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Multi-source UAV-based object classification using CNN’s and Data acquisition system for Robotic Skin
(2017-08-16)Autonomous robots are intelligent systems capable of performing tasks in the world by themselves, without explicit human control. Examples range from autonomous helicopters to Roomba, the robot vacuum cleaner to robotic ... -
MULTI-STAGE ENHANCEMENT SCHEME FOR LOW QUALITY FINGERPRINT IMAGES
(2016-05-11)Security and authentication go hand in hand in today’s internet age. The population growth and increase in web-based services have posed a substantial risk of identity theft and fraud. The need for reliable authentication ... -
MULTI-STAGE PREDICTION SCHEME FOR SCREEN CONTENT BASED ON HEVC
(2015-11-30)Screen content is a computer generated content which contains text, graphics and animations and the coding of such content is different from coding a photographic content. This thesis emphasizes on coding the screen content ... -
Multi-variable Design Optimization Of A Contemporary Cold Plate For A Fixed Pumping Power For Minimizing The Thermal Resistance
(Mechanical Engineering, 2014-07-14)Due to reliability concerns, thermal management of microprocessors has and continues to become a major challenge in electronic packaging. High circuit densities in modern integrated circuit semiconductor devices require ... -
Multi-variable Model Of A Neural Network Based Weather Forecaster Using 2-stage Feature Selection
(Electrical Engineering, 2012-07-25)This thesis proposes a novel approach for designing a neural network based forecaster that predicts more than one variable at a time. A second order two stage neural network training algorithm is used that employs orthogonal ... -
Multi-variable Optimization to Improve Temperature Uniformity in Burn-in Applications Subjected to Significant Thermal Shadowing
(2019-08-08)Burn-in test typically employs voltage and/or temperature to accelerate the appearance of latent reliability defects in semiconductor devices. As a result, burn-in becomes a critical step in the parts screening process and ... -
Multi-wavelength All-optical 2R Regeneration
(Electrical Engineering, 2010-11-01)We experimentally demonstrate, for the first time to our knowledge, simultaneous all-optical 2R regeneration of multiple WDM channels. In the recent work [1], our group has proposed an all-optical 2R regeneration ... -
Multidisciplinary Teamwork Perceptions When Mobilizing Ventilated Neurosurgery Patients
(2023-04-10)This two-manuscript dissertation focuses on mobilization in ventilated neurosurgery patients along with the nursing and multidisciplinary perceptions associated with this patient care task. The first manuscript consists ... -
A Multigenerational Approach: Critical Accounts Of The Postsecondary Experiences And Success Of African American Men
This phenomenological study examined significant factors that influenced the degree completion rates (i.e. graduation) of ten African American men who graduated from U.S. accredited 4-year Predominately White Institutions ... -
MULTILAYER PERCEPTRON WITH ADAPTIVE ACTIVATION FUNCTIONS
(2016-05-26)A Multilayer perceptron typically has a fixed nonlinear activation function for each hidden unit. In this thesis, an adaptive activation function for individual hidden unit is designed, where the network learns these ... -
Multimodal Interaction In Ambient Intelligence Environments Using Speech, Localization And Robotics
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2014-09-17)An Ambient Intelligence Environment is meant to sense and respond to the presence of people, using its embedded technology. In order to effectively sense the activities and intentions of its inhabitants, such an environment ... -
A Multimodality DLP® Imaging System For Clinical Surgery
(Biomedical Engineering, 2014-09-17)With 1.38 million new cases and 450,000 deaths worldwide due to breast cancer, there is a clear need for safe and complete surgical intervention for the treatment of breast cancer. Imaging solutions have been created and ... -
Multinational Strategies As Options Creation And Exercise: An Analysis Of Country, Industry, And Firm Specific Characteristics
(Management, 2007-08-23)This study investigates international expansion strategies using a real options framework. Decisions to enter foreign markets and their subsequent decision to increase, delay or abandon their commitments are both predicted ... -
Multinuclear copper(I) and silver(I) pyrazolates: synthesis, luminescence, and catalysis
(2021-12-08)Copper and silver pyrazolate complexes have numerous fascinating properties such as luminescence, catalytic ability, and complexation with small molecules. Using both more widely studied non-fluorinated pyrazolates and ... -
MULTIOMIC AND CELL MODEL BASED STUDY OF DNA DAMAGE REPAIR AND INNATE IMMUNE SIGNALING FACTORS
(2020-12-09)This work consists of an investigation of two major proteins, cyclic GMP AMP Synthase (cGAS) and Werner Syndrome protein (WRN) in response to DNA damage. cGAS is an essential component of the innate immune system and is ... -
Multiphase flow modeling and analysis of filling process for pulsed detonation engines
(2015-05)The filling process of a pulsed detonation engine with fuel and oxidizer should be carried out quickly in order to maintain a high frequency of operation. The objectives of this research were to model an efficient inlet ... -
MULTIPHASE FLOW MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF PHASED FILLING PROCESS FOR PULSED DETONATION ENGINE
(2018-01-04)Filling of reactants into a pulsed detonation engine (PDE) should be carried out quickly because any lengthening of the fill time will lead to an increased cycle time. The fill process and, the purge process constitutes a ... -
A Multiphysics Approach: Thermodynamics, Material Mechanics And Fluid Dynamics Of Magma Systems At Active Volcanic Regions
Understanding the genesis, incubation, evolution and equilibration of silicic magma reservoirs that drive and source volcanic activity all over the planet is fundamental to the discipline of geology. The subsurface processes ... -
Multiple Approaches To Characterizing Pore Structure For A Range Of Sandstones Samples
Using various approaches, this work examines pore structure (geometry and connectivity) of a range of sandstone samples with their permeability varying by five orders of magnitude. The following four experimental approaches ... -
Multiple Coulomb Scattering In the LArIAT Detector
(2018-12-13)LArIAT is a liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) deployed in a dedicated charged particle test beam line at the Fermilab Test Beam Facility. LArIAT aims to measure an interaction process known as multiple ...