Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Pittsburgh, 1973. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 163-169).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Louisville, 2009. / Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology. Vita. "August 2009." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 129-167).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Ashland Theological Seminary, Ohio, 2003. / Bibliography: leaves 188-192.

Thesis (M.A.P.S.)--Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 2002. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 62-63).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Erskine Theological Seminary, 2005. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 111-114).

Thesis (Mtech(Business Administration)--Cape Technikon, Cape Town, 2001 / The researcher identified an absenteeism problem at the Cape Technikon Library and sees the effect of it on a daily basis. It is a costly and disruptive problem and places unnecessary pressure on staff that are at work. From the outset, companies might not realise the cost of absenteeism until they actually measure it. Absenteeism of other staff members create various problems such as low morale, increased stress, break in team work, etc. between the staff that are at work. To reduce the absenteeism rate, certain measures and control systems should be put in place. Absenteeism can either be addressed by putting a reward system in place or making use of punishment contingencies, or using a combination of both. If staff members see that other staff members get away with excessive absenteeism, they will soon follow. Within the context of the Cape Technikon Library, a culture of absenteeism has been created and it is not easy to break that culture. This study considered possible reasons for the absenteeism as well as possible solutions. To improve productivity and cost-effectiveness, the Gross Absence Rate (GAR) should be less than 3% (Van der Merwe: 1988:25). According to Van der Merwe (1988:25) an absence rate of 10% is extremely serious and any absence rate of more than 5% should be regarded as an indicator of a situation needing further investigation. An absence rate of less than 3% can be regarded as satisfactory, although capable of furtherimprovement. On some days the absenteeism rate at the Cape Technikon Library is approximately 12%.

There are several industries exploring solutions to quickly and accurately digitize unexplored indoor environments, into useable three-dimensional databases. Unfortunately, there are inherent challenges to the indoor mapping process such as, scanning limitations and environment complexity, which require a specific application of tools to map an environment precisely with low cost and high speed. This thesis successfully demonstrates the design and implementation of a low cost mobile robotic computing platform with laser scanner, for quickly mapping with high resolution, urban and/or indoor environments using a gyro-enhanced orientation sensor and selectable levels of detail. In addition, a low cost alternative solution to three-dimensional laser scanning is presented, via a standard two-dimensional SICK proximity laser scanner mounted to a custom servo motor mount and controlled by external microcontroller. A software system to control the robot is presented, which incorporates and adheres to widely accepted software engineering guidelines and principles. An analysis of the overall system, including robot specifications, system capabilities, and justification for certain design decisions, are described in detail. Results of various open source software algorithms, as it applies to scan data and image data, are also compared; including evaluation of data correlation and registration techniques. In addition, laser scanner mapping tests, specifications, and capabilities are presented and analyzed. A sample design for converting the final scanned point cloud data to a database is presented and assessed. The results suggest the overall project yields a relatively high degree of accuracy and lower cost over most other existing systems surveyed, as well as, the potential for application of the system in other fields. The results also discuss thoughts for possible future research work.

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