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Kortick, David N. "FROM THE STRIP-CHART RECORDER TO THE TELEMETRY RECORDER-WORKSTATION." International Foundation for Telemetering, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/606504.
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International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 23-26, 2000 / Town & Country Hotel and Conference Center, San Diego, California<br>The strip-chart recorder has evolved from a simple pen-writing instrument to an instrumentation
platform. Today's Telemetry Recording Workstations not only provide a permanent hard copy of
telemetry data, but also offer high resolution videographic displays with real-time point-of-writing
representation, the ability to efficiently store data digitally, and customizable user interfaces. Host
control and digital data transfer can be achieved using Ethernet networks, making the instrument an
integral part of a telemetry system. The Telemetry Recording Workstation is a fundamental instrument
for any telemetry application or installation, due to its abilities to display, print and store real-time data.
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Esgin, Eren. "A Hybrid Methodology In Process Modeling:." Master's thesis, METU, 2009. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12610461/index.pdf.
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The managing of complex business processes, which are changed due to globalization, calls for the development of powerful information systems that offer generic process modeling and
process execution capabilities.
Even though contemporary information systems are more and more utilized in enterprises, their actual impact in automatizing complex business process is still limited by the difficulties
encountered in design phase. Actually this design phase is time consuming, often subjective and incomplete.
In the scope of this study, a reverse approach is followed. Instead of starting with process design, the method of discovering interesting patterns from the navigation traces is taken as basis and a new data analysis methodology named &ldquo<br>From-to Chart Based Process Discovery&rdquo<br>is proposed.
In this hybrid methodology &ldquo<br>from-to chart&rdquo<br>, which is fundamentally dedicated to material handling issues on production floor, is used as the front-end to monitor the transitions among activities of a realistic event log and convert these raw relations into optimum activity sequence. Then a revised version of process mining, which is the back-end of this
methodology, upgrades optimum activity sequence into process model.
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MICHNIUK, KAROLINA. "PATTERN RECOGNITION APPLIED TO CHART ANALYSIS. EVIDENCE FROM INTRADAY INTERNATIONAL STOCK MARKETS." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de València, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/78837.
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Technical analysis as a sophisticated form of forecasting technique has a varying popularity in the academic and business world. In the past, users were sceptical about technical trading rules and their performance. This is substantiated by the acceptance of the Efficient Market Hypothesis and mixed empirical findings about technical analysis in widely cited studies.
The flag pattern is seen as one of the most significant spread chart patterns amongst stock market charting analysts. The present research validates a trading rule based on the further development of
flag pattern recognition. The research question concentrates on whether technical analysis applying the flag pattern can outperform international stock markets indices and prove the inefficiency of these markets. The markets observed are represented by the corresponding indices DAX (Germany), DJIA (United States) and IBEX (Spain).
The design of the trading rule presents several changes with respect to previous academic works: The wide sample used when considering intraday data, together with the confiuration of some of the variables and the consideration of risk, concludes that the trading rule provides greater positive risk-adjusted returns than the buy-and-hold strategy which is used as a benchmark. The reported positive results strengthen the robustness of the conclusions reached by other researchers.<br>El análisis técnico es una forma sofisticada de técnica de predicción cuya popularidad ha ido variando en el mundo académico y de los negocios. En el pasado, los usuarios eran bastante escépticos respecto de las reglas técnicas de trading y su performance. Todo esto, se encuentra sustentado por la aceptación de la hipótesis del mercado eficiente y descubrimientos empíricos mixtos sobre el análisis técnico, que se mencionan en un número amplio de estudios.
El patrón bandera es visto como uno de los patrones gráficos más significativo y difundido entre los analistas técnicos de mercado. El presente estudio valida una regla
de trading basada en el desarrollo futuro del reconocimiento gráfico del patrón bandera. La pregunta de investigación se centra en si el análisis técnico basado en el patrón bandera puede batir los índices internacionales de mercado y probar, de esta manera, la ineficiencia de dichos mercados. Los mercados observados son representados por los correspondientes índices DAX (Alemania), DJIA (Estados Unidos) e IBEX (España).
El diseño de la regla de trading presenta varios cambios y novedades con respecto a trabajos académicos previos. La amplia muestra usada al considerar los datos intradía, junto con la configuración de algunas variables y la consideración del riesgo, confirman que la regla de trading proporciona mejores, y más ajustadas al riesgo, rentabilidades positivas que la estrategia de buy-and-hold que se utiliza como referencia. Los resultados positivos corroboran la robustez de las conclusiones a las que también se llegan en otros trabajos.<br>L'anàlisi tècnica és una forma sofisticada de tècnica de predicció, la popularitat de la qual ha anat variant al món acadèmic i dels negocis. En el passat, els usuaris eren
bastant escèptics respecte de les regles tècniques de trading i la seva performance. Tot això, es troba sustentat per l'acceptació de la hipòtesi del mercat eficient i descobriments
empírics mixts sobre l'anàlisi tècnica, que s'esmenten en un nombre ampli d'estudis.
El patró bandera és vist com un dels patrons gràfics més significatiu i difós entre els analistes tècnics de mercat. El present estudi valida una regla de trading basada en
el desenvolupament futur del reconeixement gràfic del patró bandera. La pregunta de recerca se centra en si l'anàlisi tècnica basada en el patró bandera pot batre els índexs internacionals de mercat i provar, d'aquesta manera, la ineficiència d'aquests mercats. Els mercats observats són representats pels corresponents índexs DAX (Alemanya), *DJIA (Estats Units) i IBEX (Espanya).
El disseny de la regla de trading presenta diversos canvis i novetats pel que fa a treballs acadèmics previs. L'àmplia mostra usada en considerar les dades intradia, juntament amb la configuració d'algunes variables i la consideració del risc, confirmen que la regla de trading proporciona millors, i més ajustades al risc, rendibilitats positives que l'estratègia de buy-and-hold que s'utilitza com a referència. Els resultats positius corroboren la robustesa de les conclusions a les quals també s'arriben en altres treballs.<br>Michniuk, K. (2017). PATTERN RECOGNITION APPLIED TO CHART ANALYSIS. EVIDENCE FROM INTRADAY INTERNATIONAL STOCK MARKETS [Tesis doctoral no publicada]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/78837<br>TESIS
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Venkatasamy, Vijayaragavan. "Optimization approach to cell formation using from-between chart and development of GA based cellular layouts." Thesis, Wichita State University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10057/2543.
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Traditionally GT problems focus on the grouping aspects and fail to integrate material handling part in facility layout design. It is necessary to consider the flow between machines while forming machine cells and evaluate grouping based on flow and operational load factors. But after forming cells, machines have to be placed inside a layout to minimize the material handling distance. There are not many approaches which consider the actual volume flow between machines while grouping and the related handling distances while placing machine cells. Typical GT based cell formation problems stop after grouping cells and evaluating the quality of the grouped cells. This thesis develops a comprehensive cell formation model, which integrates the GT philosophy with a facility layout problem using From-between flow matrix as a tool. This approach forms machine cells using a Non-Linear Integer Programming (NLIP) optimization model, assigns parts to cells using a new heuristic algorithm, evaluates cell grouping using a novel grouping efficiency measure and places machine cells in a layout space using a GA approach. Known case studies from literature are selected and tested using the developed procedure. Results obtained show a reduction in the intercell flow, high grouping efficiency and minimal material handling costs after machine placement when compared with the existing models.<br>Thesis (M.S.)--Wichita State University, College of Engineering, Dept. of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
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Nayak, Chandan N. "Solutions to dynamic facility layout problems: Development of Dynamic From Between Chart (DFBC) and its applications to continuous layout modeling." Diss., Wichita State University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10057/1493.
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Manufacturing facility layout is determined by minimizing the Material Handling (MH) cost associated with the manufacturing of products. A manufacturing facility operates in a dynamic environment where the production rates and product mix are continuously changing. In addition, the introduction of new products/machines and removal of existing products/machines render the existing layout completely unreliable to yield improved productivity. Hence, it is often necessary to analyze the current layout and redesign the layout in accordance with the constantly changes in demand. Existing methods for the analysis of redesign uses multiple, static, and tabular from-to charts. These charts assume and exhibit the timely demand as a discrete invariable quantity. A new tool, “Dynamic From Between Chart (DFBC)” that allows easier visualization of the changes in product rates and mix is introduced and developed in this research. DFBC models the production rate changes using a continuous function. The development process of the new tool, the formulation of the cost function and its application to the solution of Dynamic Facility Layout Problems (DFLP) for multiple time periods is presented with the use of a case study. The solution methodology uses a tradeoff analysis between increased MH cost and the rearrangement cost for the transition from existing layout to a new layout. To further authenticate and strengthen the developed methodology, real world case studies are considered and evaluated. Importance of any department flow over the other departments (crossover) occurs only if there is variation in the flow volumes between relative departments. In previous research, the redesign is carried out at the end of specific time period in a given time horizon. In most instances, the need for redesign or change in flow occurs somewhere during the period and identifying such crossover points will assist to yield better savings. In addition, the exact time at which the layout should be modified can be determined. For large size problems, the number of crossover points sited in DFBC will be large and evaluating each of these points to identify the point of change in layout will be tedious and time consuming. Thus, along with the methodology to identify the crossover points a concept of Upper bound and Lower bound (UB–LB) to discover the set of redesign points which may warrant a change in layout has been developed. Further analysis is necessary to detect the point(s) that initiate the change. Limiting the solution space facilitates the evaluation of large size problems by reducing and simplifying the computation. Multiple case studies are considered and evaluated to indicate the applicability of the concept. It is also evident in current manufacturing paradigms that the introduction of new products/machines and removal of existing products/machines in-between the time horizon induces huge flow variations between departments. Previous research on DFLP does not deal with models which adopt such scenarios. In this research the application of DFBC to analyze the impact of introduction of new products/machines and removal of existing products/machines in between the time horizon is considered. The ability of the DFBC to address such scenarios is evaluated using a case study. Finally, the possible extensions of this research are listed along with the conclusions on the proposed approach.<br>Thesis (Ph.D.)--Wichita State University, College of Engineering, Dept. of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering<br>"December 2007."
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Nayak, Chandan N. Krishnan Krishna. "Solutions to dynamic facility layout problems: Development of Dynamic From Between Chart (DFBC) and its applications to continuous layout modeling /." Diss., A link to full text of this thesis in SOAR, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10057/1493.
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Ronchi, Michele. "Riprogettazione del layout di un impianto produttivo: il caso Cefla s.c." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2022.
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Questo elaborato di tesi tratta il progetto di re-layout che ha interessato la Business Unit Medical Equipment della società cooperativa Cefla, leader europeo nel settore delle strumentazioni per odontoiatri. L’azienda ha infatti deliberato la costruzione nel 2023 di un nuovo edificio dedicato alla produzione con pianta da circa 11000 m^2, da affiancare allo stabilimento attuale da 40000 m^2.
Il progetto è stato realizzato seguendo la procedura consigliata dal modello del Systematic Layout Planning e si articola nella mappatura dei flussi tra i reparti dell’impianto, nel disegno delle soluzioni alternative e nella scelta della soluzione ritenuta migliore.
L’impianto produttivo è composto da 47 reparti, le cui aree a disposizione sono state adattate, nelle ipotesi del futuro layout, in modo da essere in linea con i piani di produzione dell’azienda negli anni a seguire.
Le diverse soluzioni di layout realizzate prevedono due utilizzi differenti del nuovo edificio. La scelta tra le alternative è avvenuta basandosi principalmente sul criterio della minore distanza annuale percorsa per le movimentazioni tra i reparti, pur tenendo conto anche dei vantaggi e svantaggi di ogni soluzione.
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Omiccioli, Andrea. "Sviluppo di modelli e metodi di ottimizzazione per il dock assignment in un magazzino cross-docking: Il caso OneExpress Italia S.p.A." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2019.
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Il seguente elaborato evidenzia il processo utilizzato per arrivare allo sviluppo di uno strumento che favorisca il processo decisionale all’interno dell’azienda One Express.
Riporta le attività preliminari realizzate per arrivare ad una comprensione chiara e univoca del processo, in particolare: mappatura BPMN, realizzazione del layout aziendale e analisi “tempi e metodi”.
Dall’analisi sono emerse le principali criticità che sono state classificate sia in termini strategici come la mancanza di un sistema a supporto per la scelta della buca di scarico ottimale, sia in termini operativi come la saturazione dei polmoni e il disaccoppiamento dell’attività di carico e scarico.
Tutto questo ha portato allo sviluppo di 2 strumenti: un simulatore e costificatore per l’analisi del tempo ciclo del processo e determinazione del numero di operatori e dei modelli di dock assignment per la definizione della buca di scarico ottimale.
Dai modelli realizzati si è andata ad evidenziare la diversa configurazione che essi generavano rispetto alla situazione AS-IS.
Per il modello [7] il più completo tra quelli sviluppati, che consente la valutazione della buca di scarico da assegnare considerando la possibilità di scaricare in due hub, la scelta tra navettaggio e doppio scarico e della buca di scarico della navetta, è stata sviluppata un’analisi su un orizzonte temporale di 4 ore per verificare con maggior precisione la bontà del modello.
I risultati ottenuti hanno dimostrato come il carico di lavoro richiesto per le attività di smistamento può essere ridotto significativamente.
I modelli per come sono stati pensati e sviluppati potrebbero avere sia una applicazione strategica atta a programmare anticipatamente le buche di scarico dei mezzi sia una operativa, in caso di disallineamento tra la situazione reale e quella attesa. Questo permetterebbe di riuscire a migliorare la schedulazione dei mezzi in arrivo e il bilanciamento delle attività all’interno del magazzino.
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Svedenberg, Helena, and Emma Uddenberg. "From tricky data to captivating facts - Research through design regarding interesting and comprehensible charts." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Medie- och Informationsteknik, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-94553.
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Det ligger en stor utmaning i att presentera komplex information visuellt, så att betraktaren kan förstå datan och ta till sig budskapet. Att arbeta kreativt med färg och form för att presentera information kan underlätta förståelsen för datan samt skapa ett intresse. Ett bra verktyg för informationsvisualisering är diagram, med vilket data kan presenteras på ett pedagogiskt och överskådligt sätt. Syftet med detta designarbete har således varit att utforska hur diagram kan utformas så att de både är intresseväckande och lättförståeliga. Diagram som används av företaget Health Profile Institute är ett tydligt exempel på designproblemet, dessa har därför agerat som exempel inom denna studie. Utforskande design har använts som metod inom denna studie. Författarna har därför tagit fram ett stort antal designförslag i form av konceptskisser på olika diagramtyper. Författarna har dragit slutsatserna att diagram som både är intresseväckande och enkla att förstå kan skapas genom en väl utförd formgivning. Genom att arbeta med kontraster i färg och form, samt användning av ikoner och olika nivåer i formgivningen, orienterar diagrammet betraktaren. Dessutom kan intresse skapas eftersom det framkallar associationer hos betraktaren, intresseväckande och lättförståelighet hänger således ihop vid utformning av diagram.
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Johnson, Catherine A. "The application of Raman spectroscopy and related techniques to coal chars taken from a slagging gasifier." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1987. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/31931.
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The work described in this thesis falls into two sections. (1) Data derived from Raman spectroscopy have been compared with data obtained from other techniques (X-ray diffraction and optical spectroscopy) in order to establish the nature of the fundamental information available from the Raman spectra available from coals and coal chars. It has thus been established that the Raman spectra of the materials examined are dependent upon the sizes of the aromatic carbon layers of which they are composed, and this in turn is determined by the maximum heat treatment temperature to which the materials have been subjected. This relationship has been investigated in detail, in order that it may be used to measure the maximum heat treatment temperature of a coal char of unknown thermal history. It has been established that preparation conditions other than temperature, such as pressure, atmosphere, heating rate, soak time and tar addition have a negligible effect on this relationship, and thus its general applicability to the study of chars of unknown thermal history has been established. (2) Both Raman spectroscopy and optical microscopy have been applied to coal chars produced in, and subsequently removed from, the British Gas Slagging Gasifier. Optical microscopy was used to assess the homogeneity or heterogeneity of the chars; Raman spectroscopy was then applied to the homogeneous chars, and thermal profiles within the gasifier were established for several gasifier runs.
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Lippert, Jordan. "From Profane to Divine: The Hegemonic Appropriation of Pagan Imagery into Eastern Christian Hymnody." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2012. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/151.
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Spanning the first seven centuries of Christianity, this paper explores how Eastern Christian and Byzantine hymn chant was developed alongside pagan and Jewish worship traditions around the Near East. Comparison of hymns by Christian composers such as St. Romanos the Melodist and pagan poetry reveals many similarities in the types of metaphorical imagery used in both religious expressions. Common in Christian hymn texts, well-known metaphors, like the “Light of God,” are juxtaposed with pagan mythological gods, such as Apollo and Helios. This paper attempts to explain how and why Christians appropriated and adopted ancient pagan imagery into the burgeoning musical tradition of Christian hymn singing.
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Lyrstedt, Daniel, and Fredrik Gustavsson. "From Chit-Chat to Formalized Documents : A Design Study of the Communication in a Persistent Multi-player Computer Game." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för arbetsvetenskap och medieteknik, 2002. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-4401.
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In this Master thesis the key discussion is how to make dynamic informal conversations comprehensible to a computer system. The discussion is at large centered towards the distributed persistent real-time multi-player computer game Worlds. In this thesis we discuss the important aspects of communication and collaboration in computer games, and how these affect the the formalization of communicated information into computable data. The discussion of this thesis is based on several kinds of sources; empirical studies of games, discussions with players of multi-player computer games, meetings with a game designer and a game programmer and forum activities on a message board for independent game developers. Beside this the use of academic literature and the design of an actual computer game, are also brought together to create a platform for thought and discussion. This thesis is an attempt to bring reflection and analysis into the craft of computer game making, as well as to bring aspects of game design into the world of academics. The result of this thesis leads to a design suggestion of the communication and agreement creation system of the game Worlds. We find our discussion and our design, interesting and important, as an object for further analysis, discussions and thoughts.<br>for more info visit: www.enormousgames.com
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Hussin, Nora Anniesha Binte. "Interaction from an activity theoretical perspective comparing learner discourse of language face-to-face, in chat and in audio conferencing in second language learning /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2009. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B41758146.
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Van, Compernolle Rémi A. Williams Lawrence. "From "y as plus personne qui parle" to "plus personne ne dit rien" the variable use of the negative particle ne in synchronous French chat /." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2007. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-3601.
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van, Compernolle Rémi A. "From "y as plus personne qui parle" to "plus personne ne dit rien": The variable use of the negative particle ne in synchronous French chat." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2007. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3601/.
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This study analyzes negative particle variation (i.e., the variable presence or absence of the negative particle ne) in synchronous French chat discourse within a labovian-inspired framework. Selected morphosyntactic, lexical, and phonological constraints are considered. Multivariate analyses performed by GoldVarb 2001 revealed that subject type (i.e., NP, [- overt] subject environment, pronoun) and the phonological environment preceding the position of neregardless of its presence or absenceare determining factors in the variation. In addition, discursive-pragmatic effect was explored in a sub-sample of data. The results indicate that ne is seldom present in verbal negation during explanatory discourse style, yet it is very likely to be retained in ludic, emphatic, and proverbial styles.
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Couturiaux, Clay. "The Nightingale's Flight from Opera to Symphonic Poem: A Comparative Study of The Nightingale and The Song of the Nightingale by Igor Stravinsky." Thesis, view full-text document, 2000. http://www.library.unt.edu/theses/open/20003/Couturiaux%5Fclay/index.htm.
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Mouterde, Solveig. "Long-range discrimination of individual vocal signatures by a songbird : from propagation constraints to neural substrate." Thesis, Saint-Etienne, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014STET4012/document.
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L'un des plus grands défis posés par la communication est que l'information codée par l'émetteur est toujours modifiée avant d'atteindre le récepteur, et que celui-ci doit traiter cette information altérée afin de recouvrer le message. Ceci est particulièrement vrai pour la communication acoustique, où la transmission du son dans l'environnement est une source majeure de dégradation du signal, ce qui diminue l'intensité du signal relatif au bruit. La question de savoir comment les animaux transmettent l'information malgré ces conditions contraignantes a été l'objet de nombreuses études, portant soit sur l'émetteur soit sur le récepteur. Cependant, une recherche plus intégrée sur l'analyse de scènes auditives est nécessaire pour aborder cette tâche dans toute sa complexité. Le but de ma recherche était d'utiliser une approche transversale afin d'étudier comment les oiseaux s'adaptent aux contraintes de la communication à longue distance, en examinant le codage de l'information au niveau de l'émetteur, les dégradations du signal acoustiques dues à la propagation, et la discrimination de cette information dégradée par le récepteur, au niveau comportemental comme au niveau neuronal. J'ai basé mon travail sur l'idée de prendre en compte les problèmes réellement rencontrés par les animaux dans leur environnement naturel, et d'utiliser des stimuli reflétant la pertinence biologique des problèmes posés à ces animaux. J'ai choisi de me focaliser sur l'information d'identité individuelle contenue dans le cri de distance des diamants mandarins (Taeniopygia guttata) et d'examiner comment la signature vocale individuelle est codée, dégradée, puis discriminée et décodée, depuis l'émetteur jusqu'au récepteur. Cette étude montre que la signature individuelle des diamants mandarins est très résistante à la propagation, et que les paramètres acoustiques les plus individualisés varient selon la distance considérée. En testant des femelles dans les expériences de conditionnement opérant, j'ai pu montrer que celles-ci sont expertes pour discriminer entre les signature vocales dégradées de deux mâles, et qu'elles peuvent s'améliorer en s'entraînant. Enfin, j'ai montré que cette capacité de discrimination impressionnante existe aussi au niveau neuronal : nous avons montré l'existence d'une population de neurones pouvant discriminer des voix individuelles à différent degrés de dégradation, sans entrainement préalable. Ce niveau de traitement évolué, dans le cortex auditif primaire, ouvre la voie à de nouvelles recherches, à l'interface entre le traitement neuronal de l'information et le comportement<br>In communication systems, one of the biggest challenges is that the information encoded by the emitter is always modified before reaching the receiver, who has to process this altered information in order to recover the intended message. In acoustic communication particularly, the transmission of sound through the environment is a major source of signal degradation, caused by attenuation, absorption and reflections, all of which lead to decreases in the signal relative to the background noise. How animals deal with the need for exchanging information in spite of constraining conditions has been the subject of many studies either at the emitter or at the receiver's levels. However, a more integrated research about auditory scene analysis has seldom been used, and is needed to address the complexity of this process. The goal of my research was to use a transversal approach to study how birds adapt to the constraints of long distance communication by investigating the information coding at the emitter's level, the propagation-induced degradation of the acoustic signal, and the discrimination of this degraded information by the receiver at both the behavioral and neural levels. Taking into account the everyday issues faced by animals in their natural environment, and using stimuli and paradigms that reflected the behavioral relevance of these challenges, has been the cornerstone of my approach. Focusing on the information about individual identity in the distance calls of zebra finches Taeniopygia guttata, I investigated how the individual vocal signature is encoded, degraded, and finally discriminated, from the emitter to the receiver. This study shows that the individual signature of zebra finches is very resistant to propagation-induced degradation, and that the most individualized acoustic parameters vary depending on distance. Testing female birds in operant conditioning experiments, I showed that they are experts at discriminating between the degraded vocal signatures of two males, and that they can improve their ability substantially when they can train over increasing distances. Finally, I showed that this impressive discrimination ability also occurs at the neural level: we found a population of neurons in the avian auditory forebrain that discriminate individual voices with various degrees of propagation-induced degradation without prior familiarization or training. The finding of such a high-level auditory processing, in the primary auditory cortex, opens a new range of investigations, at the interface of neural processing and behavior
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Wolf, Aaron B. "Determining Whether Spectrophotometer CIE L*a*b* Color Analysis is an Effective Alternative to Munsell Soil Color Charts for the Study of Burnt Bones: Insights From Analysis of Bab edh-Dhra EB II-III Burnt Bones." Oberlin College Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1305140303.
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Gaspar, Joaquim Filipe Figueiredo Alves. "From the portolan chart of the mediterranean to the latitude chart of the atlantic." Doctoral thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/8631.
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A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor in Information Management, specialization in Geographic Information Systems<br>In this thesis a methodology for the systematic geometric analysis and modeling of
pre-Mercator nautical charts is proposed and tested, aiming at contributing to better
understand their geometric properties and methods of construction. The suggested
approach involves the application of a series of cartometric techniques: georeferencing,
on the basis of a sample of control points of known geographic coordinates; the
interpolation of the geographical graticules implicit to the representations; the assessment
of scales of distance and latitude; the assessment of the navigational accuracy,
by comparing the latitudes, directions and distances measured on the charts with
the corresponding exact values, affected by magnetic declination; and the identification
of the routes underlying the charts’ construction. A numerical model was developed
using the concept of ‘multimensional scaling’, here generalized to distances and
directions measured on a spherical Earth, to simulate the main geometric features of
the charts. To estimate the spatial distribution of the magnetic declination in various
times two sources were used: the historical observations made by D. João de Castro in
1538 and 1541, and a recent geomagnetic model.
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Chien, Yu-Wei, and 簡裕維. "Extracting the Cardiac Risk Factors from EMR to Assist Chart Review by Using Natural Language Processing Technologies." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/79805668042055443591.
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碩士<br>慈濟大學<br>醫學資訊學系碩士班<br>104<br>In order to assess the risk of developing a cardiovascular disease, physicians usually have to review patient’s medical records to identify his cardiovascular risk factors. However, reviewing entire patient details is time-consuming. This paper discusses the alternative method to reduce the burden of physicians by using natural language processing technologies to extract the cardiovascular disease risk factors from EMR. This research uses cTAKES, MetaMap and CRFs sequence labeling model to analyze the clinical narrative document, then uses a filter to identify the target words which are related to cardiovascular disease risk factors. SVM classifiers are then used to identify the polarity and subject of a target word. Finally, risk factor decision module identifies the status of each risk factor.
Experimental results showed that the performance of proposed method is better than that of cTAKES system. The Micro-averaged F1-scores of target word detection with polarity identification and target word detection with subject identification are 0.8514 and 0.8977, respectively. If only considering the correct identified target words, the performance of polarity identification and subject identification modules are 0.9656 and 0.9970, respectively. The overall performance of risk factor extraction system is 0.9209.
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Chen, Yung-Ju, and 陳勇如. "Automatic Transform Methodology from DFDs to Strucutre Charts through Graphic Decomposition." Thesis, 1998. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/90748477572645275132.
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碩士<br>淡江大學<br>資訊工程學系<br>86<br>In the traditional structured design, we analyze DFD to decide
whether it was transform flow or transaction flow. Then use the
design steps of transform analysis or transaction analysis
respectively to transform DFD into structure chart. However,
neither the design steps nor demarcation between transform flow
and transaction flow is clear and definite enough. So different
system analysts, according to various understandings of
processes of DFD, would have different opinions and get
different transformed structure charts while facing the same
DFD. It is not appropriate for computer to automatically
understand processes and make decision. These situations bring
difficulty of automatic transformation, or unreasonable results
of transformation. In view of above, this paper provides a new
set of design steps with characteristic of graph. Through the
extension of DFD symbology, analyzing the characteristic of
graph of DFD, and part of design heuristic, we decompose DFD and
then involve the essence of transform analysis and transaction
analysis to make a series of definite design steps. Because the
set of design steps that provided by this paper is definite, it
makes the automatic transforming of computer possible.
Furthermore, the set of design steps involves design heuristic
and the essence of transform analysis and transaction analysis,
so the result of transformation is reasonable and acceptable for
been used to write a tool of CASE in future. Besides, this paper
also provides a set of algorithms that corresponding to the set
of design steps to explain the feasibility of automation.
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Yang, Sheng-Rong, and 楊昇融. "Combining K-charts and Moving Averages to Derive Investment Rules from Stock Data." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/26717468165704685381.
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碩士<br>中原大學<br>資訊工程研究所<br>98<br>The prediction of stock prices helps the investor to make a good decision. However, the discovery of effective rules from the stock data is the greatest challenge, which is also the goal of this thesis. Our approach adopts K-charts to represent the stock oscillation and a particular oscillation is a consecutive sequence of K-charts with various types. With the analysis of how these sequences influence the future stock prices in different price intervals, we can create effective rules for future trend prediction. When the recent prices satisfy the antecedents of our rules, we suggest the investor to buy or sell the stock and continue to monitor the stock oscillation. Moreover, at the right moment, we also suggest the investor to make a profit or stop a loss. Experiment results show that our rules can achieve the precision 71% on average. In the simulated operations, our investment strategy indeed helps the investor to make a profit. Even when the stop-loss point is set, among all the suggestions, the percentage of making a profit can still achieve 60% on average
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Schuneman, Patrick Jerome. "Pyrogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from carboniferous, triassic, and modern chars potential relations to paleoatmospheric oxygen content /." 2006. http://etd.utk.edu/2006/SchunemanPatrick.pdf.
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Wilcocks, Gerda Reinette. "Improving tone production on the flute with regards to embouchure, lip flexibility, vibrato and tone colour, as seen from a classical music perspective." Diss., 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27919.
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An investigation was done on the methods used by performers of classical flute music to improve their flute tone. A literature study was done and a methodology created. This resulted in detailed dissection and then discussion of the various aspects that influence flute tone. Thereafter a series of practice charts were developed, which can be used to guide performers, students and teachers in their experiment to improve and diversify flute tone. The key areas of flute tone that were examined are: embouchure, lip flexibility, vibrato and tone colour. It has been found that different methods work for different people to improve their flute tone, and therefore personal experimentation is necessary in order to achieve the required tone, which also depends on personal taste.<br>Dissertation (MMus (Performing Art))--University of Pretoria, 2007.<br>Music<br>MMus<br>unrestricted