Thesis (M.S.)--Tennessee Technological University, 2009. / Title from title page screen (viewed on June 29, 2010). Bibliography: leaves 127-131.

The study intended to evaluate the effectiveness of managing the North West motor vehicles licensing revenue system in case of Department of Safety, Public Works in the North West Province with office in Mmabatho. Data was collected through telephone and e-mail questionnaire administered to the revenue section in the Department of Roads Safety and Public Works. A Sample size of 42 to which 44 copies of the questionnaire were dispatched returned all the questionnaires. The main findings revealed that the more knowledgeable the public the more they comply with policies. Tax incentives could be used to reduce health risk caused by car pollution. / Thesis (MBA) North-West University, Mafikeng Campus, 2012

This paper investigates factors that contribute to the growth in electric vehicle sales using a regression analysis. I study the effects of five factors through five different regressions on the data set that includes information on electric vehicle (EV) sales, gas price, unemployment rate, passenger car sales, personal income, and miles traveled from January 2012 to December 2018. I also test the interactive effect between factors to see whether the magnitude of impact on electric vehicle sales of certain independent variable will change based on the value of another independent variable. The implication of my study is that gas price and personal income positively affect the EV sales. The unemployment rate and miles traveled are negatively correlated with EV sales. Moreover, the impact of gas price, income, and miles traveled change when the passenger car demand is different. Personal income level will also determine how sensitive people are to gas price when purchasing electric vehicles.

Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio State University. / Includes bibliographical references. Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center.

A real-time energy management display is developed and evaluated, and the feasibility and utility of the display in providing real-time guidance and information on the aircraft’s energy state was investigated. Flight simulations were conducted with the UTSI Aviation Systems research flight simulator to validate the display and evaluate its utility for flying along constant specific excess power contours, and directly obtaining specific excess power contours from level acceleration flight test. The display was evaluated for flying optimal paths. This study considered the energy state of the aircraft from the point of view of the relation that exists between specific excess power and the forces in flight. The approach yields as one result a cubic function for the specific excess power, Ps, of the aircraft. We then directly solve for velocity, V as the control parameter for a given Ps, as a function of altitude, H. This technique is then used to build a real-time energy management display that provides guidance and real-time information of the aircraft’s energy state. Flight simulation results proved the display to be successful in obtaining direct Ps contours from level acceleration flight tests and in providing guidance for flights along constant Ps contours at low airspeeds although it was difficult to keep the Ps constant. However flights along zero Ps contours and along constant Ps contours at very high speeds were not successful. The application of the display in flying optimal paths was also not very successful with the current structure of the display. This was due to the fact that the display’s guidance information is provided in a digital format which is very sensitive, and tracking a number for guidance is nearly impossible.

Thesis (M.S. in Astronautical Engineering)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2008. / Thesis Advisor(s): Biblarz, Oscar ; Romano, Marcello. "December 2008." Description based on title screen as viewed on February 8, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: Space propulsion; Miniature ion thruster; Small satellite thruster; Microsatellite; Nanosatellite; Picosatellite; Small Satellite; Carbon Nanotube Pillar Array; CNT ionizer; CPA ionizer. Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-96). Also available in print.

Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio State University, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 170-171). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center.

Thesis (Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineer and M.S. in Astronautical Engineering)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2003. / Thesis advisor(s): Brij N. Agrawal, Marcello Romano. Includes bibliographical references (p. 59). Also available online.

Thesis (M.S. in Astronautical Engineering)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2002. / Thesis advisor(s): Christopher M. Brophy, Jose O. Sinibaldi. Includes bibliographical references (p. 45-47). Also available online.

published_or_final_version / Electrical and Electronic Engineering / Master / Master of Philosophy