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A study of directional radiative properties of thermal fire barrier materials.
(2002)
The solution of the RTE is given in terms of the discrete ordinate method taking into consideration the interactions between the foil and the fiber, assuming a linear-anisotropic scattering function for the scattering ...
Power-speed trade-off in parallel prefix circuits.
(2002)
Optimizing area and speed in parallel prefix circuits have been considered important for long time. The issue of power consumption in these circuits, however, has not been addressed. This dissertation presents a comparative ...
The development and globalization of a transnational media conglomerate: A historical case study of Matsushita Electric Industrial Company.
(2002)
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. is one of several media conglomerates that pursues an idealized, transnational conglomerate model. Matsushita Electric participates in the development of technology, the disbursement ...
Michael Head: His contributions as composer, performer, educator with an analysis of selected solo songs.
(2002)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the life and work of Michael Head and to document his contributions to music education. During the course of the study, answers were sought to the following questions: (1) What ...
The informational content of financial information on the Internet.
(2002)
In summary, my results indicate there appears to be little new informational value available in the on-line financial information investigated in the following essays. While the Internet has a real impact on market efficiency ...
An intelligent search-based methodology for selection of sample points for form error estimation.
(2002)
Efficient part feature verification through CMM requires prudent sampling of data points. This dissertation presents an adaptive sampling procedure, which uses manufacturing error patterns and optimization search methods ...
Accounting and financial reporting for development-stage enterprises: An empirical investigation of SFAS No. 7.
(2002)
The empirical results are inconsistent with investors finding the cumulative reporting required by SFAS 7 to be useful. Neither summary nor component measures of cumulative earnings have any significant correlation with ...
The effects of learning "C" programming on college students' mathematics skill.
(2002)
This study evolved from an attempt to determine the effects that learning computer programming has on the development of certain mathematics skills in undergraduate college students. An observational study was set up in ...
A multidimensional approach to test item selection in a practical color vision test.
(2002)
Previous research evaluated the color vision requirements and perceptual factors related to interpretation of color-coded weather radar information and resulted in an 80-item developmental test. The objective was to use ...
Social capital and sport participation.
(2002)
Children throughout the world are involved in many different activities. In the industrialized world children frequently spend their time involved in sports. In this study I investigate how social capital, as described by ...