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Merger Means of Payment and Analyst Biases around Merger Announcement Date
(2016-04-18)
I find strong evidence that analysts report downward-biased earnings estimates on acquiring firms when the earnings announcement date is within a 60-day window prior to the merger and acquisition (M&A) announcement date. ...
Optimization of Heterogeneous Wireless Networks with Massive MIMO
(2016-05-13)
In the next generation wireless communication system, multi-layers of Heterogeneous Networks (HetNets) are required to provide high efficiency bandwidth usage and high speed data throughput. Users’ distribution and their ...
Computational Study and Error Analysis of an Integrated Sampling-Probe and Gas-Analyzer for Mixing Measurements in Supersonic Flows
(2016-05-10)
Concentration probes are employed in supersonic flow mixing experiments for binary gas mixture composition measurements. These measurements are fundamental for the advancement of the scramjet technology. While non-intrusive ...
A Virtual Foot in the Door: How Avatar Similarity Impacts Group Identity in Computer-Mediated Communication
(2016-05-16)
Communication researchers continue to explore the promise and the
impact of the Internet and computer-mediated communication. While much
research has shown that the effects have been distancing, polarizing and negative ...
Image Processing of Triple Shock Wave Evolution
(2016-05-10)
Shock diamonds occur in over- or under- expanded supersonic flow. They occur in the unsteady jet of a pulse detonation engine, displaying an array of complex features. Due to the highly transient nature of the flow, it ...
COOLING AND PACKAGING OF ACCUMULATORS FOR FORMULA SAE ELECTRIC CAR
(2016-05-10)
Electric car is the future of automotive industry. The performance of the batteries is vital for that of electric cars. Overheating will compromise the performance of batteries, shorten the life span and even damage the ...
SECOND ORDER ALGORITHM FOR SPARSELY CONNECTED NEURAL NETWORKS
(2016-08-17)
A systematic two-step batch approach for constructing a sparse neural network is presented. Unlike other sparse neural networks, the proposed paradigm uses orthogonal least squares (OLS) to train the network. OLS based ...
IMPACT OF WET-DRY CYCLE ON MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF EXPANSIVE CLAY UNDER LOW OVERBURDEN STRESS
(2016-09-16)
The seasonal variation in the water content termed as drying-wetting cycle is one of the most important environmental factor that may cause the degradation of strength for expansive clay. Highway embankment within the north ...
BUILDING 3D SHAPE PRIMITIVE BASED OBJECT MODELS FROM RANGE IMAGES
(2016-09-16)
Most pattern recognition approaches to object identification work in the image
domain. However this is ignoring potential information that can be provided by depth
information. Using range images, ...
SMARTPHONE-BASED CROWD SOURCING OF BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN CONFLICT DATA FOR TRANSPORTATION SAFETY ASSESSMENT
(2016-08-15)
This thesis presents the idea of mobile application development that aims at data collection for transportation safety assessment using cloud-based database. At present, transportation safety assessment relies only on data ...