... encouragement and support Thanks are also extended to my other committee members: Professor Dimitris E Nikitopoulos of Mechanical Engineering, Professor Jannette Frandsen of Civil Engineering, and Professor ... a pair of K and ω so that the determinant of the characteristic function of the equations of motion becomes zero (Simiu and Scanlan 1996) For both buffeting and flutter analyses, one of the most ... 60% of the critical flutter wind velocity D'Asdia and Sepe (1998) and Brancaleoni and Diana (1993) also highlighted the importance of aeroelastic effects in the analysis of Messina Bridge and...
... evaluation and recommendations for Thailand USAID and Thailand Department of Agriculture, Highland Research Office, Bangkok, Thailand pp 37 Ito, P.J 1990 Macadamia nut research evaluation and recommendation ... recommendation for Thailand USAID and Thailand Department of Agriculture, Highland Research Office, Bangkok, Thailand pp 25 Trochoulias, T 1985 Recommendation on Macadamias and preliminary advice ... Likewise, recovery of no kernels at Wawi and Doi Muser were 30% or more but at Fang and Chiang Rai quality was poor Relative yield of No kernel (WIS x % No kernel) by cultivar and site (Table 6)...
... Nano-structures of Ministry of Education and School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, ... the NEGF and NEMD calculations HJL participated in the design of the study and discussions of the theoretical results YWW, HYL, and LP participated in the implementation of the LAMMPS and ATK ... thermoelectric performanceof zigzag and chiral carbon nanotubes Xiaojian Tan1, Huijun Liu*1, Yanwei Wen1, Hongyan Lv1, Lu Pan1, Jing Shi*1, and Xinfeng Tang2 Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro- and Nano-structures...
... harvested, Field performanceof cuttings and seedlings of E Globulus 839 Table III Comparison of means (and associated F-test) between cuttings and seedlings and variances values for Family and Family ... On the other hand, Lambeth et al [19], in E grandis and Menck and Field performanceof cuttings and seedlings of E Globulus Kageyama [21] in E saligna found a clear superiority of improved cuttings ... systems between cuttings and seedlings of E globulus have been reported for this species by Sasse and Sands [25] and Sasse and Sands [27] These authors reported more deformities and less radial symmetry...
... be professionalized and present institutional reform models need to be evaluated and overhauled to respond to new demands and characteristics of farmers Capacity building of managers andof intermediate ... management and the definition ofperformance indicators (Thailand) However, norms and budget allocations are often uniform nationally, not reflecting the constraints and potentials of projects, ... investments following standard standards or investment strategies (command area development) have poor results in terms of performance, control and service While lack of discipline and institutional...
... components of ROA and what aspects of a financial institution’s performance they reflect? Bank risk …Popular measures of overall risk Standard deviation (σ) or variance (σ2) of stock price Standard ... measures Book-value of assets/ Market value of assets Book-value of equity/ Market value of equity Book-value of bonds/Market value of bonds Market value of preferred stock and common stock 6-38 ... values and profitability ratios Measuring credit, liquidity, and other risks Measuring operating efficiency Performanceof competing financial firms Size and location effects The UBPR and comparing...
... construction of city and architecture in hot and dry climate of Iran, Payam and Payvandeno, Tehran, (in Farsi) Tavasoli, M., 1982, the construction of city and architecture in hot and dry climate of Iran, ... two-vortex flow is in the upper and lower of internal space of model which is obtained from a combination of inflow of southern openings and outflow of wind catcher and other openings The most important ... well as sculpting and insertion style, Mahmudi & Mofidi [14] conducted a typology of wind catchers of Yazd Figure wind catchers’ dispersal [10] and cross-section and plan typology of Multi pressure...
... INTO PERFORMANCEOF IPV4 AND IPV6 TRANSITION MECHANISMS AND DISTRIBUTED NAT-PT IMPLEMENTATION WANG WEI (B.S Nanjing University) A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE DEPARTMENT OF ... period of time, many people have contributed valuable help and advice in the course of my work First I would like to thank to my supervisor, Associate Professor A.L Ananda, for his advice and technical ... instruction of my research I must also thank to Wang Kai, former Research Assistant of Center of Internet Research, School of Computing, for his patience and guidance His personal support and suggestion...
... complementary forms of assessment take place: the assessment of the significance of the findings and the determination of the causes (of increased performance or of the lack ofperformance where performance ... relevant costs and benefits 1.1.7 Performance Audit Criteria Audit criteria are reasonable and attainable standards ofperformance against which the economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of activities ... Have a reasonable good understanding of the expectations of the major stakeholders, and be aware of basic expert knowledge; and • Have a general knowledge of practices and experience in other relevant...
... of flow and binary capacity depends on the size of the rod when compared to the size of the handle There is an advantage in using the largest possible rod and in reducing the length of the handle ... Figure Variation of discharge and binary with two and three pistons of double or single effect out of phase of 90º and 120º 3.2 Positive displacement pumps This engine consists mainly of a chamber ... development of this research work, allowing components of computational dynamic and laboratorial investigation associated to the performanceof turbines of several types to be developed and compared...
... occurs in the month of March of 955.56 W/m2 at 13:00 and minimum in December of 705.56 W/m2 at 12:00 Whereas ambient temperature is maximum of 36.1oC at 13:00 in the month of May and minimum ambient ... conclusions of their work are that the multi-stage desalination of seawater is reliable, and the undesirable flow of steam that bypasses the condenser is quite harmful to the overall performanceof the ... distillate yield by considering the effect of various design and operating parameters on the performanceand thermal characteristics of the system Description of the multi-stage evacuated solar desalination...
... Report of the committee on development of biofuel, Planning commission, Government of India, 2003 S Jindal, B.P Nandwana, N.S Rathore Comparative evaluation of combustion, performanceand emissions ... International Journal of Energy and Environment, Vol.1, Issue (2010) pp 343-350 D Agarwal and A.K Agarwal Performanceand emissions characteristics of Jatropha oil (preheated and blends) in a direct ... pressure is a measure of the indicated work output per unit swept volume, in a form independent of the size and number of cylinders in the engine and engine speed and is computed as IMEP = indicated...
... P.J and Agu, L.A Theory andPerformanceof Polyphase Reluctance Machines Proc IEE, 111(8), pp 1435-1445, 1964 [2] Lawrenson, P.J and Gupta, S.K Developments in the Performanceand Theory of Segmental-rotor ... laminated or a combination of both It has been due to obvious advantages in performanceand commercial manufacturing Analysis andperformance The principle of operation of reluctance synchronous ... A.J.O., and Menzies, R.W and Anderson, A.F Theory andPerformanceof Reluctance Motors With Axially Laminated Anisotropic Rotors Proc IEE, 118(7), pp 887-894, 1971 [4] Cruickshank, A.I.O and Menzies,...
... intermediate outcome, and organizational performance A key to understanding the success and failure of knowledge management within organizations is the identification and assessment of various factors ... value of knowledge assets and/ or impact of knowledge management (a transferring and measuring process) Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing DOI: 10.1002/hfm 24 LEE AND LEE 2.3 Performance ... development ofperformance indicators that considered both financial and operational issues.Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing DOI: 10.1002/hfm CAPABILITIES, PROCESSES, ANDPERFORMANCEOF KNOWLEDGE...
... management of company stores and warehouses, and coffee service Custodial and janitorial services include cleaning windows and carpets, pressure washing, and construction cleanup Groundskeeping and landscaping ... beginning to incorporate performance- based practices through broader statements of needs, refinement and reduction ofperformance metrics, xiv Defining Needs and Managing Performanceof Installation Support ... Buyers and Providers manage the performanceof these services, including (1) how buyers evaluate provider performance, (2) how buyers and providers communicate about expectations and levels of performance, ...
... about each of content, each of performance, judge causes which base ofperformance audit’ comments andperformance audit’s petitions Two type ofperformance audit criteria have relation of identify ... point of departure Chapter 2: Real situation of Collecting and spending toll fee audit 2.1 An overview ofperformance audit and objectives of the State Audit of Vietnam in implementation of the performance ... analyzing performance audit and practices of the "Audit of Collecting and spending toll fee" of the State Audit of Vietnam, the thesis proposes recommendations to enhance effectiveness of performance...
... demultiplexing; framing and error-handling; parameter marshalling and demarshalling; and operation dis- software by allowing decoupled suppliers and consumers, asynchronous event delivery, and distributed ... role of a mediator between ibility of tightly coupled software can substantially increase consumers and suppliers The Event Channel manages object the effort and cost of integrating new and improved ... Event Service test runs and displays a timeline of supplier and consumer activity Figures 12 and 13 show timelines from multi-threaded and singlethreaded implementations of the Dispatching Module,...
... influence ofof cooling rate on the structure and resulting mechanical performance is explored for a set of isotactic polypropylenes with varying molecular weight, insertion of co-units and addition of ... as a function of time and temperature is accessed Figures 1.5 and 1.6 show the evolution of the α- and 17 Results and Discussion mesomorphic phase for six cooling rates for iPP1 and iPP2, respectively ... values and standard deviations of the activation volumes of process I and II The slope in the high temperature and/ or low strain rate regime is representative for the activation volume of process...
... visuospatial and tests of reasoning were the main contributors These included the Rosen Drawing Test [45], matching and recognition components of the Benton Visual Retention Test [4] and the Identities and ... 0.05 686 R Mayeux et al / Neurobiology of Aging 22 (2001) 683– 689 Table Relationship of Time of Follow-up and APOE-4 to Memory, Visuospatial and Language Performance in Healthy Elderly Over years* ... Neurobiology of Aging 22 (2001) 683– 689 visuospatial/cognitive and language performance over time Performance in neither of these two groups over time was related to the presence of an APOE-4...