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Reading between the (party) lines : how political news is seen and shared
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
This thesis uses mixed methods and datasets to explore how political news is perceived and shared within and across party lines in the context of the 2016 US presidential elections. We begin by examining the impact of ...
Motivating urban cycling through a blockchain-based financial incentives system
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
As cities become increasingly dense in the coming decades, they must turn to novel technologies and frameworks to address the imminent environmental, mobility, and public health issues that will arise with this population ...
Assessment of an expert system for space life sciences : a preliminary ground-based evaluation of PI-in-a-Box for the Neurolab Sleep and Respiration Experiment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998)
Principal Investigator-in-a-Box (abbreviated [PI]) is an expert system designed to assist astronauts with the performance of an experiment outside their field of expertise when contact with the Principal Investigators on ...
Design, manufacturing, and testing of an active twist rotor
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)
An Active Twist Rotor (ATR) is developed for future implementation of the individual blade control for vibration and noise reduction in helicopters. The rotor blade is integrally twisted by direct strain actuation using ...
Lateral load capacity of drilled shafts in jointed rock
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)
Large vertical (axial) and lateral loads often act on the heads of drilled shafts in jointed rock. In current design practice, the p-y curve method used in design of laterally loaded drilled shafts in soil is adopted in ...
Modeling and control of a hot micro-embossing machine
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
As the market for polymer micro- and nano-devices expands there is an ever-present need for a manufacturing standard to mass produce these parts. A number of techniques for fabricating these devices are soft lithography, ...
Straw insulation materials to address heating fuel requirements, thermal comfort, and natural resource depletion in developing regions
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997)
In modem society, major stresses are placed on the natural environment in an attempt to make the location comfortable for the human occupants. For many developing regions with cold winters such as northern Pakistan, new ...
Net-PPI : mapping the human interactome with machine learned models
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
The miracle of life is only possible thanks to a wide range of biochemical interactions between assortments of molecular agents. Amidst these agents, which enable all cellular activities, proteins are undoubtedly among the ...
A nucleic acid-based bacterial message export system for cell-to-cell communication
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
Communication within natural systems of eukaryotes and prokaryotes typically entails message transmission between and among cells via small-molecule messengers being funneled from the sender to the receiver cell. Nucleic ...
Moral machines : perception of moral judgment made by machines
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
While technological development of vehicular autonomy has been progressing rapidly, a parallel discussion has emerged with regard to the moral implications of a future wherein people hand over to autonomous machines the ...