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Responses to the everyday reliefs from the private
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)In pursuit of an architecture of the everyday, this investigation applies fascinations with and imaginations of the ordinary to architecture's possibilities for relief in today's increasingly privatized notion of the public. ... -
Responsibility and the traditional Muslim built environment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984)This study aims to analyze the effect of the responsibility enjoyed by individuals over the built environment. To understand these effects the study concentrates on the physical state of the property. It is concluded that ... -
The responsibility of race in community-based practice
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)Practitioners in community-based organizations operate in an environment of difference. Often they are bridging relationships between low-income community members and government agencies or they are bonding diverse ... -
Responsibility, Rights, and Repositories: Negotiating for Accessibility of Open Access Content
(2021-10-27)Presented as part of an London Open Research Week event, hosted by Birbeck, University of London on October 28, 2021. -
Responsible Design: Design Methods for Anthropocentric Sustainable Futures
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023-06)Finding a state of sustainability in which present and future human generations may have equal opportunity in perpetuity is an anthropocentric pursuit. It requires intergenerational equity in everything we do, including ... -
Responsive ecotechnology development for localized alteration of wild populations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)Recent advances in ecotechnological development, including the invention of CRISPR-enabled gene drive, have augmented our potential to shape the genetic portrait of shared ecosystems. Applications for technologies of this ... -
Responsive IoT : using biosignals to connect humans and smart devices
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)The growing Internet of Things (JoT) ecosystem being built today is already affecting a great many daily objects, which may share information about their state, location and sensed data among others. Today, humans communicate ... -
Responsive polymers for dynamic modulation of bio-macromolecular transport properties
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)Responsive self-assembling polymers are used in wide range of applications in the food, pharmaceutical, agricultural, electronic and environmental industries, as well as in the biomedical field. The proper design of such ... -
Responsive sound surfaces
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Responsive Space Environments: New Paradigms in Blending Virtual and Physical Exploration through Human-Robot Operations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023-09)As humanity wanders further into space, the integration of robotics and virtual environments in space systems becomes increasingly pivotal, augmenting our capacity to explore, interact, and study remote environments. This ... -
Responsive wearables for rheumatoid arthritis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)The purpose of this thesis is to investigate and create more responsive and adaptive assistive technology for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), using computational design methods to embed individualized data within ... -
Restating artistic value : why do people pay 2,000,000 US.D. for a urinal signed by R. Mutt?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)This thesis examines how Marcel Duchamp's artwork Fountain has been reproduced and evaluated over time. The original piece was made in 1917 and was lost soon after it was created. Fountain has become renowned through its ... -
Restaurant revenue management
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)We develop two classes of optimization models in order to maximize revenue in a restaurant, while controlling average waiting time as well as perceived fairness, that may violate the first-come-first-serve (FCFS) rule. In ... -
Resting State Neurophysiology of Agonist-Antagonist Myoneural Interface in Persons with Transtibial Amputation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023-02)The agonist-antagonist myoneural interface (AMI) is a novel amputation surgery that preserves sensorimotor signaling mechanisms of the central-peripheral nervous systems. Our first neuroimaging study investigating AMI ... -
Restoration and adaptive use of an urban church.
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Restoration refocused : an evaluation of the Central Everglades Planning Project
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)In 2000, President Clinton signed legislation authorizing the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP), a $7.8 billion, 68 project, 30-year effort to restore one of the most unique and diverse ecosystems in the ... -
Restoring a sense of history : the case of Southern Philippines' Jolo, Sulu
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Restoring and enhancing Argonaute2-catalyzed cleavage
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)The core of the RNA silencing pathway relies on an Argonaute protein in complex with a small RNA. Together, this complex targets transcript RNAs through sequence complementarity to induce the destruction of the transcript ... -
Restoring Eye Contact in Video Conferencing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023-02)In recent years, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, video conferencing applications have become widely adopted, enabling remote work and virtual learning. Despite the convenience, video conferencing made it challenging ... -
Restoring product focus across the value stream through organizational restructuring
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)Businesses take deliberate action to change their internal context when managers believe that better performance lies beyond the capabilities of assets in their present configuration. A typical course of action is ...
