Increased institutional accountability and fiscal constraints coupled with most community college students being required to take at least one remedial/developmental course indicates a need to find the best way to deliver these classes. Institutions are expanding alternate delivery formats to meet student expectations. Is using technology best for students in remedial/developmental courses? This study investigated effectiveness of technology-assisted instruction for remedial/developmental math in Florida community colleges. Technology has emerged as potentially enhancing student success; however, it is expensive. If research shows that students benefit from technology in remedial/developmental courses, then funds spent to provide instruction through technology are validated. However, if research does not show remedial/developmental courses with a technology component are more effective than courses delivered traditionally, then spending funds for technology in those courses becomes questionable. The research questions for this study asked whether the delivery format of gatekeeper remedial/developmental math courses varied by institutional size. Was there a relationship between student success and technology-assisted delivery of "gatekeeper" remedial/developmental math classes? The study asked if such a relationship existed when controlling for placement test scores. To answer these questions, the research compared student success rates in three delivery formats--traditional, hybrid, and computer-based. Results showed that small institutions favored traditional delivery of remedial/ developmental math. Medium institutions offered traditional and hybrid delivery in similar proportions while larger institutions favored hybrid delivery. Results also showed that students in traditional delivery sections were likely to be just as successful, or slightly more successful, than students in hybrid and computer-based delivery courses, Students with higher placement test scores in remedial/developmental math were clearly more successful in courses delivered via traditional instruction. Implications from this study suggest that the introduction of a technology component to remedial/developmental math courses does not seem to be more effective in helping students successfully pass remedial/developmental math classes. If an institution does not have funds to invest in technology for remedial/developmental math students, which may be especially true for smaller institutions, no harm is done in delivering instruction in remedial/developmental math via traditional methods. Students may actually benefit from the traditional delivery format in remedial/developmental math courses.

L'expérience DO située auprès du Tevatron permet la détection des particules issues de collisions ppbar à s^1/2 = 1.96 TeV. L'interprétation des données issues du détecteur DO pourrait confirmer ou infirmer l'une des extensions possibles du Modèle Standard, la théorie de SuperSymétrie. Dans ce contexte, la particule b_1 partenaire supersymétrique le plus léger du quark b, est recherchée par l'étude de l'état final à deux électrons, deux jets, et énergie transverse manquante. Cette analyse est effectuée sur un échantillon de données correspondant à une luminosité intégrée égale à 42.6 pb-1. Les résultats sont interprétés dans le cadre du modèle supersymétrique contraint mSUGRA. <br> En amont de cette analyse, le format condensé de données ThumbNail, logiciel permettant l'enregistrement sur disque de l'ensemble des données réelles et simulées, a été élaboré. Celui-ci est actuellement le format officiel d'analyse sur l'expérience DO.

Dans un environnement collaboratif de développement de produit, plusieurs acteurs, ayant différents points de vue et intervenant dans plusieurs phases du cycle de vie de produit, doivent communiquer et échanger des connaissances entre eux. Ces connaissances, existant sous différents formats hétérogènes, incluent potentiellement plusieurs concepts tels que l'historique de conception, la structure du produit, les features, les paramètres, les contraintes, et d'autres informations sur le produit. Les exigences industrielles de réduction du temps et du coût de production nécessitent l'amélioration de l'interopérabilité sémantique entre les différents processus de développement afin de surmonter ces problèmes d'hétérogénéité tant au niveau syntaxique, structurel, que sémantique. Dans le domaine de la CAO, la plupart des méthodes existantes pour l'échange de données d'un modèle de produit sont, effectivement, basées sur le transfert des données géométriques. Cependant, ces données ne sont pas suffisantes pour saisir la sémantique des données, telle que l'intention de conception, ainsi que l'édition des modèles après leur échange. De ce fait, nous nous sommes intéressés à l'échange des modèles " intelligents ", autrement dit, définis en termes d'historique de construction, de fonctions intelligentes de conception appelées features, y compris les paramètres et les contraintes. L'objectif de notre thèse est de concevoir des méthodes permettant d'améliorer l'interopérabilité sémantique des systèmes CAO moyennant les technologies du Web Sémantique comme les ontologies OWL DL et le langage des règles SWRL. Nous avons donc élaboré une approche d'échange basée sur une ontologie commune de features de conception, que nous avons appelée CDFO " Common Design Features Ontology ", servant d'intermédiaire entre les différents systèmes CAO. Cette approche s'appuie principalement sur deux grandes étapes. La première étape consiste en une homogénéisation des formats de représentation des modèles CAO vers un format pivot, en l'occurrence OWL DL. Cette homogénéisation sert à traiter les hétérogénéités syntaxiques entre les formats des modèles. La deuxième étape consiste à définir des règles permettant la mise en correspondance sémantique entre les ontologies d'application de CAO et notre ontologie commune. Cette méthode de mise en correspondance se base principalement, d'une part, sur la définition explicite des axiomes et des règles de correspondance permettant l'alignement des entités de différentes ontologies, et d'autre part sur la reconnaissance automatique des correspondances sémantiques supplémentaires à l'aide des capacités de raisonnement fournies par les moteurs d'inférence basés sur les logiques de description. Enfin, notre méthode de mise en correspondance est enrichie par le développement d'une méthode de calcul de similarité sémantique appropriée pour le langage OWL DL, qui repose principalement sur les composants des entités en question tels que leur description et leur contexte.

<p>Bakgrund: Franchisekedjors framgång är beroende av att affärsidén följs till punkt och pricka, vilket medför att franchisetagare på många sätt blir styrda och begränsade i sitt agerande. Franchisetagare bör emellertid, inom de grundläggande ramarna, få ett visst spelrum för att driva sin verksamhet. En central fråga för franchisegivare är således hur de ska utforma de ramar inom vilka franchisetagarna ska hålla sig.</p><p>Syfte: Studiens syfte är att undersöka vad franchisegivare ämnar uppnå genom att styra sina franchisetagare samt att beskriva hur de styr, vilka styrproblem som den aktuella styrningen kan motverka och vilka bieffekter som kan uppstå.</p><p>Genomförande: Studien bygger på en litteraturstudie av texter som på olika sätt relaterar till franchising.</p><p>Resultat: Franchisegivare strävar mot att få franchisetagare att fokusera på enhetlighet, en tillfredställande kvalitet och hög omsättning. Styrning sker framför allt genom omfattande direktstyrning i form av drifthandböcker och franchiseavtal, vilka både begränsar franchisetagarnas handlingar samt tydliggör vilka beteenden som är önskvärda. Personalstyrning, i form av rekrytering är ett mycket viktigt styrverktyg då det är av yttersta vikt för franchisegivare att hitta franchisetagare med de rätta attityderna. Den omfattande direktstyrningen kan skapa konflikter mellan parterna samt hämma franchisetagares initiativförmåga.</p> / <p>Background: The success of franchise systems is to a large extent dependent on the strict following of the business concept, which implies that the franchisees’ behaviour in many ways is controlled and restricted. Franchisees should, however, within the frames of the business concept, be given a certain amount of freedom to manage their business. Thus, a key question for franchisors is how to design the frames within which the franchisees should operate.</p><p>Purpose: The purpose of the study is to investigate what franchisors intend to achieve by controlling their franchisees and to describe how they use management control, which control problems the management control can counteract and which side effects that may arise.</p><p>Realisation: The study was carried out through a literature study.</p><p>Results: Franchisors strive to encourage franchisees to focus on uniformity, a satisfying level of quality and high turnover. Management control is mainly carried out through extensive use of action control in the form of manuals and franchise contracts, which restrict the franchisees’ actions as well as clarify desirable behaviors. Personnel control, in the form of recruitment, is a highly important tool, since it is crucial for franchisors to find franchisees with the right attitudes. The comprehensive use of action control may cause conflicts between the parties as well as inhibit the franchisees’ initiatives.</p>

Bakgrund: Franchisekedjors framgång är beroende av att affärsidén följs till punkt och pricka, vilket medför att franchisetagare på många sätt blir styrda och begränsade i sitt agerande. Franchisetagare bör emellertid, inom de grundläggande ramarna, få ett visst spelrum för att driva sin verksamhet. En central fråga för franchisegivare är således hur de ska utforma de ramar inom vilka franchisetagarna ska hålla sig. Syfte: Studiens syfte är att undersöka vad franchisegivare ämnar uppnå genom att styra sina franchisetagare samt att beskriva hur de styr, vilka styrproblem som den aktuella styrningen kan motverka och vilka bieffekter som kan uppstå. Genomförande: Studien bygger på en litteraturstudie av texter som på olika sätt relaterar till franchising. Resultat: Franchisegivare strävar mot att få franchisetagare att fokusera på enhetlighet, en tillfredställande kvalitet och hög omsättning. Styrning sker framför allt genom omfattande direktstyrning i form av drifthandböcker och franchiseavtal, vilka både begränsar franchisetagarnas handlingar samt tydliggör vilka beteenden som är önskvärda. Personalstyrning, i form av rekrytering är ett mycket viktigt styrverktyg då det är av yttersta vikt för franchisegivare att hitta franchisetagare med de rätta attityderna. Den omfattande direktstyrningen kan skapa konflikter mellan parterna samt hämma franchisetagares initiativförmåga. / Background: The success of franchise systems is to a large extent dependent on the strict following of the business concept, which implies that the franchisees’ behaviour in many ways is controlled and restricted. Franchisees should, however, within the frames of the business concept, be given a certain amount of freedom to manage their business. Thus, a key question for franchisors is how to design the frames within which the franchisees should operate. Purpose: The purpose of the study is to investigate what franchisors intend to achieve by controlling their franchisees and to describe how they use management control, which control problems the management control can counteract and which side effects that may arise. Realisation: The study was carried out through a literature study. Results: Franchisors strive to encourage franchisees to focus on uniformity, a satisfying level of quality and high turnover. Management control is mainly carried out through extensive use of action control in the form of manuals and franchise contracts, which restrict the franchisees’ actions as well as clarify desirable behaviors. Personnel control, in the form of recruitment, is a highly important tool, since it is crucial for franchisors to find franchisees with the right attitudes. The comprehensive use of action control may cause conflicts between the parties as well as inhibit the franchisees’ initiatives.

Today, the average computer user has undoubtedly encountered the PDF format while handling electronic documents. Due to its wide-spread popularity and feature richness, PDF documents are commonly utilized by attackers in order to infect systems with malware. This thesis will present The Extendable Guideline for Analysing Malicious PDF Documents. This work will establish the foundation of the guideline and populate it with a part of the analysis process. The guideline relies on earlier published material in the topic. It is a practical guideline that is followed by the use of a flowchart and can be utilized by an analyst in order to determine if a PDF document is malicious or not. It provides technical background information, suitable analysis techniques, and tools. The guideline structure was developed by using sequential thinking in combination with the divide and conquer paradigm. The thesis will also elucidate commonly applied techniques that are used by malicious PDF authors in order to infect systems, evade detection, and distribute their malicious documents. A commonly utilized function in PDF documents are the JavaScript feature. There are a wide range of other features that are targeted by malicious PDF authors, but they are more rarely encountered. PDF documents are often distributed by attackers by sending them as an attachment in an email, or storing the document on a web server.

This Degree Project is carried through in association with Fototext in Guthenburg. The firmsees benefits using”Soft Proof” technology for both economic and time-saving. The reasonfor ”Soft Proofing” for internal/ external production is to estimate and controll documentswithout using digital or chemical printing output.The different technical solutions to ”Soft Proof”, knowledges and facts aboutColorManagement together with PDF-workflow is going to pattern for a correct succesfull”Soft Proofing” on the monitor.Acrobat 5 in association with Photoshop 6 are effectively used in ”Soft Proofing” technic.The advance and capacity of the graphical softwares which are explained in this reporthelps the users to begin to experiment with ”Soft Proof”. Graphical firms which are interestedto begin working with ”Soft Proof” need to allready have knowledge in ICC-profilingand a practical ColorManaged workflow.

In the current transmission systems, the transmission capacity is still not enough. The information bandwidth of the optical fiber communication system is limited by the optical amplifier bandwidth, and more efficient use of the bandwidth is a very important issue. Therefore, the amplitude and phase shift keying (APSK) is one attractive method of multi-bit per symbol modulation scheme to improve the spectral efficiency, and it can effectively increase the transmission capacity. To improve the capacity and the spectral efficiency, the advanced modulation format is effective, and the coherent detection scheme is also effective. However, an optical phase-locked loop (PLL) to lock the local oscillator (LO) phase and the signal phase required for the homodyne detection is still difficult to realize and it makes the receiver circuit complicated. Using the digital coherent receiver, the optical carrier phase information can be recovered by means of the digital signal processing (DSP), and this scheme enables to eliminate the optical PLL circuit by the phase estimation algorithm through the DSP. The stored data can be offline processed by using the MATLAB program. This master thesis is focusing on studying the transmission performance of the APSK format using the DSP in the digital coherent receiver. 497km transmission experiment has been conducted. Subsequently, the stored data are offline processed by the algorithms of the DSP. Then, the APSK performances between back-to-back and 497km transmission are compared.

This thesis analyzes the prevailing formats of writing in sociology or anthropology that are considered scientific. For whom are sociology and anthropology texts written, and who are the readers of these texts? How does this format of writing that constitutes a text as scientific influence the text-reader relationship? In discussing this, the legitimate ways of writing of sociology and anthropology are presented together with what scientificity brings. the reflexive critique that looks at sociology and anthropology with the very methods of these disciplines is explained in its main lines. within this debate, the importance of the question &quot / whom the texts produced in these sciences are intended for?&quot / is analyzed. This is followed by a discussion of the conditions that enabled the constitution of the conventional forms of expression in sciences. The concept of paradigm as proposed by Thomas Kuhn is used to explain the formation of these conditions.

This research investigates the effectiveness of computerized adaptive rating scales (CARS) in comparison to the relatively more common behavioral anchored ratings scales (BARS) format. The current study sought to extend the body of psychometric research of CARS while investigating its potential for use in the employment interview. Using 43 videotaped interviews and supervisor job performance ratings, and constructing a new task-performance based CARS, it was hypothesized that employment interview ratings produced using the CARS format would yield significantly higher predictive validity coefficients than those produced by the BARS format. Results showed that while interview ratings produced in the CARS format were predictive of supervisor job performance ratings, they were not significantly higher than ratings in the BARS format. Academic and applied implications are discussed.