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Early detection of health changes in the elderly using in-home multi-sensor data streams
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
be provided. By deploying multi-sensor systems in homes of the elderly, we can track trajectories of daily behaviors in a feature space defined using the sensor data. In this work, we investigate a methodology for learning data distribution from streaming data...
Design and fabrication of one and two axis nickel electroplated micromirror array
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] MEMS based micromirror devices are gaining importance at a steady pace in the applications related to optical communications and display technology. This research work describes...
A mixed method approach to exploring landowner interest in woody plantings to integrate conservation and production on Missouri farms
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Agroforestry plantings can provide multiple benefits such as reduced soil erosion, decreased nutrient runoff, increased biodiversity, and greater farm income stability. This array of benefits makes them a promising ecologically based model...
Factors influencing practitioner adoption of agroforestry : a USDA SARE case study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Agroforestry practices offer a compelling alternative to conventional agriculture as they provide a broad range of economic, ecological and social benefits. Despite its' recognized potential, on-the-ground adoption of U.S. agroforestry remains...
Efficient H.264 video coding with a working memory of objects
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
, compresses the video streams which are then transmitted to a remote end for information analysis or archived in a storage device. In these types of video monitoring and surveillance scenarios, the video frame rate is often set relatively low...
Critism of the methods of Christian missions in China from a sociological point of view
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
Text from page 1: "Christian Missions have been a powerful agency toward the social transformation of mission lands. While it has been as a rule the avowed purpose of missionaries to work for individuals, they have from time to time been drawn...
Interior decoration for boys and girls in the public schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1917)
In this thesis the writer has attempted to collect some material which might serve as suggestions for boys and girls in our public schools. The interior decoration is dealt with from the standpoint of young people and ...
Kinematic assessment for stroke patients in a stroke game and a daily activity recognition and assessment system
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
the quality of upper body motions using the assessment outcomes. Second, to classify and quantify home activities for stroke patients objectively and accurately, I've developed DARAS, a daily activity recognition and assessment system that evaluates daily...
Implementing systems engineering techniques into health care: an investigation into using problem based learning in medical schools to teach systems engineering
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
Health care delivery in the United States needs improvement. Each year, between 44,000 and 98,000 people die as a result of medical errors in the United States. Systems engineering tools can help improve health care. A unique way to implement...
RF sensing and processing methods for noninvasive health monitoring
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
for longitudinal health monitoring of older adults in a naturalistic home setting. The goal is to use these data as part of a monitoring system that can be easily installed in a home with minimal configuration, for the purpose of detecting very early signs...
The assessment of soil enzyme activities in multiple land use in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Peat swamp forest is one of the most important ecosystems in Southeast Asia, particularly in Indonesia. Tropical peat swamp forests contain a high number of valuable timber...
The earlier political career of Thomas Hart Benton 1820-1833
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1917)
Text from page 3: The purpose of this study is to consider the part that was taken by Benton in the political affairs of Missouri during the earlier years of his service in the Senate, to determine what were the influences ...
Women in war work, 1914-1918
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1919)
in manufacture were able-bodied men fit for famring." Economic gains were at first used as an arguement. Gallatin in 1831 "concluded that the surplus product obtained by the employment of owmen in a single cotton mill of 200 employees was $14,000 annually...
Effective cooperation between rural school patrons and the schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1911)
between school patrons and the schools was needed. A large percent of the remainder mentioned needs that could be easily remedied if cooperation did exist. The one great thing needed is an outline of some definite method of procedure. The writer believes...
Integrated clinical decision support : assessing opportunities and outcomes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Medical calculators play an important role as a component of specific clinical decision support (CDS) systems that synthesize measurable evidence and can introduce new medical guidelines and standards. Understanding the features of calculators...
Explainable pattern modelling and summarization in sensor equipped smart homes of elderly
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
In the next several decades, the proportion of the elderly population is expected to increase significantly. This has led to various efforts to help live them independently for longer periods of time. Smart homes equipped with sensors provide a...
Personalized functional health and fall risk prediction using electronic health records and in-home sensor data
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Research has shown the importance of Electronic Health Records (EHR) and in-home sensor data for continuous health tracking and health risk predictions. With the increased computational capabilities and advances in machine learning techniques, we...
Georges Perec: autobiographie et trauma
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Georges Perec (1936-1982) a largementété étudié pour ses prouesses linguistiques et son talent d'écrivain hors-pair. Cependant, un nouveau domaine sur lequel se penche aujourd'hui la critique littéraire, à savoir le traumatisme, est de la...
Georges Perec (1936-1982) has been widely studied for his linguistic prowess and his unique talent as a writer. However, a new area into which the critique is now looking, trauma, is relevant at the utmost for studying the work of this author, and particularly his autobiographical work. This dissertation shows that W or the Memory of Childhood, but also Ellis Island, highlight the originality of Perec autobiography widely due to the trauma incurred by Perec as a young child, namely that of the destruction of his Jewish family by the Nazis during the second world war. Such an experience becomes particularly interesting when tied to autobiography. Additionally, the relationship between memory and recounting of the trauma lies at the heart of Georges Perec's writing, which I demonstrate in the analyses given of the autobiography and autobiographical endeavor of this author through the two above-mentioned books. In fact, Perec truly creates a new autobiographic genre with W or the Memory of Childhood, an autobiography which must resort to fiction so as to better express the trauma of an I (claimed amnesiac by the author) shattered by history with its Great Axe, in other words: the real. With Ellis Island, Perec's autobiographical approach turns into a research of collective memory through which he is in search of the memory of his own identity by means of meeting those, such as the Jews, who have gone through a similar experience of being forced into exile from their culture and identity.With this in mind, this dissertation introduces and defines trauma, in particular as applied to Perec, and explains it notably via a Lacanian approach, thus demonstrating that Perec, as any human being, was subjected to the very first traumatic instance presiding over the human condition: that of the real. This dissertation, focusing on Georges Perec's case, will explore the links between the individual and its relationship to that real, acutely harsh in the case of the writer since his entire family (with the exception of his paternal aunt) was deported and annihilated before 1944. I show that Perec chose literature as a means by which to tackle his trauma, which becomes obvious in the particularly intimate genre of autobiography. The conclusion of this dissertation establishes that Perec did not come to terms with his trauma. Autobiography is not, with Perec, a way to tell and explain onself (as Rousseau had done), but it is the writing of a broken life, a broken I, who, to the contrary of his annihilated family, wanted to leave a trace of his passage among us....
Georges Perec (1936-1982) has been widely studied for his linguistic prowess and his unique talent as a writer. However, a new area into which the critique is now looking, trauma, is relevant at the utmost for studying the work of this author, and particularly his autobiographical work. This dissertation shows that W or the Memory of Childhood, but also Ellis Island, highlight the originality of Perec autobiography widely due to the trauma incurred by Perec as a young child, namely that of the destruction of his Jewish family by the Nazis during the second world war. Such an experience becomes particularly interesting when tied to autobiography. Additionally, the relationship between memory and recounting of the trauma lies at the heart of Georges Perec's writing, which I demonstrate in the analyses given of the autobiography and autobiographical endeavor of this author through the two above-mentioned books. In fact, Perec truly creates a new autobiographic genre with W or the Memory of Childhood, an autobiography which must resort to fiction so as to better express the trauma of an I (claimed amnesiac by the author) shattered by history with its Great Axe, in other words: the real. With Ellis Island, Perec's autobiographical approach turns into a research of collective memory through which he is in search of the memory of his own identity by means of meeting those, such as the Jews, who have gone through a similar experience of being forced into exile from their culture and identity.With this in mind, this dissertation introduces and defines trauma, in particular as applied to Perec, and explains it notably via a Lacanian approach, thus demonstrating that Perec, as any human being, was subjected to the very first traumatic instance presiding over the human condition: that of the real. This dissertation, focusing on Georges Perec's case, will explore the links between the individual and its relationship to that real, acutely harsh in the case of the writer since his entire family (with the exception of his paternal aunt) was deported and annihilated before 1944. I show that Perec chose literature as a means by which to tackle his trauma, which becomes obvious in the particularly intimate genre of autobiography. The conclusion of this dissertation establishes that Perec did not come to terms with his trauma. Autobiography is not, with Perec, a way to tell and explain onself (as Rousseau had done), but it is the writing of a broken life, a broken I, who, to the contrary of his annihilated family, wanted to leave a trace of his passage among us....
The principles underlying the selection of a course of study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)
The problem of this study is to find the principles that should underlie the selection of the school curriculum. It is not a scientific investigation of the social and psychological facts upon which the course of study should be based, nor...
The radio broadcasting enterprise of Free China
(University of Missouri., 1958)
"The purpose of the study: This is a study of the radio broadcasting enterprise e of Taiwan, the last stronghold of Nationalist China. As it represents the spark of sturdy independence, the valiant stand of human freedom, Taiwan is considered...