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Shrestha, Joseph, H. David Jeong, and Douglas D. Gransberg. "Multidimensional Highway Construction Cost Indexes Using Dynamic Item Basket." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/717.
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A highway construction cost index (HCCI) is an indicator of the purchasing power of a highway agency. Thus, it must reflect the actual construction market conditions. However, current methods used by most state departments of transportation are not robust enough to meet this primary goal due to (1) a significantly insufficient sample size of bid items used in HCCI calculation; and (2) inability to address the need to track highway construction market conditions in specific submarket segments such as, but not limited to, various project types, sizes, and locations. This study proposes an advanced methodology to overcome these apparent limitations using two new concepts: (1) dynamic item basket; and (2) multidimensional HCCIs. The dynamic item basket process identifies and utilizes an optimum amount of bid-item data to calculate HCCIs in order to minimize the potential error due to a small sample size, which leads to a better reflection of the current market conditions. Multidimensional HCCIs dissect the state highway construction market into distinctively smaller sectors of interest and thus, allow state Departments of Transportation to understand the market conditions with much higher granularity. A framework is developed to integrate these two concepts and a standalone prototype system, named the Dyna-Mu-HCCI System, is developed to automate the data-processing part of the framework. The historical bid data of the Montana Department of Transportation are used to evaluate the performance of the Dyna-Mu-HCCI System and measure the effects of the dynamic item basket (DIB) and multidimensional HCCIs. The results show an eightfold increase in terms of the number of bid items used in calculating HCCIs and at least a 20% increase in terms of the total cost of bid items used. In addition, the multidimensional HCCIs reveal different cost-change patterns from different highway sectors. For example, the bridge construction market historically shows a very different trend compared with the overall highway construction market. The new methodology is expected to aid state Departments of Transportation in making more-reliable decisions in preparing business plans and budgets with more accurate and detailed information about the construction market conditions. Further, the prototype Dyna-Mu-HCCI System is expected to significantly facilitate the HCCI calculation process and rapidly implement this new system.
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LANZA, Elisabetta. "LA CONCORRENZA NEGLI ORDINAMENTI COSTITUZIONALI. PROFILI DI COMPARAZIONE TRA ITALIA E STATI UNITI D’AMERICA." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Ferrara, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11392/2389255.
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This research aims to focus on the basis of the freedom of competition in the constitutional
systems. On one hand, the thesis reconstructs the antitrust role in the constitutional framework and, on
the other hand, it investigates the relationship between the antitrust enforcement and the interests of
the community and of the private citizen, as a consumer.
Competition is a rule of neutralization of the power and the choice of the market structure is an
expression of the correlation between power and liberty. The need for a balance between authority and
liberty was the reason of the adoption of the Sherman Act in the United States of America.
In order to analyze the relationship between power and liberty - besides the cultural, institutional
and judicial evolution of the competition in the Italian constitutional system - the thesis develops the
history of the adoption of the Sherman Act. The US experience is shaped by the role of the
competition regulation as an instrument of public policy and the protection of the individual
fundamental rights, under a substantial and procedural perspective, through the claim of class actions: a
feature also recently introduced in Italy.
The thesis starts with the analysis of the introduction of the freedom of competition in Italy,
from the efforts of the Constitutional framers up to the recent reform motion of Art. 41 of the Italian
Constitution. Art. 41 represents the basis of the competition, even if it explicitly refers just to the
freedom of economic initiative. On this aspect, the thesis thoroughly studies the relevant doctrine on
the issue, and examines the Italian developments since accession to the European Economic
Community and the adoption of the statute n. 287/1990. The statement of the principle of competition
in the Italian constitutional structure is also the result of the long route run by the Italian Constitutional
Court. For a long time, the Court considered the competition as a fact, consequent to the enforcement
of the freedom of economic initiative. Step by step, the Court attributed a constitutional value to the
competition. Moreover, the Court played an important role in the settlement of the boundaries
between Regions and State on the legislative regulation of the competition.
Indeed, the competition, as a principle intended for the neutralization of power, shows the
influence of the antitrust model on the development of a democratic legal system. Therefore, in the last
part of the thesis there is a comparative analysis between United States of America and Italy on some
issues, having a special purport on the antitrust systems under a public law point of view, id est: the
relationship between information pluralism and freedom of competition, the relationship between
competition and consumer, the competition policies in the federal and in the regional system, and the
repercussions of the competition model in the democratic legal system.
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Shearon, Blane T. "The cost effectiveness of West Coast Distributed Simulation Training for the Pacific Fleet." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2001. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA406612.
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Thesis (M.S. in Management) Naval Postgraduate School, Dec. 2001.Thesis advisor(s): San Miguel, Joseph G.; Hatch, William D. II. "December 2001." Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-175). Also available in print.
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Sellers, Charles L. "Cost analysis of inter-depot transportation options for U.S. Navy east coast air-launched missiles." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/8158.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimitedSince the disintegration of the Warsaw Pact and the Soviet Union, the Department of the Navy has had to learn how to meet its commitments with an ever-decreasing budget. One Navy community addressing this downsizing is the east coast ordnance community. Because of restructuring and the closure of weapon station Charleston, South Carolina, the remaining east coast weapons stations are handling the same amount of ordnance with fewer personnel. As a result of the restructuring, the aircraft carriers, ordnance ships, and large deck amphibious ships conduct ordnance transfers at Naval Weapon Station (NWS) Earle, New Jersey. These ships all carry air-launched missiles that have to be maintained and Naval Weapons Station Yorktown. This thesis develops cost equations associated with several different methods of transportation (commercial and Department of Defense). These equations are used to generate costs curves for each of four types of missiles being transported between NWS Earle and NWS Yorktown. The curves are analyzed and decision policies are determined which ensure the most cost-effective method of transportation is being used to transport the missiles.
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Frost, John Ewen. "Operations and maintenance cost for new major U.S. Coast Guard platforms: projected versus actual costs." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/27185.
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Damli, Tolga. "Cost benefit analysis of establishing a network-based training system in the Turkish Coast Guard." Thesis, Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 2009. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/theses/2009/Dec/09Dec%5FDamli.pdf.
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Thesis (Master of Business Administration)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2009.Thesis Advisor(s): Brinkley, Douglas E. ; Doerr, Kenneth H. ; Hatch, William D. "December 2009." Description based on title screen as viewed on January 27, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: Network-based training, web-based training, E-learning, CBT, training deliver methods, cost benefit analysis, sensitivity analysis, online training, coast guard training, shipboard training. Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-85). Also available in print.
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VALERI, MOIRA. "Low cost : the inter-city bus network in the south west turkish coast as a device of urban transformation." Doctoral thesis, Università IUAV di Venezia, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11578/278132.
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Midwood, Sean A. "A computationally efficient and cost effective multisensor data fusion algorithm for the United States Coast Guard Vessel Traffic Services system." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 1997. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA333476.
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Thesis (M.S. in Electrical Engineering)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 1997.Thesis Advisor(s): Murali Tummala. "September 1997." Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-62). Also available in print.
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Omatsu, Michael. "Causes of cost increases incurred by Government contractors performing Coast Guard commercial activities contracted out under OMB Circular A-76." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/25731.
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Clark, Emily A. (Emily Alcorn). "American Sandwich: West Coast, East Coast, in Between." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1994. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500584/.
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The thesis begins with an introduction, followed by six short stories. The stories that follow span three or four regions of the American landscape and three or four decades of the twentieth century. What drives each story is the isolation of both narrator and main character (when these are not the same) from the world of the story. In each story, there is either a sense of wanting to belong or an urge to escape, or both. The paradox--also the writer's paradox--is that if one belongs, one has no need to escape; if one escapes, one can never belong.
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Watson, Jon Michael Matsushima Rodney F. "Reasons for OMB Circular A-76 contract cost increases for U.S. Coast Guard activities and perceptions of the USCG A-76 program." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School; Available from the National Technical Information Service, 1991. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA245017.
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Watson, Jon Michael. "Reasons for OMB Circular A-76 contract cost increases for U.S. Coast Guard activities and perceptions of the USCG A-76 program." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/27235.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.OMB Circular A-76 (Contracting out Commercial Activities) is a controversial program which directs the Government to relay on the private sector for commercial services when evaluated cost is lower in the private sector. Many A-76 contracts experience cost increases after contract award. An earlier study of three USCG A-76 contracts showed that Department of Labor (DOL) wage determinations and added work caused cost increases, but the contracts were still cost effective. This thesis updated the earlier study of three activities and analyzed three additional USCG commercial activities to see of DOL wage determinations, added work, or additional factors caused cost increases, and what the Coast Guard contracting officer could do to control them. In addition, contract costs were compared with the Government's Most Efficient Organization (MEO) for each activity to see if Government savings were still being realized. There are problems in the implementation of A-76 that may be associated with the perceptions of its effectiveness. To gauge USCG perceptions of the effectiveness of A-76, interviews were conducted with USCG leaders from units with 'contracted-out' commercial activities. These were compared with interviews conducted with leaders from units that had the functions remaining in-house
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Günther, Edeltraud, Oliver Schill, and Heiko Schuh. "Standardisation of Cost Accounting for Cost-Benchmarking." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2001. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:swb:14-1004104688890-01115.
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This study aims at the presentation of the standardisation method in benchmarking at the conceptual level. This conceptual level is to serve as the basis for the transfer into numerous practical applications. The field example demonstrated is meant to provide additional support. At the same time, this example reveals that the concept is feasible and necessary. The necessity refers to the identification, discussion and solution - oriented towards the goals of the intended benchmarking - of the aspects in the planning and analysis phases of benchmarking which are behind the standardisations. Under certain circumstances this may lead to the fact that this method makes the participating comparative partners sensitive for the conscious perception of the possible significance of standardisations. A more exact analysis may quite as well show that the options in cost accounting are used uniformly to a large extent so that for reasons of materiality the standardisations are not put into practice. Even if this study exclusively examines monetary quantities such as costs we should state that - particularly when benchmarking is extended to further objectives, e.g. quality, environment and time - the need for standardisation is identified for non-monetary quantities as well. Non-monetary quantities also involve - sometimes very complex - questions of evaluation that imply options for subjective evaluation. The basic question of how to evaluate environmental influences or quality aspects is to illustrate this issue. Since standardisations can not at all eliminate subjectivity, which is connected with the determination of options by standards, it may be quite useful in some cases to examine the influence that alternative standards produce. This is particularly useful for the influencing factor parameter, where the Hoechster-Spinne may serve as an analytical tool to illustrate the sensitivity of the quantity which is calculated taking into account this influencing factor.
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Vanhook, Patricia M. "Cost-Utility Analysis/Cost Effectiveness of Nursing Care." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2015. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/7432.
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Dona', Eleonora <1987>. "Dollar Cost Averaging VS Suited Dollar Cost Averaging." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/6960.
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The Dollar Cost Averaging is a strategy based on periodic investment of a fixed amount of money, even small one, into a stock or a portfolio each interval over a given period of time. In this way it may be possible to reduce the volatility effects on the market, since each payments could be done both with positive and with negative conditions. What if the investment is not regular in time, but changes according to the market trend? This thesis project aims to compare the standard Dollar Cost Averaging with a suited plan. The amount of money for each instalment will be kept the same as for the standard plan, what will be changed is the instant of time of each investment, that it will be chosen according to the market trend.
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Fitzpatrick, Brian D. "A Multivariable Statistical Approach to Managing United States Coast Guard Small Boats." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2014. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1797.
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The Coast Guard has developed several systems to measure the performance of its engineering and logistics organizations. The development of these measures is based upon the need to show where and how the organization meets the American taxpayer’s needs. The use of multivariable regressions and determining the statistical distributions of the variables will show the adequacy of the measures and processes currently used. They will also determine a better way to measure the performance of the Coast Guard Small Boat Fleet. This research will analyze the 47 Motor Life Boat and 25 Response Boat-Small data from fiscal year 2011 to 2013. The focus will be on improving the measure used by the engineering and systems managers of the Coast Guard to manage assets and resources, as well as making recommendations on how to improve the processes involved in managing a robust engineering and logistics system.
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Carrasco, Alejandra, Patricio Cortés, Juan Pablo Aguirre, and E. José Luis Peña. "Cost-Down." Tesis, Universidad de Chile, 2005. http://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/111658.
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Nuestro plan de negocios se focaliza en la satisfación de necesidades que tienen las empresas PYME del ámbito indus rial del área metropolitana. Según un estudio realizado por el equipo ejecutivo de COST DOWN, entre Noviembre y Diciembre de 2004, el 60% de éstas, en promedio, no posee una forma estructurada de trabajo para llevar e control de inventario y de materias primas, y el 64% no posee una forma estructurada para la obtención de los costos de producción. Por otra parte, el mismo estudio establece que los encuestados valoran un sistema vía Internet, que no signifique la instalación de platafo mas adicionales y que les permita mejorar su gestión en el control de inventario y costos. Nuestro servicio consiste en capturar y procesar la información de producción de las empresas asesoradas, que les permitirá ahorrar costos haciéndolas más eficientes. Nuestro modelo de negocios considera resolver dificultades de acceso y uso de la tecnología por medio de un sistema WEB en la modalidad ISP, lo que permite independizarse de las limitaciones de las empresas en dicha dimensión. Esto les posibilitará contar con información en línea para optimizar la toma de decisiones, mejorar su competitividad en el mercado y aumentar la ren abilidad de la inversión realizada, reflejándose en un beneficio monetario vía reducción de costos, cuyo monto dependerá de la realidad de cada empresa. Nuestra estra egia competitiva es la focalización, pues estaremos orientados a las medianas empresas del sector industrial en la región metropolitana, cuyo número asciende actualmente a 1.316. El equipo ejecutivo podrá poner su vasta experienc a al servicio de un número de PYMES mucho más grande que el que atiende un consultor normal, debido a su focalización en lo relacionado con la cadena productiva y gracias al uso de herramientas tecnológicas que multiplican su productividad. Para llevar a cabo este proyecto, se con empla una inversión inicial de UF 3.030, la cual será aportada en partes iguales por el equipo ejecutivo, constituido por Alejandra Carrasco quien ha diseñado e implementado estrategias de marketing en empresas de servicios, Juan Pablo Aguirre especialista en TI quien posee una empresa desde 1998 dedicada a desarrollar sistemas en la modalidad ISP e instalación de platafo mas de Internet, Patricio Cortés ejecutivo del sector financiero desde hace 17 años, dirigiendo equipos de venta y mantención de carteras de emp esas PYME del área metropolitana y José Luis Peña quien es jefe de control gestión en una empresa industrial, dentro de sus logros está liderar la implementación de sistemas de control de producción, comercial y corporativo que se encuentran en funcionamiento. Para el análisis financiero se consideró un horizonte de evaluación a 5 años, el cual contempla una capturación de 50 empresas para el primer año, arrojando una TIR de 80 % y un VAN de UF 5.760. Finalmente dado los antecedentes antes mencionados, y considerando el estudio de mercado realizado es atractivo para el equipo ejecutivo llevar a cabo el negocio.
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Chaudhry, Waqas Zia. "An analysis of transaction cost in infrastructure projects." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2020. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/201749/2/Waqas_Chaudhry_Thesis.pdf.
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This research is designed to closely analyse the transaction cost associated with the construction and/or maintenance of infrastructure and mining projects. When the transaction cost is not clearly defined, it can either leave out essential costs, which should have been part of the transaction cost, or include unnecessary costs. This will provide false data to the owner and the analysis in these scenarios can be misleading.The research endeavoured to study the impact of bundling, wherein various small contracts or sections/portions of work are combined and the optimum bundling point existence.The results validate the suppositions of this research.
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Shehabi, Murtaza Kaium. "Cost tolerance optimization for piecewise continuous cost tolerance functions." Ohio : Ohio University, 2002. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1174937670.
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Al-Hazmi, Muhammad Hasan Saleem. "Cost policies and cost practices in UK manufacturing industry." Thesis, University of Manchester, 1995. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.668730.
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Ingridsson, Björn. "From coast to mountain." Thesis, KTH, Arkitektur, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-147512.
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In a city with fast growth and development, this project aims to embody the resources of its origin and nurturing vein, Umeälv, and project its movements into the future. Through the tools of an architecture that promotes and envisions timber constructions this project searches for cues methods and composition of the traditional timber buildings in the region in conjunction of an age of prefabrication.I en stad med snabb tillväxt och utveckling, syftar det här projektet till att förkroppsliga resurserna kring dess ursprung och näringsådra, Umeälven, samt projicera dess möjligheter in i framtiden. Genom verktyg för en arkitektur som främjar träkonstruktioner söker detta projekt efter ledtrådar metoder och sammansättning av de traditionella trähusen i regionen i samband med en tid av prefabricering.
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Munz, Lucas B. "Reclaiming the Napali Coast." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1490701977344073.
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Yonezawa, Fernando Hiromi. "O bailarino dos afetos: corporeidade dionisíaca e ética trágica em Deleuze e na companhia de Nietzsche." Universidade de São Paulo, 2013. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/59/59137/tde-08102013-161215/.
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A partir de nossa trajetória anterior de pesquisa sobre o tema da corporeidade na obra de Gilles Deleuze e Félix Guattari, neste trabalho, estaremos abordando a relação entre o conceito de corpo e a ética. Assim, também fortemente acompanhados de Nietzsche, procuramos elaborar a noção de que existe, no pensamento delezeano, uma ética trágica e uma corporeidade dionisíaca. Deste modo, iniciamos trazendo o conceito de corpo como sendo um composto complexo de forças multiplicitárias e apresentamos o trágico e o dionisíaco enquanto elementos de uma alegre afirmação da uma vida forte. Por isso, na primeira parte, procuramos compreender, nas obras relativas a Spinoza, a noção de que a ética depende do estabelecimento de uma nova relação com o corpo e com o conhecimento, já que, se concebe que haja três níveis de conhecimento, os quais progridem no sentido de uma aproximação cada vez maior do conhecimento das diferenças, das potências e da Natureza. No segundo capítulo, nos concentramos em explanar a diferença entre as formas de existência nobre e escrava, para entendermos que as primeiras decorrem de uma composição privilegiada das forças ativas sobre as reativas e as segundas são construídas quando a moral do ressentimento sai vencedora da dinâmica belicosa que Deleuze diz existir entre as forças e seus respectivos poderes. Chegamos, então, ao conceito de Corpo-sem-Órgãos, entendido como corpo experimental que se tece nos encontros, a partir de uma ética da crueldade, afeita a favorecer, na existência, o transbordamento de forças que a vida traz. Assim, também relacionamos a isso a corporeidade radicalmente dessubjetivada que se constitui quando entendemos o conceito de agenciamento e de devir, sendo este último ligado às metamorfoses próprias do encontro entre multiplicidades. Finalmente, veremos que, entre ética e corpo, há uma relação de pressumposição mútua, porque é através corpo que se constitui uma sensibilidade ética, voltada às potências e alegrias afirmativas, típicas do dionisíaco e da sabedoria trágica.From our previous research route on the subject of corporality in Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari\'s work, in this text, we will be addressing to the relationship between the concepts of body and ethics. So, also strongly keept-up with Nietzsche, we attempt to develop the notion that exists, on deleuzian thought, a tragic ethics and a dionisiac corporality. Thus we began bringing the concept of body as a complex composition of multiplicitarian forces and presenting the tragic and dionisiac as elements of an joyful claim of a strong life. Because of this, in the first part, we attempt to understand, in the works related to Spinoza, the notion that ethics depends on the establishment of a new relationship with body and knowledge, cause there is three levels of knowledge, wich advance more and more to come next the knowledge of the differences, the potency and of the Nature. In the second chapter we fixed our attention in expounding the difference between noble and slave moods of existence, to understand that the firs ones comes from a prerogative composition of the active forces upon the reactive forces and the second ones are constructed when the grievance s moral comes victorious from the warlike dynamic that Deleuze says being existent between forces and its concerned power. Than we arrive to the concept of Body-without-organs known as the experimental body that is weaved in the meets based on the cruelty ethics, wich is used to promote, in the existence, the overflowing of the forces that life brings. So, we also relate to this the radically unsubjectived corporality that is established when we understand the concepts of agenciment and becoming, this last one being related to the characteristic metamorphosis of the meeting among multiplicities. Finally, we will see that between ethical and body there is a surmised mutual relationship, because is through body that is constituted an ethical sensitiveness, bended on the potencies and gladness, characteristical on the dionisiac and on tragic wisdom.
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Ayfarah, Souad Mohamed. "An exploration of indirect human costs associated with information systems adoption." Thesis, Brunel University, 2004. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/4856.
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One of the dilemmas that information systems (IS) decision-makers encounter is the identification of the often hidden costs associated with IS adoption, particularly since most of them are reported to be external to the traditional IS budget. The review of the IS literature has identified that much effort to date has focused on the identification and measurement of direct costs, and that much less attention has been paid to indirect costs. One of the main problems reported in the literature associated with looking at indirect costs is that they are intangible and difficult to quantify, and there is evidence suggesting that these indirect costs are rarely completely budgeted for, and thus deserve a much closer consideration by decision-makers. This research investigates this view, arguing that one element of indirect costs, that is, indirect human costs (lRCs), is underestimated and little understood. The author argues that it is not possible to estimate or evaluate IHCs without first identifying all their components, yet there is an absence of models that show how such costs are allocated for IS adoption. This underpins the necessity of the present research. Proposed here is a framework of nine sequential phases for accommodating indirect human costs. In addition to this, 1) three conjectures, 2) cost taxonomy and 3) an interrelationship-mapping cost driver model of IRCs, are proposed based on the literature analysis and underpinning the conceptual phases of the framework. To test the conjectures and validate the models proposed, a case research strategy using case settings were carried out in the private sector. Empirical findings validates the models proposed and reveal that indirect human costs are perceived as costs associated with IS adoption, nevertheless not included in the evaluation process or investment proposals. However, during the empirical research, new cost factors and drivers emerged, which resulted in modifications being made to the previously proposed conceptual models. In doing so, it provides investment decision-makers with novel frames of reference and an extensive list of IRCs that can be used during both the IS budget proposals and the evaluation process of the IS investment.
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Vasiliadis, Helen-Maria. "A cost-effectiveness and cost-utility study of lung transplants /." Thesis, McGill University, 2003. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=84852.
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Introduction. Lung recipients are faced with life-threatening complications which may impede in reaching an acceptable overall clinical and HRQOL level. Furthermore, the reported costs associated with the rigid follow-up care and expensive drug regimen raises the question whether this intervention is cost-effective.Objectives. To determine the incremental cost-effectiveness (C/E) and cost-utility (C/U) of lung transplantation (L-Tx) according to the health system perspective.
Methods. A C/E and C/U analysis of L-Tx was carried out on 124 patients accepted unto the Quebec L-Tx waiting list (1997--2001). Survival was presented in mean life years (LY). HRQOL and utility were assessed using the SF-36 and standard gamble; they were studied cross-sectionally and longitudinally on a group of patients. Utility was used in the computation of the QALY. The economic impact of L-Tx was based on direct medical costs for 3 time periods: the waiting list, the transplant procedure and post-transplant phase. In the incremental C/E and C/U ratio, the costs for the procedure and follow-up care were compared to those during the waiting list, which served as an estimate for costs without transplantation. Estimates were modeled beyond the study period based on registry data. Simulating different person-time experiences during the waiting time (1 to 6 years) and post-transplant phase (1 to 8 years) tested key assumptions. Costs were based on provincial and national data and were discounted at a rate of 5%.
Results. The estimates were based on the 1,090.0 and 1,421.5 person-months contributed by the cohort (N = 124) to the waiting list and post-transplant phase (N = 91), respectively. The mean LYs and QALYs gained were 0.57 (95% CI: 0.36--0.78) and 0.62 (95% CI: 0.36--0.78), respectively. HRQOL was higher on average for all domains in lung recipients versus candidates. Utility scores were also higher in recipients as compared to candidates: 0.76 (95% CI: 0.69, 0.83) versus 0.17 (95% CI: 0.12, 0.22). The estimated total average cost per patient without Tx was $15,015 or $1,708 (95% CI: $1,327--$2,090) per month. The L-Tx program induced an additional screening cost of $9,622 per patient. The average cost of a transplant procedure was $49,314 (95% CI: $39,216--$69,465). The average post-Tx follow-up cost per patient per month in the first, second, third and fourth year was $2,804 ($1,840--$3,792), $1,643 ($1,090--$2,291), $1,749 ($804--$2,690) and $971 ($768--$1,175), respectively.
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Peters, Norman L. "Parametric cost estimation for amphibious assault vehicle's life cycle cost." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/26684.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimitedThis thesis investigates the need to predict life cycle cost in the most effective and efficient manner through the development of cost estimating relationships (CERs) using only performance input parameters. Utilizing statistical software especially designed for program managers, parametric cost estimating relationship module (PACER), CERs were developed and then evaluated for statistical soundness. The object of this study was to develop a means by which the program manager could estimate fairly accurately total life cycle costs. With this information in hand, the program manager could determine of a weapons system is affordable early in the acquisition process. The result of this study was the derivation of three predictive models that relate cost to required performance parameters. Based solely upon performance requirements, a relationship between cost and performance was established and their impact upon life cycle costs.
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Jenkins, Ray G. "Gold Coast Historian and their Pursuit of the Gold Coast Pasts : 1882-1917." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.522361.
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The aim of this thesis is to try and explain why southern Gold Coast intellectuals began to write systematically and consistently, in English, about particular aspects of the Gold Coast past, during the years of British imperial conquest and early control, between 1882 and 1917. The first three chapters explore existing limitations and lacunae in Ghanaian historiography and in studies of 'cultural imperialism', and recommend alternative conceptual and methodological strategies, appropriate to a vigorous analysis of the historical literature produced by members of culturally heterogeneous communities, during a period of crisis and change. In the next five chapters, these alternative strategies provide the basis for an investigat ion into the conditions, which facilitated the proliferation of published history, and, for a detailed textual analysis of the extant publications of seven Gold Coast historians. The conclusion suggests that this first, prolific phase in the development of local Gold Coast historiography may only be understood when perceived in the context of the history of an emergent Gold Coast Euro-African Society and isolates strategies and themes, which merit further research. As the biographical and family history of the intellectuals concerned remains virtually unexplored and since much of early Gold Coast Euro-African history was published in the local press and is not readily accessible to historians, four appendices are included to help redress these omissions and to facilitate the presentation of this study.
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Wang, YunTong. "Axiomatic cost sharing." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0014/NQ52194.pdf.
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Perera, Attanayake A. D. A. J. "Cost effective designs." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1989. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/7085.
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Different cost effective design methods have been developed to reduce the cost of buildings, of which structural optimum design methods and cost effective designs methods using estimating data, are the most common. However, there is no record of the use of cost effective design methods in practice. Consequently, potential benefits of such methods remain untapped. This research evaluated the cost savings through cost effective design methods, identified difficulties involved in their use and examined favourable conditions for the implementation of such methods in design practice. The research aimed at investigating whether or not the opinion among practising designers, (structural engineers and architects) that "cost benefits through cost effective designs are insignificant and methods are not practical" is justified. Previous researchers have developed cost effective design methods, but very little has been done to change the opinion of building designers regarding these methods. A proper evaluation of cost effective design methods and a study of the design process are therefore necessary to gain the attention of designers in practice. The opinion among practising designers is that cost savings through optimum methods are less than 10% of elemental cost and 1% of total building cost. The analysis of cost savings of 22 historical buildings have shown that this is not the case. Optimum design methods using the computer to find the minimum cost from a set of feasible designs were developed for reinforced concrete elements; slabs, beams, columns and independent footing foundations. These optimum methods were applied to the design of 22 historical buildings. More than 10% of elemental cost savings were observed. 2.91% of total building cost can be saved using optimum methods for design of reinforced concrete elements, which is more than 45% of the total design fee of a building. The study proved that for a given building, probabilities of total building cost saving exceeding 1%, 2% and 3% are 0.96, 0.79 and 0.47 respectively. Design and build contracts provide not only a facility but also an incentive, to designers to use cost effective design methods. On the contrary, percentage fee contracts act as a disincentive. Therefore, the legal procedures in design practice, may sometimes serve as obstacles for the use of cost effective design methods. Furthermore, current design practice lacks motivating factors to designers to use cost effective design methods. Therefore building construction industry may need to pay additional fee to get benefits from cost effective design methods.
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Fang, Shunlan. "Real Cost Management." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2013. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/216540.
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This dissertation examines how managers make cost decisions under significant economic events. The economic events of interests are the economic crisis from 2008 to 2010 and corporate loan financing. The economic crisis caused many firms to experience sales declines and created tremendous pessimism about prospects of sales rebounding in the future. I find that not all firms were affected equally. Sales-down firms exhibit anti-sticky cost behavior during this period; that is, costs are cut back more steeply as sales fall than they increase as sales rise. Such a behavior during the economic crisis is exactly the opposite of the average sticky cost behavior during normal economic periods documented in prior accounting research. This, in turn, implies that net income and cash flows from operations (as percentage of sales) may increase, rather than decrease for sales-down firms during an economic downturn. In the second study, I use a difference-in-difference research design to examine whether and how managers engage in cost management before and after loan financing. I find that managers significantly cut back operating expenses prior to loan financing. However, cost reduction is asymmetric with respect to the direction of sales changes. Compared with firms experiencing sales increases, firms experiencing sales declines reduce costs to a greater extent prior to financing and also exhibit a reversion in the cost level after financing. The reversion in cost level is negatively related to the percentage of financial covenants that are based on earnings. I do not find consistent evidence supporting that managers engage in accrual management, overproduction or asset sales.
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Pike, Frankie. "Low Cost NueroChairs." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2012. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/887.
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Electroencephalography (EEG) was formerly confined to clinical and research settings with the necessary hardware costing thousands of dollars. In the last five years a number of companies have produced simple electroencephalograms, priced below $300 and available direct to consumers. These have stirred the imaginations of enthusiasts and brought the prospects of "thought-controlled" devices ever closer to reality. While these new devices were largely targeted at video games and toys, active research on enabling people suffering from debilitating diseases to control wheelchairs was being pursued. A number of neurochairs have come to fruition offering a truly hands-free mobility solution, but whether these results could be replicated with emerging low cost products, and thus become a viable option for more people is an open question. This thesis examines existing research in the field of EEG-based assistive technologies, puts current consumer-grade hardware to the test, and explores the possibility of a system designed from the ground up to be only a fraction of the cost of currently completed research prototypes.
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Wang, Chengfeng. "A study of geographical characterization of ship traffic and emissions and cost-effectiveness of reducing sulfur emissions from foreign waterborne commerce for the United States west coast." Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file 8.13 Mb., 179 p, 2006. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3205436.
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Newman, Andrew Henry. "The behavioral effect of cost targets on managerial cost reporting honesty." unrestricted, 2009. http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-05062009-121522/.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Georgia State University, 2009.Title from file title page. Lynn Hannan, committee chair; Galen Sevcik, Kristy Towry, Larry Brown, Tim Mitchell, committee members. Description based on contents viewed Sept. 14, 2009. Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-82).
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Farmer, Robert A. "Scheduling Coast Guard district cutters." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/23767.
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Pacific areas, which are further subdivided into districts. Each district assigns cutters (ships) of length 180 feet or less into weekly statuses. The resulting cutter schedules reflect the district's level of readiness to respond to such emergencies as search and rescue, law enforcement, and
pollution response. The First Coast Guard District has one of the largest scheduling problems, assigning each of 16 cutters to one of six weekly statuses. The First District's quarterly schedules must adhere to a number of guidelines which ensure patrol coverage, enforce equitable distribution of patrols, and restrict consecutive cutter statuses. This thesis formulates and solves the quarterly scheduling problem as an elastic mixed integer linear program. Face valid schedules, which are superior to actual schedules for all measures of effectiveness considered, are obtained within 15 minutes on a 486/33 Mhz personal computer using a commercially available integer programming solver.
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Young, John Stephen. "Infra-red imaging with COAST." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.624493.
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Stimson, Elizabeth A. "The Coast is Never Clear." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1322417041.
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Butts, Joshua R. "New to the Lost Coast." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1258471623.
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Hammond, Orville Everet. "North Coast Sojourn (for orchestra)." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin148103208007071.
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Blakemore, Douglas Allen. "Predicting Coast Guard enlisted attrition." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 1992. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA248520.
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Nygren, Emilia. "The Importance of the Coast : A Study of Six Municipalities View of Coast and Nature." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Kulturgeografiska institutionen, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-323215.
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Coastal exploitation causes influences that are detrimental to flora and fauna in the coastal and marine environments. In order to come up with new solutions to environmental problems, knowledge from different disciplines has to be obtained. To achieve a broader view of the problem of coastal exploitation, Stenmark’s theory about the three dimensions was applied: a scientific dimension, a social scientific dimension and a value-based dimension. The latter dimension included four themes that contributed to a further depth in the value-based dimension: values, nature conception, life conception and consequences. The purpose of this paper was to investigate the context in which coastal exploitation was presented and what the six coastal municipalities’ view on coastal exploitation were. The goal was to observe how the municipalities themselves perceive their environmental work and how it is reflected planning in practice. The method consisted of a review of each municipality’s comprehensive plan and an interview with a person from the physical planning sector from each municipality. A discourse analysis was applied to analyse the collected information. The municipalities’ values and views of the coast were two folded because there was a great focus on the human while coastal areas were considered significant and important environments. As there was a two-part view of the coast, there was also an uncertainty between conservation and exploitation. There was an opinion among the municipalities that they were working towards the environmental quality objective, but it did not appear how to achieve the goal. The environmental objective was only expressed by mentioning. The municipalities’ views and values must be clarified in order to know how planning should be practiced, which challenges waits ahead and for the municipality to get a picture of how the society will develop.Kustexploatering medför en påverkan som innebär negativa konsekvenser för växt- och djurliv i kustområden och i marina miljöer. I syfte för att komma på nya lösningar på miljöproblem måste kunskaper från olika discipliner inhämtas. För att åstadkomma en bredare syn på problematiken om kustexploatering tillämpades Stenmarks teori om de tre dimensionerna: naturvetenskaplig dimension, samhällsvetenskaplig dimension och en värderingsmässig dimension. Den sistnämnda dimensionen innefattade fyra teman som bidrog med ett ytterligare djup i den värderingsmässiga dimensionen: värderingar, naturuppfattning, livsåskådning och konsekvenser. Syftet med denna uppsats var att undersöka vilka sammanhang kustexploatering presenterades och vad de sex kustkommunernas syn på kustexploatering var. Målet var att se hur kommunerna själva uppfattade sitt miljöarbete och hur det speglade planeringen i praktiken. Metoden bestod av en granskning av varje kommuns översiktsplan samt en intervju med en person inom samhällsbyggnadsbranschen från varje kommun. Diskursanalys tillämpades för att analysera informationen som samlats in. Kommunernas värderingar och syn på kusten var tvådelad eftersom det fanns ett stort fokus på människan samtidigt som kustområden ansågs vara betydelsefulla och viktiga miljöer. Eftersom det råder en tvådelad syn på kusten finns också en osäkerhet mellan att bevara och exploatera. Det fanns en uppfattning bland kommunerna att de arbetar mot miljökvalitetsmålet men det framgick inte hur de skulle uppnå målet. Miljömålet kommer endast till uttryck genom att målet omnämns. Kommuners syn och värderingar måste tydliggöras i syfte för att veta vilken planering som ska praktiseras, vilka utmaningar som väntar och för att kommunen ska få en bild om hur samhället ska utvecklas.
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Allen, Chris W. "Coast to coast and border to border : the influence of Jack Shelley on broadcast journalism /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1996. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9809666.
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Jeppsson, Johanna, and Jessica Sjöberg. "Establishing a cost model when estimating product cost in early design phases." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för industriell ekonomi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-15074.
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About 75% of the total product cost is determined in the early design phase, which means that the possibilities to affect costs are relatively small when the design phase is completed. For companies, it is therefore vital to conduct reliable cost estimates in the early design phase, when selecting between different design choices. When conducting a cost estimate there are many uncertainties. The aim with this study is therefore to explore how uncertainties regarding product cost can be considered when estimating product cost and how expert’s knowledge can be integrated within cost estimation. A case study has been conducted within the aerospace industry at the company GKN Aerospace Sweden (GAS) in Trollhättan, from which a model to estimate product cost has been developed. The model is developed for space turbines, but can with modifications be used for other products. Space turbines are highly advanced products, produced in small batches with complex manufacturing processes and high costs. Because of the heavy capital investment, long lead times and high risks, cost estimates become very important, which made GAS suitable for the case study. The new cost estimation model (NCEM) developed is a combination between intuitive, analogical and analytical cost estimation techniques. Product cost at GAS is built up by the following cost elements; raw material, purchased parts, material surcharge, manufacturing cost, manufacturing surcharge, outsourced operations, method support, delivery cost, warranty and scrap, which are studied more in depth. The material cost is estimated based on historical data and a list of previous purchased alloys is created. The manufacturing cost is determined more in detail where the cost for each operation is estimated, based on operation time, amount of removed material or welding speed. The method support cost is estimated based on a study of an internal prognosis where the amount of time from each discipline needed to support the product is determined. Included in the NCEM is also a risk assessment. The main insights from this study is that transparency is vital when estimating product cost. It is important to state what assumptions that have been made. Breaking down the product cost into smaller units and create awareness about the cost drivers will identify risks and reduce uncertainness. Experts possess a great deal of knowledge about cost drivers and should be integrated when estimating product cost.
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Phaobunjong, Kan. "Parametric cost estimating model for conceptual cost estimating of building construction projects." Thesis, Full text (PDF) from UMI/Dissertation Abstracts International, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3086790.
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Qian, Li. "Web-based cost estimation and supplier selection based on parametric cost estimation /." Search for this dissertation online, 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ksu/main.
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Shbaita, Maher. "Relationship Between Regulatory Compliance Cost, Operation Cost, and Profitability of Credit Unions." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7840.
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The decline in the profitability of credit unions with less than $10 million in assets harms the number of small credit unions available to serve local communities. Grounded in the financial intermediation theory, the purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to examine the relationship between regulatory compliance costs, operation costs, and profitability. The population of this study consisted of federally insured credit unions with less than $10 million in assets and located in the state of Texas. Archival data from the National Credit Union Administration database were collected and analyzed. Multiple regression was used to identify a statistically significant predictive model, F (2, 49) = 3.834, p = .028, R2 =.135. The implications for positive social change include the potential for credit union managers to improve decision-making processes related to current and future operations and investments, which could increase profitability and contribute to the financial prosperity of employees, employees' families, communities, and local economies.
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Goff, Charles. "Wind energy cost reductions." CONNECT TO ELECTRONIC THESIS, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1961/3598.
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Lai, Mei Teng. "Airline operating cost estimation." Thesis, University of Macau, 2008. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b1950305.
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Magoula, Angeliki-Elen Myers Christopher S. "Cost in higher education." Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2007. http://bosun.nps.edu/uhtbin/hyperion-image.exe/07Jun%5FMagoula%5FMBA.pdf.
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"Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration from the Naval Postgraduate School, June 2007."Advisor(s): Euske, Kenneth ; Gates, Bill. "June 2007." "MBA professional report"--Cover. Description based on title screen as viewed on August 15, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-67). Also available in print.
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Busck, Fredrik. "Low cost precision reflectometer." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för teknik och naturvetenskap, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-97118.
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This Master Thesis contains an evaluation of the six-port reflectometer (SPR), an alternative method for measuring reflection. This technique allows the measurement ofcomplex reflection using only scalar detectors. Obtaining both amplitude and phase information gives the possibility to make corrections for systematic errors such as feeder cable loss and directivity error. The report contains a literature study including the six-port reflectometer technique as well as a historical overview of reflection measurement techniques. Further more it contains simulation results of parts of the design as well as of the complete system. The calibration algorithm of the SPR is presented step by step with an improvement made in order to reduce the number of calculations. Measurement results of the reflection measurements are presented as a comparison to the result obtained from a network analyzer. The simulations showed high accuracy when simulating variations in the return loss of the loads as well as variations of the input signal frequency. The simulations also gave some indications on how to affect the accuracy of the reflection measurements. Measurements showed high accuracy when measuring unknown loads with changing return loss. Variations of the input power also yielded a good result. Measurements performed with the input signal frequency variated failed to show the same high accuracy as in the simulations. However, there are some improvements suggested to increase the accuracy in a presumptive product.Det här examensarbetet innehåller en utvärdering av sexports reflektometern (SPR), en alternativ metod för att mäta reflektion. Den här tekniken tillåter mätning av komplex reflektion med hjälp av enbart skalära detektorer. Erhållandet av både amplitud och fas ger möjligheten att kompensera för systematiska fel som kabelförluster och direktivitetsfel. Rapporten innehåller en litteraturstudie som omfattar sexports reflektometertekniken samt en historisk översikt av olika tekniker för att mäta reflektion. Rapporten innehåller även simuleringsresultat från enskilda delar av designen samt från hela systemet. Kalibreringsalgoritmen presenteras steg för steg tillsammans med en förbättring som gjorts för att minska antalet beräkningar. Mätresultaten från reflektionsmätningarna presenteras som en jämförelse med resultaten från en nätverksanalysator. Simuleringarna visade hög noggrannhet under variation av lasternas reflektionsförluster och insignalens frekvens. Simuleringarna gav också en indikation på hur man kan påverka noggrannheten i reflektionsmätningarna. Mätningarna visade hög noggrannhet vid variation av lasternas reflektionsförluster. Variationer i insignalens effekt gav också goda resultat. Mätningar genomförda med variation i insignalens frekvens resulterade inte i samma höga noggrannhet som under simuleringarna. Det finns emellertid vissa förslag på förbättringar för att öka noggrannheten i en potentiell framtida produkt.
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Jezequel, Loïg. "Distributed cost-optimal planning." Phd thesis, École normale supérieure de Cachan - ENS Cachan, 2012. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00825026.
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Automated planning is a field of artificial intelligence that aims at proposing methods to chose and order sets of actions with the objective of reaching a given goal. A sequence of actions solving a planning problem is usually called a plan. In many cases, one does not only have to find a plan but an optimal one. This notion of optimality can be defined by assigning costs to actions. An optimal plan is then a plan minimizing the sum of the costs of its actions. Planning problems are standardly solved using algorithms such as A* that search for minimum cost paths in graphs. In this thesis we focus on a particular approach to planning called factored planning or modular planning. The idea is to consider a decomposition of a planning problem into almost independent sub-problems (or components). One then searches for plans into each component and try to assemble these local plans into a global plan for the original planning problem. The main interest of this approach is that, for some classes of planning problems, the components considered can be planning problems much simpler to solve than the original one. First, we present a study of the use of some message passing algorithms for factored planning. In this case the components of a problem are represented by weighted automata. This allows to handle all plans of a sub-problems, and permits to perform factored cost-optimal planning. Achieving cost-optimality of plans was not possible with previous factored planning methods. This approach is then extended by using approximate resolution techniques ("turbo" algorithms) and by proposing another representation of components for handling actions which read-only in some components. Then we describe another approach to factored planning: a distributed version of the famous A* algorithm. Each component is managed by an agent which is responsible for finding a local plan in it. For that, she uses information about her own component, but also information about the rest of the problem, transmitted by the other agents. The main difference between this approach and the previous one is that it is not only modular but also distributed.