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Gauging student interests and comfort with robotics terms after participating in a soft robotics activity
No full textRobotics has been successfully used in a wide array of educational applications, from K-12 classrooms in the pre-engineering setting to university laboratories teaching advanced applications. However, studies revealed that the participants in robotics education are predominantly male. It is indicated that women are more inclined to participate in engineering activities including robotics, if there are identifiable human-centric benefits or applications. Soft robotics is a specific field of robotics where low modulus or high compliance materials are used to construct the robots. Due to its special material properties, soft robotics have been used in broad human-centered applications and have the potential to attract a diverse audience. In this study, we examined the effectiveness of using soft robotics as an introductory tool into the field of robotics, a role usually filled by its traditionally rigid counterpart. During the spring semester of 2020, we conducted a pilot study with a group of students from the University Laboratory High School to compare students’ comfort level with basic robotics terms before and after experiencing a soft robotics activity. The research team prepared kits containing necessary components to build several types of soft robots and the participants were able to complete the building activities within three class periods. Using pre- and post-activity surveys, both quantitative and qualitative data were collected. Data analysis shows that student participants displayed a noticeable change in comfort on the robotics terms suggesting soft robotics is an adequate alternative to rigid robotics as an introductory tool for robotics.Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2022-12-01The student, Tianshi Fu, accepted the attached license on 2020-12-03 at 09:01.The student, Tianshi Fu, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2020-12-03 at 09:09.This Thesis was approved for publication on 2020-12-04 at 16:22.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #16050 on 2021-03-04 at 16:20:34Made available in DSpace on 2021-03-05T21:42:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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Zhong fu tang xu xuan lin zheng zhi nan
No full textV.1-8. 臨證指南醫案 : 十卷 -- v.9-10. 種福堂續選臨證指南 : 種福堂公選溫熱論醫案 : 卷一 -- 種福堂公選良方 : 卷二至四.V.1-8. Lin zheng zhi nan yi an : shi juan -- v.9-10. Zhong fu tang xu xuan lin zheng zhi nan : Zhong fu tang gong xuan wen re lun yi an : juan yi -- Zhong fu tang gong xuan liang fang : juan er zhi si.葉桂著 ; 李大瞻, 華南田, 邵銘同較. 種福堂續選臨證指南 : 四卷 / [葉桂論] ; 苕溪漫士重較刊.綫裝.框12.9x10.1公分, 分上下欄. 上欄註解小字每行2字, 下欄正文10行22字, 無界行. 白口, 左右雙邊, 單黑魚尾. 版心上鐫題名,中鐫卷次及小題, 下鐫葉次. 眉端刻評.《種福堂續選臨證指南》題名據總目.刻書年據序.書名頁刻"臨證指南醫案評本, 聚益堂藏板" ; 卷端題下署"丁丑正月苕溪漫士臨本"《中國中醫古籍總目》11332著錄清乾隆刻本聚益堂藏板.鈐"莊兆祥印"朱, 白文各一方.Xian zhuang.Kuang 12.9 x 10.1 gong fen, fen shang xia lan. Shang lan zhu jie xiao zi mei hang 2 zi, xia lan zheng wen 10 hang 22 zi, wu jie hang. Bai kou, zuo you shuang bian, dan hei yu wei. Ban xin shang juan ti ming, zhong juan juan ci ji xiao ti, xia juan ye ci. Mei duan ke ping."Zhong fu tang xu xuan lin zheng zhi nan" ti ming ju zong mu.Ke shu nian ju xu.Detailed notes in vernacular field only.Detailed notes in vernacular field only.Ye Gui zhu ; Li Dazhan, Hua Nantian, Shao Ming tong jiao. Zhong fu tang xu xuan lin zheng zhi nan : si juan / [Ye Gui lun] ; Tiaoxi Man shi chong jiao kan.Qian "Zhuang Zhaoxiang yin" zhu, bai wen ge yi fang
Sensor Selection with Composite Features for Human-Prosthetic Interfaces (SS-CF)
No full textMatlab implementation of the sensor selection algorithm presented in paper: T. Yu, A. Mohammadi, Y. Tan, P. Choong and D. Oetomo, "Sensor Selection With Composite Features in Identifying User-Intended Poses for Human-Prosthetic Interfaces," in IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 31, pp. 1732-1742, 2023, doi: 10.1109/TNSRE.2023.3258225Quick Start:Run Main_SSCF.m for an example.Dataset:Dataset: dataset.mat contains one non-disabled subject performing forward reaching to spatial target points with their upper limb.The goal is to select q sensors that can best differentiate the three elbow poses required by the spatial target points.Upper limb and upper body joint kinematics and sEMG signals are recorded with features extracted.The full dataset of 10 subjects is available at: https://doi.org/10.26188/23294693.Citation:We would appreciate your acknowledgement by citing the paper:@article{Yu2023,author={Yu, Tianshi and Mohammadi, Alireza and Tan, Ying and Choong, Peter and Oetomo, Denny},journal={IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering}, title={Sensor Selection With Composite Features in Identifying User-Intended Poses for Human-Prosthetic Interfaces}, year={2023},volume={31},pages={1732-1742},doi={10.1109/TNSRE.2023.3258225}}For more details and updates please check: https://github.com/tianshi-yu/SS-CF_Sensor_Selection_with_Composite_Features</p
Data Mining Algorithms for Ranking Problems
No full textTitle: Data Mining Algorithms for Ranking Problems, Author: Tianshi Jiao, Location: ThodeClassification is the process of finding (or training) a set of models (or
functions) that describe and distinguish data classes or concepts. That is for
the purpose of being able to use the models to predict the unknown class labels
of instances [12]. We deal with the ranking problem in this thesis. The ranking problem
is a special case of the classification problem, where the class labels are ranks
or ratings, represented by integers from 1 to q. The ranking problem can also
be cast as the process of training a rank-prediction model that assigns each
instance a rank that is "as close as possible" to the instance's actual rank [8].
Popular applications of the ranking problem include ranking the importance
of web pages, evaluating the financial credit of a person, and ranking the risks
of investments. Two popular families of methods to solve ranking problems are MultiCriteria
Decision Aid (MCDA) methods and Support Vector Machines (SVMs).
The performance of successful MCDA methods, such as UTilites Additives
DIScriminantes (UTADIS) and Generalized UTilites Additives DIScriminantes
(GUTADIS) , is achieved by exploiting the background knowledge that describes
the correlations between the attributes and the ranks. Unfortunately,
the background knowledge is case-dependent, hence it is likely to be unavailable, inexact or difficult to be modeled in practice. This restricts the application
of MCDA methods. SVMs, instead, do not require any background
knowledge. Their good performance is achieved by keeping balance between
minimizing the empirical loss and maximizing the separation margin. Normally,
a multi-class Support Vector Machine Classifier is constructed by combining
several binary Support Vector Machine Classifiers. In the SVM-based
approach the ranking information is not used. This thesis attempts to construct an efficient algorithm for ranking
problems. We compare the properties of existing algorithms for ranking problems
and propose a hybrid algorithm that combines the multi-class SVM (MSVM)
and the UTADIS model. In the new algorithm, the binary SVM classifiers
are combined into a multi-class classifier based on the fuzzy voting
technique. The optimal fuzzy voting strategy is searched by solving a Linear
Program (LP). The new algorithm is called Fuzzy Voting based Support Vector
Ranking (FVSVR) method. We also extend the idea of Fuzzy Voting from
ranking problems to generic multi-class classification problems, which leads to
a Fuzzy Voting based Support Vector Machine (FVSVM) method. The benefits
of FVSVR and FVSVM are demonstrated by experimental results based
on several databases of practical classification problems.ThesisMaster of Science (MSc
Lun yu hui han /
No full text"Ming Tianqi yi chou (5 nian) chong kan ben"1. Lun yu gu xun. -- 2. Lun yu shi yi / Su Che. -- 3. Kong zi Lun yu nian pu / Cheng Fuxin. -- 4. Lun yu fu ji / Weng Fanggang. -- 5. Lun yu fa yin / Yang Wenhui
Hong jin wu.
No full text封面 /陳子多作Chapter 一初相見Chapter 二後房的單身西裝少年Chapter 三戀的轉變Chapter 四甜姐兒之導游生活Chapter 五陳展廷挺身救美Chapter 六兩雄一雌--秘密新發現Chapter 七陳展廷打電話--突來新甜姐兒Chapter 八澳洲酒店五〇五號女客Chapter 九董師爺納寵陳展廷送殯傑克作.書名據封面.小說.Jieke zuo.Shu ming ju feng mian.Xiao shuo
Zhong fu tang gong xuan wen re lun yi an
No full text[葉桂[天士]著 ; 華南田等校].綫裝, 1函.線裝, 一函.書名據卷一卷端.框20.4 x 14.6 公分, 10行22字, 白口, 單魚尾, 四周單邊.内封題"臨證指南醫案評本"Ye Gui zhu ; Hua Nantian deng jiao.Xian zhuang, yi han.Shu ming ju juan yi juan duan.Detailed notes in vernacular field only.Detailed notes in vernacular field only
Isotropic random tangential vector fields on spheres
No full textIn this paper we characterized isotropic random tangential vector fields on d-spheres for d?1 by the cross-covariance, and derived their Karhunen-Loève expansion. The tangential vector field can be decomposed into a curl-free part and a divergence-free part by the Helmholtz-Hodge decomposition. We proved that the two parts can be correlated on a 2-sphere, while they must be uncorrelated on a d-sphere for d?3. On a 3-sphere, the divergence-free part can be further decomposed into two isotropic flows. © 2024 Elsevier B.V.National Science Foundation;©National Science FoundationThe author was supported by NSF Grant DMS-2008154
Huang Tianshi er shi zhi si shi nian dai bao ren xiao shuo lun =: A study of Huang Tianshi's “novel by journalist” from 1920s to 1940s
No full textM.Phil.Huang Tianshi (1899–1983), started to be active in the literary circle of Hong Kong as a member of the press industry in the 1920s, has issued more than 70 novels which were first published in newspapers. Famous for his love stories, Huang enjoyed the same reputation with Zhang Henshui as they were juxtaposed as “Huang of the South and Zhang of the North.” After his passing away for more than thirty years, critics often reevaluated his position and influence in the literary history of Hong Kong in two ways: either positively highlighting his emphasis on modern literature and hence his contribution to the Hong Kong literature, or negatively terming him as a “craftsman of draft” and belonging to the “Hong Kong School of Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies,” thus a damage to the local literature. This diverse commentary, in addition to the lack of related information and the intricacy of the author’s literary career, leave Huang’s case inadequately discussed and comprehended.“Novel by journalist” specializes in responding to the intellectual’s life, reflecting on real life events and utilizing the medium itself. This paper discusses the love stories by Huang from the angle of “novel by journalist” so as to try establishing his position in Hong Kong literature beyond the framework of “the School of Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies.” The study is divided into four parts in which the first, being the introduction, explains the objective of the research, reviews the concept of “the School of Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies,” examines the existing study on the author and expounds the theoretical basis and historical background of the research method employed. It is followed by the first part which compares the experience of the Chinese journalists with Huang’s novels to come up with the extrinsic features of “novel by journalist.” The second part investigates the author’s ideas on the news industry through a discussion on theory of news–novel so as to inspect the intrinsic features of “novel by journalist.” The third part scrutinizes Huang’s practice in “novel by journalist” by checking into his novels under the anti–Mui Tsai movement in the 1920s.黃天石（1899–1983）上世紀二十年代以報人之姿開始活躍於香港文壇，在報章發表小說，歷年著有七十多部單行本，以擅寫言情小說聞名，與張恨水並稱「南黃北張」。黃氏離世三十多年來，時有論者重新評價他在香港文學史的位置及影響，主要循兩種方向：正面的說他念念不忘新文學，對香港文學貢獻良多，負面的批評指他是「稿匠」、「港式鴛鴦蝴蝶派」，甚至破壞香港文學生態。論者評價褒貶不一，又因為資料不全以及黃的文藝生命閱歷複雜，使他一直未得到充分的理解和探討。「報人小說」以回應知識份子的人生，反映現實及近事，應用媒介優勢為特點。本研究以「報人小說」的角度，討論黃天石的言情小說，以期在鴛鴦蝴蝶派研究的框架以外，確立黃天石在香港文學的地位。本文共分為四個部分：導言部分闡明研究動機，重新審視鴛鴦蝴蝶派的概念，回顧前人對黃天石的研究及討論，說明研究方法的理論基礎及歷史背景；第一部分，以中國報人經驗對照黃天石小說創作，探討報人小說外在特徵；第二部分，從新聞小說理論的翻譯及討論，審視黃天石的報學觀念，探討報人小說的內在特徵；第三部分，以上世紀二十年代反對蓄婢運動下的黃天石小說為案例，探研黃天石的報人小說實踐。李卓賢.Parallel title from English abstract."2018年11月"Thesis M.Phil. Chinese University of Hong Kong 2019.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 113-141).Abstracts in English and Chinese.Title from PDF title page (viewed on August 3, 2020).Li Zhuoxian
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