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Tourists' Satisfaction Levels On Destination Facilites Of Phuket And Thier Potential Interest In Casino Gambling, Narathip Naina Jan 1999

Tourists' Satisfaction Levels On Destination Facilites Of Phuket And Thier Potential Interest In Casino Gambling, Narathip Naina

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This study measured international tourists' satisfaction levels on destination facilities of Phuket, Thailand. It also attempted to inquire if there was a potential interest in casino gambling among them as the issue of casino legalization in Thailand has been raised and discussed widely during the past few years. The purpose of the study is to better understand how destination facilities of Phuket performed in the eyes of international tourists and if they are attracted to casino gambling as an added activity they might participate in in the setting of Phuket. . A brief overview of Thailand's tourism industry and current …

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Assessment Of Changes In The Decision Making Environment In A Rochester, Ny Hotel: A 1999 Case Study, Porn-U-Ma Phoonphiphattana Jan 1999

Assessment Of Changes In The Decision Making Environment In A Rochester, Ny Hotel: A 1999 Case Study, Porn-U-Ma Phoonphiphattana

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This is a fourth year case study on the detection of changes that have occurred in the structures and processes that support effective decision making within a hotel in Rochester, NY. The case study is considered to be a developmental research using a longitudinal approach. The data collected in this case study were compared to the results of Salaya Chermsirivattana who conducted the same study in 1996. The instrument used in this case study was the psychometric, critical incident questionnaire, "Organizational Team Survey", developed by Boone and Killmann in 1988. The purpose of this case study was to look at …

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Reliability And Validity Of The "Organizational Team Survey" When Used At The Level Of Line-Workers, Satoko Murata Jan 1999

Reliability And Validity Of The "Organizational Team Survey" When Used At The Level Of Line-Workers, Satoko Murata

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Genetic Algorithm And Tabu Search Approaches To Quantization For Dct-Based Image Compression, Michael Champion Jan 1999

Genetic Algorithm And Tabu Search Approaches To Quantization For Dct-Based Image Compression, Michael Champion

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Today there are several formal and experimental methods for image compression, some of which have grown to be incorporated into the Joint Photographers Experts Group (JPEG) standard. Of course, many compression algorithms are still used only for experimentation mainly due to various performance issues. Lack of speed while compressing or expanding an image, poor compression rate, and poor image quality after expansion are a few of the most popular reasons for skepticism about a particular compression algorithm. This paper discusses current methods used for image compression. It also gives a detailed explanation of the discrete cosine transform (DCT), used by …

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An Experimental Investigation Of The Flow Boiling Heat Transfer And Critical Heat Flux In A Vertically Oriented Heated Tube, Dominic Peters Jan 1999

An Experimental Investigation Of The Flow Boiling Heat Transfer And Critical Heat Flux In A Vertically Oriented Heated Tube, Dominic Peters

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Boiling and single-phase heat transfer data were taken for water flowing in a vertically oriented circular tube. Heat fluxes of up to 2MW/m2 and wall temperatures up to 135C were obtained in nucleate flow boiling. In film boiling, wall temperatures of up to 400C were obtained with a ninefold decrease in the heat transfer effectiveness after critical heat flux (CHF) was reached. A computer model was undertaken using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software to assist in the design process as well as to provide insight into the transport phenomena not realizable from the instrumentation. Validations of the instrumentation used in …

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Theoretical Investigation Of The Evaporation Heat Transfer Cofficient Of Refrigerant R-134a In A Plate Heat Exchanger, Vincent Donowski Jan 1999

Theoretical Investigation Of The Evaporation Heat Transfer Cofficient Of Refrigerant R-134a In A Plate Heat Exchanger, Vincent Donowski

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The evaporation heat transfer coefficient of refrigerant R-134a flowing in a plate heat exchanger is investigated analytically in this study. With the introduction of new HFC refrigerants to replace CFC refrigerants, the understanding and modeling of heat transfer coefficient characteristics is important in designing more efficient evaporators for refrigeration and air conditioning applications. In the present work experimental data for two-phase evaporation heat transfer of refrigerant R-134a in a plate heat exchanger (Yan and Lin, 1999b) is compared with relevant published correlations (Yan and Lin, 1999b; Kandlikar, 1991) in order to explore a proposed correlation scheme to best predict the …

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An Experimental Investigation Into The Effect Of Nucleate Boiling On A Free-Surface, Axi-Symmetric Jet Of Water Impinging Vertically Downward Upon A Heated Copper Suface, Michael Moorhead Jan 1999

An Experimental Investigation Into The Effect Of Nucleate Boiling On A Free-Surface, Axi-Symmetric Jet Of Water Impinging Vertically Downward Upon A Heated Copper Suface, Michael Moorhead

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Local heat transfer measurements were taken for the stagnation region of a free surface, axi-symmetric jet of distilled water impinging upon a heated copper surface. The effect of jet velocity (1 .5m/s < Vn < 3.5m/s) and liquid subcooling (20C < (delta)Tsub^ 75C) were studied on both single-phase and nucleate boiling flow regimes. As expected, the single-phase heat transfer coefficient was directly affected by jet velocity, while subcooling produced only minor changes due to temperature dependent fluid properties. The heat flux required for boiling incipience was directly related to both jet velocity and subcooling, with a significant increase noticed in the event of single-phase temperature overshoot. This temperature excursion was noted at high subcoolings (60C < (delta)Tsub^ 75C), and appeared to increase with jet velocity (Vn = 3.5m/s). The fully developed boiling data was independent of both jet velocity and liquid subcooling, and is correlated by the expression q"=70*ATsat30 with a standard deviation of 1 .31 C. The effect of hysteresis was studied by obtaining data for increasing and decreasing heat fluxes at each condition. With a jet velocity of 3.5 m/s, subcooling of 20C, and heat flux of 2.43 MW/m2, the wall superheat was seen to vary in excess of 8.5C depending on direction of the changing heat flux. A single data point was obtained in the CHF regime at the minimum jet velocity (Vn = 1 .5m/s) and liquid subcooling (delta)TSUb = 20C) at a heat flux of 4.48 MW/m2.

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A Room: A Moment Of Stillness, Miwako Hagiwara Jan 1999

A Room: A Moment Of Stillness, Miwako Hagiwara

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Assessing Career Value Of Hospitality Management Curriculum From Program Alumni, James Reid Jan 1999

Assessing Career Value Of Hospitality Management Curriculum From Program Alumni, James Reid

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the assessment of hospitality management baccalaureate program alumni from New York Technical College (NYCTC) as being a valuable resource to the Hospitality Management curriculum assessment effort . Through the development of an alumni questionnaire, participants in this study were asked to rate individual courses of their curriculum (both core and elective) by the degree of value each course had been in terms of usefulness to their career development and/or relevance to meeting the demands of their current positions. Although the questionnaire response rate was less than desirable, it is stressed that survey …

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Xerox Early Customer Engagement Process And Documentation, Carmen Bottini Jan 1999

Xerox Early Customer Engagement Process And Documentation, Carmen Bottini

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This paper focused on the Early Customer Engagement (ECE/ECAT) activity that should be utilized for every new product that Xerox develops. ECE is the practice of allowing a few of Xerox more "friendly" accounts to test a product before it launched to the general public. Although the ECE practice has been in utilized for some time, a standardized process and corresponding documentation did not exist. Because of this, there has been ECE Tests that have received unfavorable grades from participants even though the actual Xerox product was satisfactory. The use of this documentation will allow Xerox to streamline the activity …

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Team Learning In A Undergraduate Setting In Croatia, Marvin Deitz Jan 1999

Team Learning In A Undergraduate Setting In Croatia, Marvin Deitz

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This study focused on team learning at an undergraduate school environment. The researcher focused on a city in Croatia called Dubrovnik. The school is American College and consists of English speaking students that are composed of mostly Croatian descent. These students are Hospitality and Tourism majors and are eventually going to help the tourism economy after they graduate. This research contrasted student's performance in one individual lesson plan in two different classes. One class is presented the material through the traditional lecture and the other class is presented the material through teams and collaborative learning. The two classes were given …

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The Human Race, Alex Gurevich Jan 1999

The Human Race, Alex Gurevich

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To tell a story and to tell it well is a paramount function in human society. Whether the desired outcome is to engage, educate, or entertain the viewer the goal is the same. Through story we endeavor to learn something more about ourselves and hopefully show others something new within themselves. As the old adage goes, "Give a man a fish you feed him for a day. Teach that man how to fish you feed him for a lifetime." One could simply give that hungry man a pole, a line, a hook, and a worm and give him directions on …

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Design And Implementation Of Page Based Distributed Shared Memory In Distributed Database Systems, Padmanabhan Raman Jan 1999

Design And Implementation Of Page Based Distributed Shared Memory In Distributed Database Systems, Padmanabhan Raman

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This project is the simulation of page based distributed shared memory originally called IVY proposed by Li in 1986[3] and then by Li and Hudak in 1989[4]. The 'Page Based Distributed Shared Memory System' consists of a collection of clients or workstations connected to a server by a Local Area Network. The server contains a shared memory segment within which the distributed database is located. The shared memory segment is divided in the form of pages and hence the name 'Page Based Distributed Shared Memory System' where each page represents a table within that distributed database. In the simplest variant, …

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Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line Technology And The Future Of Remote Access Networking, Khodr El-Dakrouni Jan 1999

Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line Technology And The Future Of Remote Access Networking, Khodr El-Dakrouni

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Telephony-Based Email Application, Perdana Darta Jan 1999

Telephony-Based Email Application, Perdana Darta

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The aim of this project is to provide user to gain access of telephony services such as placing an outgoing calls, answering calls, playing back an announcement to the callers, recording caller's messages, playing back recorded messages and finally establishing a dial up connection to send the recorded message to an e-mail address. To do that, the application will be implementing and combining some of Windows Application Programming Interface (API) functions as follows : 1. Telephony Programming Interface (TAPI) ver. 1.4. 2. Multimedia Control Interface (MCI Visual Basic 6's Multimedia control). 3. Remote Access Service (RAS API) 4. Messaging Application …

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Packaging Development Process For A Wholesale Club Pack Of Flea And Tick Topical Treatment For Dogs, Carol Pregger Jan 1999

Packaging Development Process For A Wholesale Club Pack Of Flea And Tick Topical Treatment For Dogs, Carol Pregger

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The Hartz Mountain Packaging Development Department was presented with the challenge of designing a warehouse club package system for the company's One-Spot flea and tick topical treatment product, to take the place of the competitor's flea and tick treatment product sold in some warehouse clubs. In order to properly service the warehouse club market and better understand the reasoning behind the unique package configurations typically sold in that environment, Hartz Packaging Engineering undertook a study of the background, history and current trends of the club market. This information, along with observations gathered from numerous visits to various club locations, was …

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Combinatorial Computing Approach To Selected Extremal Problems In Geometry, Alina Beygelzimer Jan 1999

Combinatorial Computing Approach To Selected Extremal Problems In Geometry, Alina Beygelzimer

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Investigation Of On-Demand Digital Printing For The Needs Of Mine Safety Appliances Co., Cathy Mcdonald Jan 1999

Investigation Of On-Demand Digital Printing For The Needs Of Mine Safety Appliances Co., Cathy Mcdonald

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The printing needs of Mine Safety Appliances Co. (MSA) along with the definition and functions of ondemand digital printing seemed to be complimentary. Not only can digital presses improve turn around times, but they are also said to be economical for short print runs. Therefore, the focus of this study was to evaluate several on-demand digital printers and determine which press was most appropriate for MSA. After investigation, it was determined while no one press satisfied all of the areas, the Indigo Omnius met the most needs. The Omnius could save time and money printing bags, labels, and a variety …

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Evaluation Of A Custom Designed Plastic Pallet, William Colaiaco Jan 1999

Evaluation Of A Custom Designed Plastic Pallet, William Colaiaco

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This study addresses the methodology; testing and evaluation of a custom designed plastic pallet. This study describes the methodology used to determine robustness and the structural integrity of the pallet. The methodology took into account existing testing standards and added to them a group of screening tests and supplemental test procedures. The purpose of the study was first to evaluate the attributes of the pallet and the likelihood of the pallet surviving normal distribution environments. The second purpose of the study was to determine the feasibility of implementing more stringent test procedures that may better indicate the attributes of plastic …

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Jazz As Inspiration, Cosmo Barbaro Jan 1999

Jazz As Inspiration, Cosmo Barbaro

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Characteristics Of Prosperity: Building Tourism On A Solid Foundation - Frankenmuth, Michigan, Annette Rummel Jan 1999

Characteristics Of Prosperity: Building Tourism On A Solid Foundation - Frankenmuth, Michigan, Annette Rummel

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Digital Image Access In An Educational Environment, Patricia Pitkin Jan 1999

Digital Image Access In An Educational Environment, Patricia Pitkin

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The thesis Digital Image Access in an Educational Environment explores multiple approaches to image system design and deployment in the academic setting. This discourse chronicles the issues, options, design considerations, technical challenges, and organizational and social factors inherent in Internet and network access to, and use of, collections of high-resolution digital images in the university environment. Discussion focuses upon advances undertaken or participated in at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) by Wallace Library to provide digital image access to the RIT community. Efforts include the development of a local image system, the beta testing of a national image delivery system …

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Synthesis Of Lead Zirconate Titanate (Pzt) And Characterization Of Pyrolysis Products, Graeme Matthews Jan 1999

Synthesis Of Lead Zirconate Titanate (Pzt) And Characterization Of Pyrolysis Products, Graeme Matthews

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The nonhydrated PZT alkoxide was made as per Zhuang and the hydrated PZT alkoxide as per Zhuang and Leach. The nonlinear pyrolysis of the nonhydrated PZT alkoxide yielded 2-methoxyethanol, l-methoxy-2-propanol, and 1, 2-dimethoxyethane . The nonlinear pyrolysis of the hydrated PZT alkoxide yielded 2-methoxyethanol, 2-propanol and 2-propanone. The TGA study of the nonhydrated and hydrated PZT alkoxide showed that the optimal heating rate was 5°C per minute.

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Transcendence, Neal Yanoff Jan 1999

Transcendence, Neal Yanoff

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Uses bird symbolism to investigate the subject of transcendence.

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An Evaluation Of The Current State Of Digital Photography, Charles Dickinson Jan 1999

An Evaluation Of The Current State Of Digital Photography, Charles Dickinson

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The field of digital photography is always changing. Due to the rapid pace of new technologies being developed for this area, it is becoming more commonly used by people in all walks of life, particularly that of the consumer. It is therefore important to critically evaluate the current state of this technology to gain a better understanding of how advanced it has become. This research has evaluated the digital photographic systems from digital camera input to printer output. The metrics used to judge the performance of the camera and printer performance were the modulation transfer functions, or MTFs, of the …

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Properties Of An Aluminum Based Multilayered Material Versus Package And Processing Performance, Eoin De Roiste Jan 1999

Properties Of An Aluminum Based Multilayered Material Versus Package And Processing Performance, Eoin De Roiste

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Due to a manufacturing issue within the company the lack of knowledge of a key material is highlighted. Research into the material is conducted under seal testing and mechanical properties. The material is multilayered, with aluminium foil as its core plus is top coated and has a sealant layer as its bottom coating. Background literary review commences with a chronological assessment of packaging down through the ages and culminates with details on multilayered materials, concentrating on the type of material being researched. A test plan details the research requirements. Seal testing consists of burst and peel testing of the material …

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A Windows Program For Airfoil Design Using B-Splines, Matthew Maclean Jan 1999

A Windows Program For Airfoil Design Using B-Splines, Matthew Maclean

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The objective of this thesis has been threefold. First, the formulation of splines has been studied and their development into a computer algorithm has been implemented. Splines represent a powerful concept in computer modeling and geometric representation, for, as parametric curves, they provide a compact way to store the information defining a curve or surface. B-splines have been exclusively used in this thesis, although other types of splines exist. The second goal of this thesis was to learn and utilize C++ as a programming tool in the demonstration of B-spline techniques. C++ was chosen because it is object-oriented, and because …

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Human Sensibility - Alienation, Hyuejin You Jan 1999

Human Sensibility - Alienation, Hyuejin You

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The purpose of the MFA thesis is to involve creating the 'Human sensibility- Alienation' as the sculptural pieces. I choose the human sensibility as the vehicle of my work because I believe it is where basic determination about motives, values and responsibility are formed. The body of work explored in this thesis is about physical, emotional and psychological issues in the context of the human characters and my viewpoint of art. It reflect on aspects of myself such as the struggle between independence and connection, love of nature and alienation from our environment, social constraint and personal growth. In this …

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Mechanical Properties Of Polystyrene And Polypropylene Based Materials After Exposure To Hydrogen Peroxide, John Torres Jan 1999

Mechanical Properties Of Polystyrene And Polypropylene Based Materials After Exposure To Hydrogen Peroxide, John Torres

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This study addresses a specific problem faced by a company in the food industry, although all food companies face similar issues. In an effort to reduce costs, the pursuit to down-gauge packaging materials is constant. In the case of this study, the primary package of a dairy product is being considered for reduction from the current 57 mil thickness to 52 mils. In the past, as the material was down-gauged from 62 mils, a loss in material strength and an increase in damage were observed. Initial research into the issue by line personnel found that the increase in damage was …

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Volatile Corrosion Inhibitors Technology For Protection Of Machined Metal Parts During Storage And Distribution, Alexander Sobkin Jan 1999

Volatile Corrosion Inhibitors Technology For Protection Of Machined Metal Parts During Storage And Distribution, Alexander Sobkin

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The significant dollar losses that can occur when metallic products are damaged or lost, due to rust and corrosion, force many manufacturers to concentrate efforts on corrosion control and prevention during packaging, shipping and storage. Many people often simply accept corrosion as an inevitable problem. Actually, something can and should be done to prolong the life of many metals exposed to corrosive environments. Many of the standard methods to control corrosion, paint, grease and wax, for example, are messy, time consuming and expensive. These methods also pose a potential threat to the environment unless properly treated and disposed. An alternative …

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