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Infrared Tv Camera With Ptsi Schottky-Barrier Detectors, Steven J. Blume

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An infrared TV camera was developed for operating various sizes of Schottky-barrier IR-CCD image sensor chips. A digitally programmable frequency synthesizer is used so that the camera has the flexibility of using a 160 x 244 or 320 x 244 image sensor developed at the David Sarnoff Research Center. The outputs of the camera are compatible with an XYZ monitor, a standard TV monitor, and a computer workstation. Operation of the camera was demonstrated with a 160 x 244 image sensor producing an output on a standard TV monitor. Performance of the IR-TV camera system was investigated by evaluating CCD …

The Role Of African Women In Informal Industry : A Case Study, Ayorkor Eulalie Deganus

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The informal industrial sector has in recent years been recognized by development agencies as an important area of economic activity which is capable of creating employment opportunities. This sector is also growing faster than its formal counterpart.

In developing countries, women dominate the informal sector by virtue of their traditional and unique roles in food processing, pottery and* basketry, alcholic beverage brewing, handicrafts, clothweaving, cosmetic manufacturing and a host of manufacturing activities. However due to a general misconception about the actual economic roles of women in society, very little attempt is made by development planners and agencies to improve their …

A Packaging/Foodservice Analysis: A Fruit-Filling Study, Damon Andrew Revelas

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The Relationship Between The Number Of Sexual Harassment Incidents Reported In The Manufacturing Industry And Personnel Administrators' Knowledge Concerning The Problem, Brenda J. Willenborg

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This thesis focuses on sexual harassment in the workplace and how it relates to personnel administrators' knowledge thereof.

As sexual harassment claims rise, businesses suffer tremendous financial loss. However, most researchers believe that many claims could be prevented if businesses implemented strong anti-sexual harassment policies, in addition to education and training for all employees. Personnel administrators are often assigned these difficult tasks without much thought as to how well-informed they may be about sexual harassment. If not very knowledgeable themselves, how practicable will their prevention programs be?

The purpose of this study is to determine whether there is a relationship …

Motherhood After 30: The Choice Is Yours, A Workshop Manual, Pamela Lusk Gween

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This manuscript looks at the highly complex decisions concerning delayed parenthood for the over-30 contemporary woman. There has been a proliferation of popular literature on pregnancy and parenthood after thirty. Yet there is very little information and few resources which focus on the parenthood decision-making process. This workshop manual provides therapists and family planning consultants a vehicle by which to help women and couples over-thirty make reproductive decisions. The workshop was evaluated by 10 over-30 women who attended the workshop. The participants found the workshop to be a valuable experience.

The Relationship Between Self-Concept And The Concept Of God Among Students Of Psychology, Mary Cassilda Obowa

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of an individual's self-concept to their concept of God. Subjects were 62 volunteer undergraduate and graduate students from Lindenwood College in St. Charles, Missouri. Subjects were administered the Spilka God-Image Semantic Differential and the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale. Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficients were obtained utilizing the scores of 60 subjects with valid scoring as well as with the scores of 31 1 subjects whose self-concept was above the mean. When the scores of all 60 subjects were used, there was one significant correlation between the loving God scale and the moral-ethical …

Direct And Inferential Communication: An Investigation Of The Development Of Oral Communication Styles In Children Through Converging Methods, James H. Hoerchler

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In an investigation involving 43 residents of a children's residential treatment facility, communication styles were determined through correlation of data from three converging measures. The participants received commands ranging from unspoken gestures to direct oral instructions. Communication styles were determined through three measures: Physical responses to seven commands (CT), written responses to a variation of the Zajonc line test (LT), and a psychometric instrument (DIPT).

The purpose of this study was twofold: To determine if communication style are observable and measurable, and to design a psychometric instrument specifically for this population, the Direct/Inferential Psychometric Test (DIPT), to measure direct and …

Development Of A Psychometric Instrument For The Measurement Of Communication Styles, Michael G. Holler

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In an investigation involving 30 subjects. a dichotomous communication-style construct was examined along three dimensions. with the intent to develop a psychometric instrument to measure the placement of individuals on a communication styles continuum . The hypothesized styles of communication were inferential and direct. The construct craws together the verbal. nonverbal. and paralinguistic components of communication into one configuration with some predictability. A single-group research design was used to i:x-oduce a condition in which reception of messages was observable and measurable along a scale. which ranged from extremely inferential to extremely direct. Three converging measurement methods were derived from the …

The Benefits And Detriments Of Beer: Health And Economic Impact, James M. Rice

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This thesis will focus on studies which have been conducted showing both the benefits and detriments of beer to health. Further, illegal drugs and beer will be compared, regarding economic impact and effect on users.

In recent years, the beer industry has been attacked by the media and other elements of society. It is considered a detriment to health by some. The negative media attention in recent years has given the beer industry and its products a bad image. Further, in the last 24 months, efforts have been made by supporters of the anti-alcohol movement to equate beer with illegal …

The Impact Of Implementin Effective Employee Communication To Manage The Evolving Work Force, Michelle K. Bray

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This thesis will focus on the study of implementing effective employee communications to manage a diverse work force.

Over the years the practice of public relations has struggled to establish a niche for itself by justifying its existence to corporate America, mainly upper management. As an increasing number of chief executive officers recognize the need for effective communications professional communicators are being strategically placed to best serve the organizational objectives. Unfortunately, the area of internal communications is often neglected.

Research has attributed the lack of effective, open, two-way communications to the false presumption that employees are loyal 10 their employer …

Designing And Implementing Participative Management Within The Corporate Sector: A Primer, Robert R. Appel

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The focus of this thesis is the study of participative management, in particular the use of quality circles in the corporate sector. After thoroughly researching the information available on quality circles t here will be developed a manual to be utilized to provide information to the managers and potential circle members of a company preparing to implement quality circles.

Research has shown that over fifty percent of the quality circle programs implemented in the United States failed. One of the major causes of this failure rate is the lack of information provided to the employees concerning quality circles.

After a …

The Effects Of Health Promotion On Heart Disease In A Law Enforcement Agency, Scott Anthony Eacret

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This paper demonstrates the validity or health promotion programs in the work place in the areas or health risk factors and health status. It concentrated on the effect that health promotion programs have on heart disease.

The Surgeon General suggests that institutions (e.g., schools, medical settings, and workplaces should provide the time, physical facilities, and behavioral programs that lead to increased participation at low levels or physical activity and to more vigorous exercise activity.

Some indicators that would be useful in convincing corporate managements to commit resources to health promotional projects would be reduction in absenteeism, improvements in staff members …

Reasoning With Visual Knowledge In An Object Recognition System, Christine Wojnowski

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The impact of artificial intelligence on computer vision has provided various perspectives and approaches to solving problems of the human visual system. Some of the symbolic processing and knowledge-based techniques implemented in vision systems represent a meaningful extension to the low-level, algorithmic processing which has been emphasized since the advent of the computer vision field. The higher-level processes attempt to capture the essence of visual cognition, specifically by encompassing a model of the visual world and the reasoning processes that manipulate this stored visual knowledge and environmental cues. This thesis includes a discussion of existing computer vision systems surveyed from …

Efficient Geographic Information Systems: Data Structures, Boolean Operations And Concurrency Control, James Sheng Min

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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are crucial to the ability of govern mental agencies and business to record, manage and analyze geographic data efficiently. They provide methods of analysis and simulation on geographic data that were previously infeasible using traditional hardcopy maps. Creation of realistic 3-D sceneries by overlaying satellite imagery over digital elevation models (DEM) was not possible using paper maps. Determination of suitable areas for construction that would have the fewest environmental impacts once required manual tracing of different map sets on mylar sheets; now it can be done in real time by GIS. Geographic information processing has significant …

Mechanical Properties Of Polymeric Packaging Films After Radiation Sterilization, Viriya Pungthong

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The use of radiation as a sterilization process is increasing. The well-developed technology of the radiation sterilization as applied to medical devices has assured the food industry that the process is reliable. Due to the food industry's possibility of widespread use, it is especially crucial that an appropriate packaging material be chosen so that its integrity is maintained after irradiation. This is because the commercial food packaging process carries products through more rigorous paths and channels than medical supplies. Many polymers used in the medical field show various degrees of degradation after radiation exposure, which can be determined either by …

The Integration Of Marketing Concepts Within The Graphic Design Process, Michelle M. De Meyer

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Homonymous Projections, Jo-Ann J. Dellaposta

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Small Business Management : A Case Study In Taiwan, Lilly Chin

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In this research, a case study concerning small business management was conducted in Taiwan, Republic of China.

Taylor's theory, Cost Accounting System and Japanese Quality Control methods were practiced in a real situation of Taiwan manufacture. The advantages and disadvantages of their use were evaluated.

Besides, it was found that the major problems facing small business in Taiwan were:

(1) Lack of sufficient professional knowledge for the policy makers.

(2) Shortage of business planning.

(3) Insufficiency of legal knowledge of international business

(4) Waste of material and labor.

In addition, differences and similarities between small business in Taiwan and in …

Self-Efficacy And Motivation : An Unexplored Relationship, Elizabeth Angela Dixon

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There is a need for models of motivation which emphasize individual differences. Many studies cited in the literature indicate that differences in personality influence work performance, and the way individuals react to various job stimuli. As such, research efforts should be directed towards examining the interaction between specific personality traits such as self-efficacy and motivation. When studies of this nature are conducted, motivational strategies aimed at improving performance, can be designed with more attention to individual differences.

Towards A Theory Of Planning Aesthetics : Application To University Commons, Newark, Kathy M. Gonzalez

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A theory of planning aesthetics will be developed and discussed in relation to a portion of the university area of Newark consisting of N.J.I.T., Rutgers, Essex County College, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. The site is just east of the campuses and contains the Newark Museum and the Newark Library.

The aesthetics of order will be covered at a community scale (the urban context) which will then be detailed as a study of the fractile portion of that entity (the building entity) relative to open spaces which give both entities character. Important in this work is three-dimensional …

Computerize Data Information For Architecture Design, Syau-Yi Yu

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Computer-aided architectural design is technically and commercially feasible yet experience in the architectural profession to date is paradoxical. Many who apply computers to architecture appear satisfied but the tangible benefits are seldom obvious and even where computers are used in firms it is not done to the fullest potential. Contents of this thesis are an attempt to help architecture better utilize the advantages of computer applications.To do this it is important to examine two question: what is design and what is the computer? They are similar yet distinct. Architectural design is a special kind of problem solving process; an information …

Hplc Analysis Of Pah And Selected Substituted Derivatives In Waste Incinerator Emission Particles. Section I. Analysis Of Uptake Of Bap By Earthworms Living In Bap-Contaminated Soils. Section Ii, Chin-Fang Juang

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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons ( PAH ) are quite persistent and some of them are potent carcinogens in mammals. They have been found in many environmental media including air, water, soil, fly ash, sediment, sewage sludge, food and plants. This thesis is a study of PAH sampled from incinerator emissim particulates, air, soil, and earthworms raised in artificially contaminated soil.

In Section I, a method is described for the analysis of PAH, nitro-PAH and quinones extracted from filters and detected by HPLC. They were collected on particulate filters which were sampled using the EPA Modified Method 5 regime from incinerator emissions. …

Being Of Shape: Being -- The Ground Through Which All Things Are, Ruth Schultz

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On these pages my intention is to address personal concerns about shape. 'Being of Shape' recognizes roots in form building of past centuries but concerns itself with shape development of this century. The intent here is not to define the words form and shape but to describe them in terms of painting. The paper will expand upon and support the paintings. Particularly, the paintings' forward, backward, and sideward progression is marked by considerations other than the history of painting. Perceptions about my nature and mental outlook as they exist in this world excite questions. Words written by those who have …

Rheumatoid Arthritis: An Overview, Angela Delaura

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A Shift Variant Filter Applied To Edge Trace Analysis, David C. Johnson

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A shift variant filter that automatically locates edge toe and shoulder points was used to reduce the noise in the plateau regions of simulated edges having uncorrelated noise. Edges were generated from Gaussian and triangle spread functions and represent edges produced by linear imaging systems only. Versions of these having flare were also used. For comparison a simple "chop" filter was applied to the same edges. Optical Transfer Functions were generated from the 12 categories of edges, ie. unfiltered, shift variant filtered, and chop filtered for each edge type. Modulation transfer functions of these were compared with MTFs of noiseless …

Determination Of Image Quality For Added Noise As A Function Of Spatial Frequency, Yun-Ching Kuo

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The noise in color images which is referred to as chromatic noise represents a distribution within three spectral bands and contributes to chromatic and achromatic visual effects. The chromatic noise depends very strongly on the spatial frequency response of the visual system. Therefore, this study characterizes the variation in perceived chromatic noise level and generates the noise field to add to the color image samples. From these degraded images, we found that noise in low spatial frequencies is much more disturbing than in the medium and high spatial frequency regions. The perceived quality scales of the modulated chromatic noise images …

Pmos Ccd, Mary J. Marek

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Charge Coupled Devices are being used in optical imaging devices, shift registers, digital logic and such signal processing components as variable delay lines, transversal filters and signal correlators. The following work is focused on the design and fabrication of a CCD functioning as an 8-bit shift register.

Optimal Algorithmic Testing Of Re-Programmable Logic Arrays, Arvind Chopra

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This research delineates a test strategy and detailed sequence of test vectors for a new class of programmable logic devices (PLDs). This new class of devices is based on architectures that contain programmable logic arrays (PLAs) programmed by on chip integrated static RAMs or EEPROMS. The new PLD architecture poses unique testing problems which require 100% nodal test coverage. Previous PLAs/PLDs did not require that 100% of the nodes be tested since their circuits utilized fuse link crosspoints and were not dynamically reprogrammable. Such devices could be tested by a unique personality pattern that combined the application and the test …

Algorithms And Analysis Of Dialogue Time Patterns, Muhammad Saleem Akhtar

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The characteristics of a conversation between two people can be determined not only what they say to each other, but also by the rhythm of their dialogue. Their moods, attitudes and attributes may be conveyed in part by time patterns of the speech. The programs described herein can be useful in exploring the relationship between dialogue time patterns and other psychological aspects of human behavior. The measurements of these time patterns can be quickly, inexpensively, and reliably accomplished by the use of a PC.

The programs described herein are capable of calculating the variabilities, the time durations and frequencies of …

An Intelligent Electrocardiogram Tutoring Package Ekgchallenger, Santosh K. Ananthraman

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This thesis presents the development and implementation of an intelligent electrocardiogram tutoring package, namely, EKGCHALLENGER which is meant for use in medical schools to teach medical students a method of diagnosing electro cardiograms.

EKGCHALLENGER is an IBM - PC based, user friendly package. It works in two basic modes. The first is a tutorial mode wherein the user is taught the step-by-step diagnosis of electrocardiograms ( EKGs ) which are presented in order of increasing difficulty. The second is the challenger mode wherein the user is asked to diagnose EKGs which are randomly chosen from an EKG database. The diagnosis …