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Showing 1 to 20 of 141 for “"lay out"”.
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GraphCrowd: Harnessing the Crowd to Lay Out Graphs with Applications to Cellular Signaling Pathways
… of a graph in which the nodes and edges are laid out in two dimensions. Several systems implement multiple types of graph layout algorithms and make them easily accessible to scientists. Despite the existence of these systems, interdisciplinary research teams in computational biology face several …
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Giving ground : a personal account of voice, movement and femininity in Texas
… touches Texas. In my thesis report I attempt to lay out my embodied experience of living here and how this intersects with phenomenology and Butler’s theory of the displaced feminine, whilst describing some of the work I have made in response to these experiences. I will talk about, body, voice, …
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Manipulating Behavior: Defining the Ethical Limits of Behavioral Contracting in the Healthcare Setting
… certain behavioral patterns. These contracts lay out a set of required or prohibited behaviors to which the patient then agrees to adhere. For example, pain management physicians who regularly utilize opioids to alleviate chronic pain might draw up a contract that dictates strict dosing …
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The Digital Folklore Project: Tracking the Oral Tradition on the World Wide Web.
… prove that the same genres of folklore that is routinely collected by folklorists have been adapted to fit the digital environment of the internet. I then use the framework that I lay out to perform a study of the e-mails themselves.</p>
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Developing an Apologetics Course to Equip the Saints at La Grange Baptist Church in La Grange, Kentucky
… support for my ministry project. In chapter 3, I lay out the practical way that apologetics can be taught within the church. In chapter 4, I cover the way in which I prepared for and taught the apologetics course. In chapter 5, I evaluate the effectiveness of the ministry project.
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Deep neural networks for choice analysis
As deep neural networks (DNNs) outperform classical discrete choice models (DCMs) in many empirical studies, one pressing question is how to reconcile them in the context of choice analysis. So far researchers mainly compare their prediction accuracy, treating them as completely different modeling …
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Assessment planning by speech language pathologists: Implicit bias and clinical decision-making
… is a reflection piece in which I thoughtfully lay out my journey towards cultural humility in addressing my biases through different educational and personal experiences. The second article presents and discusses the results of the qualitative research I conducted on speech-language …
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Analog multiply and accumulate FPA readout circuit with digital multiply and sign maintenance
… to the necessity for fast and efficient read out and data processing. A system that performs block recognition and image classification with efficiency and low latency is presented. The system is comprised of an analog signal processor that will be integrated into the read out integrated …
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Heuristics for Inventory Systems Based on Quadratic Approximation of L-Natural-Convex Value Functions
… systems with L-natural-convex structure. We lay out three well-studied inventory models, namely the lost-sales system, the perishable inventory system, and the joint inventory-pricing problem. We approximate the value functions for these models by the class of L-natural-convex quadratic …
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Digital signal processing hardware for a fast fourier transform radio telescope
… of a scaled-up, 64 channel design, and lay out a framework for expanding to 256 channels.
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Reforming WTO rules on state-owned enterprises
… WTO Members to accept these proposals. Lastly, I lay out the framework for the competition rules proposals which prevail in my analysis.
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The Impact of Own, Rival and Market Effects on Real Estate Private Equity Fund Performance
… of the global economy. This research paper will lay out a brief background of the real estate private equity industry and will explore the factors affecting real estate private equity fund performance through the lens of three factors: own effects, rival effects and market effects. The findings …
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The Two Capitals of Islam
… The other purpose of this thesis is to lay out a series of policy recommendations for the United States to consider in future relations with Saudi Arabia and Iran. The thesis takes the view that the United States must begin to hold Saudi Arabia and Iran fully accountable for their state …
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Prophet singer: the voice and vision of Woody Guthrie
… experiences and relevant American history, I lay out how larger political and cultural forces in society impacted Guthrie's songs. Although this work focuses primarily on his lyrics, my dissertation also draws on his interviews, commercial recordings, drawings, and other writing. Since much of …
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An Ethically Informed Consideration of the Use of a Waiver of Informed Consent in Emergency Medicine Research
… of informed consent regulations. Then, I will lay out several of the main arguments for the use of the waiver in emergency medicine research. I will conclude that these arguments are unsatisfactory, and that conducting research on human subjects without their consent is ethically dubious, at …
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Regulation of Actin Dynamics During Drosophila Germband Extension
… in the <em>Drosophila</em> embryo to begin to lay out the adult body plan. In fly embryos, this is known as germband extension and is mainly driven by cell intercalation or neighbor exchange by planar polarized cell-cell interface contraction to shorten the tissue along the dorsal-ventral axis. …
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Open diary : biography/autobiography as historical context
… (1918) graphically expressed reservations about his endeavour. "I write - that is, I lay out little black cadavres on the immaculate shroud of the page - but this doesn't begin to capture the magnificent innocence of sky and sea ..... "(1) How inadequate then does a painter feel in attempting …
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The Justification of Deontology
… amounts to an effort to fill that gap by seeking out a new principled basis for justifying such constraints. I devote each of the first three chapters, respectively, to the three established deontological normative ethical theories: Rossian intuitionism, Kantianism, and Neo-Thomism. In each of …
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STATISTICAL LEARNING FOR STANDARD MODEL PHENOMENOLOGY
… between different sets of PDFs. Then, we lay out certain fundamental properties of the sampling as performed within NNPDF methodology through explicit examples, and discuss how one may gain insight into the results of a neural network fit despite it being a black box model. Finally, we …
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Flow Instabilities in Flute-like Instruments
… an effort has been made to investigate more about the flow of air in flutes using 2D Direct Numerical Simulation. An analysis of the response of the jet of air by varying the jet width, profile, offset, and Reynolds number, and the flute labium angle in a 2D domain is the main focus of this …
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