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The Great Divide: Considering Section 157a Of The Singapore Companies Act, Pearlie Koh Jan 2004

The Great Divide: Considering Section 157a Of The Singapore Companies Act, Pearlie Koh

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

The manner in which the powers of a company are carved out to be exercised by either the general meeting of shareholders or its board of directors is often a matter of interpretation of the constitution of the company. This approach retains a fair amount of flexibility in the differing models of power allocation that may be adopted by incorporators, but once carved out, the power allocation usually remains sacrosanct until such time as the constitution is validly altered. This was the position in Singapore before 2003. In 2003, the Companies Act of Singapore was amended to include s 157A, …

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Adaptive Applications Of Opto-Vlsi Processors In Wdm Networks, Mehrdad Raisi Jan 2004

Adaptive Applications Of Opto-Vlsi Processors In Wdm Networks, Mehrdad Raisi

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

Communication is an inseparable part of human life and its nature continues to evolve and improve. The advent of laser was a herald to the new possibilities in the communication world. In recent years technologies such as Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) and Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifiers (EDFA) have afforded significant boost to the practice of optical communication. At the heart of this brave new world is the need to dynamically/ adaptively steer/route beams of light carrying very large amounts of data. In recent years many techniques have been proposed for this purpose by various researchers. In this study we have …

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Meeting The Challenge : The Female Carers' Perspective Of Managing Dyspnoea, Kim A. Skett Jan 2004

Meeting The Challenge : The Female Carers' Perspective Of Managing Dyspnoea, Kim A. Skett

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

The aim of this descriptive, explorative study was to describe the lived experience of informal carers providing care within the home, to a family member who has lung cancer and the symptom of dyspnoea. Many studies have highlighted the stressors associated with care provision, but no studies have focused on the experience associated with caring for a family member who is dyspnoeic. Ten carers were interviewed regarding their experiences of providing care to the family member during the palliative phase of the illness and while the family member was experiencing the symptom of dyspnoea. Analysis of the initial data highlighted …

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Husserl's Phenomenological Reduction Revisited: An Attempt Of A Renewed Account, Sebastian Luft Jan 2004

Husserl's Phenomenological Reduction Revisited: An Attempt Of A Renewed Account, Sebastian Luft

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

This essay attempts a renewed, critical exposition of Husserl’s theory of the phenomenological reduction, incorporating manuscript material that has been published since the defining essays of the first generation of Husserl research. The discussion focuses on points that remain especially crucial, i. e. the concept of the natural attitude, the ways into the reduction, and the question of the “meaning of the reduction”. The reading attempted here leads to two, not necessarily related, focal points: a Cartesian and a Life-world tendency. In following these two paths, Husserl was consistent in pursuing two evident leads in his philosophical enterprise; however, he …

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Benchmarking Visualstudio.Net For The Development And Implementation Of A Manufacturing Execution System, Amit S. Rege Jan 2004

Benchmarking Visualstudio.Net For The Development And Implementation Of A Manufacturing Execution System, Amit S. Rege

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The focus of this thesis is to show the utility of Microsoft's' .NET framework in developing and implementing a MES system. The manufacturing environment today, more than ever, is working towards achieving better yields, productivity, quality, and customer satisfaction. Companies such as DELL are rapidly outgrowing their competition due to better management of their product lifecycles. The time between receiving a new order to the time the final product is shipped is getting shorter. Historically, business management applications such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems have been implemented without too much importance given to …

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Linux Kernel Support For Micro-Heterogeneous Computing, Kim R. Schuttenberg Jan 2004

Linux Kernel Support For Micro-Heterogeneous Computing, Kim R. Schuttenberg

Theses

Heterogeneous Computing (HC) is a technique speeds the computation of large tasks by utilizing multiple computers or supercomputers, each of which is best suited to a particular type of computation. Micro-Heterogeneous Computing (MHC) has been proposed to bring this practice to individual computers. With the aid of the higher speed, short distance interconnects found within the next generation of personal computers and commodity servers, it should be possible to apply HC to relatively small grain sizes. MHC draws on the observations that in order for a new computing technology to become widely accepted, and cost effective, there must be a …

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Brand Color Tolerances: A Comparison Of Memory Color Vs. Paired Comparison Color Matching, Allison K. Santoro Jan 2004

Brand Color Tolerances: A Comparison Of Memory Color Vs. Paired Comparison Color Matching, Allison K. Santoro

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The proposed thesis topic is to compare two methods of judging brand colors, paired comparison and memory color. Today's current practice for press approval in the graphic arts industry involves an individual using a sensitive comparison of a proof to a press sheet. The resulting piece is later viewed by a user who will have no knowledge of the original (a proof). The exception, however, is the memory of the "logo" or brand color that the user may have. The argument can be made that the additional cost of a press approval is justified by the possibility of accruing extra …

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The Role Of Advertising Agencies On The Demand For Personalized Communications, Kathryn C. Moore Jan 2004

The Role Of Advertising Agencies On The Demand For Personalized Communications, Kathryn C. Moore

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A personalized campaign allows an agency to utilize its clients' records to reach its audience by sending targeted messages and promotions, which often results in improved business results. This pull is achieved by using detailed databases with a large quantity of information about existing and potential customers. This information, in the form of text, data and sometimes images, is then placed into a document in a way that is easy for customers to locate and act upon. Variable data technology should be embraced by advertising agencies as a definite way to improve response rates and generate more business. But what …

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Synthetic Landmine Scene Development And Validation In Dirsig, Erin D. Peterson Jan 2004

Synthetic Landmine Scene Development And Validation In Dirsig, Erin D. Peterson

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Detection and neutralization of surface-laid and buried landmines has been a slow and dangerous endeavor for military forces and humanitarian organizations throughout the world. In an effort to make the process faster and safer, scientists have begun to exploit the ever-evolving passive electro-optical realm of detectors, both from a broadband perspective and a multi or hyperspectral perspective. Carried with this exploitation is the development of mine detection algorithms that take advantage of spectral features exhibited by mine targets, only available in a multi or hyperspectral data set. Difficulty in algorithm development arises from a lack of robust data, which is …

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The Mapping Of Velocity Profiles In A Three Generation Lung Model Using Particle Image Velocimetry Flow Analysis Techniques, Adam D. Pruyne Jan 2004

The Mapping Of Velocity Profiles In A Three Generation Lung Model Using Particle Image Velocimetry Flow Analysis Techniques, Adam D. Pruyne

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The intent of this thesis was to develop an understanding for the particle flow characteristics in the human lung by examining particle flow profiles in a three generation lung model. To develop this understanding, experimentally derived flow profiles were compared to analytical solutions, where applicable, and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) generated models for validation of both the CFD model and the experimental set-up. Validation of flow velocities in a three generation model could contribute significantly to the medical industry as a better understanding of particle behavior in the lung could lead to more accurate treatment of certain diseases and better …

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Delivering Video Services Over Ip Networks, Huda Al-Habsi Jan 2004

Delivering Video Services Over Ip Networks, Huda Al-Habsi

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The main goal pursued in this Thesis is to contribute towards the design and development of an end-to-end solution/system that would assist in reliable, consistence, less packet-loss delivery of high-quality video signals of pre-recorded presentations, training lectures, live events such as seminars over standard IP networks. This Thesis will focus on the existing Internet Service Provider, Oman Telecommunications Company (Omantel) and its best delivery of high-bandwidth data such as video to its Local and regional offices and departments over IP networks. This video-over-IP system aims to accumulate the technical scientific knowledge required to be able to offer high-quality video, which …

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Color Quality - A Visual Comparison Between Iq Colour And Icc Based Color Management, Anirban Dutta Jan 2004

Color Quality - A Visual Comparison Between Iq Colour And Icc Based Color Management, Anirban Dutta

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Color management has become central to achieving greater color quality and consistency and has become an integral part of a printing workflow. The contemporary printer is faced with the challenge of achieving high print and color quality in conjunction with low production cost to remain competitive. This thesis focuses on the subject of comparing the color quality obtained by implementing the IQ colour profiling system with respect to ICC profiling. The basis of this study is that the ultimate judge for color quality in the Graphic Arts industry is the print buyer and color quality should really be a function …

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Chromatic Noise Perception In Digital Photography, Xiaoyan Song Jan 2004

Chromatic Noise Perception In Digital Photography, Xiaoyan Song

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A model was built to predict chromatic noise perception in digital photography. The model includes the orthogonal opponent color space Y C1C2, and sets of optimized contrast sensitivity functions. Past research on opponent colors, contrast sensitivity functions at threshold and suprathreshold matching has been reviewed. Some historical opponent color spaces have been investigated in terms of transformation and application. Three psychophysical experiments were performed to build the model. Through the equi-luminance plane experiment three equi-luminance planes corresponding to three luminance levels were determined. Method of adjustment was applied for subjects to adjust chromatic noise image until it is least perceptible. …

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Resentment And Assurance, Margaret Urban Walker Jan 2004

Resentment And Assurance, Margaret Urban Walker

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

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Adhesion Of Copper To Polytetrafluoroethylene Surfaces Modified With Vacuum Uv Radiation Downstream From He And Ar Microwave Plasmas, Hrishikesh R. Desai Jan 2004

Adhesion Of Copper To Polytetrafluoroethylene Surfaces Modified With Vacuum Uv Radiation Downstream From He And Ar Microwave Plasmas, Hrishikesh R. Desai

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Poly(tetrafluoroethylene) (PTFE) is an attractive material for insulating layers between conductors, such as copper, in the packaging of high-performance electronic devices because of its excellent thermal and chemical properties and its low dielectric constant. Strong adhesion between copper and PTFE is difficult to develop because perfluorinated materials are hydrophobic, relatively inert chemically and possess low surface energies, thus accounting for their non-stick behavior. Since vacuum UV radiation (VUV) is of current interest in the production of small feature sizes on polymer surfaces using photolithography, investigations were conducted to study the ability of plasma generated VUV radiation to control the adhesion …

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“Real-Idealism”: An Unorthodox Husserlian Response To The Question Of Transcendental Idealism, Sebastian Luft Jan 2004

“Real-Idealism”: An Unorthodox Husserlian Response To The Question Of Transcendental Idealism, Sebastian Luft

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

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Network Disruption By Spoofing Service Attacks, Yadasiri Lertlit Jan 2004

Network Disruption By Spoofing Service Attacks, Yadasiri Lertlit

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It is clearly evident as the Internet continues to grow that it has become a prominent and dependable source for information, and tool for business-use. Our dependence on the Internet makes it critical to be able to distinguish between which types of attacks it can withstand and the types of attacks that will disable the network. Moreover, the understanding of the areas of vulnerability of the different types of networks will help find means of making it more secure in the future. With the existence of various forms of attacks against the network, network development should look ahead and strengthen …

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Efficient Human Facial Pose Estimation, James C. Schimmel Jan 2004

Efficient Human Facial Pose Estimation, James C. Schimmel

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Pose estimation has become an increasingly important area in computer vision and more specifically in human facial recognition and activity recognition for surveillance applications. Pose estimation is a process by which the rotation, pitch, or yaw of a human head is determined. Numerous methods already exist which can determine the angular change of a face, however, these methods vary in accuracy and their computational requirements tend to be too high for real-time applications. The objective of this thesis is to develop a method for pose estimation, which is computationally efficient, while still maintaining a reasonable degree of accuracy. In this …

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Accessible Solutions: The Value Of Accessible Web Design, Edwin L N Thoms Jan 2004

Accessible Solutions: The Value Of Accessible Web Design, Edwin L N Thoms

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An exploration of techniques and theories that will help Web and Multimedia designers understand and implement design solutions for accessible web content is the basis of this thesis report. A rich online environment for all people (disabled and non-disabled) will emerge once strategies are in place for designers to research, test, and implement standards of accessible design. The concept of accessibility is explored, and misconceptions regarding accessible standards and practices are dispelled. The research report covers the laws and standards set by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). …

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Melting Multimedia: A Study Of Methods And Processes For Developing Small-Scale Dynamic Multimedia Systems That Can Be Easily Updated By The Client, Paul Martin Jan 2004

Melting Multimedia: A Study Of Methods And Processes For Developing Small-Scale Dynamic Multimedia Systems That Can Be Easily Updated By The Client, Paul Martin

Theses

This report reviews the process and practices involved in creating a multimedia proj ect with an efficient work flow and content that can be edited by the client using a Web browser. Construction methods are reviewed and explained.

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Goal Directed Visual Search Based On Color Cues: Co-Operative Effectes Of Top-Down & Bottom-Up Visual Attention, Vishal S. Vaingankar Jan 2004

Goal Directed Visual Search Based On Color Cues: Co-Operative Effectes Of Top-Down & Bottom-Up Visual Attention, Vishal S. Vaingankar

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Focus of Attention plays an important role in perception of the visual environment. Certain objects stand out in the scene irrespective of observers' goals. This form of attention capture, in which stimulus feature saliency captures our attention, is of a bottom-up nature. Often prior knowledge about objects and scenes can influence our attention. This form of attention capture, which is influenced by higher level knowledge about the objects, is called top-down attention. Top-down attention acts as a feedback mechanism for the feed-forward bottom-up attention. Visual search is a result of a combined effort of the top-down (cognitive cue) system and …

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Ten Bulls Of Zen, Sunghui Lee Jan 2004

Ten Bulls Of Zen, Sunghui Lee

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My thesis will demonstrate how the notions of Zen can be communicated through computer graphics design more efficiently than other methods. Comparing to the past educational methods of Zen, the new media makes the audience to feel Zen with their fingers and eyes by mouse and screen. It will help people learn Zen through experience.

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Personal Motivations For Philanthropy, Neil Monteiro Jan 2004

Personal Motivations For Philanthropy, Neil Monteiro

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This study discusses the impact of individual motivational factors for charitable contributions. This study is important because it will help R.I.T and similar educational/non profit organizations understand the "intrinsic factors" that motivate individuals to donate time, money, or goods. The results of this study will help the organization understand their donors. This study will "only" address individual philanthropy. This study focuses on the Rochester Institute of Technology (R.I.T) located in Rochester, New York.

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Evaluating The Usability And Security Of Wireless Networks, George E. Danilovics Iii Jan 2004

Evaluating The Usability And Security Of Wireless Networks, George E. Danilovics Iii

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At Dusk, Hyeyoung Cheon Jan 2004

At Dusk, Hyeyoung Cheon

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Missional Transformation : A Congregational Change Process For Making New Disciples, Clarence E. Rempel Jan 2004

Missional Transformation : A Congregational Change Process For Making New Disciples, Clarence E. Rempel

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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Understanding The Relationship Between Asbury Theological Seminary And Its Alumni "Metacommunity" , Michael C. Voigts Jan 2004

Understanding The Relationship Between Asbury Theological Seminary And Its Alumni "Metacommunity" , Michael C. Voigts

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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Hierarchies Of Harm In Canadian Criminal Law: The Marijuana Trilogy And The Forcible 'Correction' Of Children, Janine Benedet Jan 2004

Hierarchies Of Harm In Canadian Criminal Law: The Marijuana Trilogy And The Forcible 'Correction' Of Children, Janine Benedet

All Faculty Publications

The author examines the seemingly contradictory Supreme Court of Canada decisions which upheld the prohibition on possession of marijuana (R. v. Malmo-Levine), yet allowed the defence of “reasonable correction” for parents and teachers charged with assaulting a child (Canadian Foundation for Children, Youth and the Law v. Canada (Attorney General)). She argues that these two decisions speak to the limits of the criminal law and the role that section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms plays in setting those limits. These decisions are also linked by the attempt by some members of the Court to establish a …

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Aedpa's "Adjudication On The Merits" Requirement: Collateral Review, Federalism, And Comity, Robert D. Sloane Jan 2004

Aedpa's "Adjudication On The Merits" Requirement: Collateral Review, Federalism, And Comity, Robert D. Sloane

Faculty Scholarship

The modern law of federal habeas corpus is a labyrinth of counterfactuals and arcane procedural hurdles that few state petitioners manage to navigate-as Justice Blackmun once wrote less charitably in dissent, "a Byzantine morass of arbitrary, unnecessary, and unjustifiable impediments to the vindication of federal rights." The convoluted inquiries required arise from the need to reconcile three developments of the past four decades that remain in tension with one another: first, the Warren Court's expansion of federal habeas relief, identified with Fay v. Noia and its progeny; second, the Burger and Rehnquist Courts' curtailment of that expansion, identified with Wainwright …

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Do We Have A Right To Speak With Another's Language? Eldred And The Duration Of Copyright, Wendy J. Gordon Jan 2004

Do We Have A Right To Speak With Another's Language? Eldred And The Duration Of Copyright, Wendy J. Gordon

Faculty Scholarship

The law embodies two contradictory sets of rights and interests pertaining to copyright and speech. On the one hand. stand authors' claims to deserve compensation and control over their works. On the other hand stand the public's claims to be free to build on and deploy the cultural works that pervade daily life.

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