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What Is The New Paradigm In Product Quality?, Aj Robotham, M Guldbrandsen Jan 2000

What Is The New Paradigm In Product Quality?, Aj Robotham, M Guldbrandsen

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


Applicability Of The River Conservative Model For Heavy Metals Calculations In Egypt, Amr Mohammad Osama Abdel Aziz Jan 2000

Applicability Of The River Conservative Model For Heavy Metals Calculations In Egypt, Amr Mohammad Osama Abdel Aziz

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


An Analysis Of Quality Practices And Business Outcomes In Western Australian Hospitals, Janis Mussett Jan 2000

An Analysis Of Quality Practices And Business Outcomes In Western Australian Hospitals, Janis Mussett

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

This study aimed at identifying aspects of health care organisational management and activities that produced the highest level of quality care. A Literature review was conducted to determine the most successful quality activities currently used in a wide variety of industries. Using the findings of this review a questionnaire and interview questions were designed to identify factors associated with successful quality activities I health care organisations. Four Western Australian hospitals that were believed to have effective quality activities were randomly selected as a hospital from each of the following categories. A private hospital accredited by the Australian Council on Health …


Analogue-To-Digital Conversion And Image Enhancement Using Neuron-Mos Technology, Joseph W. Austin-Crowe Jan 2000

Analogue-To-Digital Conversion And Image Enhancement Using Neuron-Mos Technology, Joseph W. Austin-Crowe

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

This thesis describes the development of two novel circuits that use a newly developed technology, that of neuron-MOS, for the purposes of analogue-to-digital conversion and image enhancement. Neuron-MOS has the potential to reduce both the complexity and number of transistors required for analogue and digital circuits. A reduced area, low transistor-count- analogue-to-digital converter that is suitable for inclusion in a massively parallel array of identical image processing elements is developed. Supporting the function of the array some fundamental image enhancement operations, such as edge enhancement, are examined exploiting the unique features of neuron-MOS technology.


Target Language Avoidance By Thai Teachers Of English: Thai Teachers' Beliefs, Sasithorn Vacharaskunee Jan 2000

Target Language Avoidance By Thai Teachers Of English: Thai Teachers' Beliefs, Sasithorn Vacharaskunee

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

Interactionist theories of second language acquisition (SLA) claim that both comprehensible input and modified interaction in the target language are necessary for language learning. In the foreign language context, little opportunity exists for such input simply through exposure to the target language outside the classroom. Therefore, the quantity as well as quality of input within classrooms is especially important. However in spite of this fact many non-native teachers of second language, including English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers, tend to avoid using the target language in their classrooms. This has serious pedagogic implications. Thai teachers are typical of many …


Performance Characteristics Of A Low-Cost, Field-Deployable Miniature Ccd Spectrometer., S. Coles, M. Nimmo, P. J. Worsfold Jan 2000

Performance Characteristics Of A Low-Cost, Field-Deployable Miniature Ccd Spectrometer., S. Coles, M. Nimmo, P. J. Worsfold

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Miniature spectrometers incorporating array detectors are becoming a viable, low-cost option for field and process deployments. The performance characteristics of one such instrument are reported and compared with those of a conventional benchtop instrument. The parameters investigated were wavelength repeatability, photometric linearity, instrumental noise (photometric precision) and instrumental drift.


Performance Characteristics Of A Low-Cost, Field-Deployable Miniature Ccd Spectrometer, S Coles, M Nimmo, Pj Worsfold Jan 2000

Performance Characteristics Of A Low-Cost, Field-Deployable Miniature Ccd Spectrometer, S Coles, M Nimmo, Pj Worsfold

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Miniature spectrometers incorporating array detectors are becoming a viable, low-cost option for field and process deployments. The performance characteristics of one such instrument are reported and compared with those of a conventional benchtop instrument. The parameters investigated were wavelength repeatability, photometric linearity, instrumental noise (photometric precision) and instrumental drift.


The Enforcement Of Environmental Law In England And Wales, Lisa Jane Page Jan 2000

The Enforcement Of Environmental Law In England And Wales, Lisa Jane Page

Plymouth Business School Theses

The control of environmentally damaging activities has become one of the most important areas for concern in recent years. The amount of legislation relating to this subject area has increased several-fold, with European Directives and domestic laws being introduced in response to pressure from a variety of avenues. Key studies on the enforcement of environmental law have been carried out. However, this work was undertaken prior to the expansion of legislative provisions at the start of the 1990s. In the light of this new legislation, new regulatory agencies, and changing public opinion, the following research aims were formulated: 1. To …


Dilution-By-Blurring: A Theory Caught In The Shadow Of Trademark Infringement, Kathleen B. Mccabe Jan 2000

Dilution-By-Blurring: A Theory Caught In The Shadow Of Trademark Infringement, Kathleen B. Mccabe

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


What Did You Know And When Did You Know It?: Public Company Disclosure And The Mythical Duties To Correct And Update, Gregory S. Porter Jan 2000

What Did You Know And When Did You Know It?: Public Company Disclosure And The Mythical Duties To Correct And Update, Gregory S. Porter

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Smart Salvage: Extending Traditional Maritime Law To Include Intellectual Property Rights In Historic Shipwrecks, Justin S. Stern Jan 2000

Smart Salvage: Extending Traditional Maritime Law To Include Intellectual Property Rights In Historic Shipwrecks, Justin S. Stern

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Insurance Supervision Meets The Marketplace: The Regulatory Response To Derivatives As A Risk Management Tool In The Insurance Industry, Neil D. Levin Jan 2000

Insurance Supervision Meets The Marketplace: The Regulatory Response To Derivatives As A Risk Management Tool In The Insurance Industry, Neil D. Levin

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Business Lawyer As Terrorist Transaction Cost Engineer, Royce De R. Barondes Jan 2000

The Business Lawyer As Terrorist Transaction Cost Engineer, Royce De R. Barondes

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Multidisciplinary Practice And The American Legal Profession: A Market Approach To Regulating The Delivery Of Legal Services In The Twenty-First Century, John S. Dzienkowski, Robert J. Peroni Jan 2000

Multidisciplinary Practice And The American Legal Profession: A Market Approach To Regulating The Delivery Of Legal Services In The Twenty-First Century, John S. Dzienkowski, Robert J. Peroni

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Preclusive Effect Of State Court Adjudication Of Patent Issues And The Federal Courts' Choice Of Preclusion Laws, Dutch D. Chung Jan 2000

The Preclusive Effect Of State Court Adjudication Of Patent Issues And The Federal Courts' Choice Of Preclusion Laws, Dutch D. Chung

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Irrationality And Cognitive Bias At A Closing In Arthur Solmssen's The Comfort Letter, Richard W. Painter Jan 2000

Irrationality And Cognitive Bias At A Closing In Arthur Solmssen's The Comfort Letter, Richard W. Painter

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Everests Of The Mundane: Conflict Of Interest In Real-World Legal Practice, Susan P. Shapiro Jan 2000

Everests Of The Mundane: Conflict Of Interest In Real-World Legal Practice, Susan P. Shapiro

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Search For Resonances Decaying To E+-Jet In E+P Interactions At Hera, J. Breitweg, S. Chekanov, M. Derrick, D. Krakauer, S. Magill, B. Musgrave, A. Pellegrino, J. Repond, R. Stanek, R. Yoshida, Margarita C. K. Mattingly, G. Abbiendi, F. Anselmo, P. Antonioli, G. Bari, M. Basile, L. Bellagamba, D. Boscherini, A. Bruni, G. Bruni, G. Cara Romeo, G. Castellini, L. Cifarelli, F. Cindolo, A. Contin, N. Coppola, M. Corradi, S. De Pasquale, P. Giusti, G. Iacobucci, G. Laurenti Jan 2000

Search For Resonances Decaying To E+-Jet In E+P Interactions At Hera, J. Breitweg, S. Chekanov, M. Derrick, D. Krakauer, S. Magill, B. Musgrave, A. Pellegrino, J. Repond, R. Stanek, R. Yoshida, Margarita C. K. Mattingly, G. Abbiendi, F. Anselmo, P. Antonioli, G. Bari, M. Basile, L. Bellagamba, D. Boscherini, A. Bruni, G. Bruni, G. Cara Romeo, G. Castellini, L. Cifarelli, F. Cindolo, A. Contin, N. Coppola, M. Corradi, S. De Pasquale, P. Giusti, G. Iacobucci, G. Laurenti

Faculty Publications

The e+-jet invariant mass spectrum produced in the reaction e+p → e+ X has been studied at a center-of-mass energy of 300 GeV. The data were collected using the ZEUS detector operating at the HERA collider, and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 47.7 pb-1. The observed mass spectrum is in good agreement with Standard Model expectations up to an e+-jet mass of 210 GeV. Above this mass, some excess is seen. The angular distribution of these events is typical of high-Q2 neutral current events and does not give convincing evidence for the presence of a narrow scalar or vector …


Search For Contact Interactions In Deep Inelastic E+P → E+X Scattering At Hera, J. Breitweg, S. Chekanov, M. Derrick, D. Krakauer, S. Magill, B. Musgrave, A. Pellegrino, J. Repond, R. Stanek, R. Yoshida, Margarita C. K. Mattingly, G. Abbiendi, F. Anselmo, P. Antonioli, G. Bari, M. Basile, L. Bellagamba, D. Boscherini, A. Bruni, G. Bruni, G. Cara Romeo, G. Castellini, L. Cifarelli, F. Cindolo, A. Contin, N. Coppola, M. Corradi, S. De Pasquale, P. Giusti, G. Iacobucci, G. Laurenti Jan 2000

Search For Contact Interactions In Deep Inelastic E+P → E+X Scattering At Hera, J. Breitweg, S. Chekanov, M. Derrick, D. Krakauer, S. Magill, B. Musgrave, A. Pellegrino, J. Repond, R. Stanek, R. Yoshida, Margarita C. K. Mattingly, G. Abbiendi, F. Anselmo, P. Antonioli, G. Bari, M. Basile, L. Bellagamba, D. Boscherini, A. Bruni, G. Bruni, G. Cara Romeo, G. Castellini, L. Cifarelli, F. Cindolo, A. Contin, N. Coppola, M. Corradi, S. De Pasquale, P. Giusti, G. Iacobucci, G. Laurenti

Faculty Publications

In a search for signatures of physics processes beyond the Standard Model, various eeqq vector contact-interaction hypotheses have been tested using the high-Q2 deep inelastic neutral-current e+p scattering data collected with the ZEUS detector at HERA. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 47.7pb-1 of e+p interactions at 300 GeV center-of-mass energy. No significant evidence of a contact-interaction signal has been found. Limits at the 95% confidence level are set on the contact-interaction amplitudes. The effective mass scales Λ corresponding to these limits range from 1.7 TeV to 5 TeV for the contact-interaction scenarios considered.


Measurement Of D*± Production And The Charm Contribution To F2 In Deep Inelastic Scattering At Hera, J. Breitweg, S. Chekanov, M. Derrick, D. Krakauer, S. Magill, B. Musgrave, A. Pellegrino, J. Repond, R. Stanek, R. Yoshida, Margarita C. K. Mattingly, G. Abbiendi, F. Anselmo, P. Antonioli, G. Bari, M. Basile, L. Bellagamba, D. Boscherini, A. Bruni, G. Bruni, G. Cara Romeo, G. Castellini, L. Cifarelli, F. Cindolo, A. Contin, N. Coppola, M. Corradi, S. De Pasquale, P. Giusti, G. Iacobucci, G. Laurenti Jan 2000

Measurement Of D*± Production And The Charm Contribution To F2 In Deep Inelastic Scattering At Hera, J. Breitweg, S. Chekanov, M. Derrick, D. Krakauer, S. Magill, B. Musgrave, A. Pellegrino, J. Repond, R. Stanek, R. Yoshida, Margarita C. K. Mattingly, G. Abbiendi, F. Anselmo, P. Antonioli, G. Bari, M. Basile, L. Bellagamba, D. Boscherini, A. Bruni, G. Bruni, G. Cara Romeo, G. Castellini, L. Cifarelli, F. Cindolo, A. Contin, N. Coppola, M. Corradi, S. De Pasquale, P. Giusti, G. Iacobucci, G. Laurenti

Faculty Publications

The production of D*± (2010) mesons in deep inelastic scattering has been measured in the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 37 pb-1. The decay channels D*+ → D0π+ (+c.c.), with D0 → K-π+ or D0 → K-π-π+π+, have been used to identify the D mesons. The e+p cross section for inclusive D*± production with 1 < Q2 < 600 GeV2 and 0.02 < y < 0.7 is 8.31±0.31(stat.)+0.30-0.50 (syst.) nb in the kinematic region 1.5 < pT(D*±) < 15 GeV and \η(D*±)\ < 1.5. Differential cross sections are consistent with a next-to-leading-order perturbative-QCD calculation when using charm-fragmentation models which take into account the interaction of the charm quark with the proton remnant. The observed cross section is extrapolated to the full kinematic region in pT(D*±) and η(D*±) in order to determine the charm contribution, Fcc̄2 (x, Q2), to the proton structure function. The ratio Fcc̄2/F2 rises from ≃10% at Q2 ≃ 1.8GeV2 to ≃30% at Q2 ≃130GeV2 for x values in the range 10-4 to 10-3.


Angular And Current-Target Correlations In Deep Inelastic Scattering At Hera, J. Breitweg, S. Chekanov, M. Derrick, D. Krakauer, S. Magill, B. Musgrave, A. Pellegrino, J. Repond, R. Stanek, R. Yoshida, Margarita C. K. Mattingly, G. Abbiendi, F. Anselmo, P. Antonioli, G. Bari, M. Basile, L. Bellagamba, D. Boscherini, A. Bruni, G. Bruni, G. Cara Romeo, G. Castellini, L. Cifarelli, F. Cindolo, A. Contin, N. Coppola, M. Corradi, S. De Pasquale, P. Giusti, G. Iacobucci, G. Laurenti Jan 2000

Angular And Current-Target Correlations In Deep Inelastic Scattering At Hera, J. Breitweg, S. Chekanov, M. Derrick, D. Krakauer, S. Magill, B. Musgrave, A. Pellegrino, J. Repond, R. Stanek, R. Yoshida, Margarita C. K. Mattingly, G. Abbiendi, F. Anselmo, P. Antonioli, G. Bari, M. Basile, L. Bellagamba, D. Boscherini, A. Bruni, G. Bruni, G. Cara Romeo, G. Castellini, L. Cifarelli, F. Cindolo, A. Contin, N. Coppola, M. Corradi, S. De Pasquale, P. Giusti, G. Iacobucci, G. Laurenti

Faculty Publications

Correlations between charged particles in deep inelastic e+ p scattering have been studied in the Breit frame with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 6.4pb-1. Short-range correlations are analysed in terms of the angular separation between current-region particles within a cone centred around the virtual photon axis. Long-range correlations between the current and target regions have also been measured. The data support predictions for the scaling behaviour of the angular correlations at high Q2 and for anti-correlations between the current and target regions over a large range in Q2 and in the Bjorken scaling variable x. …


Consortia Vs Reform: Creating Congruence, Margaret Landesman, Johann Van Reenen Jan 2000

Consortia Vs Reform: Creating Congruence, Margaret Landesman, Johann Van Reenen

University Libraries & Learning Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications

The inability of research libraries to offer the collections their users desire has become more pronounced each year. In response, libraries have moved in two directions: the rapidly growing consortial movement and the movement to advocate and support reforms in scholarly communication. However, if libraries do not pay careful attention, these two directions may, at least partially, cancel one another out.


Improving The Quality Of Foliage Transplants For Supply To The Kerry Foliage Industry, Gwen Lanigan Jan 2000

Improving The Quality Of Foliage Transplants For Supply To The Kerry Foliage Industry, Gwen Lanigan

Theses

The possibility of improving the quality of transplants of ornamental foliage species, Eucalyptus perriniana, E. parvifolia and Pittosporum tenuifolium, for supply to the Kerry Foliage Industry was investigated. At present transplants (seedlings) are propagated from seed under glass and subsequently transplanted into the field. Therefore nursery practices for seed propagation, such as optimum sowing date, pot and medium selection, irrigation and fertilisation regimes, were investigated and optimised. The possibility of eliminating the occurrence of J- roots, a major problem with Eucalyptus species was also investigated. Vegetative propagation methods, such as cutting propagation and in vitro micro-propagation were investigated for comparative …


Software Design Recovery Of Object Oriented Systems Developed In C++, Mohamed Reffat El Harras Jan 2000

Software Design Recovery Of Object Oriented Systems Developed In C++, Mohamed Reffat El Harras

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Illinois State: For Alumni Of Illinois State University, Winter 2000-2001, Illinois State University, University Marketing And Communications Jan 2000

Illinois State: For Alumni Of Illinois State University, Winter 2000-2001, Illinois State University, University Marketing And Communications

State: The Magazine of Illinois State University (1999-present)

Illinois State University alumni magazine


Analysis Of Remote Sensing Data For Development Of I/M Program Evaluation Protocols, Sajal S. Pokharel, Gary A. Bishop, Donald H. Stedman Jan 2000

Analysis Of Remote Sensing Data For Development Of I/M Program Evaluation Protocols, Sajal S. Pokharel, Gary A. Bishop, Donald H. Stedman

Fuel Efficiency Automobile Test Publications

No abstract provided.


Frederic Auguste Bartholdi And The Statue Of Liberty, Daniel J. Carden '00 Jan 2000

Frederic Auguste Bartholdi And The Statue Of Liberty, Daniel J. Carden '00

Undergraduate Review

No abstract provided.


Lincoln's Courtships: A Reflection Of His Social Growth, Erika Rozinek '01 Jan 2000

Lincoln's Courtships: A Reflection Of His Social Growth, Erika Rozinek '01

Undergraduate Review

No abstract provided.


Vse Luchshe Detiam: All The Best To The Children, Soviet Ideology In Children's Fairy Tale Cartoons, Matthew Boyd '00 Jan 2000

Vse Luchshe Detiam: All The Best To The Children, Soviet Ideology In Children's Fairy Tale Cartoons, Matthew Boyd '00

Honors Projects

I have chosen as a focus the analysis of fairy tale cartoons in the Soviet Union and have attempted to establish the specific ideological use of five films spanning 1947-1979. For the analysis of these cartoons as ideological tools I have established a theoretical apparatus. This apparatus is based upon a thorough definition of ideology as it applies to these films taken from Terry Eagleton's book Ideology. I have adopted Vladimir Propp's theoretical apparatus on the classification of fairytales from his book Morphology of the Folktale. To aid both in interpreting the history of the 1920s to 1970s Soviet Union …


User-Centred Methods In The Analysis And Design Of Software Tools To Support Management Consultants, Mark Dixon Jan 2000

User-Centred Methods In The Analysis And Design Of Software Tools To Support Management Consultants, Mark Dixon

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics Theses

The aim of the present work was to investigate the development of improved software tools for management consultants, and to investigate the effectiveness of augmented user-centred methods in this development, and thereby consider the more general use of augmented user-centred methods to develop software tools that support creative human activity systems. The research method used draws from and integrates aspects of user-centred design, soft systems methods, structured systems analysis and design, and software engineering. This includes using user literature, 'thinking aloud' role play observations, and interviews to develop a user model of the management consultancy process; using literature of related …