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Machine Learning Applied to the Design of Drilled Shafts: Prediction of the Nominal Axial Resistance in Cohesive-Dominant Soils using Artificial Neural Networks
(2023)The use of drilled shafts as deep foundation systems in supporting large civil engineering structures such as highways, bridges, retaining structures and high-rise buildings is rapidly increasing. These foundations are ... -
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Machine Learning based Mountainous Skyline Detection and Visual Geo-Localization
(2017)With the ubiquitous availability of geo-tagged imagery and increased computational power, geo-localization has captured a lot of attention from researchers in computer vision and image retrieval communities. Significant ... -
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Machine Learning Driven Fine-Grained Spatial-Temporal Cellular User Traffic Prediction
(2018)Good traffic modeling and prediction are essential for providing high-quality telecommunication services, yet a challenging task. Due to the diverse network demands of Internet-based apps, the cellular traffic from an ... -
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Machine Learning Techniques Applied to the Nevada Geothermal Play Fairway Analysis
(2021)This study introduces machine learning techniques to the Nevada geothermal play fairway analysis (PFA), which provided geothermal potential maps for 96,000 km2 of west-central to eastern Nevada. The motivation for this ... -
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Machine Learning Techniques for Cancer Subtype Discovery and Single-cell RNA Sequencing Data Analysis
(2023)Cancer is an umbrella term that includes a range of disorders, from those that are aggressive and life-threatening to indolent lesions with low or delayed potential for progression to death. After 20 years of cancer ... -
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Machine View
(2016)3D printers require custom software to operate. Hobbyists who build their own 3D printers must create or edit their own software. Learning to write code for 3D printers can be a barrier for many people who want to create ... -
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Macrocyclic Polyamines and Their Metal Complexes Targeting HIV-1
(2012)M40401 is a well known antioxidant and as of late, it has been studied for anti- HIV properties. It was reported to reduce apoptosis of astrocytes caused by HIV- 1 infected macrophages (M/M) supernatants, and in 2005, a ... -
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Magic Integrated: Competitive Video Games in Elementary School Classrooms
(5/1/2020)Magic Integrated consists of four minigames that encourage students to learn concepts taught in grades K-5. Each minigame is self-contained and focuses on friendly two-player competitions between students. Omega Math teaches ... -
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Magic Trapping of a Three-Level System for Rydberg Quantum Computation
(2012)For over a decade, enormous e ort has been invested towards building a practical quantum computer. Such a machine promises to revolutionize scienti c computing, but there are many challenges to be overcome. The dominant ... -
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Magmatic interaction in the Crystal Range suite, northern Sierra Nevada batholith, California
(University of Nevada, Reno, 1992)The approximately 225-km2 Desolation study area lies at the northern end of the Sierra Nevada batholith, southwest of Lake Tahoe. The area is underlain by early- to middle-Jurassic metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks ... -
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Magneticure: Business Plan Proposal
(2010)The purpose of the Magneticure Company is to provide medical devices which increase the comfort of patients during cancer treatment processes. Upon founding, the company will be centered on its inaugural product, the ... -
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Magnocellular Impairments in Autism Spectrum Disorders as Assesses by Visual Evoked Potentials
(2013)Motion perception in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) has become a salient topic in the past few years. Several studies have found links between abnormal motion processing and symptomatology in ASDs, suggesting that impaired ... -
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MailSnap: Upgrade Your Mailbox
(2017)With their product MailSnap, SimpliSecure aims to increase security and convenience of users’ mailing experience. Ambient light sensing is used to determine if the mailbox door has been opened or closed and if new mail has ... -
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Maintaining soil carbon in semiarid meadows: inputs, retention, and resulting carbon stocks
(2022)Soil carbon (C) provides ecosystem services and can function as a C sink to mitigate climate change. Soil C is the result of inputs facilitated by autotrophs and respiratory losses caused by heterotrophic soil microbes. ... -
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Make Believe: Stories
(2022)Collected here are eleven short stories of magic, distant worlds, survival, transformation, and healing. A war orphan fights for the chance to be a queen. A young Polish girl on her way to America finds solace and courage ... -
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"Make the Biggest Little Mistake of Your Life" -- On-Screen Portrayals of Reno, Nevada, in Television and Film
(2013)Reno, Nevada, is a subject seen and mentioned many times in film and television over the past century. On-screen depictions use ways to create a sense of place that often focus on specific aspects of a place and omit others. ... -
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Making Caseloads Manageable: A Mixed Methods Study of Special Education Resource Teachers
(2022)Managing a caseload of students with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) is a demanding working condition for special education teachers (SETs). Large and unmanageable caseloads are important because of the connections ... -
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Making Destiny: Black Imaginaries in Colombia and the U.S.
(2022)This thesis proposes that juxtaposing Octavia Butler’s Parable series and the theorizing of Colombia’s Proceso Communidades Negras (PCN) reveals a transnational Black imaginary in the Americas that challenged the reimposition ... -
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Making In Utero Gene Therapy Safer and More Efficient: A First Step Towards Clinical Realization
(2009)Gene therapy harbors the potential to treat and cure some of the most devastating diseases affecting humans. Monogenic disorders are the ideal target for developing and testing gene therapy procedures that will allow ... -
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Making Sense of Adding Environmental Sustainability as a Core Value by a Company with a High Carbon Footprint: A Single Case Study
(2020)A qualitative single case study was conducted to explore how a single company with a high fossil fuel use, ITS Logistics, has adapted to the triple bottom line components of social, environmental, and economic sustainability. ...
