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Efficient Hypercube Communications, Shreyas R. Bhatt

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Hypercube algorithms may be developed for a variety of communication-intensive tasks such as sending a message from one node to another, broadcasting a message from one node to all others, broadcasting a message from each node to all others, all-to-all personalized communication, one-to-all personalized communication, and exchanging messages between nodes via fixed permutations. All these communication patterns are special cases of many-to-many personalized communication. The problem of many-to-many personalized communication is investigated here.

Two routing algorithms for many-to-many personalized communication are presented here. The algorithms proposed yield very high performance with respect to the number of time steps and packet …

A Machine Entity For A Coordinate Measurement Machine : The Generic Workcell Project, Richard C. Meyer

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The Center for Manufacturing Systems (CMS) department at New Jersey Institute of Technology and Siemens Corporate Research located in Princeton have agreed to jointly implement a research project in generic workcell control architectures. This paper discusses the module, called a Machine Entity, developed by the author that interfaces the Brown & Sharpe Coordinate Measurement Machine located on the CMS factory floor with the cell control software. The module has been designed in such a manner to simplify the development of future Machine Entities, thereby reducing the time required to integrate the CMS factory floor.

Biodegradation Of Phenol And Benzoic Acid In Batch And Sequencing Batch Reactors, Stephane Reynaud

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A pure culture of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ( ATCC 10145 ) was used for the biodegradation of phenol and benzoic acid. Two sets of small scale (shaker flask) experiments were originally performed: in the first set, phenol was the only carbon source present while in the second, benzoic acid was the sole carbon source. These experiments revealed the kinetics of benzoic acid degradation (they were found to be described by a Monod, non-inhibitory model), as well as of phenol biodegradation (they were found to be described by Andrews'inhibitory model) by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

The kinetic expressions from the small scale experiments …

An Investigation Of Inking Adjustments Versus Their Response Time In A Web Offset Press, Shiuh-Dong Chung

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This study discusses the response time of different inking changes. In press control, when the pressman notices a color variation on the press sheet, he/she needs to adjust the ink keys to bring the color back to the color on the OK sheet . The change of the ink level needs a particular time interval to reach a new equilibrium. When a process reaches a new press equilibrium, it reflects the ink change factor. This study investigates the time interval by applying two amounts of inking change and two kinds of measurement by X-Bar R chart analysis. The response times …

"The Effects Of 'Cross Curriculum' Training Of Hotel And Restaurant Management Students On Overall Student Satisfaction With Curriculum: The Development Of The Educational Satisfaction With Curriculum Index' (Esci).", Frank Costantino

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Using characteristics inclusive of employment, Grade point average and career orientation; either front of house (Academic) or back of house (vocational) ,the Educational Satisfaction with Curriculum Index is designed to measure the satisfaction numerically of hotel and Restaurant management students at New York City Technical College (NYCTC) where students, regardless of career orientation, are required to complete both sets of courses (front and back of house.) This requirement is referred to as cross-curriculum training. FoH students scored greater satisfaction on BoH courses than FoH courses. The same was true of BoH students as they scored1 higher on FoH courses than …

Student Labor Shortage In R.I.T. Food Service: A Three Year Study, Sonal Maheshwari

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Application Of Technology In Hotel Industry, Bovornrudee Kongboonma

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Implementation Of National Vocational Qualifications In The Uk Utilizing Birmingham College Of Food, Tourism, And Creative Studies As A Systems Model, Edward Forrester Mcintyre

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A Study Of The Factors Used By Foodservice Brokers In The Qualification Of Sales Leads, Theodore Garofola

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Solving The Solid Waste Problem: Pressure From The Public Sector For Point Source Reduction, Richard Leonard Pryll

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Domestic Hub Airfares: An Analysis Of Domestic U.S. Passanger Airline Fares From The Consumer's Perspective, Robert I. Ward

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Deregulation of the U.S. passenger airline industry has resulted in a few large carriers that have been successful in dominating the market, including dominance of selected routes originating from, or traveling through, key airports that have been designated as hubs. This investigation researched the simplified industry fares that were in place in the summer of 1992 and found that airfares for certain sub categories of industry routings were consistently above average industry fares. The implications of these findings are reducible to simple measures that are meaningful to the flying public.

The Food Sanitation And Foodhandling Training Of Employees In Chinese Restaurants In Rochester , New York: A Pilot Study, Jing-Jing Wu

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Foodborne illness outbreaks in the foodservice industry are a continuing health problem. An official statistical report published by the CDC(1988) about foodbome disease from 1983 to 1987, foodservice establishments accounted for 77 percent of the reported foodborne illness outbreaks. This report also listed Chinese food and fried rice as two major vehicles of foodborne illnesses. The main reason for all reported foodborne bacterial illness was improper temperature control of food. Public perception of poor sanitary conduction in Chinese restaurants is an ever present problem. The purpose of the study was to survey Chinese restaurants in Rochester area to access the …

The Language Of Group Travel: An Evaluation Of Group Tours And Group Travel Texts, John P. Spare

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Group Travel has evolved over a century and a half since Thomas Cook first organized a temperance tour by train for over 500 participants. Various modes of transportation, from the stage coach to the motorcoach have affected the way worldwide citizens react to group travel preparations. Multiple skills have been developed and adapted to facilitate the various operator and supplier levels within the group travel industry. Since the advent of international jetliners in the early 1960 's, a wide variety of college level courses have been designed to prepare the modern day student for entrance into the tour and travel …

A Case Study: The Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, Nongluk Pongcharoenkiat

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In the past, most of the meetings and conventions were held in convention centers in the luxury hotels in Bangkok because Thailand had no independent convention centers or facilities that offered the same range of services as the hotels. The Thai government decided to construct a convention center named "The Queen Sirikit National Convention Center" (QSNCC) when Thailand got approval from the World Bank committees in 1989 to be the host in holding the World Bank and the International Mutual Fund meeting in October, 1991. The purpose of the QSNCC is currently to encourage the growth of the meetings and …

A Study On The Servicing Of Culturally Different Guests For The Hotel Industry In The U.S., Ivan Shiou-Herng Chen

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Since the increasing number of foreign visitors in the U.S. incites the hotel industry to be more competitive, hotels need to expand services to meet the foreign guest's needs and wants in order to stay in the business. Most often foreign guest complaints occur when the hotel services can not satisfy the guests. Misunderstandings and communication barriers occur when the hotel staff is not familiar with foreign guest's culture and does not speak the guest's language. This research was done to help hotel management explore the various cultural characteristics, identify the most frequent complaints of foreign guests, and discern the …

The Early Days Of Hotel Sales: A Historical Look At The Development And Growth Of Hotel Business Promotion, David C. Dorf

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The art and science of business promotion (later called sales promotion - and in contemporary usage, now a component of marketing) is comparatively new to the lodging industry, as far as being a formalized and accepted management discipline. The processes of attracting business to a particular establishment is as old as the industry; but until the middle of this century, they were generally looked down upon by most of the industry and in most cases were not considered key functions by those responsible for the operations of their properties. And other industries similarly looked at hotel sales promotion as a …

The Identification Of Criteria Essential For The Promotion Of Housekeepers: A Pilot Study, Natalie Daniels Smith

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The motivation and concentration for this research was partially funded by Commonwealth College of Virginia Beach, Virginia to help in the fulfillment of that college's mission: To serve the needs of it's students and it's community by providing quality collegiate Educational programs in careers with positive impact on it's society and environment. The issue of Housekeeping manpower is a primary concern of Hoteliers and a constant human resource need. This research project was designed to illicit primary data from area convention hotels to determine where the need for training exists germane to entry-level and mid-management positions in housekeeping. The results …

Descriptive Study Of Trinidad As A Tourist Destination, Leslie Desiree Schurland

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The purpose of the study is to evaluate the way in which travel agents who are members of the Institute of Certified Travel Agents (ICTA) in the United States perceive Trinidad as a tourist destination as compared to the other Caribbean Islands and the Bahamas and Bermuda. The Republic of Trinidad is the southernmost of the Caribbean Islands and lies off the northeast coast of Venezuela, on the South American mainland. Trinidad's lack of identity, as perceived by the travel agents in the United States, results from not being well known as an unique tourism destination. The sample consisted of …

Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Group Leader Trade Shows, James L. Watson

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The purpose of this study was to develop a system for evaluating the costs and benefits of exhibiting in a group leader trade show, while additionally determining the return on investment for the host destination. The population was defined as the 39 tour operators from North America, and the 13 6 exhibitors from New York State, who were in attendance at Travel Expo '90 held in Sullivan County, New York. An initial survey was distributed to all the attending tour operators and exhibitors from New York State. A follow-up evaluation was distributed to all tour operators and exhibitors who returned …

The Effect Of Natural Disasters On Tourism A Study Of Mount Saint Helens And Yellowstone National Park, Maureen A. Beattie

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This study examines the relationship between natural disasters and natural resource based tourism. Natural disasters are a basic part of the workings of nature and therefore, will always be with us. The tourism industry contributes enormously to the U.S. economy. Regardless of their reasons for traveling, tourists spend money. Natural disasters and tourism are two elements that play significant roles in the world today and will continue to in the future. This study addresses the question of what happens when these two elements intersect. It was assumed that natural disasters and tourism are on opposite sides of the spectrum and …

An Evaluation Of The Culinary Arts Curriculum At The Schenectady Community College, David Brough

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This study is an evaluation of the culinary arts curriculum at Schenectady County Community College, in Schenectady, New York. The purpose of the evaluation is to investigate the efficiency of the culinary arts program, and its ability to prepare the graduate for success in the hospitality industry. Using the Delphi Technique, each alumni of the program was asked to respond to a questionnaire. This data was then reviewed to determine the results of the survey. The review of literature was most helpful in obtaining additional insight from authorities in culinary education and the hospitality industry. The review of the data …

The Healing House, Michael Brian Cundiff

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Build It And They Will Come, Charles Edward Simon

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The main thrust of this study was to decide if certain strategies exist that have significant impact on profit in a lodging establishment. In reviewing the literature it did not contain any conceptual plan for operating a lodging facility completely. However, as noted in the literature review, there are many articles discussing one strategy or another. It is pointed out in chapter two that most of these strategies are more correct by definition "tactics." Tactics that if implemented may contribute to success, but not be solely responsible for success. This study also attempted to identify some differences between the service …

A Study Of The Human Longevity Potential And Its Manifestation In Longevous Individuals, Corliss White

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This study examines the present state of aging and longevity research as it applies to longevous elderly, those who reach their 10th and 11th decade of life. Their numbers, if not percentages, have risen considerably in the growing elderly population, The difference between the longevous and other elderly persons is not just one of degree, but of kind. Each of them is a living biological prototype of the human potential to live an extended life span without significant loss of vitality.

Many past studies of longevous population have been marred by inaccurate claims based on unreliable data. Beyond that, researchers …

A Marketing Plan For The Institutionalization Of Telecommunications-Related Expert System Software And Database Libraries, Charles T. Morris

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This thesis will focus on the development o f a marketing plan for a specific Southwestern Bell Telephone Company (SWBT) software product and the impact the plan has upon the course of action that the company takes in the marketplace with regard to the product.

Due to general economic conditions, which are described in the conventional literature as ranging from a slowdown to a stall to a recession, depending on the authority's particular perspective, and an unprecedented event in the telecommunications industry, SWBT found itself with reduced resources, the loss of a previously targeted customer base, and no marketing plan …

Detection And Estimation Of Outliers In Low-Resolution Saturated Factorial Experiments, George F. Cretekos

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The detection and estimation of outliers in a saturated factorial experimental setting is researched and discussed. Methods for detection and estimation are developed and tested in both simulated and "real" data sets. The techniques developed proved themselves useful in both detection and estimation of outlying values. The simulated data sets also showed how an outlier can affect the interpretation of an experiment depending on the number and sizes of active effects and on the amount the outlying value is actually shifted.

Religious Conversion And Self Identity, Beth Haley Risner

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This paper discusses the various theories concerning religious conversion. psychodynamic, attribution theory cognitive, attachment theory, role-person merger theory, and faith development theory. Types of religious conversion are distinguished first by the common polarities: e.g. active vs passive, then 6 conversion motifs are explained. The Tennessee Self Concept Scale (TSCS) and a questionnaire were given to a sample (n=30), 97% of whom had experienced an active conversion. It was found that those who had experienced an active, conscious conversion scored significantly higher on 8 of the 10 scales of the TSCS, signifying a stronger sense of self in areas such as …

A Directorial Approach To Brighton Beach Memoirs, Jesse Taylor Bean Iv

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Program Maintenance And Code Reuse: Object Oriented Versus Procedure Oriented Programming, Beiramali Moradi

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The purpose of this thesis is to address the problem of the increasing cost of program maintenance in the data processing world. On average, programmers today spend 60% of their time in program maintenance and that figure is increasing at an estimated rate of 1 % each year. The cost is staggering and almost every business would like to find ways of reducing maintenance costs. One way to help reduce maintenance and development costs is to improve code reusability. Both maintenance programming and code reusability are the focus of this thesis.

Today's most commonly used programming language style is procedure …

A Business Proposal For The Design And Implementation Of A Long-Term Health Care Facility, Laura E. Metzger

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This thesis will focus on the possibility of starting a new residential care facility in O'Fallon, Missouri.

In the United States the elderly population is increasing at a faster rate than ever before. It is expected that by the 21st century various forms of elderly health care services will be in high demand.

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the revenues and expenses associated with a residential care facility for the elderly. The issues of funding, design, marketing and implementation of this type of business were examined.

Three subjects participated in the study based on their education …