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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"Digitising"”.
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Deep learning for digitising complex engineering drawings.
… framework for the challenging problem of digitising complex engineering drawings. This is a fully automated approach for the processing and analysis of these drawings. It contains a set of deep learning methods for digitising the different drawing components. New methods were presented to …
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A methodology and trial implementation for digitising information on a factory floor
In recent years manufacturing industries have moved towards Smart Manufacturing, to achieve improved efficiency and production targets. Part of this innovation of current processes includes digitisation and improving access to machine information, usually through the introduction of new technology …
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Fourth industrial banking: case studies into digitising banking models and the foreseeable effects in South Africa
This thesis is a critical, exploratory analysis of the impacts to the banking industry in South Africa, in light of the wave of technological change and emergence, termed in popular discourse as the Fourth Industrial Revolution or 4IR. The 4IR has been argued to offer the transformative potential …
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Rapid assessment using automated marking
… expensive. In investigating affordable ways of digitising answer scripts, the imaging device of choice was found to be a web camera. This was so because web cameras are readily available and are more affordable than scanners. This allowed the building of a prototype marking machine which was …
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Three-Dimensional Digital Recording and Modelling Methodologies for Documentation and Reconstruction of the Newport Medieval Ship
… form of Rhinoceros3D modelling software, contact digitising and rapid prototyping has enabled the project to develop and test a variety of new methodologies for documenting and reconstructing ancient vessels. Results of the individual ship timber documentation and modelling methodologies are …
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The development of 5D BIM framework to facilitate costing in contractor-led projects
… cultural shift towards automating and digitising cost functions virtually; stronger collaborative working relationship relative to costing in design development, construction practice, maintenance and operation is required across the built environment. The 5D BIM Costing Framework …
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Perceptions and experiences of selected participants engaging with a digitally curated environmental Outsider Art collection
… and interprets a collection. The challenge of digitising a museum is thus to understand what this transformation process (physical to digital) does to the integrity of the original collection. Digitisation within museums offers so many possibilities, especially in the context of sitespecific …
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A fibre digitisation study of the architecture of the converging components of the Achilles tendon in a neonatal cadaveric sample
… dissection. Coordinate points were captured with digitising hardware (MicroScribe® I, Revware Inc., Raleigh, NC 27675-0786, 2018, USA) and translated into 3D models in specialised software (Maya®, Autodesk, Inc., 2024, San Rafael, CA, USA), with custom plug-ins, enabling quantification of …
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Parc Penallta Phase 1 Habitat Survey and Implications for Management
… error, as well as the possibility of errors with digitising and the use of aerial photos as guidance. It is therefore recommended that other habitat surveys such as an Extended Phase 1 survey – which takes into account species abundance – and a National Vegetation Classification survey, along with …
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“Know Your Customer” and the Digital Economy: Global Governance, National Identification, and Financial Access
… that actors at each level are increasingly digitising national identification systems to alleviate compliance-related costs and pressures. Interviews, policy document analysis, and data analysis show that these systems may not address the most significant barriers to financial access that …
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On-line measurement of partial discharges in high voltage rotating machines.
… that is capable of filtering, amplifying and digitising the discharge signals. The associated data acquisition software was developed using LabVIEW software that was capable of acquiring, displaying and storing the discharge signals. Additional software programs were devised to investigate the …
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Integration of Nano CT and SEM in the Characterization of Marcellus Shale
… and application of complex imaging algorithm in digitising the shale sample and 3dimension image analysis for improved gas recovery.Full networks with parameterised topology have been generated on the scanned images. In this study the measured porosity is 4.73% and calculated porosity is 4.92%. …
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Signal processing techniques for on-line partial discharge monitoring of high voltage electrical machines.
… and developed, which is capable of directly digitising the partial discharges with an extremely short duration. Modular software routines were designed to control the electronics and display the digitised information for analysis. Additional software analysis routines were developed to …
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Development and analysis of a homogeneous long-term precipitation network (1850-2015) and assessment of historic droughts for the island of Ireland
… records for the Island by recovering and digitising archived data. Following bridging and updating, 25 stations are quality assured and homogenised using state-of-the-art methods and scrutiny of station metadata. Assessment of variability and change in the homogenised and extended …
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Illicit trade and cultural heritage in South Africa: investigating the policy environment and opportunities for digitisation
… the challenges and opportunities associated with digitising cultural heritage in South Africa. A sample of six people from the population of specialists in the cultural heritage sector participated in the study. The findings of this study shed light on the complex nature of illicit trafficking in …
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Application of dynamic prediction models for longitudinal biomarkers and clinical outcomes in low and middle-income settings
… have been widely adopted, especially with digitising health records into electronic health records (EHRs). Dynamic prediction modelling has emerged as a critical approach, allowing real-time updates of prognosis predictions based on available data. However, there is a notable scarcity of …
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Developmental coordination disorder: a focus on handwriting
… (DASH) and wrote their own name; all on a digitising writing tablet. The number of words written, speed of pen movements and the time spent pausing during the tasks were calculated. Participants were also assessed in spelling, reading, receptive vocabulary, visual perception, visual motor …
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Bridge to digital converters for environmental monitoring in edge IoT devices
… This presents particular challenges for ADCs digitising WhB outputs, commonly referred to as Bridge-to-Digital Converters (BDCs), which need to have high input impedance and gain, be linear, and have offset and noise levels similar to those of the WhB. This work proposes three …
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Digitisation of industrial data with a view to improving decision making leading to increased efficiency
… together in a case study with the purpose of digitising a manufacturing process to enable data-driven decision making leading to process improvement. However, upon implementation of these existing methodologies, there was a lack of tools focused on digitisation specifically. Therefore, the …
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Assessing primate skull shape variation in relation to habitat: a 3D geometric morphometric approach
… by pilot testing laser scanning hardware, digitising cranial and mandibular specimen, testing 3D scanning accuracy, and the best practice for capturing accurate 3D imagery, e.g. environment, lighting and meshing multiple scans. The pilot phase of this thesis also tested statistical …
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