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Street vendors' adaptive strategies and the dynamic nature of urban space: Developing an integrative framework in Kano, Nigeria
This thesis attempts to develop a framework that integrates street vendors within the urbanscape. Spaces within the cities are increasingly becoming scares and valuable, resulting in increased competition for them. Coupled ... -
Professional demarcation in new media art in Turkey
In a world where the Post-media condition has rendered the artistic media hierarchies obsolete, New Media Art continues to exist as a professional territory with ambiguous boundaries. The term refers to a community of ... -
Modeling and optimization of chemical mechanical polishing of semiconductor materials
Chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) is a process of planarization of metal and dielectric surfaces typically in microelectronic devices manufacturing. Planarization is achieved by removing material from the wafer surface ... -
Channel modeling for vehicular visible light communication
The demand for vehicular communication systems has increased since they are considered the key enabling technology for Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSs). Vehicular communications allow information sharing between ... -
Visible light communications with advanced physical layer features and integration with existing wireless communication technologies
Optical wireless communication systems that operate in the visible light frequency band (390-700 nm) are called as visible light communication (VLC). VLC systems are based on the principle of modulating light emitting ... -
A stochastic geometry approach for cellular wireless network analysis
Cellular wireless communications systems transformed the way people communicated by combining communication and mobility. Since the early 1970s, the mobile industry has been driving the development and evolution of cellular ... -
Cumhuriyet Savcısının etkin soruşturma yapma görevi
(2020-04)Çalışmamızın inceleme konusunu "Cumhuriyet Savcısının Etkin Soruşturma Yapma Görevi" oluşturmaktadır. Bu kapsamda birinci bölümde; "etkinlik", "yeterlilik", "Cumhuriyet savcısı" gibi temel kavramlar öncelikle incelenmiştir. ... -
Dynamic characterization and optimization of additively manufactured TPMS lattice structures
(2021-08-19)Additive manufacturing (AM) has opened new avenues for the manufacturing of structures to achieve challenging engineering tasks. Triply periodic minimal surface (TPMS) lattices, a unique example of such structures, exhibits ... -
Augmenting occupant thermal experience with cyber-physical-social systems : a case study on adaptive vents
(2020-06-11)Buildings use more than 30% of global energy, while 36% of this energy comes from direct combustion of fossil fuels. Hence, buildings constitute a considerable share of CO2 emissions and has a large contribution to climate ... -
Mobility management and resource allocation strategies for visible light communication networks
(2021-05-11)There has been a growing interest in Visible Light Communications (VLC) in recent years. The existing works in the literature on point-to-point VLC systems are well established, and especially the studies on physical layer ... -
Efficient methodologies for actualizing haptic feedback in consumer electronics
(2021-06-11)There are significant limitations to creating effective haptic illusions in mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones. The main limitations are that these devices are too small in size to accommodate complex actuators ... -
Testing and scheduling applications under uncertainty
(2021-02)In this thesis, we consider two different optimization problems under uncertainty. The first problem is identifying defective components in failed k-out-of-n systems. In the second part, we study the parallel machine ... -
Investigation of corrosion in oil pipelines through surface nano-treatment
(2020-01)Corrosion is the unintentional and degradation of a material caused by the reaction of that material with its environment and a natural possible hazard correlated with gas and oil generation and transportation facilities. ... -
Enhancing deep learning models for campaign participation prediction
(2019-07-31)Companies engage with their customers in order to establish a long-term relationship. Targeting the right audience with the right product is crucial for providing better services to customers, increasing their loyalty to ... -
Essays in macro-finance
(2019-12-26)This dissertation includes three essays within macro-finance literature ranging from international macroeconomics, to labor and housing market dynamics. While the focus of first essay is more on international, particular ... -
Mechanical performance of layered metallic composites processed by accumulative roll bonding
(2019-08-20)Mechanical Performance of Layered Metallic Composites Processed by Accumulative Roll Bonding.--Multi-layered metal composites have received considerable attention due to their advanced mechanical and physical properties. ... -
Development of a solid state spot welding technique for the manufacturing of detect free joints
(2019-06)Development of a Solid State Spot Welding Technique for the Manufacturing of Defect Free Joints.--Friction stir spot welding (FSSW) processing is a recently developed process for joining hard weldability materials, which ... -
Scalable analysis of large-scale system logs for anomaly detection
(2019-05-30)System logs provide information regarding the status of system components and various events that occur at runtime. This information can support fault detection, diagnosis and prediction activities. However, it is a ... -
Finite element analysis in a cloud computing environment
(2019-01-04)In this thesis, the challenges faced and lessons learned while establishing a large-scale high performance cloud computing service that enables online mechanical structural analysis and many other scientific applications ... -
Experimental and numerical investigation of rubber whether strip extrusion
(2019-01-03)Extrusion is the main method used to produce rubber weather strips in automotive industries. The product quality is dependent on many factors, which include the design parameters of the die, the processing variables, and ...
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