370 research outputs found
Resampling-based approaches to assess sampling errors and estimate optimum number of samples
No full textIs Gy’s formula for the Fundamental Sampling Error accurate? Experimental evidence
No full textPierre Gy’s theory for the sampling of particulate materials is widely applied and taught. A crucial part of Gy’s theory deals with the estimation, prediction and minimization of the variance of the Fundamental Sampling Error using a formula that is known as “Gy’s formula”. Experimental evidence, however, supports the conclusion that Gy’s formula is inaccurate.Applied Science
Comment on ‘Empirical versus modelling approaches to the estimation of measurement uncertainty caused by primary sampling’ by J. A. Lyn, M. H. Ramsey, A. P. Damant and R. Wood
No full textRecently, Lyn et al. (Analyst, 2007, 132, 1231) compared two ways of estimating the standard uncertainty of sampling pistachio nuts for aflatoxins – a modelling method and an empirical method. Their case study used robust analysis of variance (RANOVA) to derive the uncertainty estimates, highlighting a substantial difference between the two: the estimate of sampling uncertainty derived from the modelling method was six-fold greater than that using the empirical approach (cf. 136% and 22.5%, respectively, when expressed as relative standard deviations (RSDs) at 68% confidence). A further analysis of this case study is reported here and suggests that the estimation uncertainty during RANOVA in the empirical approach could account for this difference.Radiation, Radionuclides and ReactorsApplied Science
Betty Ford : the first lady who danced her way into everyone's heart : [an honors thesis (HONRS 499)]
No full textThere is no abstract available for this thesisThesis (B.?.)Honors Colleg
Charles E. Wilson at General Motors, 1920-1953 : a profile in industrial management and labor relations : an honors thesis [(HONRS 499)]
No full textThere is no abstract available for this thesisThesis (B.?.)Honors Colleg
America’s Pastime: How Baseball Went from Hoboken to the World Series
No full textBaseball is known as “America’s Pastime.” Any sports aficionado can spout off facts about the
National or American League based on who they support. It is much more difficult to talk about
the early days of baseball. Baseball is one of the oldest sports in America, and the 1800s were
especially crucial in creating and developing modern baseball. This paper looks at the first sixty
years of baseball history, focusing especially on how the World Series came about in 1903 and
was set as an annual event by 1905.Thesis (B.?)Honors Colleg
William H. Gates : symbol of the information age : an honors thesis (HONRS 499)
No full textThis thesis is an overview of the life of William H. Gates, president and cofounder of Microsoft Corporation. This thesis discusses Gates' early life and experiences with computers, the formation and success of Microsoft and the success of Gates himself. Not only did Gates make himself successful with computer software, but his software helped make computers the useful, necessary machines they are today. Bill Gates is as much a symbol of the information age as the computer itself.Thesis (B.?)Honors Colleg
The Role of Sustainability in Business Model Innovation of Start-ups in Indonesia: Multiple Case-study Design
No full textThe environmental awareness in business practices has grown to be a central issue in corporate social responsibility for many multinational companies. Unfortunately, it remains a way of brand management for many companies, rather than a drive for structural change in business practices.Business models should therefore be reshaped, to deliver environmental sustainability based on the core logic of a firm. While previous studies are concerned with the typological and antecedent factor of start-ups’ environmental orientation, this study seeks to explore how start-ups incorporate their environmental orientation into their business model and (re)design their business model to respond to changing market demand for ecological sustainable solutions. An important distinction is made between sustainability practices that are innovating the business model as a whole (e.g. architectural innovations) and sustainability practices that are affecting single components of the business model (e.g. modular innovations). It is argued that environmental sustainability can position itself within the architecture of a business model, influencing all business decisions, or environmental sustainability can position itself outside of the business model, allowing for modular business model innovations. To explore the role of environmental sustainability for business model innovation of start-ups within Indonesia, a multiple case study design has been set up. Two startups that are in the process of designing their initial business model are selected, one company that has ecological sustainability embedded in the design of the product, and one that is focused on other, mainly economic brand related, values to remain competitive. Also two startups that have already commercialized their product and thus have an established business model are scrutinized. Again, one company that has ecological sustainability embedded in the design of the product, and one that is focused on other, mainly economic brand related, values to remain competitive. The research design allows for cross case comparison on the different axes whilst aggregated data may reveal more general approaches towards environmental sustainability. All four cases were found to consider the environment in their business model to a certain degree. Seven sustainability practices have emerged from the aggregated data and is linked to business model components. It was found that, however space for improvement, the cases on the sustainable value dimension did place environmental sustainability within the architecture of their business model, considering the environment from the core logic of their business and affecting to a certain extent the interdependencies of the subsystems. The cases on the economic, brand related dimension showed to position environmental sustainability outside of the architecture of their business, not regarding the natural environment as a stakeholder. Consequently, they merely allowed modular business model innovations regarding environmental sustainable practices. However progressive, the ecological orientation of the cases on the sustainable value dimension can be said to eco-open rather than eco-dedicated, whilst the ecological orientation of <Case 2> and <Case 4> are to be placed on the spectrum between eco-open and eco-reluctant.Management of Technology (MoT
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