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Experimental Study Of Flow Patterns, Heat Transfer, Pressure Drop And Gravitational Orientation During Flow Boiling In Minichannels, Prabhu Balasubramanian Jan 2004

Experimental Study Of Flow Patterns, Heat Transfer, Pressure Drop And Gravitational Orientation During Flow Boiling In Minichannels, Prabhu Balasubramanian

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Microchannels and Minichannels are being used in electronic cooling, fuel cells, automotive heat exchangers, micro refrigeration systems. They are also being considered for high heat flux applications under microgravity environment in space missions. Research laboratories and industries throughout the world are trying to explore and tap the potential uses of these small diameter channels in various products and applications. Before stepping in to any of the product design phase, fundamental issues related to their performance have to be studied and resolved. This thesis work focuses on resolving some of these fundamental issues related to flow boiling in small diameter channels …

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Vhdl Implementation And Synthesis Of Adaptive Thresholding, Nicholas P. Sardino Jan 2004

Vhdl Implementation And Synthesis Of Adaptive Thresholding, Nicholas P. Sardino

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As the world of mobile multimedia computing continues to grow, so does the need for small, high performance, low power microchips. The implementation of the software algorithms used in these systems therefore has become an increasingly important issue in more recent applications. In order to realize the goals of our technological society and keep up with the speed at which computing technology is growing, the hardware implementation of these algorithms must be examined. This thesis describes the implementation and system simulation of four image binarization algorithms. The first algorithm is a simple global thresholding algorithm, while the remaining three adapt …

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Internal Organizational Communication During Crisis Situations: The Effect Of Supportive Messages On Employee Stress Levels, Carin L. Kosmoski Jan 2004

Internal Organizational Communication During Crisis Situations: The Effect Of Supportive Messages On Employee Stress Levels, Carin L. Kosmoski

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This study investigates the effects of supportive messages from immediate supervisors or CEO's on employees during crisis situations. Supportive messages are hypothesized to decrease the stress levels of employees. The extent to which supportive messages from managers or executives during crisis situations affect employee perceptions of support from their organization, their CEO, and their immediate supervisor is also explored. During the research process, 78 volunteer participants received one of three messages from a hypothetical organization following a hypothetical crisis situation. Spearman's ranked correlations comparing reported support with reported stress levels indicate that, for the group studied, there is a negative …

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Analytical And Numerical Modeling To Address Signal Integrity Issues In Mixed Signal Applications, Jeffrey D. Mcfiggins Jan 2004

Analytical And Numerical Modeling To Address Signal Integrity Issues In Mixed Signal Applications, Jeffrey D. Mcfiggins

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Signal integrity issues are a major concern in highly integrated and compact mixed signal IC's. This work presents a numerical and analytical method for analyzing and assessing signal integrity issues relating to discontinuities, interconnects, and irregularly shaped power planes through the development of two independent methods. To address the coupling issue the finite difference time domain (FDTD) technique has been used, which is an accurate and robust algorithm capable of analyzing an arbitrary geometry in both the frequency and time domains. The analysis of signal integrity issues is carried out using examples such as transmission lines placed in close proximity, …

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Self -Care, Perceived Rewards & Hazards, And Personal & Professional Satisfaction In Psychologists In Independent Practice, Joshua M. Buley Jan 2004

Self -Care, Perceived Rewards & Hazards, And Personal & Professional Satisfaction In Psychologists In Independent Practice, Joshua M. Buley

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There has been a recent emphasis in the professional literature on the importance of psychologists utilizing a variety of self-care activities in order to buffer against and combat the stressors inherent to their careers. In addition, it has been suggested that due to the proliferation of managed care and other "seismic shifts" within the profession, that hazards associated with the career have increased, while rewards have decreased. There is currently limited information available regarding the extent to which psychologists in independent practice engage in various self-care activities, the perceived helpfulness of engaging in these activities, and relationships among self-care and …

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Die Archivierung Des Husserlschen Nachlasses 1933—1935, Sebastian Luft Jan 2004

Die Archivierung Des Husserlschen Nachlasses 1933—1935, Sebastian Luft

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

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The Readmission Decision For Students Following A Period Of Academic Dismissal: Characteristics That Predict Success, Brent A. Gage Jan 2004

The Readmission Decision For Students Following A Period Of Academic Dismissal: Characteristics That Predict Success, Brent A. Gage

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This mixed-method study focused on the success of students readmitted following a period of academic dismissal at a large public four-year institution. The study's purpose was to determine which characteristics of students applying for readmission following a period of academic dismissal have the greatest predictive significance in determining success upon re-enrollment at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. Quantitative analyses tested the relationship between factors typically used in the readmission decision and their impact upon being placed in the success versus non-success group. The three groupings of variables included: (1) pre-college characteristics (ACT composite test score and high school percentile …

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What Is The Nature Of Emergent Literacy In Iran?, Mahboobeh Ayatollahzadeh Jan 2004

What Is The Nature Of Emergent Literacy In Iran?, Mahboobeh Ayatollahzadeh

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The purpose of this study was to explore the process of emerging literacy development in young Iranian children, and it was explored through naturalistic observation of the children's activities at home. The study aimed to determine the main elements of Iranian children's activities at home, literacy tools present in Iranian homes, and the culturally specific literacy experiences of Iranian children. The participants were 48 children ages 2, 2.5, and 3 years, who lived in Tehran and did not attend preschool or a day care center. The mothers of these children are also considered to be participants in the study. The …

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Standards, Policies And Cultural Pluralism Promoting Strategies For Achieving Competitive Advantage Supporting The Future Of Information Technology, Gary D. Clarke Jan 2004

Standards, Policies And Cultural Pluralism Promoting Strategies For Achieving Competitive Advantage Supporting The Future Of Information Technology, Gary D. Clarke

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As standards and policies in Information Technology continue to develop globally, the Internet is becoming the primary vehicle for worldwide electronic commerce. Various organizations such as the ITU (International Telecommunication Union), GIIC (Global Information Infrastructure Commission), NII (National Information Infrastructure), NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology), OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development), IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,) and the European Union, to name just a few, have strived to develop standards and policies to promote and protect consumers and organizations that conduct business on the Internet. Many challenges exist, such as computing standards, taxation, security, privacy …

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The Usability Of Online Payroll Marketing Websites., Maria Stella Plutino Jan 2004

The Usability Of Online Payroll Marketing Websites., Maria Stella Plutino

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Payroll processing companies grow by acquiring new clients. Potential clients may base part of their decision on which company to use by evaluating the usability and functionality of its website. It is therefore important for these companies to design the marketing portion of their websites to attract new customers and give the potential customers the confidence that the site will provide a sufficient level of functionality and will have good attributes of usability. Once the customer engages the services of the company it is likely that the relationship will be based on the marketing portion of the site and likely …

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Use Of Electric Money In Japan, Tomoaki Miura Jan 2004

Use Of Electric Money In Japan, Tomoaki Miura

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This paper will take a look at electric money and demonstrate that it cannot entirely replace cash in Japan. With the progress of Information Technology (IT), Electronic Commerce (EC, e-commerce) has recently expanded into the society in Japan. However, since Japan is still a developing nation in IT, the government has decided to advance the plan "eJapan" in 2001 that aims to make Japan the leading IT nation in the world within five years with all of the citizens actively using IT (IT Square, 2003). In the plan, the government has largely focused on five projects, which are the construction …

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Data Hiding In Images Based On Fractal Modulation And Diversity Combining, Sarat B. Atluri Jan 2004

Data Hiding In Images Based On Fractal Modulation And Diversity Combining, Sarat B. Atluri

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The current work provides a new data-embedding infrastructure based on fractal modulation. The embedding problem is tackled from a communications point of view. The data to be embedded becomes the signal to be transmitted through a watermark channel. The channel could be the image itself or some manipulation of the image. The image self noise and noise due to attacks are the two sources of noise in this paradigm. At the receiver, the image self noise has to be suppressed, while noise due to the attacks may sometimes be predicted and inverted. The concepts of fractal modulation and deterministic self-similar …

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Interdisciplinary Collaboration In Graphic Design, Jill M. Kepler Jan 2004

Interdisciplinary Collaboration In Graphic Design, Jill M. Kepler

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Using System Call Analysis To Stop Evasion Attacks In Anomaly Based Intrusion Detection System, Ashish Liladhar Samant Jan 2004

Using System Call Analysis To Stop Evasion Attacks In Anomaly Based Intrusion Detection System, Ashish Liladhar Samant

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Intrusion Detection Systems (IDSs) that operate on the principle of system call monitoring are known to be susceptible to mimicry or evasion attacks. It has been shown that an intelligent adversary armed with comprehensive knowledge of the target system or network, can penetrate these targets, hide his presence from the IDS, and continue to carry out damage. IDSs, which use system calls to define normal behavior, often leave out complimentary information about them, and intruders use precisely this drawback, to deceive the IDS. This thesis investigates the vulnerabilities of a system call based IDS and carries out a theoretical and …

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Effective Crisis Intervention In The School: The Role Of Training, Experience, And Self-Efficacy On School Psychologists' Ability To Intervene, Erica J. Deming Jan 2004

Effective Crisis Intervention In The School: The Role Of Training, Experience, And Self-Efficacy On School Psychologists' Ability To Intervene, Erica J. Deming

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School psychologists' graduate and post-graduate preparation, intervention experience, and self-efficacy regarding crisis intervention services were investigated. A national survey was mailed to members of the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) that resulted in a return rate of 38%. Demographic statistics indicated that a majority of school psychologists received at least some preservice crisis intervention training; however, 82.6% do not feel that this adequately prepared them to provide crisis intervention. Experience ratings suggested that school psychologists have little to no experience with gangs, weapons, gun control, natural disasters, and dealing with the media during a crisis. Chrildren's dealing with the …

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Moving From Responsible Care Codes To Rc 14001 Management Systems: An Analysis Of Effects On Activities That Impact Regulatory Compliance And Ehs Performance, Liliana Yohonn Jan 2004

Moving From Responsible Care Codes To Rc 14001 Management Systems: An Analysis Of Effects On Activities That Impact Regulatory Compliance And Ehs Performance, Liliana Yohonn

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This study aims to identify how the implementation of an Environmental Management System (EMS), designed to meet the requirements of the Responsible Care 14001:2002 Technical Specification, impacts the activities associated with compliance and improved environmental, health and safety performance.

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Electronic Properties Study Of Sensitizing Centers In Chemical Sensitization, Ji Tan Jan 2004

Electronic Properties Study Of Sensitizing Centers In Chemical Sensitization, Ji Tan

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Reduction sensitization, sulfur sensitization and sulfur-plus-gold sensitization are the

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Hamchilla And Kill Monkey Otaru In: The Island Of Dr. Gno, Gregory J. Dorman Jan 2004

Hamchilla And Kill Monkey Otaru In: The Island Of Dr. Gno, Gregory J. Dorman

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A descriptive narration of a project to create an animated film, "Hamchilla and Kill Monkey Otaru in: The Island of Dr. Gno." Includes proposal, character art, budget, storyboard, production stills, two versions of a script, and character sketches

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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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Can B2g Portals Be Used Effectively To Stimulate Business In Smes?: A Case Analysis Of The 2cities Business To Government Portal, Ian Martinus Jan 2004

Can B2g Portals Be Used Effectively To Stimulate Business In Smes?: A Case Analysis Of The 2cities Business To Government Portal, Ian Martinus

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have many options when purchasing goods or services. These include personal contacts and networks, familiar centralised supply sources and other ad hoc means. One purchasing possibility is to buy from and sell to other businesses within a similar geographic area. The benefits of buying and selling locally may not occur to SMEs. They seek, like other consumers, to get value for money, fast and efficient service, and a reasonable level of quality. Many factors can impinge upon an SME's decision to purchase locally. It can be assumed that, given a reasonable local option, SMEs wish …

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The Construction Of A Business English Curriculum, Relevant To The Workplace, And Making Use Of Word Processing In Place Of Handwriting, Ladawan Wattanaboot Jan 2004

The Construction Of A Business English Curriculum, Relevant To The Workplace, And Making Use Of Word Processing In Place Of Handwriting, Ladawan Wattanaboot

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

Since the Thailand economic crisis in 1997 there has been a sense of urgency expressed in many areas of the society that businesses must modernize their practices and focus more on international trade and communication. Two important components of the changes required are better use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and better use of the English language for business communication. In the education arena this has translated into the need to provide graduates with better skills in the use of English and computers. These two skill areas come together naturally in the study of Business English. In Thailand Rajabhat …

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Compatibility Of A Western Systemic Approach For Handling Complex, Pluralist And Coercive Problems In Developing Countries: A Case Study Of Micro Satellite Development In Indonesia, Alexander Sudibyo Jan 2004

Compatibility Of A Western Systemic Approach For Handling Complex, Pluralist And Coercive Problems In Developing Countries: A Case Study Of Micro Satellite Development In Indonesia, Alexander Sudibyo

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

In this era of globalization, there has been much western investment in the eastern world, increasing the number of large projects financed by internal and foreign investments. It was thought a challenging proposition to investigate whether systemic approaches could be used in eastern developing countries that are in transition between Toffler’s first (agricultural focused) and second (industrial centered) waves of economic development.

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A Public Survey On Electroconvulsive Therapy, Serene P. Teh Jan 2004

A Public Survey On Electroconvulsive Therapy, Serene P. Teh

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

Health care professionals have debated the use and effects of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for more than 65 years. Yet, the attitudes towards, and knowledge about, ECT have not been thoroughly researched within the Australian community. There is also little empirical research documenting ECT recipient characteristics, the number of ECT administrations and the number of patients treated. This study aimed to develop an Australian perspective on: (1) the level of Public knowledge about and attitudes towards ECT and (2) the practice of ECT. The objectives were achieved through the development of questionnaires, and the distribution of these questionnaires to the public …

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Women's Perceptions Of Safety : Cctv In An Inner City Setting, Kate Hancock Jan 2004

Women's Perceptions Of Safety : Cctv In An Inner City Setting, Kate Hancock

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

To date, most research on closed circuit television (CCTV) has come out of the United Kingdom (UK) where the growth of CCTV has reached immense proportions with wide support and funding from the Home Office. There are 33 systems operating in Australia, with the focus of this research on the first system installed in Perth, Western Australia in 1991. There is a dearth of information on CCTV in Australia, and little research looking at the link between CCTV, women’s safety and fear of crime. The literature on fear of crime shows that women are more fearful than men even though …

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Is A Knowledge Based Value Network An Effective Model For Implementing E-Government?, Greg Robins Jan 2004

Is A Knowledge Based Value Network An Effective Model For Implementing E-Government?, Greg Robins

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

Is a knowledge based value network an effective model for implementing e-government? E-Government is a vision of how public sector organisations will govern, serve citizens, and interact with business partners, their employees, and other Government organisations. The “e” in e-Government represents a move to fully integrated, secure, on-demand accessible electronic Government that will: • improve integrated service delivery • provide universal citizen access • begin to enhance traditional Government structures and processes • support new Government products and services by relying on the emergence and convergence of new technologies • improve effectiveness Electronic commerce (e-commerce) has fundamentally changed the way …

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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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Openness In The Face Of Systemic Constraints On Science, Public Participation, And The Western Australian Regional Forest Agreement, Martin Brueckner Jan 2004

Openness In The Face Of Systemic Constraints On Science, Public Participation, And The Western Australian Regional Forest Agreement, Martin Brueckner

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

The aim of this thesis is to explore the role of science and public participation in environmental policy-making processes in Australia. To this end, I analyse the Western Australian Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) process, a recent Australian Federal Government initiative designed to resolve a longstanding dispute over native forest use and management. Theoretically underpinned by an open systems approach, the thesis employs a case study method for the analysis of the RFA process, using data from three distinct sources; interviews, RFA-related literature, and media content. The analysis of the RFA occurs against the historical background to this policy process and …

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A Generalised Feedforward Neural Network Architecture And Its Applications To Classification And Regression, Ganesh Arulampalam Jan 2004

A Generalised Feedforward Neural Network Architecture And Its Applications To Classification And Regression, Ganesh Arulampalam

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

Shunting inhibition is a powerful computational mechanism that plays an important role in sensory neural information processing systems. It has been extensively used to model some important visual and cognitive functions. It equips neurons with a gain control mechanism that allows them to operate as adaptive non-linear filters. Shunting Inhibitory Artificial Neural Networks (SIANNs) are biologically inspired networks where the basic synaptic computations are based on shunting inhibition. SIANNs were designed to solve difficult machine learning problems by exploiting the inherent non-linearity mediated by shunting inhibition. The aim was to develop powerful, trainable networks, with non-linear decision surfaces, for classification …

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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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Quality Management In Australian Higher Education : A Critical Review, Trudi Cooper Jan 2004

Quality Management In Australian Higher Education : A Critical Review, Trudi Cooper

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

Quality management in higher education is a politically contentious issue in Australia. as it is in North America, New Zealand, and many European countries. The Australian government has instituted a quality management system for higher education that it claims will improve university efficiency, accountability and quality. Critics assert that the current quality management system is detrimental to universities and undermines the capability of universities to deliver maximal benefits to individuals and to society. Evaluation of the basis of conflicting claims is necessary to enable decisions about the usefulness of current practices and decisions about whether existing quality management arrangements should …

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