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Showing 1 to 20 of 6324 for “"Score"”.
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Prediction of Japanese color score
… to explore relationships between Japanese color score (JCS) and pork-quality attributes and develop equations to predict JCS. Pork carcass traits in population one (n = 781) was used to develop prediction equations and population two (n = 684) was used to test the equations for accuracy. …
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Score Estimation for Generative Modeling
Recent advances in score-based (diffusion) generative models have achieved state-of-the-art sample quality across standard benchmarks. Building on the remarkable property of these models in estimating scores, this thesis presents three core contributions: 1) new objectives to reduce score …
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Score Distillation via DDIM Inversion
… images, 3D shape generation methods like Score Distillation Sampling (SDS) built on these 2D diffusion models produce cartoon-like, over-smoothed shapes. To help explain this discrepancy, in this paper we prove that the image guidance used in Score Distillation can be understood as the …
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Piano performance : strategies for score memorisation
Accurate live performance demands that player equip him/herself with a secure memorisation of the work. Most professional pianists are familiar with the four aspects of music memory, namely Kinaesthetic, Aural, Visual and Analytical Memories. However, these may not be enough in themselves to ensure …
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Ipsative Score Distortion on Affinity 2.0
… investigated distortion that occurs when raw scores are converted to ipsative scores on Affinity 2.0, a relatively new instrument for assessing sexual interest. Using a sample of 146 non-offending, heterosexual females, this study examined the characteristics of distorted ipsative score …
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Probabilistic Score Propagation in Information Retrieval
… The experiment results show that the score propagation framework provides a general effective way of exploiting link information along with the content information to improve the retrieval accuracy."
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Test score impacts of Cesarean sections
… influence measures such as childhood test scores? I address this question amid empirical complications - confounding factors that influence birth method may also impact postnatal outcomes - using a variety of methods. First, using basic linear regressions with a validated set of controls …
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The Mutability of the Score: An Examination of the Value of Score Alteration in Virtuosic Piano Repertoire
<p>This dissertation is a defense of the value of score alteration in virtuosic piano repertoire. Score alteration is a performance practice, much heard during the so-called “Golden Age” of pianism, in which pianists would freely modify the score in order to suit their interpretation and make their …
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Un Chien Andalou – An Orchestral Film Score
Un Chien Andalou - An Orchestral Film Score, is a one-movement work for small orchestra composed as live accompaniment to the 1929 silent film Un Chien Andalou by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali. Several factors went into my decision to compose a soundtrack for this movie. It is a well known film and …
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Males' Ipsative Score Distortion on Affinity 2.0
… the frequency of distortion that occurs when raw score patterns of Affinity 2.0, a viewing time measure designed to assess sexual interest, are converted to ipsative scores. Eighty-eight percent of a sample of ninety-nine non-pedophilic, exclusively heterosexual males' profiles sustained some …
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Swinging the Score: Compositional and empirical investigations into the performance of swing and groove rhythms by score-reading musicians
… The first study investigates levels of score-dependency, i.e. dependency on notational over aural learning, in classical musicians. Results of several aural reproduction tasks show that score-dependent musicians are more limited in aural reproduction of pitch than score-independent …
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Ein Score zur Risikoeinschätzung postoperativen Erbrechens nach Inhalationsanaesthesien
… wir einen rasch ablesbaren prädiktiven Scores, um das individuelle Risiko eines erwachsenen Patienten für postoperatives Erbrechen nach Inhalationsanaesthesien zu ermitteln.
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Improving the HCAHPS Score for Pain Well Controlled
… Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) score for ‘pain well controlled’ to be low. Hence, this project sought to address the underlying reasons why pain was not well controlled and to proffer solutions to raise the HCAHPS score to at least 65% from an average of 55%. In order to find the …
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ImpactScore: A Novel Credit Score for Social Impact
Socially motivated lenders pursue lending that considers both financial return and social good, yet they lack a systematic tool to incorporate such considerations into their decisions. This paper proposes the application of credit scoring mechanisms not only to the likelihood of default but also to …
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ImPACT Baseline Composite Score Differences Among Student Athletes
… may be used in place of individualized baseline scores if athletes were not administered baseline assessments. At the inception of this study, normative datasets consisted of scores from typically developing athletes. However, research suggests athletes of varying gender and exceptionality …
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