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Journal articles on the topic "Equally distant"
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San-Ru, Hao, Hou Bo-Yu, Xi Xiao-Qiang, and Yue Rui-Hong. "Accessible Information for Equally-Distant Partially-Entangled Alphabet State Resource." Communications in Theoretical Physics 37, no. 2 (February 15, 2002): 149–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0253-6102/37/2/149.
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Poggianti, B. M., and G. Barbaro. "Galaxy Evolution in Distant Clusters." Symposium - International Astronomical Union 171 (1996): 433. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0074180900233512.
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A significant evolution has been detected in intermediate redshift clusters (z < 0.9), first by photometric studies ([1], [2]), which showed an excess of blue objects; subsequent spectroscopic studies revealed anomalies in most of the galaxies, mainly consisting of excessively strong Balmer lines. In order to explain the spectroscopic observations, bursts of star formation superimposed to the traditional scenario of galactic evolution are needed. The analysis of spectral lines and colours by means of an evolutionary synthesis model ([3]), including both the stellar contribution and the emission of the ionized gas, allows in most of the cases the determination of the time elapsed since the end of the burst and the fraction of galactic mass involved in it. In the clusters considered (AC103, AC114, AC118 at z = 0.31, [4]), the theoretical analysis demonstrates that the bursts affect substantial galactic mass fractions, typically 30 % or more. The observations can be equally well reproduced by either elliptical+burst models or by spiral+burst models in which the star formation is truncated at the end of the burst. The analysis of an UV colour such as (1550-V) is proposed as a valid method to distinguish between the two cases for Hδ strong red galaxies.
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Rueffer, Martina, and Meinhart H. Zenk. "Distant Precursors of Benzylisoquinoline Alkaloids and their Enzymatic Formation." Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C 42, no. 4 (April 1, 1987): 319–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/znc-1987-0402.
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The incorporation rates of labelled tyrosine, DOPA. tyramine. and dopamine have been investigated during the in vivo formation of the protoberberine alkaloid, jatrorrhizine, in callus cultures of Berberis canadensis. While tyrosine was equally well incorporated into both the isoquinoline (54%) and benzyl (46%) portions of the alkaloid, DOPA was almost exclusively (91%) transformed into the isoquinoline moiety. However, tyramine (25%) and to a lesser extent, dopamine (15%) were incorporated into the aldehyde-derived, benzylic half of the isoquinoline molecule as well. In order to investigate further the precursory roles of these compounds, select enzymes involved in tyrosine metabolism in alkaloid-producing cell cultures have been studied. The occurrence of tyrosine decarboxylase, phenolase, transaminase, p-hydroxyphenylpyruvate decarboxylase, amineoxidase and methionine adenosyl transferase was demonstrated in suspension cells of Berberis. These enzymes were partially purified and a preliminary characterization was performed. In the light of these and previous data, the differential metabolism of tyrosine and DOPA in the early steps of isoquinoline alkaloid biosynthesis is discussed. Conclusive evidence as to the biosynthetic origin of the phenylacetaldehydes which furnish the benzylic moiety of the alkaloids is precluded by the presence of both amineoxidase and phenylpyruvate decarboxylase activities in these cultures.
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Boustan, A., A. Nejati-Javaremi, M. M. Shahrbabak, and M. Saatchi. "Effect of using different number and type of records from different generations as reference population on the accuracy of genomic evaluation." Archives Animal Breeding 56, no. 1 (October 10, 2013): 684–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.7482/0003-9438-56-068.
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Abstract. One important question about genomic evaluation is how distance between generations of individuals in reference population and selection candidates, would affect the accuracy of genomic estimated breeding value of selection candidates. There were two schemes in the present study. In first scheme, for each individual a genome consisting 30 chromosomes each with 100 equally spaced single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and in second scheme a genome consisting 3 chromosomes each with 1000 equally spaced SNPs was simulated. To generate enough linkage disequilibrium between loci, random mating for 50 generations was done in a finite population. In generation 51, population size was expanded to 250 individuals. This structure was continued until generation 55. Individuals in generation 55 were juvenile and did not have phenotypic records and were selection candidates. Heritability was assumed to be 0.3. Our results showed using information from more distant generations would decrease accuracy of genomic estimated breeding values of selection candidates but in scheme in which marker distance was 1 centimorgan, increasing generation number between reference population and selection candidates would decrease accuracy more than scheme in which marker distance was 0.1 centimorgan. According to our results using EBVs of reference population instead of phenotypic records would increase accuracy extremely.
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Demertzis, Apostolos, and Konstantinos Oikonomou. "Braided Routing Technique to Balance Traffic Load in Wireless Sensor Networks." International Journal of Monitoring and Surveillance Technologies Research 4, no. 4 (October 2016): 1–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijmstr.2016100101.
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Many-to-one wireless sensor networks suffer from an extreme variation of traffic load between nodes. Sensor nodes near the sink consume much more energy than distant ones, resulting in the energy hole problem (global variation of load). In addition, even nodes located at the same distance from the sink experience very different traffic load with each other (local variation). This uneven distribution of traffic load, both globally and locally, results in a severe shortening of the time until first node runs out of battery. This work focuses on balancing the load of equally-distant nodes from the sink by sharing each one's load among its next-hop neighbors. Eventually, packets are travelling from node to sink by following interlaced paths. The proposed routing mechanism, called braided routing, is a simple one and can be applied over any cost-based routing, incurring a negligible overhead. Simulation results show that the local variance of load is reduced nearly 20-60% on average while the time until first death can be prolonged more than twice in many cases and the lifetime about 15%.
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Shaw, J. Margaret. "Coming of age in the Antipodes." Art Libraries Journal 22, no. 3 (1997): 7–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0307472200010476.
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Since the inception of ARLIS/ANZ, Australia and New Zealand have increasingly seen themselves as part of the Asia-Pacific region rather than as a distant outpost of Britain. The impact of post-War European immigrants from countries other than Britain has been felt and immigration from the Asia-Pacific region is now equally important. These developments have contributed to a confident, diverse culture, within which indigenous art has gained greater recognition. Art librarians are benefiting from worldwide electronic communications which have equally helped overcome the ‘tyranny of distance’ within the region itself. Thus, ARLISANZ-L now complements ARLIS/ANZ News. Because of the vast distance between members, ARLIS/ANZ bases its entire central executive within a single local chapter for two years at a time. Local chapters are flourishing, most particularly around major centres. Dispersal of members is also overcome by the all-important annual conferences and workshops. Like other ARLIS groups, ARLIS/ANZ engages in advocacy on behalf of art libraries and art librarians. A major concern for ARLIS/ANZ remains the documentation of the art of Australia and New Zealand both as a result of scholarship and publishing from within the region, and in major international bibliographies and indexes.
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Ochs, Christoph. "God’s self-distancing: what a global pandemic might teach us about God." Theology 123, no. 5 (September 2020): 353–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0040571x20944580.
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As a global pandemic is compelling a majority of the world population to physically distance themselves from one another – essentially out of love for fellow humans – we are given a unique lens to explore that a God of love (1 John 4.8, 16) equally keeps himself distant from humanity in certain regards. God distances himself because he loves. Jüngel, Moltmann and others have argued for God’s self-limitation before creation because of his love; it is therefore worthwhile reflecting if this divine self-contraction (or Zimzum) is not analogous to a kind of self-distancing of God from his creation. This then might offer additional insights to understand God’s seeming absence in creation – which likewise might be motivated by God’s love.
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Rajkumar, K. Varada, Adimulam Yesubabu, and K. Subrahmanyam. "Fuzzy clustering and fuzzy c-means partition cluster analysis and validation studies on a subset of citescore dataset." International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE) 9, no. 4 (August 1, 2019): 2760. http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/ijece.v9i4.pp2760-2770.
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A hard partition clustering algorithm assigns equally distant points to one of the clusters, where each datum has the probability to appear in simultaneous assignment to further clusters. The fuzzy cluster analysis assigns membership coefficients of data points which are equidistant between two clusters so the information directs have a place toward in excess of one cluster in the meantime. For a subset of CiteScore dataset, fuzzy clustering (fanny) and fuzzy c-means (fcm) algorithms were implemented to study the data points that lie equally distant from each other. Before analysis, clusterability of the dataset was evaluated with Hopkins statistic which resulted in 0.4371, a value < 0.5, indicating that the data is highly clusterable. The optimal clusters were determined using NbClust package, where it is evidenced that 9 various indices proposed 3 cluster solutions as best clusters. Further, appropriate value of fuzziness parameter <em>m</em> was evaluated to determine the distribution of membership values with variation in <em>m</em> from 1 to 2. Coefficient of variation (CV), also known as relative variability was evaluated to study the spread of data. The time complexity of fuzzy clustering (fanny) and fuzzy c-means algorithms were evaluated by keeping data points constant and varying number of clusters.
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Ross, Michael, and Anne E. Wilson. "Autobiographical Memory and Conceptions of Self." Current Directions in Psychological Science 12, no. 2 (April 2003): 66–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8721.01228.
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We examine links between self-assessment and autobiographical memory. People generally view themselves as improving over time, relative to their peers. We suggest that this sense of improvement is sometimes illusory, and motivated by the desire to enhance the current self. Our research focuses on people's subjective feeling of temporal distance between an earlier period and the present, a feeling that is only modestly associated with actual time. Research participants praise or criticize the same former self, depending on how far away it feels. An equally distant episode feels close or remote, depending on whether it has favorable or damaging implications for evaluations of the current self. The identical achievement boosts evaluations of the current self or has little impact, depending on how far away it feels. The same failure does or does not harm appraisals of the current self, depending on how far away it feels.
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Dhakar, Ashok K., Sunil Dogra, Keshavamurthy Vinay, Rishu Sarangal, Amrinder J. Kanwar, and Mini P. Singh. "Intralesional Mycobacterium w Vaccine Versus Cryotherapy in Treatment of Refractory Extragenital Warts." Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery 20, no. 2 (November 9, 2015): 123–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1203475415616962.
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Background: Initial reports of immunotherapy using intralesional Mycobacterium w (Mw) vaccine have documented its useful role in treatment of genital and extragenital warts. Objectives: To compare the efficacy and safety of intralesional Mw vaccine versus cryotherapy in the treatment of refractory extragenital warts. Methods: This was a prospective, randomized, comparative study of 66 patients. The outcome was assessed in terms of complete clearance of warts and change in Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) score. Results: Complete clearance of treated warts was seen in 66.7% (20/30) and 65.5% (19/29) of patients in the Mw and cryotherapy groups, respectively ( P = .769). Clearance of distant warts was significantly ( P = .004) high in the Mw group. Improvement in DLQI was greater in the Mw group. Both treatment modalities were well tolerated, and no major side effects occurred. Conclusions: Mw vaccine and cryotherapy are equally efficacious in treatment of refractory extragenital warts. Mw vaccine has an added advantage of clearance of distant warts.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Equally distant"
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De, La Torre Guadalupe Xavier. "Selection from a social distance theory perspective : superintendents' perceptions of equally qualified candidates /." For electronic version search Digital dissertations database. Restricted to UC campuses. Access is free to UC campus dissertations, 2003. http://uclibs.org/PID/11984.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Joint Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership (California State University, Fresno and University of California, Davis).Typescript. Includes bibliographical references. Also available via the World Wide Web. (Restricted to UC campuses).
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Bushnell, Tyler Dwight. "A biomechanical analysis of sprinters vs. distance runners at equal and maximal speeds /." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2004. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd634.pdf.
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Bushnell, Tyler D. "A Biomechanical Analysis of Sprinters vs. Distance Runners at Equal and Maximal Speeds." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2004. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/217.
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In the sport of track and field, sprinting and distance running represent two major categories of athletes. Sprinting is associated with power and speed, whereas distance running focuses on the economy of movement. With distance running there are elements of sprint technique that overlap. With distance events, there comes a time near the end of the race where economy gives way to speed. If the distance runners knew how to alter their technique in a way to become more sprint-like, this process could possibly be more successful. PURPOSE: This study compared the differences in technique between sprinters and distance runners while running at equal and maximal speeds. METHODS: Subjects for the study consisted of 10 Division I collegiate distance runners, 10 Division I collegiate sprinters, and 10 healthy non-runners. The subjects performed two tests, with each consisting of a 60 meter run completed on the track. Test 1 was run at a pace of 5.81 m/s (4:37 min/mile), while Test 2 was completed at maximal speed. Video footage of each trial was collected at 180 Hz, monitoring hip, knee, thigh, and shank positions, as well as stride length, and contact time. RESULTS: Significant differences (p < .05) between the sprint and distance groups at maximal speed were found in the following areas: speed, minimum hip angle, knee extension at toe-off, stride length, contact time, and the position of the recovery knee at touchdown. Sprinters and distance runners exhibited a significantly lower minimum knee angle than those in the control group. Significant differences between the sprint and control group existed at the minimum hip angle, speed, stride length, contact time, and the position of the recovery knee at touchdown. Regarding the paced trial, the sprinters and distance runners showed significant difference concerning the minimum hip angle, center of mass at touchdown, and recovery knee at touchdown. Sprinters differed significantly from the control group in contact time, the center of mass at touchdown and the position of the recovery knee at touchdown. CONCLUSION: As distance runners attempt to sprint, the desired adaptations do not necessarily occur. The development of economical distance form is a fairly natural process that occurs with the miles of training. Sprinting, however, is a separate, learned technique that often requires specific feedback. When attempting maximal speed, distance runners may benefit by focusing on one characteristic of technique. If knee extension at toe-off could be trained to become more sprint-like, the other characteristics unique to sprinters may follow.
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Norell, Bergendahl Anna. "Cultural Distance and Foreign Direct Investment : Does it Matter for Swedish Firms?" Thesis, KTH, Entreprenörskap och Innovation, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-168657.
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This thesis employs a random effects panel estimator to assess the relationship between Swedish outward foreign direct investment (FDI) stock and cultural distance for a panel of 75 countries covering the period 1998–2012. Cultural distance, operationalized by differences in Schwartz cultural orientations and gender equality, adds to the liability of foreignness and is hypothesized to have a negative impact on outward FDI stock. The theoretical underpinning for the hypothesis is based on a gravity model adapted to FDI, which shows that distance between countries reduces the amount of FDI that takes place between them. The results from the analysis provide partial support for the hypothesis as differences in some of Schwartz cultural orientations (harmony, embeddedness and egalitarianism) have a significant and negative effect on Swedish firms´ outward FDI stock. Moreover, differences in women´s economic rights are positively related to FDI, while no significant effects are found for differences in share of women in parliament.
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Wawro, Patrick Richard. "Gendered Distances: A Methodological Inquiry into Spatial Analysis as an Instrument for Assessing Gender Equality in Access to Secondary Schools in Mukono District, Uganda." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2010. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2320.
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This study focused on how accessibility to secondary schools in the Mukono District of Uganda is related to the sex and gender of the student and the distance that separates the student's home from the school they attend. This research is methodological inquiry exploring the use of spatial analysis, specifically how cognitive and metric distances can be used as alternatives to gross enrollment rates (GER) and net enrollment rates (NER) for assessing gender equality in realized accessibility to secondary schools. Student home locations were collected for 756 secondary students, including 437 boarding students and 319 day students from 8 different secondary schools in Mukono District of Uganda. A school accessibility model is presented that suggests that educational policy and delivery efforts to provide school access are mediated by the distances, real and perceived, between students' home locations and available schools. In addition, the relationship between distance and accessibility is moderated by certain characteristics of the schools and the students. Male boarding students were found to travel significantly further than female boarding students indicating that distance more acutely limits their school choices. However, the Ordinal Linear Regression analyses comparing cognitive distance perception with Euclidean, travel and time distances did not find evidence that male and female students perceive the distances they travel to school differently. These findings suggest that building additional quality government schools in urban areas would be an efficient strategy for improving school accessibility in Uganda in general. However, given the particularly restrictive range of travel of many rural female students, additional female-only schools in rural areas would be needed to improve school accessibility for female students living in rural areas.
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Schaller, Markus. "Numerically Optimized Diabatic Distillation Columns." Doctoral thesis, Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, 2007. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:swb:ch1-200701134.
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Im Gegensatz zur konventionellen adiabatischen Destillation erfolgt bei der diabatischen Destillation Wärmeaustausch nicht nur am Kondensator und Verdampfer, sondern auch innerhalb der Kolonne an den einzelnen Siebböden, was die Entropieproduktion (=Exergieverlust) des Destillationsprozesses stark reduziert. In dieser Arbeit werden Modellsysteme zur diabatischen Destillation von idealen binären Gemischen mittels numerischer Optimierung untersucht. Das Ausgangsmodell beschränkt sich auf die Minimierung der Entropieproduktion verursacht durch Wärme- und Massentransport im Inneren der diabatischen Destillationskolonne. Im zweiten Modell wird das diabatische Modell um die Irreversibilität bedingt durch den Wärmeaustausch mit der Umgebung erweitert. Im dritten Modellsystem wird anstelle der bis dahin voneinander unabhängig geregelten Bodentemperaturen eine diabatische Implementierung mit seriellen Wärmetauschern untersucht, die nur mehr vier Kontrollvariablen besitzt und besonders zur praktischen Anwendung geeignet ist. Für alle diabatischen Modelle werden die minimale Entropieproduktion und optimalen Betriebsprofile numerisch ermittelt, und mit konventionellen Destillationskolonnen verglichen. Alle Ergebnisse zeigen eine deutlich Reduktion der Entropieproduktion für den diabatische Fall, besonders bei Kolonnen mit vielen BödenContrary to conventional adiabatic distillation, in diabatic distillation columns heat transfer not only happens at the condenser and reboiler but also at the intermediate trays which strongly reduces the entropy production (= exergy losses). In this work, model systems for the diabatic distillation of ideal binary mixtures are investigated numerically.The first model is restricted to the minimization of the entropy production due to heat and mass transfer inside the diabatic column. In the second approach the model is extended with the irreversibility due to heat transfer with the column's surroundings. Instead of independently controlled tray temperatures as in the latter models, we focus on a specific diabatic implementation with sequential heat exchangers, which has merely four controls and which is particularly suitable for practical application. For all diabatic models the minimum entropy production and resulting optimal operating profiles are determined numerically, and compared to the ones obtained for a conventional column. All results show an enormous reduction of the entropy production for the diabatic case, especially for columns with many trays
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Nawroz, Jalal Kani, and Berivan Dogan. "Genus i svenska börsbolagsstyrelser : En studie om sambandet mellan andelen kvinnor i styrelser och den finansiella prestationen i bolagen." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för handel och företagande, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-9981.
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Problem: Kvinnor har länge varit underrepresenterade i styrelsesammansättningar runt om i världen. Sverige är ett land som främjar likvärdighet och anses därför vara ett av världens mest jämställda länder. Andelen kvinnor i svenska styrelser har ökat under de senaste årtiondena, men trots detta är de svenska bolagsstyrelserna inte jämställda. Ibland används argumenten att fler kvinnor i styrelsen ökar lönsamheten och effektiviteten i bolaget i syfte att öka kvinnoandelen. Till följd av detta har det internationellt genomförts många studier för att undersöka om bolag med heterogena styrelser har bättre lönsamhet än bolag med homogena styrelser. Forskning har visat att heterogena styrelser samvarierar positivt med bolagens lönsamhet. Men det finns även forskning som visat negativa resultat eller ingen samvariation alls mellan heterogena styrelser och bolagens lönsamhet. Syfte: Studiens huvudsyfte är att analysera hur andelen kvinnor i svenska styrelser samvarierar med bolagens lönsamhet. Arbetet omfattar åren 2011, 2012 och 2013 för att visa hur utvecklingen har sett ut över tid. Studien syftar även till att jämföra tidigare internationella studier med svenska förhållanden, där den med hjälp av kulturdimensionsteori som försöker förklara de nationella kulturskillnader som föreligger. Metod: En kvantitativ metod har tillämpats för att studera bolagens lönsamhet med hjälp av finansiella nyckeltal i årsredovisningar. Bolagens lönsamhet har mätts i räntabilitet på totalt kapital och räntabilitet på eget kapital. Vidare har heterogena styrelser och homogena styrelser jämförts genom t-tester och korrelationsanalyser, för att undersöka sambandet mellan variablerna lönsamhet och andelen kvinnor i svenska bolagsstyrelser. Analys och slutsats: Studiens resultat visade att det inte finns något samband mellan heterogena styrelser och lönsamhet i svenska börsbolag. Studien visade även att Sverige har en högre andel kvinnliga styrelsemedlemmar än andra länder i världen. Detta kan förklaras med hjälp av kulturdimensionsteorierna maktdistans samt maskulinitet kontra femininitet som visar nationella kulturskillnader i näringslivet.Problem: Women have for a long time been underrepresented on corporate boards all around the world. Sweden is a country that promotes equality and is therefore considered as one of the most equal countries. The percentages of women in Swedish boards have increased markedly in recent decades, but they are still far from equal. To increase the percentage of women on boards it is sometimes advocated that more women on boards increases the company’s profitability. As a result of this many international studies have investigated if companies with heterogeneous are more profitable than companies with homogeneous board. Research has shown that heterogeneous boards are positively correlated with firm profitability. Research has also shown negative results or no correlation between heterogeneous boards and firm profitability. Purpose: This study's main purpose is to examine how the percentage of women in the Swedish boards correlates with the companies' profitability. The study covers the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 to show the development of board members over the years. Furthermore this study aims to compare previous international studies with Swedish conditions by comparing national cultural differences. Method: A quantitative method has been applied to study the company's profitability with the help of financial ratios in annual reports. The company’s profitability has been measured in return on assets and return on equity. Furthermore heterogeneous boards and homogeneous boards have been compared with statistic t-tests and correlation analyzes to examine the relationship between the variables of profitability and the percentage of women in Swedish company boards. Analysis and conclusion: The results of the study showed that there is no correlation between heterogeneous boards and firm profitability in Swedish listed companies. The study also showed that Sweden has a higher percentage of female board members than other countries in the world. This can be explained by cultural dimension theories, power distance and masculinity versus femininity showing national cultural differences.
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Cox, Courtney Marie. "Two problems in dynamic ethics." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2011. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:aa01c397-0211-4c70-8938-3c4a443798ca.
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Time raises a host of difficult ethical questions. This doctoral project focuses on two: 1. How are "static" comparative principles (e.g. equality, desert) to be understood over time? (The Problem of Fairness & Time) 2. How might separation (in time) between agents, objects, and threats affect claims to the relevant resources? (The New Problem of Temporal Distance) My work begins with a simple observation: our prima facie intuitions about the value of simple distributions change depending on whether such cases are presented as static (occurring at one time) or dynamic (extended over time). Further examination of more complicated distributions leads to the proposal of a new theory, Weighted Progressive Egalitarianism. This theory has two features: only past-regarding complaints matter (a scope restriction), and a comparative complaint between persons located at a great temporal distance matters less than a complaint between contemporaries (a weighting restriction). This theory provides one plausible answer to the first question, the Problem of Fairness & Time. The evaluation of this theory relies on and reveals some non-standard answers to the second question, the New Problem of Temporal Distance. I conclude by arguing that the theory’s application to a few puzzles in population axiology merits further investigation.
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Gordaliza, Pastor Paula. "Fair learning : une approche basée sur le transport optimale." Thesis, Toulouse 3, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020TOU30084.
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L'objectif de cette thèse est double. D'une part, les méthodes de transport optimal sont étudiées pour l'inférence statistique. D'autre part, le récent problème de l'apprentissage équitable est considéré avec des contributions à travers le prisme de la théorie du transport optimal. L'utilisation généralisée des applications basées sur les modèles d'apprentissage automatique dans la vie quotidienne et le monde professionnel s'est accompagnée de préoccupations quant aux questions éthiques qui peuvent découler de l'adoption de ces technologies. Dans la première partie de cette thèse, nous motivons le problème de l'équité en présentant quelques résultats statistiques complets en étudiant le critère statistical parity par l'analyse de l'indice disparate impact sur l'ensemble de données réel Adult income. Il est important de noter que nous montrons qu'il peut être particulièrement difficile de créer des modèles d'apprentissage machine équitables, surtout lorsque les observations de formation contiennent des biais. Ensuite, une revue des mathématiques pour l'équité dans l'apprentissage machine est donné dans un cadre général, avec également quelques contributions nouvelles dans l'analyse du prix pour l'équité dans la régression et la classification. Dans cette dernière, nous terminons cette première partie en reformulant les liens entre l'équité et la prévisibilité en termes de mesures de probabilité. Nous analysons les méthodes de réparation basées sur le transport de distributions conditionnelles vers le barycentre de Wasserstein. Enfin, nous proposons le random repair qui permet de trouver un compromis entre une perte minimale d'information et un certain degré d'équité. La deuxième partie est dédiée à la théorie asymptotique du coût de transport empirique. Nous fournissons un Théorème de Limite Centrale pour la distance de Monge-Kantorovich entre deux distributions empiriques de tailles différentes n et m, Wp(Pn,Qm), p > = 1, avec observations sur R. Dans le cas de p > 1, nos hypothèses sont nettes en termes de moments et de régularité. Nous prouvons des résultats portant sur le choix des constantes de centrage. Nous fournissons une estimation consistente de la variance asymptotique qui permet de construire tests à deux échantillons et des intervalles de confiance pour certifier la similarité entre deux distributions. Ceux-ci sont ensuite utilisés pour évaluer un nouveau critère d'équité de l'ensemble des données dans la classification. En outre, nous fournissons un principe de déviations modérées pour le coût de transport empirique dans la dimension générale. Enfin, les barycentres de Wasserstein et le critère de variance en termes de la distance de Wasserstein sont utilisés dans de nombreux problèmes pour analyser l'homogénéité des ensembles de distributions et les relations structurelles entre les observations. Nous proposons l'estimation des quantiles du processus empirique de la variation de Wasserstein en utilisant une procédure bootstrap. Ensuite, nous utilisons ces résultats pour l'inférence statistique sur un modèle d'enregistrement de distribution avec des fonctions de déformation générale. Les tests sont basés sur la variance des distributions par rapport à leurs barycentres de Wasserstein pour lesquels nous prouvons les théorèmes de limite centrale, y compris les versions bootstrapThe aim of this thesis is two-fold. On the one hand, optimal transportation methods are studied for statistical inference purposes. On the other hand, the recent problem of fair learning is addressed through the prism of optimal transport theory. The generalization of applications based on machine learning models in the everyday life and the professional world has been accompanied by concerns about the ethical issues that may arise from the adoption of these technologies. In the first part of the thesis, we motivate the fairness problem by presenting some comprehensive results from the study of the statistical parity criterion through the analysis of the disparate impact index on the real and well-known Adult Income dataset. Importantly, we show that trying to make fair machine learning models may be a particularly challenging task, especially when the training observations contain bias. Then a review of Mathematics for fairness in machine learning is given in a general setting, with some novel contributions in the analysis of the price for fairness in regression and classification. In the latter, we finish this first part by recasting the links between fairness and predictability in terms of probability metrics. We analyze repair methods based on mapping conditional distributions to the Wasserstein barycenter. Finally, we propose a random repair which yields a tradeoff between minimal information loss and a certain amount of fairness. The second part is devoted to the asymptotic theory of the empirical transportation cost. We provide a Central Limit Theorem for the Monge-Kantorovich distance between two empirical distributions with different sizes n and m, Wp(Pn,Qm), p > = 1, for observations on R. In the case p > 1 our assumptions are sharp in terms of moments and smoothness. We prove results dealing with the choice of centering constants. We provide a consistent estimate of the asymptotic variance which enables to build two sample tests and confidence intervals to certify the similarity between two distributions. These are then used to assess a new criterion of data set fairness in classification. Additionally, we provide a moderate deviation principle for the empirical transportation cost in general dimension. Finally, Wasserstein barycenters and variance-like criterion using Wasserstein distance are used in many problems to analyze the homogeneity of collections of distributions and structural relationships between the observations. We propose the estimation of the quantiles of the empirical process of the Wasserstein's variation using a bootstrap procedure. Then we use these results for statistical inference on a distribution registration model for general deformation functions. The tests are based on the variance of the distributions with respect to their Wasserstein's barycenters for which we prove central limit theorems, including bootstrap versions
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SHIN, LIANG BI, and 梁必欣. "Long-distance phone market:accounting separation and equal access." Thesis, 2001. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/00534408252639938241.
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Since the licenses for Taiwan’s fixed network telecommunications markets were deregulated in 1999, the telecommunications markets were completely liberalized and were brought in price competitive mechanism. An oligopoly of three new entrants with the incumbent, Chungwa Telecommunication Co., was formed. How to maintain a fair competitive environment after the full liberalization in telecommunications markets will be an urgent and important issue for the regulator. Of all fixed network phone service, the most profitable one is the long-distance phone service, a composite final service that consists of local exchange phone network access and long-distance phone network connection. Hence, there is a competitive and cooperative relationship between local exchange carrier and long-distance phone carriers. To maintain a fair competitive telecommunications environment, the regulator enacts two regulative telecommunications policies-accounting separation and equal access. My thesis studies the validity of the above two policies from the point view of social welfare. We construct two-stage three-person games. Consumers（subscribers）have a deterministic common utility and a random utility for long-distance phone services. Upstream local exchange phone market is monopolized and downstream long-distance phone market is in a duopoly. Downstream long-distance phone carriers use local exchange accesses as an input and provide long-distance phone services. They compete with each other and charge their subscribers a uniform two-part tariff. We consider two industrial structures: vertical integration and vertical separation.（We further distinguish scenarios, for the second case, whether equal access policy is implemented or not）. We study the pricing policies and the corresponding profits of carriers, analyze the scales of social wefare, and verify the validity of the policies of accounting separation and equal access. Finally, we do comparative static analysis for the case when the above two policies are implemented. We obtain the following results: 1.To maintain a fair competitive environment and to increase social wefare, it is necessary to implement accounting separation policy. The reason is as follows. Suppose that the vertical integrated carrier is not asked to separately the profits from local exchange phone service and long-distance phone service. Then the carrier that controls the bottleneck equipment of local exchange, will employ this monopoly power and behave anti-competitively（e.g., to increase the fee for local exchange access）. This will, in turn, decrease the profit of its rival. In the end, the long-distance phone market may go back to monopoly or few-carrier oligopoly. Hence, it is against the trend of open and competitive telecommunications that improve the efficiency of the markets and provide subscribers more choices of carriers. 2.The purpose of equal access policy is to avoid the unreasonable inner trades that may threat the existence of its compitior. The policy is useless for the vertical integrated indusytrial structure. In the vertical separated industrial structure, upstream local exchange carrier that controls the bottleneck equipment charges the same access fee to the downstream identical long-distance phone carriers. Therefore, equal access policy may not have a significant effect. 3.Consider the scenario when both accounting separation and equal access policies are implemented. If the variation of random utility of subscribers decreases, then their choices for long-distance carriers mainly depend on their deterministic common utility. Setting lower tariffs attracts significantly more subscribers and the price competition between carriers becomes aggressive. Hence, monthly rentals and profits of carriers decrease and social welfare increases. Finally, if carriers introduce new technologies and devices and reduce their production costs, then all the profits of carriers, consumer welfare, and social welfare increase. Therefore, the positive and health competition between carriers is beneficial to subscribers and carriers.
Books on the topic "Equally distant"
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Gambino, Ferruccio, Flavia Pristinger, and Enzo Mingione. Distanze e legami: Una ricerca su capitale sociale e diseguaglianze nel Veneto. Roma: Carocci, 2003.
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Smith, Lynn. The effect of the "distinct society" clause on charter equality rights for women in Canada. [S.l: s.n.], 1987.
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Marcy, Samuel J. Equal and distinct genders: Representation of women by women and men by men. Fort Collins, Colo: EJUT Books, 1993.
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Al-Khalifa, Elisabeth. Equal opportunities in school management: A school-based distance learning programme for management self-development. Bristol: National Development Centre for Educational Management and Policy, University of Bristol, 1993.
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Al-Khalifa, Elisabeth. Equal opportunities in school management: A school-based distance learning programme for management self-development. Bristol: National Development Centre for Educational Management and Policy, University of Bristol, 1993.
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Mazo, Aleksandr, and Konstantin Potashev. The superelements. Modeling of oil fields development. ru: INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/1043236.
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This monograph presents the basics of super-element modeling method of two-phase fluid flows occurring during the development of oil reservoir. The simulation is performed in two stages to reduce the spatial and temporal scales of the studied processes. In the first stage of modeling of development of oil deposits built long-term (for decades) the model of the global dynamics of the flooding on the super-element computational grid with a step equal to the average distance between wells (200-500 m). Local filtration flow, caused by the action of geological and technical methods of stimulation, are modeled in the second stage using a special mathematical models using computational grids with high resolution detail for the space of from 0.1 to 10 m and time — from 102 to 105 C.
The results of application of the presented models to the solution of practical tasks of development of oil reservoir. Special attention is paid to the issue of value transfer in filtration-capacitive properties of the reservoir, with a detailed grid of the geological model on the larger grid reservoir models.
Designed for professionals in the field of mathematical and numerical modeling of fluid flows occurring during the development of oil fields and using traditional commercial software packages, as well as developing their own software. May be of interest to undergraduate and graduate students studying in areas such as "Mechanics and mathematical modeling", "Applied mathematics", "Oil and gas".
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Smyth, Emer. Distant peaks: A study of the relative staffing levels of women and men in University College Dublin : report of the 1st stage of the Pilot Programme on the Promotion of Positive Action for Women in University College Dublin to the EC Bureau for Questions concerning Employment and Equal Treatment for Women, Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Education, Commission of the European Communities, Brussels. Dublin: [Governing Body Sub-Committee on Equal Opportunities in U.C.D.], 1988.
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Quercioli Mincer, Laura. "Nostalgia and Creaturality in H. Leivick’s Тhe Golem." In Biblioteca di Studi Slavistici, 57–74. Florence: Firenze University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/978-88-6655-822-4.04.
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This article examines some of the constituent elements of an often metaphysical "Jewish angst" or "Jewish toska" found in the Yiddish language drama "The Golem" (Der goylem, 1921). In this masterpiece by Russian Jewish writer H. Leivick, the renowned man-made clay giant clay of ancient Kabbalah legend, is the creature of sixteenth-century Rabbi Loew, the Maharal of Prague, and becomes an emblem of Jewish melancholic nostalgia. Such toska is directed simultaneously at the ontologically distant Creator, supremely unattainable, and at the equally unreachable messianic era. The Golem's sense of estrangement from his own existence, explored here in tandem with Leivick's biography, ultimately renders him a personification of nostalgia itself.
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Hirschhorn, Michael D. "Partitions into Four Distinct Squares of Equal Parity." In The Power of q, 289–95. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57762-3_31.
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Borelli, Massimo, and Andrea Sgarro. "A Possibilistic Distance for Sequences of Equal and Unequal Length." In Finite Versus Infinite, 27–38. London: Springer London, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0751-4_3.
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Herrero, Carmen, and Antonio Villar. "The equal-distance rule in allocation problems with single-peaked preferences." In Current Trends in Economics, 215–23. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03750-8_13.
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Hu, Xiaorui, Jun Ye, Songnong Li, Ling Feng, Yongliang Ji, Lin Gong, and Quan Zhou. "Equal-Distance Coupling Method in OFDM System Under Frequency Selective Channel." In Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, 1465–69. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3648-5_189.
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Bueno, Xiana, and Eunsil Oh. "How Do Men Talk about Taking Parental Leave? Evidence from South Korea, Spain, and the U.S." In Engaged Fatherhood for Men, Families and Gender Equality, 165–79. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75645-1_9.
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AbstractThis study explores how men in South Korea, Spain, and the U.S. use parental leave and shows how distinct labor-market structures, divisions of unpaid and paid labor, and parental leave policies shape individuals’ intentions and decisions to utilize leave policies. Using in-depth interviews of 80 men, we show two important findings: One, in Spain and the U. S., the systematized monetary support strongly encourages fathers to use parental leave whereas in South Korea, a generous policy becomes of little use because work culture heavily discourages men from taking leave. Two, gender norms shape the desirability of using parental leave regardless of the availability of the policy. An emerging group of men in Spain and the U.S. actively reconstruct what an engaged father should do whereas Korean men took it for granted that fathers should not take leave, instead should work even harder to be a responsible father. In the end, this study shows how the monetary structure and schema of what an engaged father should do shape how men approach and use parental leave in three different contexts.
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Ark-Yıldırım, Ceren, and Marc Smyrl. "Introduction: Citizens, Markets, and Turkey." In Social Cash Transfer in Turkey, 1–11. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70381-3_1.
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AbstractThe concept of citizenship is typically divided into distinct components. Following the pioneering work of T.H. Marshall, we focus on social and economic citizenship. We ask in particular whether the “basic equality of membership” at the heart of Marshall’s definition of citizenship can be advanced by market-centered policies such as social cash transfer, even in cases such as that of forced migrants in which political or civil elements of citizenship are not present. Contemporary Turkey provides an ideal setting in which to investigate this question.
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Demertzis, Apostolos, and Konstantinos Oikonomou. "Braided Routing Technique to Balance Traffic Load in Wireless Sensor Networks." In Sensor Technology, 837–55. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2454-1.ch040.
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Many-to-one wireless sensor networks suffer from an extreme variation of traffic load between nodes. Sensor nodes near the sink consume much more energy than distant ones, resulting in the energy hole problem (global variation of load). In addition, even nodes located at the same distance from the sink experience very different traffic load with each other (local variation). This uneven distribution of traffic load, both globally and locally, results in a severe shortening of the time until first node runs out of battery. This work focuses on balancing the load of equally-distant nodes from the sink by sharing each one's load among its next-hop neighbors. Eventually, packets are travelling from node to sink by following interlaced paths. The proposed routing mechanism, called braided routing, is a simple one and can be applied over any cost-based routing, incurring a negligible overhead. Simulation results show that the local variance of load is reduced nearly 20-60% on average while the time until first death can be prolonged more than twice in many cases and the lifetime about 15%.
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Fentiman, Linda C. "Are Mothers Hazardous to Their Children’s Health?" In Blaming Mothers. NYU Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814724828.003.0001.
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This chapter challenges the prevailing narrative that mothers are risky to their children’s health, discussing the myriad ways in which mothers are portrayed as dangerous to their children’s health—and are often held legally responsible for it. This often occurs simultaneously with society’s failure to acknowledge the significant contributions to children’s health made by fathers and other men, as well as more distant, but equally significant, social, economic, and physical factors. The chapter introduces the role of unconscious psychological processes in influencing the decisions of key legal players.
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Otike, Japhet. "Legal Considerations of Providing Information in Support of Distance Learning by Digital Libraries in Universities in Kenya." In Advances in Library and Information Science, 57–69. IGI Global, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0296-8.ch003.
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This paper examines the legal challenges librarians managing university libraries in Kenya experience when providing information services in support of distance learning. Kenya is experiencing enormous socio-economic changes. These changes have exerted serious pressure on higher education resulting to phenomenal expansion of university education. Unfortunately, the demand for university education has not translated into infrastructural expansion of universities. While university intake continues to grow at an alarming rate, funding for universities including libraries continue to diminish. An option taken by many universities to meet increased demand for higher education has been to invest in distance education. This option has its own challenges. Distance learning like residential programmes, require adequate financial investment in print and electronic information resources; and ICT infrastructure. Since libraries in Kenya are underfunded, they are compelled to reproduce the scarce materials available with them to serve distant learners as opposed to acquiring additional materials. This arrangement has equally serious challenges. Top on the list is copyright infringement. Without adequate exceptions and limitations to copyright restrictions, university authorities and librarians are likely to be charged for infringement.
Conference papers on the topic "Equally distant"
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Mirauda, Domenica, Antonio Volpe Plantamura, and Stefano Malavasi. "Boundaries Influence on the Flow Field Around an Oscillating Sphere." In ASME 2013 32nd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/omae2013-11385.
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This work analyzes the effects of the interaction between an oscillating sphere and free surface flows through the reconstruction of the flow field around the body and the analysis of the displacements. The experiments were performed in an open water channel, where the sphere had three different boundary conditions in respect to the flow, defined as h* (the ratio between the distance of the sphere upper surface from the free surface and the sphere diameter). A quasi-symmetric condition at h* = 2, with the sphere equally distant from the free surface and the channel bottom, and two conditions of asymmetric bounded flow, one with the sphere located at a distance of 0.003m from the bottom at h* = 3.97 and the other with the sphere close to the free surface at h* = 0, were considered. The sphere was free to move in two directions, streamwise (x) and transverse to the flow (y), and was characterized by values of mass ratio, m* = 1.34 (ratio between the system mass and the displaced fluid mass), and damping ratio, ζ = 0.004. The comparison between the results of the analyzed boundary conditions has shown the strong influence of the free surface on the evolution of the vortex structures downstream the obstacle.
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Liu, Jen-Yu, and Yi-Hsuan Yang. "Dilated Convolution with Dilated GRU for Music Source Separation." In Twenty-Eighth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence {IJCAI-19}. California: International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence Organization, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.24963/ijcai.2019/655.
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Stacked dilated convolutions used in Wavenet have been shown effective for generating high-quality audios. By replacing pooling/striding with dilation in convolution layers, they can preserve high-resolution information and still reach distant locations. Producing high-resolution predictions is also crucial in music source separation, whose goal is to separate different sound sources while maintain the quality of the separated sounds. Therefore, in this paper, we use stacked dilated convolutions as the backbone for music source separation. Although stacked dilated convolutions can reach wider context than standard convolutions do, their effective receptive fields are still fixed and might not be wide enough for complex music audio signals. To reach even further information at remote locations, we propose to combine a dilated convolution with a modified GRU called Dilated GRU to form a block. A Dilated GRU receives information from k-step before instead of the previous step for a fixed k. This modification allows a GRU unit to reach a location with fewer recurrent steps and run faster because it can execute in parallel partially. We show that the proposed model with a stack of such blocks performs equally well or better than the state-of-the-art for separating both vocals and accompaniment.
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Deif, Sameir, Brent Leier, Michael Snow, and Mojgan Daneshmand. "Microwave Sensor Array for Corrosion Prediction in Steel Tank Bottoms." In 2018 12th International Pipeline Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/ipc2018-78224.
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Throughout North America there are many crude oil storage tank facilities — also called terminals — serving as hubs, transfer points and storage. Safety precautions such as pre-service integrity testing, cathodic protection, primary and secondary containment measures, and grounding techniques have been utilized to assure safety as a top priority. These tanks undergo an in-service API 653 external inspection at least every 5 years, and are taken out of service to undergo an API 653 internal/external inspection at least every 30 years [1], [2], [3]. For these aboveground storage tanks, the bottom plate is the most vulnerable area to corrosion [4] and is also the most challenge area to inspect visually. Both sides (product-side and soil-side) of the tank bottom plate are prone to high rates of corrosion in comparison to other components such as the roof and shell [5]. Corrosion generally starts with coating defects such as air or water ingress to underling layers and exposing the steel to uncontrolled environmental factors. Internal inspection can be performed using ultrasonic measures to calculate the sheet thickness, however, external inspection is impossible without having access to the tank bottom. This paper will introduce a novel inspection method for external monitoring of the surface of the tank bottom plate in real-time. The proposed technique proactively approaches the problem by predicting the corrosion before it occurs. In this technique an array of microwave-based sensors operating at ISM band (2.57 GHz) are introduced for defect prediction. The array is composed of equally-distant and identical microwave spiral ring resonators (SRR) [6] that are electromagnetically coupled to a transmission line. All resonances created by the array elements merge in one band-stop frequency response with very high isolation. Once the sensors’ environment is altered by any defects such as an air breach, liquid ingress [7] or corrosion initiated, a resonance shift will occur indicating coating risks. To prove the concept, an initial prototype for small tanks of 3–5 ft. diameter is investigated. Two-port system data illustrates that in case of a coating defect, the frequency profile accordingly changes and provides a signature. The obtained data is used to predict possible corrosion in timely manner. The proposed sensor array enables external monitoring of tank bottoms surface where visual inspection is impossible while the tank is in-service.
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Cai, Chengtao, Yueyuan Zhou, and Yi Li. "Double Axes Equal-Distance Projection." In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA). IEEE, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icma.2018.8484285.
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Pilu, M., and RB Fisher. "Equal-Distance Sampling of Supercllipse Models." In British Machine Vision Conference 1995. British Machine Vision Association, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.5244/c.9.26.
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Baetens, Jan, Roberta Pireddu, and Frederik Truyen. "UPGRADING MOOC STUDENTS' ENGAGEMENT AND PARTICIPATION IN HUMANITIES-ORIENTED ONLINE COURSES: THE EXAMPLE OF THE MOOC BASED ON THE PROJECT “DETECT”." In International Conference on Education and New Developments. inScience Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.36315/2021end089.
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Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) have become a grounded reality and a stable concept in the distance education panorama with worldwide universities continuously creating and offering every year broad selections of online courses. Nevertheless, despite the many developments in terms of individual and distance learning approaches, it is indetermined if MOOCs can deliver effective pedagogical methods and tools suitable for the implementation of online courses in the categories of art and humanities as well as in creating environments that give equal space to the two complementary layers of distance learning and distant teaching. Consequently, also the development of a valid, and captivating e-learning experience able to effectively reach out to students of different backgrounds, creating an impactful learning community represents a challenge. This issue acquires certain relevance particularly in relation to the much-debated question around the most effective pedagogical methodology to deliver humanities-oriented knowledge in a distant learning context. This paper provides an overview of the educational and pedagogical formulas adopted for the creation of a MOOC on European Crime Fiction, currently being developed in the framework of DETECt – Detecting Transcultural Identity in European Popular Crime Narratives (https://www.detect-project.eu/) a project funded by European’s Union Horizon 2020. The MOOC concept presented in the framework of this research concentrates on the development of mixed e-learning and e-teaching strategies, that leverages the application of pedagogical elements like social network and independent learning and combines them with users’ engagement methods. On the one hand, this research aims to challenge the debate related to the effectiveness of teaching and learning a humanities-oriented subject in a distance learning environment. On the other hand, intends to recreate a vibrant learning community capable of broadening the academic research carried out by the project enabling the collaboration between the MOOC public and the researchers and teachers.
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Lee, Michael M., John Kim, Dennis Abts, Michael Marty, and Jae W. Lee. "Probabilistic Distance-Based Arbitration: Providing Equality of Service for Many-Core CMPs." In 2010 43rd Annual IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Microarchitecture (MICRO). IEEE, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/micro.2010.18.
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Darabi, Pirooz, Konstantin Pougatch, Martha Salcudean, and Dana Grecov. "Numerical Studies of Stretching Liquid Bridges Between Two Spherical Solid Particles With Different Contact Angles." In ASME 2010 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. ASMEDC, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2010-37564.
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Numerical simulations of the governing Navier-Stokes equations are used to predict the rupture and liquid distribution of stretching liquid bridges between two equal-sized solid spherical particles with different liquid-solid contact angles. A commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) tool — FLUENT — is used. The effects of the capillary number and contact angle on the rupture distance and liquid transfer fraction are studied. The simulation results show that for particles with different contact angles, the rupture distance increases as the capillary number is increased; this is similar to the case of particles with identical contact angles. Also, it is shown that for quasi-static conditions, the rupture distance decreases as the difference between the contact angles is increased. Plots of the variations of the liquid transfer fraction with respect to the capillary number show three zones: (1) for high capillary numbers, liquid is almost equally distributed (dynamic zone); (2) for low capillary numbers, the liquid transfer fraction depends on the contact angles and more liquid is transferred to the particle with the smaller contact angle (quasi-static zone); (3) at intermediate capillary numbers, the curve connecting the above limiting conditions resembles an S-shape (transition zone), showing the dependency of the liquid distribution on both capillary number and contact angles. The trends are consistent with the experimental findings published in the literature.
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Sirbu, P. D., E. Carata, T. Petreus, R. Asaftei, and P. Botez. "Minimally Invasive Plate Osteosynthesis with Systems with Angular Stability in Complex Distal Femoral Fractures. Design, Biomechanics and Clinical Results." In 2009 Advanced Technologies for Enhanced Quality of Life (AT-EQUAL). IEEE, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/at-equal.2009.45.
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J Kovacic, Zlatko, and John Steve Green. "Are All Distance Learners Created Equal? A Quantitative Analysis of Academic Performance in a Distance Tertiary Institution." In InSITE 2004: Informing Science + IT Education Conference. Informing Science Institute, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.28945/2822.
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This paper reports initial research results on the relationship between student learning styles and academic achievement in a distance education computing course with Internet-based student support. The learning styles of students in a computer concepts class were evaluated and classified according to the Felder-Soloman Learning Style Index. We have identified statistically significant differences in performance between different learner types, i.e. groups of students with different learning preferences. The best course performance in both course components: in-course assessment and final examination was identified in students with reflective, sensing, verbal and global learning preferences. One possible explanation of this result might be that the current teaching styles and distance learning environment (course material and online student support) gives an advantage to this type of learner. To test this hypothesis we are planning changes in the learning environment and methodology to cater for a variety of student learning styles. We can then test if academic achievement has been improved by comparing it with the results presented in this paper.
Reports on the topic "Equally distant"
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Yao, J. An Equal-distance Smoother for a Point Set in an Arbitrary Region. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), July 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1557039.
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Kvalbein, Astrid. Wood or blood? Norges Musikkhøgskole, August 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.22501/nmh-ar.481278.
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Wood or Blood? New scores and new sounds for voice and clarinet Astrid Kvalbein and Gjertrud Pedersen, Norwegian Academy of Music What is this thing called a score, and how do we relate to it as performers, in order to realize a musical work? This is the fundamental question of this exposition. As a duo we have related to scores in a variety of ways over the years: from the traditional reading and interpreting of sheet music of works by distant (some dead) composers, to learning new works in dialogue with living composers and to taking part in the creative processes from the commissioning of a work to its premiere and beyond. This reflective practice has triggered many questions: could the score for instance be conceptualized as a contract, in which some elements are negotiable and others are not? Where two equal parts, the performer(s) and the composer might have qualitatively different assignments on how to realize the music? Finally: might reflecting on such questions influence our interpretative practices? To shed light on these issues, we take as examples three works from our recent repertoire: Ragnhild Berstad’s Vevtråd (Weaving thread, 2010), Jan Martin Smørdal’s The Lesser Nighthawk (2012) and Lene Grenager’s Tre eller blod (Wood or blood, 2005). We will share – attempt to unfold – some of the experiences gained from working with this music, in close collaboration and dialogue with the composers. Observing the processes from a certain temporal distance, we see how our attitudes as a duo has developed over a longer span of time, into a more confident 'we'.
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Rodríguez Caballero, Carlos Vladimir, and Arnoldo López - Marmolejo. Assessing the Effect of Gender Equality before the Law on Female Labor Participation and GDP per capita in Central America Panama and the Dominican Republic. Inter-American Development Bank, March 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003113.
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Women's participation in the labor market in Central America is low for the international standard. Increase such participation is on the agenda of many policymakers who want to improve women's access to quality employment. In this paper, we use data from Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic to assess whether gender equality in the law helps increasing women's participation in the labor force and, therefore, boosts GDP per capita. The study is based on two econometric methodologies to evaluate distinct aspects of the economic mechanism.
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Randall, Linda, Louise Ormstrup Vestergård, and Mari Wøien Meijer. Rural perspectives on digital innovation: Experiences from small enterprises in the Nordic countries and Latvia. Nordregio, May 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.6027/pb2020:3.2001-3876.
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Digitalisation holds considerable potential for rural areas. It offers thepromise of overcoming geographical distance, ensuring equal access toopportunity regardless of where people live. At the same time, rural andsparsely populated areas are thought to lag behind their urban counterpartswhen it comes to the provision of digital infrastructure and the developmentof digital knowledge and skills. These urban-rural disparities areoften referred to as the digital divide and can prevent rural communitiesfrom unlocking the opportunities associated with digitalisation.