Lu, J.

There is a considerable body of literature that examines the behaviour of institutional investors as a potential source of market price movement. Most existing studies focus on the market timing abilities of active fund managers and find mixed evidence for their fund timing skills. However, few studies have investigated fund manager timing abilities within segments of the market, such as factor timing and sector timing. This study investigates the style timing behaviour of US domestic equity fun...

Eriksson, Niklas

In the seventeenth- and early eighteenth centuries, fluits were the most common type of merchant ship used in Baltic trade. Originally a Dutch design, the majority of all goods transported between Sweden and the Republic was carried on board such vessels. Far from all voyages reached their destination. Down in the cold brackish water of the Baltic, the preservation conditions are optimal, and several of these unfortunate vessels remain nearly intact today. Although thousands of more or less iden...

Tiedemann, Maik,

Report (M. Eng.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1991. / Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 75-76). Also available via the Internet.

Koblik, Viacheslav.

Univ., Diss.--Turku. / Enth. außerdem 4 Originalpublikationen.

Robinson, John

This item is only available in print in the UCF Libraries. If this is your Honors Thesis, you can help us make it available online for use by researchers around the world by following the instructions on the distribution consent form at http://library.ucf.edu/Systems/DigitalInitiatives/DigitalCollections/InternetDistributionConsentAgreementForm.pdf You may also contact the project coordinator, Kerri Bottorff, at kerri.bottorff@ucf.edu for more information. / Bachelors / Engineering and Computer...

Fein, Brian

This item is only available in print in the UCF Libraries. If this is your Honors Thesis, you can help us make it available online for use by researchers around the world by following the instructions on the distribution consent form at http://library.ucf.edu/Systems/DigitalInitiatives/DigitalCollections/InternetDistributionConsentAgreementForm.pdf You may also contact the project coordinator, Kerri Bottorff, at kerri.bottorff@ucf.edu for more information. / Bachelors / Engineering and Computer...

Banach, Patriq

Solar sailing has been long in the coming, a notion almost a century old and only recently demonstrated to work. The idea of using ambient photons for space propulsion is an appealing one not only for the elegance of not having to carry heavy fuel, but also for the special physics of a continuously accelerating spacecraft. One of the proposed architectures for a light, modular solar sail is the Space Tow, consisting of hundreds of mm thin sheets suspended in several km of carbon filament, at th...

Mey, Philip Hendrik

Thesis (MScEng (Electrical and Electronic Engineering))--University of Stellenbosch, 2011. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: CubeSats are small, lightweight satellites which are often used by academic institutions due to their application potential and low cost. Because of their size and weight, less powerful attitude controllers, such as solar sails, can be used. In 2010, the Japanese satellite, Ikaros, was launched to illustrate the usage of solar sails as a propulsion system. Similarly, by exploiting t...

Loubser, Hanco Evert

Thesis (MScEng (Electrical and Electronic Engineering))--University of Stellenbosch, 2011. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis describes the development of attitude sensors required for the Attitude Determination and Control System (ADCS) for a Cubesat. The aim is to find the most suitable sensors for use on a small picosatellite by implementing miniaturised sensors with available commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) technology. Specifically, the algorithms, hardware prototypes, software and filters r...

Gutierrez Ramon, Roger

The ISAS/JAXA Solar Power Sail mission, bound to explore the Jupiter trojans, will face many challenges during its journey. The landing manoeuvre is one of the most critical parts of any space mission that plans to investigate the surface of celestial bodies. Asteroids are mostly unknown bodies and in order to plan a successful landing on their surface, a great number of landing scenarios need to be taken into account. For the future mission to the Jupiter trojans, a study of the landing dynamic...

Tretow, Claes

There is an accelerating need for ocean sensing where autonomous vehicles can play a key role in assisting engineers, researcher and scientists with environmental monitoring and colleting oceanographic data. This thesis is performed in collaboration with a research group at The Royal Institute of Technology that currently develops an autonomous sailboat to be used as a sensor carrying platform for autonomous data acquisition in the Baltic Sea. This type of vehicle has potentials to be a helpful ...

Kilian, Kay-Leigh

The aim of this study is to determine youths' level of understanding of selected environmental concepts measured by their verbal responses. With the hypothesis being that youth would be able to observe their environment and note differences and similarities, with a basic understanding of concepts, especially those in the school curriculum but unable to take this further by hypothesising on why differences occur which is more typical of youth of ages 15 years and above. Youth would especially str...

Robert, Jean.

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Prodger, David C.

Thesis (M.App.Sc.) - Carleton University, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 124-130). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Davis, Elizabeth Catherine.

Thesis (M.S.)--Pennsylvania State University, 2008. / Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Avila, Matthew R.

Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited / In this thesis results of a computational and experimental investigation of the aerodynamic characteristics of a sail section used in windsurfing sails are presented. State-of-the-art computational methods (panel, direct boundary layer, viscous-inviscid interaction, Euler, and steady/unsteady Navier-Stokes) were used to predict the aerodynamic loading and stall characteristics. These predictions were found to be in satisfactory agreement...

Herman, James Stackpole

Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Ocean Engineering, 1989. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 51). / by James Stackpole Herman Jr. / M.S.

Pimienta-Penalver, Adonis Reinier

<p> A heliogyro solar sail concept, dubbed `HELIOS', is proposed as an alternative to deep space missions without the need for on-board propellant. Although this type of solar sail has existed in concept for several decades, and some previous studies have investigated certain aspects of its operation, a significant amount of research is still needed to analyze the dynamic and control characteristics of the structure under the projected range of orbital conditions. This work presents an improveme...

Haselgrove, Maxwell Keith.

Thesis (Ph.D. 1973) from the Dept. of Applied Mathematics, University of Adelaide.

Piggott, Scott.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Colorado at Boulder, 2005. / Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 43-05, page: 1763. Director: Dale Lawrence.

Haselgrove, Maxwell Keith

iii, 120 leaves : ill. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Thesis (Ph.D.1973) from the Dept. of Applied Mathematics, University of Adelaide

Kane, Timothy Joseph

With its ease of reefing, subtle control, and unmatched ability to generate thrust effectively in both severe and minimal weather, the Chinese batten lug is perhaps one of the most sophisticated sails in history. However, its development remains unclear, as its relatively sudden appearance in the iconographic record as a mature technology, and its seeming lack of affinity to other Chinese sails, gives no indication of a regional evolution. An analysis of the batten lug suggests that it likely de...

Liao, Chin-Wei, 廖秦衛

碩士 / 國立高雄餐旅大學 / 餐旅研究所 / 107 / The purpose of this research aims to analyze the key stages of reserved teachers’ career transition in Food and Beverages Management Department of practical high school. The research objectives are as follows: Firstly, the researcher finds it important to have a deeper understanding of reserved teachers’ teaching motivation in Food and Beverages Management Department of technical high school. Secondly, it is essential to comprehend reserved teachers’ pressure at wor...

Wu,Chen Fen, 吳晨棻

碩士 / 國立屏東科技大學 / 農企業管理系所 / 106 / The Kenting area is an important attraction for Taiwanese to engage in water activities in south of Taiwan. In the cruising rock area where tourists like to enjoy the seascape, particularly, the number of bed and breakfast has exceeded 51 apartments. It is a important matter that every bed and breakfast owner pays attention to attract the customers’ attention and meet the customers’ expectations. Therefore, this study takes B&B in Chuanfan Rock as a case study to ...

SHAO, PEI-YI, 邵沛怡

碩士 / 國立臺北大學 / 社會工作學系 / 105 / “Living in poverty” affects young people who lead such a lifestyle, which passes on by means of intergenerational transfer. In order to assist the disadvantaged groups through poverty alleviation, the counties and cities in Taiwan have developed diverse service plans. Among them, the Social Assistance Division, Social Welfare Department, New Taipei City Government implemented “Let your dreams set sail－ The poverty alleviation program in New Taipei City” in 2017, in t...

Hsiu-Yuan Chiang, 江秀圓

碩士 / 亞洲大學 / 資訊工程學系碩士在職專班 / 101 / To reduce the unemployment rate, Taiwanese government pushed for the employment promotion plans in 2010, based on the strategies including enlarging industry-school cooperation, enforcing of job training to prevent unemployment, increasing the rate of job matching, offering subsidies to induce job offerings, assisting the creation of businesses, and enforcing the short-term employment programs. The setting-sail program was based on the short-term employment enfor...

HSIEH,CHING-SHU, 謝景舒

碩士 / 中國文化大學 / 觀光事業學系觀光休閒事業管理碩士在職專班 / 104 / ABSTRACT This study aims to explore the relationships among leisure preference, leisure con-straints and leisure participation of windsurfing participants in Wei-Fong cannel. Us-ing convenience sampling questionnaire to conduct research. A total of 322 valid questionnaires had been sampled. Descreptive statistics, reliability analysis, inde-pendent student t test, one-way ANOVA, Scheffe's test and Pearson correlation analysis were used to analyze the...

wei-guan, 關崴

碩士 / 國立臺東大學 / 兒文所 / 95 / This study starts from the relationship between the people and the sea and tries to know why the characters in maritime literature want to take an adventure and what they would experience in the journey. Then, the study takes the aspect of the reader on the other hand. When readers begin to read the story, they can be seen as they really start off the journey. What readers attempt to get from the story? When the story ends, how can they give the meaning to the story indi...

Sheng-yu Tsai, 蔡昇諭

碩士 / 大同大學 / 通訊工程研究所 / 106 / This study is dedicated to design and implement a chinese style sail angle control platform. the main sensing components are self-made, including; wind direction meter; and sail angle meter, controlled by a program of self-derived equation and trigonometric functions to perform boat speed prediction. The bearings of the sail rotation mechanism and platform supporting mechanism were all re-designed to overcome the friction issue, and this really solve the disability pr...

Shu-Yin Wu, 吳淑銀

碩士 / 銘傳大學 / 教育研究所碩士在職專班 / 102 / This research aims to escalate the teacher’s professional growth byutilizing teaching strategies to solve parent-teacher conflicts. The actionresearch method is applied in the hope of creating an amiable atmosphere in the classroom, one that helps parents learn about the teacher’s teaching conditions and increases and improves parent-teacher interactions. The process did not go as smoothly as expected because myparent-teacher relationship with Chun’s parents was n...

Pei-ming Li, 李沛明

碩士 / 國立臺灣科技大學 / 電子工程系 / 101 / In recent years,a free and open source based software platform ”Android” has started to develop by Google,which is becoming a biggest competitor with Apple production in the field of smartphone and e-pad.Because of Android does not need to pay license fee 、open source and with high integration characteristics, the open and customizable nature of the operating system allows it to be used on other electronics , Google Play was provided to many application in Android,i...

Shiou-chang, Chou

Thesis (M.A.)--National Taiwan Normal University

Howie, Craig John.

2008 was a year which highlighted how far South Africa has fallen behind the rest of the world in the international Olympic sporting arena. High hopes for the Olympic Games in Beijing ended in a lower-than expected medal tally that sparked great debate in South African society. The reasons for this phenomenon are numerous and complex and it is not the intention of this dissertation to investigate all these concerns. However, what is of an architectural concern is the inadequate and often sub-sta...

Chou, Shiou-chang, 曹校章

碩士 / 國立臺灣師範大學 / 體育學系 / 93 / The purpose of the study was to reveal the relations among sporting tourism attraction, appropriate service, and tourists’ loyalty on international College Invitational Regatta. The researcher took 318 tourists who appreciated 2004 I-Lan International College Invitational Regatta as the research subject through the questionnaire of sporting tourism attraction, appropriate service, and tourists’ loyalty. According to the data collected from the questionnaire, one-way A...

Ting-Hsiang Kuo, 郭廷祥

碩士 / 國立體育大學 / 休閒產業經營學系碩士班 / 98 / Sailing Events has been rarely seen in the beautiful coast of Taiwan. For a long time due to martial law, people have not had the opportunity to explore in the ocean. However, after the martial law was lifted, there had not been any improvement and a constructive implementation of law practice. Therefore, marine sports is been carried out without a proper system, and no business or professional will participate in promoting the Sailing Events with the laws and re...

Parker, Llewellyn Derek

While the terrestrial ecosystem of the Prince Edward Island Group has been subject to intensive research, the marine ecosystem has to a large extent been neglected. This together with the possible existence of an "island effect" at these islands, as was first proposed after the visit to these islands of the French vessel Marion Dufresne, led to the initiation of a programme to determine the distribution of standing stocks and the productivity of phytoplankton and zooplankton in the neritic seas ...

Franke, Chad Earl

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Kurtz, William B.

The valuation of public recreational facilities is complicated by the absence of a market established price. In this study, existing methods for valuing non-market priced recreational resources have been refined to compensate for price absence. In addition, crosselasticities of demand between recreation resources have been comptted to describe their substitution relationships. Questionnaires were mailed to a random sample of 2,000 owners of motorboats registered in Arizona to determine their soc...

Yu-ching Liao, 廖于晴

碩士 / 國立中央大學 / 電機工程學系 / 101 / In modern technology, layout effects have more and more impacts on circuit performance. However, most of the existing analog automation tools consider the circuit sizing and layout generation in two separate steps, which often result in time-consuming sizing-layout iterations. In this thesis, a layout-aware analog synthesis tool is presented to generate the required designs from specifications to layout through a user-friendly GUI. In order to provide a strong link b...

Feng-Yi Huang, 黃鳳儀

碩士 / 國立中央大學 / 電機工程研究所碩士在職專班 / 97 / IC product development procedure is more and more difficult with the rapid advance in manufacturing process. Current technologies can even allow analog and digital circuits in the same chip, which are called mixed-signal circuits. In order to deal with the circuit design complexity, computer-aided design tools are required to shorten the IC design process. Nowadays, these automated layout tools are fairly well developed and commercially available to digital des...

CHEN, FU-TONG, 陳輔桐

碩士 / 明新科技大學 / 電子工程系碩士班 / 106 / The purpose of this thesis is to implement automatic layout of integrated circuit (IC). Firstly, the virtuoso-composer is used to enter the schematic diagram then the circuit is transferred to the netlist file of spice format. The netlist file is imported to layout tool of laker to achieve auto-layout of circuit. Execute the laker layout tool and invoke TCL program in the laker main manual. Additional different functions are added in laker, including except the...

Phoel, William C.

Numerical classification analyses (clustering) of spring, summer and fall National Marine Fisheries Service bottom trawl catches on the inshore continental shelf between Cape Ann, Ma. and Cape Fear, N.C., showed consistent species associations and faunal zones over a three year period. Analysis of a data set created by combining all nine survey cruises also produced consistent species associations, however sites clustered by seasons as well as by geographic area. The three faunal provinces of th...

Skrypzeck, Heidi

Philosophiae Doctor - PhD / Although jellyfish are recognised recently as key components that can influence ecosystem functioning and trophic flows in the northern Benguela upwelling ecosystem, the number of published studies on their abundance, seasonality, life history and ecological roles off Namibia is strictly limited. Chrysaora fulgida is one of the most common and conspicuous medusae in the plankton off Namibia, and has flourished in the region, following the decline of the pilchard fishe...

Nichol, Linda M.

Sightings and acoustic recordings from 1984 to 1989 of northern resident killer whales (Orcinus orca) from Johnstone Strait off north eastern Vancouver Island and from King Island on the central British Columbia coast were analysed to examine the hypothesis that northern resident whales move seasonally in their range to areas where salmon are available. Killer whales were most abundant in Johnstone Strait between July and October and infrequent during the remainder of the year. The increase in w...

Mann, Bruce Quintin

The blacktail, Diplodus sargus capensis and the zebra, Diplodus cervinus hottentotus, sparid fishes endemic to South Africa, are important components of the recreational shore-fishery. To provide a basis for the management of these fish, aspects of the biology of both species were investigated in the Tsitsikamma National Park (TNP). In particular, the role of the TNP was evaluated as a management option for the conservation of both species. Examination of stomach contents showed that juveniles o...

Mussgnug,Robert Sebastian

Trawl fisheries have been operating in South African waters for roughly 110 years. In contrast to other trawl fisheries, the South African fishery was opened by government-funded scientific trawl surveys beginning in 1898. Detailed records of survey trawls undertaken immediately prior to and during the beginning of commercial trawling activity provided a rare opportunity to examine longterm changes in fish abundance. This dissertation focuses on the chondrichthyans, which are believed to be the ...

Jayiya, Terence Phinda

Bibliograpy: leaves 87-101. / A Geographic Information System (GIS) is used to elucidiate vertical and horizontal patterns of distribution of Merluccius capensis on the inshore south coast (20?-27?E) of South Africa. Catch data used to compare the size distribution in catches made by commercial trawls and longlines off the South Coast (20?E). Results show that M.capensis size increases with depth and that the distribution of fish < 30 cm is mostly west of 23? E with isolated pockets east of that...

Duna, Oliver Olwethu

Coastal hydrodynamics regulate population dynamics through the distribution and dispersal of the meroplankton of many benthic invertebrates. I examined the hydrodynamics at four different sites on the south-east coast of South Africa and coupled them with larval sampling done at high temporal and spatial resolution. Day and night sampling was done at all four sites and a continuous 24 hour study was done in one site, both forms of sampling were carried out in autumn and spring. Samples were take...

Watt-Pringle, Peter Andrew

This study investigated the movement behaviour of three inshore South African sparids – blacktail (Diplodus sargus capensis), zebra (Diplodus cervinus hottentotus) and white musselcracker (Sparodon durbanensis), popular inshore fishery species caught in appreciable numbers along much of the South African coast. The first study component examined movements of juveniles in a rocky intertidal nursery area at Schoenmakerskop near Port Elizabeth. Juveniles in a single gully were tagged with Visible I...

Kohler, A. Carl.

The regulation of any fishery depends for its direction upon the knowledge of the biology of the fish involved. As the haddock has been one of the more important marine food fishes even before marine biological investigation was initiated in the fishing areas of the northwest Atlantic, it has periodically received attention from biologists working in these areas. Since the end of World War II with the advent and use of more efficient aids and methods for catching groundfish, the problem of regul...