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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"CMU"”.
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Die Europäische Finanztransaktionssteuer und die Vereinbarkeit mit der Kapitalmarktunion
… Tax (EU FTT) and the Capital Markets Union (CMU). This thesis appraises these EU projects and related literature, identifies a deficiency in verified and academically reviewed discourse, and implements a novel methodological approach to address this research gap at the economic, regulatory, …
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Developing Prefabricated, Light-weight CLT Exterior Wall Panels for Mid-rise Buildings
… study on the thermal mass behavior of CLT and CMU wall systems via finite difference algorithm. One significant outcome of the simulation data analysis was the heat transfer dynamics within the CLT and CMU wall system when exterior insulation is applied. The analysis revealed that in the …
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Interactive online simulations and curriculum for teaching and learning fundamental concepts in molecular science at the undergraduate level
… State University, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Two large assessments of student learning were conducted: one at CMU and one at MIT, involving over 400 total students. Assessment results demonstrated that using the project materials …
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Numerical Modeling for Increased Understanding of the Behavior and Performance of Coal Mine Stoppings
… Initially, the behavior of a single standard CMU block was observed and simulated using FLAC. Full-scale stoppings were then tested in the Mine Roof Simulator and modeled using UDEC. Through a combination of physical testing and numerical modeling a failure mechanism for concrete block …
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La Sociale: Welfare and Emergence in Twenty-first century Senegal
… transfer and *Couverture Maladie Universelle* (CMU), the Senegalese version of universal health coverage, as two *grands projets* at the heart of Senegal’s new development plan, the *Plan Sénégal Émergent*. While social security linked to formal employment dates back to the post-war years, these …
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Calculation of wind borne debris impact in tornado event
… precast concrete and concrete masonry units (CMU), the best method to estimate perforation limit is the Central Research Institute of the Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI) Formula. For Steel target, both the Ballistic Research Laboratory (BRL) Formula and the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) …
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Design For All: The Neutral Ground Market in Freret, New Orleans
… precedent, the Neutral Grounds Market utilizes CMUs for both practical and aesthetic purposes. Drawing from a rich lineage of structural polychromy and through knitting CMUs together into a subtle pattern, the building speaks to its colorful context, despite the lack of CMU structures in the …
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ES kapitalo rinkų sąjunga ir jos poveikis Europos finansų rinkai /
… will guide the assessment of the impact of the CMU on financial markets, to analyze the dynamics of selected indicators (2007-2020), to disintegrate the impact of the EU Capital Markets Union on the financial market. The main methods used in the work are comparative analysis and synthesis of …
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Improving Searchability of Automatically Transcribed Lectures Through Dynamic Language Modelling
… generated using latent semantic indexing. The CMU Sphinx4 ASR engine is used to generate transcripts from thirteen recorded lectures from Open Yale Courses, using the English HUB4 language model as a reference and the two topic-specific language models generated for each lecture from Wikipedia.
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Experimental and Analytical Study of Vibrations in Long Span Deck Floor Systems
… at the supports when a LSDFS is supported by CMU walls. For this purpose, the footbridge was tested with three support conditions, and a number of experiments were carried out to determine the dynamic properties of the structure. Static tests using both point and distributed loadings were …
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A case study exploration of approaches to the delivery of safe, effective and person centred care at two rural community maternity units.
… whether rural Community Maternity Units (CMUs) contribute to NHS Scotlands Quality Ambitions of safe, effective and person centred care. Currently there is no available recent evidence regarding the quality of this particular model of care in a rural setting. This research makes an …
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Gesture recognition with application to human-robot interaction
… was tested on three different datasets, the CMU Military dataset of 3 users, 15 gestures and 10 repetitions per gesture, the VisApp2013 dataset with 28 users, 8 gestures and 1 repetition/gesture and a recorded dataset of 15 users, 10 gestures and 3 repetitions per gesture. The system is shown …
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Blast Retrofit of Unreinforced Masonry Walls Using Fabric Reinforced Cementitious Matrix (FRCM) Composites
… specimens included one infill concrete masonry (CMU) wall, and one load-bearing stone wall. The University of Ottawa Shock Tube was used to test the walls under gradually increasing blast pressures until failure, and the results were compared to those of control (un-retrofitted) walls tested in …
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Markerless multiple-view human motion analysis using swarm optimisation and subspace learning
… our classification component on HumanEva and CMU mocap datasets, achieving similar or better classification accuracy than various comparable systems. human motion and the established industrial technique is marker-based human motion capture. However, marker-based systems, apart from being …
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Human motion prediction.
… motion prediction, which are Human3.6M and the CMU. The performance evaluated from both the angle and 3D position aspects, demonstrated these models’ superiority over the state-of-the-art works.
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Increasing the Blast Resistance of Concrete Masonry Walls Using Fabric Reinforced Cementitious Matrix (FRCM) Composites
… were built as load-bearing concrete masonry (CMU) walls. To increase shear resistance, two of the walls were also grouted with a flowable self-compacting concrete (SCC) mortar. Blast tests were conducted using the University of Ottawa Shock Tube and the results are compared with control walls …
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Battery Cell Monitoring Unit
The proposed cell monitoring unit for sensing voltage, current, and temperature in a 12-cell 18650 lithium-ion battery module aims to be low-power, serving as the core of an energy-efficient battery management system and facilitating battery management functions with cell data. Notable features …
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Durability and waterproofing investigations of the building envelope
Durability of the building envelope is an important characteristic to monitor and test on a structure to ensure it does not fail prematurely from water penetration. Due to the building envelop failures existing today, the described testing herein aims to evaluate different building components in an …