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Levine, Josh Levine Josh Levine Josh Levine Josh. "Between image, process, and memory /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3049670.
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Correa, Juan A. "Innovation & competition in a memory process." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2011. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/192747/.
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Does innovation increase or decrease with more competition when innovation follows a memory process? This thesis provides a theoretical model which analyzes the innovation and competition relationship assuming that innovation follows a memory process, i.e. the current probability of innovation success depends on previous periods’ innovation successes. I find innovation increases with more product market competition, even under the Schumpeterian context where inventions are not completely appropriable. Assuming the probability to innovate increases with past innovations; a follower firm has large incentives to innovate, even in a highly competitive environment, since the memory obtained after innovating increases its probability to innovate again and become a leader. Therefore, industries will be most of the time neck-and-neck where firms innovate to escape from competition. I test this theoretical finding using the same dataset of Aghion et al. (2005). I find ambiguous results for the innovation-competition relationship. I show that the instrumental variables used by Aghion et al. (2005) are not exogenous and the empirical model is not stable over time. I, therefore, build a database of 220 U.S. industries to analyze the innovationcompetition relationship. As in my theoretical model, I find that innovation increases with more product market competition when innovation follows a memory process. However, when the innovation process is memoryless, I find that more competition decreases the level of innovation when industries already have a high level of competition
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Laing, C. D. "A reflective process memory in decision making." Thesis, University of Bristol, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1983/eb6a9ded-1e28-454e-baea-286bfe75f9bf.
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Choi, Wee Kiong. "The forming process in amorphous silicon memory devices." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/13377.
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Koch, Norbert Axel. "Memory and the wasteland." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29735.
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This dissertation was inspired by the discovery of a machine in the industrial wasteland of Pretoria West. The machine, a flour mill built in 1908, has been extended and transformed and layered through time. Symbolic of the context, it now lies silent – its core has been removed long ago. With an odour of mystery, the fate of the complex remains vague as the body of history is lost in time. Rich in textures and details, the tectonics represent the values of function and process. Mysterious, uncertain and contradictory; facts [history, memory, experienced space] and fiction [imagination] begin to blur. The precinct of Pretoria West unfolds as a wasteland, static in nature and detached from civil society. Surreal in character, the condition manifests itself as a disembodied reality and reveals “a place lost in space, lost in time.” It appears that “…even history does not have its place here” [Webster, 2012]. In this context - without memory and deprived of imagination - the public lives in a liminal state of existence. Engulfed in a static condition of the now, the present becomes the only reality. Without roots in the past and projections to the future, the public realm remains indifferent to both. The proposed programmes form part of the investigation into the site’s fragmented past. A natural perfumery in alliance with a glassblowing workshop is explored within the urban framework proposal of the ‘Hard-boiled Wonderland’. Addressing not only the downfall of the artisan brought about by mechanised forms of production but also the static notion of dealing with remembrance, the project focuses on the inspiration of the imagination and collective memory. The hypothesis of a new interface between the public, architecture, memory and imagination is approached through the mnemonics of the everyday. In pursuit of a resolution, the sense of olfaction takes the central role in the formation of public space that invites rituals of remembrance through ordinary daily activities and events. The project explores ways to inspire and reflect on the site’s history and the memory of the civic society using a domain that leaves no trace in history – through the fleeting realm of scent.<br>Dissertation MArch(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2012.<br>Architecture<br>MArch(Prof)<br>Unrestricted
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Ali-Gombe, Aisha Ibrahim. "Volatile Memory Message Carving: A "per process basis" Approach." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2012. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1569.
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The pace at which data and information transfer and storage has shifted from PCs to mobile devices is of great concern to the digital forensics community. Android is fast becoming the operating system of choice for these hand-held devices, hence the need to develop better forensic techniques for data recovery cannot be over-emphasized. This thesis analyzes the volatile memory for Motorola Android devices with a shift from traditional physical memory extraction to carving residues of data on a “per process basis”. Each Android application runs in a separate process within its own Dalvik Virtual Machine (JVM) instance, thus, the proposed “per process basis” approach. To extract messages, we first extract the runtime memory of the MotoBlur application, then carve and reconstruct both deleted and undeleted messages (emails and chat messages). An experimental study covering two Android phones is also presented.
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Daniels, Karen A. "Control, automaticity, and working memory : a dual-process analysis." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/30419.
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Madeline, Rachael Marie. "Records and States memory explored through process and narrative /." Connect to this title online, 2007. http://etd.lib.clemson.edu/documents/1202501582/.
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Garud, Niharika Triplett Gregory Edward. "Shallow trench isolation process in microfabrication for flash (NAND) memory." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/5622.
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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008.<br>The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on September 2, 2008) Includes bibliographical references.
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Coates, Sarah L. "The effects of implicit memory in the consumer choice process." Thesis, University of Reading, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.408155.
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Akuwudike, Ugochukwu. "An interface for harnessing organisational memory in process plant operations." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.613067.
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Gage, Simon M. "Amorphous silicon memory devices : the forming process and filamentary conduction." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/13866.
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Zoccoli, Sandra L. "Object features and object recognition Semantic memory abilities during the normal aging process /." Ann Arbor, Mich. : ProQuest, 2007. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3288933.
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Thesis (Ph.D. in Psychology)--S.M.U., 2007.<br>Title from PDF title page (viewed Nov. 19, 2009). Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-11, Section: B, page: 7695. Adviser: Alan S. Brown. Includes bibliographical references.
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Huang, Harriette Yung-Wei Carleton University Dissertation Psychology. "Clock time: process and representation." Ottawa, 1992.
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Parks, Colleen M. "Noncriterial recollection in young and older adults the errects of defining recollection specifically in the remember-know and dual process signal detection paradigms /." Diss., Available online, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2004:, 2003. http://etd.gatech.edu/theses/available/etd-06072004-131329/unrestricted/parks%5Fcolleen%5Fm%5F200405%5Fphd.pdf.
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Fox, Heather. "“I Must Write from Memory”: Reading Katherine Anne Porter’s The Old Order as a Reconstructive Process of Memory." VCU Scholars Compass, 2013. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/465.
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Katherine Anne Porter wrote The Old Order stories in the early 1930s; and while there is no evidence that she ever revised them on a story level, she revised the order of the stories over more than thirty years in three collections: The Leaning Tower and Other Stories (1944), The Old Order: Stories of the South from The Leaning Tower, Pale Horse, Pale Rider, and Flowering Judas (1955), and The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter (1965). Individually, each story is its own episodic memory based on Miranda’s adult recollections of childhood experiences. Collectively, Porter’s rearrangement of these stories over time both deconstructs and reconstructs Miranda’s narrative from a chronological to a representational recollection. Therefore, while the individual stories reveal memory’s imprint on identity, the progressive reordering of The Old Order stories reveals a reconstructive process of memory which repositions itself over time.
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Viljoen, Jeandre Renette. "Identifying assets in the memory-box-making-process with vulnerable children." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2004. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03302005-103206.
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Kaynak, Yusuf. "PROCESS-INDUCED SURFACE INTEGRITY IN MACHINING OF NITI SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS." UKnowledge, 2013. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/me_etds/25.
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NiTi alloys have been the focus of Shape Memory Alloys (SMA) research and applications due their excellent ductility and shape memory properties, and these alloys have been extensively used in automotive, aerospace, and in biomedical applications.
The effects of machining on the surface integrity and the corresponding material and mechanical properties of alloys can be best studied by utilizing NiTi alloys as workpiece material since their physical and mechanical properties are highly microstructure dependent. However, due to very poor machining performance of NiTi shape memory alloys, no comprehensive or systematic investigation on this topic has been conducted by researchers as yet.
The current study makes a substantial and unique contribution to this area by making the first and significant contribution to studies on machining performance of NiTi shape memory alloys, and by achieving improved surface integrity and machining performance using cryogenic applications, which give significant reductions of tool-wear, cutting forces, and surface roughness. The influence of machining process conditions, including dry, MQL, preheated, cryogenic machining, and the effects of prefroze cryo machining on surface integrity characteristics such as microhardness, phase transformation, phase transformation temperature, depth of plastically deformed layer have been examined extensively, and unique findings have been obtained.
The effects of machining process conditions, in particular preheated and cryogenic machining conditions, on thermo-mechanical and shape memory characteristics were identified through thermal cycling and stress-strain tests.
For the first time, orthogonal cutting of NiTi shape memory alloys has been carried out in this study to investigate surface integrity comprehensively. Surface integrity and machining performance are compared for dry and prefroze cryogenic cooling conditions under a wide range of cutting speeds. Stress-induced martensitic phase transformation and deformation twinning were found in prefroze cryogenic and dry cutting conditions respectively.
The existing microstructure-based constitutive models were used and modified to predict machining-induced phase transformation and resulting volume fraction. The modified model was implemented in commercial FEM software (DEFORM-2D) as a customized user subroutine. The obtained results from simulation and orthogonal cutting tests were compared considering martensitic volume fraction during cutting with various cutting speeds. The model captured the experimental trend of volume fraction induced by various cutting speeds and process variables. Overall, FEM simulation of cutting process of NiTi was successfully presented.
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Hilgers, Brandon. "SRAM Compiler For Automated Memory Layout Supporting Multiple Transistor Process Technologies." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2015. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/1423.
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This research details the design of an SRAM compiler for quickly creating SRAM blocks for Cal Poly integrated circuit (IC) designs. The compiler generates memory for two process technologies (IBM 180nm cmrf7sf and ON Semiconductor 600nm SCMOS) and requires a minimum number of specifications from the user for ease of use, while still offering the option to customize the performance for speed or area of the generated SRAM cell. By automatically creating SRAM arrays, the compiler saves the user time from having to layout and test memory and allows for quick updates and changes to a design. Memory compilers with various features already exist, but they have several disadvantages. Most memory compilers are expensive, usually only generate memory for one process technology, and don’t allow for user-defined custom SRAM cell optimizations. This free design makes it available for students and institutions that would not be able to afford an industry-made compiler. A compiler that offers multiple process technologies allows for more freedom to design in other processes if needed or desired. An attempt was made for this design to be modular for different process technologies so new processes could be added with ease; however, different process technologies have different DRC rules, making that option very difficult to attain. A customizable SRAM cell based on transistor sizing ratios allows for optimized designs in speed, area, or power, and for academic research. Even for an experienced designer, the layout of a single SRAM cell (1 bit) can take an hour. This command-line-based tool can draw a 1Kb SRAM block in seconds and a 1Mb SRAM block in about 15 minutes. In addition, this compiler also adds a manually laid out precharge circuit to each of the SRAM columns for an enhanced read operation by ensuring the bit lines have valid logic output values. Finally, an analysis on SRAM cell stability is done for creating a robust cell as the default design for the compiler. The default cell design is verified for stability during read and write operations, and has an area of 14.067 µm2 for the cmrf7sf process and 246.42 µm2 for the SCMOS process. All factors considered, this SRAM compiler design overcomes several of the drawbacks of other existing memory compilers.
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Saunders, Jo. "Inhibitory processes in the misinformation effect : negative consequences of an adaptive process." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/13122.
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Recent research has suggested the seemingly ironic possibility that in order to be able to remember effectively, we must be able to forget. Despite the fact that forgetting is typically conceived of as a wholly negative experience it may, nonetheless, have adaptive consequences for the efficient updating of memory. Without a method for setting aside out-of-date or unwanted information, we may be unable to satisfy current memorial goals. Recent research suggests that inhibitory processes operating during retrieval may be responsible for the temporary forgetting of unwanted information so that desired memories can be successfully retrieved (referred to as retrieval-induced forgetting, M.C. Anderson, Bjork & Bjork, 1994). The present thesis attempts to enhance our understanding of the basic mechanisms that underlie our ability to update our memories by examining the role of inhibitory processes in the misinformation effect. The misinformation effect is a form of memory error whereby individuals mistakenly report post-event misleading information rather than information that was originally encoded during an initial study phase (e.g., E.F. Loftus, 1979a). In order to examine whether the underlying mechanisms in the misinformation effect (and more generally in memory updating) are inhibitory in nature, five theory-driven experiments were conducted and reported in this thesis. An inhibitory account of misinformation effects assumes that significant misinformation effects should only be detected when information from an initial event has been inhibited, and therefore is unavailable to conscious inspection. A new paradigm was designed for investigating the memorial processes responsible for the misinformation effect, which combined key features from the retrieval practice paradigm with that of the misinformation paradigm (cf. E.F. Loftus, Miller & Burns, 1978). In Experiments 1 and 2, the boundary conditions of varying the retrieval status of target items within this new paradigm were explored. More specifically, in Experiment 1, significant misinformation effects were found only when misleading information was presented on items that were subject to retrieval-induced forgetting, i.e., the original information was unavailable to conscious inspection, leaving only the post-event information available for retrieval. A further test of the retrieval-induced forgetting account was examined in Experiment 2 whereby the presence of retrieval induced forgetting was manipulated through the insertion of a delay. Experiment 2 indicated that the production of misinformation effects was dependent on retrieval-induced forgetting remaining active (i.e., under condition of no delay, or where a delay occurred between study and retrieval practice). In contrast, significant misinformation effects were not found when retrieval-induced forgetting dissipated over a retention interval (i.e., when a delay was inserted between retrieval practice and final test). Despite Experiments 1 - 2 suggesting that retrieval-induced forgetting may play an influential role in the production of misinformation effect, the new misinformation paradigm cannot differentiate between the possible inhibitory and non-inhibitory processes that may underlie retrieval-induced forgetting. This is primarily due to the new paradigm employing a free recall test rather than using a memory test that can separate the actions of inhibitory from non-inhibitory processes. However, as the ‘independent probe' method (M.C. Anderson & Spellman, 1995) can perform this task, it was modified for use in Experiments 3 - 5 , which more closely examined whether inhibitory processes were indeed responsible for both retrieval-induced forgetting and misinformation effects. More specifically. Experiment 3 found that inhibitory processes were the primary mechanism behind retrieval-induced forgetting, while Experiment 4 demonstrated that any item that competes with target material for retrieval is subject to inhibition (referred to as cross-category and second-order inhibition). Experiment 5 extended the findings of Experiment 3 and 4, and found that inhibitory processes were not only responsible for misinformation effects, but that all inhibited information is susceptible to the effects of post-event information. The present studies suggest that that an adaptive function on inhibition (i.e., the updating of memory) may be responsible for unwanted and undesired effect in memory under certain circumstances (i.e., the production of misinformation effects and eyewitness errors). In order to examine more fully the role of inhibitory processes in the production of misinformation effects, and more generally, in memory updating, the present thesis considers both classical and modern research on forgetting. Chapter 1 outlines recent theorising that forgetting should not be considered an exclusively negative phenomenon, and that it should, in fact, be considered an essential and necessary process that keeps our memory systems running optimally. This possibility is examined in more thorough detail in Chapters 2 and 3. Chapter 2 considers both classical interference research, and the more recent inhibitory accounts of intentional forgetting, while Chapter 3 examines how successful these inhibitory accounts have been applied to research concerning unintentional forgetting. In contrast. Chapter 4 examines a rather different approach to memory updating as viewed through misinformation studies. A new paradigm for investigating misinformation effects is introduced in Chapter 5, and the empirical Chapters 5 - 9 discuss the application of this new paradigm to the investigation of misinformation effects. Finally, the conclusions and implications of unintentional forgetting for theories of memory updating are discussed in Chapter 10. The work presented in this thesis suggests that not only can inhibition promote the updating of memory, but it can also leave our memories vulnerable to the unintentional integration of incorrect information.
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Hempinstall, Susan. "Computational Model of Human Memory." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/35096.
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Theories of Extended Mind have evolved in waves to reach the present state of disagreement with regard to whether or not external artefacts become part of the mind when used for memory purposes. A four-step approach has been used to address and resolve this disagreement. First, a new component for models of mind which provides a saliency function is provided. This saliency function corresponds to computational elements found necessary in large mainframe computer systems for handling rich data environments. Second, there is introduced a Computational Model of Memory containing the new component which models the operation of human memory. The Computational Model of Memory contains four interoperative elements including the new component, short-term memory, long-term memory, and a cross-reference associator. Third, the work of Marcin Milkowski is drawn upon to obtain a general method of assessing a computational model’s well-formedness, and the method is applied to prove the adequacy of the Computational Model of Memory. According to Milkowski’s schema, the model satisfies most criteria for a well-formed computational model, including in particular a separation between conceptual elements of the model, and constitutive elements of the model, which while explicitly related, are required to subsist at separate logical conceptual levels. Fourth, the Computational Model of Memory is applied to outstanding arguments in Extended Mind to clarify and resolve several of these arguments. The model serves to highlight where the nature of the disagreement depends upon a category error of reference, and further resolves a key disagreement by demonstrating that the mind may treat external artefacts as an alternative realizable constitutive element of short-term and long-term memory.
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Richard, Golden George III. "Techniques for process recovery in message passing and distributed shared memory systems /." The Ohio State University, 1995. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487862399451108.
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Koenig, Laura. "Development of recognition memory : process dissociation of recollection and familiarity in children." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/5154.
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There is an extensive debate in the adult literature on whether recognition memory can better be explained by a single- or a dual-process account. Single-process accounts assume that a single memory strength signal underlies recognition. Dual-process accounts propose two independent processes, namely recollection (slow and associated with contextual details) and familiarity (fast and automatic). The aim of this dissertation was to advance this debate using a cognitive developmental approach. By investigating age-related changes of recognition memory across childhood as a function of theoretically motivated experimental manipulations, predictions drawn from single- and dual-process models of recognition memory were tested. We adapted the Process Dissociation Paradigm (PDP; Jacoby, 1991) to disentangle processes underlying recognition memory in 5-, 7-, and 11-year-olds and adults using a Dual-Process Signal Detection cognitive modelling approach (DPSD; Yonelinas, 1996). Experiments 1 – 6 demonstrated that 5-year-olds are able to recollect items based on perceptual details. Consistent with dual-process theory, across all age groups a response time limit decreased recollection while leaving familiarity unaffected (Chapter 2). Converging evidence consistent with dissociations during childhood was found after repeated item presentation (Chapter 3). Finally, after a thorough empirical validation of our approach, the new paradigm was used to investigate the developmental perceptual to semantic shift (Chapter 4). These findings, using a double dissociation logic, have advanced the theoretical debate on the nature of recognition memory by showing that one process is insufficient to account for the developmental and experimental findings reported here. Recollection and familiarity follow different developmental trajectories and are affected by encoding and retrieval manipulations (i.e., repetition and time limits). This provides a challenge for existing theories of recognition memory.
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Gao, Ziyao. "Study of Shape Memory Polymer Composites from Polymerization Induced Phase Separation Process." Thesis, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10681918.
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<p> Polymer composites are taking the place of traditional materials in many fields. They are preferred in engineering structures due to the advantages in strength, stiffness, thermostability, corrosion resistance, and ductility at high temperatures. Study of PCL-based shape memory polymer composite can expand its application. And in order to fully understand SMP properties, a series of comprehensive testing is required. </p><p> Samples with different PCL percentages must be made by using a standard and optimized procedure to eliminate unwanted variables, and to ensure the amount of PCL in samples is the only variable. </p><p> The DSC test on the SMP samples shows that there are two transition phases. One is at 53 °C and indicated as PCL melting temperature; another one is at 138.5 °C, indicated to be the glass transition phase. </p><p> Shape memory behavior tests on the SMP samples show that the PCL-based polymer composite has significant shape recovery ability. The ability of recovery is proportional with the amount of PCL in the sample. And the recovery performance is shown in both strain and stress recovery. </p><p> The mechanical properties of SMP composite are determined by compression tests. Tests are performed on each specimen with different PCL percentages. The maximum compressive stress is higher in specimens that have a higher amount of PCL, and this result agrees with results from the shape memory test. </p><p> Finally, the SMP composites are observed with SEM. A unique globule structure is shown in the specimens regardless of their PCL percentages. This globule structure is totally different from the structure in pure epoxy. The reason for this difference is still unknown and needs to be determined with further research.</p><p>
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Schendel, Zachary Adam. "The irrelevant sound effect similarity of content or similarity of process? /." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1148590088.
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Carlin, Richard Michael. "Exploratory study on the process of early recollection interpretation." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/25361.
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This study explored the reasoning process of interpreters during the process of early recollection (ER) interpretation, and in the identification of central life style theme using Mosak's typology system (1971). ERs from ten subjects were collected using a guestionnaire format and distributed to six interpreters. Three interpreters were experienced in ER interpretation and three received two hours of training in ER interpretation prior to the study. All interpreters were requested to record their impressions and thoughts during the interpretive process on audio tape for later analysis, and to assign a primary and secondary life style theme to each subject using Mosak's typologies. The results of this study provided information about the cues found in ERs that seem to guide interpreters, the effect of interpreter style on the final outcome, and the reliability of inter-judge agreement on life style theme from ER interpretation. The results showed that training in ER interpretation immediately provided the trainees with an ability to identify the perceptual schema of the subjects but it did not give them the same skill possessed by the experienced clinicians in metaphor analysis or an understanding of Mosak's typology system. Similarities and differences between the experienced clinicians and the trainees were analyzed.<br>Education, Faculty of<br>Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of<br>Graduate
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Ang, Bing-hun Fanny. "Mapping memories a methodology to quantify the "collective memory" of places through the process of way-finding in Central /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2008. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42189019.
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Obi, Manasseh Okocha. "Materials consideration for nanoionic nonvolatile memory solutions." [Boise, Idaho] : Boise State University, 2009. http://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/td/50/.
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Horáková, Jana. "On Media of Memory and Remembering." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2014. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-140746.
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Information stored in digital media literally and metaphorically loses its historical dimensions but gains spatial relations and burgeoning cross-references. Thus, all of culture, and by extension, its products too, are losing their historical dimension in the age of digital, networked technologies in favor of a constant, real-time information flow, produced by exchange and morphing.
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Pierce, Linda M. "Displaced memory: Oscar Micheaux, Carlos Bulosan, and the process of United States decolonization." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/280790.
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"Displaced Memory: Oscar Micheaux, Carlos Bulosan, and the Process of U.S. Decolonization," uses new applications for existing colonial and postcolonial theories in order to explain common incongruities in ethnic minority autobiographies in early twentieth-century America. Using Carlos Bulosan (1914-1956) and Oscar Micheaux's (1894-1951) "fictional autobiographies" as case studies, I argue that the seemingly contradictory coexistence of assimilationist and subversive narratives can be explained when understood as textual representations of the process of decolonization. Reading these narrators as postcolonial subjects, however, would require both a radical rethinking of colonial and postcolonial theory and careful revaluation of early American mythology. While recognizing the United States as a former (or neo-) colonial power poses no insuperable problem for scholars in Philippine American studies, analyzing other disenfranchised ethnic communities in terms of a U.S. colonial context is more problematic. My project addresses precisely this problem: part one begins with the Philippine context and asks why even this overt example of colonization remains unacknowledged within U.S. cultural memory. The answer to this question is grounded in the literary, political and ideological national foundations emergent during nascent U.S. development. In the second part of my project, I stress the necessity of comparing multi-ethnic experiences within parallel historical trajectories, addressing questions about how a U.S. postcolonial theory would become complicated when applied to slavery and its aftermath. I argue that the unique position of displaced colonials occupied by African slaves and the colonial memory instilled in their offspring suggest the applicability of postcolonial theory to the African American community. Questions of U.S. postcoloniality are invariably tethered to multiple perspectives from early literature, from captivity to emancipation and reconstruction. Thus, understanding the ways in which African Americans have been colonized is important not only for re-reading African American literature like that of Micheaux, but for revising American ideological holdovers from the seventeenth century to the present. Read together within the postcolonial context, Bulosan's and Micheaux's views on nation, race, masculinity and women take on new significance.
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Bos, Mirjam van den. "Factors affecting local enviromental context effects in recognition memory : a dual-process perspective." Thesis, Keele University, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.502986.
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Hirsch, Adam. "Moments of being| The topology of timbre and memory as a compositional process." Thesis, Mills College, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10117391.
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<p> This interdisciplinary study examines episodic memory and instrumental timbre as structural analogs, and explores the potential of their relationships within a compositional framework. The paper begins by framing contemporary models of memory and timbre within the notion of topology—the ways in which patterns of components are interrelated within an abstract space, and how those patterns remain consistent or degrade over time. I proceed to probe the ways in which both memorial and timbral processes are constructed upon spectra of stability and coherence, and examine the role of “place” in the establishment of these spectra. My analysis occurs at one possible intersection of neurology, psychoacoustics, spectral composition, and the poetics of memoir. The second half of the paper is concerned with how these theories are applied in practice within my composition fragments in autumn for cello trio and electronics. A personal history, structural analysis, and close reading of the piece demonstrates the possibilities of memory as a compositional/timbral process, as well as the difficulties and instabilities that are inherent in such an endeavor. Through both creative and scholarly modes of inquiry, I pose to myself and the reader: How can music function as an act of translation in regard to something as opaque and personal as memory? How can the resonant properties of an instrument be treated with the same complexities and nuances of a remembering mind? How might these processes of memory move away from modes of “story-telling” and toward a more abstract exploration of topological contours? How do these models of timbre and memory function as prescriptive frameworks for composing, and where do they break down?</p>
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Taylor, Jason R. "On the perceptual basis of semantic memory : representation, process, and attentional control revealed by behavior and event-related brain potentials /." View online version; access limited to Brown University users, 2005. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3174681.
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Svetlana, Jakšić. "Types for Access and Memory Control." Phd thesis, Univerzitet u Novom Sadu, Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu, 2016. https://www.cris.uns.ac.rs/record.jsf?recordId=101762&source=NDLTD&language=en.
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Three issues will be elaborated and disussed in the proposed thesis. The first isadministration and control of data access rights in networks with XML data, withemphasis on data security. The second is the administration and control ofaccess rights to data in computer networks with RDF data, with emphasis ondata privacy. The third is prevention of errors and memory leaks, as well ascommunication errors, generated by programs written in Sing # language in thepresence of exceptions. For all three issues, there will be presented formalmodels with corresponding type systems and showed the absence of undesiredbehavior i.e. errors in networks or programs.<br>У тези су разматрана три проблема. Први је администрација и контролаправа приступа података у рачунарској мрежи са XML подацима, санагласком на безбедости посматраних података. Други је администрација икотрола права приступа подацима у рачунарској мрежи са RDF подацима,са нагласком на приватности посматраних података. Трећи је превенцијагрешака и цурења меморије, као и грешака у комуникацији генерисанимпрограмима написаних на језику Sing# у којима су присутни изузеци. За сватри проблема биће предложени формални модели и одговарајући типскисистеми помоћу којих се показује одсуство неповољних понашања тј.грешака у мрежама односно програмима.<br>U tezi su razmatrana tri problema. Prvi je administracija i kontrolaprava pristupa podataka u računarskoj mreži sa XML podacima, sanaglaskom na bezbedosti posmatranih podataka. Drugi je administracija ikotrola prava pristupa podacima u računarskoj mreži sa RDF podacima,sa naglaskom na privatnosti posmatranih podataka. Treći je prevencijagrešaka i curenja memorije, kao i grešaka u komunikaciji generisanimprogramima napisanih na jeziku Sing# u kojima su prisutni izuzeci. Za svatri problema biće predloženi formalni modeli i odgovarajući tipskisistemi pomoću kojih se pokazuje odsustvo nepovoljnih ponašanja tj.grešaka u mrežama odnosno programima.
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Mekwa, Julia Nobelungu. "Attention process training : its effectiveness in remediating attention and memory deficits following mild traumatic brain injury /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7206.
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Aissi, L. "An analytical study of the process of translation : with special reference to English/Arabic." Thesis, University of Salford, 1987. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/14673/.
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This study attempts to analyse the process of translation and to explore its phases (Analysis, Transfer, Synthesis ) and its related aspects. Translation theory is usually addressed as if languages alone were at stake. In contrast to most studies on transaltion, this study is devoted to analysing the process of translation rather than to a comparative analysis of two languages. The study is set up on the basis of communication theory in general, and draws upon various linguistic theories and other language—related disciplines such as psycholinguistics, semiotics, etc. The basic suggestion posited is that translation should be viewed as a special case of communication process. Four models of the translation process are presented and discussed. All were found to be inadequate in representing the process as a whole (in its entirety). Thus, a more comprehensive representation of the process of translation which takes into consideration various factors is proposed. The representation proposed describes the process of translation as a complex network of operations based on linguistic and extralinguistic factors. It is argued that the main issue in translation theory should not be whether to translate literally or freely but how we can achieve an optimum translation which is the approach taken in this study. It is also hoped that this study may be of benefit to those interested in teaching translation and training would —be translators. It is also recognized that further research is required in the area of the mental processes involved in translation. The motivation for this study is the need felt for clarifying and describing the process of translation in order to improve the quality of translation and to design consequently an adequate syllabus for teaching translation.
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Horáková, Jana. "On Media of Memory and Remembering." map - media archive performance ; 2013/4 (E-Journal, URL: http://www.perfomap.de), 2013. https://slub.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A4377.
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Information stored in digital media literally and metaphorically loses its historical dimensions but gains spatial relations and burgeoning cross-references. Thus, all of culture, and by extension, its products too, are losing their historical dimension in the age of digital, networked technologies in favor of a constant, real-time information flow, produced by exchange and morphing.
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Muthu, Srinivas. "A Context-Aware Approach to Android Memory Management." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1449665506.
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Yeoh, SengMing. "Secure and Efficient In-Process Monitor and Multi-Variant Execution." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/102158.
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Control flow hijacking attacks such as Return Oriented Programming (ROP) and data oriented attacks like Data Oriented Programming (DOP) are problems still plaguing modern software today. While there have been many attempts at hardening software and protecting against these attacks, the heavy performance cost of running these defenses and intrusive modifications required has proven to be a barrier to adoption. In this work, we present Monguard, a high-performance hardware assisted in-process monitor protection system utilizing Intel Memory Protection Keys (MPK) to enforce execute-only memory, combined with code randomization and runtime binary patching to effectively protect and hide in-process monitors. Next, we introduce L-MVX, a flexible lightweight Multi-Variant Execution (MVX) system running in the in-process monitor system that aims to solve some of the performance problems of recent MVX defenses through selective program call graph protection and in-process monitoring, maintaining security guarantees either by breaking attacker assumptions or creating a scenario where a particular attack only works on a single variant.<br>Master of Science<br>Memory corruption attacks are still prevalent on modern software. While there have been many attempts at hardening software and preventing against these attacks, the heavy performance cost of running these defenses and intrusive modifications required have proven to be a barrier to adoption. In this work, we present L-MVX, a high-performance hardware assisted in-process monitor protection system that provides an unintrusive and efficient way to defend against these attacks on monitor systems. We also introduce L-MVX, a flexible lightweight process monitoring engine running on L-MVX that aims to solve some of the performance problems of recent monitor defenses.
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Porteous, Carol. "The Making of 'Annabelle Blue': A Peircean Semiotic Analysis of the Creative Process." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/31739.
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The paper discusses how the semiotic relationships involved in the process of creating a documentary, interconnect and affect the documentary's truth claims from the perspective of Peirce's semiotic theory. To do this, I created an autobiographical film called 'Annabelle Blue' and then analyzed the experience. The making of 'Annabelle Blue' involved a number of representations, each of which involved the interplay of iconic, indexical and symbolic elements and each of which had a substantial influence on how the process continued. It is my contention
that documentary's truth claims must be evaluated in light of the assumption that documentary representation is a dynamic, creative process involving the jostling for position between semiotic aspects at every level.
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Desai, Satyajit. "Process Variation Aware DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) Design Using Block-Based Adaptive Body Biasing Algorithm." DigitalCommons@USU, 2012. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/1419.
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Large dense structures like DRAMs (Dynamic Random Access Memory) are particularly susceptible to process variation, which can lead to variable latencies in different memory arrays. However, very little work exists on variation studies in DRAMs. This is due to the fact that DRAMs were traditionally placed off-chip and their latency changes due to process variation did not impact the overall processor performance. However, emerging technology trends like three-dimensional integration, use of sophisticated memory controllers, and continued scaling of technology node, substantially reduce DRAM access latency. Hence, future technology nodes will see widespread adoption of embedded DRAMs. This makes process variation a critical upcoming challenge in DRAMs that must be addressed in current and forthcoming technology generations. In this paper, techniques for modeling the effect of random, as well as spatial variation, in large DRAM array structures are presented. Sensitivity-based gate level process variation models combined with statistical timing analysis are used to estimate the impact of process variation on the DRAM performance and leakage power. A simulated annealing-based Vth assignment algorithm using adaptive body biasing is proposed in this thesis to improve the yield of DRAM structures. By applying the algorithm on a 1GB DRAM array, an average of 14.66% improvement in the DRAM yield is obtained.
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Lê, Nhat Minh. "Kahn process networks as concurrent data structures : lock freedom, parallelism, relaxation in shared memory." Thesis, Paris Sciences et Lettres (ComUE), 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016PSLEE051/document.
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La thèse porte sur les réseaux de Kahn, un modèle de concurrence simple et expressif proposé par Gilles Kahn dans les années 70, et leur implémentation sur des architectures multi-coeurs modernes, à mémoire partagée. Dans un réseau de Kahn, le programmeur décrit un programme parallèle comme un ensemble de processus et de canaux communicants, reliant chacun exactement un processus producteur à un consommateur. Nous nous concentrons ici sur les aspects algorithmiques et les choix de conception liés à l'implémentation, avec deux points clefs : les garanties non bloquantes et la mémoire relâchée. Le développement d'algorithmes non bloquants efficaces s'inscrit dans une optique de gestion des ressources et de garantie de performance sur les plateformes à ordonnancement irrégulier, telles que les machines virtuelles ou les GPU. Un travail complémentaire sur les modèles de mémoire relâchée vient compléter cette approche théorique par un prolongement plus pratique dans le monde des architectures à mémoire partagée contemporaines. Nous présentons un nouvel algorithme non bloquant pour l'interprétation de réseaux de Kahn. Celui-ci est parallèle sur les accès disjoints : il permet à plusieurs processeursde travailler simultanément sur un même réseau de Kahn partagé, tout en exploitant le parallélisme entre processus indépendants. Il offre dans le même temps des garanties de progrès non bloquant : en mémoire bornée et en présence de retards sur les processeurs. L'ensemble forme, à notre connaissance, le premier système complètement non bloquant de cette envergure : techniques classiques de programmation non bloquante et contributions spécifiques aux réseaux de Kahn. Nous discutons également d'une variante bloquante destinée au calcul haute performance, avec des résultats expérimentaux encourageants<br>In this thesis, we are interested in Kahn process networks, a simple yet expressive model of concurrency, and its parallel implementation on modern shared-memory architectures. Kahn process networks expose concurrency to the programmer through an arrangement of sequential processes and single-producer single-consumer channels. The focus is on the implementation aspects. Of particular importance to our study are two parameters: lock freedom and relaxed memory. The development of fast andefficient lock-free algorithms ties into concerns of controlled resource consumption and reliable performance on current and future platforms with unfair or skewed scheduling such as virtual machines and GPUs. Our work with relaxed memory models complements this more theoretical approach by offering a window into realistic sharedmemory architectures. We present a new lock-free algorithm for a Kahn process network interpreter. It is disjoint-access parallel: we allow multiple threads to work on the same shared Kahn process network, fully utilizing the parallelism exhibited by independent processes. It is nonblockingin that it guarantees global progress in bounded memory, even in the presence of (possibly infinite) delays affecting the executing threads. To our knowledge, it is the first lock-free system of this size, and integrates various well-known non-blocking techniques and concepts (e.g., safe memory reclamation, multi-word updates, assistance) with ideas and optimizations specific to the Kahn network setting. We also discuss a variant of the algorithm, which is blocking and targeted at high-performance computing, with encouraging experimental results
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Cocchini, Gianna. "Working memory and attentional resources in healthy volunteers and Alzheimer patients : evidence from behavioural data and functional neuroimaging." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.368898.
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Despite the wide literature concerning attentional resources and memory, there is still a debate concerning the cognitive processes involved during multiple tasks. The single attentional resource theory suggests that each individual has a general single pool of attentional resources that can be shared amongst the different concomitant tasks. Dual task demand would result in a decrement in performance as the resources required exceed those available. In contrast the multiple attentional resource theory claims that each individual can draw from different pools of attention and that resources are not sharable: combining two tasks does not necessarily result in a dramatic decrement in performance. From this second theory arises the co-ordination hypothesis which suggests that the central executive may co-ordinate and implement the use of different pools of attention when an individual has to perform two tasks at the same time. In this thesis some aspects and predictions of these theoretical hypotheses are examined. The dual task effect is investigated under the manipulation of cognitive effort (Experiments 1, 3 and 4), practice (Experiment 2) and the combination of different processes (Experiment 6). Moreover, it has been reported in the literature that patients affected by Alzheimer Disease show a dramatic cost of concurrence, but there is still a debate as to whether the performance impairment is due to an impoverishment of the single attentional resource or, alternatively, to an impairment in the co-ordination function. The findings of this thesis provide some support in favour of a co-ordination impairment (Experiments 1,2,3 and 4). Finally the age effect (testing two groups of healthy adults, young and elderly) has been considered to establish whether there is a qualitative or quantitative difference between healthy elderly and Alzheimer patients (Experiments 1,2,3 and 4).
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Sturich, Matthew Alexander. "The poetic image : an exploration of memory and making in architecture and film." Thesis, Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/85.
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Jost, Tiago Trevisan. "SoMMA : a software managed memory architecture for multi-issue processors." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/170975.
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Processadores embarcados utilizam eficientemente o paralelismo a nível de instrução para atender as necessidades de desempenho e energia em aplicações atuais. Embora a melhoria de performance seja um dos principais objetivos em processadores em geral, ela pode levar a um impacto negativo no consumo de energia, uma restrição crítica para sistemas atuais. Nesta dissertação, apresentamos o SoMMA, uma arquitetura de memória gerenciada por software para processadores embarcados capaz de reduz consumo de energia e energy-delay product (EDP), enquanto ainda aumenta a banda de memória. A solução combina o uso de memórias gerenciadas por software com a cache de dados, de modo a reduzir o consumo de energia e EDP do sistema. SoMMA também melhora a performance do sistema, pois os acessos à memória podem ser realizados em paralelo, sem custo em portas de memória extra na cache de dados. Transformações de código do compilador auxiliam o programador a utilizar a arquitetura proposta. Resultados experimentais mostram que SoMMA é mais eficiente em termos de energia e desempenho tanto a nível de processador quanto a nível do sistema completo. A técnica apresenta speedups de 1.118x e 1.121x, consumindo 11% e 12.8% menos energia quando comparando processadores que utilizam e não utilizam SoMMA. Há ainda redução de até 41.5% em EDP do sistema, sempre mantendo a área dos processadores equivalentes. Por fim, SoMMA também reduz o número de cache misses quando comparado ao processador baseline.<br>Embedded processors rely on the efficient use of instruction-level parallelism to answer the performance and energy needs of modern applications. Though improving performance is the primary goal for processors in general, it might lead to a negative impact on energy consumption, a particularly critical constraint for current systems. In this dissertation, we present SoMMA, a software-managed memory architecture for embedded multi-issue processors that can reduce energy consumption and energy-delay product (EDP), while still providing an increase in memory bandwidth. We combine the use of software-managed memories (SMM) with the data cache, and leverage the lower energy access cost of SMMs to provide a processor with reduced energy consumption and EDP. SoMMA also provides a better overall performance, as memory accesses can be performed in parallel, with no cost in extra memory ports. Compiler-automated code transformations minimize the programmer’s effort to benefit from the proposed architecture. Our experimental results show that SoMMA is more energy- and performance-efficient not only for the processing cores, but also at full-system level. Comparisons were done using the VEX processor, a VLIW reconfigurable processor. The approach shows average speedups of 1.118x and 1.121x, while consuming up to 11% and 12.8% less energy when comparing two modified processors and their baselines. SoMMA also shows reduction of up to 41.5% on full-system EDP, maintaining the same processor area as baseline processors. Lastly, even with SoMMA halving the data cache size, we still reduce the number of data cache misses in comparison to baselines.
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Woodrow, Jonathan. "The social psychology of digital photography : a process philosophy approach." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2004. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/7724.
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This thesis addresses the nature of the image and its relationship to human perception and memory. Traditionally psychology approaches the relationship between the image and the human in a representationalist register, in which the world represents itself through images to the subjective observer. The thesis questions these assumptions about the representational relationship between the world, the mind and the image through a study of people using digital photographic technologies. It argues that digital images exist as a complex network of technology and activity that manage their incessant movement, production, consumption, convertibility, connectedness and fragility. The digital image exposes the complex nature of the image as more than a simple representation. If this is the case, then human involvement with images as networks occurs in terms of our inclusion in the network rather than as a subjective observer positioned outside of the world. Henri Bergson proposes that we see the image in terms of a distinction between time and space rather than as an intermediary between a subject and the object. The implications of this for the way in which we think about the interaction between people and technology and the nature of perception and memory are explored through some data examples from three settings. These are; amateur photographers using digital technology; families looking through their stocks of digital images and remembering past events together and finally, displays of family member's histories and identities on the internet.
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Niculitcheff, Sergio 1960. "A imagem da memoria." [s.n.], 2009. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/284023.
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Previous issue date: 2009<br>Resumo: Neste trabalho abordo minha produção artística tendo a memória como aspecto principal. Rememoro alguns fatos vividos na infância e juventude, demonstrando como eles estão diretamente relacionados às Imagens utilizadas no presente e as relações que se estabelecem com a poética em minhas obras. Mostro a importância da observação no surgimento da imagem, abordando aspectos relacionados às inspirações e à criação de figuras. Exponho procedimentos pessoais, como o de colecionar pequenos objetos, e como também são manifestações da memória. Associo as lembranças a elementos culturais ligados a aspectos formais, tais como as influências da representação do Renascimento. Discorro sobre os elementos de linguagem e de como em minha obra são tratados os procedimentos artísticos, enfoco questões práticas da confecção das obras, relatando as técnicas de pintura, gravura e escultura. Faço um relato sobre a gênese de minha obra, explicitando detalhadamente as etapas de meu processo particular de criação. Desnudo todos os passos; desde a concepção das imagens, as escolhas das formas, a preparação do suporte, a execução da obra e o tratamento pictórico até a finalização do trabalho<br>Abstract: This work has been developed based in my memory only. Childhood and teenager experienced facts are used as a demonstration that is directly related to actual images, also poethic relation with my work. Observation importance was pointed out at image's construction also comprehending future aspects of picture creation. The relevance of object collection as part of memory perception was also emphasized at this document. Relation of cultural elements and formal aspects, as Renaissance influences as well, are proximately connected at this work. The language elements are mentioned, artistics procedures, practical focus works, relating paint techniques, engraving and sculpture. Reporting of my work's genesis were developed detailing steps of my particular creation process. All steps are explicit; beginning with image conception, shapes choice, support preparation, work execution and pictorial treatment up to work conclusion<br>Doutorado<br>Artes<br>Doutor em Artes
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Stewart, Isobel Margaret Campbell. "Performance as relationship : memory, materiality and process in the site-specific practice of in situ." Thesis, De Montfort University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2086/4226.
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Shin, Yun Koung. "Reconstructive-memory process." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2012-05-5348.
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This graduate report is a description of my artistic development through the graduate program at the University of Texas at Austin. It records my development and growth as an artist in relationship to the concepts, materials, and processes I have been investigating and exploring in the past three years.
The graduate report focuses on three important concerns to which I’ve been dedicated. First, materials are imperative to my work. I physically collect and use my father’s ordinary objects and transform them with raw materials, such as clay, flour, honey, chocolate, beeswax, and petroleum jelly. The decision of choosing raw materials is based on my personal and cultural experiences. I am particularly interested in exploiting raw materials because I believe these raw materials can trigger a particular memory, place, or relationship that I want to preserve and remember.
Second, my process of making involves ritualistic aspects with repetitive acts. I believe that everyday practices are a way of reconstructing relationships and remembering home. I am interested in embracing emotional attributes that may be simple activities: spraying a piece daily to keep it wet or sewing a personal object until it is impossible to sew.
Finally, through the relationship among the objects, repeated actions, and an anticipation that evokes magical power and charged energy, I methodically transform objects. I do this to celebrate emotions and to preserve not only these personal objects but also my memories of home.<br>text
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Ben, Naser Mahmoud. "Data memory subsystem resilient to process variations." 2008. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3315503.
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As technology scales, more sophisticated fabrication processes cause variations in many different parameters in the device. These variations could severely affect the performance and power consumption of processors by making the latency of circuits less predictable and thus requiring conservative design approaches and/or techniques to increase performance that often affect power consumption. In this dissertation, we introduce and study step-by-step a 16KB cache subsystem in 32-nm CMOS technology, at both circuit and architecture levels, aiming for a single-cycle process-variation resilient subsystem design in a 1GHz processor that is high performance and power efficient at the same time. We use expected-case simulations in addition to worst-case circuit analysis to establish the overall delay and power consumption due to process variations under both typical and worst-case conditions. The distribution of the cache critical-path delay and power consumption in the typical scenario was determined by performing Monte Carlo simulations at different supply voltages, threshold voltages, and transistor lengths on the complete cache design. In addition to establishing the delay and power variations, we introduce an adaptive variable-cycle-latency cache architecture that mitigates the impact of process variations on access latency by closely following the typical latency behavior rather than assuming a conservative worst-case design point, and allowing tradeoffs between power and performance to be controlled. We show that the proposed adaptive cache is transparent to other processor subsystems and has negligible power and area overhead compared to a conventional design. We also establish what the overall leakage power is due to process variations. The distribution of the cache leakage power was determined before and after incorporating state-of-the-art leakage optimizations. Simulation results show that our adaptive data cache is process-variation-resilient and can achieve on average 10% performance improvement on SPEC2000 applications in a superscalar processor, in conjunction with 6X reduction in the mean leakage power compared with a conservative design. Additional performance improvement potential exists in processors in which the data cache access is on the critical path, by allowing a more aggressive clock rate in the processor.