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Leveraging LiDAR-Based Simulations to Quantify the Complexity of The Static Environment for Autonomous Vehicles in Rural Settings
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The advent of autonomous vehicles promises to address key challenges faced by the transportation and traffic safety sectors, particularly concerning the high incidence of traffic fatalities and injuries. The full-scale deployment of autonomous vehicle fleets is contingent upon public acceptance,...
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The Role of Visuomotor Behaviours in Understanding the Functionality of Upper Limb Prostheses
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Introduction: Upper limb prostheses aim to restore the complex capacities of the human hand. Coordinated hand and arm function relies on an intact visuomotor system during object interaction. However, unlike individuals with intact arm function, prosthesis users face additional challenges due to...
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Spring 2024
Mental disorders are one of the leading health problems affecting Canadian children and youth. Teachers are considered frontline workers in child mental health due to the amount of time children spend at school. Given the high prevalence of mental disorders, and the amount of time teachers spend...
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Spring 2024
Text attribute transfer (TAT) is a natural language processing task that involves transforming some attributes of a given text while preserving other attributes. Recently, prompting approaches have been explored in TAT with the emergence of various pretrained language models (PLMs), where a...
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Spring 2024
In recent years, significant strides in optimal bidirectional heuristic search (Bi-HS) have deepened our theoretical understanding and boosted performance. Yet, algorithms for Bi-HS in unbounded suboptimal scenarios remains largely unexplored. Despite leveraging front-to-end (F2E) and...
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Reliability and Effect of Arm Positions Used During Imaging on Spinal Alignment Parameters in Healthy and Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Populations
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Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a 3D spine disorder with lateral curvature, vertebral rotation, and sagittal changes. AIS affects 2-3% of the adolescent population. Adolescents with progressive idiopathic scoliosis receive numerous x-rays throughout their treatment, exposing them to...
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Spring 2024
Statistical associating fluid theory (SAFT)-type equations of states (EOSs) are commonly utilized in the chemical and petroleum industry to model the phase behavior of both pure and complex fluids because of its solid theoretical framework based on a perturbation theory. For the most SAFT-type...
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Exploring Effects of Participation in Group Social Skills Interventions on the Self-Esteem of Autistic Youth
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Autistic youth commonly participate in Group Social Skills Interventions (GSSIs) as social-communication difficulties are a core component of their diagnosis. In these groups, autistic youth spend many weeks gaining knowledge about neurotypical social expectations. However, the evidence for GSSIs...
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Spring 2024
Understanding the fracture behavior of pipeline steel is crucial for ensuring the integrity of pipelines in the energy transportation industry. This comprehensive thesis investigates the fracture toughness properties of API 5L AO Smith X52 pipe steel through a combination of experimental tests...
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Spring 2024
This thesis explores the aesthetics of sorrow and melancholic expression in Iranian classical music, with special focus on the discursive and performing aspects of its pedagogical tradition. Although barely defined by performers, the ethos of huzn (sorrow) and melancholic ardor of suz (a burning...