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Interacting Effects of Climate Change Variables on Fish Aerobic Metabolism: Changing Exercise Performance in the Face of Deoxygenation, Hypercapnia, and Hyperthermia.
Ph.D. Thesis. University of HawaiÊ»i at MÄnoa 2017
Motion compensated interpolation for subband coding of moving images
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1994.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 108-119).by Mark Daniel Polomski.M.S
Gaussian Process Regression for Materials and Molecules.
We provide an introduction to Gaussian process regression (GPR) machine-learning methods in computational materials science and chemistry. The focus of the present review is on the regression of atomistic properties: in particular, on the construction of interatomic potentials, or force fields, in the Gaussian Approximation Potential (GAP) framework; beyond this, we also discuss the fitting of arbitrary scalar, vectorial, and tensorial quantities. Methodological aspects of reference data generation, representation, and regression, as well as the question of how a data-driven model may be validated, are reviewed and critically discussed. A survey of applications to a variety of research questions in chemistry and materials science illustrates the rapid growth in the field. A vision is outlined for the development of the methodology in the years to come
The Sixth Annual Workshop on Space Operations Applications and Research (SOAR 1992)
This document contains papers presented at the Space Operations, Applications, and Research Symposium (SOAR) hosted by the U.S. Air Force (USAF) on 4-6 Aug. 1992 and held at the JSC Gilruth Recreation Center. The symposium was cosponsored by the Air Force Material Command and by NASA/JSC. Key technical areas covered during the symposium were robotic and telepresence, automation and intelligent systems, human factors, life sciences, and space maintenance and servicing. The SOAR differed from most other conferences in that it was concerned with Government-sponsored research and development relevant to aerospace operations. The symposium's proceedings include papers covering various disciplines presented by experts from NASA, the USAF, universities, and industry
The psychasthenia of deep space: evaluating the âreassertion of space in critical social theoryâ
The aim of this work is to question the notion of space that underlies the claimed âspatial turnâ in
geographical and social theory. Section 1 examines this theoretical literature, drawing heavily on
Soja as the self declared taxonomist of the genre, and also seeks parallels with more populist texts
on cities and space, to suggest, following Williams, that there is a new âstructure of feelingâ
towards space. Section 1 introduces two foundational concepts. The first, derived from Sojaâs
misunderstanding of Borgesâ story The Aleph, argues for an âalephic visionâ, an imposition of a
de-materialized and revelatory understanding of space. This is related to the second, an âecstatic
visionâ, which describes the tendency, illustrated through the work of Koolhaas and recent
exhibitions on the experience of cities, to treat spatial and material experience in hyperbolic and
hallucinatory terms.
Section 2 offers a series of theoretical reconstructions which seek to draw out parallels between
the work of key theorists of what I term the ârespatializationâ literature (Harvey, Giddens,
Foucault and Lefebvre) and the work of Hillier et al in the Space Syntax school. A series of
empirical studies demonstrate that the approach to the material realm offered by Space Syntax is
not only theoretically compatible but can also help to explain âreal worldâ phenomena. However,
the elision with wider theoretical positions points to the need for a reworking of elements of
Space Syntax, and steps towards this goal are offered in section 3.
In the final âspeculative epilogueâ I reopen the philosophical debates about the nature of space,
deliberately suppressed from the beginning, and suggest that perhaps the apparent theoretical and
empirical versatility of Space Syntax, based upon a configurational approach to space as a
complex relational system, may offer an alternative approach to these enduring metaphysical
debates
ANALYSIS OF THE VOLTAGE STABILITY PROBLEM IN ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS USING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS
PhDThe voltage stability problem in electric power systems is concerned with the analysis of
events and mechanisms that can lead a system into inadmissible operating conditions from the
voltage viewpoint. In the worst case, total collapse of the system may result, with disastrous consequences
for both electricity utilities and customers. The analysis of this problem has become an
important area of research over the past decade due to some instances of voltage collapse that have
occurred in electric systems throughout the world.
This work addresses the voltage stability problem within the framework of artificial neural
networks. Although the field of neural networks was established during the late 1940s, only in the
past few years has it experienced rapid development. The neural network approach offers some
potential advantages to the solution of problems for which an analytical solution is difficult. Also,
efficient and accurate computation may be achieved through neural networks.
The first contribution of this work refers to the development of an artificial neural network
capable of computing a static voltage stability index, which provides information on the stability
of a given operating state in the power system. This analytical tool was implemented as a self-contained
computational system which exhibited good accuracy and extremely low processing times
when applied to some study cases.
Dynamic characteristics of the electrical system in the voltage stability problem are very
important. Therefore, in a second stage of the present work, the scope of the research was extended
so as to take into account these new aspects. Another neural network-based computational system
was developed and implemented with the purpose of providing some information on the behaviour
of the electrical system in the immediate future.
Examples and case studies are presented throughout the thesis in order to illustrate the most
relevant aspects of both artificial neural networks and the computational models developed. A general
discussion summarises the main contributions of the present work and topics for further
research are outlined.CNPq -Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientffico e Tecnoldgico
EPUSP -Escola Politecnica da Universidade de Sao Paul