Discrete differential geometry driven methods for architectural geometry by Yao, Sidan

“…For each face with small curvature difference, we compute a stretch matrix that turns the principal directions into a pair of conjugate directions. …”
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Innovation and firm survival: the role of timing, funding, and networks by Gao, Ming

“…Therefore, researchers realized that attention should be turned to exploring heterogeneous issues or the factors that may affect the influence of innovation on firms’ survival. …”
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21W.747 Rhetoric, Fall 2002 by Strang, Steven M.

“…At its worst, however, rhetoric is used unethically by people to manipulate us instead of enlightening us, to spread propaganda instead of seeking truth, to make palatable those ideas and products whose adoption actually runs counter to our best interests. Understanding rhetoric, then, is our best defense against its abusers-- e.g., political "spin doctors," advertisers, demagogues, apologists for immoral business practices, and hate mongers. …”
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Towards haptic intelligence in robots by learning from demonstration by Turlapati Sri Harsha

“…This is evident from how we are able to look for objects in the dark, wield them intelligently without having to know where we are holding them and even form a mental image of an object by running our hands along its surface. In the first part of this thesis, we build on this latter idea of performing haptic exploration of surfaces with a focus on extracting the geometry of fine features. …”
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Towards practical data-driven predictive maintenance: a robust and generalizable deep learning approach by Mohamed Ragab Mohamad Adam

“…On the one hand, data labeling and annotation can be very laborious tasks, especially for sensor data that encompass complex underlying patterns. Furthermore, running to failure for vast and sophisticated machines can be costly and cause catastrophic consequences. …”
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Efficient algorithms for subgraph counting and enumeration on large graphs by Wang, Kaixin

“…We conduct extensive experi- ments to verify that our technique can produce estimates with smaller errors while often running faster compared with existing algorithms. …”
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Mastering Voice Interfaces : Creating Great Voice Apps for Real Users / by Thymé-Gobbel, Ann, author 642940, Jankowski, Charles, author 642941

Tsewang Norbu NGB by Cantwell, C, Mayer, R

“…Where they are more definitely distinguished, without running text titles or sequential chapter numbering, and with their own distinct titles and colophons, we have classified them as separate texts. …”

Towards robust sensing and recognition : from statistical learning to transfer learning by Yang, Jianfei

“…Firstly, we formulate the Edge Domain Adaptation (EDA) problem that addresses the domain shift between a model trained in center server and the model running in edge devices. Then MobileDA is proposed to deal with this problem by joint minimization of domain disparity and model complexity. …”
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Interventions for quitting vaping by Butler, AR, Lindson, N, Livingstone-Banks, J, Notley, C, Turner, T, Rigotti, NA, Fanshawe, TR, Dawkins, L, Begh, R, Wu, AD, Brose, L, Conde, M, Simonavičius, E, Hartmann-Boyce, J

“…Therefore, we will continue to update this review as a living systematic review by running searches monthly and updating the review when relevant new evidence that will strengthen or change our conclusions emerges.…”