performance. This study was conducted during the 2012-2013 ... -
Induced emotions on shoot decisions
(2017-04-24)The purpose of this experiment was to examine the effect of emotion on shoot decision bias. Student participants from The University of Texas at Arlington were randomly assigned to one of five emotion induction conditions ... -
Inducing vibro-tactile sensation at mesoscale
(2018-12-18)Haptics, the feeling of touch, has primarily been used to provide a person a general sensation such as vibration using a joystick or cellphone. But haptics has gradually developed to a stage where it is investigated for ... -
Inductive Theoretical Integration: Approaching A General Theory Of Crime
(Criminology & Criminal Justice, 2007-08-23)The purpose of this study is to discuss and use theoretical integration in an attempt to better explain criminal behavior. Data for this study was obtained through a random power sample of undergraduate college students ... -
Inference Of Node And Edge Replacement Graph Grammars
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2007-08-23)In this dissertation we study the inference of node and edge replacement graph grammars. The approach is based on previous research in frequent isomorphic subgraphs discovery. We extend the search for frequent subgraphs ... -
Inferring Answer Quality, Answerer Expertise, And Ranking In Question Answer Social Networks
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2014-07-14)Search has become ubiquitous mainly because of its usage simplicity. Search has made great strides in making information gathering relatively easy and without a learning curve. Question answering services/communities (termed ... -
Inferring Big Five Personality Factors using Text Analysis Its Assessment and Impact on Prosocial Behavior and IS Security Compliance
(2020-06-01)Advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) in general and text mining in particular have resulted in a number of services and applications that infer and provide personality measures from text. The validity of these services, ... -
INFERRING IN-SCREEN ANIMATIONS AND INTER-SCREEN TRANSITION FROM USER INTERFACE SCREENSHOTS
(2017-05-12)In practice, many companies have adopted the concept of creating interactive prototypes for explaining workflows and animations. Designing and developing a user interface is a time-consuming process, and the user experience ... -
INFILTRATION STUDY USING TDR TECHNIQUES
(2016-08-14)The study of water flow or infiltration in an unsaturated soil is a highly non-linear and complex problem, simultaneous verification of field and laboratory results is a convenient and practical approach to test the results. ... -
The Influence Of A Marketing Plan On The Professional Practice Of Small Landscape Architecture Firms
(Landscape Architecture, 2013-03-20)This thesis examines the marketing practices of small landscape architecture firms to determine whether a marketing plan enables small firms to focus their practice and thereby gain business opportunities in North Texas. ...