Since their development, AIS have been used for a number of machine learning tasks including that of classification. Within the literature, there appears to be a lack of appreciation for the possible bias in the selection of various representations and affinity measures that may be introduced when employing AIS in classification tasks. Problems are then compounded when inductive bias of algorit...

complies with the regulations of the university and meets the accepted standards with respect to originality and quality. Optical receivers have an important role in high data rate wireline data communication systems. Nowadays, these receivers have data rates of multi Gb/s. To achieve such high data rate in the design of optical receivers, all the amplifiers in the signal path need to be wideba...

Ionic polymer metal composite (IPMC), of which a low actuating voltage (<5 V), high power efficiency and biocompatibility makes it a proven candidate for low power devices. However, due to its inherent nonlinear behaviour and time-variance, feedback control, as well as reliable sensing means, are required for accurate operations. This paper presents an IPMC actuator implemented with an inductiv...

This study advances understanding of interpersonal feedback seeking as a relational micro-foundational process whereby social entrepreneurs proactively involve others in venturing and engage sensemaking when this fails. Our inductive analysis 82 interviews with 36 reveals the agency plurality precariousness by identifying three distinct feedback-seeking trajectories. Feedback is an identity-dri...

— A low power wideband noise amplifier (LNA) for 1GHz to 10GHz wireless has presented for wireless application in this dissertation work. Low power wideband noise amplifier is design by using resistive shunt feedback, current reuse, gain flatting techniques, and inductive feedback technique. The high mobility electron transistors are used to improve the Noise Figure (NF) and scattering paramete...

Patients with bilateral lesions of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, when performing gambling tasks modeling real-life decision-making, opt for choices that yield high immediate gains in spite of higher future losses. Under the hypothesis that the prefrontal cortex is the last brain region to mature, it was examined whether young children would show a similar preference for immediate prospect...