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  1. Learning companion systems

    Chan, Tak-WaiUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2011

    … Tutoring Systems (ITS) which I call the Learning Companion Systems (LCS). In the learning environment of such a system, there are three agents involved, namely, the human student, the computer learning companion, and the computer teacher. As implied by its name, the role of the computer learning …

    uiuc Repository record

  2. Vision-Guided Robot Companion

    Fioresi, BradenUniversity of Alabama Libraries2024

    … This thesis presents the development of a robot companion that functions as a smart rollator walker. The robot has two modes of operation: standard and companion mode. In standard mode, the robot autonomously moves with the user by tracking the user's waist. The robot can maneuver in any …

    alabama Repository record

  3. Companion dog nutrition epidemiology

    O'Brien, Janice SusanVirginia Tech2026

    … exposures and health outcomes research in companion dogs. Owner factors are identified as likely confounders for diet and health outcomes, which are difficult to control for outside of randomized dietary assignment. Reverse-causation bias is also demonstrated to be a significant factor …

    vt Repository record

  4. Multimodal input fusion for companion technology

    Schüssel, FelixUniversität Ulm

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  5. Improving Companion AI Behavior in MimicA

    Toy, Daniel2017

    <p>Companion characters are an important aspect of video games and appear in many different genres. Their role is typically to support the player as they progress through the game by helping to complete tasks or assisting in combat. However, oftentimes, these companion characters are limited in …

    calpoly Repository record

  6. Complementary Companion Behavior in Video Games

    Scott, Gavin2017

    <p>Companion characters in are present in many video games across genres, serving the role of the player's partner. Their goal is to support the player's strategy and to immerse the player by providing a believable companion. These companions often only perform rigidly scripted actions and fail to …

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  7. Mobile companion to the glass infrastructure

    Lazarus, Brett SMassachusetts Institute of Technology2013

    … GI Mobile is a mobile application that acts as a companion to the Glass Infrastructure. It incorporates the MessageMe messaging system to deliver a suite of location-aware features that complement the Glass Infrastructure. These include locating others in the Lab, browsing projects by location, …

    mit Repository record

  8. Interactive storybooks with a robot companion

    Lee, Hanna (Hanna X.)Massachusetts Institute of Technology2018

    The strong correlation between children's early literacy skill and later academic (and economic) success has motivated much research into how children learn to read and what interventions aid the learning process. Research shows that children's reading ability improves through shared reading …

    mit Repository record

  9. ANAESTHESIA AND PAIN MANAGEMENT IN COMPANION ANIMALS

    BRIOSCHI, FEDERICA ALESSANDRAUniversità degli Studi di Milano2023

    … preemptive and multimodal pain management in companion animals. The rationale behind this attempt is that using new pharmacological and non-pharmacological techniques, targeting multiple sites in pain pathways, minimize the potential for side effects associated with any single technique and …

    milano Repository record

  10. Pintail : a travel companion for guided storytelling

    Chowdhury, Sujoy KumarMassachusetts Institute of Technology2018

    Pintail is a mobile companion application for guided storytelling. To inspire and augment story creation, Pintail uses priming as a technique by showing the user what others feel or have drawn about the places s/he is visiting. These Pintail prompts are synthesized from online travel reviews and …

    mit Repository record

  11. Optimal Contract Design for Co-development of Companion Diagnostics

    Tembo, Rodney TThe University of Western Ontario2014

    As the number of new drugs requiring companion diagnostics rises, more and more partnerships are formed between drug and diagnostics manufacturers to develop the necessary companion diagnostic. An increasingly significant issue is that of the optimal revenue/profit sharing or compensation schemes …

    uwo Repository record

  12. Oats as a Companion Crop for Alfalfa: Establishment Methods

    Hurley, Shannon

    Companion crops are commomly seeded with alfalfa in the spring as an establishment method. The objectives of this research were to evaluate the performance of seedling Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) in terms of yield when grown with spring oats (Avena sativa) as a companion crop and to evaluate the …

    wku-diss Repository record

  13. Improving Accuracy Predictions of Companion Classifiers for LLM Routing

    Wu, Jessica L.Massachusetts Institute of Technology2025

    … A critical component of this framework is the companion classifier, defined as a fine-tuned model trained to predict whether a particular LLM will generate an accurate response. We investigate whether incorporating features such as model responses into these classifiers can improve routing …

    mit Repository record

  14. The intellectual companion in the fiction of Charlotte Perkins Gilman

    Payton, Angela LoucretiaTexas Woman's University1993

    … a possible new character type, the intellectual companion, in her lesser-studied fiction. We can trace the development of this male character in the short story "The Cottagette," in her novel What Diantha Did, and in her three utopian novels: Moving the Mountain, Herland, and With Her in Ourland. …

    twu Repository record

  15. The Companion Mass Function across the Stellar and Substellar Regime

    Reggiani, MaddalenaETH Zürich - Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich2014

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  16. The application of genomic technologies to cancer and companion diagnostics.

    Hadfield, JamesUniversity of East Anglia2014

    … RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, microarray, ERBB2, companion diagnostic.

    east-anglia Repository record

  17. Nurses' Perception of the effects of Companion Pets in Hospice Settings

    Sorkhabi, Nasser

    … study was to investigate the impact of various companion or visiting pets on the symptom management of hospice patients. Nine in-depth interviews of hospice nurses were conducted and some field notes were taken during data collection. Data analysis was accomplished according to Van Manen’s …

    dominican Repository record

  18. Use of the Companion Transformation in Parameter Optimization and Adaptive Control

    Wilkie, Dennis FrankUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2014

    Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-08T22:24:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6910883.pdf: 2059133 bytes, checksum: 5110dd0de2918d887ff48606c35f6adf (MD5) Previous issue date: 1968

    uiuc Repository record

  19. EVALUATING TRADITIONAL AND COMMERCIAL KEFIR PRODUCTS FOR HUMANS AND COMPANION ANIMALS

    Metras, Breanna NicholeUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2024

    Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2024-09-16 without embargo terms

    uiuc Repository record

  20. Resistive Companion Dynamic Phasor Networks and Phasor to Time Domain Network Coupling

    Hood, Joseph Micah

    <p>The resistive companion form (RCF) is extended to phasor and dynamic phasor models. A phasor solver is implemented in the Virtual Test Bed (VTB) simulation environment. Several models targeting the VTB phasor solver are derived and discussed.</p> <p>Also, a method for coupling phasor RCF …

    south-carolina Repository record

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