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Applications of deep learning in large-scale object detection and semantic segmentation
(2018-08-13)With the massive storage of multimedia data and increasing computational power of mobile devices, developing scalable computer vision applications has become the primary motivation for both research and industrial community. ... -
Applications Of GIS For Mapping And Tracking Underground Infrastructure
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2009-09-16)The main objective of this research is to apply Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for construction and renewal of underground infrastructures. As a first step, a suitability analysis to determine location of existing ... -
APPLICATIONS OF PROBABILITY OF SUCCESS IN THE WELL DELIVERY PROCESS TO IMPROVE RISK, OPPORTUNITY, AND COST ASSURANCE
(2023-07-06)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 08/01/2024** Oil and Gas (O&G) well drilling is risky and expensive. The cost of drilling is typically underestimated, and there is little understanding of the certainty ... -
Applications Of Sensitivity Data To Eigensolution Reanalysis Of Modified Structures
(Mechanical Engineering, 2010-11-01)Methods of computing eigensolution sensitivity have been known for a long time. Both exact and approximate methods are available in the literature. While eigenvalue sensitivity is used routinely in structural optimization ... -
Applications of the Guided-Mode Resonance Sensor in Multiparametric, Transmissive, and Picomolar Regimes
(2023-12-15)Guided-mode resonance (GMR) sensors are developed and implemented for multiparametric label-free sensing, transmission sensing, enhanced reflection sensing, and low analyte concentration sensing; these are the topics ... -
Applications Of Ultra Wideband
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)Ultra wideband (UWB) is a new wireless communication system. It utilizes transmission signal at wide bandwidths. With wider bandwidth, it can provide for new useful applications. The first chapter in this thesis discusses ... -
Applications of Ultra-High Performance Fiber-Reinforced Concrete on Flexural Structural and Architectural Members
(2017-06-14)This thesis presents the test results of a study on flexural and shear behavior of Ultra-High-Performance Fiber-Reinforced concrete (UHP-FRC) beams, reinforced with Grade 60 steel (ASTM A615/A615M), Grade 100 steel (ASTM ... -
Applying Combinatorial Testing To Systems With A Complex Input Space
Combinatorial testing, which has been shown very effective in fault detection, is a testing strategy that applies the theory of combinatorial design to test software programs. Given a program under test with k parameters, ... -
Approaches For Validating Frequent Episodes Based On Periodicity In Time-series Data
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2007-08-23)There is ongoing research on sequence mining of time-series data. We study Hybrid Apriori, an interval-based approach to episode discovery that deals with different periodicities in time-series data. Our study identifies ... -
Approaches Toward the Total Synthesis of Oroidin Alkaloids:Nagelamide A, C and Ageliferin
(2018-05-25)Nagelamides and ageliferin are oroidin-derived alkaloids which have gained the attention of the scientific community, because of their significant biological activity as well as the unprecedented structural diversity. Our ... -
Approximate Query Processing Using Deep Learning and Database Techniques
(2022-12-15)Data is generated at an unprecedented rate surpassing our ability to analyze them. In real applications, it is often impractical to find an exact answer by traversing the entire data. As a result, Approximate Query ... -
An Approximate Solution To Buckling Of Plates By The Galerkin Method
(Mechanical Engineering, 2007-08-23)This thesis presents a semi-analytical method to solve the governing differential equation of plates using the Galerkin method. Symbolic algebra software is extensively used to perform necessary calculations. In this thesis, ... -
ApproxML: Efficient Approximate Ad-Hoc ML Models Through Materialization and Reuse
(2019-12-10)Machine Learning (ML) has become an essential tool in answering complex predictive analytic queries. Model building for large scale datasets is one of the most time-consuming parts of the data science pipeline. Often data ... -
AQUEOUS-BASED ASSOCIATED SOLVENTS FOR PROTEIN AND PEPTIDE FRACTIONATION AND PROTEIN PURIFICATION
(2022-01-03)The focus of this dissertation is studying capabilities of a novel two-phase system in enhancing protein identification in the whole-cell proteomics studies. In this document, two types of biphasic systems have been used ... -
ARC FLASH HAZARDS ANALYSIS
(2015-12-02)Annually more than 2000 workers are admitted to hospital burn centers for extensive injuries caused by arc flash accidents. Arc flash incidents occur when unintended electric current flows through air, superheating the air ... -
Arc-heated Gas Flow Experiments For Hypersonic Propulsion Applications
(Aerospace Engineering, 2007-08-23)Although hydrogen is an attractive fuel for a hypersonic air-breathing vehicle in terms of reaction rate, flame temperature, and energy content per unit mass, the substantial tank volume required to store hydrogen imposes ... -
Archaeology and Nationalism : The Trojan Legend In Etruria
(Anthropology, 2009-09-16)In this study, the role of archaeology in relation to national identity formation will be analyzed in one of the most debated archaeological subjects in the western world, the case of Etruscan origins. This study will ... -
Architectures And Methods For Energy-efficient Querying And Indexing In Wireless Sensor Networks
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2008-09-17)Wireless sensor networks have been an active research area for about a decade due to their adaptability to applications involving long-term environmental monitoring. Recent technologies make it possible that a small device ... -
Arctic Arthropod Communities In Habitats Of Differing Shrub Abundance
(Biology, 2012-07-25)Recent global warming, which has been severe in the Arctic, has caused advancement in the timing of snowmelt and expansion of shrubs into open tundra. Such an altered climate may directly and indirectly (via effects on ... -
Are Colleges and Universities Failing to Meet the Needs of the Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Community By Failing To Meet The Needs of Social Work Students?
(2016-11-30)With the notable trend for recognition of the transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) Community, as well as their having issues that are separate and distinct from the lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) community, the ...