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Showing 1 to 20 of 233 for “"high end"”.
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Theories and Techniques for Efficient High-End Computing
… system reliability and availability. Achieving high performance while reducing power consumption is challenging since power and performance are inextricably interwoven; reducing power often results in degradation in performance. This thesis aims to address these challenges by providing theories, …
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Energy Efficiency in Cold-Weather High-End Custom Homes
… energy efficiency benchmarks for cold-weather, high-end custom homes and evaluate current building practices. A list of energy-efficient products and practices was created through a review of relevant literature. A group of expert builders was formed into a committee to help determine energy …
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EXPLORING BLACK WOMEN'S MOTIVATIONS AND EXPERIENCES WITH HIGH-END SHOPPING
… coping strategies such as participating in high-end shopping . The focus in this study was to explore Black women’s experiences with and motivation to engage in high- end shopping. Participants (N = 33) were Black women, over the age of 18 years, from various education backgrounds stemming …
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A control mechanism for sales associates in high-end retail
The strength of the high-end retail industry has traditionally been in marketing and branding while management and operational efficiency lagged behind. In the face of changing client demographics and increased competition, improving operations through better data management and utilization could …
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Wertigkeit eines High-End-Ultraschallgerätes bei der differentialdiagnostischen Abklärung renaler Raumforderungen
Die diagnostische Aussagekraft eines High-End-Ultraschallgerätes in der Differenzierung unklarer renaler Raumforderungen ist Gegenstand dieser Dissertation. In prospektiven präoperativen Untersuchungen von insgesamt 47 Raumforderungen der Niere, im einzelnen 38 Nierenzellkarzinomen, zwei renalen …
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From enthusiasm to practice : users, systems, and technology in high-end audio
… through a study of the small but enthusiastic high-end audio community in the United States. These users express needs, desires, and aesthetic motivations towards technology that set them apart from mainstream consumers, but also reveal important and under-recognized aspects of human …
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A security model for authentication on high-end servers using digital signatures
Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2000.
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High-end ecotourism and rural communities in southern Africa : a socio-economic analysis.
This thesis argues that at high end ecotourism sites in southern Africa good relationships with local communities are not merely a normative ‘good thing’, but are a likely prerequisite for the long-term viability of both natural resources and the economic ventures that depend on them. Communities …
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How free are free agents? : the relational structure of high-end contract work
… "exploitation." I argue that, in order to comprehend this phenomenon, we need to acknowledge and understand the triadic structure of contingent labor markets, in which transactions between workers and firms are mediated by intermediary organizations. The thesis shows that the triadic system of …
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Analysis of a high-end memory supply chain : dram vendors to final assembly
Compaq Computer Corporation's High Performance Systems Division (HPSD) manufactures servers for mid-range and high-end server markets. It has a complex supply chain that includes the use of supplier hubs, outsourced memory module manufacturers, and stacked memory devices (chips). For this memory …
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An empirical investigation of high end-of-day transaction returns between 1978-1985
… September 1, 1978 through August 31, 1985, the high end-of-day transaction returns noted by Wood, Mclnish and Ord and by Harris were examined to determine their persistence over time and their relationship to a commonly used measure of daily security performance. Additionally, final transactions …
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An Exploration into How Design Can Better Align the Attributes of Luxury and Sustainability for ‘High-End’ Hotel Guest Rooms
… and hotel guest satisfaction. Hotel owners tend to focus on being sustainable in terms of operational procedures, typically asking the guests to decline room service for three days. Moreover, there is a lack of information for designers to follow in being guided in the design of sustainable …
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Southwest Cooking Oil: Acorn Oil from Native Oak Species Q. Macrocarpa, Q. Shumardii, and Q. Polymorpha Acorns as a Potential High-End Cooking Oil
The oil produced from acorns (Quercus) has been consumed by native peoples for hundreds of years. It is a nutritious cooking oil comparable to olive oil. Acorn oil is not currently produced on a market scale. This project attempted to extract oil from three native Texas species; however, due to …
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The disruptive impact of technology on the fashion industry
… in the fashion industry due to technology. High-end fashion brands are faced with a significant disruption because of the forces of media and technology. Traditionally, fashion trends trickled down from high-end fashion to lower-end fashion or mass fashion. High-end luxury fashion brands …
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The Integration of Technology into Home Space in the 2020s
… States, and the features of middle-class and high-end houses, revealed that home space consists of five spaces: living, work and study, resting, service and circulation. A meticulous look at the four-century American housing history disclosed that transformations in the five spaces were …
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Firms' Decisions to Enter a Market of Highly Differentiated Products: Apparel Industry and New York Fashion Week
… for the first time. The focus is on the high-end fashion market: how it started, how it works, New York Fashion Week, and its significance for the industry. Then a comprehensive review of the economics literature as it pertains to the industry is presented, also for the first time. The …
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Backpressure Policies for Wireless ad hoc Networks
… some user applications in ad hoc networks demand high throughput and low end-user delay. In the literature, the backpressure policy, i.e. queue backlog differential-based joint routing and scheduling, is known to be throughput-optimal with robust support for traffic load fluctuations …
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Guidelines improving observations and recording such observations in a HACCP system
… research aims at developing guidelines and recommendations that will be of help to the industry to improve observations and data recording. In this research a case study approach is used where a seafood processing company is studied through careful observations and experiments. The set of results …
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