Rationality , Science , Subjectivity , Technology

ABSTRACTThis text is to understand, in the fissure of modernity and post-modernity, how contemporary people face the future; in particular, in the age of technoscientific rationality, how China face her binal crisis and to solve them. Until Now, in regard to the debate between modernity and post-modernity, domestic scholars usually fall into philosophic speculation, and don¡¦t touch the real condition of society. Besides, they usually follow the science of Western, and don t de...

gender , birth order , technological creativity , family structure , creative personalities , emorion

The Relationships between Gender, Birth Order, Family Structure, Emotion, Creative Personalitiesand Technological Creativity of Fifth GradersPei-jen ChangAbstractThe main purposes of this study were (a) to investigate the differences of fifth graders¡¦ performances on technological creativity in different induced moods; and (b) to explore the relationships between gender, birth order, family structure, emotional straits, creative personalities and the fifth graders¡&am...

Delinquency loan

AbstractGood credit report items can help credit rating inquirers to evaluate their customers¡¦ credit correctly, and reduce the possibilities of delinquent loans efficiently. However, there are still many items that need to be improved in regards to policies, evaluation items, and methods used by domestic banks.This research is based on the understanding of the credit business of the bank to investigate credit rating by using questionnaires. It has sifted the possible factors,...

Threats , SWOT , Weakness , Opportunities , WTO

It would possibly face a great challenge under the framework of WTO (World Trade Organization), our domestic agri-market should be impacted by the opening up international market. Our farmers are habituated for the payment and protection policies by the government for a long time, so that the market competence is rather poor. Therefore, after joining WTO, as the international market opens up, the direct payment and set-aside premium would only palliative the short term problem. With the shortage...

vaccine , plaque reduction test , Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae , phage display technology , epitope mapping

Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae is the etiologic agent causing chronic pneumonia of swine. The lung lesions of swine produce the slower growth rate and lower feed conversion ratio and finally cause economic loss. Although four genome projects of mycoplasma species had been completed, the genome-sequencing project of M. hyopneumoniae also closed to the finished stage. However, only a few genes and proteins of M. hyopneumoniae have been studied, the molecular pathogenic mechanism remains elusive. The res...

phase transition , 2D X-Y Model , Ising model , Kos

The phase transitions of a newly proposed torsion X-Y model,are studied with molecular dynamics. ForJ3 >0, the influence from J1 term is similar to the term.We found the Torsion X-Y Model and X-Y Model or Coupled X-Y Model all have the Kosterlitz-Thouless transition. (KT)We also confirm that the KT transition is a second order transition , The distribution of angle

sales volume , advertisement s effects , 7-11 , convenient store

AbstractMost of the enterprises evaluate the effects of advertisement by analyzing the sales volume. However, there are plenty of elements which contributes to the sales volume, and advertisement is only one of them. Wherefore, how to precisely measure the effects of advertisement becomes the key issue. Besides, we have to mention that the manufacturer and the retailer have different strategic point of view on doing advertisement. Compared to manufacturer, retailer focuses more on regional marke...

abolish tires , loating breakwater

AbstractThe purpose of this research is to evaluate the tension variation of mooring rope on the floating breakwater made of abolish tires and the efficiency of wave elimination under the interaction of wave and water current. It has been shown that using the mooring rope system could reduce 56% instantaneous tension of the floating breakwater under the interaction.The mooring rope system on the floating breakwater had the maximum efficiency of wave elimination with low flow velocity (V) and hig...

mentoring process , teaching practicum courses , pre-service teacher

The major purpose of this study is to explore the pre-service teacher in teaching practicum courses of preservice mentoring process. This study investigated a mentoring program to fifteen Chinese course pre-service training teachers at National Sun Yat-Sen University. It was based on scaffolding, reflective practice, and peer coaching that included series of the mentoring, modeling, practicing, reflecting and discussing activities. We analyzed whether the scaffolding strategies of this program i...

fund , characteristics , timing

AbstractAccording to the studies about testing the timing abilities of funds, they used only one kind of index as a benchmark to test the timing abilities of funds, but it¡¦s not fair. Each kind of funds form its owned portfolio based on its unique goals. So if we test the timing abilities of funds by using the same benchmark, we will neglect the difference between different kinds of funds. Therefore, I use three rate of return of indices (index of price of small corporations, ...

paraspinal muscles , ischemia-reperfusion injury , posterior spinal surgery , spinal cord

AbstractThe first part of this research was focused on the relationship between injury severity and cell death mechanisms after spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion injury. The major blood supply to the thoracolumbar spinal cord comes from the segmental arteries originating from the thoracoabdominal aorta. Paraplegia cause by spinal cord ischemia is a devastating complication of thoracoabdominal aortic surgery. Previous studies indicated that ischemia-reperfusion injury of the central nervous system...

biotechnology

AbstractThe biotechnological products in the twenty-first century will be widely applied in medicine and drug, and daily intake of food. As the result of the progress of technology, people are worried about the safety of re-creating gene food and the responsibility for the clone¡¦s legal morality. Based on the questionnaire ¡

individual regression coecient. , Elfving Theorem , c-optimal design

In this work, we investigate c-optimal design for polynomial regression model withoutintercept. Huang and Chen (1996) showed that the c-optimal design for the dth degreepolynomial with intercept is still the optimal design for the no-intercept model for estimatingcertain individual coe cients over [−1, 1]. We found the c-optimal designs explicitly forestimating other individual coe cients over [−1, 1], which have not been obtained earlier.For the no-intercept model, it is sho...

TFI , states system , transnational corporations , International non-governmental organization , actor , globalization , TNCs , INGO , transnational financial institution , transnational

What does the global situation look like after the end of Cold War? To the scholars on the international politics, what they put focus on is the establishment of global order and the configuration of the international society. Compared with the situation during the Cold War era, the changes of political conflicts, development of technology and the nature of human culture have been getting intense and frequent in the past ten years.The main trend of international relationship is the move toward g...

DIVERSITY ANTENNA , DUAL POLARIZATION , INVERTED-F ANTENNA , PRINTED , MONOPOLE ANTENNA

Several novel designs of printed monopole antennas are proposed and experimentally studied. These antennas have the advantages of low profile, light weight and easy construction and can be printed on dielectric substrates and integrated with associated circuitry on the same substrates, which not only reduces the manufacturing cost but also decreases the required size of the complete system. This dissertation mainly consists of four sections and several novel designs are introduced in each sectio...

DCS , GSM , Mobile phone , WLAN (Wireless LAN) , PIFA (Planar Inverted-F Antenna) , PCS , Dual-band , ISM-band

This paper proposes novel antenna designs for cellular phones and WLAN (Wireless LAN) applications. For cellular phones, a dual- frequency PIFA (Planar Inverted-F Antenna) loaded with a chip inductor is constructed. In order to decrease the construction cost, PIFAs without a loading chip inductor for GMS/DCS phones are devised. Besides, a PIFA-monopole antenna for GSM/DCS/PCS is also proposed. For WLAN application, a dual-band PIFA for 2.4/5.8 GHz and a dual-band integrated monopole antenna for ...

signal transduction , NF-kappa-B , neutrophil , fMLP , PAF , ROS , MAPK

AbstractNeutrophils are the major cellular component of acute inflammatory response. The mechanism by which fMLP or PAF activates neutrophils is not fully elucidated. Stimulation of MAPKs and activation of NF-kappa B in neutrophils regulate various cell functions, including superoxide production. Neutrophils isolated from blood taken from healthy donors, were incubated with specific inhibitors, GF109203X (PKC inhibitor), calphostin C (PKC-gamma isoform inhibitor), wortmannin (PI3K inhibitor), U7...

mercury , Ca2+ , MDCK cells , fura-2 , renal , thapsigargin

AbstractThe effect of mercury (Hg2+), a known nephrotoxicant, on intracellular free Ca2+ levels ([Ca2+]i) in Madin Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells was explored. [Ca2+]i was measured by using the Ca2+-sensitive dye fura-2. Hg2+ increased [Ca2+]i in a concentration-dependent manner with an EC50 of 6 mM. The Ca2+ signal comprised a gradual increase. Removal of extracellular Ca2+ decreased the Hg2+-induced [Ca2+]i increase by 67%, suggesting that the Ca2+ signal was due to both extracellular Ca2+ i...

Polymer extrusion , Viscosity control , Viscosity model , Fuzzy logic control

In the polymer extrusion process the product quality like mechanical, optical, electrical properties and homogeneity etc. can be achieved by controlling the melt temperature, melt pressure or viscosity within a narrow fluctuation range. In the earlier studies there are many literatures in connection with the extrusion quality and related quality controls; i.e. temperature control, pressure control and viscosity control. In each of the control strategies, it is believed that the most effective to...

The Cross-strait Negotiation , European Union (EU) , Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) , Integration Theory

After experiencing World War

XRD , EXAFS , crystal growth , Raman , IR

Yttrium garnet is an excellent laser host crystal due to its excellent optical, thermal, mechanical properties and high chemical stability. As a rare-earth ion with the simplest energy level construction, Yb3+ belongs to the 4f13 electronic configuration. It possess some important advantages such as long fluorescence lifetime, no excited-state absorption, low quantum defect and larger intrinsic laser slope efficiency. Besides, yttrium garnet crystal doping ytterbium ion can especially dope with ...

photoluminescence , polymer light emitting diode , heterocyclic aromatic polymer , electroluminescence , electrode modification

Molecular light emitting diode, including organic light emitting diode (OLED) and polymer light emitting diode (PLED), is commonly consist of one or several molecular layer(s) sandwiched between an anode and a cathode. When electrons and holes are injected respectively from cathode and anode into the molecular layer by a bias voltage, these two types of carriers migrate towards each other and a fraction of them recombine to form light emission.The focus of this study is electrode modifications o...

global superconvergence , Lagrange elements , singularity , combined methods , posteriori interpolant , Adini¡¦s element , finite element methods , blending curves. , elliptic equations

In the dissertation we discuss the rectangular elements, Adini s elements and $p-$order Lagrange elements, which were constructed in the rectangular finite spaces. The special rectangular partitions enable the finite element solutions $u_h$ more efficient in interpolation of the true solution for Elliptic equation $u_I$. The convergence rates of $|u_h-u_I|_1$ are one or two orders higher than the optimal convergence rates. For post-processings we construct higher order interpolation operation $P...

SLLN , random elements , Banach space , strong law of large numbers

Let $mathcal{B}$ be a separable Banach space. In this thesis, it is shown that the Chung s strong law of large numbersholds for a sequence of independent $mathcal{B}$-valued randomelements and an array of rowwise independent $mathcal{B}$-valuedrandom elements under some weaker assumptions by using moregeneralized functions $phi_{n}$ s.

complete convergence , convergence rate

egin{abstract}hspace{1cm}Let $X_{1}$, $X_{2}$, $cdots$, $X_{n}$ be a sequenceof independent indentically distributed random variables ( i. i.d.) and $displaystyle S_{n}=X_{1}+X_{2} +cdots X_{n}$. Denote$displaystylelambda(varepsilon)=sum^{infty}_{n=1}P{left|S_{n}ight|geqnvarepsilon}$, the convergence rate of$displaystylelambda(varepsilon)$ is studied. O.I. Klesov provedthat if $E|X_{1}|^{3}$ exists, then $displaystylevarepsilon^{frac{3}{2}}(lambda(varepsilon)-frac{sigma^{2}}{varepsilon^{2}})ight...

Intervention , Employee Assistance Programs¡FEAPs , Work Stress , emotion , Organization Development , Organization Commitment Group Recreation Activit

This paper studies the use of Group Recreation Activity (G.R.A.) in the development of organization. G.R.A. is a skill usually used in an enterprise to improve interpersonal relationship, to relieve employees¡¦ working pressure, and to promote the morale of the employees so that the company will be more competitive.Besides literature review, the questionnaire investigation is applied before and after G.R.A. is implemented, in order to examine the effect of G.R.A. The study reve...

knowledge management , Technology transfer

AbstractApplication of knowledge management in the process of technology transfer --- Eternal Corporation as case study.Nowadays, The boundaries of the Enterprise were not division with regional of the geography environments under the global economic system. Even thought, the small company also have a lot of branch office was dispersed in the world; and some new companies also have a world view to use the cheaper labor and production source to service local market nearby. So, there are some bene...

DCS , Mobile Handsets , Monopole Antennas , PIFA (Planar Inverted-F Antennas) , GSM , PCS

Two novel antenna designs for mobile handsets are proposed in this thesis. With a helix loading, an inverted-L monopole antenna capable of generating two resonances at about 900 and 1850 MHz is first presented. The operating bandwidths obtained cover the required bandwidths of the GSM/DCS/PCS bands. Besides, an internal mobile handset antenna comprising a PIFA and a PILA, which are, respectively, designed for covering the GSM and DCS/PCS bands is also presented. The PIFA and PILA together occupy...

performance assessment , balanced scorecard , distributor , operation strategies

AbstractTo pursue continuous growth, enterprises have to draft out various development strategies of their operation management. Nevertheless, whether the development strategies can achieve the co-understanding and supports from the members of the organization and whether they can be really executed have to depend on systematic methods for implementation. Balanced scorecard is a kind of management system that makes the organizational strategies realized. It was originated from the balanced score...

GaAs , FKO , s-i-n+ , PR

Photoreflectance (PR) of surface-intrinsic-n+ type GaAs has been measured for various temperatures, then we can get the energy of E0+

Firm performance , Corporate Governance , ownership structure , Board controk , CEO compensation

AbstractChief executive officer (CEO) compensation is a potent instrument through which people and investors can improve their understanding of organization substance and symbol. Good compensation package can not only improve the performance of worker but also lift employees¡¦ commitment to work. However, we are not so sure about the positive association between CEO compensation and firm performance because of the existing of ¡

Building Energy Management System through Intern , EUI(Energy Use Index) , Normalize , DUI(Demand Use Index) , Full-scale Experiment

Being located in subtropical area, the weather in Taiwan is constantly hot and humid which imposes huge cooling load on buildings. Especially, the economic booms in Taiwan further boosted power demand, and worsened the power shortage situation.Dr. H.T. Lin and Dr. K.H. Yang had conducted systematic research since mid-1980s, which constructed a solid ground in this field in Taiwan. Among these results, the ENVLOAD index has become legal binding since 1997 while the PACS index is now under investi...

GaAs , fast Fourier transform , heavy hole , electroreflectance , Franz-Keldysh Oscillation , light hole

It is known that electroreflectance (ER) of surface-intrinsic-n+ type doped GaAs has exhibited many Franz-Keldysh oscillations to enable the application of fast Fourier transform to separate the heavy and light-hole transitions. However each peak still contains two components, which belong to F+ F/2 and F- F/2 respectively, where F is the built-in field and F is the modulating field of applied voltage (Vac). In this work, we have used a larger Vac to modulate the field, and hence the peaks can b...

semilinear elliptic equation , Pohozaev identity

The elliptic equation $Delta u+K(|x|)|u|^{p-1}u=0,xinmathbf{R}^{n}$ is studied, where $p>1$, $n>2$, $K(r)$ issmooth and positive on $(0,infty)$, and $rK(r)in L^{1}(0,1)$. Itis known that the radial solution either oscillates infinitely, or$lim_{rightarrowinfty}r^{n-2}u(r;al) in Rsetminus{0}$ (rapidly decaying), or $lim_{rightarrow infty}r^{n-2}u(r;al) = infty (or-infty)$ (slowly decaying). Let $u=u(r;al)$ is a solutionsatisfying $u(0)=al$. In this thesis, we classify all theradial ...

C-V , SiON , PL , Raman

ABSTRACTAs MOSFET getting smaller, its silicon dioxide reaches physical limit. To continue its insulation and reasonable interface defects density, now, SiOxNy is the replace material to fill the transition term between SiO2 to high-k material. SiOxNy is made from silicon dioxide and silicon nitride in different scale. Due to the uncompleted of bonding, the device¡¦s reliability is dependent on defects. The discussion about defects will help us to change the growth conditions i...

3D CFD , mini-environment , Pollution Control , Pollution Source Evaluation , Design Modification

High technology industries have stringent on clean room environment. Traditional ballroom type clean room can¡¦t meet the requirement in many cases. The uni-directional laminar ballroom type cleanroom is can¡¦t fulfill such requirement. The adoption of Mini-Environment technology is becoming the mainstream of the environment control technology for high technology industries process.It is the goal of this project to simulate and design the air flow pattern, in ...

APP , apoptosis

The pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer¡¦s disease (AD) include neurofibrillary tangle, amyloid plaques and neuronal cell death. Neurofibrillary tangle is composed of hyperphosphorylated tau whereas APP (Ò-amyloid precursor protein) is the source of the AÒ that is deposited in amyloid plaques in AD brain. Previous studies indicated that both neurofibrillary tangle and amyloid plaques were associated with neuronal cell death. In this dissertation, we focused on...

community health , community consiousness , community participation

SUMMARYThis study is to focus on the ¡

resin. , prototyping , paint , K.M.(knowledge management) , best practise¡Acommunity , B.P.R.(business process re-engineering) , enterprise intelligence asset

AbstactDuring the past several years,many facilites have tranfered to some foreign sties rapidly,andsuffered the declined dilemma.The low cost,high quality,and differentialare only one of the essential strategic factors to survive for any enterprise.To focus the knowledge management and create the enterprise intelligence asset will make sure of the prosperous business activities in the future.The fields of Paint and Resin are regarded as the conventional industries ,and divided to the ¡

smog production model , H2O2 , HNO3 , ozone

Ground-level ozone (O3) is a secondary pollutant produced by its precursors, such as volatile organic compounds (VOC) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) through complex photochemical reactions in sunlight. This study was aimed to investigate the relationships of surface ozone with its precursors in urban locations. Atmospheric measurements of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and nitric acid (HNO3) were conducted at the three sites, namely Nan-Tze, Chien-Chin and Hsiung-Kong, in Kaohsiung City during three consec...

human resource system , growth of need strength , job involvement , organizational identification , organizational equity , employee participation , Downsizing , turnover , organizational performance

¡@¡@After the year of 2000, the unemployment rate is growing up every year. Until March of 2001, the rate of unemployment had already climbed to 7.5% and the main reason for this situation was establishment closed or business shrunk. Because of facing hard competitive environment, many enterprises progressed the downsizing to solve the problem of bankruptcy or in order to restructure business. Even though downsizing always be viewed as an effective method to lower operation cos...

Ozone , HNO3 , H2O2 , Smog production model

ABSTRACTGround-level ozone (O3) is a secondary pollutant produced by its precursors, such as volatile organic compounds (VOC) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) through complex photochemical reactions in sunlight. This study was aimed to investigate the relationships of surface ozone with its precursors in the urban and rural locations in Pingtung County. Atmospheric measurements of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and nitric acid (HNO3) were conducted at the two sites, namely Pingtung city and Chaochou, in Ping...

MONOPOLE ANTENNA , PLANAR ANTENNA , INVERTED-F ANTENNA , DIVERSITY ANTENNA

In this thesis, two novel antennas and three advanced design concepts for further studies are presented. Firstly, the design of diversity dual-band inverted-F monopole antenna using two back-to-back stacked metallic strips for operating in the 2.4 and 5.2 GHz WLAN band is presented. Secondly, the diversity dual-band inverted-F monopole antenna mounted vertically at the edge of a system circuit board is studied. Finally, three advanced design concepts are discussed to demonstrate the methods of c...

NMP , APA , MEA , HMDS

AbstractSemiconductor and optoelectrical industries are among the major high-technological enterprises in Taiwan. Many nitrogen-containing compounds such as monoethanol amine (MEA), 1-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone (NMP), 1-amino-2-propyl alcohol (APA) and hexamethylene disilazane (HMDS) are used in both manufacturing processes. These compounds may release to environments from waste gas or water sources and become environmental pollutants if not properly treated. The main purpose of this research was to...

equity valuation , Ohlson Model , Employee Stock Bonus

AbstractThe accounting method about employee stock bonus has become popular issue recently. The most disputable problem is: whether employee stock bonus debts expense? Does the employee stock bonus expense measure by face value or market value? If employee stock bonus debts expense, technologic firms have negative affect on net income, even makes them unprofitable. Technologic firms worry about their stock price decreased by recording employee stock bonus expense, so they disagree with this acco...

air air conditioning , energy saving , experimental investigation

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...

self-directed learning , Locus of control , performance

This study discussed the relationships among employee personality, self-directed learning, and work performance. Samples are from people who serve in businesses, answer questionnaires with four main aspects, including Internal-External Scale, Self-Directed Learning Readiness Scale, Performance, and background data.The analysis results showed the following findings:1. The differences of self-directed learning due to different personal background.a. Sex, age, education, department, level, work exp...

Voltage-to-Frequency Converter , Sense Amplifier , Voltage Window comparator , Current-Mode

The first topic of this thesis is to propose a novel voltage-to-frequency converter (VFC) to provide high sensitivity. The VFC circuit is composed of one current mirror, one current multiplier, and voltage window comparators. The proposed VFC tracks the variations of the stored charge of a built-in capacitor. The voltage window comparator monitors the voltage of the capacitor to determine whether the output is pulled high or pulled down. The worth-case linear range of the output frequency of the...

Plasma Display Panel , Low-power , Digital I/O Cell

This thesis includes two topics. The first topic is a data dispatcher design of a digital image processor for plasma display panels, which can be used in a 42-inch plasma display panel (PDP). The second one is a low-power small-area digital I/O cell design.The data dispatcher is applied to a 42-inch panel, which is produced by AUO corporation, as a test platform. It comprises FPGAs and RAMs to carry out data dispatching. The solution is verified to provide a better image quality, while the cost ...

voltage boost , wideband , random signal generator , clamping circuit

The first topic of this thesis is a voltage boost level clamping circuit for a flash memory which utilizes an implicit feedback loop as well as MOS transistors with different threshold voltages. The proposed design can be added to charge pumps to stabilize the output voltage. The unwanted output voltage spikes introduced by the linear pumping ratio are prevented. Not only are possible damages to memory cores avoided, the power disspation is reduced in contrast with prior regulator methods.The se...