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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"thermal index"”.
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Optical signal generation, stabilization, and manipulation in broadband silicon photonics
… is utilized to compensate for the all-positive thermal index shifts in the Si/SiN waveguide platform. An athermal resonator with resonances that exhibit ultra-low thermal shifts is created and used to stabilize a continuous-wave laser. Compared to a conventional SiN resonator, the athermal …
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Predicting pedestrian use on outdoor urban plazas utilizing climate/behavior models
… is usually based upon one of the many indices of thermal comfort. These indices, however, have been developed specifically for use in indoor environments and were later readapted for exterior environments. Previous research has begun to show that standards designed for and developed in interior …
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Hyperspectral and Thermal Remote Sensing of Plant Stress Reponses to Oil Pollution.
… the potential use of hyperspectral and thermal remote sensing for the early pre-visual detection and quantification of plant stress caused by oil pollution. Further, it examines the potential for these techniques to discriminate between oil pollution and two typically encountered plant …
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Statistical Methods for Multivariate Functional Data Clustering, Recurrent Event Prediction, and Accelerated Degradation Data Analysis
… process, and the third project introduces thermal index (TI) estimation in accelerated destructive degradation test (ADDT) data, in which an R package is developed. All three projects are related to and can be used to solve certain reliability problems. Specifically, in Chapter 2, we …
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Bridging the Gap: Selected Problems in Model Specification, Estimation, and Optimal Design from Reliability and Lifetime Data Analysis
… of ADDT data for the purposes of estimating a thermal index. The current industry standards use a two-step procedure involving least squares regression in each step. The methodology preferred in the statistical literature is the maximum likelihood procedure. A comparison of the procedures is …
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Dependence of outdoor thermal comfort on street design in hot and dry climate
… as possible ways to improve the outdoor thermal comfort further in the summertime. Moreover, the analysis focuses on the local differences in the thermal sen-sation across the street, i.e. street centre vs. street sides, which influence the frequenta-tion of the street. A special emphasis …
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Spatial Coherence-Based Adaptive Acoustic Output Selection for Diagnostic Ultrasound
… through metrics such as intensity, Mechanical Index (MI), and Thermal Index (TI). However, even within these guideline values, if the acoustic exposure levels used do not benefit image quality, they represent an unnecessary risk to patient safety. Ultrasound users have control over many …