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Variational Autoencoders for Discovering Influential Latent Factors
Generative modeling is increasingly being used to simulate or generate new unseen data instances by means of modeling the statistical distribution of data. Generative modeling falls under the broad area of representation learning, which aims to discover representations required for detecting …
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Strategies for Influential Interactivity in the Physical Domain
… strategies are discerned through an analysis of influential interactivity disintegration, an investigation of the philosophical underpinnings of emergence, and a synthesis of multi-sensory experience extensions. By probing the complexities of components within both the interactants and the …
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Detection of Outliers and Influential Observations in Regression Models
… used, in the literature, to detect outliers and influential observations in the linear regression models. Two kinds of comparison studies to determine an optimal statistic are done in this dissertation: (i) using several data sets studied by different authors, and (ii) a detailed simulation …
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Identifying recruitment efforts college freshmen see as most influential
… recruitment efforts college freshmen see as most influential. This information is useful in helping colleges of agriculture evaluate the influence of their current recruitment efforts and further develop new and significant recruitment efforts to recruit future students. A 33-question survey …
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Examining the mechanism and influential extent of retrieval-induced forgetting
Three assumptions of the pattern suppression model of retrieval-induced forgetting were examined, with a view to apply results toward making effective use of reminders. These assumptions included: (1) that retrieval-induced forgetting is retrieval specific, (2) that it results from retrieval …
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Can individuals be influential in driving sustainable and responsible investing?
Trust law has hindered beneficiaries from exerting their voice in the administration of their funds. Yet, individuals do have opinions on how they want their funds to be invested and wish to direct the investments to align with their values. For a majority of individuals, this influence is mainly …
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Identifying outliers and influential observations in general linear regression models
Identifying outliers and/or influential observations is a fundamental step in any statistical analysis, since their presence is likely to lead to erroneous results. Numerous measures have been proposed for detecting outliers and assessing the influence of observations on least squares regression …
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An analysis of influential methodological practices in consumption-based accounting methods
A key tenet of the work to mitigate anthropogenic climate change is to reduce carbon emissions. An entity; be it individual, company, or nation state, is more able to reduce their carbon dioxide equivalent emissions if they can be monitored and attributed, and their effects measured. The current …
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Blocking Negative Influential Node Set in Social Networks: From Host Perspective
… with the viral marketing is to find the set of influential users or seeds, who, when convinced to adopt an innovation or idea, shall influence other users in the network, leading to large number of adoptions. In our study, we propose and study the competitive viral marketing problem from the …
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Practice Patterns and Influential Factors of Nurse Practitioners Managing Chronic Pain
<p>Chronic pain impacts 100 million adult Americans in their lifetime, comprises the third-highest category of all health spending, and is responsible for up to 20% of primary care visits. Chronic pain treatment guidelines: recommend a biopsychosocial, multimodal management approach that addresses …
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Influential Factors for Disclosing a Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Diagnosis to Romantic Partners
<p>Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a highly variable genetic condition characterized by multi-organ tumor predisposition. Due to the heritability, variability, and severity of this condition, individuals with TSC may face unique psychosocial challenges in dating and romantic relationships, …
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Influential Factors Contributing to Exercise Compliance Following a Structured Lifestyle Change Program
Cardiovascular disease remains the number one cause of death in the United States, with five hundred thousand people diagnosed annually. Even though regular exercise has been shown to dramatically reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, few hospitals offer programs that focus on the requisite …
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Is intuition an influential factor in marital partner selection? A qualitative study
… was to determine whether intuition was an influential factor in a couple's experience of selecting a partner and choosing to marry. The theoretical frameworks that guided this study were phenomenology, symbolic interactionism, and symbolic experiential family therapy. The research included …
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Influential Factors In International Students' College Choice Of A Rural, Regional University
… quality of contact with faculty) are the most influential factors in international students' college selection. Institutional characteristics (most importantly cost of attendance and admission standards) follow very closely. Ease and efficiency of the admission process and personal …
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Optimization-based selection of influential agents in a rural Afghan social network
This work considers the nonlethal targeting assignment problem in counterinsurgency in Afghanistan, the problem of deciding on the people whom US forces should engage through outreach, negotiations, meetings, and other interactions in order to ultimately win the support of the population in their …
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Intimate Partner Violence and Its Influential Factors: Men Who Turn to Physical Violence
… occurs. This socio-ecological study explores the influential factors in five overarching determinants for men at risk of turning to physical IPV: intrapersonal, interpersonal, environmental, organizational, and policy. One-on-one interviews were conducted with eight facilitators of IPV-mandated …
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