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Surface estimation from multi-modal tactile data
(2021)
The increasing popularity of Robotic applications has seen use in healthcare, surgery,
and as an industrial tool. These robots are expected to be able to make physical
contact with the objects in the environment which ...
Effects of journaling: a study on the benefits of journaling in Chinese adolescents with anxiety
(2021)
Academic performance plays a strong role in how Chinese students perceive their
success throughout their adolescent years. As a result, this group of young people are left
vulnerable to developing anxiety-related issues ...
Semi-supervised framework for clustering and semantic segmentation
(2021)
During the past couple of decades, machine learning and deep learning methods have
achieved remarkable results in many real-world applications. However, it is difficult
to develop and train these artificial intelligence ...
Factors affecting the structure and function of forest ecosystem: disturbance and climate change
(2021)
This paper discusses the effects of climate change and disturbance on forest ecosystems.
At present, the increasing temperature caused by global warming and the occurrence of various
fire events has posed a huge challenge ...
A hybrid approach to condition assessment of paved roads
(2021)
Road reconstruction is drastically more expensive than an appropriate maintenance program.
Performing targeted maintenance requires a comprehensive inventory of road conditions. To create
and maintain a road condition ...
Exploring cooking, culture, and equity in collective cooking spaces: a case study of roots to harvest
(2021)
This thesis explores how non-profit organizations can use Collective Cooking Spaces (CCS) to
support the populations they serve, integrate culture into their programming, and address equity
issues. The research presented ...
We deserve that care and attention we are trying to nurture within other people: exploring the experiences of co-active life coaches on self-care and professional practice during the COVID-19 pandemic
(2021)
Self-care is broadly defined as a chosen, proactive initiated practice, with the goal of
promoting well-being. Self-care provides many social, emotional, and psychological benefits,
and it is important to understand its ...
Using existing educational tools to support and enhance environmental education: utilizing ecoliterary texts, gamifying education, and integrating technology
(2021)
Raising the next generation of environmental stewards is essential to addressing growing
environmental degradation, and therefore, effective and accessible environmental education is
more important than ever. However, ...
Windthrow and forest regeneration, structure, and composition in boreal forests
(2020)
Windthrow is a self-identified disturbance factor in forests, which has a huge
ecological and economic impact.
This paper discusses the influence of windthrow on boreal forests and analyzes the
changes of tree ecosystems ...