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Labor Mobilization In The Japanese Empire During The Asia-Pacific War, Kei Sasaki

New England Journal of Public Policy

Labor Mobilization in the Japanese Empire during the Asia-Pacific War. Volume 36, Issue 2 of the New England Journal of Public Policy.

Tap Vs. Bottled Water, Robert Yokel

Aluminum in Beverages and Foods: A Compilation

No abstract provided.

Grapefruit And Grapefruit Juice, Robert Yokel

Aluminum in Beverages and Foods: A Compilation

No abstract provided.

Grape Juice, Robert Yokel

Aluminum in Beverages and Foods: A Compilation

No abstract provided.

Table F: Fluoride Influence On Aluminum Mobilization Into Beverages And Foods, Robert Yokel

Aluminum in Beverages and Foods: A Compilation

No abstract provided.

Coffee Beverage, Robert Yokel

Aluminum in Beverages and Foods: A Compilation

No abstract provided.

Spatiotemporal Wind Energy Assessment For Transmission Network Integration Considering The Location Of Electrical Substations And Loads, Kwabena Kyeremeh, Rosemary E. Alden, Aron Patrick, Dan M. Ionel

Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate Research

Wind energy is an abundant renewable resource that can support decarbonization of energy supply. It is, therefore, essential to conduct a comprehensive assessment of wind energy potential for effective transmission network planning and integration. This work introduces a spatial-temporal assessment methodology for wind energy name plate-rated power capacity that considers the locations of electrical substations and transmission lines. This methodology applies Geographic Information System (GIS) land cover data to define siting exclusions for wind turbine installations. The correlation between generated wind power and estimates of power system load, as well as capacity factor, on a sub-regional basis for specific latest …

Hearing Aid Data Security: User Perceptions And Bluetooth Low Energy Assessment, Katie M. Kim

Doctoral Scholarly Projects & Capstones

The integration of Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE) into hearing aid systems introduces a susceptibility to diverse cyber threats. The purpose of this study was to assess hearing aid consumer and audiologist perceptions surrounding information security within hearing aid technologies. A total of 97 audiologists and 41 hearing aid users (138 total responses) completed an adapted version of the Internet Users’ Information Privacy Concerns (IUIPC) framework. Another objective of this study was to investigate the existence of simulated identifying information within BLE traffic of top-tier hearing aids from five leading manufacturers in the US: Oticon, Phonak, Signia, Starkey, and ReSound. The …

Which Idea To Pursue? Gender Differences In Novelty Avoidance During Creative Idea Selection, Mengzi Jin, Roy Y. J. Chua

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Despite women having made significant progress in the modern workforce, gender gaps are still evident in creative work. In this paper, we propose that, although women and men are equally capable of generating creative ideas, gender differences emerge during the idea-selection stage. Specifically, compared with men, women engage in higher novelty avoidance during idea selection—the degree to which one selects an idea that is less novel than the most novel idea one has generated. In two laboratory studies and a field survey involving creative professionals, we found significant gender differences in novelty avoidance during idea selection and identified women’s concerns …

Case Study: Impact Analysis Of Roof-Top Green Infrastructure On Urban System Sustainability In San José, Ca, Indumathi Jeyachandran, Juneseok Lee

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

This paper presents results from a case study focusing on analyzing impacts of Green Infrastructure (GI) on sensible and latent heat fluxes, urban microclimate and the subsequent water–energy nexus components of an urban infrastructure system. The case study, focusing on the campus of a public university in San José, CA, aimed to quantify the pre- and post-conditions for a hypothetical GI implementation, which is in support of San José State University’s (SJSU) robust sustainability initiatives, which are also aligned with Silicon Valley’s broader strategic goals. The results revealed that a reduction of 0.3 °C in the average daily peak maximum …

Maximise Your Creativity: Important Qualities To Help Expediate A Career In Electronic Music & Creative Arts, Trenton Bice

Postgraduate

The creative arts industries are experiencing a shift as they continue to evolve into the digital age of the 21st century and online consumption. Opportunities across many creative disciplines have expanded as the ability to network and learn online has become more accepted and commonplace. This has been prevalent in the electronic dance music industry, as the development of industry software and equipment become more affordable, but with this also comes a greater depth of talent and competition.

Whilst many revenue streams to the core of the music industry still exist, such as contracts with record labels, touring/performing live and …

Implementation Of Control Valves System On Microturbine Drone’S Rotational Motion, Muhammad Nor Ikmal Muhamad Nazri, Adi Azriff Basri, Ernnie Illyani Basri, Spoorthi Singh

Open Access archive

The drone technology has received a wide range of research focusing on improving flight dynamics, battery life, payload capacity and sensor technology. However, for the applications of using drone for high rise buildings are limited by battery life for longer flight with longer duration tasks. This work presents the implementation of a control valve systems for the rotational motion of a microturbine drone. The first objective of this project was to design and develop a control valve system for a microturbine with propeller. The second objective was to measure micro turbine’s performance output which consisted of revolution per minute (rpm) …

Detection Of Colorization Based Image Forgeries Using Convolutional Autoencoder Method, Soumyashree Muralidhar Panchal, Asha Kethaganahalli Hanumanthaiah, Bindushree Channabasavaraju Doddasiddavanahalli, Manju More Eshwar Rao

Open Access archive

Recently, it has become difficult to recognize and easier to misuse digital images due to the large number of editing tools available. Detecting forgeries in images is crucial for security and forensic purposes. Therefore, this research implements a deep learning (DL) method of convolutional autoencoder (CAE) which improves colorization-based image forgery detection by leveraging spatial and color information, increasing the detection accuracy. At first, the pre-processed input forgery images are used with the wiener filtering-contrast restricted improved histogram equalization (WE-CLAHE) technique. Hybrid dual-tree complex wavelet trigonometric transform (H‑DTCWT) and VGG-16 are used to extract effective features from the clustered data. …

Enhancing Secured Data Sharing In Mobile Cloud Environments Using Self-Generative Schnorr Certificateless Signcryption, V. L. Sowmya, R. Shankar, Anitha Premkumar, Umi Salma Basha

Open Access archive

Mobile cloud computing uses cloud infrastructure to provide apps and services to mobile devices. In this scenario, cloud computing promotes data sharing among authorised users by providing access to resources stored on Cloud Servers (CS). Data sharing is the process of distributing data to various users or applications; however, providing secure access and data protection remains a major concern. To solve this, a novel technique known as Random Self-Generative Schnorr Certificateless Signcryption based Secured Data Sharing (RSGSCS-SDS) is presented to improve data confidentiality in mobile cloud environments. The RSGSCS-SDS approach begins with mobile. In order to access different services, cloud …

Evaluation Of Various Bacterial Self-Healing Activities In Concrete, Upadhyaya K. Sandesh, Priyodip Paul, S. Sumanth Akhil, Nishanta Khatoniyar

Open Access archive

Concrete, a popular construction material, is prone to cracking, which affects its long-term strength and durability. An easier, eco-friendly, and economical approach to improve the durability of concrete is by applying ureolytic bacteria. Self-healing concrete is the concrete that fills the micro-cracks by producing calcite crystals when the bacteria come in contact with water and air. The study focuses on accessing the concrete healing mechanism using five different bacteria that contribute to the increase in compressive strength of the concrete. These five bacteria studied here are rarely used in concrete. The hardened properties of concrete with ureolytic bacteria were comparable …

A Fisher Information Theory Of Aesthetic Preference For Complexity, Sébastien Berquet, Hassan Aleem, Norberto M. Grzywacz

Psychology: Faculty Publications and Other Works

When evaluating sensory stimuli, people tend to prefer those with not too little or not too much complexity. A recent theoretical proposal for this phenomenon is that preference has a direct link to the Observed Fisher Information that a stimulus carries about the environment. To make this theory complete, one must specify the model that the brain has about complexities in the world. Here, we develop this model by first obtaining the distributions of three indices of complexity measured as normalized Shannon Entropy in real-world images from seven environments. We then search for a parametric model that accounts for these …

Campus Master Plan - November 2024, Facilities Management, East Tennessee State University

Campus Facility Master Plans

No abstract provided.

Failing To See What's In Front Of Our Eyes: The Effect Of Cognitive Errors On Corporate Scandals, Nancy B. Rapoport

William & Mary Business Law Review

Why do we believe flim-flam artists so readily, especially in the business and commercial realm? This Article explores four reallife versions of “The Emperor’s New Clothes” fable—FTX, WeWork, Theranos, and a former bankruptcy judge’s hidden romance— and asks why people bought into the hype. Where were the warning signs, and how might we better spot those signs in the future?

Ideal Enforcement: How Do We Achieve Optimal Enforcement Of Traffic Law As Ubiquitous Enforcement Becomes Technologically Conceivable?, Bryant Walker Smith, Jeffrey Michael, Johnathon Ehsani

Michigan Technology Law Review

Safety. Mobility. Technology. Data. Equity. Autonomy. Community. Justice. Power. Trust. These themes have resonated over the last few years across a wide range of specific issues—some that are new and others that have only recently received the broader attention that they demand. A coming age of “perfect enforcement,” in which both public and private actors use increasingly powerful, pervasive, and affordable technologies to automatically identify and penalize every deviation from public or private rules, captures all these issues: They meet—in the language of physics, they interfere, whether constructively or destructively—to affect both perception and reality. The potential role of technology …

Combined Single-Shot Intra-Articular Injection Of Ropivacaine And Contrast Media For Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Surgical Decision Making For Hip Arthroscopy In Young Patients, Neil Sarna, Gabriel I. Onor, Kathleen E. Schenker, Alvin W. Su

Rothman Institute Papers

Introduction:

Hip impingement syndrome with labral tear is debilitating for young patients. When magnetic resonance arthrogram (MRA) is equivocal for surgical decision making, an additional intra-articular diagnostic injection (IA) can further confirm the diagnosis. We assessed the effectiveness on surgical decision making by combining hip MRA + IA in one single procedure.

Methods:

We conducted a retrospective review of a prospectively enrolled cohort of patients with hip impingement syndrome who underwent a combined MRA + IA procedure. A 10-mL cocktail containing 0.2% ropivacaine and Omnipaque 300 contrast media was injected into the hip joint, followed by magnetic resonance scanning, in …

Organisational Resilience : A Study Of The Resilience Of Maritime Stakeholders In Ghana, Priscilla Ami Dogbeda Dzokoto

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Transportation Safety In Lake Victoria, Clever Tugume

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Navigating The Technological Wave In Maritime : Examining Safety Culture In The Era Of Sustainability And E-Navigation, Mithilesh Kumar

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Assessment Of The Impact Of Marine Pollution In Maputo Port, Mozambique, Lina Maria Elias Vasco

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Dc-Instruct : An Effective Framework For Generative Multi-Intent Spoken Language Understanding, Bowen Xing, Lizi Liao, Minlie Huang

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

In the realm of multi-intent spoken language understanding, recent advancements have leveraged the potential of prompt learning frameworks. However, critical gaps exist in these frameworks: the lack of explicit modeling of dual-task dependencies and the oversight of task-specific semantic differences among utterances. To address these shortcomings, we propose DC-Instruct, a novel generative framework based on Dual-task Inter-dependent Instructions (DII) and Supervised Contrastive Instructions (SCI). Specifically, DII guides large language models (LLMs) to generate labels for one task based on the other task’s labels, thereby explicitly capturing dual-task inter-dependencies. Moreover, SCI leverages utterance semantics differences by guiding LLMs to determine whether …

Implementation Of Mash Surrogate Test Vehicles For Sign Supports, Breakaway Poles, And Work Zone Traffic Control Devices, Mahfuza Rahman Doreen

Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

This describes the development of two surrogate test vehicles, or "bogie vehicles," for performing compliance testing of breakaway devices found on the roadside according to the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH). Historically, surrogate vehicle testing and approval of roadside structures was not permitted, because critical vehicle behaviors could not be emulated using the existing or modified rigid frame structures. Therefore, Project NCHRP 22-55 was funded to develop two reusable bogie vehicles to emulate the MASH 1100C small car and 2270P pickup truck. This thesis describes the background data collection, initial …

Enhancing Post Silicon Visibility Using Language Modelling Techniques, Nathaniel Joseph Fender

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The debugging phase is a critical time in the development of a new system on chip product. Specifically, the post-silicon validation phase is one of the most important, as it allows engineers to test the behavior of a device in a real world setting. However, the issue of noisy or incomplete data is a frequent issue when attempting to debug an SoC design during this step. This thesis examines the utility of utilizing machine learning models for the purpose of repairing missing data in a system trace. We trained various models using the transformer architecture to identify missing data in …

Predicting Human Chess Moves With Large Language Models, Benjamin Kreiger

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

As artificial intelligence (AI) surpasses human performance in more tasks, the interest in leveraging and collaborating with this technology for greater productivity continues to grow. However, the black-box nature of current AI can make it difficult to interpret and unsuitable to perform tasks that are more complex and require human intuition. This has led to the pursuit of AI systems that can model individual behavior. Chess offers an ideal environment to explore this task due to its complexity, structure, and the abundance of data containing unique human decision-making examples. Given that a chess game can be fully represented with text, …

Using State Document Depository Requirements To Acclimate Stakeholders To Open Science Initiatives, Tressa M. Graves

EERC Publications, Papers, & Presentations

To help internal stakeholders such as researchers and administrators become familiar with open science principles, the Energy & Environmental Research Center Library & Information Services (LIS) group used state and university records management requirements. As a research organization connected to a state university, the EERC must follow state document depository requirements for select publications.

You’Ve Got Fraud: Meta’S Embrace Of Fraudulent Ads And How § 230 Can Protect Us, Benjamin D. Spain

North Carolina Journal of Law & Technology

No abstract provided.