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Reliability modeling using the left-truncated logistic distribution
(1982)
This research applies the left-truncated logistic distribution to reliability modeling. The resulting models are applicable when the system components are subject to wearout and their individual time-to-failures can be ...
The personal values and business success of small, independent retailers : an empirical study
(1981)
The author asked 109 owner-operators of 127 small, independent retail establishments to complete an England Personal Values Questionnaire, an Abridged Version of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator on Jungian preferences, and ...
An empirical investigation of the factors affecting formality, sophistication and structure of product elimination programs in manufacturing firms
(1982)
The main objective of this dissertation was to identify those internal factors (or variables) that were common to those manufacturing firms which had established effective product elimination programs and those firms which ...
Exploiting structural similarities for solving inventory and replacement problems
(1982)
This dissertation is concerned with the study of the Markov process for two-product joint setup cost inventory problems with continuous review, instantaneous replenishment and compound Poisson demands for each product. The ...
Multi-firm asset management : a portfolio approach to cash management
(1982)
The subject of inter-firm asset management has not been explicitly addressed in the literature to date. The existence of potential net benefits accruing from the inter-firm management of various categories of assets presents ...
Pressuremeter design method for single piles subjected to static lateral load
(1983)
A thorough review of the literature regarding design methods for lateral load behavior of foundation piles has been made. The most popular and versatile design technique is solution of the governing differential equation ...
The development and standardization of three ethnic attitude scales concerning Hispanic Americans, Black Americans and Native Americans
(1983)
This dissertation involved the development of three attitude measuring scales relating to Hispanic Americans, Black Americans and Native Americans. The tests were designed to assess the current stereotypes as identified ...
Syntheses, structures, and spectra of dinuclear, metal-metal bonded compounds of diplatinum(III) and dirhodium(II)
(1984)
Metal atom dimers containing the (sigma)('2)(pi)('4)(delta)('2)(delta)*('2)(pi)*('4 )configuration (d('7)-d('7)) have a net single bond between them and this bonding is exemplified in the real systems Rh(,2)('4+), Ir(,2)('4+), ...
Localization and characterization of the sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase and purification of the acyl carrier protein from Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides
(1985)
The membrane localization and properties of the Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyl transferase have been examined utilizing enzymatically prepared acyl-acyl carrier protein (acyl-ACP) substrates as ...
The effects of time constraint on discrete task performance and physiological correlates
(1983)
This dissertation reports on the effects of seven levels of time constraint on performance employing three different tasks for the purpose of systematically determining the shape and examining the generalizability of the ...