Yuk-fai Fong. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 69-71). / Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 2. --- Review of Related Literature and Motivation of Research / Chapter 2.1 --- "Browning, Bourguignon, Chiappori and Lechene (1994)" --- p.6 / Chapter 2.2 --- Chiappori (1992) --- p.9 / Chapter 2.3 --- "Bourguignon, Browning, Chiappori and Lechene (1993)" --- p.10 / Chapter 2.4 --- Motivation of Research --- p.11 / Chapter 3. --- The Identification of non-assignable consumption / Chapter 3.1 --- Extension from Previous Results --- p.15 / Chapter 3.2 --- An Alternative Approach --- p.18 / Chapter 4. --- Identification in case of Incomplete Observation of Private Expenditure / Chapter 4.1 --- The BBCL Approach --- p.22 / Chapter 4.2 --- An Alternative Approach of Identification --- p.24 / Chapter 4.3 --- Inclusion of Exogenous variables in Sharing Rule: Structural vs. Reduced form --- p.30 / Chapter 4.4 --- Test for Omission of Some Items in the Total Private Expenditure --- p.35 / Chapter 4.5 --- Designation of Nature of Goods- A Remark --- p.36 / Chapter 5. --- Extension to Include Private Leisure as a Choice Variable of Individuals / Chapter 5.1 --- Difficulties in Identification of Sharing Rule of Total Private Expenditure in a Framework of Free Labor Choice --- p.38 / Chapter 5.2 --- Identification of Sharing Rule of Total Private Expenditure Without Observation of Private Leisure --- p.41 / Chapter 5.3 --- Identification of Sharing Rule in Structural Form with the Observation of Unearned Incomes --- p.46 / Chapter 6. --- Possibility of Identifying the Sharing Rule of Total Private Expenditure under Incomplete Observation of Consumption of Commodities --- p.49 / Chapter 6.1 --- Identification of ) --- p.50 / Chapter 7. --- Parametric Examples for Illustration / Chapter 7.1 --- Example I --- p.57 / Chapter 7.2 --- Example II --- p.61 / Chapter 8. --- Conclusion --- p.65 / Appendix --- p.67 / Reference --- p.69

by Lu Li-Na. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 37-39). / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iii / LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS --- p.v / LIST OF TABLES --- p.vi / CHAPTERS / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.0 --- Overview --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Research Objective --- p.2 / Chapter 1.3 --- Outline of this Study --- p.3 / Chapter II. --- LITERATURE REVIEW AND MODEL DEVELOPMENT --- p.4 / Chapter 2.0 --- Overview --- p.4 / Chapter 2.1 --- Previous Research --- p.4 / Chapter 2.2 --- Conceptual Framework --- p.6 / Chapter 2.3 --- Conceptual Model --- p.8 / Chapter 2.4 --- Hypotheses --- p.10 / Chapter 2.4.1 --- The Effect of Attitude toward Gift Receiving on Intention to Reciprocate --- p.10 / Chapter 2.4.2 --- "The Effects of Closeness, Usefulness, and Occasion on Attitude toward Gift Receiving" --- p.11 / Chapter 2.4.3 --- The Effect of Positive Feelings on Attitude toward Gift Receiving --- p.12 / Chapter III. --- METHODOLOGY --- p.14 / Chapter 3.0 --- Overview --- p.14 / Chapter 3.1 --- Research Design --- p.14 / Chapter 3.2 --- The Sample and the Sampling Procedures --- p.15 / Chapter 3.3 --- Data Collection Procedures --- p.15 / Chapter 3.4 --- Manipulations --- p.16 / Chapter 3.5 --- Operationalization of Constructs --- p.18 / Chapter 3.6 --- Data Analysis --- p.19 / Chapter 3.6.1 --- Manipulation Check --- p.19 / Chapter 3.6.2 --- Structural Equation Modeling --- p.20 / Chapter 3.7 --- Research Activities --- p.21 / Chapter 3.7.1 --- In-Depth Personal Interviews --- p.21 / Chapter 3.7.1.1 --- Objective of In-Depth Personal Interviews --- p.21 / Chapter 3.7.1.2 --- Method of In-Depth Personal Interviews --- p.22 / Chapter 3.7.1.3 --- Results of In-Depth Personal Interviews --- p.22 / Chapter 3.7.2 --- Preliminary Survey on Useful Gifts --- p.23 / Chapter 3.7.2.1 --- Objective of Preliminary Survey on Useful Gifts --- p.23 / Chapter 3.7.2.2 --- Method of Preliminary Survey on Useful Gifts --- p.23 / Chapter 3.7.2.3 --- Results of Preliminary Survey on Useful Gifts --- p.24 / Chapter 3.8 --- Pretest --- p.24 / Chapter IV. --- FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS --- p.26 / Chapter 4.0 --- Overview --- p.26 / Chapter 4.1 --- Manipulation Check --- p.26 / Chapter 4.2 --- Structural Equation Modeling Results --- p.27 / Chapter 4.4.1 --- Measurement Model Results --- p.27 / Chapter 4.4.2 --- Structural Model Results --- p.30 / Chapter V. --- CONCLUSIONS --- p.33 / Chapter 5.0 --- Overview --- p.33 / Chapter 5.1 --- Discussion --- p.33 / Chapter 5.2 --- Managerial Implications --- p.34 / Chapter 5.3 --- Limitations --- p.35 / Chapter 5.4 --- Future Research Directions --- p.36 / REFERENCE --- p.37 / Books --- p.37 / Periodicals --- p.38 / APPENDIX --- p.40 / Chapter 1. --- Scenarios --- p.40 / Chapter 2. --- Questionnaire Outline --- p.45 / Chapter 3. --- Personal Interviews Script for Gift Receiving --- p.46 / Chapter 4. --- Preliminary Survey on Useful Gifts --- p.77

鄧承軒. / "2009年6月". / "2009 nian 6 yue". / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [72]-76). / Abstracts in Chinese and English. / Deng Chengxuan. / Chapter 1. --- 導論 --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- 《腓立比書》的兩個重要主題：喜樂與同心合意 --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- 喜樂與同心合意的關係 --- p.3 / Chapter 1.3 --- 喜樂與同心合意關係的詮釋 --- p.4 / Chapter 1.4 --- 腓立比教會背景的「新」觀點 --- p.6 / Chapter 1.4.1 --- 腓立比教會的「敵人」 --- p.6 / Chapter 1.4.2 --- 腓立比教會與羅馬社會的互動關係 --- p.8 / Chapter 1.5 --- 受苦的含義 --- p.11 / Chapter 1.6 --- 硏究問題 --- p.15 / Chapter 2. --- 喜樂與苦難 --- p.17 / Chapter 2.1 --- 引論 --- p.17 / Chapter 2.2 --- 從釋經學者中初部闡釋喜樂的產生 --- p.19 / Chapter 2.3 --- 苦難中喜樂之相關前設 --- p.25 / Chapter 2.4 --- 對苦難中喜樂前設的批判 --- p.27 / Chapter 2.5 --- 對喜樂的分析 --- p.30 / Chapter 2.6 --- 結論 --- p.32 / Chapter 3. --- 同心合意與福音 --- p.33 / Chapter 3.1 --- 引論：同心合意與「基督的讚美詩」 --- p.33 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- 同心合意的字詞分析 --- p.33 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- 同心合意的正反例子 --- p.36 / Chapter 3.1.3 --- 同心合意與「基督的讚美詩」的關係 --- p.37 / Chapter 3.2 --- 「基督的讚美詩」與反帝王的福音 --- p.37 / Chapter 3.3 --- 「基督的讚美詩」作爲反帝王福音的意義 --- p.39 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- 奴僕與君王的比較 --- p.40 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- 腓2:5-11的分析：弔詭性的基督 --- p.43 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- 小結 --- p.45 / Chapter 3.4 --- 重新配合腓立比教會的處境 --- p.45 / Chapter 3.5 --- 結論 --- p.49 / Chapter 4. --- 於終末論之框架下理解喜樂與同心合意的關係 --- p.51 / Chapter 4.1 --- 引論：闡述喜樂與終末思想的初部關係 --- p.51 / Chapter 4.2 --- 闡釋喜樂背後的終末論前設 --- p.53 / Chapter 4.3 --- 「既濟與末濟」的終末論 --- p.57 / Chapter 4.4 --- 「在基督裡」 --- p.60 / Chapter 4.4.1 --- 「在基督裡」的意思 --- p.60 / Chapter 4.4.2 --- 「在基督裡」的特質 --- p.60 / Chapter 4.4.3 --- 「在基督裡」與福音 --- p.61 / Chapter 4.5 --- 喜樂與同心合意在終末框架下的關係 --- p.62 / Chapter 4.5.1 --- 喜樂、福音與同心合意在《腓立比書》的關係……… --- p.62 / Chapter 4.5.2 --- 喜樂、福音與同心合意的關係與腓立比教會受苦的處境 --- p.64 / Chapter 4.6 --- 結論 --- p.66 / Chapter 5. --- 總結 --- p.68 / Chapter 5.1 --- 腓立比教會背景的再思 --- p.68 / Chapter 5.2 --- 喜樂與同心合意在《腓立比書》的連接 --- p.69 / Chapter 5.3 --- 保羅使用喜樂的修辭目的 --- p.70 / Chapter 5.4 --- 今日的意義 --- p.70 / 參考書目 --- p.72 / 第一手資料 --- p.72 / 第二手資料 --- p.72

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Expectations from industry and the community ensure that we live in a 24-hour society. Increased demand for flexibility, capital utilisation and competition have initiated or extended shiftwork operations in many industry sectors such as mining, transport, defence, healthcare, manufacturing and security. The most common problems reported by shiftworkers are disturbed sleep and sleepiness. From a biological perspective this is not surprising because shiftworkers are often required to work at times when their mind and body are driven toward sleep. Shiftworkers may therefore be required to attempt sleep during the day; a time at which their mind and body are programmed to be awake and active. When sufficient recovery doesn't occur regularly, sleepiness and fatigue can accumulate. Traditionally, shiftwork and the work-related fatigue that it can create have been 'managed' by limiting the length of shifts and total number of hours worked per week, month or year. However, this approach fails to acknowledge key factors such as the time-of-day of work. Thus, the aim of this thesis is to provide the background, components and preliminary validations of a model to assess hours-of-work and fatigue in a scientifically appropriate manner. / thesis (PhD)--University of South Australia, 1999.

288 leaves : / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Thesis (M.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Community Medicine, 1979

Recent studies in water management policy point to insufficient recognition of water as a scarce commodity and the failure of pricing policies to account for the full economic costs of its production and supply. These costs include opportunity costs related to alternative uses of water; user costs associated with managing a scarce resource; and costs of externalities such as ground water depletion, pollution of waterways, and greenhouse gas emissions. Existing cost recovery based pricing policies may lead to inefficiencies such as excess consumption, under-investment in water infrastructure, and unnecessary subsidisation. Water scarcity can be managed in several ways. We can increase supply by investment in additional harvesting capabilities or new technologies such as desalination; we can constrain consumption so that existing supplies last longer; or we can use water in more efficient ways. As a short term measure, most countries adopt water restrictions when supplies are at critical levels. In the future, as urban population growth continues, harvesting of storm water and reuse of grey water may become part of a sustainable water management strategy. Water trading can be used to move water to where the marginal benefits are highest. Considerable water savings are possible through the use of more efficient industrial and domestic appliances. There is evidence in some countries that higher water tariffs have reduced consumption and promoted awareness of conservation. If we accept that water is an economic good, then we need to understand the costs related to its production, the patterns of its use, and the benefits received by different users. This thesis is an examination of theoretical and applied aspects of urban water pricing based on analysis of cost, demand, and welfare. We present theoretical models of cost that include economies of scale as a parameter, and a model of water demand by households with heterogeneous preferences. We determine marginal cost at the efficient level of output based on a partial equilibrium of supply and demand. We also show that when water is produced with increasing returns to scale, the efficient price will be insufficient to recover all costs, and therefore a form of second best pricing is required. We contrast conventional notions about water suppliers being cost minimisers with an alternative frontier model of cost efficiency. Two case studies examine the provision of water services under different forms of ownership. The first case study examines the provision of water to domestic households in the state of Victoria, Australia. The second case study examines the supply of water to the residents of Manila, one of the world’s largest cities that privatised its water service in 1997 under a form of concession agreement. A third case study derives an efficient cost frontier for a sample of water utilities from Asia and Australia and proposes a form of best practice pricing. The thesis concludes with a summary of the main results and policy conclusions, and ideas for future research. / http://proxy.library.adelaide.edu.au/login?url= http://library.adelaide.edu.au/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1289196 / Thesis (PhD) -- School of Economics, 2007

The presence of an increased accumulation of intraabdominal fat (IAF) has been linked to dyslipidemia, hyperinsulinemia, and hyperglycemia, which precede the development of type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease (CAD). It has been shown that IAF begins depostition during childhood. Human studies suggest that regular endurance exercise, that does not necessarily produce an increase in aerobic capacity, can effectively reduce IAF accumulation during these early years. In contrast to human research, studies using animal models of human disease typically employ extremely large volumes of exercise with the intent to maximize aerobic capacity. The present study examined whether half the amount of endurance training, that was previously reported to induce cardiac hypertrophy and approximately double the aerobic capacity of skeletal muscle in rats, would reduce the growth-related accumulation of IAF in growing female rats. Twenty-two 4-week-old female Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly assigned to a running experimental or a non-running control group. The runners exercised on a treadmill 5 days/week for 60 min/day at a speed of 27m/min and up a 15% grade for 10 weeks. After 10 weeks, the parametrial, omental and mesenteric IAF depots and the heart were excised and weighed. Compared with non-runners, the runners had a significantly lower mean parametrial fat mass (2.22 g vs. 3.13 g, p=0.05) and a higher mean heart weight (0.97 g vs. 0.90 g, p=0.05) at the end of 10 weeks. In addition, the lower mean parametrial fat mass in the runners vs. the non-runners (2.19 g vs. 3.19 g, p=0.02) remained significant even after adjusting for the greater heart weights of the runners. One-half the amount of exercise, that was previously reported to induce cardiac hypertrophy and approximately double the aerobic capacity of skeletal muscle in rats, yielded an 8% greater heart weight and a 29% lower parametrial IAF mass, on average, in growing female rats. In addition, the effects of treadmill running on reducing parametrial fat accumulation were independent of the effects of running on increasing heart weight. Thus, future studies examining the effects of exercise on IAF and other health-related metabolic outcomes in rats may consider using lower-dose endurance training protocols that are not designed to maximize improvements in aerobic capacity. / Graduation date: 2002