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Showing 1 to 20 of 118 for “"Problems-first"”.
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A study of continuation education practices in small California secondary schools
… education.</p><p>The study involved two problems: First, to show the arrangements, methods, and problems encountered in carrying out statutory provisions concerning continuation education in small secondary schools; Second, to determine the attitude of secondary school administrators …
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Uncertainty and Inequality: The Case of Northeast Brazil
This study addresses four problems. First, it identifies some of the most important variables which cause inequalities within a socioeconomic system among its economic agents and among its several regions. Second, it develops a model for the purpose of analyzing inequalities. Third, it applies the …
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Applying natural language models and causal models to project management systems
This thesis concerns itself with two problems. First, it examines ways in which to use natural language features in time-varying data in predictive models, specifically applied to the problem of software project maintenance. We attempted to integrate this natural language data into our existing …
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Evaluation of Goal Setting Training on Selected Cognitions and Performance of Collegiate Swimmers
… anxiety, motivation and self confidence problems to inappropriate goals. The problem is most athletes believe winning is the most important goal. But winning is an outcome goal, and outcome goals have two major problems. First, athletes can only partially control winning because external …
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Hydrogel cell encapsulation for tissue engineering
… describes work aimed at tackling these two problems. First, two techniques for generating size- and shape-controlled cell-laden hydrogels are described in the context of potential modular assembly for conferring greater control over the geometry of homotypic and heterotypic cell arrangements …
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Attribute process methodology : feasibility assessment of Digital Fabrication Production Systems for planar part assemblies using network analysis and System Dynamics
… feasibility of a DFPS project has two main problems: first, how to evaluate assemblability of the design; second, how to evaluate performance of the value chain. This thesis formulates Attribute Process Methodology (APM); a framework that describes assembly and value chain structure as a …
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A nondimensional model for axial digging in granular materials
… factor is calculated. We solve two optimization problems. First, we limit the axial force the digger is allowed to experience and analytically solve for the maximum depth dug. This analysis is compared to experimental data. Second, we fix the digger's final depth and estimate the thickness that …
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Perceptions of special education administrator effectiveness
The study addressed three basic problems. First, the effectiveness of incumbent special education administrators in Virginia had not been assessed. Second, the qualifications of incumbent special education administrators in Virginia had not been determined. Third, requirements for special education …
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Re-Reading Mead: The Mind-Body Dilemma and Sociology
… specifically to Descartes, but rather to certain problems first raised by Cartesianism which remained unresolved by succeeding philosophers.
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Deep learning and localized features fusion for medical image classification
… dissertation tries to tackle these problems, first by developing a localized feature-based classification system for medical images and using these features and to give a classification for the entire image, and second, by improving the computational complexity of feature analysis to …
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A statistical learning framework for data mining of large-scale systems : algorithms, implementation, and applications
… that allow the algorithm to solve large-scale problems efficiently. The solver uses a randomized kernel that incorporates domain knowledge into support vector machine learning. It also takes advantage of the sparseness of support vectors and this allows for parallelization and online training …
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A coupled theory for diffusion of hydrogen and large elastic-plastic deformations of metals
… the numerical capability we study two important problems. First, we show the importance of using a prescribed chemical potential boundary condition in modeling the boundary between a metal system and a hydrogen atmosphere at a given partial pressure and temperature; specifically, we perform …
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Evaluation and proposed enhancements in learning undergraduate computer programming using visual Problem Based Learning (PbBL) visual Project Based Learning (PjBL) and visual computer programming
… pedagogical innovation that impacts and improves first year undergraduate computer programming and, enhances student learning. This necessitated a departure from the didactic teaching strategy often adopted (of teaching code via isolated concepts and working through a few exercises) by introducing …
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Accurate, efficient, and stable domain decomposition methods for analysis of electromechanical problems
… the finite-element analysis of electromechanical problems. First, the formulation of the dual-primal finite element tearing and interconnecting (FETI-DP) method is presented in details. With the FETI-DP method, an original large-scale problem is decomposed into smaller subdomain problems and …
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Abstraction systems for translating and customizing a blocks-based programming language
… few barriers that reduce StarLogo Nova's impact. First, it is only available in English, so users who are not fluent in English will have difficulty using the powerful tool. Second, novice users who are unfamiliar with programming may find it hard to learn how to program their models, which …
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A tensor-train-decomposition-based algorithm for high-dimensional pursuit-evasion games
… for solving high dimensional pursuit-evasion problems called Best-Response Tensor-Train-decomposition-based Value Iteration (BR-TT-VI) was developed. BR-TT-VI builds on concepts from game theory, dynamic programming (DP), and tensor-train decomposition. By using TT decomposition, BR-TT-VI …
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Real Options Models in Real Estate
… of real options analysis, taking case studies of problems in real estate. In the realm of real estate, we consider the following three problems. First, we consider the valuation and usefulness of presale contracts of condominiums, which can be viewed as similar to call options on condominiums. …
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Feynman-Kac Numerical Techniques for Stochastic Optimal Control
… function in stochastic optimal control (SOC) problems. First, we propose a novel characterization of FBSDE estimators as either on-policy or off-policy, highlighting the intuition for these techniques that the distribution over which value functions are approximated should, to some extent, …
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Anger and Punishment: Natural History and Normative Significance
… of other animals, and its influence on action. First, I offer a tentative evolutionary story about anger that can explain retributive intuitions concerning punishment. This explanation undercuts these intuitions as evidence for retributive beliefs by showing that they were selected for their …
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Roles of gap junctions in neuronal networks
… dynamics of neuronal networks in three distinct problems. First, we study the circumstances under which a network of excitable cells coupled by gap junctions exhibits sustained activity. We investigate how network connectivity and refractory length affect the sustainment of activity in an …
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