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Structured Regularized Dimensionality Reduction on Two Real Applications
(2021-03-12)
Datasets with a large number of observations and variables, called large datasets, become ubiquitous as a consequence of the development of technology. To deal with large datasets, data scientists face challenges such as ...
Agricultural Leadership, Family-planning Communications, and Education: Ghana, Liberia, and Senegal in West Africa
(2021-03-12)
This dissertation embraces three topics for Ghana, Liberia, and Senegal: agricultural production and household food security, family planning communications, and empowering rural women.
From 2012-2013 field survey data ...
COUPLED CFD-FEM SIMULATION OF FLOATERS WITH MOORING SYSTEMS
(2021-03-10)
The Finite-Analytic Navier-Stokes (FANS) computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code is coupled with an in-house nonlinear finite element (FEM) mooring analysis program, MOORING3D, to study the dynamic responses of a floating ...
Exploring the Relationships Between Expertise and Overconfidence Among Human Resource Management (HRM) Professionals: The Mediating and Moderating Effects of Individual Differences
(2021-01-06)
The overconfidence effect is a pervasive bias that has been shown to obstruct decisional quality and lead to harmful organizational outcomes. This widespread phenomenon has been observed across an expansive array of ...
Evaluation of Oral Pathologies in Pan paniscus Using CT
(2021-05-03)
Periodontitis and odontogenic abscesses are common dental ailments that affect the ability to obtain sufficient nutrition. Thus, they are important indicators of oral health and quality of life. In this study, oral health ...
Novel materials for light gas separation and reaction engineering application
(2021-04-15)
This work focuses on modifying active membrane of polymeric substrates using layer by layer coatings and laser induced graphene for hydrogen purification and carbon capture applications. Membranes offer an alternate solution ...
Parameters of Scansis: Exploring the Interconnectedness of Crises and Scandals
(2021-03-05)
This manuscript examines the concept of scansis and its practical and theoretical significance for the field of crisis communication. Scansis is the intersection between a crisis and a scandal; it has been found to challenge ...
Psychological and Demographic Variables Associated with Parent Mealtime Behavior in Young Children Recently Diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes
(2021-04-12)
Mealtime management can be challenging for parents of children who are newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (T1D), as the treatment of T1D entails an increased focus on food to guide insulin dosing, the core component of ...
FEW-SHOT VOICE AND FOREIGN ACCENT CONVERSION AND ITS APPLICATIONS IN PRONUNCIATION TRAINING
(2021-04-15)
Voice Conversion (VC) aims to transform the speech of a source speaker to sound as if a target speaker had produced it. As a closely related but more challenging research problem, foreign accent conversion (FAC) [1] aims ...
Assessing Facilitators and Barriers of Conducting Adult Health Programs within the African-American Church and Re-examining Religious Based Constructs Using Items from the Religion, Aging, and Health Survey
(2021-04-13)
In this study, a systematic review was conducted to assess the facilitators and barriers of conducting adult health programs within the African-American church. Findings from this study were stratified by using the ...