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Showing 1 to 20 of 834 for “"Manipulations"”.
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Manipulations of neural fatigue
Bibliography: leaves 240-285.
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Data-efficient Neural Appearance Manipulations
… editing techniques include artist-designed manipulations and, despite their effectiveness, require significant time and expertise. Consequently, machine learning (ML)-based approaches have emerged as key to the success of faster and accurate manipulations. This dissertation explores the …
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Postural control: Visual and cognitive manipulations
… In conclusion, specific visual and cognitive manipulations can effect postural control in young healthy adults.
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Small Audit Firms and Earnings Manipulations
… I examine the relationship between earnings manipulations and the use of small audit firms. I find that small audit firms are less able to constrain managers' opportunistic use of discretionary accruals. However I find no evidence that small audit firms are associated with real activities …
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Predicting content manipulations by open web proxies
… to focus on the feasibility of predicting these manipulations to choose a proxy for daily use carefully. While the previous studies focused on the detection and analysis of content manipulation by proxies, we present a novel approach for predicting the types of content alterations that might be …
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Welsh Manipulations of the Matter of Britain
<p>"Welsh Manipulations of the Matter of Britain" examines the textual relationships between Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia regum Britanniae and the Welsh Brut y Brenhinedd in the Cotton Cleopatra manuscript. This thesis initially provides an overview of the existing scholarship surrounding the …
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The influence of silvicultural manipulations on plethodontid salamanders
Habitat alteration (i.e. degradation, fragmentation, and destruction) is the primary driver of amphibian decline and extinction. Despite their ecological importance and threatened status, very little long-term research has been conducted on how methods of forest management impact salamanders. In …
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Perceptual Manipulations for Hiding Image Transformations in Virtual Reality
Users of a virtual reality make frequent gaze shifts and head movements to explore their surrounding environment. Saccades are rapid, ballistic, conjugate eye movements that reposition our gaze, and in doing so create large-field motion on our retina. Due to the high speed motion on the retina …
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Security market manipulations and the assurance of market integrity
… regulatory efforts to prevent securities market manipulations. For example, to prevent manipulators from marking the closing price, some exchanges could choose to adopt a closing auction or a random closing time, which would make manipulation more costly. Nevertheless, no securities exchange can …
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Manipulations of spike trains and their impact on synchrony analysis
The interaction between neuronal cells can be identified as the computing mechanism of the brain. Neurons are complex cells that do not operate in isolation, but they are organized in a highly connected network structure. There is experimental evidence that groups of neurons dynamically synchronize …
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Going beyond chalk to pixels : the manipulations of a technochick
This didactic CD-ROM is designed for art educators and artists who have yet to use a computer as a means for creating digital imagery. Through its multimedia interaction, users will be encouraged to try new methods and procedures for creating in a digital environment by manipulating an image from a …
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From Typologies to Portraits: Catherine Opie's Photographic Manipulations of Physiognomic Imagery
This thesis proposes that California contemporary photographer Catherine Opie's Being and Having series (1991) and her Portrait series (1993-1996) parody the constraining binary gender discourse and stereotypes that emanate from it. In her art Opie uses familiar codes and identity discourses …
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Alterations in adult behavior as a result of early life manipulations
<p>Approximately 20% of people experience at least one depressive episode during their lifetime. Furthermore, a majority of these individuals do not experience full remission of symptoms following current treatment protocols. Drug development has been slow, as the etiology of mood disorders is …
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AY-‐WB phytoplasma manipulations of host and non-‐host leafhopper interactions
… facilitate changes. To investigate phytoplasma manipulations of insect-‐plant interactions, the model Arabidopsis thaliana was used together with the fully sequenced Aster Yellows phytoplasma strain Witches’ Broom (AY-‐WB) and vector leafhopper Macrosteles quadrilineatus. I demonstrate …
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Interactive Spaces Natural interfaces supporting gestures and manipulations in interactive spaces
… perceive the external environment and they use manipulations and gestures to explore the world around them, communicate and interact with other individuals. From this perspective the use of natural interfaces that exploit the human sensorial and explorative abilities helps filling the gap …
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Pharmacologic and Genetic Manipulations of Angiotensin Signaling In Thoracic Aortic Disease Models
<p>Thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections (TAAD) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients. Many different risk factors have been associated TAAD, but hypertension is the largest risk factor. Subsets of TAAD patients have identifiable syndromic genetic diseases, yet a number of …
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Coherent manipulations of trapped 88Sr+ using the 4D5/2 --> 5S1/2 transition
The ability to control quantum systems with high fidelity is of fundamental importance to a variety of scientific experiments. This thesis describes the frequency stabilization of a laser which is used to coherently manipulate both the internal electronic state and quantum harmonic motion of a …
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