This single case study was created to investigate one lesbian parented family's experiences in family, social, and educational systems to gain perspective on their overall happiness. In depth face-to-face interviews were conducted with two lesbian parents currently raising three children. After data collection and analysis, the researcher constructed six findings based on the primary research questions. The study determined that regardless of minor discrimination in the systems, the parents and their children have positive experiences in their family, social, and educational systems. The parents also offered ideas about political and social changes that would improve their lives. Overall, the study determined that regardless of negative experiences based on their sexual orientation, the parents believe that all members of the family are happy and proud of their family unit. / School of Education / Community Counseling / MS / Thesis

To face hyper-competitive environment, effective control on cost as a niche is the most important issue to business. However, properly allocation and compute accuracy on cost in the process of valid control is a major prerequisite. Therefore, how to decline variation on cost allocation through straight apportion which plays a key role on fully adequately cost. The Activity-Based Costing system¡]ABC system¡^ provides the major function properly for cost principle. The ABC system is not only making cost information efficiently but also assist Chief Executive Officer¡]CEO¡^ to make decision adequately under vary from minute to minute environment. This essay is focus on heavy machinery company as a subject through operation process analysis and responsibility center as a performance evaluation basis try to solve the currently problem that existed at responsibility center. Moreover, to seek out a proper costing amendments and allocation method for the case company after study that can enhance information quality for management on decision-making. Non-direct cost allocation to the case company declines during Activity-Based Costing System as a main shaft to adjust cost collective method. In the meanwhile, advance the costing accuracy makes management to get legitimate information is the most significant contribution to subject company.

Technische Univ., Diplomarbeit--Wien, 2005.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2004. Directed by Paul J. Benkeser. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

An often overlooked area of graphics is the ability of application programs to create graphical images. Many programs exist which allow creation interactively, but few offer the same ability for noninteractive application programs. By allowing an application program to create graphical images more user friendly programs may be created by programmers. / Department of Computer Science

Within automotive industry, Noise, Vibration and Harshness (NVH) has emerged to be one of the main research topics. Unlike attributes such as vehicle safety, drivability, and durability which are functionality criteria, NVH is closely tied to quality and comfort of the ride. The recent trend in consumer market shows that NVH is becoming increasingly important in purchasing decisions and can significantly affect competitive edge of vehicles. Among various factors that contribute to vehicle noise, pressure pulsation inside vehicle fuel system has been subject to studies for several decades. In gasoline vehicles, with the introduction and wide spread of returnless fuel delivery system, the pressure pulsation phenomenon has become more and more prominent and has raised several issues, including noise. Similar phenomenon can be found in EVAP system where pressure is small. However, the information regarding pressure pulsation and noise issue in EVAP system is very limited. This thesis investigated the noise issue caused by pressure pulsation inside EVAP system of a current production vehicle by one of the major automotive Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM). There are two main parts in this research. First part is to build a test stand integrating the original parts provided by the OEM to re-create the noise, then to observe and collect data on the noise issue to understand the noise generation mechanism. Second part of this research is to, through literature survey, generate ideas on noise reduction, and then to test these ideas. Due to limited information, literature survey was focused on researches done on the fuel delivery system. By collecting and analyzing pressure data on various running conditions, utilizing inspection camera, and carefully designed experiments, this research made findings on pressure pulsation and noise phenomenon, examined possible scenarios for the noise generation mechanism, and provided key evidences regarding various components and their effects on the pressure pulsation/noise. This thesis presented 8 different approaches to achieve noise reduction. Among those, 5 focused on pressure pulsation attenuation, which heavily drew inspiration from pulsation attenuation methods used in fuel delivery system. The methods tested in this thesis achieved various degree of success in noise reduction. However, each had its own drawbacks: they caused flow restriction in the line, and/or reduced the vacuum level going to the fuel tank system, and/or required design changes on critical parts in the system.

Thesis (M.D.S.)--Dept. of Dental, University of Adelaide, 1985. / Some mounted ill. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 180-190).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Adelaide, 1986. / Includes bibliographical references.

Zugl.: München, Techn. Univ., Diss., 2005

Zugl.: Augsburg, Univ., Diss., 2005