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Background: The first 1,000 days of life are a unique period for the brain architecture. The development of perceptual, sensorimotor, social and language systems depend crucially on environmental stimulation. Multiple factors influence the acquisition of competencies, including …
Given recent advancements in technology and recognizing the evolution of smart manufacturing, the implementation of digital twins for factories and processes is becoming more common and more useful. Additionally, expansion in connectivity, growth in data storage, and the impleme…
Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a de facto standard for data exchange in the World Wide Web. Indexing plays a key role in improving the execution of XML queries over that data. In this thesis we discuss the three main categories of indexes proposed in the literature to handl…
The success of many cooperative cataloging programs in North America and Europe has prompted the development of similar programs in other parts of the world. This study investigates the potential of developing a cooperative cataloging program in Malaysia. One factor that determi…
The execution of hydrodynamic models typically requires the management of large amounts of data and also utilizes considerable computational resources. Powerful and robust servers with extensive storage capabilities are therefore desirable for rapid execution of numerical simula…
The Web has come a long way. It started as a distributed document repository and quickly became the spring board for a new type of application. Propped on top of the original HTML+HTTP architecture, this new application platform shifted the way the architecture was used so that …
Due to the inception of the big data applications, it is becoming increasingly important to manage and analyze large volumes of data. However, it is not always possible to efficiently analyze very big chunks of detailed data. Thus, data aggregation techniques emerged as an effic…
The prevalence of 30-day readmission after bariatric surgery is 0.6% to 11.3%, with a single hospital readmission nearly tripling the average 180-day cost of the surgery. Given that nearly 50% of early readmissions are preventable, close postoperative follow-up may allow for ear…
A database is used to store and retrieve data, which is a critical component for any software application. Databases require configuration for efficiency, however, there are tens of configuration parameters. It is a challenging task to manually configure a database. Furthermore,…
Electric power systems play a major role in modem society and electricity is essential for economic development as well as poverty eradication. A modern power system’s primary function is to satisfy the system load and energy requirements at the lowest cost with a reliable power…