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Showing 1 to 20 of 45 for “"UCF"”.
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Noise Characerization For Proposed UCF Phyiscal Science Building Sites.
Today's Advance Technology Facilities require low noise levels and increased noise monitoring. Ambient noise can interfere with the accuracy and precision of experiments and manufacturing processes. Therefore preconstruction site surveys are needed to develop strategies for mitigating noise. …
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Designing A Document Delivery System For Ucf S Interlibrary Loan Department
… vision, the Interlibrary Loan Department at the UCF main library wants to set up a document delivery service within the UCF main campus in order to facilitate research efforts on campus. The document delivery service will include delivery and pickup of library materials for ILL requests by …
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The Use Of The Ucf Driving Simiulator To Test The Contribution Of Larger Size Vehicles (lsvs) In Rear-end Collisions And Red Light Running On Intersections.
… latter. Two sub-scenarios were developed in the UCF driving simulator for each the vertical and horizontal visibility blockage scenarios. The first sub-scenario is the base sub-scenario for both scenarios, where the simulator car follows a passenger car, and the second sub-scenario is the test …
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Increasing Strategies and Programs for the Retention and Graduation of Black Undergraduate Students at the University of Central Florida
… and analyzed on six minority students at UCF. The study discovered academic, social, and cultural factors that affect Black undergraduate students' retention, persistence, and graduation at the University of Central Florida.</p> <p>Analysis of the data revealed the need for minority …
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Unified cross-layer framework: a generic platform for cross-layer design experimentation
… work we propose unified cross-layer framework (UCF), a generic mechanism for OS to support cross-layer schemes. Through this mechanism protocol components export protocol-specific information through parameters and events to protocol components at other layers. Cross-layer extensions are …
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Systems Design: Academic Advising System Implementation, A Case Study of User Centered System Design at the University of Central Florida
… Leadership in the College of Graduate Studies at UCF realized the need for an advisement tool to assist advisors in the academic colleges to track the success of their students. After an advisement product was selected, the user-centered design approach started to be implemented. End-users were …
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A Study Of Blended Learning At A Metropolitan Research University
… learning at the University of Central Florida (UCF). The investigator examined blended learning from the institutional, faculty, and student perspectives in an attempt to capture the complexities of this learning environment. For the institutional perspective, models emerged that were critical …
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Understanding the Role of Resources in Writing Center Tutoring Sessions
… (UWC) at the University of Central Florida (UCF). This research explains the methodology and presents the findings of a study that serves as a partial answer to the call for more evidence-based research in the field of writing center studies. There is scholarship that explains the importance …
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Driving Simulator Validation And Rear-end Crash Risk Analysis At A Signalised Intersection
… safety countermeasures. The driving simulator at UCF is a high fidelity simulator with six degrees of freedom. This research aims at validating the simulator in terms of speed and safety with the intention of using it as a test bed for high risk locations and to use it in developing traffic safety …
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Imagens ecocardiográficas fetais integradas a banco de dados
… banco de dados da unidade de cardiologia fetal (UCF). Neste trabalho está apresentado o modelo do banco de dados da UCF. Para esta modelagem foram realizados estudos para aquisição de conhecimento da área e também para compreender as necessidades da unidade Da mesma forma, as imagens …
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Pedestrian detection in low-resolution videos
… video datasets (PETS 2001, Stationary VIRAT, UCF-2009, UCF-2007, and aerial VIRAT), our detection accuracy is significantly better than the standard single-frame HOG-based detection method, and outperforms the previously published detector that uses Haar-like features at the same low false …
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Tya Methodology Twentieth-century Philosophy, And Twenty-first Century Practice: An Examination Of Acting, Directing, And Dramatic Literature
… in Minneapolis. The third company, the Orlando-UCF Shakespeare Festival, is one of the largest Shakespearean festivals in the country, and has a growing theatre for young audiences program. Between June and October of 2006, I conducted numerous interviews with professional managers, directors, …
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Modeling User Transportation Patterns Using Mobile Devices
… for estimating parking lot occupancy on the UCF campus. Kpark aggregates individual user reports on parking space availability to produce a global picture across all the campus lots using crowdsourcing. An issue with crowdsourcing is the possibility of receiving inaccurate information from …
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Constructing Educational Criticism Of Online Courses: A Model For Implementation By Practitioners
… course at the University of Central Florida (UCF).
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Way of the Butterfly: A Journey towards Transformation through Self-portraits In-Between
… raised to do so. Throughout the MFA program at UCF, I have shared my feelings and thoughts through my work. It is important to discuss and inform others of our cultural similarities and differences so that we may gain a better understanding of each other. This process has helped me grow not only …
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Testament: Mastering and Transcending the Microbudget Model for a Feature Film
… as part of the microbudget requirements of the UCF Film program. In creating an epic with minimal resources, innovation has filled the void left by most films' higher budgets, with the crew recycling a small number of locations to serve as several different locations and using a large cast …
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Speedes: A Case Study Of Space Operations
… Space Shuttle Model created in ARENA by NASA and UCF in the year 2001. A systematic approach was used for this translation. A reduced version of the ARENA model was created, and then used as the SPEEDES prototype using C++. The prototype was systematically augmented to reflect the entire Space …
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Diffraction Studies Of Deformation In Shape Memory Alloys And Selected Engineering Components
… established in the author's masters thesis at UCF that used synchrotron x-ray diffraction during loading to study superelastic NiTi. The Los Alamos Neutron Science Center is a national user facility funded by the United States Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under …
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Modified System Design and Implementation of an Intelligent Assistive Robotic Manipulator
… presents three improvements to the current UCF MANUS systems. The first improvement modifies the existing fine motion controller into PI controller that has been optimized to prevent the object from leaving the view of the cameras used for visual servoing. This is achieved by adding a weight …
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Women's Experiences With Distance Education
… applies to four women's experiences here at UCF. I talk with them about how they perceive their online learning experiences, and about how they feel that the issues identified in the literature are reflected in their own lives. I discuss their issues with support, technical support, and …
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