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Showing 1 to 20 of 50 for “"AAM"”.
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Poly(NIPAAm-co-AAm)-gold nanoshell composites for optically-triggered cancer therapeutic delivery
… poly[N-isopropylacrylamide-co-acrylamide] (NIPAAm-co-AAm) hydrogel and gold-silica nanoshells. Thermally responsive hydrogels undergo a physical property transition at their lower critical solution temperature (LCST). When transitioning from below to above the LCST, the hydrogel material expels …
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Design, optimization, and performance of an adaptable aircraft manufacturing architecture
… called "Adaptable Aircraft Manufacturing" or "AAM", which features common tooling geometry that enables the creation of any composite aircraft (within a reachable subspace) on demand. To prove the feasibility of this architecture, a family of aircraft was constructed using a single set of AAM …
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Centralized and Decentralized Approaches to Advanced Air Mobility Traffic Management
Advanced air mobility (AAM) is an emerging air transportation concept that leverages new types of aircraft, such as electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, to carry passengers or cargo in urban or rural settings. Initial AAM operations will be low-volume, so traffic can be managed …
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Implementing lean material management in an extended value stream
American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. (AAM) is still in the process of transitioning to a culture of "lean manufacturing" as opposed to the current culture of "mass production". This thesis involved working with AAM employees and suppliers at various locations to understand how material flows between …
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Reinforcement Learning for Cybersecurity Risk Assessment of Advanced Air Mobility Systems
… the development of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) systems that use unmanned aerial systems for providing mobility services. The efficacy of these systems relies on highly granular, reliable, and trustworthy sensor data. This thesis is motivated by the need to assess safety risks due to cyber …
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Modeling of a Hybrid-Electric System and Design of Control Laws for Hybrid-Electric Urban Air Mobility Power Plants
<p>Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) is an emerging market and technology in the aerospace industry. These systems are being developed to overcome traffic congestion. The current designs make use of Distributed Electric Propulsion (DEP): either fully electric or hybrid electric. The hybrid engine system …
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A Community-Based Approach for Hub Placements
Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) is a rapidly emerging sector in the aerospace industry that seeks to revolutionize transportation by integrating highly automated aircraft into the airspace. As AAM technology matures, establishing a network framework and strategic hub locations becomes crucial for …
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Maturational pace and performance in female collegiate swimmers
… retrospectively in women using age at menarche (AaM), with younger AaM corresponding to a faster maturational pace and older AaM a slower pace. Collegiate swimmers were significantly older at menarche (13.60 years ± 1.52 SD) than non-athletic controls (12.75 years ± 1.44 SD). In addition, the …
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Segmentation of cervical and lumbar vertebrae in x-ray images using active appearance models and extensions
… stages that utilize Active Appearance Models (AAMs) that were proposed by Cootes et al. The advantage of using AAMs in medical image segmentation applications is that rather than creating models that are purely data driven, AAMs gain a priori knowledge through a thorough observation of the …
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The role of lean manufacturing principles and strategic alternatives in achieving business goals
… facility of American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc (AAM). AAM has been facing some significant challenges in the recent past, including skyrocketing steel prices, the prospect of declining sales and contractually fixed labour costs. AAM has launched a corporate wide lean manufacturing initiative to …
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The utility of synthetic images for face modelling and its applications
… area of research. The Active Appearance Model (AAM) has been by far the most popular approach for generating the face models and has been used in several facial image analysis based applications. This thesis investigates in detail the utility of synthetically generated facial images for face …
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The utility of synthetic images for face modelling and its applications
… area of research. The Active Appearance Model (AAM) has been by far the most popular approach for generating the face models and has been used in several facial image analysis based applications. This thesis investigates in detail the utility of synthetically generated facial images for face …
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Implementation of an Innovative Early Warning System: Evidenced-based Strategies for Ensuring System-wide Nursing Adoption
… (KP NCAL) has piloted Advance Alert Monitor (AAM) at two hospitals. This early warning system employs a set of predictive models developed by the KP NCAL Division of Research, which automatically predicts patient deterioration within the next 12 hours based on a complex algorithm of laboratory …
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Market Mechanisms for Service Provider Operations in Advanced Air Mobility
The proliferation of advanced air mobility (AAM) flights in the form of vertical take-off and landing aircraft (VTOL) and uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) in the near future will require a new air traffic management system adapted for on-demand flights flying at low altitudes and far from existing …
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Three Distinct Museum Achievements and Their Processes: Becoming a Non-Profit, Applying for 501 (c) (3) Federal Tax-Exemption, and Earning Accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums
… from the American Alliance of Museums (AAM). This research will define such critical terms as for-profit, non-profit, standards, and best practices as they relate to museums. In addition, this work will provide a comprehensive explanation of the steps required to complete all three …
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Level schedule implementation in unstable manufacturing environments
American Axle & Manufacturing Inc. (AAM), headquartered in Detroit (MI) is one of the major Tier 1 suppliers in the automotive industry. The main challenge in AAM plant 2 is production rate unstability due to downtime, quality, changeover and absenteeism issues. The company is currently making a …
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Prediction of Handling Qualities Deficiencies for Advanced Air Mobility Aircraft
… there are hundreds of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) vehicles under development. Most of these vehicles differ significantly from traditional airplanes and rotorcraft when it comes to configuration and handling qualities. Handling qualities for traditional airplanes and rotorcraft are often very …
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Navigating Perceptions: How Organizational Type and Message Source Affect Willingness to Fly in Automated Air Taxis
… is beginning to emerge. Advanced air mobility (AAM), which uses highly automated aircraft that transport passengers and cargo in the underutilized, low-altitude airspace above and around urban areas, is rapidly becoming a reality (FAA, 2023). These new companies will utilize air taxis, which are …
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Investigation of immune responses in different mouse models of allergic asthma
… of alternatively activated macrophages (AAM) is induced by signals of IL-4Ra. Alternatively activated macrophages (AAM) are a feature of allergic asthma in clinical and experimental investigations but their role in the development of allergy is not defined. To address this, a model of …
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Small angle scattering characterisation of micellar systems and templated architectures
… within the channels of anodic alumina membranes (AAM) under different conditions, including drying rates and precursor concentrations. In-situ small angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) was used to determine the pore morphology of the PMO within the AAM …
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