Learning a Little Bit Harder: The Intersecting Experiences of First-Generation and Single-Mother College Students

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The Interpretation of International Investment Treaties: The Application of MFN Clauses to Matters of Dispute Settlement in BITs by Aabed, Amr Mostafa, Abdo

“…It is not their duty to harmonize dispute settlement arrangements in BITs or impose this harmonized system upon states against their intent. …”
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An examination of block motion compensation algorithms for MPEG-2 and prediction of bit rates from video sequence measurements by Francis, Jerome Jonathan

“…An optimum motion compensation algorithm can lead to optimum temporal compression. For fixed bit-rate encoders finding methods to predict the bit-rate from properties of the video sequence can lead to an optimum use of the transmission bandwidth. …”
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South Africa awaits a possible new law banning foreign ownership and restricting domestic ownership of agricultural land: Is this in line with this country's obligations and commit... by Ewers, Jade Güdron

“…It is concluded, for example, that the restriction of the property rights of existing foreign owners of agricultural land in South Africa by restricting their rights to dispose of their land to South Africans only – may constitute indirect expropriation for which they should be compensated in terms of relevant BITs. Although the country's investment policy vis a vis BIT has changed leading to the termination of, for example, some European-South African BITs, these agreements all contain sunset clauses opening up the country for potential investor-state arbitration claims for up to 20 years. …”
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Foreign direct investment in Tanzania : implications of bilateral investment treaties in promoting sustainable development in Tanzania

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Factors That Drive the Selection of Business Intelligence Tools in South African Financial Services Providers by Gina, Bonginkosi Phila

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Reinforcement Learning-based Access Schemes in Cognitive Radio Networks by ElGuindy, Ehab Maged

“…In this thesis, we propose different MAC protocols based on three Reinforcement Learning (RL) approaches, namely Q-Learning, Deep Q-Network (DQN), and Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient (DDPG). …”
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An offset modulation method used to control the PAPR of an OFDM transmission

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Working memory in children: How does it affect learning? Different methods and techniques that can be used to train and enhance the working memory of children by Fawzy, Christine T.

“…After time, many teachers lose hope in these children, and the children themselves come to believe that they cannot learn from classroom instruction. Research over the past several years has shown that a key element in the learning abilities of some 10% of all children is their poor working memory. …”
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Comparing chaos and complexity : the quest for knowledge by Greybe, Sylvia Elizabeth

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Evaluating the effectiveness of neural network techniques in the forecasting of South African basic fuel prices by Kingwill, Russell

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Novel techniques in large scaleable ATM switches by Lawrence, M.A.

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GSM based Communication-Sensor (CommSense) System by Bhatta, Abhishek

“…To mitigate the effects of the channel on a signal these systems transmit a known bit sequence within each frame. Our goal, with this thesis, is to design and implement a working prototype of a novel architecture for the commensal radar system, which uses these known bit sequences to extract the channel information and determine events of interest. …”
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Microcomputer-assisted diagnosis of inherited disorders of the skeleton by Van Greunen, Francois

“…In this context learning implies that the knowledge base, with the passage of time, improves considerably when used by experts. …”
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Efficient radio resource management in next generation wireless networks by Obayiuwana, Enoruwa

“…However, due to path loss (path attenuation), interference, and radio background noise, mobile communication users at the cell-edge can experience relatively poor transmission channel qualities and subsequently forced to transmit at a low bit transmission rate, even when the wireless communication networks can support high bit transmission rate. …”
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Investigating the Optical Link Performance of the End-of Substructure Card and Susceptibility to SEUs by Van, Der Merwe Max

“…The SEU susceptibility of the EoS card, with a focus on the Versatile Link Plus Transceiver (VTRx+) component, is studied by irradiating the EoS card with a neutron source with a distributed energy spectrum and a peak energy of 11MeV while performing a bit error rate (BER) test to monitor for radiation induced errors. …”
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