This thesis used traditional environmental knowledge (TEK) to assess the impacts of climate change on food security for First Nations communities located in the western James Bay region of northern Ontario. In addition, climate scenarios were derived from General Circulation Models (GCMs) and Regional Climate Models (RCMs). The TEK data revealed there were no observable climatic-related effects on fish species (i.e., distributional change) except the fish die-offs of July 2005. Climate data specific for the period of the fish die-offs in the Albany River (the western James Bay region) indicated not only a temporal relationship between a heat wave and the fish die-offs, but also a concurrent period of reduced precipitation. Climate scenarios showed increases in mean air temperature for all seasons, all time periods (2011– 2040, 2041– 2070, and 2071– 2100), and all emission scenarios (A2, A1B, and B1); however, the results for seasonal total precipitation were variable, dependent emission scenarios. TEK suggest that increasing temperatures may not be the only climate change phenomena of importance; climate variability and extreme events were reported as precipitating fish die-offs and changes in the timing of harvesting of fish. Further research should concentrate on the investigation of climate change and food security issues in sub-arctic regions.

As the field of restoration continues to develop, it is important that initiatives are evaluated for their effectiveness and to explore the motivations and justifications behind the projects‘ designs. Current restoration ecology seeks to orient projects toward the future instead of rooting them in the past. By focusing on ecosystem function rather than specific species composition, the needs of the current ecosystem are better able to be addressed. The dynamic and complex nature of ecosystems means restoration ecologists must have a firm understanding of current conditions and design several trajectories for restoration projects. Not all current restoration projects adhere to this more recent framework, and many fall short of achieving goals set by international organizations, such as the Society for Ecological Restoration. The Atlantic Salmon Reintroduction Program for Lake Ontario began in 2006 with the goal of establishing a self sustaining Atlantic salmon population in Lake Ontario. Over 30 organizations have joined together to implement this program which involves fish production, habitat restoration, monitoring and assessment as well as education and outreach. Though some success has been achieved through habitat projects and observation of some returning adults, the future of the project is still being evaluated. By reviewing relevant literature and conducting interviews with key partners, the program was evaluated for its adherence to restoration principles and the following areas were used to evaluate its success. These broad themes included: (1) the biological interactions of these fish with their surroundings; (2) the history of the ecosystem; (3) the influence of humans on the restoration process; (4) the value laden aspect of the iv process; and (5) the extent of a ―systems‖ approach. The justification for this program appears to be based more on culture, aesthetic and economic value than sound ecological science but, as all respondents agreed, the ability of Lake Ontario to support a healthy, self-sustaining population of Atlantic salmon would be a good indicator of overall ecosystem health at least in terms of water quality and quantity. Despite this potential achievement, reintroducing a single extirpated species while focusing solely on its habitat and survival, fails to address the multitude of concerns within the Lake Ontario watershed. Consequently this reintroduction limits the potential for restoration of the Lake and is far less efficient and effective than had other opportunities been pursued.

Water is vital for the lives of First Nations people, but many First Nations’ communities are persistently dealing with unsafe drinking water. Over the years studies have repeatedly conveyed the deplorable drinking water conditions of First Nations. These conditions undermine the economic, social, and cultural health of these communities. Despite the ongoing attempts by various actors to change these conditions; water related concerns remain a major issue for First Nations across Canada. The intent of this research is to explore water institutions and how they are influencing water governance and management in a First Nations context. Oneida Nation of the Thames (hereafter referred to as Oneida) is used as a case study for this research because of the current drinking water concerns and the institutions commonly used in governing and managing water resources in First Nations throughout Ontario. To accomplish this research, Ostrom’s Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) framework was used to analyze how institutions are influencing water governance and management in Oneida. Through this analysis, an opportunity was afforded to describe the water institutions (formal and informal) and to enhance the understanding of how these institutions are guiding the behavior of people involved in water governance and management in Oneida. This research revealed several issues that are influencing the overall performance of the institutional arrangements including 1) the jurisdictional division of responsibilities to manage water resources in the Thames watershed; 2) the deficiency in public trust between the community and Elected Council; and 3) the inequity in the involvement of Traditional Council and women in water governance and management.

Taiwan¡¦s computer game industry has gone through more than a decade. Yet, since the general social appraisal is not optimistic to the industry, very few contributions have been input. Without those who worked in computer game industry led by their interests at the early ages, we could hardly see the current achievements that Taiwan¡¦s computer industry gained. The low social evaluation on computer game workers in Taiwan has become the main reason that caused less success they obtained than computer game workers in the neighbor area, such as Japan and Korean, did. Neither a systemized training program to related workers for game industry nor a close observation to the human resource in the computer game companies we had ever done, and according to the rapidly growth of Taiwan¡¦s computer game industry in recent year, this study here present the poll and interview to human resource divisions of the major computer game enterprises in Taiwan, and hope we can get a better understand to this newly grown industry. All the data stated in this study are provided by computer game enterprises, we could barely see a concrete model of human resource in the field. Due to this industry is still rapidly growing; some of the data might lose its accuracy soon. The study author would like to, still based on the image we see now, here provide his opinion and some suggestions to related education groups and governmental organizations and to the game industry for modifying the current defects, then make the industry mature and better.

For the past years more and more well-managed middle-size enterprises in Taiwan have tried to be more competitive and become multination-base enterprises through diversification. A lot of research indicates that the diversification can result in unique competitive advantages. However it also indicates that the degree of diversification is no more one of the important indexes of business performance. This study was conducted to investigate how to integrate resources within a diversified enterprise to create the management synergies and channel them back to subsidiaries for more growth. Based on various theories regarding resource-base view, diversification, resource building and resource leverage, this study empirically documented that the resource integration among subsidiaries is positively related to the existence of business groups and their growth within a mature industry. The results of this study indicate that: 1. Business profits can be generated through resource-integration strategy even during the period of a macro-economic recession. 2. Either related diversification and unrelated diversification could be achieved when enterprises are able to effectively use related techniques and resources. 3. The diversified enterprises can exploit resources to create new management synergy through resource building, resource leverage and resource integration. 4. Whether resource integration can be achieved hinges heavily on the subsidiaries willingness to cooperate. Key Words: Resource-Based View Theory, Diversification, Resource Leverage, Resource Building, Resource-Integration, And Business Performance

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In this thesis we propose a Content-Based Differentiated Resource Management Mechanism for web cluster. The major difference of our system from other researches is that we used the URL string of content for request routing and admission control. In the system we implemented two important mechanisms for resource management. The Content-Based Load Balancing is used to share the service requests of each server node and the admission control avoids overload and provides differentiated web service for high priority content. We separate the content into Static Content and Dynamic Content. For Static content, we consider the influence of I/O resource and for dynamic content we consider the influence of CPU resource. When system running server nodes send their load information to distributor periodically, and distributor sorts these server nodes according their load. The I/O load of server is its network bandwidth usage and CPU load information is its CPU Utilization. In the period that the system updates the load information, requests are be forwarded to Light Load Set. CPU light load set are the servers, which have lower CPU Utilization, and I/O light load set are servers having lower network bandwidth usage. And we use load index of each request recorded in URL table and bucket of each node to distribute the traffic evenly. When overload, admission control drops the lower priority request to protect the high priority requests. With priority and differentiated service, our system can provide more resource to important content. Experiment results show that the proposed system has better performance than Linux Virtual Server(LVS) with Laver4 routing mechanism including RR(Round Robin) and WLC(Weight Least Connection).

A Study of Dynamic Resource on IC Design Industry

The implementation of National Healthcare Insurance (NHI) Policy has greatly enlarged the coverage of the healthcare needs of the Taiwanese people. However, the Global Budget, a capped operational budget for hospitals, has forced the healthcare providers and pharmaceutical and medical device companies to operate in a much more cost efficient way than ever before. To survive, companies must find a better strategy than simply compete on price. Human resource is the key driver for business growth in any industry. It goes without saying that talents not only drive the business performance and but also create sustainable competitiveness for companies. Under-performed employees, largely due to in-appropriate job fit, however, would hinder both business development and employee¡¦s career development. It is imperative to put the most suitable people on the right position with adequate training. Sales person in the healthcare industry shares the same story. They work very independently and call on a variety of customers in hospitals. Level of competencies will decide their job performance. This study tries to identify the core competencies for sales person in healthcare industry. Through the analysis of job content, we have identified the competencies required to be successful in the job: the impact and influence cluster, achievement drive, aggressiveness, EQ, customer service, self-confidence, relationship build-up, analytical thinking, conceptual thinking, information gathering, organizational commitment, and expertise. With the reference to other studies, we established a core competencies table. After conducting survey and applying statistical methodology, our findings show: 1. Sales person¡¦s competencies and performance are highly correlated. 2. Sales person¡¦s age, level of education, working experience are highly correlated to their performance. The core competencies table developed in this study is aimed to provide companies a guide for talent selection, people development, and training. This systematic way of selecting, developing, and training people would, hopefully, improve the company¡¦s overall performance.

In the era of lacking raw materials, the energy and resources are getting precious; these factors raise our concern on environmental protection issues and take good care of the only earth. Resource recycling has been built in our daily life, as a result. Upon government¡¦s initiatives and policies, what private sectors can play to maximize the impact? We believe the structure of ¡§recycling channel¡¨ is the most effective operational model with speed. And it will retrieve the valuable resources from consumers, eventually distribute to related industries for recycling. This study targets on Taiwan first island-wide resource recycling channel firm¡¦s innovative business model, and his competition strategy to extend his coverage in mainland China. We analysis and compare the business model and core competence between two firms with different background and industry¡¦s characters Our target firm has been in the business for 8 years, however it still lacks of experience or cases that is similar to our assumption. Our methodology is to interview with experts, review theories, study target firm¡¦s management system, and correlate with my own experience in this industry. We adopt SWOT, Porter¡¦s Five-Force Analysis, Strategy Matrix, and strategy structure to be the framework for this research. We try to propose a solution to target firm for the possible business strategy adjustment, and study the feasibility of copying Taiwan experience onto China. After SWOT analysis, the case company has the competitive advantage of ¡§management system, IT solution, and quality talents¡¨. In order to enlarge the business scale, business strategy should be shifted from ¡§market penetration¡¨ to ¡§diversification¡¨ gradually. To allocate organizational resources align with weighted growth strategy, and utilize current products and services to serve new markets. In the future, the company can move onto the strategies of ¡§sales development and training, seeking alliance inside or outside recycling industry, creative and customized service model, and market segmentations¡¨. To sum up, the case company should choose ¡§differentiation strategy¡¨, and to be recognized and supported by customers. This is the way to avoid price war and secure the profits. Without protection by government resources and policies, Taiwan experience can¡¦t be transplanted to China, due to the nature of different political situation and culture gap.