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Fall 2017
Pipelines form an integral component of the distribution network of oil and gas products, which have to be transported from production sites to markets far off where there is need for them. Pipelines thus have to traverse long distances and as any other structure are susceptible to damages with...
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Fall 2015
This study is about a series of operational acts of identification, such as interpretations, categorizations, representations, classifications, through which past materials have acquired their meaning and therefore identity. Furthermore, this meaning-making will be demonstrated always to be...
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Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Classifying, Assessing, and Monitoring using Surface Topography Asymmetry Analysis
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The radiation dose and the associated lifetime risk of developing cancer is a problem justifying the use of surface topography (ST) as an alternative to radiographs for monitoring scoliosis. The current ST methods mainly rely on marker placement and fail to describe the 3D aspect of the scoliosis...
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Algorithms for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Classification Based on Surface Topography Analysis
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While the common method for diagnosing and monitoring adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is X-ray radiographs from which a Cobb angle is measured, studies have shown that high radiation exposure is linked to high risk of cancer, particularly, for children and women. This thesis describes...
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Spring 2013
Each individual chromatogram is typically very sparse, especially when coupled with a technique such as mass spectrometry. Only a small portion of the recorded data actually contains potentially useful information. Since the inclusion of irrelevant information will have detrimental effects upon...
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An investigation of the strain field and inter-fragmentary movement of a broken hemi-pelvis
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Pelvic fracture is considered a common and sometimes fatal injury. There are still developments in novel pelvic fixations. In order to investigate the performance of these fixations, a specialized testing set-up is required. Typically, the strains of a few selected points and the changes in the...
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Application of Machine Learning to Automate Classification and Information Extraction in Industrial Construction Documents
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Industrial construction projects are usually mega-projects that involve millions of labour person-hours and generate hundreds of thousands of documents. Construction documents represent a vital source of information and knowledge regarding the project scope. Documents come in different types and...
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Spring 2014
Automated essay scoring (AES) is a technology that efficiently and economically score written responses by emulating intelligence of human scorer. Present study had employed open-source Natural Language Processing technologies for developing AES framework, to score multilingual medical licensing...
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Cervid Prion Protein Polymorphisms Modulate the Diversity of Chronic Wasting Disease Prion Strains
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Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a contagious prion disease spreading and emerging in wild and captive Cervidae species worldwide. Prion diseases are fatal neurodegenerative disorders occurring in various mammalian species including deer, elk, sheep, cattle and humans. Central to prion...
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Spring 2021
The electrocardiogram is the standard tool for detecting cardiac abnormalities, such as atrial fibrillation, irregular complexes, and heart blocks. However, the interpretation of this data is an unsolved problem with discrepancies among panels of cardiologists and automated analysis requiring...