• Development of the Rapid Plate Load Test (RPLT) and its application to the assessment of stone columns - 

  Touma, John Fahd, (2017)

  The introduction of new and more reliable tools for testing shallow and deep foundations has always been intrinsic to the advancement of geotechnical engineering practice. This thesis aims to introduce a novel testing ...
• Scalable distributed lifelong multi-task reinforcement learning - 

  El Zini, Julia, (2017)

  Multi-task reinforcement learning (MTRL) suffers from scalability issues when the number of tasks or trajectories per task grows-large. One of the main reasons behind this limitation is the reliance on centralized solutions. ...
• Mapping evapotranspiration across Lebanon throughout 2006-2016 using landsat imagery and local weather data - 

  Awada, Hassan Jadallah, (2017)

  Reference and actual evapotranspiration are two important variables in hydrologic analyses, agricultural crop production, determining irrigation water requirements, and irrigation management. Weather parameters that enable ...
• Eye tracking to evaluate the effects of interruptions and workload in emergency dispatching - 

  Kanaan, Dina Abdul Razzak, (2018)

  Interruptions are common features of modern workplaces and can cause anxiety, frustration, and decrements in performance. Interruptions can be especially detrimental in safety-critical, high-stress, and high-workload ...
• A DFT study of aldehyde hydrogenation by an octahedral PONOP iron catalyst where the bifunctional mechanism is out of the question - 

  Omar, Boushra Srour, (2018)

  Selective hydrogenation of aldehydes and ketones with H2 is commonly done using Noyori-type ruthenium amino hydride catalysts. These catalysts are generally accepted to work by an outer-sphere bifunctional mechanism involving ...

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