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Bonnisseau, Dominique. "Etude des structures magnétiques de composés de neptunium (NpAs, NpSb, NpSe et NpRu2Si2)." Grenoble 1, 1987. http://www.theses.fr/1987GRE10144.
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Voß, Benjamin [Verfasser], and R. [Akademischer Betreuer] Fischer. "Nachweis der Biosynthese von Ferricrocin, Coprogen und Coprogen B durch die Alternaria alternata nicht-ribosomalen Peptidsynthasen Nps2 und Nps6 und Untersuchung der Alternapyronsynthese durch die Polyketidsynthase C / Benjamin Voß ; Betreuer: R. Fischer." Karlsruhe : KIT-Bibliothek, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1187343242/34.
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Mortensen, Cody K. "NPS-SCAT communications system : design, test, and integration of NPS' first CUBESAT." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/5107.
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Courtney, Dale Michael. "Internetworking : NPS ATM LAN /." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1996. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA319479.
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Thesis (M.S. in Information Technology Management) Naval Postgraduate School, September 1996.Thesis advisor(s): D.P. Brutzman and R. Buddenberg. "September 1996." Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-115). Also available online.
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Forte, Jeffrey E. "The NPS Locator system." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1997. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA341393.
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Thesis (M.S. in Computer Science and M.S. in Information Technology Management) Naval Postgraduate School, December 1997."December 1997." Thesis advisor(s): James C. Emery, C. Thomas Wu. Includes bibliographical references (p. 35). Also available online.
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Turner, Christopher Gordon. "NPS TINYSCOPE program management." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/5227.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimitedThis master's thesis introduces the program management and concept of operations of the TINYSCOPE Program. TINYSCOPE is a 6U CubeSat designed as a low-cost and easily replaceable imaging spacecraft that can produce tactically relevant imagery data. Tactical requirements in this context would emphasize "good enough" image resolution with a rapid-response tasking loop and high revisit rate. The TINYSCOPE project intends to demonstrate the utility of small, risk tolerant spacecraft for tactical imagery. The program management section of the thesis discusses the relationships of cost, performance, risk, and schedule and the impact of each on the program. The program's successes and failures are examined to glean lessons for future program managers of university projects. The remainder of the thesis develops a comprehensive concept of operations for the prototype spacecraft. Areas of discussion include overviews of the ground, space and launch segments of the mission architecture, and proposed conduct of operations for those segments. Finally, relevant program management and systems engineering documentation are presented as appendices.
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Brutzman, Donald P. "NPS AUV Integrated Simulation." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 1992. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA248120.
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Thesis (M.S. in Computer Science)--Naval Postgraduate School, March 1992.Thesis Advisor(s): Kanayama, Yutaka ; Zyda, Michael J. "March 1992." Appendix G videotape located at VHS 5000043. Includes bibliographical references (p. 240-247). Also available in print.
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Machicao, y. Priemer Antonio. "NP-Arguments in NPs." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/20109.
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Thema der Dissertation sind Nominalphrasen im Deutschen und Spanischen. Die Dissertation ist in 5 Abschnitte unterteilt. Das erste Kapitel gibt die Motivation der Arbeit, und im letzten Kapitel werden die Ergebnisse zusammengefasst und mögliche Erweiterungen diskutiert.
Im zweiten Kapitel wird eine Einführung in den theoretischen Rahmen, die Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG), gegeben und mit generativen Ansätzen verglichen. Dabei werden die Grundlagen und die Beschreibungsmechanismen der Theorie erklärt. HPSG ist ein oberflächenorientiertes, deklaratives, beschränkungsbasiertes Framework.
Im dritten Kapitel werden vier zentrale syntaktische Begriffe besprochen und diskutiert: Kopf, Argument, Adjunkt und Spezifikator. Trotz ihrer Relevanz in der linguistischen Literatur werden diese vier Relationen verschieden interpretiert. Bei der Diskussion dieser syntaktischen Hauptrelationen werden die entsprechenden HPSG Mechanismen erklärt, mit denen sie beschrieben werden, u.a. das Semantik-Prinzip und das Kopfmerkmalsprinzip.
Das vierte Kapitel der Dissertation beinhaltet Analysen für drei verschiedene Phänomene der NPs im Deutschen und Spanischen: Kasusmarkierung, optionale Argumente und pränominale Argumente. Deutsch und Spanisch unterscheiden sich in der Art und Weise, wie sie Kasus an ihren NPs markieren. Deutsch markiert sie morphologisch und Spanisch syntaktisch. Beide Arten der Markierung werden modelliert und verglichen. In Bezug auf die Optionalität von Argumenten wird zunächst die verbale Domäne betrachtet. Anhand dieser Analyse wird dann die nominale Domäne modelliert. Im letzten Teil wird eine Analyse für die pränominalen Argumente gegeben. Dabei werden folgende Aspekte betrachtet: Kombinatorik verschiedener Argumente, Theta-Rollenvergabe für die Argumente, Fakultativität der Argumente und Behandlung der (In-)Definitheit bei pränominalen Genitiven.The topic of this dissertation are noun phrases in German and Spanish. This thesis is divided into five chapters. The first chapter presents the motivation of the work, and in the last chapter a summary is presented and discussed. In the second chapter, I give an introduction into the theoretical framework, Head-Driven Phase Structure Grammar (HPSG) by explaining its fundamental mechanisms, and compare it to generative approaches. HPSG is a surface oriented, declarative, constraint-based framework. In the third chapter, four central syntactic concepts are critically discussed: head, argument, adjunct, and specifier. Although these four concepts are highly relevant in the linguistic literature, they are often interpreted differently. While discussing these fours syntactic relations, I explain the main mechanisms of HPSG to describe them, e.g. the Semantic Principle and the Head Feature Principle. The fourth chapter contains analyses for three different NP phenomena in German and Spanish: case marking, optionality of arguments, and prenominal arguments. German and Spanish differ in the way they mark case on their NPs. German case-marks NPs morphologically, while case marking in Spanish is syntactic. Both types of marking are modelled and compared. Regarding argument optionality, I first look at the verbal domain and use this analysis to model optionality in the nominal domain. The last part of this chapter gives an analysis of prenominal arguments. The following aspects are considered: combinatory of a head noun with different arguments, theta role assignment for the arguments of a nominal head, optionality of arguments and treatment of (in-)definiteness in prenominal genitives.
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Meyer, Michael, and Florentine Maier. "Managerialismus: Eine Herausforderung (nicht nur) für NPOs." Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5771/0042-059X-2017-2-104.
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Managerialismus - verstanden als eine Kombination von normativen Erwartungen, wie Organisationen mithilfe betriebswirtschaftlichen Wissens gestaltet werden sollen - betrifft Organisationen aller Sektoren: In gewinnorientierten Unternehmen sind Widersprüche zwischen managerialistischer Rationalität und den Rationalitäten fachlicher Professionen, lebensweltlichen Wertvorstellungen, oder Anforderungen sozialer und ökologischer Nachhaltigkeit nichts Ungewöhnliches. In Nonprofit-Organisationen zeigen sich solche Widersprüche noch stärker. Dies ist insbesondere seit den 1990er Jahren der Fall, als ein deutlicher Anstieg der Managerialisierung der Nonprofit-Praxis zu beobachten war, begleitet und auch befördert durch einen Anstieg der Forschung zu diesem Thema. Obwohl oder gerade weil das Phänomen lange Zeit definitorisch unscharf blieb, wurde es in der Diskussion zum Fluchtpunkt von Befürchtungen und Hoffnungen. Die Optimisten erwarten sich davon Effizienz- und Effektivitätsgewinne für Nonprofit-Organisationen (NPOs), die Skeptiker befürchten deren Kolonialisierung durch eine enge ökonomische Rationalität. In Forschung und Praxis wird ein polarisiertes Bild gezeichnet. Dieser Beitrag fasst die bisherigen empirischen Befunde zusammen und versucht zu einer Versachlichung der Diskussion beizutragen. Theoretisch basiert unser Verständnis von Managerialismus auf der Organisationstheorie Niklas Luhmanns (1988) und dem Konzept institutioneller Logiken (Friedland/Alford 1991).
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Cauda, Luca <1992>. "The Italian NPLs market: UniCredit case study." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/11904.
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Panoramica del quadro attuale della situazione dei crediti deteriorati in Italia, le soluzioni offerte dai governi e dalla banche centrali e la presentazione del progetto FINO di UniCredit relativo alla vendita di circa 17 miliardi di Euro di crediti deteriorati.
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Bein, Alexander L. "NPS-SCAT (Solar Cell Array Tester), the construction of NPS' first prototype Cubesat." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2008. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/theses/2008/Sept/08Sep%5FBein.pdf.
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Thesis (M.S. in Space Systems Operations)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2008.Thesis Advisor(s): Newman, James H. "September 2008." Description based on title screen as viewed on November 03, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-77). Also available in print.
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Zauner, Alfred, Michael Meyer, Susanne Praschak, Wolfgang Mayrhofer, and Peter Heimerl-Wagner. "Von der Subvention zum Leistungsvertrag. Neue Koordinations- und Steuerungsformen zwischen NPOs und dem öffentlichen Sektor und ihre Konsequenzen für NPOs." WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2002. http://epub.wu.ac.at/718/1/document.pdf.
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In den Beziehungen und in der Zusammenarbeit zwischen Nonprofit Organisationen und öffentlichen Verwaltungen sind in Österreich markante Veränderungen zu beobachten. "Leere Kassen" und Sparprogramme gelten als Argument umfassender finanzpolitischer Restriktionen der öffentlichen Hand. Die Finanzierung der von NPOs erbrachten gesellschaftlichen Leistungen wird prekär. Eine theoretische Legitimation erhält diese Entwicklung durch die Diskussion zur gesellschaftlichen Verantwortung des öffentlichen und des NPO Sektors unter den Stichworten "New Public Management" und "Zivilgesellschaft". Auch supranationale Einflüsse - insbesondere jene der EU - schaffen neue Rahmenbedingungen für die Arbeit der NPOs. Die Konfrontation mit veränderten Spielregeln bedeutet für beide Sektoren eine Herausforderung. Insbesondere der anhaltende Druck in Richtung Sparsamkeit und Effizienz der öffentlichen Mittelverwendung hat erhebliche Auswirkungen auf das Verhältnis zwischen NPOs und öffentlicher Hand. Ein Kernelement dieser Entwicklung ist der Positionswandel vieler NPOs von der Rolle eines in seinen Aktivitäten weitgehend freien Subventionsempfängers, der durch persönliche Vertrauensbeziehungen gestützt wird, hin zum vertraglich gebundenen Dienstleister. Resultat sind widersprüchliche Forderungen, die zu wechselseitigen Fehleinschätzungen führen und den Eindruck einer "falschen Verbindung" entstehen lassen. Einige Beispiele sollen dies verdeutlichen: 1. Zum einen wird eine verstärkte Eigeninitiative von NPOs gefordert, zum anderen unterbinden enge Ausschreibungen jeglichen Spielraum. 2. Einerseits wird im Rahmen einer Zivilgesellschaft die Beteiligung der Ehrenamtlichen hoch gelobt, andererseits machen die Einklagbarkeit von Verträgen und die Vorgabe strikter Kriterien den Einsatz von Ehrenamtlichen zum Risiko. 3. Auf der einen Seite sollen NPOs wie professionelle Unternehmen agieren, auf der anderen Seite will man von der Tradition der Bevormundung und Detailkontrolle nicht lassen. Bislang durchgeführte qualitative Interviews mit Führungskräften des NPO-Sektors und der Geldgeber sprechen u.a. folgenden Forschungsannahmen hohe Plausibilität zu: - NPOs müssen für öffentliche Geldgeber berechenbar sein. Gründete die Berechenbarkeit früher dominant im politisch-werthaften Vertrauen in bestimmte Personen, so stützt sie sich heute zunehmend auf die Professionalität und auf das Wissenspotential der NPO. Die Steuerungsmedien Macht und persönliches Vertrauen werden überlagert durch jene von Geld und Wissen. - Leistungsvertragliche Beziehungen erfordern Entscheidungen und erzwingen Organisation: In Abgrenzung von informellen Handlungsmustern gewinnt formales Handeln in NPOs an Bedeutung. Auch basisnahen NPOs stehen unter Druck, sich vom Ideal und den Fesseln der Basisdemokratie zu verabschieden. - Es gibt eine Tendenz zur Professionalisierung sowohl im einschlägig-fachlichen wie auch im betriebswirtschaftlich-instrumentellen Bereich. Innerbetrieblich führt dies nicht selten zu einer symbolische Polarisierung zwischen Fachexperten einerseits und Betriebswirten andererseits. (Autorenref.)Series: WU-Jahrestagung 2002
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Kruth, Jörg. "Strategien der Zivilgesellschaft : japanische NPOs und deutsche Treuhandstiftungen." Frankfurt, M. ; Berlin ; Bern ; Bruxelles ; New York, NY ; Oxford ; Wien Lang, 2008. http://d-nb.info/988276690/04.
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Kruth, Jörg. "Strategien der Zivilgesellschaft japanische NPOs und deutsche Treuhandstiftungen." Frankfurt, M. Berlin Bern Bruxelles New York, NY Oxford Wien Lang, 2007. http://d-nb.info/988276690/04.
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Bolster, Richard D., and Thomas E. Halwachs. "Analyzing NPS scheduling using OSIRIS." Thesis, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/24120.
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Harris, Anthony D. "NPS CubeSat Launcher-lite sequence." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2009. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/theses/2009/Jun/09Jun%5FHarris.pdf.
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Thesis (M.S. in Space Systems Operations)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2009.Thesis Advisor(s): Newman, James H. "June 2009." Description based on title screen as viewed on July 10, 2009. Author(s) subject terms: NPSCuL, NPSCuL-Lite, P-POD, Sequencer, Launcher, Launch Vehicle, Microcontroller, Space, Satellite. Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-168). Also available in print.
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Dorn, Lawrence Tyrone. "NPS-SCAT electrical power system." Thesis, Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 2009. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/theses/2009/Sep/09Sep_Dorn.pdf.
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Thesis (M.S. in Space Systems Operations)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2009.Thesis Advisor(s): Newman, James H. "September 2009." Description based on title screen as viewed on November 5, 2009. Author(s) subject terms: Satellite, CubeSat, NPS-SCAT, solar cell tester, Power system, Clyde Space, Spectrolabs, improved triple junction, solar power. Includes bibliographical references (p. 83-85). Also available in print.
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Hicks, Christina M. "NPS CubeSat Launcher program management." Thesis, Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 2009. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/theses/2009/Sep/09Sep%5FHicks.pdf.
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Thesis (M.S. in Space Systems Operations)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2009.Thesis Advisor(s): Newman, James H. "September 2009." Description based on title screen as viewed on November 10, 2009. Author(s) subject terms: NPSCuL, CubeSat, Launcher, P-POD, ABC, Aft Bulkhead Carrier, Centaur, ESPA, Secondary Payload, Program Management. Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-63). Also available in print.
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Jenkins, Robert Donald. "NPS-SCAT systems engineering and payload subsystem design, integration, and testing of NPS' first CubeSat /." Thesis, Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 2010. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/theses/2010/Jun/10Jun%5FJenkins.pdf.
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Thesis (M.S. in Astronautical Engineering)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2010.Thesis Advisor(s): Newman, James H. ; Romano, Marcello. "June 2010." Description based on title screen as viewed on July 14, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: 1U, COTS, CubeSat, CubeSat Kit, Falcon 1e, Integration, I-V Curve, NPS-SCAT, Naval Postgraduate School, P-POD, Printed Circuit Board, Satellite, Space Shuttle, Solar Cell, Solar Cell Array Tester, Space Systems, Sun Sensor, Systems Engineering, Temperature Sensor, Testing, Thermal Vacuum. Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-161). Also available in print.
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Smith, Kerry D. "Environmental testing and thermal analysis of the NPS Solar Cell Array Tester (NPS-SCAT) Cubesat." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/5654.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.This thesis describes the development of a working thermal model of the Naval Postgraduate School's first CubeSat called NPS-SCAT and the accomplishment of environmental testing that has been completed to date in preparation for space launch. The primary mission of NPS-SCAT is to act as a Solar Cell Array Tester (SCAT), providing data on solar cell performance of various solar cells in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). As part of the satellite development process, a detailed test plan was developed and environmental modeling and testing were completed to test SCAT's ability to survive and function in the space environment. A thermal finite element model (FEM) was developed in NX-6 I-deas to analyze and predict the component thermal response to the space environment. Environmental tests, including thermal vacuum (TVAC) and vibration testing, have been completed using profiles determined by the expected launch and on-orbit conditions. The data obtained from these tests validated the thermal model and proved that SCAT would survive the launch conditions and could successfully operate in the space environment.
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Bouillet, Marie-Noëlle. "Etude des propriétés magnétiques de composés d'actinides : les monopnictures et les monochalcogénures de neptunium : les solutions solides NpAs(1-x)Se(x) et NpSb(1-x)Te(x), les intermétalliques NpX3,X = Ga, In, Ge, et Sn." Grenoble 1, 1993. http://www.theses.fr/1993GRE10103.
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Cette these presente une etude par spectroscopie mossbauer #2#3#7np, #1#1#9sn, #1#2#1sb) des proprietes magnetiques et electriques de trois familles de composes de neptunium: les monopnictures, les monochalcogenures et les intermetalliques npx#3 (x=ga, in, ge, sn). Les resultats de ce travail sont discutes et compares a ceux obtenus par diffraction neutronique, aimantation et resistivite. Les monopnictures de neptunium sont caracterises par d'importantes interactions d'echange fortement anisotropes. La stabilisation de la structure multi-axiale antiferromagnetique de type i, commune a npsb (t#n=200 k), a npas en dessous de 138 k et a npbi (t#n=192,5 k), parait liee a l'hybridation f-p. La structure antiferromagnetique de type ii est commune aux monochalcogenures nps, npse et npte. Cependant, la nature exacte de l'ordre (colineaire ou multi-axial) reste incertaine. Les moments ordonnes sont manifestement plus faibles dans les monochalcogenures que dans les monopnictures, phenomene attribue a l'hybridation f-d. La localisation des electrons 5f augmente avec la taille du ligand dans les monopnictures et les monochalcogenures de neptunium. L'etude des solutions solides npas#(#1#-#x#)se#x et npsb#(#1#-#x#)te#x a ete realisee dans le but de suivre en continu l'influence de la structure electronique sur les proprietes magnetiques. Pour les deux solutions solides, nous avons vu que 5% de chalcogene suffisait pour detruire la structure af de type i du pnicture de neptunium (npsb et npas). L'augmentation de la localisation des electrons 5f avec la taille du ligand dans la serie npx#3, attendue compte tenu des resultats concernant la serie isostructurale ux#3, a ete verifiee experimentalement. Cependant, les composes npx#3 deviennent magnetiques plus tot que les composes ux#3 lorsqu'on descend les colonnes du tableau periodique. Npsn#3 et npge#3, qui se trouvent a la frontiere entre les composes non magnetiques et les composes magnetiques sont particulierement interessants (fermions lourds)
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Neumayr, Michaela, and Katharina Meichenitsch. "Sind Non-Profit-Organisationen die Guten? Qualitätsunterschiede zwischen gemeinnützigen und gewinnorientierten Alten- und Pflegeheimen." Beirat für gesellschafts-, wirtschafts- und umweltpolitische Alternativen (BEIGEWUM), 2011. http://epub.wu.ac.at/5601/1/Sind%2DNPOs%2Ddie%2DGuten.pdf.
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Welter, Joseph Donald. "NPS high resolution synthetic aperture sonar." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1995. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA306558.
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Thesis (M.S. in Applied Physics and M.S. in Electrical Engineering) Naval Postgraduate School, December 1995."December 1995." Thesis advisor(s): Donald L. Walters, Roberto Cristi. Bibliography: p. 101. Also available online.
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Baza, Joseph A., and Timothy E. Cabana. "Analysis of NPS contracting service quality." Thesis, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/44520.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimitedThe purpose of this project is to identify and analyze customer expectations and customer perceptions of service quality provided by the local contracting office supporting the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS). Our goal is to identify performance gaps using the SERVQUAL instrument for measuring customers’ expectations and perceptions along five quality dimensions (tangibles, reliability, responsiveness, assurance, empathy). The results will identify areas of improvements in customer relations, contracting support, and service quality.
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Hill, Adam L. "NPS-SCAT CONOPS and Radiation Environment." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/7357.
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Solar cells are the primary energy-collection agents used onboard spacecraft converting energy from the sun into electricity. With solar cells being the main source of power for satellites, it is important to know how they operate and degrade when exposed to the harsh environment of low earth orbit. The objective of this thesis is to estimate the solar cell degradation that will be experienced on orbit due to radiation. This linked with the mission of the NPS-SCAT providing a quantitative measurement on orbit of how solar cells degrade over time can reduce risk of expensive national satellite by providing real-life solar cells exposure to threats of the space environment. A secondary goal of this thesis is to build and present a representation of the CONOPs (concept of operations) that describes the functionality expected on orbit. Coordination with the software programmers as well as the staff to set robust functionality is the goal for the CONOPs. This software package will be programmed into the two 1U flight certified CubeSats as their standard programming once implementation and testing have been completed.
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Erhardt, Bill. "2002 NPS Integrated Project - Expeditionary Warfare." Thesis, Monterey California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/41965.
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This site archives the final report, presentation, and supporting materials for the 2002 project. It will be
fully active by January 2003.The Expeditionary Warfare Integrated Project represents the combined effort of more than 70 students and 18 faculty members from seven different Naval Postgraduate School curricula representing all five US uniformed services and allies from Singapore, Turkey, Greece, Tunisia, and Sweden. This project was the result of OPNAV N7 tasking directing NPS’ Wayne Meyer Institute of Systems Engineering to use a top down, system of systems approach to examine future Expeditionary Warfare operations in terms of current and emerging operational concepts.
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Fukuda, Karina 1985. "Caracterização de óleos essenciais com atividade antifúngica por cromatografia gasosa bidimensiona abrangente GCxGC." [s.n.], 2012. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/250211.
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Orientadores: Fabio Augusto, Adílson SartorattoDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Química
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Resumo: O perfil cromatográfico de óleos essenciais de Mentha foi correlacionado com sua atividade biológica contra Candida dubliniensis utilizando-se ferramentas quimiométricas. A cromatografia gasosa bidimensional "abrangente" com detecção por ionização em chama, GCxGC-FID, foi combinada com a análise multivariada de dados e, a partir da correlação obtida com o emprego da ferramenta NPLS-DA (N-way partial least squares - discriminant analysis), foi possível prever o comportamento de novas amostras de óleo de Mentha frente à atividade biológica classificando-as como ativas ou inativas, sem a necessidade de se efetuar o ensaio de concentração inibitória mínima, MIC. Foi possível, ainda, estimar os principais constituintes responsáveis pela atividade contra Candida dubliniensis: linalol, piperitona, carvona, pulegona e óxido de piperitenona. Desta forma, a GCxGC-FID, quando combinada com técnicas quimiométricas, pode vir a ser uma ferramenta poderosa na predição de propriedades biológicas como uma alternativa ou complemento para outras técnicas mais laboriosas. Paralelamente, a GCxGC-qMS foi empregada para realizar a identificação tentativa de duas espécies de folhas de Mentha. Cada espécie foi submetida aos tratamentos de secagem e congelamento. Para a pré-concentração dos analitos foi empregada a etapa de preparo de amostras por microextração em fase sólida através do headspace (HS-SPME) empregando-se fibra de polidimetilssiloxano / divinilbenzeno (PDMS/DVB) seguida de separação por cromatografia gasosa bidimensional "abrangente" com detecção por espectrometria de massas (GCxGC-qMS)
Abstract: The chromatographic profile of essencial oils Mentha was correlated with their biological activities against Candida dubliniensis using chemometric tools. Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (GCxGC-FID) was combined with multivariate data analysis and correlation obtained from the use of tool NPLS-DA (N-way partial least squares - discriminant analysis), making it possible to predict the behavior of new samples of Mentha oil against biological activity by classifying them as active or inactive, without the need to perform the minimal inhibitory concentration test. It was also possible to estimate the major components responsible for the activity against Candida dubliniensis: linalool, piperitona, carvone, pulegone and piperitenone oxide. Thus, GC x GC-FID, when combined with chemometric techniques, may prove to be a powerfull tool for predicting biological properties as an alternative or complement to other techniques. In parallel, GC x GC-qMS was used to perform the identification of two species of leaves of Mentha. Each species was subjected to drying and freezing treatments. Solid phase microextraction through headspace (HS-SPME) was employed for sample preparation with a fiber employing polydimethylsiloxane/divinylbenzene (PDMS/DVB), followed by separation by comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography with mass spectrometer detection (GC x GC-qMS)
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Soares, Eduardo António Carvalho. "Determinants of nonperforming loans in Portugal." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/14709.
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Mestrado em FinançasA consequência imediata do crescimento de empréstimos em incumprimento (NPLs na sigla Inglesa) no sistema bancário pode ser a sua falha o que se traduz numa ameaça para a estabilidade financeira. Neste contexto, uma das principais lições da crise financeira global é que os reguladores precisam de saber quais são os determinantes que influenciam o aumento de NPLs e monitorizá-los. Esta tese pretende ajudar as instituições financeiras e as autoridades microprudencial e macroprudencial a reconhecer os indicadores que contribuíram para a evolução do rácio de NPLs (empréstimos em incumprimento a dividir pelo total de empréstimos) no período de Dezembro de 1999 a Março de 2016. Com esta finalidade, será testado o impacto de vários indicadores financeiros no rácio de NPLs, e será dada especial atenção aos indicadores financeiros que foram considerados relevantes para explicar o rácio de NPLs noutros países ou que indicam a acumulação de risco sistémico.
The immediate consequence of the rising nonperforming loans (NPLs) in the banking system can be its failure what translates into a threat for financial stability. Against this background, one of the key lessons of the global financial crisis is that policymakers need to recognize the determinants that influence the buildup of NPLs and monitor them. This thesis intends to assist financial institutions and the macroprudential and microprudential authorities in the recognition of the indicators that contributed to the evolution of the NPLs ratio (NPLs divided by total gross loans) in the period between December 1999 and March 2016. In furtherance of this objective, the impact of several financial indicators on NPLs will be tested and special attention will be given to the financial indicators considered as relevant to explain the NPL ratio in other countries or that indicate the build-up of system-wide risk.
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Park, Jae-il. "Non-practising entities (NPEs) and patent remedies for future infringement." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2013. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/13146/.
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This research establishes a new patent remedy (injunction) system against future infringements in such a way as to discourage trolling behaviours of non-practising entities (NPEs) without chilling inventors’ incentives to innovate. For this research target, this thesis reviewed the general characteristics of NPEs in the current and past patent system, the current patent remedy laws in different countries (the US, UK and Germany), the patent holdups caused by NPEs’ patent enforcement against manufacturers, and various solutions which have been proposed so far. In doing so, it addresses important findings that the major cause of NPE problems stems from the inherent uncertainty nature of patent, that the courts’ discretion of whether to grant or deny an injunction needs to be clearly defined, and that the new injunction system should skilfully balance the short-term as well as the long-term transaction costs which are caused by NPEs’ patent enforcements. Considering these findings, this thesis proposes a new injunction model, alias a ‘three-tiered remedy system.’ Unlike the present two-tiered system, it divides the remedies into three different types: (1) granting an unqualified injunction against wilful infringers; (2) granting a suspended injunction against innocent infringers; and (3) denying injunctions in exceptional circumstances. The most differentiated feature of this model is to award a suspended injunction as a default remedy in order to mitigate the patent holdup arising from the uncertainty problem of patent. Since the suspension period is determined in proportion to the required time for designing around the infringed patent, this new model can provide a very useful solution to mitigate the harmful effect of NPEs’ patent enforcement without jeopardizing the integrity of exclusive right of patent at the same time.
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Burkart, Christian, Tina Wakolbinger, and Fuminori Toyasaki. "Funds allocation in NPOs: the role of administrative cost ratios." Springer, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10100-017-0512-9.
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Performance measurement of Non-Profit Organizations (NPOs) is of
increasing importance for aid agencies, policy-makers and donors. A widely used
benchmark for measuring the efficiency of NPOs is the overhead cost ratio, consisting
of the total money spent on administration and fundraising relative to the budget.
Donors generally favor a lower overhead cost ratio as it ensures that more Money
directly reaches beneficiaries. Unlike fundraising expenses, administrative costs do
not contribute to advertising the actions of an NPO even though they account for a
significant proportion of overhead cost. Reducing administrative expenses is a logical
consequence from a financial viewpoint, but might negatively affect NPOs through the
resulting administrative capacities. This phenomenon is known as "Nonprofit Starvation Cycle" This work provides an analytical framework for analyzing NPO decision
making concerning administrative costs. The paper provides answers to important research questions on the optimal level of administrative spending, the influencing
factors and the effects of available information on NPOs. The research shows that focusing on financial performance measurements can result in reduced utility created
for NPOs. Less transparency often leads to increased utility for NPOs, but more transparency can increase NPOs' utility if the information available exceeds a certain threshold. Fluctuating donations are challenging for NPOs' planning and may Impact
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Kenter, Yucel. "The NPS Virtual Thermal Image processing model." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2001. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA397073.
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Thesis (M.S. in Systems Engineering) Naval Postgraduate School, Sept. 2001.Thesis advisors, Cooper, Alfred W. ; Pieper, R. J. "September 2001." Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-165). Also Available in print.
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Schively, Jody L. "Network security and the NPS Internet firewall." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/30578.
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As the Naval Postgraduate School's (NPS) computer network continues to incorporate computers with a wide variety of security holes, it is vital that an Internet firewall be installed to provide perimeter security for NPS from the Internet. NPS has had systems compromised by unauthorized individuals who have gained access via the Internet. The approach taken by this thesis was to analyze the type of Internet firewalls available and chose a design that provides the protection required at NPS while maintaining the Internet functionality desired. After choosing the appropriate type of firewall, it was tested for functionality and performance. The functionality test successfully validated that the bootp, netwall, tftp, sunrpc, and nfsd packets could he blocked while other network services remained functional. The performance testing process first monitored existing traffic to and from the BARRNET and DDN routers. The second step determined the firewall's performance with a well known network measurement tool, New Test TCP/IP (ntrcp). The existing data rates to and from the Intemet are on average 438 kilobjis per second and the nttcp tests showed that the firewall could run at 600 kilobits per second. These results validated that the firewall could maintain the data rates currently required to the Internet. This thesis resulted in a firewall, obtained from Texas A&M, that can be installed and used to improve the network security between the NPS network and the Internet. This firewall runs on a PC and would be located between the NPS network and the BARRNKr and DDN routers. This would result in a perimeter of security for the NPS network, to assist in the ever growing need for network security.
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Crook, Matthew R. "NPS CubeSat launcher design, process and requirements." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2009. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA501503.
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Thesis (M.S. in Space Systems Operations)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2009.Thesis Advisor(s): Newman, James H. "June 2009." Description based on title screen as viewed on July 13, 2009. DTIC Identifiers: NPSCUL (NPS CUBESAT Launcher), ESPA (EELV Secondary Payload Adapter), P-POD (Poly Picosatellite Orbital Deployer), nanosatellite standards, CRADA (Cooperative Research and Development Agreement), EELV (Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle), FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling), geosynchronous orbits, low earth orbits, rapid prototyping. Author(s) subject terms: CubeSat, NPSCuL, ESPA, EELV, Satellite, Space, Launcher, Launch. Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-78). Also available in print.
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Peng, Gang 1967. "Chinese real estate NPLSs : are they opportunities for US opportunistic investors?" Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/32198.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2000.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 75-78).
After explosive development during the early 1990s, China now faces an oversupplied real estate market. State-owned banks, the main financiers of these developments, are burdened with vast amounts of non-performing loans (NPLs). As China prepares for its entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO), it has begun to reform its finance and banking system. Aiming at transforming the state-owned banks into more commercially oriented enterprises, the Chinese government has initiated a major effort to help the banks resolve their NPLs, many of which have been made to real estate development companies. As in the Savings & Loans crisis in the US, within a short period of time a large volume of Chinese non-performing assets will come onto the market. Due to the lack of opportunities in the domestic market, US opportunistic investors are looking to locate high-return investment opportunities in emerging markets. Asia is one of their major targets. US investors have recently acquired billions of dollars worth of Asian real estate NPLs and are looking for more. Would the Chinese non-performing real estate assets be good investment opportunities for US investors? This thesis attempts to answer that question. The research for this thesis was done in three phases. The first phase is an analysis of the US investors' risk-return trade-offs in Asian real estate investment. The purpose is to understand what the US investors look for when they invest in Asian real estate. The second phase is a comparison of China' s investment environment with the environments in other Asian countries, in order to determine China's relative risk profile. The third phase is a study of the objectives and strategies of China's NPL resolution. The goal is to estimate the level of returns China's NPL sales are likely to offer. Interviews with practitioners, including US fund managers, Chinese developers, Chinese bankers, and Chinese real estate academics are the main sources of information. Theoretical research was also conducted to help understand and analyze the information collected from interviews. The interviews and research lead to the following findings: US investments in international real estate are made primarily by Opportunistic Funds. They seek investment opportunities that offer 20-30% returns. Their targeted investment holding periods are between three and five years. Additional returns will be required for each additional layer of risk. China's investment environment is perceived to be riskier than those of other Asian countries by US fund managers. As a result, opportunities in China have to offer higher returns than those of other Asian countries in order to be equally attractive. China's NPL resolution is not likely to be very effective, due to some fundamental flaws built into the political and economic structure of all state-owned entities, including that of the Asset Management Companies, which were set up to resolve NPLs. The thesis concludes that China's NPL resolution is going to be a slow and gradual process, which is not likely to create immediately many high-yielding opportunities that will meet the expectations of US investors. A more distant future, however, may hold more opportunities as China becomes a member of WTO and as pressure builds on the government to sell-off its non-performing assets.
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Ohrberg, Simon. "Recreating Believability In NPCs: The Effects Of Visual And Logical Behaviour." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för teknik och samhälle (TS), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-20125.
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NPCs are in many games the foundation on which it operates. NPCs create the illusion of inhabitants or assign purpose to the player. Whatever they do, they represent characters. Introducing a character has a certain margin of error, as a poorly portrayed character may cause more damage than the NPC would add. Without creating a believable environment which would include the NPCs, immersion could be difficult. As such this thesis investigates the effect of different behaviours to NPCs. With the focus on how visual and logical behaviours affect the players’ perception of their believability. The experiment was conducted in a game of the RTS survival genre. With the visual behaviours selected from the games Banished[1] and Frostpunk [2] the logical behaviours were inspired by F.E.A.R [3]. In the experiment testers were used to test three versions of the artifact. The first acted as a default and was used as the starting point for the second version which introduced enhanced visual behaviours. The third continued and added a predictive functionality as logical behaviour. The tests concluded that the visual behaviours had a positive effect on perception but no conclusive evidence to suggest the logical behaviour had the same effect.
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Alkmyr, Camilla. "A study on how behaviours of NPCs influence the gaming experience." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för teknik och samhälle (TS), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-20489.
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Denna uppsats har haft avsikten att studera hur NPC:ers agerande påverkar spelupplevelsen. NPC:er är de figurerna inom ett spel som inte är spelbara. Deras syfte är att skapa en trovärdig spelvärld och interagera med spelaren. Spelupplevelse innebär de känslor och tankar som spelare får under tiden de spelar. För att besvara uppsatsfrågan så studerades hur NPC:ers beteende påverkade spelarnas upplevelser genom observationer och enkäter. Under iakttagelserna så testades sex olika spel för att se hur deltagarna uppfattade NPC:ers olika agerande. Enkäten användes för att ge deltagarna utrymme att själva kunna tillföra sina egna tankar till hur de uppfattade de datorstyrda figurernas agerande. Överlag visade resultatet från både observationerna och enkäterna att det fanns delade meningar kring hur NPC:ernas agerande uppfattades. Testpersonernas uppfattningar skiljde sig åt både inom ett spel och mellan spelen. Samtidigt fanns det även beteenden som testgruppen hade samma åsikt kring. Exempelvis tyckte de flesta testpersoner att spelupplevelsen försämrades när NPC:erna inte försökte nå spelaren strategisk eller inte arbetade som en enhet. Uppsatsen visar att det är svårt att ta en fram en NPC som agerar på ett sätt som passar samtliga spelare. När ett nytt spel utvecklas läggs mycket fokus på att spelupplevelsen ska bli så bra som möjligt. Eftersom denna uppsats visar på att NPC:er har en inverkan på spelupplevelsen så är det viktigt att studera detta ämne vidare.The purpose of this thesis is to analyze in what way the gaming experience for the gamer is affected by the NPC´s behaviour. NPCs are characters in a game that the gamer himself cannot control. The main purpose with adding NPCs into a game is to create a more realistic world and for them to interact with the gamer. Gaming experience is concerning the emotions and thoughts that the gamer has while playing the game. In order to be able to answer the questions posed in this thesis, questionnaires and observations was conducted to study how the NPCs behaviour affected the players´ gaming experience negatively or positively. During these observations, six different games were tested to see how the players reacted to the NPC´s behaviours and actions. The questionnaire was used as a tool for the players to be able to express their feelings and thoughts about the computer-controlled characters. The result from both the observation and the questionnaire shows that the participating people´s thoughts about the behaviours of the NPCs vary greatly. These differences could be found both concerning one specific game but also between games. On the other hand, there were specific behaviours that the participating people agreed upon. For example, a majority of the people thought that if NPCs did not try to get to the gamer in a more strategic way or if they did not work as a unit, lead to a negative gaming experience for the gamer. The conclusion of this thesis is that creating a NPC who has behaviour traits which suit all types of gamers is a very difficult task. The main focus of a new game in development is to create the best gaming experience possible for the gamer. This thesis shows the importance that the effect of the NPC´s behaviour has on the gaming experience and therefore it is a subject that is important to study more closely.
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Bosco, Paul. "Mass Transportation for NPS: A Financial Feasibility Study." Thesis, Ft. Belvoir : Defense Technical Information Center, 1992. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA256536.
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Whitson, Mark E. "An investigation into improving non-NPS cleanup process." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/23934.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimitedThis research investigates the process required to remediate (cleanup) non-National Priorities List (non-NPL) hazardous waste sites. The research addresses the many laws and regulations on hazardous waste cleanup specific to Department of Defence and Navy processes to correct and remediate existing sites. The thesis gathered data through survey of the seven Engineering Field Divisions within the Naval Facilities Command organization. The survey provided opportunity to cover concerns of representatives currently involved in cleanup operations for the Navy. The research concludes that NAVFAC should actively endorse a broader use of partnering and teams to quicken the remediation process.
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Rabut, Gwénaël. "Dynamique de l'organisation des pores nucléaires." Paris 6, 2004. http://www.theses.fr/2004PA066278.
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Justamante, David. "Randomness from space." Thesis, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/52996.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimitedIncludes supplementary material
Reissued 30 May 2017 with correction to degree on title page.
Randomness is at the heart of today's computing. There are two categorical methods to generate random numbers: pseudorandom number generation (PRNG) methods and true random number generation (TRNG) methods. While PRNGs operate orders of magnitude faster than TRNGs, the strength of PRNGs lies in their initial seed. TRNGs can function to generate such a seed. This thesis will focus on studying the feasibility of using the next generation Naval Postgraduate School Femto Satellite (NPSFS) as a TRNG. The hardware for the next generation will come from the Intel Quark D2000 along with its onboard BMC150 6-axis eCompass. We simulated 3-dimensional motion to see if any raw data from the BMC150 could be used as an entropy source for random number generation.We studied various "schemes" on how to select and output specific data bits to determine if more entropy and increased bitrate could be reached. Data collected in this thesis suggests that the BMC150 contains certain bits that could be considered good sources of entropy. Various schemes further utilized these bits to yield a strong entropy source with higher bitrate. We propose the NPSFS be studied further to find other sources of entropy. We also propose a prototype be sent into space for experimental verification of these results.
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Claeyé, Frederik. "Culture, power and resistance : hybridisation of management systems in South African NPOs." Thesis, Middlesex University, 2013. http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/17422/.
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The present thesis examines the emergence of hybrid management systems in non-profit organisations (NPOs) in South Africa. In the face of achieving the Millennium Development Goals, ‘managing for development results’ has become a central element in the international discourse on ‘aid effectiveness’. The emphasis on better management and organisation as a way forward in the development trajectory of Third World countries is underpinned by managerialist modes of thinking. This discourse has spread to NPOs as these have increasingly been inserted into the aid system, which has resulted in a push for NPOs to become ‘more business-like’. However, this raises some questions with regard to how managers in these organisations internalise and resist this discourse, and how, in turn, this affects management ideas and practices in NPOs. This is particularly problematic in view of the a-historical, a-contextual and a-political understanding of cultural encounters, which underlies the managerialist assumption that western, corporate ‘best practices’ can be extrapolated unaltered to the context of international development interventions. Furthermore, it also raises important questions about the power dynamics shaping this hybridisation process. Drawing on the more critical traditions within Development Studies and Management and Organisation Studies this thesis aims to contribute to this growing body of literature by taking a critical cross-cultural approach to the study of management in NPOs in order to further our understanding of the process of hybridisation, its outcomes and the power dynamics at work. Using an interpretive framework, the purpose of this thesis is to examine the emergence of hybrid management systems resulting from the interplay between the managerialist discourse emanating from the global governance structure of international aid and the local humanist discourse of Ubuntu in order to enhance effective and culturally appropriate management in NPOs. Drawing on Homi Bhabha’s notions of mimicry and hybridity, this interaction at the ‘global/local’ interface and its outcomes are examined. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with managers and team leaders from NPOs in the Eastern and Western Cape Provinces in order to understand how participants construct the notion of ‘NPO management’. The main finding of the study is that respondents have largely internalised the managerialist discourse and its associated practices. This mimicry of the managerialist discourse, however, is not complete and allows for resistance and hybridity. The data suggest that in resisting the managerialist discourse the respondents revert to the local humanist discourse of Ubuntu. As such mimicry and hybridity rest on an on-going appropriation, translation and interpretation of the managerialist discourse through a cultural lens. This leads to the emergence of hybrid ways of managing that seek to reconcile instrumentalist (managerialist) and humanist (Ubuntu) world views, which are more attuned to the local, cultural context in which they are deployed. At a theoretical level, the contribution of this study lies in furthering the emerging literature on critical perspectives in the third sector. It also contributes to the furthering of cross-cultural management theory by including a consideration of the under-researched issues of context and power in understanding cross-cultural interactions at the global/local interface. At a practical level, it highlights that the adoption of managerialism leads to practices that are inappropriate to the local contexts, and therefore needs addressing. Hence, it may contribute to developing more effective and culturally appropriate ways of managing and highlights the need to focus more critically on cross-cultural management issues in our current efforts to make aid more effective.
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Schober, Christian, Edith Littich, Christian Schober, and Lisa Lintschinger. "Die unterschiedlichen Finanzierungsquellen von NPOs. Ausgewählte deskriptive Ergebnisse zur NPO-Finanzierungsbefragung 2010." WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2011. http://epub.wu.ac.at/3657/1/finanzierungsbefragung_2010.pdf.
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Abreu, Michael N. "Conceptual design tools for the NPS spacecraft design center." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2001. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA397230.
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Andberg, Brent K. "Modal testing and analysis of the NPS Space Truss." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/8683.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimitedThis thesis deals with modal testing and analysis of the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Space Truss. A finite element model (FEM) was developed for the truss using a MATLB program called NRLFEMI (developed at the Nava1 Research Laboratory). Analytical predictions of the natural frequencies for this 3.76 meter by 0.35 meter precision structure were calculated using the NRLFEMI code. These calculated natural frequencies were then compared to experimental data collected during modal testing of the truss in the NPS dynamics and Control Laboratory. Through analysis, the predicted results of the measurements (from the FEM) were satisfactorily correlated to the experimentally obtained results, validating the FEM program. Additionally, a technology demonstration of Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors (FBGSs) was performed. These laser etched, fiber optic sensors are ideally suited for real time evaluation of load, strain, vibration, and other health monitoring functions of structures
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Müller, Stefan [Gutachter], and Manfred [Gutachter] Krifka. "NP-Arguments in NPs / Gutachter: Stefan Müller, Manfred Krifka." Berlin : Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1189655209/34.
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Bresani, Aldo E. "Performance enhancement of the NPS Transient Electromagnetic Scattering Laboratory." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/28445.
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Caddell, Tymothy Wayne. "Three-dimensional path planning for the NPS II AUV." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/28609.
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Magrino, Christopher. "Three dimensional guidance for the NPS autonomous underwater vehicle." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/28610.
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Couto, Rosa Alexandrina de Sousa. "Development and application of an innovative disposable sensor for Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPSs) based on electrochemistry." Doctoral thesis, 2021. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/134054.
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Couto, Rosa Alexandrina de Sousa. "Development and application of an innovative disposable sensor for Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPSs) based on electrochemistry." Tese, 2021. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/134054.
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