Towards formal verification of Bayesian inference in probabilistic programming via guaranteed bounds by Zaiser, F

“…The remainder of the thesis deals with imperative probabilistic programs limited to linear operations and discrete observations. …”

Codesign of quantum error-correcting codes and modular chiplets in the presence of defects by Lin, Sophia Fuhui, Viszlai, Joshua, Smith, Kaitlin N., Ravi, Gokul Subramanian, Yuan, Charles, Chong, Frederic T., Brown, Benjamin J.

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Three-dimensional scour at submarine pipelines by Wu, Yushi.

“…Four non-dimensional parameters are identified from dimensional analysis and their effects examined systematically with careful variable control. Stage II deals with the study of the mechanics of scouring at the span shoulder of the pipeline. …”
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A medical image-based computer-aided diagnosis system for musculoskeletal disease and disorder. by Chuah, Tong Kuan

“…Having established the ability to classify subjects with and without BML, the thesis then deals with the development of an automated segmentation algorithm for the bone in knee MRI, by proposing a new termination criterion and an initialization strategy for active contours. …”
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Three essays on corporate finance by Zou, Kunru

“…We find drops in price discounts of privatization deals and jumps in efficiency for privatized SOEs when local politicians lose connections to Central Committee members around the retirement age cut-offs.The second essay studies the real and social impacts of debt contracting by exploring the effect of loan covenants on borrowing firms’ CSR (corporate social responsibility) performance. …”
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Content-based image retrieval with statistical machine learning. by Zhang, Lining.

“…Moreover, the new method can also lean a distance metric but performs more effectively and efficiently when dealing with high-dimensional data. The effectiveness of CPSL in exploiting the RF log data to improve the performance of CBIR has been demonstrated by a large number of empirical studies.…”
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论汉魏六朝挽歌与悼亡诗的生死主题 = Theme on life and death in elegy and lament poetry of Han, Wei and six dynasties by 郑慧萍 Teh, Hui Ping

“…Next, it explores reasons and definitions of theme on life and death in Han Dynasty and Six Dynasties. The second chapter deals with spaces, mode of narration and theme on life and death in elegies. …”
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A product conceptualization strategy based on crowd-innovation by Chang, Danni

“…Thirdly, crowdsourcing responses are often in large numbers and in various formats, which leads to further difficulties in dealing with crowdsourced conceptual designs. Specific issues, such as how to incorporate crowdsourcing to facilitate concept generation for the creation of innovative concepts, how to implement concept evaluation and selection in a crowdsourcing environment, and how to verify crowdsourced conceptual designs further in terms of innovativeness, have to be addressed well. …”
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Active learning for ontological event extraction incorporating named entity recognition and unknown word handling by Han, Xu, Kim, Jung-jae, Kwoh, Chee Keong

“…The proposed method further deals with unknown words in test data by using word similarity measures. …”
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Reliability analysis and data driven modelling of railway component failure by Wang, Jinlong

“…The proposed physical knowledge guided robust nonlinear regression analysis framework for multidimensional degradation data dealing with atypical hidden outliers demonstrated significant improvement in the modelling results. …”
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权利与权力：论中国网络话语权归属 = Rights vs power: a study of ownership of the right of discourse in China cyberspace by 陈嘉怡 Chen, Jia Yi

“…The discourse power in the cybersphere is constantly dealing with a lot of uncertainty, whether it be through the censorship and surveillance of the official authority or mobilizing forces from the general people to overthrow officials. …”
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SPP/LSP coupled hybrid mode directed multi-functional surface-enhanced Raman system by Du, Luping

“…The system is grounded on a novel idea, which utilizes the giant electromagnetic enhancement arising from the strong coupling between surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) and localized surface plasmon (LSP), the two different types of SP modes, and deals with the problems facing with SERS and other SP-based techniques. …”
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Large-scale capacitive touch panels : sensor pattern design, sampling and interpolation by Akhtar, Humza

“…We also propose geometrical changes to increase the sensing area of the existing designs and test the sensitivity of sensor patterns using ANSYS Method Of Moments (MOM) capacitance solver. The second question deals with the transformation of small-scale touch panel to a large-scale one. …”
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Negotiating shared spaces in informal peri-urban settlements in North India: collaborative architectural making as a catalyst for civic empowerment and social change by Tang, Bo

“… (2) The Quarry Classrooms Project initiated in 2008 deals with amenity buildings in quarry worker settlements in Navi Mumbai. …”
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Active learning with applications in biomedical document annotation by Han, Xu

“…The proposed method fur- ther deals with unknown words in test data by using word similarity measures. …”
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Non-newtonian fluids and droplets in microchannels by Huang, Yi

“…Challenges occur when the EO driven mechanism encounters complex rheology and vital questions such as "Can the zeta potential still be assumed to be constant when dealing with fluids with complex rheology?", "Does the shear thinning effect enhances electroosmotic driven flow?" …”
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21W.747 Rhetoric, Fall 2002 by Strang, Steven M.

“…Because the study of rhetoric has always had as one of its goals the creation of active and informed citizens and because rhetors write to influence the real world and thus to become agents of positive change, 21W.747 has an optional Service Learning (SL) component: You may elect to write/work for a non-profit organization that deals with some social issue. To offset the 20-30 hours during the semester that the SL option will involve, those who select it will substitute their non-profit writing for essay #4 or use their experiences there as the main source for one of their essays. …”
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Nature-inspired lightweight auxetic structures for enhanced stiffness and absorption capacity by Zhang, Ee Teng

“…For dynamic impacts, it is recommended to prioritize the ease of deformation in the auxetic design. In contrast, when dealing with quasi-static loading scenarios, the focus should remain on enhancing the auxetic effect itself. …”
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PostIndependentzia by Calzada, I

“…Quarrelling and short-sightedness remain the daily rule in Basque politics, and dealing with this provokes a mess entangled in a contradiction that paralyses any forward-looking attempt at strategic policy-makings. …”