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An Investigation Into The Validity Of John Holland's Theory Of Vocational Choice And The Accuracy Of His Self-Directed Search Model As A Means Of Career Guidance, Paula Sandbothe-Swope

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This study tested two hypotheses derived from John L. Holland's theory of vocational choice. The first hypothesis was that there should be some correlation between congruence, as measured by Holland's Self-Directed Search instrument, and an individual's expressed job satisfaction. The second hypothesis was that individuals will tend to seek out congruent occupations over time. The Self-Directed Search instrument was administered to 112 individuals working in a variety of occupations in order to measure job congruency. A questionnaire relating to job tenure and job satisfaction was also given to each individual. The information garnered from the SDS and the questionnaire was …

The Design And Implementation Of A Business Plan For A Neighborhood Inn, Edward L. Beck

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This project will focus on the study of the eating and drinking establishment industry. Information was gathered for the purpose of constructing a business plan for The Haven.

Research has indicated that the owner of an inn must be concerned with several factors associated with the successful operation of an inn, those being: industry data, specific company data, financial data, and marketing data. The Haven inn's business plan was formed by utilizing information from each of these areas.

Once The Haven's business plan was completed, two members of the eating and drinking establishment industry were chosen to judge the plan's …

The Impact That An Aging American Population Has On Financial Institutions, Jerry M. Bladdick

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This thesis will focus on the study of America's aging population and the impact this population has upon financial institutions and the services and products these institutions provide.

Research has shown that real estate and cash are the primary sources of wealth for the majority of older adults. Banking institutions realize that with the ever-increasing size of this _population. special programs, incentives, and services may need to be provided in order to maintain the loyalty of older clients.

In recent years, financial institutions have hired management consulting firms to confirm that the older banking consumer of the 1990s will dramatically …

Do Women In Anxiety Support Groups Demonstrate Less Anxiety Than Those Who Are Not In Support Groups?, Anna L. Addis

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The Development Of The Business Plan For Baker Accounting And Tax Service, Marsha P. Baker

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This thesis will focus on the study of developing a business plan for a small home-based accounting and tax service .

Statistics indicate that the failure rate for new businesses is high. Research indicates that the main reason for the high rate of new business failures is lack of planning . Specifically, many entrepreneurs feel that preparing a formal business plan is not necessary and thus fail to plan for significant factors that impact their businesses.

The purpose of this study is to research all aspects of beginning a home- based accounting and tax service in preparation for writing a …

How Men And Women Communicate, Dara Elaine Bremerkamp

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Men and women have successfully cohabited for centuries; however, the fact still remains that men and women are different and, therefore, communicate differently. This fact is becoming blatantly apparent in our nation's organizations. It is imperative for the success of our country's organizations that men and women comprehend their own communication process and, more importantly, one another's.

The work force is changing drastically. It has been estimated that the number of traditional White American males entering the work force will be diminished substantially. In fact, women will comprise the largest portion of the incoming work force by year 2000.

In …

Simulation Of A Heat Pump Model Using Siman, Venkatesh Sundarraj

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A Heat pump is a system that follows the vapor compression cycle in which a vapor is compressed, then condensed to a liquid, following which the pressure is dropped so that fluid can evaporate at a low pressure. The system is considered to be a continuous system as there is a refrigerant whose state changes continuously throughout the system. This thesis work presents the application of the Simulation program SIMAN in a continuous modeling environment. The Refrigeration cycle was chosen as the Heat Pump as there is a continuous flow of the refrigerant through the system and hence was an …

A Study Comparing The Moisture Barrier Characteristics Of Flat Liners Versus Stoppers In Continuous Thread Closures On Glass Viles, William L. White

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The combination of glass vial, elastomeric stopper, and aluminum crimp seal represents one of the principal packaging systems used to package diagnostic reagents, ophthalmic and veterinary medicines, and pharmaceutical products. This work states that elastomeric flat liners are an alternative to traditional stoppers. To confirm this position, several comparative moisture transmission evaluations are conducted to contrast the barrier performance of glued flat liners against stoppers in continuous thread closures on glass vials. After a review of several standard packaging integrity testing methods, this thesis demonstrates the use of coulometric titration as an alternative package system testing methodology. Coulometric titrators are …

A Feasibility Study Of A Recycled Paper Scoop, A Dosing Device For Synthetic Powder Laundry Detergents, Patrick Seo Thin Lee

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This research assessed the consumer acceptance of a recycled paper scoop versus the existing polystyrene (PS) scoop as a dosing device for synthetic powder laundry detergents. Specifically: (1) Were the consumers aware of and in agreement with the environmental benefits of a recycled paper scoop versus the current plastic scoop? (2) Did consumers consider a recycled paper scoop as an acceptable replacement for the current plastic measuring scoop? The implementation of a recycled paper scoop would reduce packaging waste by approximately 20% by weight and a significant source reduction through decreased consumption of raw materials. Additionally, it would provide a …

Ramsey Numbers Involving A Triangle: Theory And Algorithms, Xia Jin

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Ramsey theory studies the existence of highly regular patterns in large sets of objects. Given two graphs G and H, the Ramsey number R(G, H) is defined to be the smallest integer n such that any graph F with n or more vertices must contain G, or F must contain H. Albeit beautiful, the problem of determining Ramsey numbers is considered to be very difficult. We focus our attention on efficient algorithms for determining Ram sey numbers involving a triangle: R(K3 , G). With the help of theoretical tools, the search space is reduced by using different pruning techniques and …

Word Hypothesis From Undifferentiated, Errorful Phonetic Strings, R. Thomas Sellman

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This thesis investigates a dynamic programming approach to word hypothesis in the context of a speaker independent, large vocabulary, continuous speech recognition system. Using a method known as Dynamic Time Warping, an undifferentiated phonetic string (one without word boundaries) is parsed to produce all possible words contained in a domain specific lexicon. Dynamic Time Warping is a common method of sequence comparison used in matching the acoustic feature vectors representing an unknown input utterance and some reference utterance. The cumulative least cost path, when compared with some threshold can be used as a decision criterion for recognition. This thesis attempts …

Xbuild: Flexible, Generic, X-Based User Interface Tools, Marcus Cannava

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Efficient Software Implementation Of The Jbig Compression Standard, Craig M. Smith

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JBIG is a new binary image compression standard that is designed to handle both text and halftoned documents. It significantly outperforms the CCITT Group 3 and Group 4 standards especially on halftoned documents. The JBIG standard is based on an arithmetic encoder, and it features adaptive probability estimation, adaptive templates, and three different types of prediction. It also allows either sequential or progressive compression of image data. A brief discussion of information theory is given as it applies to image compression. The JBIG algorithm is described, and several techniques are developed to efficiently implement the algorithm in software. The most …

A Study Of Time And Temperature Variables Affecting Apolipoprotein B-100 On Iodipamide Ethyl Ester Particles, Deborah J. Alberty

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The hypothesis tested in the epitope stability study is that apo B bound to a synthetic core of iodipamide ethyl ester (IDE) particles retain stability, as detected by immunoreactivity of apo B epitopes with two monoclonal antibodies. The mAB 3.01 binds to the carboxy terminal end of apo B-1 00. The mAB T4 binds to the T4 peptide fragment at the amino terminal end of both apo B-1 00 and apo B-48. Stability of LDL-coated IDE was evaluated over 40 days when stored at -20C, 4C and 25C. Stability of reconstituted lyophilized IDE was evaluated over 42 days, starting with …

Robotic Path Planning With Obstacle Avoidance, Barbara T. Switzer

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Planning can be used in a variety of applications. In this paper we will discuss those planning techniques that Apply to the task of robotic path planning - Here a planner is used to generate "paths" which a robot can follow to maneuver from some point A to another point B, while at the same time avoiding all obstacles. All approaches discussed in this paper are based on viewing the robot as a sphere . By assuming this , the need to consider the robot's orientation as it moves along a proposed path is eliminated . Another requirement is that …

Retrieval From An Image Knowledge Base, James Janicki

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With advances in computer technology, images and image databases are becoming increasingly important. Retrievals of images in current image database systems have been designed using keyword searches. These carefully designed and handcrafted systems are very efficient given the application domain they are built for. Unfortunately, they are not adaptable to other domains, not expandable for other uses of the existing information and are not very forgiving to their users. The appearance of full-text search provides for a more general search given textual documents. However, pictorial images contain a vast amount of information that is difficult to catalog in a general …

A Study Of The Effects Of Operations That Lower The Efficiency Of A Packaging Line Using Systems Simulation, Harmeet Taneja Singh

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Color Space Selection For Jpeg Image Compression, Nathan Moroney

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The Joint Photographic Experts Group's image compression algorithm has been shown to be a very efficient and powerful method of compressing images. However, there is little substantive information about which color space should be utilized when implementing the JPEG algorithm. Currently, the JPEG algorithm is set up for use with any three component color space. The objective of this research was to determine whether or not the color space selected will significantly improve image compression capabilities. The RGB, XYZ, YIQ, CIELAB, CIELUV, and CIELAB LCh color spaces were examined and compared. Both numerical measures and psychophysical techniques were used to …

Synthesis And Characterization Of Novel Poly(Ester-Imide)S Containing Chiral Centers, T. Edwin Freeman

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This Thesis project describes the preparation of a series of novel Poly(ester-imide)s containing chiral centers, and their characterization for liquid crystallinity. The synthetic approach towards the incorporation of the chiral centers in the polymer backbone involved the reaction of α-amino carboxylic acid with trimellitic anhydride (TMA) or pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA) to prepare the imide dicarboxylic acid monomers, which were melt polymerized with the respective diols containing two, three and five to ten methylene groups to obtain the Poly(ester-imide)s. The monomers were characterized by infrared spectroscopy, elemental analysis and polarimetry. Characterization of the polymers was done by dilute solution viscosity, infrared …

Recommendation For An Interface System For Product Related Computer Data To Enhance The Engineering Change Order/Preliminary Change Order Function, Patrick B. Mcphee

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The following document will explore product and information integration by demonstrating the potential economic, strategic, and technical benefits attainable in the Engineering Change Order/Preliminary Change Order function. Information is the foundation of today's corporate enterprise. An organization's success can depend on how effectively it identifies, manages and uses its information. As an organization grows or becomes more complex, the infrastructure of information becomes more complex. The management and distribution of information corporation wide becomes a key element in the strategic position of the organization in its given market.

"Strangeness In The Night", Theodore R. Pratt

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Ces't La Vie, Andrew Thornton

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None provided.

Study Of The Temperature Dependence Of The Intrinsic Viscosity [Nu] For Polystyrene And Poly (Styrene - Co - Maleic Anhydride), Rong Su

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The Mark-Houwink-Sukaroda (MHS) equation [r|J = K Mva is a very important relationship to relate polymer dilute solution's intrinsic viscosity and polymer's viscosity average molecular weight. But for a wide range of polymer (copolymer) - solvent systems, the constant K and exponent a values are usually not sufficiently available. Fox - Flory and Van Krevelen dilute solution theories are employed to correlate K and a values under different temperatures therefore prove that MHS constant K and exponent a are temperature dependent for polystyrene and styrene-co-maleic anhydride. For polystyrene, the exponent a value changes from 0.7165 at 25C to 0.7327 at …

Suprem-Ii Analysis Of The Phosphorus Planar Diffusion Source Ph 1000n, Paul M. Whalen

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The phosphorus planar diffusion source, PH-1000N, was used to test the ability of the process simulation program SUPREM-H to accommodate solid source diffusion. Spreading resistance analysis and secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) were used to determine the impurity concentration profiles of phosphorus diffused into p-type silicon. Sheet resistance and junction depth data, in addition to the impurity concentration profiles, were plotted against the respective data generated by SUPREM. The surface gas concentration, a parameter requested by SUPREM's input file, was found to have the strongest influence on the program's output. The solid solubility of phosphorus in silicon at process temperatures …

Line Reproduction In Mapping Utilizing The Four Color Process Model, John R. Handy

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The application of the four-color process to printing fine line work found on topographical maps was investigated. A description of the mapping process is included and the reason why the four-color process would be advantageous to cartographic printing was discussed. The chapter on fourcolor process theory was included for the benefit of the cartographic community - The experimental design for data transfer, color tolerance, target design to match spot and process color, as well as color space employed, were reviewed. The reasons for the use of a direct digital proofing system were explained. The results of data transfer were evaluated …

Performance Of Edge Operators Under Varying Imaging Conditions, Ching-Wei Chang

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A method has been devised for performing edge operations with various edge operators under varying imaging conditions and for quantitatively comparing the results of each edge operator. Both computer-simulated targets and real targets are employed, and experiments in both cases showed that the Sobel operator and Kirsch Compass Gradient Mask are better than the Highpass and Laplacian filters in the performance of edge operation.

N-Well Cmos Process Integration, David T. Price

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The predominant integrated circuit fabrication technologies used for VLSI devices are CMOS, and BiCMOS. The goal of this work was to develop a CMOS process that could be converted into a BiCMOS technology. For this reason an N-Well CMOS process was selected, and fabricated in the Microelectronic Engineering clean room. This paper reviews the test chip design, process simulation, fabrication, and electrical characterization of this process. The device fabrication was successful, and the electrical testing clearly indicated what measures need to be taken to improve the process.

Design For Manufacturability And Assembly, Srinivas Mullapudi

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This report presents a study of the various concepts of design for manufacturability and assembly with some case studies, and examples.

The goal of DFM is reduction of parts and simplifying assembly process. A simple faucet has been studied and attempts have been made at re-designing the same using the techniques of design for manufaturability as postulated by Boothroyd, Dewhurst and Henry Stoll.

The Design And Manufacture Of Institutional Trays Using Simultaneous Engineering, Antonio Schmidt

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This study evaluates thermoformed trays as used in the food service industry. The resin used in fabricating trays is a blend of Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) and Polycarbonate (PC). The life of the trays is presently between 1 to 3 years. The trays are used in correctional facilities and hospitals. The handling of the tray is not abusive. The trays are pulled out of service once they exhibit stress cracking.

To further understand the unpredictable life of the thermoformed trays an understanding of the behavior of the plastics is required and the method of comparing one resin from another, as …

Three-Dimensional Beam-Columns, Mohammad Hassan Shams

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This thesis explores several special cases of three-dimensional beam-columns and suggests that the method of finite differences can be used when a solution of general case is required. The thesis begins with a review of the three-dimensional beam-column equations and then shows how these equations can be used to generate the member stiffness matrix for the nonlinear analysis of three-dimensional frames. Examples are included which discuss the differences between the analytical and numerical solutions.