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Bekos, Michael A., Dijk Thomas C. van, Martin Fink, Philipp Kindermann, Stephen Kobourov, Sergey Pupyrev, Joachim Spoerhase e Alexander Wolff. "Improved Approximation Algorithms for Box Contact Representations". Springer, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/623076.
Texto completo da fonteDold, Simon [Verfasser]. "Basque - Spanish Language Contact : an empirical study on word order in interrogatives / Simon Dold". Konstanz : Bibliothek der Universität Konstanz, 2018. http://d-nb.info/116496934X/34.
Texto completo da fonteBarrera-Tobon, Carolina. "Contact-induced changes in word order and intonation in the Spanish of New York City bilinguals". Thesis, City University of New York, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3601855.
Texto completo da fonteThis dissertation is a variationist sociolinguistic analysis of the variable word order and prosody of copular constructions (Nicolás es feliz versus Feliz es Nicolás, Es Nicolás feliz, Es feliz Nicolás, ‘Nicolas is happy’) in the Spanish of first- and second-generation Spanish-English bilinguals in New York City (henceforth NYC). The data used for the study come from a spoken corpus of Spanish in NYC based on 140 sociolinguistic interviews (details of the corpus will be presented in Chapter Three). This dissertation addresses the question of whether second-generation bilinguals have a less flexible word order in Spanish as a result of their increased use of, and contact with, English, where a more fixed order prevails.
We will show that the informants in the present study, like their peers in Los Angeles and other parts of the US, exhibit a more rigid word order compared to their first-generation peers. We have established that this increase in rigidity of word order among the second-generation can be attributed in large part to their increased use of and contact with English. The studies mentioned above have interpreted their results to mean that these speakers are losing or have lost the discourse pragmatic constraints that govern word order. However, the data here show that the first- and second-generation speakers in the present study share many of the same conditioning variables and constraints for word order, although these variables appear to account for a smaller amount of variance among the second-generation. In this way, we have established that the second-generation is not losing the discourse pragmatic constraints that govern word order, but that they are differently sensitive to these constraints. In fact, we show that second-generation speakers are very capable of communicating the pragmatic functions that the first-generation speakers do using word order because they maintain the prosodic details of their first-generation counterparts. In other words, the second-generation communicates these functions in ways that are slightly different from the first-generation, relying more on prosodic resources than syntactic ones. Furthermore, the data indicate that their prosodic patterns are not modeled after the prosody of English. In general terms we show that the second-generation does not have a different grammar from their first-generation counterparts, as is claimed by other researchers. Instead we show that these speakers favor certain first-generation strategies over others.
Lau, Ngar-wai. "A study of Chinese depictive constructions in finance related discourse word order, discourse force and contact-induced changes /". Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B3168774X.
Texto completo da fonteElias, Troy R. C. "E-Fluence at the Point of Contact: Impact of Word-Of-Mouth and Personal Relevance of Services on Consumer Attitudes in Online Environments". Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=osu1243885230.
Texto completo da fonteLance, Yoko. "Unique variety of Japanese language developed through language contact on the Gold Coast, Australia in first-generation Japanese communities". Thesis, Griffith University, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/416045.
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Fristedt, Emma. "Irish loanwords in English varieties". Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-27603.
Texto completo da fonteRiha, Helena. "Lettered Words and Roman Letter Characters in Chinese Writing: A Study Of Alphabetic Writing in Chinese Newswires". The Ohio State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1222045556.
Texto completo da fonteRolleri, Saavedra Aldo Evandro. "Characterization of wood based panels surfaces by contact and non-contact methods". [S.l. : s.n.], 2003. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=968509053.
Texto completo da fonteEkman, Linn, e Isabel Heilborn. "Serviceförväntningar hos kunder : En jämförande studie mellan Acne och H&M". Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Textilhögskolan, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-16834.
Texto completo da fonteProgram: Textilekonomutbildningen
Проняєва, Вікторія Едуардівна, Виктория Эдуардовна Проняева e Viktoriia Eduardivna Proniaieva. "The word as a unit of meaning. The role of context in words meaning". Thesis, Sumy State University, 2015. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/40196.
Texto completo da fonteKurz, Claudia. "Function words and simplification in contact varieties of German /". The Ohio State University, 1998. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487949150071939.
Texto completo da fonteBrown, Heather. "Biological control of wood decay in ground contact timbers". Thesis, Abertay University, 2002. https://rke.abertay.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/404b141f-ed6c-4363-a96a-27ba3ab1f68a.
Texto completo da fonteFargion, Silvia. "Theories and practices in social work : practitioners' representations of contract work". Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/22202.
Texto completo da fonteMolnar, Sonia. "Performance of preservative-treated wood exposed out of ground contact". Thesis, Imperial College London, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.286717.
Texto completo da fonteWilliams, J. N. "The effective context for priming word recognition". Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.377233.
Texto completo da fonteEdlund, Marie-Louise. "Durability of wood in ground contact tested in field and laboratory /". Uppsala : Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences (Sveriges lantbruksuniv.), 1998. http://epsilon.slu.se/avh/1998/91-576-5615-0.gif.
Texto completo da fonteColeman, Nigel. "E-social work : a preliminary examination of social services contact centres". Thesis, University of Warwick, 2011. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/51364/.
Texto completo da fonteMcLoughlin, Claire. "Scottish commercial contacts with the Iberian world, 1581-1730". Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/4525.
Texto completo da fonteKarlsson, Yvette. "Att bo och arbeta på samma plats : Gränslöst arbete och psykologiska kontrakt". Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för hållbar samhälls- och teknikutveckling, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-10346.
Texto completo da fonteReid, Lennox Errol Jr. "Surface characterization of hard disks using non-contact work function capacitance probe". Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/18875.
Texto completo da fonteEssa, Irfan A. (Irfan Aziz). "Contact detection, collision forces and friction for physically based virtual world modeling". Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/14054.
Texto completo da fonteLewis, Juan David. "Sensory processing and work performance of contact centre agents in South Africa". Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/886.
Texto completo da fonteENGLISH ABSTRACT: The primary objective of this study was to establish if the Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile questionnaire (AASP) could be used as a recruitment tool in selecting contact centre agents with a higher predictability for success and hence higher productivity. Contact centres around the globe face the challenge of high staff turnover and absenteeism, reducing profitability. It seems that work performance related to the way in which adults process sensory input has not been well researched. A model was developed by Dunn (Brown et al., 2001) based on the intersection of a neurological threshold continuum and a behavioural continuum and yielding four quadrants: Quadrant 1, Low Registration (of stimuli); Quadrant 2, Sensation Seeking; Quadrant 3, Sensory Sensitivity, and Quadrant 4, Sensation Avoiding. Forty-eight contact centre agents employed by Liberty Life were selected and assessed on the AASP. Performance data for each contact centre agent were collected: available time, auxiliary time, log-in time, quality assurance, absenteeism and length of service. Spearman rank correlations were conducted to test if relationships exist between any of the four quadrants and the performance measures. As an additional investigation, a Suitability Score (based on clustering of scores with a percent assigned) was derived for each contact centre agent and also correlated with the above performance measures. Significant relationships were found between Quadrant 2 scores and three of the performance measurement criteria. As the Quadrant 2 scores increase, the average available time of the agents will decrease and their average log-in time will increase. Absenteeism increased as well, which is expected to have a negative effect on the productivity of the contact centre. The Quadrant also had a high predictability for Suitability Ratings indicating that as the Quadrant 2 score increases, the suitability of the contact centre agents increases as well. Regarding Quadrant 3 (sensory sensitivity) scores, quality assessment, total days of absenteeism and average absenteeism relate negatively. It seems that contact centre agents with high sensory sensitivity are less suitable for the job. As the score increases the quality assessment scores decrease, which is not what is required in terms of quality standards. A negative relationship exists between Quadrant 3 scores and the Suitability Rating scores, indicating that the higher the quadrant scores the less suitable the contact centre agents are to work in the contact centre environment. Quadrant 4 (sensation avoiding) has a negative relationship with Suitability Rating scores, which indicates that the higher the quadrant score the less suitable the contact centre agent is to work in the contact centre environment. No significant relationships were recorded between the performance measurements and Quadrant 1 (low registration) and Quadrant 4 (sensation avoiding), even though, logically, one would expect agents with less distraction to be more productive. Further studies are recommended before the Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile questionnaire is used as a recruitment tool. Future studies could categorise the quadrant scores into clusters and then test for relationships with the set performance measurements. The Suitability Rating was used in a first attempt to match individuals in a specific job according to specific sensory profiles. This measure has not yet been tested for validity and reliability, which must be done prior to further study using it.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die primêre doel van hierdie studie was om vas te stel of die Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile (AASP) vraelys gebruik kan word as ‘n hulpmiddel vir die werwing en seleksie van kontaksentrum agente, met ‘n hoër waarskynlikheid van sukses en, dus, hoër produktiwiteit. Kontaksentrums op elke vasteland kom te staan voor die probleem van hoë personeelomset en werksafwesigheid wat winsgewendheid verlaag. Die manier waardeur volwasse mense hul sensoriese insette verwerk, in verband met werkprestasie, is nog nie goed ondersoek nie. ‘n Model is deur Dunn (Brown et al., 2001) ontwikkel wat gebasseer is op die kruispunt van ‘n neurologiese drumpel kontinuum en ‘n gedragskontinuum wat tot vier kwadrante lei: Kwadrant 1, Lae Registrasie (van stimuli); Kwadrant 2, Sensasie Soekend; Kwadrant 3, Sensoriese Sensitiwiteit, en Kwadrant 4, Vermyding van Sensasie. Agt-en-veertig kontaksentrum agente wat in diens van Liberty Life is, is geselekteer en beoordeel volgens die AASP. Prestasiedata is saamgestel vir elke kontaksentrum agent: beskikbare tyd, oortollige tyd, teenwoordige tyd, kwaliteitsversekering, werksafwesigheid en jare diensplig. Spearman rang korrelasies is onderneem om te toets of daar verbande bestaan tussen enige van die vier kwadrante en die prestasiemaatstaf. In ‘n addisionele ondersoek is ‘n geskiktheidsmaatstaf ontwikkel wat gebasseer is op trosvorming van tellings met ‘n toegekende persentasie. Dit is gedoen vir elke kontaksentrum agent en hierdie tellings is ook gekorreleer met bogenoemde prestasiemaatstawwe. Statisties-beduidende positiewe verbande is gevind tussen Kwadrant 2 (sensasie soekend) tellings en drie van die prestasiemetingskriteria. As die telling van Kwadrant 2 toeneem, neem die gemiddelde beskikbare tyd af en die teenwoordige tyd van agente toe. Werksafwesigheid het ook toegeneem, wat moontlik negatief kan inwerk op die produktiwiteit van die kontaksentrum. Die kwadrant het ook ‘n hoë waarskynlikheid openbaar in die geval van die Gekiktheidsmaatstaf, wat aandui dat, namate die Kwadrant 2 telling toeneem, die gekiktheid van die kontaksentrum agent ook toeneem. Wat Kwadrant 3 (sensoriese sensitiwiteit) tellings betref, bestaan daar ‘n negatiewe verband tussen kwaliteitsversekering, totale aantal dae van werksafwesigheid en gemiddelde werksafwesigheid. Dit blyk dat kontaksentrum agente met hoë sensoriese sensitiwiteit dalk minder geskik is vir die pos. Soos wat die telling vir sensoriese sensitiwiteit toeneem, neem die telling vir kwaliteitsversekering af, wat nie in terme van kwaliteitstandaarde aanvaarbaar is nie. Daar bestaan ‘n negatiewe verband tussen Kwadrant 4 (sensasie vermyding) tellings en die tellings vir die Geskiktheidsmaatstaf, wat aandui dat hoe hoër die kwadrant telling, hoe minder geskik is die agent. Geen statisties-beduidende verbande is gevind tussen die prestasietellings van Kwadrant 1 (lae registrasie) en Kwadrant 4 (sensasie vermyding) nie. Normaalweg sou mens verwag dat agente met minder afleiding, meer produktief sou wees. Daar word voorgestel dat verdere studies onderneem word voordat die Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile as ‘n werwingsmaatstaf gebruik word. Toekomstige studies kan die kwadrant tellings saamvoeg in trosse en dan toets vir verbande met die vooropgestelde prestasiemaatstawwe. Die Geskiktheidsmaatstaf is gebruik as ‘n eerste poging om individue saam te voeg in ‘n spesifieke pos, volgens ‘n spesifieke sensoriese profiel. Hierdie maatstaf moet vir toepaslikheid en betroubaarheid in verdere studie getoets word, voordat dit gebruik kan word.
Brisolari, André. "Estudo da molhabilidade em madeiras tropicais ou de reflorestamento por medidas de ângulo de contato e de permeabilidade". Universidade de São Paulo, 2008. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/88/88131/tde-17062009-145256/.
Texto completo da fonteThis work aims to study wettability and permeability for tropical wood species (Pinus elliotti, Araucaria angustifolia, Eucalyptus grandis and Eucalyptus citriodora).The adhesive wettability is an important parameter for characterizing different wood species and depends on factors such as cleaning state of the wood surface, orientation of the wood fibers, type of sample (sapwood or heartwood), drying, thermal and chemical treatments, surface roughness, etc. First, we investigated the wettability of the four tropical wood species by measuring the apparent contact angles of different solvents on the wood surfaces. The samples were heat treated from 100 to 200 °C for 8 h, and the contact angles measured by the sessile drop method with a home-made goniometer. For samples heat-treated below 200 °C, higher values of contact angles were obtained, indicating a hydrophobic character for thermal treated woods. After this temperature, the wood degradation took place. For permeability experiments, a flow of air was used for wood samples with closed and open pores. An increase of 82% in flow was verified for open pores woods such as Eucalyptus citriodora. Our results allowed us to detect considerable changes on wood wettability and permeability and that are powerful information for conservation and use of these woods.
Behroozy, Ali. "Validation of a monitor to measure exposure to wet-work". Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2011. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=165821.
Texto completo da fonteBourret, Christelle. "La question de l'existence d'un contrat de travail ou d'entreprise relatif à la prostitution". Thesis, Montpellier 1, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011MON10050/document.
Texto completo da fonteProstitution is an activity exercised by many people, in order to meet their needs, as it is for any person exercising any professional activity. Although this activity is taxable, as for any other work, it is not recognized as a profession. Despite the recognition of volunteer prostitution, French law does not allow prostitutes to conclude a work or buisness contract relative to prostitution. However, this type of contract waould allow them to enjoy the benefits of general social protection programs, and therefore to improve their life conditions, as the health of prostitutes is somehow endangered by the inner nature of this activity. The study of the components of the prostitution contract shows that, if the change the attidudes was accompagnied by a reform of laws relating to acts associated with prostitution, then the conclusion of these contracts would be possible
Pelser-Carstens, Veruschka. "The employment, social and psychological contract and work outcomes in a private security organisation / V. Pelser-Carstens". Thesis, North-West University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/10176.
Texto completo da fonteMA (Labour Relations Management) ,North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2013
Bottorff, Laura M. "Work Attribute Importance and Loyalty Intention: Millennial Generation Psychological Contract". Scholarship @ Claremont, 2011. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/110.
Texto completo da fonteYang, Feng. "Numerical analysis and three dimensional modelling of worm gearing with localised tooth contact". Thesis, University of Exeter, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.302638.
Texto completo da fonteMiller, Katherine. "Nonnative-Accented Word Recognition: Children’s Use of Sentence Context". The Ohio State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1523361813502827.
Texto completo da fonteLecheminant, Amanda Lorraine. "The change political world : how and why young people vote". Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2010. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/1443.
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Hellwig, Sigrun. "Sibling contact among children placed in different foster homes : mainly a literature study". Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15951.
Texto completo da fonteSibling relationships, sibling separation and the implications thereof have received secondary consideration compared to parent/child relationships in social work practice. This exploratory study examines sibling relationships and the separation of siblings in foster care. The researcher mainly made use of a literature survey and included a pilot study to evaluate the effectiveness of the 'Sibling Contact Day', a project run by Child Welfare Society, Cape Town. The researcher interviewed twenty siblings and their caregivers who participated in the project using a structured questionnaire. The literature available proved that sibling ties are important and have positive influences on human development. Sibling loyalties take years to develop and are stronger when the parental system is weak and sibling accessibility is high. Being separated from brother(s) and/sister(s) requires that sibling relationships have to be re-negotiated. It frequently implies the loosening of sibling ties and the reduction of closeness, which can severely affect the child's identity formation. Results of the pilot study revealed that 55% of the children were separated when they entered into foster care. Only 20% keep in regular contact with each other and 40% did not have contact with their sibling(s) before the 'Sibling Contact Day'. Most children responded positively to meeting their sibling(s). Although only 5% of the children kept in contact as a result of the 'Sibling Contact Day', it seems to justify the continuation of the project on a yearly basis.
Andrews, Cathy Joanne. "Bridging the divide : an exploration of Ian Macneil's relational contract theory and its significance for contract scholarship and the lived world of commercial contract". Thesis, Birkbeck (University of London), 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.534705.
Texto completo da fonteBrewerton, Paul. "The nature of the psychological contract at work : content and characteristics". Thesis, University of Surrey, 2000. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/787/.
Texto completo da fonteXie, Yongsong. "The generation of worn surfaces in sliding contacts with hard asperities". Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.336435.
Texto completo da fonteCarter, Kristopher (Kristopher W. ). "Analysis of email and phone queuing systems in a world-wide contact center network". Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/43832.
Texto completo da fonteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 50).
Contact centers are operated by companies to answer customer inquiries via phone calls or email. Customers often equate the service they are provided while interacting with a contact center to the quality of a company's product offering. Therefore, a major concern is what service level the company should choose to provide. One means of measuring service level is speed of response (how quickly a customer inquiry is answered). In general, faster response requires more customer service agents for a given volume of inquiries. Phone response times are usually measured in minutes or seconds. Email response times are usually measured in hours or days. This paper examines customer expectations regarding email and phone inquiry response time, and examines various models for planning staffing requirements to meet these response times. The expectations for response time to phone calls are found to be stable, having not changed much in the last few decades. The expectations for response time to email inquiries have been increasing though, with customers demanding much faster response in the last few years. Many customers now expect response to their emails within hours rather than days, with a significant number now expecting response as quickly as one hour. The challenges of implementing faster response times to email are examined using a case study at a major online retailer. A model is also introduced for email service level planning, that allows for the fact that typical response times are much longer than for phone calls.
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Le, Roux Charles Hendrik. "The idiosyncratic deal of employees and work outcomes at an academic institution / C.H. Le Roux". Thesis, North-West University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/10289.
Texto completo da fonteMCom, Labour Relations Management, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2012
Spano, Cheryl Oslinker. "Central California's Juvenile/Dependency and Criminal Courts' Treatment of Parent-Child Contact". ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6742.
Texto completo da fonteAnstee, Cameron Alistair Owen. "Make Contact: Contributive Bookselling and the Small Press in Canada Following the Second World War". Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/36041.
Texto completo da fonteHaskell, Rachael A. "Evaluating Social Work Students’ Attitudes Toward Physical Disability". Scholar Commons, 2010. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/1655.
Texto completo da fonteBernhard-Oettel, Claudia. "Alternative employment and well-being : Contract heterogeneity and differences among individuals". Doctoral thesis, Stockholm : Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-8030.
Texto completo da fonteXu, Xian. "Explaining the Impact of Work Interference with Family: The Role of Work-Family Psychological Contract and Cultural Values". [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2008. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0002541.
Texto completo da fonteBryne, Lars-Elof. "Aspects on wettability and surface composition of modified wood". Licentiate thesis, KTH, Civil and Architectural Engineering, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-4735.
Texto completo da fonteWood is often combined with other materials such as thermoplastics, adhesives and coatings. In general, combinations of wood and polymers especially in outdoor exposure have poor long-term durability. This behaviour can be related to an insufficient wood-polymer adhesion due to the low intrinsic compatibility between the wood substance and the polymers used. Another source for woodpolymer de-bonding is the high hygroscopicity of wood and great difference in hygro-thermal properties between the components.
The basic conceptual idea related to this work is to reduce the hygrosensitivity of wood by applying different wood modification methods, in particular, acetylation, furfurylation and heat treatment. The effects of such chemical modifications of wood, also accompanied with ageing effects, on its adhesion properties with commonly used synthetic polymers are, however, not well understood. In this context, the over-all purpose of this thesis is to achieve a better understanding of wood-polymer adhesion and interfacial forces which also may guide us to tailor the interaction between modified wood and e.g. thermoplastics and adhesives. The main focus of this thesis is therefore to apply contact angle analysis based on the Chang-Qin-Chen (CQC) Lewis acid-base model in order to estimate the work of adhesion (Wa) between the wood, modified wood and certain polymers. Contact angle measurements on wood samples were performed based on the Wilhelm plate principle. Related to this, an effort was also made to characterize the studied modified wood surfaces according to morphology and chemical composition. The methods that have been used are low vacuum scanning electron microscopy (LV-SEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS).
Results show that so-called interaction parameters can be successfully estimated for prediction of Wa between wood and polymers using the applied CQC model. Furthermore, such wetting analysis was successfully related to spectroscopic findings of the chemical composition of the wood samples surface. Ageing effects, i.e. the time after preparation of the wood surface, play a central role for the surface characteristics. In most cases, ageing resulted in a significant decrease of Wa between wood and water and a moderate decrease between wood and thermoplastics. The surface characteristics of acetylated wood were, however, more stable over time compared to unmodified, furfurylated and heat treated wood. The predicted Wa with the adhesives for heat treated and acetylated wood was increased due to ageing. Future work is planned to involve studies in order to relate such predicted adhesion properties with the actual performance of various wood-polymer systems.
Fulford, Cynthia Naneva. "Preparing Students to Work in a Globally Diverse World: The Relationship of College Students' Backgrounds and College Experiences to Their Orientation Toward Diversity". Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1245687600.
Texto completo da fonteKoubek, Radek, e Karolina Dedicova. "Friction of wood on steel". Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för byggteknik (BY), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-35094.
Texto completo da fonteSutton, Gigi. "An integrated model of job satisfaction : expectations, experiences and psychological contract violation". Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2000.
Encontre o texto completo da fonteBaumann, Gerald. "Contacting families an intentional project to contact new families moving to the Smithville area /". Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1993. http://www.tren.com.
Texto completo da fonteWhite, Sally A. "The Effect of Work of Adhesion on Contact of a Pressurized Blister With a Flat Surface". Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32291.
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Koskina, Aikaterini. "Management and organisation of customer service work in Greece : patterns of diffusion in contact centre environments". Thesis, Keele University, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.699678.
Texto completo da fonteEngel, Kathryn L. "The influence of one's social network on psychological contract formation". Fairfax, VA : George Mason University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1920/3413.
Texto completo da fonteVita: p. 92. Thesis director: Jose M. Cortina. Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Mar. 9, 2009). Includes bibliographical references (p. 78-91). Also issued in print.