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Closer look at the fMRI data analysis pipeline and its application in anesthesia resting state experiment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)The main focus of the thesis is the resting state fMRI data analysis, with much emphasis on the anesthesia fMRI experiments. Under this central topic, three separate themes are developed: resting state fMRI data analysis ... -
CLOSeSat : Perigee-lowering techniques and preliminary design for a small optical imaging satellite operating in very low earth orbit
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)The ever-increasing role of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) assets in combat may require relatively large numbers of earth observation spacecraft to maintain situational awareness. One way to reduce ... -
Closing gaps in global access to biologic medicines : building tools to evaluate innovations in biomanufacturing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)Low-and-Middle Income Countries (LMICs) are experiencing a growing need for safe, effective, and affordable health services, especially medicines. Such trends are in part due to a continued epidemiologic transition from ... -
Closing of the NASA Electronics Research Center: a study of the reallocation of space program talent.
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Closing the gap between information and payment flows in a digital transformation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)Companies spend significant resources on digital transformation projects that do not always meet expectations. This thesis contends that these projects fail or fall short because organizations do not consider the three ... -
Closing the gateways of democracy : cities and the militarization of protest policing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)In the era of globalization, cities function as 'gateways of democracy,' the spaces and places where the civil society literally 'marches through' in order to deliver oppositional claims into the global arena. However, ... -
Closing the loop : improving technology transfer by learning from the past
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)Technology transfer is a significant challenge within the highly regulated pharmaceutical industry. While much focus is put on the logistics and strategy of the process, less attention has been paid to how to change the ... -
Clotho, a collaborative information weaving tool / by Alexandre Stouffs.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)Clotho is a collaborative field-reporting tool that provides an environment for gathering stories about a subject or event in a meaningful structure. The relationships between stories constitute the backbone of the structure. ... -
Cloud analysis using NOAA-7 AVHRR multispectral imagery
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Cloud computing : implications for enterprise software vendors (ESV)
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)'Cloud computing', is a broad concept and in general is a term used for internet-based computing resources that are in an unspecified remote location or locations and that are flexible and fungible. Clouds provide a wide ... -
Cloud computing adoption model for governments and large enterprises
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)Cloud Computing has held organizations across the globe spell bound with its promise. As it moves from being a buzz word and hype into adoption, organizations are faced with question of how to best adopt cloud. Existing ... -
Cloud computing and its implications for organizational design and performance
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)Cloud computing has been at the center of attention for a while now. This attention is directed towards different aspects of this concept which concern different stakeholders from IT companies to cloud adopters to simple ... -
Cloud computing models
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)Information Technology has always been considered a major pain point of enterprise organizations, from the perspectives of both cost and management. However, the information technology industry has experienced a dramatic ... -
Cloud condensation nucleus activity comparison of dry- and wet-generated mineral dust aerosol : the significance of soluble material
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)This study examines the interaction of clay mineral particles and water vapor to determine the conditions required for cloud droplet formation. Droplet formation conditions are investigated for two common clay minerals, ... -
Cloud Ecologies: An Environmental Ethnography of Data Centers
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023-09)This dissertation is a multi-sited ethnography of cloud computing infrastructures and their wider environmental impacts in the northeastern and southwestern United States, Puerto Rico, and Singapore. Informed by participant ... -
Cloud landscape : benefits, challenges and management strategies
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Cloud security and platform thinking : an analysis of Cisco Umbrella, a cloud-delivered enterprise security
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)Cisco's security business segment with over $2 billion in revenue in fiscal 2018, makes Cisco one of the largest enterprise security players in the market. It is also one of the fastest growing business segments for Cisco, ... -
Cloud Service Strategies and Competition in the Chinese Market Among Major Technology Companies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2022-05)Regardless of the area of their core business -- marketplace, search engine, game or social network -- many major technology companies find cloud services a new area of growth. Amazon first launched the Amazon Web Services ... -
Cloud-Native Applications and Their Role in Supporting Agile Hardware Development
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2024-02)Agile product development focuses on collaboration, iterative development, and responsiveness to change as a mindset and methodology for project teams. Agile has been instrumental in software development and improving ... -
CloudThink and the Avacar : embedded design to create virtual vehicles for cloud-based informatics, telematics, and infotainment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)This paper describes the development and testing results for a system of Cloudbased mirrors for physical vehicles called "Avacars." Avacars duplicate parameters from On-Board Diagnostics, accelerometers, and GPS sensors ...
