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Showing 1 to 20 of 168 for “"Basket"”.
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The Effects of Training and Feedback Format on Reactions to in-basket feedback and on In-Basket Performance
… training and feedback format on reactions to in-basket feedback and on in-basket performance. Performance was evaluated with a 2 (Training) x 3 (Feedback) x 2 (In-Basket) x 5 (Dimension) repeated measures factorial design. Reactions were evaluated with a 2 (Training) x 3 (Feedback) x 2 …
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Machine learning for pricing European basket options
… process regression to approximate the European basket option prices. For the underlying asset of European basket option, we assume it follows multivariate Black \&\ Scholes model, and we can derive the PDE for the option price. In order to deal with the curse of dimensionality, we assume that …
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A Complete Catalog of a Japanese Basket Collection
… a complete inventory of a collection of Japanese baskets and other woven objects within the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology. This inventory project will therefore provide the museum with a more thorough research tool of other cultures for students and scholars. Through scholarly texts from …
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Aquaculture Basket Detection and Tracking for Autonomous Surface Vehicles
… project. In particular, it presents an oyster basket detection and tracking method using the object detector You Only Look Once (YOLO) [2]. In addition, the electronics system has been updated and new manual controllers were created to enable the use of a new f lipping mechanism developed this …
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Traumas and Recovery in Takaya Natsuki's <em>Fruits Basket</em>
… within Takaya Natsuki’s anime series <em>Fruits Basket </em>and how the act of transformation triggers the beginnings of recovery for numerous characters. <em>Fruits Basket </em>bears striking similarities to the French fairy tale <em>Beauty and the Beast</em> (as well as later adaptations) …
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A comparison of three analytical approximations for basket option valuation
… prominent analytical approximations for pricing basket options,by Levy (1992), Ju (2002) and Deelstra et aI. (2004), are tested for performance and accuracy. Sensitivity analysis shows that all three have greater errors in high volatility and long maturity environments, while Deelstra has …
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InterWoven : integrating traditional basket weaving craft into computer aided design
… people in creating designs using traditional basket-weaving techniques.
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Weaving a New Basket: Indigenous Networks at the Margin of *Development
A question I seek to answer in my dissertation is the sense in which development is experienced as a pathogen, and why critiques of development engage diagnoses and curing treatments. I argue that healing constitutes a way for indigenous people to regain control over history and agency in a …
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China's Presence in Developing Countries' Technology Basket: The Case of Furniture Manufacturing in Kenya
China has emerged as the leading source of capital goods for Kenya and Sub Saharan Africa as a whole, which before the noughties depended largely on advanced countries for capital goods. Thus, there is a disruption of the pattern of technology transfer to Sub Saharan Africa including Kenya. A …
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Exploring the application of Word2Vec to basket transaction data in the grocery retail industry
… we explore the application of Word2vec to basket transaction data provided by a large grocery retailer in South Africa. Word2vec is an algorithm based on representation learning. The objective of the exploration is to establish whether the application of Word2vec to basket transaction data …
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Spontaneous Ignition of Linseed Oil Soaked Cotton Using the Oven Basket and Crossing Point Methods
The oven basket method coupled with the Jones version of the crossing point method was used to test the following basket sizes with their respectful concentrations of linseed oil soaked cotton, 5cm (33.3%), 5cm (50%), 5cm (75%), 7.5cm (77%), 10cm (80%) with concentrations measured by weight. Some …
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An examination of several in-basket scoring strategies and their effect on reliability and criterion-related validity
The in-basket exercise, a paper-and-pencil measure of administrative ability, is an assessment technique characterized by complex, often subjective scoring procedures which have limited wide-scale applications of this popular instrument. Because the literature affords no clear classification system …
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An analysis of the OPEC Reference Basket with regards to African Pricing and Spread to the WTI and Brent
… African oil benchmarks within the OPEC Reference Basket relative to the WTI and Brent benchmarks which are considered as global pricing benchmarks for the period starting from 1997-2008. The Nigerian Bonny Light and Algerian Saharan blend were the two benchmarks used for this study. A time series …
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An investigation of a price increase effect on the staple-food basket composition for low-income South African consumers
The South African consumers' staple-food basket has over recent years come under pressure with unforeseen events having a detrimental impact on supply and consequently on food prices. These events have had a destabilising effect on the composition of South African staple-food baskets over the last …
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THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF CEDAR BARK BASKET TREES IN WESTERN MONTANA: BACKGROUND, METHODS, AND TRIAL STUDY OF CULTURALLY MODIFIED TREES
… of cultural modifications of the cedar basket tree (Thuja plicata), and to contribute to the development of a method for inquiry and analysis. Two primary research questions were posed: How does the study of behavioral archaeology and the methodological approach presented in this thesis …
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THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF CEDAR BARK BASKET TREES IN WESTERN MONTANA: BACKGROUND, METHODS, AND TRIAL STUDY OF CULTURALLY MODIFIED TREES
… of cultural modifications of the cedar basket tree (Thuja plicata), and to contribute to the development of a method for inquiry and analysis. Two primary research questions were posed: How does the study of behavioral archaeology and the methodological approach presented in this thesis …
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Women’s use of sub-cutaneous depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate in a basket of contraceptives among women in Nigeria: involvement of male partners
Background: More than one in ten married women or women in union worldwide are said to have an unmet need for family planning, meaning that they are exposed to pregnancy and do not wish to get pregnant but not using contraception. This exacerbates current challenges in reproductive health, such as …
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