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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"four directions"”.
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Device Stack Optimization for Protonic Non-Volatile Programmable Resistors
… thesis aimed to optimize the device stack in four directions and demonstrated a symmetric WO₃-PSG-WO₃ structure in a CMOS-compatible process, with the help of circular transfer length model (CTLM), which efficiently examines the resistance properties of WO₃. We have explored: (a) device …
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Collective behavior over social networks with data-driven and machine learning models
… My dissertation will tackle this area in four directions, revolving around the intricate linkage between individuals' characteristics, actions, and their networks. First, I empirically investigate how social influence spreads over networks using two massive cell phone data, and …
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Run Length Texture Analysis of Thoracolumbar Facia Sonographic Images: A Comparison of Subjects with And Without Low Back Pain (LBP)
… the grey-level analysis is usually conducted in four directions of the texture. This study has four objectives; the first objective is to use first-order and second-order analysis to determine texture parameters and determine whether those parameters can differentiate between individuals with and …
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Saga-Accounts of Norse Far-Travellers
… beneficial than journeys in the opposite directions. The study systematically identifies and discusses saga-accounts of far-travel, surveying the various purposes and themes associated with each of the cardinal directions. The first chapter introduces the material and key terms and …
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The use of communicative language teaching (CLT): Turkish EFL teachers' perceived difficulties in implementing CLT in Turkey
… their classrooms. These difficulties stem from four directions, namely, the teacher, the students, the educational system, and CLT itself. The results suggest that despite showing keen interest in change and being eager to identify with CLT, Turkish teachers are not rather optimistic about the …
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Traumatic brain injuries and older adults: The implications of neck strength, muscle activation, and range of motion
… underwent isometric neck strength testing in four directions using a custom device, active and passive neck ROM were quantified using a standard goniometer, and neck muscle activation latency was quantified using electromyography in response to anterior and posterior translations. The results …
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Determinación del recurso solar sobre fachadas verticales en Castilla y León mediante métodos de interpolación
El origen de este trabajo es conocer el potencial solar de Castilla y León para poder aprovecharlo. Para ello se ha buscado una base de datos de irradiación solar de estaciones en tierra que permita obtener, con fiabilidad, mapas de irradiación en toda la región. Se han depurado los datos y, …
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The study of business relationships : a case study of the industrial textiles manufacturer
… had to approach this process from the four directions: due-diligence in terms of technological level, cultural fit, management styles, identification of the key people behind the business success. This process has to be clearly communicated to the employees, other people involved within …
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Virtual museum projects for culturally responsive teaching in American Indian education
This study consists of four case studies of virtual museum projects conducted in partnerships between tribally controlled American Indian schools and museums with Native American collections. The purpose of the study was two-fold: to examine virtual museum projects as an educational innovation, and …
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10,000 Drowned: Commemorating the Caribou
… representing the land, sky, water, fire, four directions, and the migration of caribou. There are also four large ceramic vessels representing air, water, land, and fire, and one hundred ceramic antlers representing the lost caribou. In addition, a video installation shows the caribou’s …
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Improving Web Search for Difficult Queries
… engines for difficult queries along all these four directions by exploiting both global massive search logs and immediate user feedback information.
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Biomechanical models of the finger in the sagittal plane
… muscular forces at various finger positions and directions of force exertions. For this, finger positions were controlled, and lengths of phalanges were measured. Experiments were performed to measure finger strengths and muscular activity levels in submaximal contractions. Muscular activity …
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Understanding The Relationship Between Cultural Wellness And Academic Achievement On Standing Rock Reservation
… cultural wellness integration by using the four directions/domains of the Medicine Wheel: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. The quantitative survey analysis revealed a significant relationship between mental familiarity and emotional wellness integration. In-School Suspension (ISS) …
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Distribution and dispersion of metals and their economic potential: a case of the Fumani Tailings Dam, Limpopo Province, South Africa
… 2 respectively. Soil samples were collected in four directions from the Fumani tailings Dams at an interval of 200 m. The samples were prepared and analysed using XRF for Pb, Zn, Cu, As, Co, Cd, Cr and Ni at the university of Venda. The Study showed that Zn and Cd do not contaminate the soil …
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Strategy use and basic arithmetic cognition in adults
… subset of the written word stimuli (e.g. three + four = ?, six + nine= ?) and then testing them on unpractised problems comprised of practiced components (four + six = ?). The result was increased retrieval reported for unpractised problems with practiced components. This indicates that surface …
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Characterizing the Role of Magnetic Cues Underlying Spatial Behavior
… orientation along the anti-cardinal compass directions (i.e. northeast, southeast, southwest, northwest) when tested in a radially symmetrical environment under UV light. Double-blind experiments cancelling the horizontal component of the magnetic field confirmed that the response is …