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This thesis highlights the critical impact the effects of regionalised organisational structure and external political pressures have on the development of public sector information systems. Through the extension of a socio-technical systems (STS) model which encompasses these effects, a tool is provided for their investigation and evaluation in past and present information system (IS) developments. The foundations for this model were derived through an in-depth study of a large scale, national public IS development. Despite a large volume of research into the development and implementation of information systems, a high incidence of failure of such projects is still observed. With information systems now commonly integrated into many facets of an organisation’s business processes the costs and consequences of such failures can be far reaching. Given the additional scope and scale of many national public sector projects such consequences can be profound. While public sector IS failure has been studied in the literature, its focus is observed to be primarily that of an examination of e-government systems, neglecting the back-end (non-public facing) support systems. The focus of such studies is predominantly on the public’s interface and interaction with these systems together with their adoption and acceptance by the public. This view is a valid contribution but it does not inform the literature on the full range of unique problems that can be encountered across a complete IS development lifecycle within the public sector. Seeking to investigate these matters further, a collaboration was formed with a UK public body to facilitate the examination of the issues affecting the development and implementation of a national IS project. Onsite observations, interviews and document sampling were used across the development cycle to gather information from the perspectives of the stakeholders involved. The analysis of the data collected from this exercise highlighted a number of factors that were observed to have a significant effect on the project’s ultimate failure. Examination of this analysis from an STS perspective allowed for the extension of an existing STS model. It was extended to encompass the significant adverse effects that an organisational regionalised structure and external political pressure placed on the development of public information systems.

Behavioral and emotional problems (BEPs) are known to affect children's ability to shape and maintain effective social relationships. BEPs are typically categorized into two main factors: internalizing and externalizing behaviors. Internalizing behaviors represent introverted problems, directed inwardly to the individual. While externalizing behavior patterns represent behaviors that are directed outwardly. Behaviors, emotions and thoughts are experienced by all people but on a continuum rather than in terms of absence versus presence of the behavior. The child behavior checklist (CBCL) is used to measure BEPs. The system of CBCL (parent form) measures also includes a teacher rating form and a youth self-report. Using 62 teachers and 311 students, the present study assessed convergent and discriminant validity using a correlated trait, correlated method minus one [CT-C(M-1)] model. The results showed low to moderate teacher-student agreement on the traits. To extend the theoretical structure of the teacher and self-report forms, the present study assessed the nested structure of the data using a multilevel model. Results revealed the nested structure of the data should not be ignored.

Drought is a complex subject that has varied definitions and perspectives. Although drought has historically been characterized as an environmental problem from both the meteorological and agricultural communities, it is not considered a sociological disaster despite its severe societal impacts. Utilizing the framework developed by Spector and Kitsuse (2011) and Stallings (1995), this research examines the process through which drought is defined as a social problem. An analysis of the data revealed drought was well covered in Africa, India, China, Australia, and New Zealand, yet very little coverage focused on the United States. There were less than 10 articles discussing drought and drought impacts in the United States. The workshops/meetings examined also were lacking in the attention to drought, although their overall theme was focused on hazards and resilience. Six sessions in over 16 years of meetings/workshops focused on the topic of drought, and one session was focused on the condition in Canada. The interviews uncovered five thematic areas demonstrating drought understanding and awareness: Use of outreach to get the message out; agricultures familiarity with drought; the role of drought in media; the variability of what drought is; and water conservation. Drought's claims-makers who are dedicated to providing outreach and education to impacted communities. Drought is often overlooked due to its slow onset and evolving development makes it difficult to determine when to engage in recovery efforts. Drought defined as a social problem also expands theoretical conversations regarding what events or issues should be included within the sociological disaster list of topics.

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The classical moment problem concerns distribution functions on the real line. The central feature is the connection between distribution functions and the moment sequences which they generate via a Stieltjes integral. The solution of the classical moment problem leads to the well known theorem of Favard which connects orthogonal polynomial sequences with distribution functions on the real line. Orthogonal polynomials in their turn arise in the computation of measures via continued fractions and the Nevanlinna parametrisation. In this dissertation classical orthogonal polynomials are investigated rst and their connection with hypergeometric series is exhibited. Results from the moment problem allow the study of a more general class of orthogonal polynomials. q-Hypergeometric series are presented in analogy with the ordinary hypergeometric series and some results on q-Laguerre polynomials are given. Finally recent research will be discussed.

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by Tan Wai Pin. / Thesis (M.Phil)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references. / DEDICATION --- p.ii / ABSTRACT --- p.iii / ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --- p.ix / Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- p.10 / Chapter 1 --- INTRODUCTIONS --- p.10 / Chapter 2. --- REFERENCE --- p.15 / Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- COMPUTATION OF CYLINDER FUNCTIONS --- p.17 / Chapter 1. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.17 / Chapter 2. --- NEED OF COMPUTING CYLINDER FUNCTION OF COMPLEX ARGUMENTS --- p.18 / Chapter 3. --- NEED OF COMPUTING HANKEL FUNCTIONS --- p.19 / Chapter 4. --- OUTLINE OF APPROACH --- p.22 / Chapter 5. --- ALGORITHMS --- p.24 / Chapter 5.1. --- REGION 1: IM(Z) < 5 AND RE(Z)<16 : --- p.25 / Chapter 5.1.1. --- Computation of Jn(z) : --- p.25 / Chapter 5.1.2. --- Determination of Starting Index M: --- p.26 / Chapter 5.1.3. --- Determination of Normalization Constant : --- p.26 / Chapter 5.1.4. --- "Computation of Yn(z),Hn(1)(z) and Hn(2) (z)" --- p.29 / Chapter 5.2. --- REGION 2 : --- p.30 / Chapter 5.3. --- REGION 3 : --- p.32 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Computation of Jn(z) : --- p.52 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- "Computation of Hn(1) (z),H(n2)(z) and Yn(z) :" --- p.40 / Chapter 5.3.3 --- Determination of Point of Starting Exponential Scaling : --- p.42 / Chapter 5.4. --- REGION 4 : --- p.42 / Chapter 5.5. --- REGION 5 : --- p.42 / Chapter 6. --- VERIFICATION --- p.43 / Chapter 7. --- REFERENCE --- p.46 / Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- INPUT IMPEDANCE OF CYLINDRICAL-RECTANGULAR MICROSTRIP ANTENNA --- p.48 / Chapter 1. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.48 / Chapter 2. --- FORMULATION --- p.49 / Chapter 3. --- DISCUSSION --- p.62 / Chapter 4. --- REFERENCES --- p.68 / Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- MUTUAL IMPEDANCE OF CYLINDRICAL-RECTANGULAR MICROSTRIP PATCH ANTENNAS --- p.70 / Chapter 1. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.70 / Chapter 2. --- FORMULATION --- p.70 / Chapter 3. --- DISCUSSION --- p.77 / Chapter 4. --- REFERENCES --- p.83 / Chapter CHAPTER 5 --- RESONANCE OF RECTANGULAR MICROSTRIP ANTENNA INSIDE A METALLIC CYLINDER --- p.84 / Chapter 1. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.84 / Chapter 2. --- FORMULATION --- p.85 / Chapter 3. --- NUMERICAL RESULTS --- p.96 / Chapter 4. --- CONCLUSION --- p.98 / Chapter 5. --- REFERENCES --- p.102 / Chapter CHAPTER 6 --- INPUT IMPEDANCE OF RECTANGULAR MICROSTRIP ANTENNA INSIDE A METALLIC CYLINDER --- p.104 / Chapter 1. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.104 / Chapter 2. --- FORMULATION --- p.104 / Chapter 3. --- NUMERICAL RESULTS --- p.106 / Chapter 4. --- CONCLUSION --- p.111 / Chapter 5. --- REFERENCES --- p.112 / Chapter CHAPTER 7 --- SUMMARY --- p.113 / APPENDIX A --- p.117 / APPENDIX B --- p.119 / PUBLICATION LIST : --- p.121