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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 ...
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 ...
Isolation of arsenite-oxidizing bacteria with plant growth promoting characteristics to enhance phytoremediation of arsenic
(2021)
A common strategy for remediation of arsenic is bacterial remediation by oxidation of As(III) to
the less toxic As(V). Another widely accepted technique for arsenic remediation is
phytoremediation however in highly ...
Investigation on anti-proliferative effect of gyrophoric acid from the lichen Umbilicaria muhlenbergii on cancer cells
(2021)
Natural products, including primary and secondary metabolites, are small molecules produced by
any organism. As important sources of drug components, natural products may be isolated to small
fractions with different ...
Power loss investigation of series-connected current source inverters
(2021)
Current-source inverters (CSIs) are a type of direct current (DC) to alternating current
(AC) converters that generate a defined AC output current waveform from a DC current
supply. As the counterpart of voltage source ...
Implications of the metaboreflex on cerebral blood flow: physiological responses and assessment strategies
(2021)
Exercise is responsible for acutely modifying cerebral blood flow (CBF) during an exercise bout,
and eliciting chronic increases to resting CBF in trained individuals. Research to date has
focussed on the individual ...