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Showing 1 to 20 of 138 for “"performance benefits"”.
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Geographic location and geographic prediction performance benefits for infrastructureless wireless networks
… prediction (GL/GP) can dramatically increase the performance of IWNs. We compare past results in the context of GL/GP and develop new results in this area. We also develop the idea of throughput burden and scaling for the distribution of topology and routing information in IWNs and we hope that …
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Investigation into the life span of the physiological and performance benefits of a soccer warm-up.
… study was to determine the time course of the performance and physiological changes that occur in response to a pre-match soccer warm-up. Data was collected on twelve academy soccer players, over five consecutive days. Measures of temperature, power, reactive strength, speed, agility and soccer …
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Experimental Evaluation of the Dynamic Performance Benefits of Roll Stability Control Systems on A-train Doubles
The ride stability of an A-train 28-foot double tractor trailer when outfitted with different Roll Stability Control (RSC) systems with the same payload and suspension configurations is studied experimentally for various dynamic maneuvers. The primary goal of the study is to determine the effect of …
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Modeling and Validation of Tension-Element Based Mechanisms for Golf Ball-Club Impact
… and numerically demonstrated feasibility and performance benefits of the tension-element concept in golf club heads; however, higher fidelity models needed to be created and validated for this concept. There is a need for more accurate models for this concept to further investigate its …
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Effect of NaHCO₃ and NaCl on high-intensity performance and acid-base balance
Although previous investigations have reported performance benefits following the administration of sodium bicarbonate, evidence of its influence on upper-body activity is limited.
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A Study of Two-Phase Refrigerant Behavior in Flattened Tubes
… of flattening a tube on total heat exchanger performance. Benefits of flattening the tube include a substantial decrease in refrigerant mass, and a slightly decrease in overall tube length.
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Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of a Medium Range Transonic Truss-Braced Wing Transport Aircraft
… (SBW) wing configurations in enhancing the performance of medium range, transonic transport aircraft. The truss and strut-braced wing concepts synergize structures and aerodynamics to create a planform with decreased weight and drag. Past studies at Virginia Tech have found that these …
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Tightly-Coupled Heterogeneous Multiprocessing
… heterogeneous multiprocessing and the resulting performance, as compared to a similar homogeneous multiprocessor. The outcome of the experiments indicates that tightly-coupled heterogeneous multiprocessing provides substantial performance benefits for real programs.
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Highly Robust and Efficient Estimators of Multivariate Location and Covariance with Applications to Array Processing and Financial Portfolio Optimization
… demonstrates the diverse applicability and performance benefits of the Sq-estimator through theoretical analysis, empirical simulation, and the processing of real-world data. Through analytical and empirical means, the Sq-estimator is shown to generally provide higher maximum efficiency than …
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USE OF CELLULAR CONCRETE FOR AIR CONVECTION EMBANKMENT TO PROTECT PERMAFROST FOUNDATION IN COLD REGIONS
… heat transfer patterns of ACE and identify the performance benefits of using cellular concrete for ACE through material laboratory tests, modeling, and numerical simulation. A feasibility study on the use of cellular concrete as an alternative material for ACE was conducted. The impacts of …
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A Novel Level-of-Detail Technique for Virtual City Environments: Design and Evaluation
… work, we focus on runtime data structures and performance for Level-of-Detail (LOD) management and real-time portrayal. We begin with a VCE defined in existing semantic models such as the CityGML specification. We implement and evaluate a novel X3D-based Level-of-Detail technique called …
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Automatic fault localization in concurrent programs using noising and search strategies
Multithreaded programs can have considerable performance benefits over sequential programs. However, these advantages often come at a cost with respect to program understandability as well as testing and debugging challenges. To address these challenges we have developed CFLASH (Concurrency Faults …
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Compiler optimizations for an asynchronous stream-oriented programming language
… this profiled information to generate noticeable performance benefits for real-world applications written in WaveScript. Thus, it is shown that profiling presents an important avenue by which to optimize asynchronous stream-based programs.
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Short term recovery with cold water immersion following cycling in the heat
… short term recovery. In addition, whether or not performance benefits can arise from this recovery modality is equivocal. This thesis incorporates four individual studies surrounding the area of CWI recovery and one study that ,examined the reliability of a measure used to estimate blood flow. All …
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Energy regeneration and control in vehicle suspensions
… suspension while improving the overall dynamical performance of the vehicle. It is shown that typical regenerative devices comprising of a linear-to-rotational element driving a permanent-magnet generator can be simply modelled as a dissipative admittance in parallel with an inerter. This …
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Comparison of performance for visual feedback and cursors in mid-air grasping of 3D objects
While investigating the performance benefits of visual feedback for grasping in midair interaction based virtual reality simulations, some studies noted that user performance in tasks has not improved when using visual feedback methods, while it has improved in other, similar studies. This thesis …
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Ground Reaction Force Differences Between Running Shoes, Racing Flats, and Distance Spikes in Runners
… runners, coaches, and trainers of the risks and performance benefits when determining the frequency and duration of the use of competitive footwear in training.
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Performance analysis of a space-based GMTI radar system using separated spacecraft interferometry
The development of a model to assess the radar performance capabilities of a sparse aperture space-based GMTI radar system is presented. Airborne radars have provided reliable detection of moving targets for many years. Recent technological advancements have allowed the deployment of radar systems …
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Do In-Vehicle Systems Utilizing Voice-Recognition Technology Impact Driving Performance? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
… with voice-recognition systems where driving performance was measured. Meta-analyses for the performance measures of detection, reaction time, lateral control and longitudinal control were conducted with 43 studies meeting inclusion criteria. Some driving performance benefits were observed …
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