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DEVELOPMENT OF AN AUTOMATED DEBRIS DETECTION SYSTEM FOR WILD BLUEBERRY HARVESTERS USING A CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK TO IMPROVE FRUIT QUALITY
(2020-11-16)
Improving wild blueberry fruit quality has become increasingly important to producers due to the tightening profit margin facing the industry. The continuous development of field management practices (i.e., application of ...
A Novel Model of Elevated Mitochondrial Cholesterol and The Consequences for Mitochondrial Function
(2020-09-11)
Increased mitochondrial cholesterol may induce mitochondrial dysfunction and play a role in the progression of neurodegenerative disease and cancer. The voltage-dependent anion channel of the outer mitochondrial membrane ...
Ecopoetic Interventions: Poets Critiquing Canadian Petrocultures and Pipelines
(2020-08-27)
This project examines how petrocultural narratives, and infrastructure, are created and sustained through official rhetoric. I explore how ecopoetic interventions can be leveraged to influence public policy, articulate ...
THE EFFECT OF ACTION OBSERVATION AND MOTOR IMAGERY ON CORTICOSPINAL EXCITABILITY DURING A MOTOR-RELATED TASK IN HEALTHY ADULTS
(2020-08-31)
Although action observation and motor imagery have typically been viewed as independent techniques for motor learning, research has found increased learning outcomes when action observation and motor imagery are used ...
MCRWPT Design Through Analog Filter Theory
(2020-09-01)
Magnetically-Coupled Resonant Wireless Power Transfer (MCRWPT) is an emerging technology and the subject of extensive research. Existing research is primarily focused on improving the magnetic coupling properties of the ...
Loan Pricing in Interest Rate Liberalization in China
(2020-08-31)
In order to find how the process of interest rate liberalization influences the pricing strategy of dominant lenders in China’s loan market and their mark-up power, I establish a pricing model to examine the effect of level ...
℞ITUAL OBJECTS: SPIRITS, HEALTH & DECOLONIZING THE STUDY OF AFRICAN POWER FIGURES
(2020-08-27)
Composite ritual power objects are used throughout West and Central Africa and across
the Black Atlantic. These sacred objects are composed of a material figure, medicines, and spirit
power, and can be constructed to ...
CONTRADICTION AS THE WAY TO VISION IN ANSELM’S PROSLOGION
(2020-08-27)
In the Proslogion’s quest for God, reaching vision of God is not a matter of
bridging subject and object, but of coming to see what is already present at the journey’s
beginning. The quest, as a single continuous explication ...
Efficacy of a brief intervention targeting a low responder profile in preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder
(2020-08-27)
Background: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by impaired social communication, and repetitive behavior and restricted interests. The need for effective service delivery models is urgent, as rates of ASD ...
STUDIES OF Ni-RICH POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIALS FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERIES
(2020-02-11)
Ni-rich layered Li transition metal oxides are some of the most promising positive electrode materials for Li-ion batteries due to low cost and high energy density. Increasing the Ni content is one important approach to ...