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Enhancement Of Security And Reliability With MIMO Communication For The Smart Grid
(Electrical Engineering, 2013-07-22)In smart grid applications, developing appropriate wireless communication architecture is extremely important as wireless communication faces security and reliability challenges. To combat severe communication impairment ... -
ENHANCEMENTS OF SHEAR TESTS FOR ASPHALT CONCRETE
(2019-12-04)The measurement of the fundamental shear properties of asphalt mixes is imperative to the improvement of modelling of rutting development in asphalt concrete. The Duplicate Shear Tester (DST) is a recent device developed ... -
Enhancements To The SAM-grid Infrastructure
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2007-08-23)SAM-Grid is a grid computing infrastructure for high energy physics (HEP) experiments in Fermilab. It is composed of data handling, job management and information management components. There are several challenges when ... -
Enhancing A Social Work Student's Experience With Standardized Diagnostic Instruments: Comparative Administration Of The CAPS, SCID, And PCL-M To Assess PTSD
(Social Work, 2014-09-17)Multiple assessment tools measure PTSD. Participants used the PCL-M, or the SCID. I used the CAPS to supplement these assessments. None of these is usually taught to graduate social work students despite requirement ... -
ENHANCING ANAEROBIC OXIDATION OF METHANE IN LANDFILL COVER SOIL
(2019-05-13)Methane (CH4) is one of the major greenhouse gases (GHG) generated in landfills and has a global warming effect 28 times more than carbon dioxide (CO2). Therefore, decreasing methane emissions into the atmosphere from ... -
Enhancing Biomedical Imaging with AI: Compression, Prediction, and Multi-Modal Integration for Clinical Advancement
(2023-12-15)This dissertation delves into the enhancement of biomedical image analysis through the deployment of artificial intelligence methodologies, focusing on the transition from theoretical innovation to practical clinical ... -
Enhancing Biomedical Imaging with AI: Compression, Prediction, and Multi-Modal Integration for Clinical Advancement
(2023-12-15)This dissertation delves into the enhancement of biomedical image analysis through the deployment of artificial intelligence methodologies, focusing on the transition from theoretical innovation to practical clinical ... -
Enhancing Effectiveness Of Aashto Type Prestressed Concrete Bridge Girder Through Fiber Reinforced Polymer Strengthening
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2014-07-14)Fiber-reinforced polymers (FRP) are newly used materials by structuralengineers compared to concrete, steel, and wood. One area in which FRP is being used more and more is the strengthening of structurally deficient concrete ... -
Enhancing Experiential Learning through Virtual Reality: A Case Study in System Design and Hazard Analysis
(2023-08-07)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 8/1/2024** ABSTRACT: The recent advancement of additive manufacturing (AM) technologies leads to an extensive need for an industrial workforce. Training in AM requires ... -
Enhancing Health Tweet Classification: An evaluation of Transformer-based models for Comprehensive Analysis
(2023-05-10)The task of health tweet classification entails identifying whether a given tweet is health-related or not. While existing research in this area has made significant progress in classifying tweets into specific sub-domains ... -
ENHANCING INDIRECT / DIRECT EVAPORATIVE HEAT EXCHANGER IN DATA CENTER COOLING BY USING PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL
(2017-08-11)Electrical usage in data center continues to grow and recent projection estimate that it contributes 2% in the electricity use in the U.S. One method of controlling the electrical usage during cooling is to reduce or ... -
Enhancing Indoors Robotic Traversability Estimation with Sensor Fusion
(2023-11-14)Generally speaking, traversability estimation illustrates the ability to navigate or move through a particular environment (indoors or outdoors). Indoor environments are governed by uncertainty and stochasticity arising ... -
Enhancing JSWAT For Monitor-based Executions
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2008-08-08)Concurrent programs contain more than one thread that executes concurrently to accomplish a particular task. Since the threads in a concurrent program work together to accomplish a common goal, they share the data, code, ... -
ENHANCING MICROSTRUCTURE, COMPOSITION HOMOGENEITY, AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES IN LASER POWDER BED FUSED METALLIC ALLOYS: DESIGN, FABRICATION, AND EVALUATION
(2023-05-12)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 05/12/2024** ABSTRACT: Over the past five decades, Nickel-based and Titanium-based alloys have become increasingly popular materials. As the manufacturing industry for ... -
Enhancing Personalized Search And Improving Accuracy And Performance For Keyword-based XML Queries
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2010-07-19)This dissertation research focuses on three aspects related to querying of XML data. The three focus areas are: (1) Improving accuracy of XML keyword queries by modeling the contexts of XML elements; (2) Enhancing XML-based ... -
ENHANCING PRODUCTIVITY BY USING BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING APPLICATIONS IN PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
(2016-05-16)Building Information Modeling (BIM) is a technology and associated set of processes to produce, communicate, and analyze building models. BIM is a new concept within the construction industry. The objective of this thesis ... -
Enhancing Selective Decomposition Of Ibuprofen Onto Porous TiO₂ Nanoparticles
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2014-03-10)Advanced oxidation technologies have gained tremendous attention for water treatment purposes after demonstration of insufficient efficiency of conventional systems for removal of many emerging chemicals of concern. ... -
ENHANCING STUDENT MATHEMATICS SUCCESS THROUGH SERVICE-LEARNING: AN EXAMINATION OF STUDENT MOTIVATION USING THE SELF-DETERMINATION THEORY
(2020-08-04)The increase in collegiate enrollment, yet bleak graduation rates, poses a significant problem for students and educators alike. Contributing to the high attrition rates, a lack of academic motivation often leads to poor ... -
Enhancing Tensile Strength of FDM parts using Thermal Annealing and Uniaxial Pressure
(2019-01-15)Additive manufacturing has been a revolutionary and disruptive technological development in the field of design and manufacturing with Fused deposition modelling (FDM) being at the forefront of this technology. But it is ... -
ENHANCING THE CLASSIFICATION OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER FROM RS-FMRI FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY DATA USING TEMPORAL INFORMATION
(2023-12-15)Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) affects the patient’s cognitive development which leads to difficulties in social functioning, daily tasks, and independent living. This necessitates intervention at an early age to take ...