Each year the top 125 players on the PGA TOUR money list receive fully exempt status for the upcoming season. Past literature looks at the determinants that led to success for the top professionals on the PGA TOUR. Instead, I look at the determinants of finishing inside the top 125 on the PGA TOUR money list and retaining one’s TOUR card. I analyze the difference both statistically and in future earnings between finishing 100-125th on the money list and 126-150th. This paper finds that greens and regulation and putting have the largest effect on retaining a TOUR card while driving distance and accuracy are significant but at a much lower level. Future studies should look into the tradeoff between playing on the PGA TOUR and less marque tours like the Web.com as it can affect one’s earnings greatly.

The Master's Thesis deals with the toll system in the Federal Republic of Germany. The theoretical part of the thesis describes technologies that are used in electronic fee collection systems, satellite navigation systems and provides a snapshot of German road infrastructure. The main part of the work deals with German toll system that is provided by Toll Collect GmbH. Various aspects of toll payment via fuel cards are discussed in the practical part that also includes an alternative payment option. The study case assesses whether hauliers should or should not try to avoid using toll roads.

Rapid development of new technologies and their easy implementation introduces new risks that must be faced. This diploma thesis concentrates at payment card industry. Payment card industry come through significant development. Billions of dollar each year flow through these systems. New technologies like contactless cards, prepaid brand cards are emerging, ATM and payment terminal support new services and products. Merchant are looking for new opportunities. This situation brings along new threats and introduces new vulnerabilities. These are not necessarily new, only the whole environment got much more complicated and digger. Unfortunately the acting threats and vulnerabilities were not eliminated. Missing legislation measures and restricted enforceability are not sufficient to effectively fight against crime in this area. On the other hand sever organizations are aware of these threats and tries to face them. New security requirements were introduced for each separate subjects of payment card industry so that the risks are eliminated or their impact is reduced to an acceptable degree. Some of these requirements were already implemented and are in the scope of this work. The goal of this work is to explore these requirements. To find out what risks they are affecting and how effective they are. And in case of need help to implement the appropriate security measure. This work is practically oriented and can help responsible persons to ensure compliance with the requirements and face all effecting threats.

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The objective of this diploma thesis is to design and implement a diagnostic tool for communication protocol of SD memory cards. The diagnostic tool will be able to monitor and interfere with communication of an SD memory card. The hardware implementation will be based on platform with Kinetis K66 microcontroller. A PC application designed for windows is also a part of diagnostic tool. There is a conclusion of the diagnostic tool limitation at the end of the thesis.

Objective of the Master Thesis was to bring in two solutions of miniature PC display. One of them uses the VGA signal as the source of the data. The second uses USB for communication. Display using USB was chosen to be produced. Device contains LCD screen, SD card reader and audio DAC with mini speaker. Software running on the PC allows user to watch part of the screen of the computer. Position and size of the chosen part may be varied. The display may be controlled by touch screen. One part of the software running on PC is a simple video player.

This work discusses available approaches for programming graphic hardware as a platform for executing parallel calculations. Text of the work is focused on new OpenCL technology, which allows executing the same high level code for taking control of full potential of multicore CPUs and GPUs, without explicit bindings to hardware vendor or operating system. Author provides the reader with libraries and tools based on OpenCL, along with practical examples and own observations about the current state of mentioned technology.

The goal of this paper is to explore the way the Race Card is used in the United States and how its use affects the racial climate of the country. The use of the Race Card in politics, courts, and sport is addressed. Research and examples show that the use of the Race Card in these areas has generally negative effects. In most cases the use of the Race Card in these areas not only reinforces stereotypes but also can racialize a situation, which can cause the actual issue to be ignored. Therefore, in order to improve America’s racial climate and ensure the root of issues are being addressed it is important to limit the use of the Race Card to anti-discrimination issues courts.

En el presente documento se presentará el proyecto de una aplicación que brindará tarjetas de presentación digital para personas mayores de 18 años, cuyo estudio se realizó en Lima Metropolitana. Dicho estudio arrojó una demanda insatisfecha debido a que no existe una aplicación en la cual puedan registrar sus datos, como una tarjeta de presentación, y dar a conocer a sus clientes potenciales su contacto. Debido a esto, nació la idea de negocio KITCard, el cual consiste en brindar tarjetas de presentación digital a personas de que deseen expandir su red de contactos networkers, además está tarjeta no solo podrá dar a conocer el contacto, sino podrá mensajear, ver la ubicación del centro laboral de su contacto, ver la agenda, entre otras múltiples opciones. Para poner en marcha el proyecto, se realizará un profundo análisis del mercado, los posibles clientes potenciales y al sector a quien será dirigido nuestro proyecto. Posteriormente se desarrolló el Plan Estratégico, Plan de Operaciones, Plan de Marketing, Plan de Recursos Humanos, Plan de Responsabilidad Social Empresarial y Plan Financiero. En cada una de estas áreas daremos a conocer los objetivos y las estrategias que se deseen lograr en los primeros tres años.

"The purpose of this study is to survey the need for key punch operators in state government agencies and the adequacy of facilities in the Tallahassee, Florida area for training potential employees in this field. This study has attempted to determine the responsibility which business educators in the Tallahassee area have in providing trained personnel for automatic data-processing departments in state agencies. An effort was made to determine whether key-punch training and training for operators of other data-processing machines can best be given in business departments of schools in the Tallahassee area, in on-the-job training programs within the various state agencies, in offices of manufacturers of automatic data-processing equipment, or in cooperative programs"--Introduction. / Typescript. / "January, 1969." / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts." / Advisor: Frank Dame, Professor Directing Study. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 85-89).