This paper analyzes the geometric and disturbance aspects of utilizing the International Space Station for remote sensing of earth targets. The proposed instrument is SHORE (Station High-Sensitivity Ocean Research Experiment), a multi-band optical spectrometer with 15 m pixel resolution. The analysis investigates the contribution of the error effects to the quality of data collected by the instrument. The analysis begins with the discussion of the coordinate systems involved and then conversion from the target coordinate system to the instrument coordinate system. Next the geometry of remote observations from the Space Station is investigated including the effects of the instrument location in Space Station and the effects of the line of sight to the target. The disturbance and error environment on Space Station is discussed covering factors contributing to drift and jitter, accuracy of pointing data and target and instrument accuracies. Finally, there is a brief discussion of image processing to address any post error correction options.

В магистерской диссертации проведен сопоставительный лингвоаксиологический анализ текста программы «Коммунистической партии Коммунисты России» и текстов выступлений лидера партии Максима Сурайкина в предвыборных дебатах. Выделены общие и специфические ценности, характерные для декларированной аксиологической системы координат, содержащейся в программе партии, и вербализированной аксиологической реальности в предвыборных выступлениях Максима Сурайкина на теледебатах. Выявлены тактики, направленные на осуществление стратегии самопрезентации кандидата в президенты России. Составлен список коммуникативных ценностей политика. / In the master's thesis the comparative linguo-axiological analysis of the text of the program "Communist party Communists of Russia" and texts of speeches of the party leader Maxim Suraykin in pre-election debates is carried out. The general and specific values characteristic of the declared axiological coordinate system contained in the party program and the verbalized axiological reality in Maxim Suraykin's pre-election speeches at TV debates are highlighted. The tactics aimed at the implementation of the strategy of self-presentation of the candidate for President of Russia are revealed. The author compiled a list of communicative values of the politician.

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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / Convolutional Neural Networks have come a long way since AlexNet. Each year the limits of the state of the art are being pushed to new levels. EfficientNet pushed the performance metrics to a new high and EfficientNetV2 even more so. Even so, architectures for mobile applications can benefit from improved accuracy and reduced model footprint. The classic Inverted Residual block has been the foundation upon which most mobile networks seek to improve. EfficientNet architecture is built using the same Inverted Residual block. In this thesis we experiment with Harmonious Bottlenecks in place of the Inverted Residuals to observe a reduction in the number of parameters and improvement in accuracy. The designed network is then deployed on the NXP i.MX 8M Mini board for Image classification. / 2023-10-11

[pt] A identificação algorítmica de matrizes de Jacobi a partir de variáveis espectrais é um tema tradicional de análise numérica. Uma nova representação, as coordenadas bidiagonais, naturalmente exigiu que fosse considerado um novo algoritmo. O algoritmo é apresentado e confrontado com as técnicas habituais. / [en] Algorithms relating Jacobi matrices and spectral variables are standard objects in numerical analysis. The recent discovery of bidiagonal coordinates led to the search of an appropriate algorithm for these new variables. The new algorithm is presented and compared with previous techniques.

This study project looks at how metrology and inspection methods have advanced inside machining processes to improve production efficiency, accuracy, and precision. The study includes an extensive examination of the literature, observational research, and critical analysis to provide insights into the possibilities, difficulties, and practices that exist in the sector today. The literature review charts the development of metrology from manual measurement techniques to highly automated systems, emphasizing the crucial roles that optical inspection systems and coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) play in contemporary production. Modern inspection technologies, including as non-contact techniques and laser scanning, are also discussed, along with the difficulties in combining metrology data with digital production systems. Observational research offers direct knowledge of how metrology and inspection techniques are used in real-world industrial settings. Alongside difficulties including operator skill levels and equipment calibration, the usage of portable measuring tools, CMMs, and optical inspection systems for assessing surface finish and dimensional correctness is noted. Findings study points to growing problems such the requirement for experienced operators and operational unpredictability in machining processes, as well as the increasing integration of metrology and inspection methods into machining processes. But there are also prospects for development, with an emphasis on the ability to increase efficiency and quality control, via Industry 4.0 projects and additive manufacturing technology. All things considered, this study project clarifies the crucial function metrology and inspection methods play in contemporary manufacturing and provides guidance for enhancing quality assurance and machining process efficiency.

In order to identify the weakest bus in a power system so that the Unified Power Flow Controller could be connected, an investigation of static and dynamic voltage stability is presented. Two stability indices, static and dynamic, have been proposed in the thesis. Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO) analysis has been used for the dynamic stability analysis. Results based on the Western System Coordinate Council (WSCC) 3-machine, 9-bus test system and IEEE 14 bus Reliability Test System (RTS) shows that these indices detect with the degree of accuracy the weakest bus, the weakest line and the voltage stability margin in the test system before suffering from voltage collapse. Recently, Flexible Alternating Current Transmission systems (FACTs) have become significant due to the need to strengthen existing power systems. The UPFC has been identified in literature as the most comprehensive and complex FACTs equipment that has emerged for the control and optimization of power flow in AC transmission systems. Significant research has been done on the UPFC. However, the extent of UPFC capability, connected to the weakest bus in maintaining the power flows under fault conditions, not only in the line where it is installed, but also in adjacent parallel lines, remains to be studied. In the literature, it has normally been assumed the UPFC is disconnected during a fault period. In this investigation it has been shown that fault conditions can affect the UPFC significantly, even if it occurred on far buses of the power system. This forms the main contribution presented in this thesis. The impact of UPFC in minimizing the disturbances in voltages, currents and power flows under fault conditions are investigated. The WSCC 3-machine, 9-bus test system is used to investigate the effect of an unsymmetrical fault type and position on the operation of UPFC controller in accordance to the G59 protection, stability and regulation. Results show that it is necessary to disconnect the UPFC controller from the power system during unsymmetrical fault conditions.

Dans ce manuscrit de thèse, nous nous intéressons à la description des noyaux atomiques composés d’un nombre impair de nucléons dans la méthode dite de la fonctionnelle énergiede la densité (EDF). Plus précisément, nous présentons et appliquons dans le cas de ces noyaux,des extensions à cette méthode : (i) la projection sur les bons nombres quantiques, (ii) le mélange de configurations à travers la méthode des coordonnées génératrices (GCM), qui permettent deprendre en compte dans nos calculs des corrélations de type « au-delà du champ moyen » entre les nucléons constituant le noyau. De telles extensions n’avaient jusqu’alors été employées, dansleurs versions les plus générales, qu’aux noyaux ayant à la fois un nombre pair de neutrons etde protons, et nous nous proposons donc de démontrer leurs applicabilités également dans le cas des noyaux impairs. Dans la première partie de ce travail, nous présentons le formalisme mathématique de la méthode EDF, en mettant tout particulièrement l’accent sur le traitement des symétries dans cette approche. Dans la seconde partie du manuscrit, nous appliquons notre modèle au cas du noyau de 25Mg et analysons les résultats sous différents angles (ex : précision numérique des résultats, convergence du mélange de configurations, comparaison avec les données expérimentales connues). Les premiers résultats obtenus dans ce travail de thèse sontencourageants et démontrent l’intérêt de notre approche pour les calculs théoriques de structure nucléaire. / In this work, we are interested in the treatment of odd-mass atomic nuclei in energydensity functional (EDF) models. More precisely, the goal of this thesis is to develop and to applyto odd-mass nuclei, the theoretical extensions of the EDF method that are: (i) the projectiontehnique, and (ii) the configuration mixing by the generator coordinate method (GCM). Thesetwo extensions are part of the so-called multi-reference energy density functional (MR-EDF)formalism and allow for taking into account, within an EDF context, the "beyond-mean-field"correlations between the nucleons forming the nucleus. Until now, the MR-EDF formalism hasbeen applied, in its full-fledged version, only to the calculation of even-even nuclei. In this thesis,we want to demonstrate the applicability of such a model also for the description of odd-massnuclei. In the first part of this thesis, we describe the theoretical formalism of the EDF models,giving particular attention to the treatment of symmetries within our approach. In the secondpart of the manuscript, we apply our model to the nucleus 25Mg and investigate different aspectsof the method (e.g. numerical accuracy, convergence of the configuration mixing, comparison toknown experimental data). The results obtained in this work are encouraging and demonstratethe potential of our approach for theoretical nuclear structure calculations.