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Mans, Leslie Nicole. "Literary Characteristics: How Book Series Characteristics Increase Reading Motivation." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1336765999.
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Chartier, Raymond E. "Composite shiptrack characteristics." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1995. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA303153.
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Galushko, K. S. "Poynting vector characteristics." Thesis, БДМУ, 2020. http://dspace.bsmu.edu.ua:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/18319.
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Weaver, Sallie J. "Characteristics for success predicting intervention effectiveness with the job characteristics model /." Orlando, Fla. : University of Central Florida, 2008. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0002040.
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Weaver, Sallie. "CHARACTERISTICS FOR SUCCESS: PREDICTING INTERVENTION EFFECTIVENESS WITH THE JOB CHARACTERISTICS MODEL." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2008. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/2697.
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The current study examines the effects of the five core job characteristics (skill variety, task significance, task identity, autonomy, and feedback) proposed by Hackman-Oldham (1974) at the team level by investigating whether the model variables are related to the effectiveness of a motivationally-based team-level productivity enhancement intervention. Previous literature has almost exclusively focused on the effects of these job characteristics at the individual level and their direct relationships with employee attitudes and subjective measures of performance. This thesis aims to further the job characteristics literature by exploring the effects of the characteristics at the team level, as well as the moderating effect of the team construct of value congruence, while simultaneously exploring boundary conditions of the Productivity Measurement and Enhancement System (ProMES) developed by Pritchard (1990). Hypotheses postulated a negative relationship between the characteristics and intervention effectiveness; such that effectiveness is negatively impacted when the characteristics already exist at high levels. Results, though non-significant, are tenatively suggestive of this counter-intuitive negative relationship between four of the characteristics and intervention effectiveness. Value congruence between team leaders and members was not a significant moderator of the relationship between the characteristics and effectiveness. Results suggest that a more powerful study to further parse out these relationships would be valuable. iiiM.S.
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McIntire, Donald H. "Determinants of parenting stress : child characteristics, parent characteristics, and contextual factors /." The Ohio State University, 1991. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487687485809021.
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Lane, Ely Thomas. "GEOSPATIAL APPROACH TO PREDICTING CLIMBER IMPACTS AS A FUNCTION OF CLIMB CHARACTERISTICS (CHANGING USE, SITE CHARACTERISTICS, AND USER CHARACTERISTICS)." OpenSIUC, 2016. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/1978.
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Rock climbing is undergoing unexpectedly rapid growth across the United States and around the world. Industry estimations in the late 1990’s put the number of recreational rock climbers in the United States in the 400,000 range. In 2013, estimates placed the rock climbing population as larger than eleven million active climbers, an apparent expansion of two orders of magnitude in about twenty years. As the number of rock climbers utilizing protected areas to further their recreation goals increases, so goes the associated impacts those recreationists can have on the resources. From what is known about recreation impacts to soil and vegetative cover, these impacts grow non-linearly with the amount of use, but asymptotically compared to the number of users. In an era of difficult resource management budgeting and staffing, this use-impact dynamic can grow unchecked. Therefore, this thesis seeks to map existing climbs in a developed climbing area and combine those spatial data with user attribute data towards generating a predictive suitability map for climbs. As climbing grows in popularity, land managers and climbing advocacy organizations both stand to benefit from clearer understanding of the processes driving climb site location selection and ultimately the characteristics observed about the climbing routes created. Resource management is comparatively slow and hemmed in by regulation and planning requirements. What makes a particular area suitable for rock climbing route development is the end result of an extended career as a technical rock climber. A skilled rock climber would be able to explain why a particular site might be better or less suited for climbing development. However most land managers are not experienced rock climbers, requiring the investigation for indicators that would be discernable by a novice. Therefore, the need to link managers and activity participants is great, considering this knowledge gap we ask the question: “To what extent can onsite and user-defined climb characteristics be used to model location and extent of climbing routes’ development by climbers?” Distances (2-dimensional centroid-to-centroid) between climb sites’ areas of impact, associated approach trail, and ingress/egress points of the canyon area were computed to subsequently determine correlative relationships between number of bolts, as well as horizontal 2-dimensional linear distance between adjacent climbs. Non-spatial attributes of each climb were also assessed for correlations with the above spatial characteristics of each climb. There were statistical correlations found between the difference in climb quality ratings and the distance to nearest climbs as well as correlations between clustering of climbs and their quality rating. This combined with a willingness to travel the farthest distance possible in the area to reach high quality climbs has many resource management implications both for land managers and users.
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Rasque, Sara Samantha. "Assessment of the Memorial Student Center staff on high performance leadership characteristics evaluation of twelve leadership characteristics and the creation of a leadership performance characteristic instrument /." Online version, 2001. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2001/2001rasques.pdf.
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Clements, Andrea D., Kellye Lingerfelt, and Wallace E. Jr Dixon. "Relationships Among Temperament Characteristics of Adolescents Born Prematurely and Maternal Temperament Characteristics." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2008. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/7285.
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Stahl, Jessica Vogel. "Characteristics of natural helpers." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/1960.
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Thesis (M.A.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2005.Thesis research directed by: Psychology. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Larsson, Lisa. "Characteristics of Production Innovation." Licentiate thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Innovation och Design, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-63023.
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Today firms must maintain high levels of efficiency, quality control, customer responsiveness and speed, but even the full set of these attributes is not sufficient for sustainable competitive advantage. A further challenging requirement is to innovate successfully, not only in product development but also in production. Traditionally, innovation is regarded as successful product development, and delivering innovative products of sufficient quality at a reasonable price is seen as the primary means of acquiring and maintaining competitiveness. In this context, the role of production development is simply to provide production solutions required for the realization of new products. However, production development (sometimes called ‘production improvement’ or ‘process innovation in production’) may also involve continuous incremental or radical improvement of current production processes or systems in terms of productivity, cost, speed, quality, and/or flexibility. Previous research provides a rather narrow view of production development, largely ignoring value creation, which obscures its importance for organizations. Due to the lack of attention to innovativeness in production development, limited effort is also made to understand how to manage production development projects as innovation processes, where the emphasis is on obtaining value. This retards progress and restrains organizations’ competitiveness, and to some extent the potential social benefits (such as increases in sustainability) of new production technologies. Thus, the primary objective of the research this thesis is based upon was to increase understanding of distinguishing features and valuable outcomes of production innovation, together with challenges in managing production innovation processes. Data underlying this research were collected through case studies of development projects in firms operating in several industries. The research findings show that the pursued outcomes of production innovation are mainly cost reductions and increases in quality. Nevertheless, production innovation also contributes with expansion of product design space, and strengthening innovation capabilities, which in themselves provide sustainable competitive advantage. Further, production innovation is highly dependent on successful implementation – a complex endeavour involving internal organization, external customers and other actors contributing to the production system. Organizations lack support for capturing, prioritization, decision making and resource allocation in production innovation processes, a topic that warrants further research.
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Domann, Michael. "Characteristics of spray unsteadiness." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.268873.
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Savic, Sasha. "Liquid fuel spray characteristics." Thesis, University of Brighton, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.324470.
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Pritchard, J. "Thermal characteristics of calves." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.383680.
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Caldwell, Paul Edward. "Characteristics of Sulfobacillus species." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.441691.
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Yang, Shaoyong. "Cryogenic characteristics of IGBTs." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2005. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/896/.
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Applications are now starting to emerge for superconducting devices in the areas of electrical power conversion and management, for example superconducting windings for marine propulsion motors, superconducting fault current limiters and superconducting magnet energy storage (SMES). Many of these applications also require power electronics, and it is therefore timely to consider the possibility of locating the power electronics in the cryosystem with the superconducting devices. Although significant work has been undertaken on the cryogenic operation of small devices, little has been published on larger devices, particularly the IGBT. This therefore forms the focus of this study. To examine the cryogenic performance of the sample devices, a cryo-system consisting of a cold chamber, a helium-filled compressor and vacuum pumps was built. Static, gate charge and switching tests were carried out on three types of IGBT modules, PT (punch-through), NPT (non-punch-through) and IGBT3 respectively, in the temperature range of 50 to 300 K. The switching tests were undertaken at 600V and up to 110 A. A physically based, compact level-1 model was selected to model the cryogenic performance of the IGBTs. A generic Saber power diode model with reverse recovery was selected to model the diode cryogenic performance. Close correspondence was demonstrated between the models and experimental results over the temperature range of 50- 300 K. Saber simulation was used to examine the cryogenic performance of a DC-DC step-down converter and a pulse-width modulated inverter leg, in which the temperature-dependent power device models developed in the modelling work were used. The simulation results showed that standard power electronic circuits using standard devices could work much more efficiently at low temperatures, for example, the efficiency of the DC-DC converter working at 50 kHz being increased from 90.0% at room temperature to 97.0% at 50 K.
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Yu, D. B. (Daniel Byungyoon) 1976. "Electronic characteristics of SQUIDs." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/10148.
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Thomson, Hilary Elizabeth. "Ignition characteristics of plastics." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/13123.
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Wrightson, Jody House. "Intrapersonal Characteristics of Rhetoric /." The Ohio State University, 1995. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487929230740438.
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Tagawa, Miho. "Characteristics of pachychoroid neovasculopathy." Doctoral thesis, Kyoto University, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/263548.
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Hall, Bryan T. "Characteristics of Aversive Racism." TopSCHOLAR®, 2008. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/33/.
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Seo, Yong Seok. "Comparison of slotline characteristics." Thesis, Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 1990. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA236685.
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Thesis (M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 1990.Thesis Advisor(s): Janaswamy, Ramakrishna. Second Reader: Knorr, Jeffrey B. "June 1990." Description based on title page as viewed on October 16, 2009. DTIC Identifier(s): Slot Lines, Bilateral Slotlines, Asymmetric Slotlines, Computer Programs, Slot Antennas. Author(s) subject terms: Characteristics of Single-Sided Slotline, Bilateral Slotline, Asymmetric Slotline. Includes bibliographical references (p. 41-42). Also available in print.
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Boer, Lonneke de. "Characteristics of Sotos syndrome /." Linden, 2005. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb402233285.
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Motamarri, Sri Vani Sirisha. "Dowel-concrete contact characteristics." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2003. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=3032.
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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2003.Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains xiv, 114 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 102-104).
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Matlock, Charles Henry. "Characteristics of ministerial maturity /." Free full text is available to ORU patrons only; click to view:, 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/oru/fullcit?p3114252.
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Vout, Paul T. "B.O.T. with Chinese characteristics." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 1999. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/28046.
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China's BOT program is important because China suffers a dearth of infrastructure particularly in the areas of water and waste water treatment, roads and airports, which pure government funding will not be able to meet in the medium to long term. Thus, if China is to continue to develop, and its people to prosper, it must adopt a successful model for attracting private and, in particular, foreign private capital. China's experimental BOT program is an attempt to do just that.
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NG, Ho Yin. "Cellular Characteristics of Lymphangioleiomyomatosis." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9510.
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Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare lung disease in young women. Dysfunction of the tuberous sclerosis gene complex (TSC)-1 and TSC2 contributes to the manifestations of enhanced proliferation and migration of smooth muscle-like cells (LAM cells), elevated matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) activity and increased lymphangiogenesis. Currently there is no effective treatment for this fatal disease. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of potential pharmacotherapies (doxycycline, statins and lamstatin) in targeting the different pathological aspects of LAM. Studies in this thesis examined the effects of doxycycline in human LAM cells and in a cellular model for LAM. Doxycycline had no effect on cell proliferation, but reduced elevated MMP2 activity, migratory capability and wound closure. In addition, doxycycline reduced cell migration through the inhibition of RhoA-GTPase and focal adhesion kinase (FAK), proteins that are involved in the regulation of cell motility. These findings were extended to show that the combination of doxycycline and rapamycin (inhibitor of the mammalian target of rapamycin compelx 1 [mTORC1] which is a potent inhibitor of cell proliferation) exhibited an additive effect on the inhibition of wound closure compared to the individual drugs alone. MMP profiles in people with LAM were also examined and confirmed previous findings of elevated serum MMP2 and MMP9. In addition elevated serum levels of MMP1 and MMP3 were identified. The effectiveness of statins as a treatment for LAM was examined in studies which investigated their effects on the enhanced proliferation, migration, wound closure and MMP2 activity in TSC2-deficient cells. All parameters were reduced by simvastatin and fluvastatin. The anti-lymphangiogenic protein lamstatin (NC1 domain of collagen IV α5) is absent in the lungs of people with LAM. Results showed that lamstatin and its consensus peptide, CP17 inhibited the proliferation, migration and wound closure in a cellular model of LAM. These studies have enhanced our understanding of the disease mechanisms underlying LAM and have revealed potential molecular targets for future therapy in this disease.
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Humphrey, Keren Marie. "Characteristics of family therapists." W&M ScholarWorks, 1988. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539618493.
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The purpose of this study was to explore and describe certain psychosocial characteristics of family therapists according to different theoretical orientations within the family systems field. The characteristics examined were psychological type preference, personality factors, and the occurrence of loss/transition events in the family of origin.;A review of the literature revealed a lack of research on family therapists. Additionally, there has been very little research done on family of origin experiences of therapists in general, and of family therapists, specifically.;The sample for this study consisted of 77 family therapists from across the United States and Canada representing Satir's Process model, Minuchin's Structural model, and Bowen's Systems model. Ss were chosen by major advocates of the particular models based on their training in and reflection of the principles of that model. All Ss completed an instrument package containing a Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, an Adjective Check List, a Nodal Events Survey, and a Client Information Form. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was conducted on the results of four scales of the MBTI (using continuous scores) and ten scales of the Adjective Check List. Data gathered from the Client Information Form and Nodal Events Survey were reported according to descriptive statistics.;Data from the MBTI indicated that 59.2% of the total Ss were Introverted types and 89.9% were Intuitive types. Results from the MBTI revealed that Systems model Ss were significantly different (p. {dollar}<{dollar}.05) from Ss from the Process and Structural models in their strong orientation toward Thinking on the Thinking-Feeling scale. Additionally, Systems model Ss were significantly different (p {dollar}<{dollar}.05) from Process model Ss in their orientation toward Judging on the Judging-Perceiving scale. Statistical significance was not reached on the ten scales from the Adjective Check List. There were few remarkable events or differences in the loss/transition events in family of origin experiences of Ss.;Demographic data indicated that Ss across the three models were primarily from families of 3-5 siblings. Process model Ss were most frequently youngest siblings, while Structural model and Systems model Ss were most frequently oldest siblings.
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Garces, Eleanore Lee, and Judith Kay Russell. "Characteristics of reentry women." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2002. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2125.
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This study looked at the potential reentry-aged women employed by the San Bernardino County Department of Children's Service. It identified the characteristics, motivations, needs and barriers of the reentry age female student. This study explored the reasons why some SBCDCS reentry-aged workers choose to further their education, while others do not.
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Trombly, Catherine A. "Characteristics of reaching poststroke." Thesis, Boston University, 1991. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/37171.
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Thesis (Sc.D.)--Boston UniversityPLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you.
Therapy to restore functional movement of stroke patients is based on assumptions about what deficits occur in motor control as a result of stroke. These assumptions are derived from observational studies of movement behavior. The success of therapy to restore voluntary movement has been limited, perhaps as a result of insufficient information concerning the characteristics of movement post stroke. Technology now exists to quantitatively describe the characteristics of movement behavior. In this study WATSMARTtm, a non-contact, optoelectric motion analysis system, was used in combination with surface electromyography to measure voluntary movement in the symptomatic and nonsymptomatic arms of five subjects with left hemiparesis as they attempted to reach to one of three targets placed to require movement inside and outside of extensor synergy. Each subject was tested five times over approximately a nine week period. Results indicated that the symptomatic arms were significantly less able to generate muscular activity and to move in a smooth coordinated way [execute the program] than the nonsymptomatic arms whose scores were essentially within normal limits. Target location made no significant difference to the speed or smoothness of movement, but did significantly affect level of muscle activity because of the biomechanical demands of each location. Over the two month period, there were no significant improvements in the nonaffected arms, as would be expected. In the affected arms, amplitude of peak velocity and sense of limb position significantly improved. Improved amplitude of peak velocity was related more to a decrease in the discontinuity of movement (r=-.49, p<.02), a sign of increased maturity of reach, than to electrical activity of the prime movers (anterior deltoid: r=.l9; biceps: r =.37, p<.05). Since the goals of therapy to restore functional movement are to reverse deficient aspects of movement, the findings suggest that strengthening and relearning of motor programs would be appropriate therapeutic goals for these patients. The effectiveness of therapy to actually reverse these deficits must, of course, be established in future studies.
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Vincent, Stephen James. "Ocular characteristics of anisometropia." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2011. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/47531/1/Stephen_Vincent_Thesis.pdf.
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Animal models of refractive error development have demonstrated that visual experience influences ocular growth. In a variety of species, axial anisometropia (i.e. a difference in the length of the two eyes) can be induced through unilateral occlusion, image degradation or optical manipulation. In humans, anisometropia may occur in isolation or in association with amblyopia, strabismus or unilateral pathology. Non-amblyopic myopic anisometropia represents an interesting anomaly of ocular growth, since the two eyes within one visual system have grown to different endpoints. These experiments have investigated a range of biometric, optical and mechanical properties of anisometropic eyes (with and without amblyopia) with the aim of improving our current understanding of asymmetric refractive error development.
In the first experiment, the interocular symmetry in 34 non-amblyopic myopic anisometropes (31 Asian, 3 Caucasian) was examined during relaxed accommodation. A high degree of symmetry was observed between the fellow eyes for a range of optical, biometric and biomechanical measurements. When the magnitude of anisometropia exceeded 1.75 D, the more myopic eye was almost always the sighting dominant eye. Further analysis of the optical and biometric properties of the dominant and non-dominant eyes was conducted to determine any related factors but no significant interocular differences were observed with respect to best-corrected visual acuity, corneal or total ocular aberrations during relaxed accommodation.
Given the high degree of symmetry observed between the fellow eyes during distance viewing in the first experiment and the strong association previously reported between near work and myopia development, the aim of the second experiment was to investigate the symmetry between the fellow eyes of the same 34 myopic anisometropes following a period of near work. Symmetrical changes in corneal and total ocular aberrations were observed following a short reading task (10 minutes, 2.5 D accommodation demand) which was attributed to the high degree of interocular symmetry for measures of anterior eye morphology, and corneal biomechanics. These changes were related to eyelid shape and position during downward gaze, but gave no clear indication of factors associated with near work that might cause asymmetric eye growth within an individual.
Since the influence of near work on eye growth is likely to be most obvious during, rather than following near tasks, in the third experiment the interocular symmetry of the optical and biometric changes was examined during accommodation for 11 myopic anisometropes. The changes in anterior eye biometrics associated with accommodation were again similar between the eyes, resulting in symmetrical changes in the optical characteristics. However, the more myopic eyes exhibited slightly greater amounts of axial elongation during accommodation which may be related to the force exerted by the ciliary muscle. This small asymmetry in axial elongation we observed between the eyes may be due to interocular differences in posterior eye structure, given that the accommodative response was equal between eyes. Using ocular coherence tomography a reduced average choroidal thickness was observed in the more myopic eyes compared to the less myopic eyes of these subjects. The interocular difference in choroidal thickness was correlated with the magnitude of spherical equivalent and axial anisometropia.
The symmetry in optics and biometrics between fellow eyes which have undergone significantly different visual development (i.e. anisometropic subjects with amblyopia) is also of interest with respect to refractive error development. In the final experiment the influence of altered visual experience upon corneal and ocular higher-order aberrations was investigated in 21 amblyopic subjects (8 refractive, 11 strabismic and 2 form deprivation). Significant differences in aberrations were observed between the fellow eyes, which varied according to the type of amblyopia. Refractive amblyopes displayed significantly higher levels of 4th order corneal aberrations (spherical aberration and secondary astigmatism) in the amblyopic eye compared to the fellow non-amblyopic eye. Strabismic amblyopes exhibited significantly higher levels of trefoil, a third order aberration, in the amblyopic eye for both corneal and total ocular aberrations. The results of this experiment suggest that asymmetric visual experience during development is associated with asymmetries in higher-order aberrations, proportional to the magnitude of anisometropia and dependent upon the amblyogenic factor. This suggests a direct link between the development of higher-order optical characteristics of the human eye and visual feedback.
The results from these experiments have shown that a high degree of symmetry exists between the fellow eyes of non-amblyopic myopic anisometropes for a range of biomechanical, biometric and optical parameters for different levels of accommodation and following near work. While a single specific optical or biomechanical factor that is consistently associated with asymmetric refractive error development has not been identified, the findings from these studies suggest that further research into the association between ocular dominance, choroidal thickness and higher-order aberrations with anisometropia may improve our understanding of refractive error development.
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Gmyrin, A. A. "Criminological characteristics of tax evasion." Thesis, Національний авіаційний університет, 2020. http://er.nau.edu.ua/handle/NAU/41673.
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In scientific research and practice, various instruments are used for the disclosure of the content of the crime, which include, for example, criminal law,forensic and criminological characteristics, each of which reveals the content of the subject matter of the study (crime, criminal activity) from its own special point of view. With regard to the criminal legal characteristic, it is of great importance for a complete and objective assessment of the act committed, as well as for determining the boundaries and scope of application of the criminal
law.In scientific research and practice, various instruments are used for the disclosure of the content of the crime, which include, for example, criminal law,forensic and criminological characteristics, each of which reveals the content of the subject matter of the study (crime, criminal activity) from its own special point of view. With regard to the criminal legal characteristic, it is of great importance for a complete and objective assessment of the act committed, as well as for determining the boundaries and scope of application of the criminal law.
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Armstrong, Douglas Bruce, University of Western Sydney, of Science Technology and Environment College, and School of Environment and Agriculture. "CEO characteristics, organisation characteristics, decision making and CBIS success in regional small business." THESIS_CSTE_EAG_Armstrong_D.xml, 2003. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/773.
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The research conducted for this thesis had two broad aims. The first was to provide descriptive information about the use of computer-based information systems (CBIS) in regional small business. The second of the aims was to examine the relationships among key constructs identified from the literature and to explore how they contributed to predicting CBIS success in regional small business.In the second phase of the analysis, Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) was used to examine the factorial constructs underlying the data. Constructs were identified that measured CEO characteristics, two measuring organisational characteristics, four measuring aspects of decision-making, and five measuring perceived CBIS success. Correlations among the constructs were examined prior to relationships among the constructs being explored using hierarchical regression analysis. The constructs were also examined in a single measurement model to determine their collective effect and relationships with the constructs measuring CBIS success based on structural equation modelling. Notwithstanding the limitations of the research, it resulted in the identification of relationships among key variables that predict CBIS success. The identification of items associated with decision-making processes, and the identification of the factorial constructs underlying the data is a major contribution to a portion of the literature that was non-existent. The final measurement model is also a significant contribution in identifying and specifying the relationships constructs measuring CEO characteristics, organisational characteristics, decision-making and CBIS success in regional small business.Doctor of Philosphy (PhD)
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Edmonds, Melody K. "Influence of Student Characteristics, Class Size, and Instructor Characteristics in Online Student Success." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2021. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3865.
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The purpose of this non-experimental quantitative case study was to compare the academic success of community college students over three academic years (2016-17 through 2018-19) before the onset of COVID-19 based on final grades and the influence of student factors, class size, and faculty characteristics using archival data from selected online and on-ground classes at a Middle Tennessee community college. Student factors reviewed include gender, full-time or part-time status, and age (traditional or non-traditional status). Instructor characteristics reviewed included full-time or part-time (adjunct) teaching status and tenure or non-tenure status of faculty. Institutional data for this study consisted of 44,568 student records comprising 34,006 on-ground classes and 10,562 online classes. For the percentages provided, audit and incomplete or missing data were excluded. In this study, the mean grade point average (GPA) of all students with prior GPAs was 2.7. Unique student registrations totaled 13,400 students and unique instructors totaled 198. Eight research questions were answered from these data using Chi-square statistical tests. The final study showed a variety of results. When comparing student success for online and on-ground, online students were generally more likely to be successful, while on-ground students were generally more likely to be unsuccessful. In online courses, female students, part-time students, and non-traditional students were more likely to be successful. Class sizes fewer than 11 were generally more likely to produce successful students. Successful students were generally more likely to be taught by full-time faculty and tenured faculty.
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Velinov, Emil Iordanov. "ORGANISATION LIFE CYCLE AND COUNTRY SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS IMPACT ON TOP MANAGEMENT TEAM CHARACTERISTICS." Doctoral thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-191799.
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The dissertation examines the impact of Organizational Life Cycle (OLC) and the Country Socio Economic Characteristics (CSEC) on Top Management Team (TMT) Characteristics. The dissertation first elaborates and establishes the theoretical link between Organization Life Cycle, Country Socio-Economic Characteristics and characteristics of TMT. Second, a quantitative empirical study is conducted to test the OLC phases and CSEC impact on the TMT characteristics through characteristics. The dissertation outlines a detailed research methodology based on the state-of-art in the area of OLC, TMT and CSEC that will be implemented to answer the key research questions in regards to the scope of the doctoral thesis. Data set is collected from the 300 largest Swiss, German and Czech companies at year-end 2011, including detailed data on the country socio economic characteristics and career backgrounds of all TMT members (executive boards) at these companies at the end of 2011. A detailed procedure is developed to accurately classify organizations at different lifecycle phases, drawing extensively on existing literature and scales. Multilevel data analysis techniques are employed to understand how the different organization lifecycle phases influence both the level of TMT characteristics as well as changes in TMT composition and diversity due to inbound and outbound mobility of top managers over time. Substantial research synergies and knowledge transfer effects expected to emanate from this dissertation. In the dissertation regression and correlation analysis are applied for each phase of the companies' OLC in Switzerland, Germany and the Czech Republic. The dissertation states that more mature the company is more diversified the TMT are regardless the country. Also, the country impact has its own role in the relationship between the OLC and TMT characteristics which is expressed by the findings that Switzerland and Germany are more diversified than the Czech Republic in terms of TMT characteristics as gender diversity, age diversity, nationality diversity, education background of the TMTs, TMT dominant functions and TMT career length. The doctoral thesis contributes to the research by revealing relationships between TMT, CSEC and OLC theories. Also it develops methods and techniques for finding the interconnections between the OLC phases, CSEC with the TMT characteristics and the dissertation outlines the future research gaps in the area of TMT.
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Armstrong, Douglas Bruce. "CEO characteristics, organisation characteristics, decision making and CBIS success in regional small business." Thesis, View thesis, 2003. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/773.
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The research conducted for this thesis had two broad aims. The first was to provide descriptive information about the use of computer-based information systems (CBIS) in regional small business. The second of the aims was to examine the relationships among key constructs identified from the literature and to explore how they contributed to predicting CBIS success in regional small business.In the second phase of the analysis, Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) was used to examine the factorial constructs underlying the data. Constructs were identified that measured CEO characteristics, two measuring organisational characteristics, four measuring aspects of decision-making, and five measuring perceived CBIS success. Correlations among the constructs were examined prior to relationships among the constructs being explored using hierarchical regression analysis. The constructs were also examined in a single measurement model to determine their collective effect and relationships with the constructs measuring CBIS success based on structural equation modelling. Notwithstanding the limitations of the research, it resulted in the identification of relationships among key variables that predict CBIS success. The identification of items associated with decision-making processes, and the identification of the factorial constructs underlying the data is a major contribution to a portion of the literature that was non-existent. The final measurement model is also a significant contribution in identifying and specifying the relationships constructs measuring CEO characteristics, organisational characteristics, decision-making and CBIS success in regional small business.
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Armstrong, Douglas Bruce. "CEO characteristics, organisation characteristics, decision making and CBIS success in regional small business /." View thesis, 2003. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20040618.095159/index.html.
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Goosen, Christian Johan. "The impact of job and organisational characteristics on engagement at work in a petrochemical company / Christian Johan Goosen." Thesis, North-West University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/4614.
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In today's tough economic environment, companies are forced to work more efficiently and effectively with the resources they have at their disposal. At the same time companies are struggling to attract and retain good people with the necessary attributes and skills in order for them to remain competitive. The challenge today is not just retaining talented people, but fully engaging them, capturing their minds and hearts at each stage of their work lives. Employee engagement has emerged as a critical driver of business success in today's competitive marketplace. Further, employee engagement can be a deciding factor in organisational success. Not only does engagement have the potential to significantly affect employee retention, productivity and loyalty, it is also a key link to customer satisfaction, company reputation and overall stakeholder value.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether job and organisational characteristics have an impact on work engagement. Weak correlation was found between the four aspects of Job and organisational characteristics namely: the Position the company holds in the industry, Own and company objectives, Environmental factors and Commitment or social responsibility position the company takes and the three aspects of Engagement namely Vigour, Dedication and practically significant correlation coefficients of large effect between Vigour on the one hand and Dedication and Absorption on the other hand. Practically significant correlation coefficients of large effect between Dedication on the one hand and Absorption on the other hand. Practically significant correlation coefficients of medium effect between Absorption on the one hand and Own and company objectives was found.
After controlling for work engagement at baseline, only four of the dimensions tested between Job and organisational characteristics and Engagement were statistically significant. No positive association could be found between Job and organisational characteristics and Work Engagement. The findings are noteworthy in that all the aspects of Job and organisational characteristics do not lead to Engagement thus no evidence was found that Job and organisational characteristics could stimulate Work Engagement.Thesis (M.B.A.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011.
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Noor, Md A. H. "The torsional characteristics of fibrous strands." Thesis, University of Leeds, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.379561.
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Lange, Lorraine S. "The prediction of student achievement in reading and math from characteristics of principals, characteristics of teachers and school programs, and characteristics of families." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53565.
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Among the factors affecting the quality of education in schools are characteristics of principals, characteristics of teachers and programs, and characteristics of families. In this study of 80 schools in Virginia, composite fourth-grade reading and math scores, calculated by taking the mean of total reading and math scores for three years (83-85), were regressed on three sets of variables representing these factors. Each set of variables was entered as a block, and all orders of entry were systematically explored.
When characteristics of families were entered first, they accounted for 56 percent of the variance in reading scores and 35 percent of the variance in math scores. The change in R² was not significant when each of the remaining blocks were entered. Order of entry had no effect; characteristics of families were the only variables that produced a statistically significant R square, regardless of order.
Both variables comprising characteristics of families produced significant partial regression coefficients. The coefficients for percentage of students in the school receiving free or reduced-price lunch were -.632 (p< .00) for reading and -.539 (p < .00) for math. The coefficients for percentage membership in the school‘s organization for parents were .077 (p< .05) for reading and .101 (p < .05) for math.
Characteristics of principals and characteristics of teachers and programs, as measured in this study, did not have an effect on student achievement in reading or math above their combined effects with characteristics of families. Obviously, principals, teachers, and programs do have an effect on student achievement; however, the specific variables used in this study to measure these characteristics were unable to capture these effects.Ed. D.
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Cassaigneau, Guillaume. "Characteristics of ETF's on Commodities." St. Gallen, 2008. http://www.biblio.unisg.ch/org/biblio/edoc.nsf/wwwDisplayIdentifier/02604411002/$FILE/02604411002.pdf.
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Al-Khairy, Mohamed Ali. "Acoustic characteristics of Arabic fricatives." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2005. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0011399.
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Fiehler, Katja. "Temporospatial characteristics of error correction /." Leipzig ; München : MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, 2004. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=013077731&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.
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Avsar, Casatay. "Breakage Characteristics Of Cement Components." Phd thesis, METU, 2003. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/587147/index.pdf.
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The production of multi-component cement from clinker and two additives such as trass and blast furnace slag has now spread throughout the world. These additives are generally interground with clinker to produce a composite cement of specified surface area. The grinding stage is of great importance as it accounts for a major portion of the total energy consumed in cement production and also as it affects the quality of composite cements by the particle size distribution of the individual additives produced during grinding.
This thesis study was undertaken to characterize the breakage properties of clinker and the additives trass and slag with the intention of delineating their grinding properties in separate and intergrinding modes. Single particle breakage tests were conducted by means of a drop weight tester in order to define an inherent grindability for the clinker and trass samples in terms of the median product size ( ). In addition, a back-calculation procedure was applied to obtain the breakage rate parameters ( ) of perfect mixing ball mill model using industrial data from a cement plant. Kinetic and locked-cycle grinding tests were performed in a standard Bond mill to determine breakage rates and distribution functions for clinker, trass and slag. Bond work indices of these cement components and of their binary and ternary mixtures were determined and compared. Attempts were made to use back-calculated grinding rate parameters to simulate the Bond grindability test.
The self-similarity law was proved to be true for clinker and trass that their shapes of the self-similarity curves are unique to the feed material and independent of the grinding energy expended and overall fineness attained. The self-similar behaviour of tested materials will enable process engineers to get useful information about inherent grindability and energy consumption in any stage of the comminution process. The parameters, and indicating the degree of size reduction were defined with different theoretical approaches as a function of energy consumption by using single particle breakage test data of clinker and trass. The breakage distribution functions were found to be non-normalizable. On the other hand, the breakage rate functions were found to be constant with respect to time but variable with respect to changing composition in the Bond ball mill. These variations are critical in computer simulation of any test aiming to minimize the experimental efforts of the standard procedure. As a result of the back calculation of breakage rate parameters for clinker and trass samples in the Bond mill, no common pattern was seen for the variation of the rate parameters. Therefore, computer simulation of the Bond grindability test did not result in an accurate estimation of the Bond work index.
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Yilmaz, Aslican Nazli. "Hydraulic Characteristics Of Tyrolean Weirs." Master's thesis, METU, 2010. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12612780/index.pdf.
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Tyrolean type water-intake structures are widely used on mountain rivers to provide water to hydropower stations. The main concern encountered in these kinds of structures is the amount of water diverted from the main channel and sediment carried by this flow. The diverted flow should not be less than the design discharge of the hydropower station and the amount of the sediment entering the hydraulic system should be minimum. In this study a physical model of a Tyrolean weir was constructed at the Hydromechanics Laboratory and by varying the dimensions of the various components of this systemthe length, the inclination angle of the rack and the distance between the rack bars, the amount of water and sediment entering the system were measured for a wide range of discharges. The experiments were conducted in two stages. In the first stage the tests were made with only water, and in the second stage, water and sediment having different gradation were used. Applying dimensional analysis to the related parameters of the system dimensionless terms were defined for water capture efficiency and discharge coefficient of the system, and their variations with the relevant parameters were plotted. Using these diagrams one can determine the amount of water to be diverted by a Tyrolean weir of known geometry and main channel flow.
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Huang, Chiu-ping, and 黃秋萍. "A Study of the Worker’s Preference on Industry Characteristics, Organizational Characteristics and Job Characteristics." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/02414371405658827939.
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人力資源管理研究所
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This study takes serving employees as subjects, exploring employees of different genders, ages and educational backgrounds, and their work preferences differences in industrial, organizational and occupational characteristics, in order to realize employees’ preferences and provide planning and reference orientations for Human resource management of enterprises and organizations nowadays. This study uses questionnaire method to collect and analyze statistics, which collected 63 valid questionnaires and uses frequency distribution statistics to conduct research. Results found that, in industrial characteristics, different genders and educational backgrounds have different work preferences. But in age periods of 20-30, 31-40 and 41-60, employees with different ages have same preference in industrial characteristics, which prefers high uniqueness product of industrial characteristics and also dislike industrial characteristics with great changing of consumer preference the most. In the part of organizational characteristics, except employees in the age periods of 20-30, 31-40 and with master degrees who prefer high performance reward of organizational characteristics, other employees with different factors have significant different preferences in organizational characteristics. In the part of job characteristics, male and female have the same preference. No matter male or female employees, they all prefer high autonomy among all job characteristics and dislike simple repeating of job characteristics the most. In addition, employees with different ages and educational backgrounds have significant different preferences in job characteristics.
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Qian, J., Y. Zeng, Yakun Guo, and L. Zhang. "Reconstruction of the complete characteristics of the hydro turbine based on inner energy loss." 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/8604.
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The power output characteristics of the hydro turbine is one of the core contents for transient calculation of the hydro turbine generating sets (HTGS). In particular, the hydro turbine operates far beyond the given parameters region during the load rejection transient. As such, obtaining the complete characteristics of the hydro turbine becomes one of the key issues in calculating the transient process. In this study, methods for calculating the energy losses are proposed by analyzing the general characteristics of the inner energy losses within the hydro turbine. Characteristic parameters in the hydro turbine power model are calculated from the synthetical characteristics of the model hydro turbine. The transient power model of the hydro turbine has been established and applied to calculate and reconstruct the complete characteristics of the hydro turbine. Furthermore, the relationship curve between the mechanical friction loss power and the rotation speed under different head can be established by combing the runaway curve with the proposed turbine power model. This relationship is applied to construct the complete characteristics of the mechanical friction loss. Combining the proposed two complete characteristics, the power model of the hydro turbine is suitable for simulation with a wide range of fluctuations as well as the load rejection transient. Details of the computational procedures are presented and demonstrated using a case study.The research reported here is financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 51579124, 51469011,51279071.
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PI-YUAN, YEH, and 葉碧苑. "Personality characteristics、job characteristics、job satisfaction and turnover intention’s correlation." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/73u2y7.
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碩士東海大學
企業管理學系高階企業經營碩士在職專班
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The employee turnover is a big issue for human resource management. Moderate personnel turnover rate may bring a fresh air to an organization and avoid it’s stiff. However, the turnover rate is too high to increase a lot cost for an organization. All the top management hopes to know the employee’s turnover intention’s possibility. This research is to investigate the correlation among personality characteristics, job characteristics, job satisfaction and turnover intention in Technical Service Industry of on job and leave employees. In order to investigate above each item’s correlation, adopt questionnaire which is random and no name’s way to proceed. As a result, personality characteristics, Job Characteristics-task identity and turnover intention is no correlation, but found Job Characteristics-skill variety, task significance, feedback and autonomy with turnover intention have a significant correlation, even more will through job satisfaction influence turnover intention. Research results submitted 3 suggestions: 1.Suggest personality characteristics can be use as assistance tool of recruiting selection 2.Suggest rising new employee’s job characteristics’ perception 3.Emphasis employee’s job satisfaction
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Tseng, Chien-Hao, and 曾乾豪. "The Association between Audit Committee Characteristics and Audit Partners Characteristics." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/87892173069460498363.
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This study examines the association between audit committee characteristics and audit partners characteristics. The auditors’ industry specialization, number of clients, tenure, and experience are used as measures of audit partners’ characteristics. This study finds that audit committee formation is associated with having the lead and concurring partners who are industry specialization and the number of clients audited by the lead partner. The results implicate that firms forming an audit committee prefer to have lead and concurring partners who are industry specialization and a lead partner who has audited a greater number of clients. In addition, audit committee formation is associated with the tenure and experience of the concurring partner. The results implicate that the firms forming an audit committee will choose concurring partners with longer tenure and more experience. Overall, firms that are forming an audit committee are more likely to choose partners with better audit quality. Furthermore, this study finds that the characteristics of an audit committee are associated with the number of clients audited by the lead partner. The results implicate that an audit committee that values higher characteristics would tend include a lead partner with a high number of clients. In addition, the characteristics of an audit committee are associated with the tenure of the concurring partner and the experience of the lead partner. The results implicate that an audit committee that values higher characteristics would tend to include a concurring partner with longer tenure and a more experienced lead partner. Overall, an audit committee that values higher characteristics is also more likely to have a partner with higher audit quality.
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Chang, Tzu-Ling, and 張孜聆. "Saccharides decay characteristics." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/6k7mks.
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碩士國立聯合大學
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Biomass burning will produce a lot of suspended particles, and it will affect the environment and hazards to human. In this study, we use high-performance anion exchange chromatography with pulse-type ampere meter detector (HPAEC-PAD) to analysis dehydrated carbohydrates from biomass combustion, and analysis of the amount of attenuation and the attenuation of the rate of Erythritol, Levoglucosan, Arabitol, Mannosan, Mannitol, Mannose, Glucose, Galactosan and Galactose. The decay rate of 0.1 ppm carbohydrates for large to small were Glucose > Galactose > Arabitol > Mannosan = Erythritol > Mannose > Galactosan > Mannitol > Levoglucosan. The decay rate of 0.5 ppm carbohydrates for large to small were Glucose > Erythritol > Arabitol > Galactose > Mannitol > Galactosan > Mannose > Mannosan > Levoglucosan. Glucose is the specis that has the most amount and fast decay rate from 0.1 ppm to 0.09 ppm, 0.5 ppm to 0.45 ppm and mix sample with 0.5 ppm to 0.43 ppm. Glucose has the fastest rate of decay in this experiment, and Glucose can be oxidized to CO2 and H2O in the environment and will be reduced to sorbitol, mannitol, xylitol. Samples have existence O2 in this experiment, presumably Glucose is oxidized to CO2 and H2O and reduced to other carbohydrates, too. Levoglucosan is the specis that has the least amount and slowest decay rate, from 0.1 ppm to 0.043 ppm, 0.5 ppm to 0.032 ppm and mix sample with 0.5 ppm to 0.046 ppm, and shows that Levoglucosan is the most stable and not easy to decay. Respective samples and mix sample comparison in 0.5 ppm shows the Erythritol, Arabitol and Mannosan decay rate are reduced but amount of attenuation are increase allow they may transform to other carbohydrates. Decay rate is increase, but amount of attenuation is decrease of Levoglucosan in mixed sample, indicating that it might be other carbohydrates converted to Levoglucosan. The results of the P-value less than 0.05 Showing high reliability.