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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Programming languages and dimensions

Kennedy, Andrew John January 1995 (has links)
No description available.
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The relationship between spirituality and job satisfaction

Van der Walt, Freda 22 November 2007 (has links)
In order to obtain an improved understanding of behaviour at work, employees should be studied from physical, psychological, and spiritual dimensions. Although the physical and psychological dimensions of individuals at work have been studied extensively, the spiritual dimension has been neglected for many years. The objective of the present research was to determine the relationship between spirituality and a positive work-related attitude, i.e. job satisfaction. A cross-sectional study was conducted with a sample of 600 white collar workers chosen from two organisations in different industries in South Africa. Personal spirituality, organisational spirituality, job satisfaction, and perceptions were measured. The data was analysed by means of a Principal Factor Analysis, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Item Analysis, Correlation Analysis, and Regression Analysis. Some instruments used in the study were revalidated. The primary result of this research indicated a positive relationship between organisational spirituality and job satisfaction. In addition, weak negative relationships were found between personal spirituality and job satisfaction, as well as personal spirituality and organisational spirituality. Personal spirituality showed statistically significant associations with biographical-type variables such as gender, ethnical grouping, and strength of religious conviction. The association between personal spirituality and strength of religious conviction significantly differed between the private hospital and educational organisation. Organisational spirituality showed a statistically significant association with age. The association between organisational spirituality and gender significantly differed between the private hospital and educational organisation. The two organisations were also found to differ in terms of organisational spirituality, with the educational organisation measuring higher on organisational spirituality than did the private hospital. Job satisfaction and perceptions did not show statistically significant associations with any of the biographical-type variables. Furthermore, it was determined that the respondents perceive personal spirituality and job satisfaction to be related. These findings deepened the understanding of personal spirituality, organisational spirituality, and job satisfaction. It brought new insight into the significant role which spirituality plays in the context of the workplace. To survive in the 21st century, organisations need to be spiritually-based. This in turn will lead to workers being satisfied with their entire work experience. / Thesis (PhD (Organizational Behaviour))--University of Pretoria, 2008. / Human Resource Management / PhD / unrestricted
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Développement de méthodes thermodynamiques pour l'ingénieur : étude analytique et expérimentale de machines quasi-Carnot et Stirling / Contributions to the development of some methods of the engineering irreversible thermodynamics : applied in the analytical and experimental study of quasi-Carnot machines and stirling / Contribuƫii la dezvoltarea unor Metode ale Termodinamicii Ireversibile Inginereşti : aplicate în studiul analitic şi experimental al maşinilor Stirling şi cvasi-Carnot

Dobre, Catalina Georgiana 28 September 2012 (has links)
La première partie de la thèse comporte l’étude des machines à froid, en tenant compte de la vitesse finie des processus. L’approche est basée sur une nouvelle méthode d’optimisation des processus et cycles à vitesse finie, la Méthode Directe d’étude et évaluation des irréversibilités. Les performances de ces cycles sont évaluées en prenant en compte les irréversibilités internes générées par la vitesse finie, notamment (1) les pertes de pression dues au laminage, (2) les pertes de pression dues à la vitesse finie du piston, (3) les pertes de pression dues aux frottements interne et mécanique et (4) l’irréversibilité due aux pertes de chaleur. On obtient ainsi directement l'expression du rendement ou du coefficient de performance et de la génération d’entropie en fonction de la vitesse des processus et d'autres paramètres géométriques et fonctionnels. Le travail proposé pour cette partie de thèse analyse la génération des irréversibilités dans une machine thermique fonctionnant selon le cycle inverse quasi-Carnot (Machine Frigorifique à compression mécanique des vapeurs), en proposant un schéma de calcul complètement analytique. A l’aide de ce schéma de calcul on peut développer des études de sensibilité et d’optimisation de ces machines, sans avoir besoin d’utiliser de tableaux des vapeurs saturés.La deuxième partie du mémoire présente l’application des modèles thermodynamiques (la Méthode Directe, la Méthode de la Thermodynamique en Dimensions Physiques Finies (TDPF), la méthode isotherme de Schmidt, la méthode adiabatique de Finkelstein) dans l’étude des machines Stirling – moteurs et récepteurs et confrontation avec l’expérience.La Méthode de la TDPF est une méthode qui regroupe les techniques de la thermodynamique en temps, vitesse et dimensions géométriques finies. Cette méthode introduit les exo-irréversibilités dues aux transferts de chaleur finis entre les réservoirs (source chaude, puits froid, régénérateur) et le fluide de travail et, de plus, considère les contraintes qui se présentent à l’ingénieur (la pression maximale, le volume maximum, les températures des réservoirs chaud et froid, la vitesse de rotation). La méthode isotherme de Schmidt est une méthode zéro-dimensionnelle qui permet l’étude de la machine divisée en trois volumes isothermes. Elle permet de décrire l’évolution de paramètres, comme le volume instantané (chaud, froid ou de régénération) ou la pression en fonction du temps. L’analyse des processus de transfert de la chaleur et d’écoulement du gaz de travail, ayant lieu dans le moteur Stirling d’un micro-cogénérateur, est effectuée en utilisant un model adiabatique monodimensionnel. Cette analyse repose sur la division du moteur Stirling en 5 volumes de control auxquels on applique les équations des gaz parfaits et les équations de conservation de masse et d’énergie.Les résultats expérimentaux seront confrontés à ceux obtenus par les quatre méthodes de calcul, ce qui permettra de définir les paramètres d’ajustage afin de valider les modèles thermodynamiques. Cette confrontation permettra le développement d’une autre méthode, une combinaison des trois approches utilisées afin de modéliser au mieux le fonctionnement du système, préservant les avantages de chacune sur des intervalles de vitesse de rotation donnés.Des études de sensibilité et d’optimisation de paramètres géométriques et fonctionnels seront effectuées afin de proposer des améliorations de mise au point système pour fournir puissance et de rendement plus élevés. / This paper presents the author's overall results obtained in his doctoral thesis, on: The analysis of entropy generation and the evaluation of the performances of the inversed cvasi-Carnot cycle; The application of the Direct Method, Finite Physical Dimensions Thermodynamics method (TDFF), Schmidt’s isotherm method and Finkelstein’s adiabatic model in the study of Stirling engines – engines and machines that function on reversed cycles (receivers) and the confrontation of analytical results with the experimental ones. The first part of the thesis covers the study of the refrigeration machines, considering the finite speed of the processes. The study is based on a new method to optimize the processes and the cycles with finite speed, the Direct Method of study and the evaluation of the irreversibilities. The performance of these cycles are evaluated using analytical relations, considering internal irreversibilities generated by finite speed, especially the pressure losses due to (1) throttling (2) finite speed of the piston (3) internal and mechanical friction (4) irreversibilities due to heat losses. These irreversibilities are introduced in the expression of the First Principle of Thermodynamics for processes with finite speed, and its application leads directly and through analytical means to the expressions of efficiency or coefficient of performance and entropy generation, function of the finite speed of the processes and other geometrical and functional parameters of the machine. The proposed study for this first part of the thesis analyzes the generation of thermal irreversibilities in a thermal machine functioning on a cvasi-Carnot reversed cycle (refrigerating machine with mechanical compression of vapor-IFV) proposing a completely analytical calculation scheme. With this calculation scheme sensitivity studies and optimization of these types of machines were developed, without having to use saturated vapor tables.The second part of the thesis presents the application of thermodynamic models (Direct Method, Finite Physical Dimension thermodynamics method, Schmidt's isotherm model and Finkelstein’s adiabatic model) in the study of Stirling engines – engines and machines that function on reversed cycles (receivers) and the confrontation of analytical results with the experimental ones. The Direct Method consists in the study and assessment of the irreversibilities generated in thermal machines by analyzing the cycle step by step (progressive) and the direct integration of the equation the First Principle of Thermodynamics combined with the Second Principle of Thermodynamics with finite speed, for each process of the cycle. This provides analytical expressions for power and efficiency or coefficient of performance COP, function of the speed of the processes and other geometric and functional parameters.

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