The thesis is composed of two different IC design projects, which are briefly introduced as follows. The first topic is an area-saving decoder structure for ROMs. In this part of work, we propose a novel 3-dimensional decoding method. The stages of address decoding are drastically shortened. Hence, the delay is reduced as well as the power consumption. The overall transistor count and the delay are thoroughly derived. A physical 256x8 ROM using the proposed decoder is fabricated by UMC 0.5 mm 2P2M CMOS technology. The second part is the NIC (Network Interface Controller) design. The NIC transfers data frames from and to transmitter and receiver buffers in the host memory, respectively. Meanwhile, the transferred data must also comply with the IEEE 802.3 standard. The design is compatible with CSMA/CD type Local Area Network, including 10/100 Mbps Ethernet.

Due to the energy crisis in 1970, the energy saving is more important for the human civilization. The energy-saving policy is important for the economic growth and competition of Taiwan. The energy of daily life and business consumes 17% of the total energy, especially the air conditioning of architectures on the peak hours occupying a third in summer. So the building energy-saving policy is the most important in Taiwan. The main of theme building energy saving is not only to save energy but also to consider the comfortable and healthy of the living environment. So that, the optimal design of the building energy saving of commercial buildings in Taiwan has been established in this paper. In this study, theoretical analysis and a full scale experiment has been performed to validate this design. Results showed this design is suitable for the NPTC building in the weather condition of south Taiwan, which also complies with the energy code of Taiwan.

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Taiwan Power Company (the Company) is devoted to the development and operation for the power industry in Taiwan, which is the driving power to Taiwan industry. By the ¡§quality¡¨ analysis of the Company¡¦s organization, changes and innovation, and the ¡§quantity¡¨ analysis of changes of the Company¡¦s operation data (during 2004 to 2008), we discuss the impact and influence on the Company¡¦s operation under Taiwan government¡¦s environmental protection and saving policies in such circumstances of more and more importance on environment issues. We adopt ¡§SWOT¡¨ analysis of the Company¡¦s action to environmental protection policy. On the points of view form two sides, government policy and the Company¡¦s operation, we interview some power industries, academic communities and official communities, and by means of case study to summarize their suggestion to the Company¡¦s strategies for facing environmental protection policy. From the concepts of enhancing power control and reducing operation costs, we put the strategies and action plans for the Company, and hope to ensure its long-term competition advantage.

Issued also as thesis, Basel. / Bibliography. p. 114-118.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available in electronic version. Access restricted to campus users.

Στα πλαίσια του θέματος της πτυχιακής εργασίας «Αντιλήψεις φοιτητών/τριών Παιδαγωγικών Τμημάτων Προσχολικής Ηλικίας σχετικά με την εξοικονόμηση ενέργειας», πραγματοποιήθηκε μια έρευνα προκειμένου να διαπιστωθεί σε φοιτητές/τριες των Παιδαγωγικών Τμημάτων Προσχολικής Ηλικίας Βόλου και Πάτρας κατά πόσο είναι εξοικειωμένοι με τις Φυσικές Επιστήμες, καθώς και με τη κατανόηση τις έννοιας «εξοικονόμηση ενέργειας μέσω λαμπτήρων». Μέσω της έρευνας, η οποία πραγματοποιήθηκε με την βοήθεια ερωτηματολογίου για τη συλλογή των δεδομένων μας, διατυπώνονται συγκεκριμένα ερωτήματα. Τα ερωτήματα αυτά, αφορούν τον τρόπο λειτουργίας λαμπτήρων πυρακτώσεως όσο και λαμπτήρων εξοικονόμησης ενέργειας. Παράλληλα, θέτονται μέσω του ερωτηματολογίου προβληματισμοί γύρω από τον τρόπο με τον οποίο μπορούμε να εξοικονομήσουμε ενέργεια μέσω της χρήσης λαμπτήρων εξοικονόμησης ενέργειας. Γενικότεροι Στόχοι της έρευνας είναι: • να διαπιστωθεί κατά πόσο επεκτείνεται η γνώση πάνω στη λειτουργία των λαμπτήρων τόσο των φοιτητών/τριών Βόλου όσο και φοιτητών/τριών Πάτρας. Σαν μέτρο σύγκρισης λαμβάνονται η διδασκαλία Φυσικών Επιστημών στο Πανεπιστήμιο, η κατεύθυνση που είχαν επιλέξει οι φοιτητές/τριες στο λύκειο (θετική, τεχνολογική, θεωρητική) καθώς και ο τόπος στον οποίο πραγματοποιούνται οι σπουδές των φοιτητών/τριών.(Βόλος ή Πάτρα). • Να διαπιστωθεί η στάση των φοιτητών/τριών απέναντι στην ανάγκη για εξοικονόμηση ενέργειας. Μέσω του ερωτηματολογίου θα μπορέσουμε να πάρουμε τα απαραίτητα στοιχεία προκείμενου να διαπιστώσουμε αν διεκπεραιώθηκαν οι παραπάνω στόχοι που έχουμε θέσει. Τα αποτελέσματα του ερωτηματολογίου αναλύονται μέσω του προγράμματος SPSS με αναλυτικούς πίνακες και διαγράμματα ενώ αναλύονται παρακάτω η στρατηγική, οι τεχνικές καθώς και το ακριβές δείγμα της έρευνας. Τέλος μέσω της έρευνας, μελετάται το διεθνές πρόγραμμα αξιολόγησης μαθητών PISA και η σχέση του με τις Φυσικές Επιστήμες, καθώς και οι επιδράσεις και τα αποτελέσματα του συγκεκριμένου προγράμματος στην Ελλάδα. / In terms of our diploma’s final project, concerning: “students’ of the Department of Education Sciences in Pre-school Ages, beliefs about energy saving”, we performed a research in order to ascertain how familiar these students are with physical sciences and the idea of saving energy using lamps. Through the research which took place using a questionnaire as a helping hand in collecting the data, several questions are phrased. These questions pertain to the incandescence lamps, as well as the energy saving type lamps. At the same time, some sobering thoughts are expressed through the questionnaire referring to the way energy can be saved by using the energy saving type lamps. General Goals of this research are: * To figure out in which way the knowledge on the function of the lamps extends to the students of the department of Volos, as well as the department of Patras. As a comparing point, we used the lectures taken place in science classes in the university, the branch that the students had picked during their high school years (scientific, technological, and theoretical) along with the area in which the students study. (University of Volos, University of Patras). * To find out how the students feel towards the need to save energy. Through the questionnaire, we would be able to get the data needed, in order to make sure if we succeeded to get the answers to the goals we had set. The questionnaire’s results were analyzed through the SPSS program using analyzing boards and diagrams, while the strategy, the techniques and the research’s exact sample are analyzed as well later on. Finally through the research, the program for international students’ assessment (PISA) is examined, along with its impact and results in Greece.

The popularity of KiwiSaver, combined with a demographic shift to an ageing population, will make savings invested in KiwiSaver an important source of income in retirement. To investigate the investment fund choices by KiwiSaver members a survey was circulated among 134 people; 87 KiwiSaver members, and 47 non-members. Respondents answered questions on their investment behavior, knowledge, and risk attitudes towards investment in general, and KiwiSaver. The results show investment in KiwiSaver tends to be conservative as a result of low levels of involvement, knowledge, and risk tolerance, and is more common among females. Investment in riskier growth funds is mostly by younger people and those who are risk tolerant as measured by the KiwiSaver Risk Profile.

Typescript. / Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1983. / Bibliography: leaves 225-234. / Microfiche. / xi, 234 leaves, bound ill. 29 cm

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1993. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [133]-138).