Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 20 of 1627 for “"STARTS"”.
-
The American dream starts here
This collection of essays examines a family--created, sustained, and broken--through their lives in a small town, by war, and by each other. Essays include "Highlights From the Apocalypse," in which the narrator examines familial prophecy and tragedy and their place in the context of a culture …
-
False Starts: A Collection of Stories
<p>The thesis project is a collection of short stories. Their loose thematic connection is that of the mental states of distress and illness like loneliness, frustration, depression, anxiety, mood disorders, and hallucinations. Most of the stories follow a magically real or surreal tone. The …
-
Cycle time reduction through wafer starts control
… a new methodology of conducting wafer starts was developed and pilot implementations were conducted. The new methodology was based upon the concept of Little's Law of Cycle Time = Inventory / Output, whereby controlling the level of inventory through wafer starts would positively impact …
-
A Study of Three Competitive Swimming Front Racing Starts
… was to compare three competitive swimming front starts: the conventional arm swing start, the grab start, and the grab (butterfly) start. Procedure. Thirteen experienced competitive swimmers (six female and seven male) did each of the three starts a total of six times. The middle four times for …
-
It starts with "F": A collection of short stories
1 PDF file (iii, 86 pages)
-
The evaluation of forecasting techniques as applied to housing starts
This thesis is a comparison of different forecasting procedures used in forecasting housing construction. The forecasting models developed are compared on the basis of error variance and the number of times the forecast falls outside "± K" limits. The author points out that what is needed is a …
-
Predicting The U.S. Recessions With Housing Starts In Dynamic Probit Models
… study examines the predictive power of housing starts using dynamic probit models. The yield spread between the ten-year Treasury bond and three-month Treasury bill rates, is also adopted to further demonstrate the predictive properties of the housing variable. Different model functional forms …
-
Fab cycle time improvement through inventory control : a wafer starts approach
… WIP, inventory through the F23 Wafer Starts Protocol. F23 utilizes Little's Law (Cycle Time = Inventory / Output) to identify target WIP inventory levels required to achieve particular cycle time goals. The target inventory is then achieved by modulating wafer starts. To do this, the …
-
Reducing false starts among IT employees—A study of hiring professionals’ perceptions
… of industry. The economic impact of false starts is estimated to be $1.28 billion per year according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). This study examines the relationship between reduction of false starts among information technology employees and four factors: constructs from job …
-
Angular momentum in turns and abrupt starts : strategies for bipedal balance control
… normal gait cycle. Turns and accelerated starts are all common transients encountered and managed intelligently by humans everyday. The population of elderly has increased and understanding balance control in healthy subjects will be more important. In addition, humanoid bipeds are rapidly …
-
Exploring mothers’ experiences when their disabled child starts school: An interpretative phenomenological analysis
Most disabled children in England start school within a mainstream primary school environment. Research demonstrates that starting school is an important life stage for children and their families in terms of internal family dynamics and relationships with the wider community. However, there has …
-
Fish fins and fast-starts: Multi-level analyses reveal functional variation within median fins of bluegill sunfish.
Fins act as control surfaces by which fish can generate and react to hydrodynamic forces during a variety of locomotor behaviors. Within the ray-finned fish, the unique segmented, bilaminar design of their fin rays, for which they are named, provide the fish with the ability to independently …
-
Incorporating livability benefits into the Federal Transit Administration New Starts project evaluation process through accessibility-based modeling
… the criteria used in the evaluation of New Starts projects. There is concern that the evaluation criteria for transit project benefits are too limiting and that not all project benefits are accounted for in the best way. Specifically, the FTA New Starts Program is beginning to shift away …
-
A comparison of the effectiveness of selected church planting models measured by conversion growth and new church starts
… conversion growth and the rate of new church starts, and the various contexts in which churches are planted. The desired outcome is a more thorough understanding of which church planting models are more effective in certain contexts. The dissertation opens by identifying the research concern …
-
"When You're Born You Can't Even Talk, So Everybody Starts Somewhere": the Lived Experiences of Sports Leadership Training
The ‘power of sport’ and its efficacy in personal and social development programmes has often been taken for granted. Despite the growing number of studies which have critically questioned how sport is used in developmental contexts, there has been seemingly little focus placed upon participants’ …
-
Health Starts in the Home: An Assessment of Efforts to Improve Occupant Health through Healthy Building Materials in San Francisco’s Affordable Housing
<p>Americans spend 90% of their lives indoors, and much of this time is spent at home, surrounded by building materials that typically have added chemicals like flame retardants, highly fluorinated compounds, and antimicrobials. Recent research has linked these chemicals to adverse health outcomes …
Page 1 of 82