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Making A Business Case For Integrating Multidimensional Sustainability In The Pharmaceutical Industry, Thea Jung

Theses

To grow their bottom lines, companies invest in business value drivers. This thesis examined whether multidimensional sustainability performance could be one of those drivers in the pharmaceutical industry. There are currently very few (if any) mandatory requirements for integrating multidimensional sustainability. Nor are there standardized methods of integrating, measuring, or communicating multidimensional sustainability. This thesis reviewed, compared, and contrasted (also known as benchmarking) voluntary sustainability initiatives and pharmaceutical company sustainability initiatives. The results were as follows: 1) the concept of multidimensional sustainability is generally understood; 2) integrating multidimensional sustainability is the morally and ethically correct action for pharmaceutical companies to …

An Xps Investigation Of Thermal Degradation And Charring Of Pmma Clay Nanocomposites, Jianxin Du, Jin Zhu, Charles A. Wilkie, Jiangqi Wang

Chemistry Faculty Research and Publications

Poly(methyl methacrylate)–clay nanocomposites have been studied using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. It is clear that as the polymer undergoes thermal degradation, the clay accumulates at the surface and the barrier properties which result from this clay accumulation have been described as the reason for the decreased heat release rate for nanocomposites. The surface composition of the clay changes as the nanocomposite is heated and the changes are affected by the organic-modification that were applied to the clay in order to prepare the nanocomposite.

Vehicle Simulations Of Fuel Economy For An Automatic Transmission And A Ratio Limited Continuously Variable Transmission, Hemant Suthar

Theses

An automatic transmission (AT) of a vehicle was compared with a ratio limited Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT). Dynamic model of a passenger car was simulated to compare the overall efficiency of the vehicle equipped with these different types of transmissions. The overall efficiencies were calculated in terms of fuel consumption of the vehicle. The results are based on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) city and highway driving cycles. A Modular approach is taken to model an existing vehicle. The complete model is subdivided into an engine model, road load model, throttle and brake pedal models, and a transmission model. The …

Vangrack's Explanations: Treating The Truth As A Mere Matter Of "Form", Jeffery Fagan, James S. Liebman, Valerie West

Faculty Scholarship

We welcome criticism by responsible scholars and readers, and the chance to address it in journals that enforce appropriate standards of accuracy and integrity. We have done just that in exchanges in Judicature and the Indiana Law Journal.

But the inaccuracies in Adam VanGrack's Note, and new problems with his present explanation, lead us to conclude that it is not useful to exchange views with him in the Washington University Law Quarterly. Beyond all is Mr. VanGrack's dismissal of matters serious enough to trigger an extraordinary instruction to explain himself in print, and to prompt him to rescind …

Book Review: The Personal Information Protection And Electronic Documents Act: An Annotated Guide By Stephanie Perrin, Heather H. Black, David H. Flaherty And T. Murray Rankin, Q.C. (Concord, Ont.: Irwin Law, 2001), Teresa Scassa

Canadian Journal of Law and Technology

In April 2000, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act was passed by the House of Commons. The legislation dealt with both personal information privacy and the use and validity of electronic documents in areas governed by federal law. On January 1, 2001, the portion of the Act dealing with electronic documents took effect, as did the privacy provisions, to the extent that they related to the collection use or disclosure of personal information inter-provincially, or in connection with a federal work, undertaking or business. The Act applied to personal health information as of January 1, 2002, and will …

Boundary Effects On Multiplication Noise In Thin Heterostructure Avalanche Photodiodes: Theory And Experiment [Al/Sub 0.6/Ga/Sub 0.4/As/Gaas], Majeed M. Hayat, Oh-Hyun Kwon, Shuling Wang, Joe C. Campbell, Bahaa E.A. Saleh, Malvin Carl Teich

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research and Publications

The history-dependent recurrence theory for multiplication noise in avalanche photodiodes (APDs), developed by Hayat et al., is generalized to include inter-layer boundary effects in heterostructure APDs with multilayer multiplication regions. These boundary effects include the initial energy of injected carriers as well as bandgap-transition effects within a multilayer multiplication region. It is shown that the excess noise factor can be significantly reduced if the avalanche process is initiated with an energetic carrier, in which case the initial energy serves to reduce the initial dead space associated with the injected carrier. An excess noise factor reduction up to 40% below the …

Maximum-Likelihood Image Estimation Using Photon-Correlated Beams, Majeed M. Hayat, Muhammad Sajjad Abdullah, Adel Joobeur, Bahaa E.A. Saleh

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research and Publications

A theory is presented addressing the fundamental limits of image estimation in a setup that uses two photon-correlated beams. These beams have the property that their photon arrivals, as a point process, are ideally synchronized in time and space. The true image represents the spatial distribution of the optical transmittance (or reflectance) of an object. In this setup, one beam is used to probe the image while the other is used as a reference providing additional information on the actual number of photons impinging on the object. This additional information is exploited to reduce the effect of quantum noise associated …

Gain-Bandwidth Characteristics Of Thin Avalanche Photodiodes, Majeed M. Hayat, Oh-Hyun Kwon, Yi Pan, Paul P. Sotirelis, Joe C. Campbell, Bahaa E.A. Saleh, Malvin Carl Teich

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research and Publications

The frequency-response characteristics of avalanche photodiodes (APDs) with thin multiplication layers are investigated by means of a recurrence technique that incorporates the history dependence of ionization coefficients. In addition, to characterize the autocorrelation function of the impulse response, new recurrence equations are derived and solved using a parallel computer. The mean frequency response and the gain-bandwidth product are computed and a simple model for the dependence of the gain-bandwidth product on the multiplication-layer width is set forth for GaAs, InP, Al/sub 0.2/Ga/sub 0.8/As, and In/sub 0.52/Al/sub 0.48/As APDs. It is shown that the dead-space effect leads to a reduction (up …

An Algebraic Algorithm For Nonuniformity Correction In Focal-Plane Arrays, Bradley M. Ratliff, Majeed M. Hayat, Russell C. Hardie

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research and Publications

A scene-based algorithm is developed to compensate for bias nonuniformity in focal-plane arrays. Nonuniformity can be extremely problematic, especially for mid- to far-infrared imaging systems. The technique is based on use of estimates of interframe subpixel shifts in an image sequence, in conjunction with a linear-interpolation model for the motion, to extract information on the bias nonuniformity algebraically. The performance of the proposed algorithm is analyzed by using real infrared and simulated data. One advantage of this technique is its simplicity; it requires relatively few frames to generate an effective correction matrix, thereby permitting the execution of frequent on-the-fly nonuniformity …

Surabaya, City Of Work: A Socioeconomic History, 1900–2000, Howard Dick

Ohio University Press Open Access Books

Surabaya is Indonesia’s second largest city but is not well known to the outside world. Yet in 1900, Surabaya was a bigger city than Jakarta and one of the main commercial centers of Asia. Collapse of sugar exports during the 1930s depression, followed by the Japanese occupation, revolution, and independence, brought on a long period of stagnation and retreat from the international economy. Not until the export boom of the 1990s did Surabaya regain prominence as Southeast Asia’s leading non–capital–city industrial area. Previous thinking on Indonesia is being reassessed in light of recent political and economic upheaval. Surabaya, City of …

Software Project Management: The Role Of Modeling, Omar F. El-Gayar, Sreedhar Thota

Research & Publications

With the ubiquity of software and in the quest towards improving software development activities, the software engineering research community engaged in an active research agenda on modeling software processes. The modeling objectives ranged from process understanding, improvement, and management, to project management. In spite of the significant achievements in the field, few (if any) of the research results are adopted by the industry. This paper presents a brief review and a critical evaluation of the status of software process modeling practices with particular emphasis on their applications to project management from a practitioner's point of view as well as recommendations …

Team Designed Indigenous Generation X Worship In A New Church Plant, Vance Clifton Rains

ATS Dissertations

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The Impact Of The Alpha Course On Leaders' Attitudes Toward Evangelism In A Local Congregation, Jack Allan Shields

ATS Dissertations

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Empowering Effective Fathering Through An Informational-Relational Model Of Local Church Men's Ministry, Thomas Owen Palmer

ATS Dissertations

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An Evaluation Of The Use Of "Interest-Based Resolution" Training To Help Park Springs Bible Church Mediate Interpersonal Conflict, Daryl D. Wilson

ATS Dissertations

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Christian Communication In The Twenty-First Century: Patterns And Principles Relative To The Effective Use Of Internet-Based Communications, Kenneth Lynn Lewis

ATS Dissertations

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An Adaptation Of The Tswana Initiation Rites As A Christian Discipleship Ministry, Lynn Shmidt

ATS Dissertations

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A Study Of Church Health And Growth At Creekside Community Church, Christopher Allen Jarrett

ATS Dissertations

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Risk-Taking Leadership, Dennis Ralph Oetting

ATS Dissertations

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Identifying And Equipping Intercessors For Prayer Evangelism At Trinity United Methodist Church, Lawrence Huston Potts

ATS Dissertations

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Turning Heritage Into Hope: Strategies For A Midlife Denomination, Kenneth John Driedger

ATS Dissertations

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Becoming A Five Star Church, Jeffrey T. Johnson

ATS Dissertations

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An Evaluation Of The Christian Believer Study As A Tool For Discipleship And Life Transformation, George M. Wasson

ATS Dissertations

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Church Health And Church Growth Among General Association Of General Baptist Churches, James Vernon Kinder

ATS Dissertations

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Using Strategic Small Groups To Improve Church Health At Rockledge Baptist Church, Rockledge, Florida, David Rhodes

ATS Dissertations

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The Future Of South American Church Leadership : Images, Behaviors, And Competencies, David Eduardo Ramírez Sanz

ATS Dissertations

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Perceptions Of Pastoral Leadership Principles And Practices Within The Church Of God (Cleveland, Tn) , Tony Lee Richie

ATS Dissertations

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The Origins, Nature, And Significance Of The Jesus Movement As A Revitalization Movement, Kevin John Smith

ATS Dissertations

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Korean Prayers : Evaluating The Prayer Phenomena At The Prayer Mountain Centers In Korea, Yong Kwon Jung

ATS Dissertations

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2002 Weed Science Research Report – Tan Section, Ndsu Weed Science, Dept. Of Plant Sciences

Plant Sciences Weed Science Reports

The Weed Science team at North Dakota State University conduct field research in the State of North Dakota. This specific document reports on field research conducted in 2002. It includes work on effects of spray volume, nozzles and adjuvants.