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Showing 1 to 20 of 103 for “"quality factors"”.
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Quality factors explaining returns on the FTSE/JSE All-Share
… has to an increased importance of idiosyncratic factors in explaining returns, which is contrary to the popular Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM). CAPM only considers Beta or systematic risk in explaining returns and disregards idiosyncratic risk. This paper has an even greater focus on …
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Flavour quality factors and its regulation in red raspberry (rubus idaeus)
… developing non-GM strategies to improve flavour quality of red raspberries, successful in other related fruit crops (e.g. peach, apple), with 'good' flavour quality determined by sensory panellists. In this study, sensory data was correlated to data on flavour metabolites (e.g. sugars, organic …
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Application of the Linfoot quality factors to third order spherical aberration
… Relative Structural Content, Correlation Quality and Image Fidelity defined by Linfoot and another factor called Sharpness are utilized. The "best" focus is then defined in terms of the maximum value of these criteria. Each criterion plays a different role depending upon the structure of …
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Water Quality Factors Influencing Iron and Lead Corrosion in Drinking Water
… water industry with an updated understanding of factors that influence iron pipe corrosion including water quality and composition, flow conditions, biological activity, and corrosion inhibitors. Potential impacts of upcoming regulations on iron corrosion are also considered. Next, a four-year …
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The quality factors which influence online learning and impact on the student experience.
This dissertation identifies six measures of quality and correlates their level of association against an indicator of quality and effectiveness, partly derived from a model tested by Peltier et al, (2003). The dissertation researches online student-learner attitudes from three universities in …
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A study of various curing systems for flue-cured tobacco and their effects on various quality factors
… fresh leaves in order to compare the effects on quality of tobacco of four curing systems, namely: wood, oil burner, coal stoker, and conditioned air. The items investigated included color, aroma, loss of weight, government grade, market value, and chemical properties. The results were analyzed …
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Quality Factors Affecting Academic Performance of Students in Secondary School in Tanzania: Case of selected Public Secondary Schools in Tanga
This dissertation is concerned with quality factors affecting academic performance of students in secondary schools in Tanzania mainland case of selected Public Secondary Schools in Tanga. The study rests on the following objectives: to identify quality factors available in secondary schools that …
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Measuring the service quality factors of perspective international students to improve their satisfaction and loyalty towards University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM)
Student satisfaction and quality of education are of compelling interest to students, academic staff, policymakers and higher education researchers internationally. Students’ expectations can influence levels of student satisfaction before their study and their pre-conceived beliefs regarding the …
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Site quality factors affecting Acer saccharum, Quercus rubra and Quercus alba abundance and height growth rates in young even-aged stands located in central Missouri
… and no trends were observed with the measured factors. White and northern red oak growth rates were each negatively correlated with soil pH. The data from this study suggested that sugar maple is most competitive with more shade intolerant oaks on fertile sites with a mesic moisture regime.
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An empirical investigation of total quality management in Palestine: A proposed generic framework of implementation. The construction of a generic framework for effective TQM implementation in Palestinian organisations: An empirical investigation of critical quality factors and best practice.
… focuses on the effective implementation of total quality management in Palestine, a developing economy, through an empirical investigation of critical quality factors. The research methodology involves combining quantitative and qualitative methodologies to identify the key quality factors cited …
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Effects of Variety, Harvest Moisture and Drying Air Temperature on the Wet Milling Characteristics of Yellow Dent Corn
… moisture and drying air temperature on twelve quality factors related to the millability of corn. A split-split plot experimental design was used to evaluate the effects. Variety was found to significantly influence the measurement of each individual quality factors among the varieties. …
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An Investigation of the Relationship Between Measures of Service Quality and Satisfaction of Golf Spectators in a Korean Ladies' Professional Golf Association Tournament
… of sport spectators. Understanding which service quality factors best predict customer satisfaction is an important issue in the sport events industry. The primary purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between service quality and customer satisfaction for spectators in attendance …
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Vortices and Quasiparticles in Superconducting Microwave Resonators
<p>Superconducting resonators with high quality factors are of great interest in many areas. However, the quality factor of the resonator can be weakened by many dissipation channels including trapped magnetic flux vortices and nonequilibrium quasiparticles which can significantly impact the …
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Fluid effects in vibrating micromachined structure
… effects for the tuning fork gyroscope. The quality factors in the drive and sense axes will be evaluated and compared with the experimental results for a range of pressures. The effects of the holes and the proof mass thickness (chimney) will be derived and discussed, and a parametric study …
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High Yield Fabrication of Monolayer WSe₂ Mechanical Resonators and a Study of Their Loss Mechanisms
… necessary to develop methods of improving their quality factors. The first step on this road is understanding the dominant mechanical loss mechanisms in monolayer WSe<sub>2</sub> mechanical resonators. In this thesis, I describe the method I have developed to fabricate fully suspended monolayer …
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High Frequency Thermally Actuated Single Crystalline Silicon Micromechanical Resonators with Piezoresistive Readout
… electronic components, however they have low quality factors and complicated fabrication processes. In case of electrostatic resonators, they have higher quality factors but the need for smaller transductions gaps complicates their fabrication process and causes squeezed film damping in Air. …
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Active sensing in silicon-based MEMS resonators
… and o-chip quartz crystals due to their high quality factors, small size and low power consumption. FET-sensing has been demonstrated in resonant body transistors (RBTs) to reach an order of magnitude higher frequencies than possible with passive resonators due to the greater sensing eciency …
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High performance quality management systems and work-related outcomes: Exploring the role of audit readiness and documented procedures effectiveness
<p>This study investigates a comprehensive quality management system (QMS) and its influence on multiple work-related outcomes. It examines certified quality systems used in the automotive industry to test whether QMS audit readiness mediates the relationship between quality factors and outcomes. A …
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Nonattribution Properties of JPEG Quantization Tables
… or huffman table is determined by the quality factors like resolution, RGB values, intensity etc.of an image and standard settings of the camera.
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