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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.
391

Examination, application, and evaluation of geomorphic principles and resulting water quality in Midwest agricultural streams and rivers

Powell, George Erick, January 2006 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2006. / Title from first page of PDF file. Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-141).
392

Who's afraid of a little nitrate? : discovering impediments and incentives in following best management practices related to water quality within the southern Willamette Valley groundwater management area /

Rolston, Irene. January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (M.A.)--Oregon State University, 2006. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 91-99). Also available online.
393

Worlds collide integrating writing center best practices into a first year composition classroom /

Sherven, Keva N. January 2010 (has links)
Thesis (M.A.)--Indiana University, 2010. / Title from screen (viewed on July 29, 2010). Department of English, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). Advisor(s): Stephen L. Fox, Susan C. Shepherd, Teresa Molinder Hogue. Includes vitae. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 68-70).
394

A thematic feminist analysis of best-selling children's picture books /

Marie, Michelle. January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (M.A.I.S.)--Oregon State University, 2008. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 85-101). Also available on the World Wide Web.
395

Developing best practice in environmental impact assessment using risk management ideas, concepts and principles : a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Civil Engineering in the University of Canterbury /

Fietje, Leo. January 2001 (has links)
Thesis (M.E.)--University of Canterbury, 2001. / Typescript (photocopy). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 134-144). Also available via the World Wide Web.
396

Best of both worlds : Elsdon Best and the metamorphosis of Māori spirituality = Te painga rawa o ngā ao rua : te peehi me te putanga kē o te wairua Māori : a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Māori in the University of Canterbury /

Holman, Jeffrey Paparoa, January 2007 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Canterbury, 2007. / Typescript (photocopy). Includes bibliographical references (p. 455-477). Also available via the World Wide Web.
397

Reducing dental mercury discharge in Missoula, Montana collaborative opportunities /

Silberberger, Jamie. January 2007 (has links)
"Professional paper presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, Environmental Studies, the University of Montana, Missoula, MT, spring 2007." / Title from PDF title page (viewed on Aug. 12, 2007). Includes bibliographic references (p. 67-69).
398

Υπολογισμός βέλτιστης θέσης εγκατάστασης με την χρήση διαγραμμάτων Voronoi

Σταθόπουλος, Αναστάσιος 29 December 2010 (has links)
Η παρούσα εργασία αποσκοπεί στην ανάπτυξη ενός εργαλείου υπολογισμού βέλτιστης θέσης εγκατάστασης σημειακών υπηρεσιών. Το πρόβλημα της χωροθέτησης προσεγγίζεται με την χρήση του συνεχούς μοντέλου ενώ οι περιπτώσεις που επιλύονται αφορούν σημειακές υπηρεσίες. Οι υπηρεσίες αυτές μπορεί να χρησιμοποιούνται είτε από ανεξάρτητους χρήστες, από ομάδες χρηστών ή να υπόκεινται σε ιεραρχική δομή. Για τον σκοπό αυτό αναπτύχθηκε μεθοδολογία η οποία συνδέει το πρόγραμμα βελτιστοποίησης με το ΓΣΠ και χρησιμοποιώντας τις λειτουργίες των δύο αυτών εργαλείων επιτυγχάνεται η μοντελοποίηση και η λύση του προβλήματος. Η μεθοδολογία βελτιστοποίησης τής αντικειμενικής συνάρτησης που χρησιμοποιήθηκε είναι αυτή των Γενετικών Αλγορίθμων. Για το σκοπό αυτό στο περιβάλλον του εμπορικού πακέτου Matlab παραμετροποιήθηκε το εργαλείο Genetic Algorithm Tool (gatool) για τις μελέτες περίπτωσης που αντιμετωπίσαμε. Το πρόγραμμα των Γενετικών Αλγορίθμων σε κάθε συναρτησιακό υπολογισμό καλεί το ΓΣΠ όπου και γίνεται ο υπολογισμός της τιμής. Ο κώδικας για αυτό το σκοπό έχει γραφτεί σε MapBasic και με την χρήση των εντολών χωρικής ανάλυσης που μας παρέχει το ΓΣΠ, υπολογίζουμε την τιμή της συνάρτησης που προσπαθούμε να ελαχιστοποιήσουμε. Την μεθοδολογία που αναπτύξαμε την εφαρμόσαμε σε δυο περιπτώσεις μελέτης. Η πρώτη αφορούσε το πρόβλημα του υπολογισμού της βέλτιστης θέσης εγκατάστασης μιας υπηρεσίας που χρησιμοποιείται από ανεξάρτητους χρήστες. Στην περίπτωση μας οι υπηρεσίες είναι τα ταχυδρομεία ενώ η περιοχή μελέτης αποτελείται από τους δήμους του Μοσχάτου, της Καλλιθέας, της Ν. Σμύρνης, του Π. Φαλήρου και του Αγ. Δημητρίου, όπου και υπάρχουν 9 ταχυδρομεία. Στην εφαρμογή που παρουσιάστηκε υπολογίστηκε τόσο η προσθήκη ενός όσο και η προσθήκη δεύτερου ταχυδρομείου. Στην πρώτη περίπτωση επιτεύχθηκε βελτίωση 29% ενώ στην δεύτερη 39%. Στην δεύτερη μελέτη περίπτωσης και στη ίδια περιοχή μελέτης υπολογίστηκε η βέλτιστη θέση εγκατάστασης μιας ιεραρχικής δομής. Η δομή είχε δυο επίπεδα, ενώ η υπηρεσίες αφορούσαν το τραπεζικό δίκτυο μιας ελληνικής τράπεζας. Στο πρώτο επίπεδο είχαμε τα υποκαταστήματα της τράπεζας (14) και στο δεύτερο τα ΑΤΜ (9). Η εφαρμογή της μεθοδολογίας επέφερε βελτίωση 25% και 12% στην περίπτωση της εισαγωγής ενός νέου υποκαταστήματος και ενός ΑΤΜ αντίστοιχα. / -
399

Learning to trust, learning to be trustworthy

Berger, Ulrich 01 1900 (has links) (PDF)
Interpersonal trust is a one-sided social dilemma. Building on the binary trust game, we ask how trust and trustworthiness can evolve in a population where partners are matched randomly and agents sometimes act as trustors and sometimes as trustees. Trustors have the option to costly check a trustee's last action and to condition their behavior on the signal they receive. We show that the resulting population game admits two components of Nash equilibria. Nevertheless, the long-run outcome of an evolutionary social learning process modeled by the best response dynamics is unique. Even if unconditional distrust initially abounds, the trustors' checking option leads trustees to build a reputation for trustworthiness by honoring trust. This invites free-riders among the trustors who save the costs of checking and trust blindly, until it does no longer pay for trustees to behave in a trustworthy manner. This results in cyclical convergence to a mixed equilibrium with behavioral heterogeneity where suspicious checking and blind trusting coexist while unconditional distrust vanishes. (author's abstract) / Series: Department of Economics Working Paper Series
400

The new product development process : small firm success by studying larger firms

Van Zyl, Wiehann 03 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MScEng (Industrial Engineering))--University of Stellenbosch, 2008. / The aim of this research was to investigate new product development practices for application to small businesses. Although larger companies, in general, have well-established practices from which smaller companies can benefit, product development in smaller businesses tends to be less formalised and less well described. Hence, this research is aimed at breaching this gap and addressing the need of the small business environment. The first few chapters of the study describe the investigation of product development in its general form. This provides an overview of what product development and the execution of the process in particular entails. Control mechanisms that are used to counter and manage unwanted behaviours that may occur during the process are also discussed. A generic product development process is then discussed in detail, based on research carried out on small- and medium-sized enterprises. The initial literature discussion in the first few chapters thus highlights the need to control and manage product development, and shows where pitfalls occur that could be detrimental to product success. This is followed by an investigation to establish the extent to which companies realise the impact the development process could have on product success. As the focus of this study revolves around small businesses that are growing, the use of phase review criteria as it pertains to companies with well-established product development practices was investigated, together with the role of product development in other business activities. The most important aim of this study was to develop a new product development framework that could be used in the small business environment. Seven key best practices were eventually identified, which are discussed in turn, together with their key underlying and component principles. The results are summarised and used to draw up the framework. The framework is summarised in a way that provides concise detail, which makes it useful even without any accompanying information. The last part of the study was aimed at validating the results of the framework. This was done by means of a survey and one-on-one interviews with a group of carefully selected participants who were involved in small businesses developments. The participants completed a questionnaire indicating the relevance of the framework for their enterprises. Useful information was obtained through this feedback and this yielded positive results. Having validated the framework for application in the small business environment, the thesis ends with the proposals for improving the framework.

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