Thesis (Ph.D.) -- McMaster University, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 239-253). Also available via World Wide Web.

International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 28-31, 1996 / Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center, San Diego, California / The Integrated Monitoring and Control COTS System (IMACCS) was developed as a proof-of-concept to show that commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products could be integrated to provide spacecraft ground support faster and cheaper than current practices. A key component of IMACCS is the Altair Mission Control System (AMCS), one of several commercial packages available for satellite command and control. It is distinguished from otherwise similar tools by its implementation of Finite State Modeling as part of its expert system capability. Using the Finite State Modeling and State Transition capabilities of the ALTAIR Mission Control System (AMCS), IMACCS was enhanced to provide automated monitoring, routine pass support, anomaly resolution, and emergency "lights on again" response. Orbit determination and production of typical flight dynamics products, such as acquisition times and vectors, have also been automated.

published_or_final_version / Asian Studies / Master / Master of Arts

The objective of this research was to improve our understanding of how changes in the environment affect ecological processes. Change detection is often confounded by the large variation found in ecological data due to the difficulty of finding replicates in nature. Intertidal communities were chosen for studies of biophysical interactions because the physical gradients are very strong, thus creating complex systems within spatial scales that are easily sampled. The selection of replicate beach habitats was the first step in designing a sampling protocol for comparative analyses of nearshore community structure. A high resolution shoreline partitioning model was developed to quantify the physical attributes of homogeneous shoreline segments and to statistically cluster replicate segments. This model was applied at 3 locations in Washington State. A portion of the south shore of San Juan Island was partitioned and the physical attributes quantified. Three groups of rocky segments differing only in slope angle were selected for biological sampling. The objective was to test the fidelity of macroalgal and invertebrate populations to replicate bedrock shore segments. The results showed that community structure and population abundances were more similar within groups of replicate segments (similar slopes) than among groups (different slopes). In South Puget Sound, community structure was compared to test for a deterministic organization of communities among replicate soft sediment beaches in an estuary. The results showed that replicate beach segments support similar communities, that communities become less similar as the distance between replicates increases, and that replicates within or among nearshore cells with similar temperature and salinity support communities that are more similar than replicates among cells with different water properties regardless of distance. On the outer Olympic coast, community comparisons were made among 9 sand beaches over a shoreline distance of 250 km. The results show that these communities are similar within segments and within nearshore cells, but because of population abundance fluctuations, the communities were different among cells and among years. This study shows that processes determining patterns in nearshore habitats can be quantified, which is a significant contribution to studies of habitat distribution and the siting of marine preserves. / Graduation date: 2000

Traditional state estimation whereby the state of the system is assessed based on a limited number of measurements is a well established tool for steady-state situations where the frequency of the system is 50 Hz. Previous contributions have looked at extending this concept to the power quality area. This area of research is called Power Quality State Estimation (PQSE) and represents a class of techniques. Under the umbrella of PQSE, the main contribution of this work is taking Transient State Estimation (TSE) on step further. A new three-phase formulation for TSE using the Numerical Integrator Substitution (NIS) will be detailed. NIS approach, also known as Dommel's method, gives a numerical solution to describe the transient behaviour of a dynamic system at discrete time points. The new transient state estimator is implemented and verified by applying the proposed algorithm to a real distribution test system. It's performance and accuracy are investigated in presence of measurement noise, background harmonics, multiple faults, etc. The conducted study has shown this technique has a great potential.

論文(碩士)--香港中文大學, 1974. / Ms. / Includes bibliographical references (l. 306-334). / Thesis (M.A.)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue. / Chapter 第一章 --- 導言 --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- 下放的定義 --- p.3 / Chapter 1.2 --- 理論和方法 --- p.10 / Chapter 1.3 --- 資料 --- p.19 / Chapter 第二章 --- 中國現代化對下放的影响 --- p.34 / Chapter 2.1 --- 增加物資 --- p.38 / Chapter 2.11 --- 自力更生 --- p.39 / Chapter 2.12 --- 重工业先行 --- p.44 / Chapter 2.13 --- 農业为基礎 --- p.48 / Chapter 2.131 --- 開荒 --- p.51 / Chapter 2.132 --- 農业科學化 --- p.55 / Chapter 2.2 --- 改造人性 --- p.61 / Chapter 2.21 --- 特殊份子群眾化 --- p.65 / Chapter 2.211 --- 資產階級份子 --- p.65 / Chapter 2.212 --- 知識分子 --- p.67 / Chapter 2.213 --- 黨員 --- p.69 / Chapter 2.214 --- 準特殊份子 --- p.71 / Chapter 2.22 --- 群眾領袖化 --- p.76 / Chapter 2.3 --- 調整机構 --- p.79 / Chapter 2.31 --- 增加效率 --- p.81 / Chapter 2.311 --- 增加农业生產機構的效率 --- p.82 / Chapter 2.312 --- 增加党政机構的效率 --- p.89 / Chapter 2.32 --- 節約 --- p.95 / Chapter 2.321 --- 降低城市建築費用 --- p.95 / Chapter 2.322 --- 節省行政經費 --- p.100 / Chapter 3.42 --- 一九六八至一九七三年 --- p.185 / Chapter 第四章 --- 下放的方法 --- p.218 / Chapter 4.1 --- 準備工作 --- p.219 / Chapter 4.11 --- 從改造人性入手的準備工作 --- p.219 / Chapter 4.12 --- 從調整機構入手的準備工作 --- p.228 / Chapter 4.13 --- 從增加物資入手的準備工作 --- p.235 / Chapter 4.2 --- 鞏固工作 --- p.238 / Chapter 4.21 --- 從改造人性入手的鞏固工作 --- p.238 / Chapter 4.22 --- 從調整机構入手的鞏固工作 --- p.245 / Chapter 4.23 --- 從增加物資入手的鞏固方法 --- p.252 / Chapter 第五章 --- 下放對中國現代化的影响 --- p.260 / Chapter 5.1 --- 增加物資方面 --- p.261 / Chapter 5.2 --- 調整机構方面 --- p.268 / Chapter 5.3 --- 改造人性方面 --- p.274 / Chapter 第六章 --- 結論 --- p.296 / 參考資料 --- p.306

黃志偉. / 論文(碩士) -- 香港中文大學硏究院政治及行政學部, 1995. / 參考文獻: leaves 154-160. / Huang, Zhiwei. / 鳴謝 / 論文撮要 / Chapter 第一章 --- 導論 / Chapter 一´Ø --- 焦點和問題 --- p.1 / Chapter 二 ´Ø --- 硏究範圍及方法 --- p.5 / Chapter 三´Ø --- 定義闡釋 --- p.6 / Chapter 甲´Ø --- 宗敎的定義 --- p.6 / Chapter 乙´Ø --- 政治的定義 --- p.7 / Chapter 四´Ø --- 宗敎與政治的關係 --- p.10 / Chapter 五´Ø --- 政敎關係的重要文獻 --- p.14 / Chapter 甲´Ø --- 政治發展理論 --- p.14 / Chapter 乙´Ø --- 對政治現代化理論之修正 --- p.18 / Chapter 丙´Ø --- 共產主義政體下之政敎關係 --- p.21 / Chapter 丁 ´Ø --- 香港政敎關係的文獻 --- p.22 / Chapter 六´Ø --- 小結 --- p.31 / Chapter 七´Ø --- 註釋 --- p.33 / Chapter 第二章 --- 基督新敎及香港新敎 / Chapter 一 ´Ø --- 新敎的歷史背景 --- p.38 / Chapter 甲´Ø --- 新敎的傳播及發展 --- p.38 / Chapter 乙´Ø --- 聖經對政府之兩種態度 --- p.41 / Chapter 二 ´Ø --- 香港基督新敎的基本狀況 --- p.43 / Chapter 甲´Ø --- 香港新敎的面貌 --- p.43 / Chapter 乙´Ø --- 香港新敎對政治的看法 --- p.48 / Chapter 三´Ø --- 小結 --- p.52 / Chapter 四´Ø --- 註釋 --- p.54 / Chapter 第三章 --- 八十年代前香港的政敎關係 / Chapter 一 ´Ø --- 香港殖民政權的特色 --- p.58 / Chapter 二 ´Ø --- 敎會與金禧事件 --- p.59 / Chapter 三´Ø --- 敎會與壓力團體 --- p.62 / Chapter 四´Ø --- 小結 --- p.65 / Chapter 五´Ø --- 註釋 --- p.67 / Chapter 第四章 --- 八十年代香港的政敎關係 / Chapter 一´Ø --- 1980-83: 「九七」討論期 --- p.69 / Chapter 甲´Ø --- 「九七」問題的提出 --- p.69 / Chapter 乙´Ø --- 新敎對九七問題的初步態度 --- p.70 / Chapter 丙. --- 新敎與社會民生事務 --- p.71 / Chapter 丁 ´Ø --- 新敎敎會的討論過程 --- p.73 / Chapter 二 ´Ø --- 1 9 8 4 - 8 5 ：審愼樂觀期 --- p.76 / Chapter 甲´Ø --- 守望社的成立 --- p.76 / Chapter 乙´Ø --- 新敎對九七問題的集體回應 --- p.77 / Chapter 1 ´Ø --- 第一次聲明 --- p.77 / Chapter 2 ´Ø --- 第二次聲明 --- p.79 / Chapter 3 ´Ø --- 第三次聲明 --- p.80 / Chapter 4 ´Ø --- 新敎敎眾的回應 --- p.81 / Chapter 三´Ø --- 1986-90:政敎角力期 --- p.82 / Chapter 甲´Ø --- 爭取停建「大亞灣核電廠」事件 --- p.83 / Chapter 乙´Ø --- 敎會人士介入「大核事件」 --- p.84 / Chapter 丙´Ø --- 敎會的手法及其意義 --- p.86 / Chapter 四´Ø --- 小結 --- p.89 / Chapter 五´Ø --- 註釋 --- p.93 / Chapter 第五章 --- 新敎敎會的分化與決裂（1986-88 ) / Chapter 一 ´Ø --- 新敎分化的背景 --- p.98 / Chapter 二 ´Ø --- 中國政權在分化的角色 --- p.100 / Chapter 三´Ø --- 分化的例子 --- p.103 / Chapter 甲´Ø --- 諮委會執委會改選風波 --- p.103 / Chapter 乙´Ø --- 協進會保守路線抬頭 --- p.109 / Chapter 丙´Ø --- 馮智活海外進修事件 --- p.114 / Chapter 四. --- 政權轉移中敎會的定位 --- p.115 / Chapter 五´Ø --- 小結 --- p.118 / Chapter 六´Ø --- 註釋 --- p.120 / Chapter 第六章 --- 總結 / Chapter 一´Ø --- 回顧過去 --- p.125 / Chapter 二 ´Ø --- 展望未來 --- p.130 / Chapter 三´Ø --- 註釋 --- p.135 / 插圖 / Chapter 一´Ø --- 四種分析變項的相互關係 --- p.138 / Chapter 二 ´Ø --- 政敎合一 --- p.139 / Chapter 三´Ø --- 政敎分離--政治世俗化 --- p.140 / Chapter 四´Ø --- 八十年代前政敎關係 --- p.141 / Chapter 五´Ø --- 八十年代期間政敎的關係 --- p.142 / Chapter 六´Ø --- 八十年代以後新敎分裂 及其與政治的關係 --- p.143 / 附錄 / 附錄一：香港基督敎團體的政治行動 (19 8 4 - 1 9 9 0 ) --- p.145 / 書目 / 主要中文參考書目 --- p.154 / 主要英文參考書目 --- p.158 / 主要參考報紙雜誌 --- p.160

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Banks, like other business firms, must attract outside funding within competitive capital markets, must face competition in product, and must deal with corporate governance issues deriving from agency problems and asymmetric information. Corporate governance in banks is unique compared to non-financial firms, with factors such as higher opaqueness, heavy regulations, and government interventions, which thus require distinct analysis. Although it is well recognised that corporate governance can affect bank value, in this thesis I combine external and internal corporate governances by considering board composition and ownership structure, as well as trading behaviour on stock markets. The main objective of this thesis is to study empirically the impact of various governance mechanisms on bank stability, in terms of capital strategy, risk-taking and performance. The finding is that there exists a significantly positive relationship between market discipline and bank capital structure. In addition, over-performing banks attract a high level of informed trading, which in turn leads to a higher level of capital buffer held by a bank. Also, banks with strong corporate governance are associated with higher risk-taking. More specifically, banks that have an intermediate board size, a separation between the CEO and the chairman of board, and are audited by the Big Four audit firm, are likely to take higher risks. Banks with more state shareholders also tend to have poorer performances, and banks with higher domestic and private shareholders generally operate more profitably. Ownership type diversity is associated with better bank performance, while banks with concentrated ownership are worse performing. Finally, banks with political connections distribute more credit than nonpolitically connected banks. The results have certain policy implications for understanding the role of governance in affecting bank operations that, in turn, could improve bank prudency and assist the design of an enhanced regulation framework. Regulators should reduce protection, improve banks' asset quality, and strengthen market discipline.

This thesis develops a new framework for explaining the effects and possible trajectories of state building interventions (SBIs). This is for both examining specific interventions and learning about the precise nature of the post-Cold War global order – how power is distributed, exercised, constrained and challenged within and between states. In the post-Cold War years, but particularly since the September 11 2001 terrorist attacks, so-called failed states have become a central security concern for policymakers. In tandem, there has been an influx of practitioner and scholarly interest in international ‘state building’. Prevalent approaches to state building are premised on a static conception of the state and therefore seek to evaluate SBIs in terms of whether they help create ‘more’ or ‘less’ state. In contrast, this thesis examines SBIs as a new mode of governance in the global political economy that is transformative of both intervened and intervening states, leading to the creation of a transnationalising and transnationally regulated form of statehood. Based on a conception of the state as a site of social and political struggle this study examines the ways in which SBIs affect the distribution, production and reproduction of political power in intervened states: Who rules and how? What social and political conflicts are engendered or exacerbated by SBIs, and how are they managed? What alliances and coalitions support the production/reproduction of power relationships associated with SBIs? The thesis provides a conceptual framework for understanding the complex governance terrain SBIs open up. SBIs are conceptualised as multilevel regimes – sets of social and political relationships, institutions and ideas – that exist simultaneously within and outside intervened states. While preserving the formal sovereignty of intervened states, these regimes are nevertheless established to shape political outcomes by limiting the political choices available to domestic leaders. This is operationalised by opening up and shifting power to multilevel spaces of governance within the apparatus of these countries. Through case studies from Australia, Solomon Islands and Cambodia, the thesis analyses the politics of SBIs and their broader implications for contemporary statehood. Ultimately it establishes that regardless of whether SBIs are successful or otherwise in achieving their stated objectives they are associated with the emergence of increasingly authoritarian, hierarchical and anti-competitive forms of political rule, both within and between states.