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Showing 1 to 20 of 123 for “"practical challenges"”.
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NOMA Integrated with Enabling Technologies and Practical Challenges
… NOMA a reality in networks, several important practical challenges need to be considered. This thesis addresses some of these challenges in both the PD-NOMA and CD-NOMA space. In PD-NOMA systems integrated with mmWave technology, the thesis considers the practical constraint of the end user …
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Practical Challenges in the Method of Controlled Lagrangians
… of this dissertation is to identify the control challenges in applying the method of controlled Lagrangians to practical engineering problems and to suggest ways to enhance the closed-loop performance of the controller. This dissertation describes a procedure for incorporating artificial …
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Assessment of Legal and Practical Challenges Affecting Mobile Banking: Case Study of Tanzania
… The focus is on the potential legal and practical assessment of the mobile banking services in Tanzania. Specifically, this dissertation looks at the ways in which legal framework; policies and laws fail or succeed solving the legal and practical challenges in relation to the mobile …
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Practical challenges in applying The Place of Effective Management Test for Tax Residency in the context of South Africa's Headquarter Company Regime
… in South Africa. This study explores the practical challenges in the application and interpretation of the term ‘place of effective management' in tax treaties to establish the residency of South African headquartered companies investing in selected African jurisdictions. An analysis of …
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Shipboard Fault Detection Methods for Condition-based Maintenance
… vibration measurements must overcome significant practical challenges for successful vibration analysis. This work demonstrates vibration analysis for shipboard fault detection. Custom instrumentation and measurement techniques are applied to compressors, pumps, fans, and other shipboard electric …
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Experimental Investigation Of Ultrawideband Wireless Systems: Waveform Generation, Propagation Estimation, And Dispersion Compensation
… anti-jamming ability, there are a number of practical challenges which are topics of current research. One key challenge is the increased multipath dispersion which results because of the fine temporal resolution. The received response consists of different components, which have certain …
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Polymers and plastrons : active and passive drag reduction in wall-bounded turbulent flows
… of this frictional drag is therefore of great practical interest, and offers substantial economic and environmental benefits. This thesis focuses on two complementary techniques for turbulent drag reduction--the active injection of polymers into the flow, and the passive aerophilic texturing of …
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An analysis of technical, process and organizational challenges confronting corporations implementing Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology projects
The purpose of the thesis is to identify practical challenges that are being addressed by companies implementing RFID related technologies in a variety of supply chain management applications. The test engagements undertaken by companies are intended to investigate the economic, functional and …
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Correlations Between Song Popularity and Their Audio Features Using Machine Learning
… This work provides insights into the practical challenges of large-scale music analysis and the relationship between technical audio characteristics and commercial success, while highlighting areas for future research with more comprehensive data access and enterprise-level deployment …
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The Role of Love in Leadership: Maintaining Healthy Boundaries
… maintaining healthy boundaries gives rise to practical challenges. The recommendations suggest that nonprofits encourage clear and healthy boundaries, continue to embody compassion, respect, responsibility, and empathy as leaders and frontline staff, and establish individual organizational …
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Balancing Confidentiality and Transparency in International Commercial Arbitration
… frameworks. It further explores the practical challenges faced by parties and arbitrators in maintaining confidentiality while complying with emerging transparency obligations. Given the nature of international arbitration, which often involves limited public access to arbitral …
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Environmental tendencies and significant life experiences of municipal sustainability coordinators in Canada
… and may motivate others, to take on roles and practical challenges in the realm of sustainability. A mixed methods approach was conducted which was inclusive of a literature review, an online survey (which acquired demographic info, three environmentally themed psychological scales, and an open …
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A usucapião efetivada a partir da sucessão mortis causa da posse
… requirements, jurisprudential positions, and practical challenges are investigated to fill gaps in legal understanding. The analysis encompasses the transmission of possessory rights, specific requirements for adverse possession in this context, and challenges faced by heirs. In addition to …
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Computer vision-based structural assessment exploiting large volumes of images
… such technologies, there are still many practical challenges to overcome to successfully apply these techniques in real world situations. A major challenge lies in dealing with a large volume of unordered and complex visual data, collected under uncontrolled circumstance (e.g. lighting, …
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Challenges faced by IRB Approved Studies due to Sample Size Shortfalls and Low Patient Accrual
… low patient accruals remain some of the greatest challenges IRB-approved studies face. This thesis undertakes comprehensive evaluation of these challenges, examine their complexities and ethical implications. Drawing on a literature review, two pilot studies, and a detailed methodology, the …
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Designing a supply chain for a foreign Greenfield facility
… chain. Additionally, the document details the practical challenges associated with implementation including customs clearance, business plan development, supplier involvement and packaging strategy.
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Where solar thermal meets photovoltaic for high-efficiency power conversion
… solar market but both bring intrinsic and practical constraints. What will tomorrow's solar market look like? Third generation solar power generation techniques to utilize a larger portion of the solar spectrum are a promising path for high efficiency power generation, but experimental …
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Implementation of dithering digital ripple correlation control for photovoltaic maximum power point tracking with windowed sensing
… Moreover, the proposed method solves some of the practical challenges that have to date limited the effectiveness of RCC in solar PV applications. The theoretical derivation of dithering digital ripple correlation control (DDRCC) is reviewed, and a low-cost method of using digitally enhanced …
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Microfluidic platform for rapid biologics activity assessment using molecular charge modulation and electrokinetic concentration based receptor assays
… (immobilization-free) and overcomes many practical challenges of current immobilization-based binding assays. We developed various formats of assays for extracting the dissociation constants and dissociation rates of biologics toward their target receptors, which are directly related to …
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Context-specific challenges, opportunities, and ethics of drones for healthcare delivery in the eyes of program managers and field staff: a multi-site qualitative study
… potential in the healthcare field. Ethical and practical concerns, challenges, and complexities of using drones for specific and diverse healthcare purposes have been minimally explored to date. This thesis aims to document, and advance awareness of diverse context-specific concerns, challenges, …
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