FH, Masterarbeit u.d.T.: Determinanten der Customer Equity Berechnung und die Integration in die Customer Relationship Strategie, am Beispiel der DiBa, Allgemeine Deutsche Direktbank, Frankfurt/Main--Salzgitter, 2003.

Thèse (M.A.)--Université Laval, 2008. / Bibliogr.: f. 112-117. Publié aussi en version électronique dans la Collection Mémoires et thèses électroniques.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Abilene Christian University, 2007. / Abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 94-96).

Thesis (M.L.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 54-57).

Maintenance, repair, and replacement of transmission mains and distribution system piping is expected to cost approximately $75 billion over the next two decades to ensure that public water systems are capable of providing the United States with safe drinking water. However, there is a significant gap between the funds available and the projected costs of infrastructure replacement or rehabilitation. Infrastructure Management Systems (IMS) have been developed to assist utilities and decision-makers in determining how to allocate resources for infrastructure. This project utilizes theTampa Water Department (TWD) as a case study to develop a tool for prioritizing infrastructure replacement. TWD is responsible for managing over 2,240 miles of pipeline. Building booms in the 1920s and 1950s have inadvertently resulted in a significant need to replace or rehabilitate pipelines due to the aging of the overall water supply infrastructure. To address this problem, TWD is taking the first steps in applying IMS to transmission anddistribution pipelines. Currently, approximately 500 miles of water mains have been slated for replacement or rehabilitation. The TWD has a GIS that has been used to map and integrate information on main breaks, service line breaks, customer complaints and modeled water age. Information on fire hydrant spacing and line flushing dates are also integrated into the GIS. Following development of the GIS based infrastructure replacement prioritization system, approximately 3,000 pipe segments were identified and queries were performed to help develop cost to benefit analyses. The results were used to develop a prioritized list of potential capital projects and incorporate the time value of money and event forecasting. The GIS was also used to develop indicators of the overall infrastructure condition. From this analysis it was possible to develop an approach to categorize projects and identify the resources needed to address high priority problems associated with undersized mains, unlined cast iron mains, asbestos cement mains, and hydraulic looping projects. As water infrastructure rehabilitation and replacement needs increase in the future, the need for adaptable methods to prioritize capital spending will also increase.This study has demonstrated the ability to prioritize long-term and short-term infrastructure projects using a GIS platform in conjunction with databases and spreadsheets.

Boron arsenide is a compound main group semiconductor with a theoretical band gap in the range of 1.1 to 1.6 eV. Despite this ideal band gap, experimental studies of boron arsenide are very limited. In the present work, single source precursors with covalent bonds between boron and arsenic and labile ligands have been designed and synthesized. These precursors underwent thermal or chemical treatment to produce boron arsenide materials. Boron arsenide has also been prepared as a thin layer deposited on a boron substrate and a p-type photoelectrode was prepared from this material. The structure of the product was identified on the basis of X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy, and the surface composition was determined by means of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The electrode was found to be photoactive under both visible and UV-visible light irradiation and displayed a photocurrent of approximately 0.1 mA/cm² under UV-visible light irradiation at an applied potential of -0.25 V vs. Ag/AgCl. The valence band was estimated to be -5.1 eV. The indirect band gap, as determined from incident photo-to-electron conversion efficiency plots, is 1.46 eV. An ester-fuctionalized salophen aluminum complex that features a polymerizable bithiophene as the ester R group has been designed and synthesized. Metallopolymers of this type offer the additional advantages of processability and uniformity of the resulting films. The new salophen complex exhibited emission in the blue region at 491 nm with a quantum yield of 8.19%, which is significantly larger than that of the isolated ligand. Electropolymerization of this complex on a platinum button electrode resulted in the formation of an electrically conductive polymer that is also ionically conductive at low scan rates. In the polymeric form, the emission wavelength was found to be red-shifted to 505 nm. / text

The Neutrinos at the Main Injector (NuMI) facility at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL) produces an intense muon neutrino beam used by the Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search (MINOS), a neutrino oscillation experiment, and the Main INjector ExpeRiment [nu]-A, (MINER[nu]A), a neutrino interaction experiment. Absolute neutrino cross sections are determined via [mathematical equation], where the numerator is the measured number of neutrino interactions in the MINOS Detector and the denominator is the flux of incident neutrinos. Many past neutrino experiments have measured relative cross sections due to a lack of precise measurements of the incident neutrino flux, normalizing to better established reaction processes, such as quasielastic neutrino-nucleon scattering. But recent measurements of neutrino interactions on nuclear targets have brought to light questions about our understanding of nuclear effects in neutrino interactions. In this thesis the [nu subscript mu] inclusive charged current cross section on iron is measured using the MINOS Detector. The MINOS detector consists of alternating planes of steel and scintillator. The MINOS detector is optimized to measure muons produced in charged current [nu subscript mu] interactions. Along with muons, these interactions produce hadronic showers. The neutrino energy is measured from the total energy the particles deposit in the detector. The incident neutrino flux is measured using the muons produced alongside the neutrinos in meson decay. Three ionization chamber monitors located in the downstream portion of the NuMI beamline are used to measure the muon flux and thereby infer the neutrino flux by relation to the underlying pion and kaon meson flux. This thesis describes the muon flux instrumentation in the NuMI beam, its operation over the two year duration of this measurement, and the techniques used to derive the neutrino flux. / text

Open clusters have long been objects of interest in astronomy. As a good approximation of essentially pure stellar populations, they have proved very useful for studies in a wide range of astrophysically interesting questions, including stellar evolution and atmosphere, the chemical and dynamical evolution of our Galaxy, and the structure of our Galaxy. Of fundamental importance to our understanding of open clusters, as well as many other questions in astrophysics, is the accurate determination of ages. Currently there are two main techniques for independently determining the ages of stellar populations: main sequence evolution theory (via cluster isochrones) and white dwarf cooling theory. Open clusters provide the ideal environment for the calibration of these two important clocks, as well as the unique opportunity to directly compare and refine our understanding of both theories. Here I present a photometric study of six open clusters, including both ground-based data, and new, deep photometric data from the Hubble Space Telescope. From the former I derive main sequence turn off ages, while the latter will be used to search for faint cluster white dwarfs. From these data I measure a white dwarf age for each cluster and directly compare these ages with those I find from the main sequence turn off age. For this analysis I employ a new Bayesian statistical technique that has been developed by our group. Additionally, I use this new technique to explore the feasibility of a new method to determine cluster white dwarf ages from the hot (bright) white dwarfs alone, and its first successful application to the Hyades. / text

Baigiamajame magistro darbe nagrinėjamos gamybinių fondų analizės problemos įmonėje, analizės būtinumas ir svarba, sistemingos gamybinių fondų analizės įtaka įmonėje. Išnagrinėti gamybinių fondų analizės teoriniai teiginiai ir metodiniai klausimai, atliktas gamybinių fondų analizės tyrimas baldų pramonės įmonėse, kuris parodo esamą analizės situaciją baldų gamybos įmonėse. Apžvelgiamas baldų pramonės įmonių sektorius, numatomos veiklos tendencijos. Baigiamajame darbe, remiantis atlikta literatūros šaltinių analize ir baldų pramonės įmonių tyrimu, nustatytos pagrindinės silpnosios gamybinių fondų analizės pusės ir parengtas gamybinių fondų analizės tobulinimo modelis, kuris leidžia vieningai analizuoti įmonės gamybinius fondus. Išnagrinėjus teorinius ir praktinius gamybinių fondų analizės aspektus, pateikiamos baigiamojo darbo išvados ir pasiūlymai. Darbą sudaro 3 dalys: įvadas, gamybinių fondų analizės teorinių teiginių ir metodinių klausimų studija, gamybinių fondų analizės padėties nustatymas baldų pramonės įmon���se, įmonės gamybinių fondų analizės tobulinimas, išvados ir pasiūlymai, literatūros sąrašas. Darbo apimtis – 107 p. teksto be priedų, 44 iliustr., 14 lent., 52 bibliografiniai šaltiniai. Atskirai pridedami darbo priedai. / In the master thesis there are discussed manufacturing funds analysis issues, its necessity and importance. Work comprise theoretical and methodical issues analysis, overview of furniture industry and its prospects, furniture industry companies’ survey results that reveals current picture in furniture industry companies’ manufacturing funds analysis. Based on issues identified there is prepared manufacturing funds analysis model that addresses issues identified through literature sources and industry survey results analysis, and allows companies analyze manufacturing funds effectively and systematically. Further, in the master thesis there are presented conclusions and suggestions for furniture industry companies. Structure: introduction, manufacturing funds theoretical and methodical issues analysis, manufacturing funds analysis situation in furniture industry companies, improvement of manufacturing funds analysis, conclusions and suggestions, references. Thesis consists of: 107 p. text without appendixes, 44 pictures, 14 tables, 52 bibliographical entries. Appendixes included.

L'exposition aux vibrations est une préoccupation importante au niveau de la prévention des troubles musculo-squelettiques au membre supérieur. Selon une étude effectuée par Semid (2002), la vibration est présente dans différents secteurs reliés à l'automobile. En effet, différents domaines d'emploi regroupent les facteurs de risques soulevés par le Centre canadien d'hygiène et de sécurité au travail (CCHST). Plusieurs troubles ont été soulevés selon la norme ISO 5349-1 considérant la vibration comme un facteur de risque de développer des troubles musculo-squelettiques (TMS). Plus particulièrement, le membre supérieur semble visé lorsqu'une exposition aux vibrations se fait par l'entremise d'outil vibrant mis en contact avec la main. Cette étude a servi à explorer différentes variables pouvant influencer la transmission de la vibration au membre supérieur tout comme le recrutement musculaire de ce segment. L'utilisation d'un pot vibrant a permis de contrôler certaines variables afin d'exposer douze sujets à diverses combinaisons d'éléments vibratoires (90 au total). Effectivement, l'amplitude (2,5 m/s2, 5 m/s2 et 10 m/s2) et la fréquence (20 Hz, 40 Hz et 65 Hz) de la vibration étaient contrôlées par le pot vibrant. Il s'agit en fait des deux premières variables indépendantes étudiées. D'ailleurs, ce groupe se conclut avec la force de préhension (25 N, 50 N et 100 N) et la déviation du poignet (neutre, radiale et ulnaire) qui ont aussi formé les conditions expérimentales. Par contre, le groupe de douze sujets était divisé en deux somatotypes de six ectomorphes et six mésomorphes. Les combinaisons effectuées entre ces facteurs lors de la réalisation des conditions expérimentales impliquaient que les sujets maintiennent une force de préhension sur la poignée du pot vibrant pendant dix secondes. L'électromyographie a été utilisée afin de mesurer l'activité musculaire des participants. De plus, la disposition de deux accéléromètres sur le membre supérieur des sujets a permis d'observer la transmission des vibrations vers les diverses articulations impliquées. Les résultats de l'étude ont permis d'observer qu'une force de préhension plus importante entraînait une transmission plus élevée de la vibration au membre supérieur. De plus, les sujets de type ectomorphe avaient tendance à transmettre de façon plus importante les vibrations et à solliciter certains muscles davantage (extenseur commun des doigts). Finalement, il a été vu que la combinaison d'une haute amplitude (10 m/s2) et d'une faible fréquence (20 Hz) de la vibration était celle où les contraintes musculaires pour le membre supérieur étaient les plus élevées. ______________________________________________________________________________ MOTS-CLÉS DE L’AUTEUR : Vibration, Force de préhension, Somatotype, Troubles musculo-squelettiques, Électromyographie.