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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Self-concept of children who are dually-labeled as gifted and attention-deficit hyperactivity disordered /

Roberts, Evelyn Marie Smith. January 1993 (has links)
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Tulsa, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 96-100).
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Factors associated with diabetes in tuberculosis patients in Harris County, Texas 1995--2004.

Des Bordes, Jude Kofi Atta. Beasley, R. Palmer. Stock, Thomas Howard. Graviss, Edward Alex. January 2008 (has links)
Thesis (M.P.H.)--University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, 2008. / Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 46-05, page: 2666. Adviser: Robert P. Beasley. Includes bibliographical references.
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A conformidade à lei de Newcomb-Benford de qualificadores de pontos de interesse em imagens digitais.

Maia, Felipe 28 August 2012 (has links)
Submitted by Daniella Sodre (daniella.sodre@ufpe.br) on 2015-03-09T12:54:23Z No. of bitstreams: 2 DISSERTAÇÃO Felipe Maia.pdf: 2195135 bytes, checksum: 7952e678206c40b504a671fdf4bd3ed1 (MD5) license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-09T12:54:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 DISSERTAÇÃO Felipe Maia.pdf: 2195135 bytes, checksum: 7952e678206c40b504a671fdf4bd3ed1 (MD5) license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-08-28 / As sequências de números aleatórios advindas de situações reais são geralmente modeladas através de funções contínuas de densidade que associam valores de probabilidade a pontos na reta real correspondentes aos números das sequências. O agrupamento dos números aleatórios de acordo com o dígito mais significativo para algumas sequências do mundo real tem revelado um fenômeno já observado no século XIX: a chamada Lei de Benford. Esta lei afirma que as mantissas dos logaritmos desses números estão distribuídas segundo uma uniforme. Sequências tais como área da superfície de rios, população de cidades, razão de números da sequência de Fibonacci, lista de números que aparecem em documentos financeiros, valores em declarações de imposto de renda, tamanho das manchas solares, e muitas outras grandezas seguem esta lei. Esta propriedade presente em algumas grandezas tem sido útil na identificação de patologias nos dados. Neste trabalho, empregamos os métodos estatísticos mais utilizados na área para demonstrar que os qualicadores de pontos de interesse, como o detector de Harris, aplicados a imagens digitais comuns são grandezas que se conformam à Lei de Benford. O detector de Harris extrai um valor de cada pixel da imagem baseado em derivadas de segunda ordem das cores, e é utilizado para classificar os chamados pontos de interesse que, dentre as muitas aplicações, possibilita o rastreamento de objetos num vídeo e a calibração de uma câmera em Realidade Aumentada. Os experimentos com as sequências de coeficientes extraídas de um conhecido banco de imagens confirmam que os seletores de pontos de interesse se adequam à Lei de Benford: a conformidade do detector de Harris é tão significante, que concluímos que na literatura ela é a grandeza extraída de dados reais que melhor se adequa à Lei até o momento. No trabalho também discutimos o estado da arte e as limitações nas medidas de conformidade utilizadas na maioria dos ambientes aplicados.
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Calorimetria indireta x Harris Benedict: determinação, validação e comparação para cálculo da taxa metabólica de repouso em obesos grau III. / Indirect calorimetry x Harris Benedict: determination, validation and comparision to calculate rest metabolic rate in morbidly obese.

Carla Barbosa Nonino 22 March 2002 (has links)
Vários estudos analisando a taxa de metabolismo de repouso (TMR) contribuíram com equações cuja proposta era estabelecer padrões que pudessem ser genericamente utilizadas para se estimar a TMR. A equação de Harris-Benedict (HB), permanece como o método mais comumente utilizado para estimar a TMR. Porém, em indivíduos obesos o uso de equações preditivas da TMR pode levar a resultados conflitantes. Indivíduos obesos submetidos a dietas hipocalóricas podem apresentar uma diminuição da TMR e do gasto energético total. Isto pode ser a causa da redução na velocidade da perda de peso durante o tratamento. Outros estudos mostram que a TMR, quando corrigida para a massa livre de gordura (MLG), apresenta pouca variabilidade e propõem uma correlação entre MLG e TMR. Porém ainda existem dificuldades em se afirmar ou não se a redução de massa corporal também reduz a TMR. O presente estudo teve como objetivos determinar a TMR de indivíduos com obesidade grau III (IMC > 40 kg/m2) do sexo feminino obtida por meio de calorimetria indireta (CI) e comparar com a TMR estimada por meio da equação de HB utilizando-se peso atual e peso ideal. Relacionar a TMR medida por CI com a composição corporal e validar a relação entre a TMR e a MLG nestes indivíduos antes e após a perda de peso. As pacientes foram internadas na Unidade Metabólica da Divisão de Nutrologia do Departamento de Clínica Médica do HCFMRP-USP, durante um período de 8 semanas. No início e no final do estudo foram realizadas: avaliação nutricional incluindo antropometria, bioimpedância e calorimetria indireta. As pacientes foram submetidas a uma dieta hipocalórica durante a internação. A TMR medida por calorimetria indireta (CI) no início e final do estudo foi de 2540 ± 417 e 1924 ± 275 kcal/dia, respectivamente (p<0,05). Quando calculado pela equação de HB utilizando-se peso atual, os valores encontrados foram 2074 ± 214 e 1941 ± 190 kcal/dia (p<0,05). Utilizando-se o peso ideal a TMR calculada foi de 1343 ± 59 kcal/dia. A TMR medida por CI foi, em média, 18 % maior que a calculada por HB pelo peso atual e 47 % maior que a calculada por HB utilizando-se o peso ideal no início do estudo. No final do estudo estes valores passaram para 1% e 30% respectivamente. Comparando-se a TMR medida por CI e calculada por HB usando peso atual tem-se, no início do estudo uma diferença significante (p<0,05) que não se repete no final do estudo (p>0,05). A TMR, quando corrigida para massa livre de gordura no início e no final do estudo foi de 46 ± 6 e 35 ± 5 kcal/d/MLG (p<0,05) respectivamente e quando corrigida para a gordura corporal (GC) foi de 33 ± 6 e 30 ± 5 kcal/d/GC (p<0,05) respectivamente. Os dados encontrados no presente estudo não permitem afirmar que o uso da equação de HB possa estimar a TMR de maneira confiável em indivíduos obesos grau III do sexo feminino. Porém os dados sugerem que logo após submeter esses indivíduos à dieta hipocalórica, com conseqüente perda de peso a equação de HB se torna confiável para estimar a TMR. Pacientes obesos ingerindo dieta livre deveriam ter a TMR obtida por meio da equação de HB corrigida por um fator de 20% a mais. / Studies analyzing resting energy expenditure (REE) have contributed with equations that were intended to establish a pattern that could be used generally to estimate the REE. Harris Benedict’s (HB) equation remains as the most used in estimating the REE. But in obese subjects, the use of predictive equations can lead to conflicting results. Obese individuals undergoing a hypo caloric diet may have a reduction in the REE and in the total energy expenditure. These are the most probably cause of the slowing on weight loss during the treatment. Some studies show that when the REE is relative to the fat free mass (FFM) there is less variability and their proposal is a correlation between FFM and REE. But it is difficult to confirm if a reduction in total body mass also can diminish the REE. The objective of this study was to define the REE of female subjects with grade III obesity (body mass index (BMI) > 40 kg/m2) using indirect calorimetry (IC) and to compare this REE with the one estimated with HB equation using real body weight and ideal body weight, and try to correlate the REE obtained by IC with the body composition, validating the relation between REE and FFM in these individual before and after weight loss. The patients were under hospital regimen in the Metabolic Unit of the Nutrology Division of the Internal Medicine Department of the HCFMRP-USP, for an 8 weeks period. At the beginning and at the end of the study, nutritional assessment was realized, including anthropometry, bioimpedance and indirect calorimetry. The patients were undergoing a hypo caloric diet during the 8 week period. The REE obtained by indirect calorimetry (IC) at the beginning and at the end of the study was 2540 ± 417 e 1924 ± 275 kcal/day, respectively (p<0,05). When estimated with the HB equation using real weight the values were 2074 ± 214 e 1941 ± 190 kcal/day (p<0,05). Using the ideal weight, the calculated REE was 1343 ± 59 kcal/day. At the beginning of the study, REE obtained by IC was 18 % greater than the REE calculated with HB equation using the real weight and 47 % greater than the one calculated using the ideal body weight. At the end of the study these values changed to 1% e 30% respectively. There is a significant difference (p<0,05) when comparing the REE obtained by IC with the one calculated using the HB equation with real weight at the beginning of the study, but this does not happen at the end of the study (p>0,05). The REE corrected by the FFM at the beginning and at the end of the study was 46 ± 6 e 35 ± 5 kcal/d/FFM (p<0,05) respectively and the REE corrected by the fat mass (FM) was 3 ± 6 e 30 ± 5 kcal/d/FM (p<0,05) respectively. The data found in this study does not allow affirming that the use of HB equation to predict REE in female grade III obese subjects is reliable. But the data suggest that immediately after using a hypo caloric diet, the REE calculated using HB equation and real weight is reliable. When calculating the REE of female grade III obese patients undergoing a free diet using HB equation, the obtained value should be increased in 20 %.
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Islamofobi – fördomar om muslimer eller kritik av islam? : En pragmadialektisk analys av debatter om islamofobi

Olin, John January 2017 (has links)
I ett avsnitt av talkshowen Real Time with Bill Maher utbröt en spontan, hetsig diskussion mellan skådespelaren Ben Affleck och filosofen/författaren Sam Harris. Harris var inbjuden till programmet för att diskutera sin nya bok om spiritualitet, men kort efter att Harris anslutit sig till panelen med gäster så kom istället samtalet att kretsa kring islam och islamofobi. Affleck gick till verbal attack och anklagade Harris för att vara islamofob och rasist. Efter programmet sänts så blev debatten väldigt uppmärksammad i olika medier. Andra TV-program diskuterade dispyten och det skrevs artiklar om den i stora tidningar som The New York Times och The Atlantic. Klippet från programmet har i skrivandets stund (2017-08-18) nästan fem miljoner visningar på Youtube. Drygt tre år före debatten i Real Time with Bill Maher skulle den svenska tidskiften Sans publicera sitt premiärnummer. Temat för den första upplagan var kvinnoförtryck inom olika religioner, varav en av religionerna var islam. Detta i kombination med att premiärnumrets omslag pryddes av en kvinna iklädd burka väckte en del uppmärksamhet, om än inte i samma utsträckning som debatten mellan Affleck och Harris. En av dem som uppmärksammade och kritiserade tidskriften var prästen och journalisten Helle Klein. I ett avsnitt av SVT Morgon mötte hon Humanisternas ordförande Christer Sturmark för att debattera huruvida Sans artiklar och omslag var islamofobiska eller om det bara rörde sig om religionskritik. Vad som följde var även här en hetsig debatt. Denna uppsats ämnar analysera vad som gick fel i debatten samt vilka argument debattörerna använder som stöd för sin ståndpunkt.
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Optimizing Harris Corner Detection on GPGPUs Using CUDA

Loundagin, Justin 01 March 2015 (has links) (PDF)
ABSTRACT Optimizing Harris Corner Detection on GPGPUs Using CUDA The objective of this thesis is to optimize the Harris corner detection algorithm implementation on NVIDIA GPGPUs using the CUDA software platform and measure the performance benefit. The Harris corner detection algorithm—developed by C. Harris and M. Stephens—discovers well defined corner points within an image. The corner detection implementation has been proven to be computationally intensive, thus realtime performance is difficult with a sequential software implementation. This thesis decomposes the Harris corner detection algorithm into a set of parallel stages, each of which are implemented and optimized on the CUDA platform. The performance results show that by applying strategic CUDA optimizations to the Harris corner detection implementation, realtime performance is feasible. The optimized CUDA implementation of the Harris corner detection algorithm showed significant speedup over several platforms: standard C, MATLAB, and OpenCV. The optimized CUDA implementation of the Harris corner detection algorithm was then applied to a feature matching computer vision system, which showed significant speedup over the other platforms.
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Optimal Design of a Planar 3-RPR Haptic Interface Based on Manipulability

Harris, Wesley Kay 17 March 2010 (has links) (PDF)
A haptic interface is a robotic force feedback device that provides a sense of touch to users of virtual reality simulations. This thesis presents a general method for the design optimization of parallel planar haptic devices based on maximizing the manipulability of the interface over its workspace. Manipulability is selected as the key design objective to ensure avoidance of singular configurations within the workspace and to maximize the interface's ability to generate feedback forces and torques in each direction in each handle location and orientation. The optimization approach developed in this thesis results in a set of candidate designs that are found by stepping the design parameters through the range of possible values, and testing the manipulability and other measures (including workspace area and space) at each location and orientation of the interface handle. To find the optimal design, a multi-objective approach is taken to generate a set of Pareto optimal designs. A smart Pareto filter is employed to yield a smaller set of designs representative of the full Pareto frontier. The most desirable design is chosen from this reduced set. The result is a general optimization method applicable to parallel haptic interfaces. The method is demonstrated on the design of a 3-RPR parallel planar interface.
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The Biomechanical Implications of an Intrinsic Decompressive Pre-Load on a Posterior Dynamic Stabilization System

Harris, Jeffrey Ellis 25 July 2012 (has links) (PDF)
The purpose of this research was to investigate the influence of applying an intrinsic decompressive pre-load to a particular dynamic stabilization device on the biomechanical response of the lumbar spine. The FlexSPAR, which supports this ability, was used as a test case. A finite element model of a full lumbar spine was developed and validated against experimental data, and tested in the primary modes of spinal motion. The model was used to compare five lumbar spine test cases: healthy, degenerate, implanted with a pre-loaded device, implanted with a device without a pre-load, and implanted with rigid fixators. Results indicated that a pre-loaded FlexSPAR led to improved disc height restoration and segmental biomechanics. Results also showed that a pre-loaded FlexSPAR led to less change in bone remodeling stimulus in comparison to the device without a pre-load and rigid fixators. This work shows that there is a potential to improve the performance of posterior dynamic stabilization devices by incorporating a pre-load in the device.
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A Study of Compensation in Uncle Remus: His Songs and Sayings

Walton, David A. January 1966 (has links)
No description available.
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Elementary-Aged Cyber Bully-Victims: Incidence, Risks, and Parental Involvement

Mulkhey, Valerie 11 December 2014 (has links)
No description available.

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