Organizational, direct support, and general support maintenance repair parts and special tools list for installation kit, MK-1818/GSG-10(V) (NSN 1290-01-070-8908).

Includes index.

Operator's and organizational maintenance manual : test set, electronic circuit plug-in unit, TS-3317( )/TSQ-73 (NSN 1430-01-033-1078).

"14 May 1984."

Aviation unit and aviation intermediate mainenance manual (including repair parts and special tools list) : test set, armament subsystem, M16 (4933-00-056-0202).

"January 1972."

Diplomatic list.

Directory of foreign diplomatic officers in Washington.

The electronic transmission of election materials /

"September 1995."

The arithmetic of receiver scheduling for electronic support

In Electronic Support, it is well known that periodic search strategies for swept-frequency superheterodyne receivers (SHRs) can cause synchronisation with the radar it seeks to detect. Synchronisation occurs when the periods governing the search strategies of the SHR and radar are commensurate. The result may be that the radar is never detected. This paper considers the synchronisation problem in depth. We find that there are usually a finite number of synchronisation ratios between the radar’s scan period and the SHR’s sweep period. We develop three geometric constructions by which these ratios can be found and we relate them to the Farey series. The ratios may be used to determine the intercept time for any combination of scan and sweep period. This theory can assist the operator of an SHR in selecting a sweep period that minimises the intercept time against a number of radars in a threat emitter list.

In search of a theory of list memory: an inquiry into the efects of long-term information on short-term recall

Over recent years, evidence has been accumulating in favour of the importance of long-term information as a variable which can affect the success of short-term recall. Lexicality, word frequency, imagery and meaning have all been shown to augment short term recall performance. Two competing theories as to the causes of this long-term memory influence are outlined and tested in this thesis. The first approach is the order-encoding account, which ascribes the effect to the usage of resources at encoding, hypothesising that word lists which require less effort to process will benefit from increased levels of order encoding, in turn enhancing recall success. The alternative view, trace redintegration theory, suggests that order is automatically encoded phonologically, and that long-term information can only influence the interpretation of the resultant memory trace. The free recall experiments reported here attempted to determine the importance of order encoding as a facilitatory framework and to determine the locus of the effects of long-term information in free recall. Experiments 1 and 2 examined the effects of word frequency and semantic categorisation over a filled delay, and experiments 3 and 4 did the same for immediate recall. Free recall was improved by both long-term factors tested. Order information was not used over a short filled delay, but was evident in immediate recall. Furthermore, it was found that both long-term factors increased the amount of order information retained. Experiment 5 induced an order encoding effect over a filled delay, leaving a picture of short-term processes which are closely associated with long-term processes, and which fit conceptions of short-term memory being part of language processes rather better than either the encoding or the retrieval-based models. Experiments 6 and 7 aimed to determine to what extent phonological processes were responsible for the pattern of results observed. Articulatory suppression affected the encoding of order information where speech rate had no direct influence, suggesting that it is ease of lexical access which is the most important factor in the influence of long-term memory on immediate recall tasks. The evidence presented in this thesis does not offer complete support for either the retrieval-based account or the order encoding account of long-term influence. Instead, the evidence sits best with models that are based upon language-processing. The path urged for future research is to find ways in which this diffuse model can be better specified, and which can take account of the versatility of the human brain.

An investigation into the adoption and implementation of electronic commerce in Saudi Arabian small and medium enterprises

Saudi Arabian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) will face fierce competition from new entrants to local markets as a result of their accession to the Word Trade Organisation (WTO), and electronic commerce (e-commerce) technologies can reinforce SME’s competitive edge. This study investigates the state of e-commerce adoption and analyses the factors that determine the extent to which SMEs in Saudi Arabia are inclined towards deploying e-commerce technologies. This could assist future firms in designing effective implementation projects. Seven SMEs’ e-commerce adoption levels are studied as a case. The Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) framework was used as the major source of inspiration in our analysis of e-commerce adoption amongst Saudi SMEs. In addition to advancing research on e-commerce in Saudi Arabia, this chapter also highlights several directions for future inquiry and implications for managers and policymakers.

An investigation into the adoption and implementation of electronic commerce in Saudi Arabian small and medium enterprises

Saudi Arabian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) will face fierce competition from new entrants to local markets as a result of their accession to the Word Trade Organisation (WTO), and electronic commerce (e-commerce) technologies can reinforce SME's competitive edge. This study investigates the state of e-commerce adoption and analyses the factors that determine the extent to which SMEs in Saudi Arabia are inclined towards deploying e-commerce technologies. This could assist future firms in designing effective implementation projects. Seven SMEs' e-commerce adoption levels are studied as a case. The Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) framework was used as the major source of inspiration in our analysis of e-commerce adoption amongst Saudi SMEs. In addition to advancing research on e-commerce in Saudi Arabia, this chapter also highlights several directions for future inquiry and implications for managers and policymakers.

Vocabulary Learning through Use of the Picture-Word Inductive Model for Young English Learners in China: A Mixed Methods Examination Using Cognitive Load Theory

English has been taught as a core and compulsory subject in China for decades. Recently, the demand for English in China has increased dramatically. China now has the world’s largest English-learning population. The traditional English-teaching method cannot continue to be the only approach because it merely focuses on reading, grammar and translation, which cannot meet English learners and users’ needs (i.e., communicative competence and skills in speaking and writing). This study was conducted to investigate if the Picture-Word Inductive Model (PWIM), a new pedagogical method using pictures and inductive thinking, would benefit English learners in China in terms of potential higher output in speaking and writing. With the gauge of Cognitive Load Theory (CLT), specifically, its redundancy effect, I investigated whether processing words and a picture concurrently would present a cognitive overload for English learners in China. I conducted a mixed methods research study. A quasi-experiment (pretest, intervention for seven weeks, and posttest) was conducted using 234 students in four groups in Lianyungang, China (58 fourth graders and 57 seventh graders as an experimental group with PWIM and 59 fourth graders and 60 seventh graders as a control group with the traditional method). No significant difference in the effects of PWIM was found on vocabulary acquisition based on grade levels. Observations, questionnaires with open-ended questions, and interviews were deployed to answer the three remaining research questions. A few students felt cognitively overloaded when they encountered too many writing samples, too many new words at one time, repeated words, mismatches between words and pictures, and so on. Many students listed and exemplified numerous strengths of PWIM, but a few mentioned weaknesses of PWIM. The students expressed the idea that PWIM had a positive effect on their English teaching. As integrated inferences, qualitative findings were used to explain the quantitative results that there were no significant differences of the effects of the PWIM between the experimental and control groups in both grade levels, from four contextual aspects: time constraints on PWIM implementation, teachers’ resistance, how to use PWIM and PWIM implemented in a classroom over 55 students.

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Étude des relations entre productivité et polysémie dans les processus de formation de mots : le cas de l’espagnol

Ce mémoire s’intéresse aux processus de formation de mots. Nous postulons que les notions de productivité et de polysémie guident les locuteurs dans la sélection des procédés de formation de mots. Afin de vérifier notre hypothèse, nous avons porté nos observations sur un répertoire de mots suffixés de l’espagnol, le « Diccionario de los sufijos de la lengua española (DISULE) » de Faitelson-Weiser (2010, cf. www.sufijos.lli.ulaval.ca ). Nous avons évalué les degrés de productivité et de polysémie de chaque segment identifié comme étant un suffixe. Nous avons ensuite mis en relation les valeurs obtenues pour chacune des propriétés. Cette démarche, que nous avons testée, reconnaît le morphème comme unité d’analyse, ce qui se correspond au modèle grammatical Item et arrangement (Hockett, 1954). Bien que le résultat de nos analyses ne nous permette pas d’établir des corrélations fortes entre les deux variables pour l’ensemble des suffixes, lorsque nous délimitons des contextes de concurrence spécifiques, nous pouvons constater que les relations entre productivité et polysémie suivent des patrons spécifiques à ceux-ci. En outre, nous remarquons que le modèle adopté est plus efficace dans la description de la polysémie que pour expliquer la productivité; ce qui nous amène à nous questionner sur la pertinence de l’opposition établie entre mot et morphème en tant qu’unités d’analyse. Nous concluons que les deux notions sont essentielles en morphologie.

Étude des relations entre productivité et polysémie dans les processus de formation de mots : le cas de l’espagnol

Ce mémoire s’intéresse aux processus de formation de mots. Nous postulons que les notions de productivité et de polysémie guident les locuteurs dans la sélection des procédés de formation de mots. Afin de vérifier notre hypothèse, nous avons porté nos observations sur un répertoire de mots suffixés de l’espagnol, le « Diccionario de los sufijos de la lengua española (DISULE) » de Faitelson-Weiser (2010, cf. www.sufijos.lli.ulaval.ca ). Nous avons évalué les degrés de productivité et de polysémie de chaque segment identifié comme étant un suffixe. Nous avons ensuite mis en relation les valeurs obtenues pour chacune des propriétés. Cette démarche, que nous avons testée, reconnaît le morphème comme unité d’analyse, ce qui se correspond au modèle grammatical Item et arrangement (Hockett, 1954). Bien que le résultat de nos analyses ne nous permette pas d’établir des corrélations fortes entre les deux variables pour l’ensemble des suffixes, lorsque nous délimitons des contextes de concurrence spécifiques, nous pouvons constater que les relations entre productivité et polysémie suivent des patrons spécifiques à ceux-ci. En outre, nous remarquons que le modèle adopté est plus efficace dans la description de la polysémie que pour expliquer la productivité; ce qui nous amène à nous questionner sur la pertinence de l’opposition établie entre mot et morphème en tant qu’unités d’analyse. Nous concluons que les deux notions sont essentielles en morphologie.

Electronic And Structural Study Of Pt-modified Au Vicinal Surfaces: A Model System For Pt-au Catalysts.

Two single crystalline surfaces of Au vicinal to the (111) plane were modified with Pt and studied using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS) in ultra-high vacuum environment. The vicinal surfaces studied are Au(332) and Au(887) and different Pt coverage (θPt) were deposited on each surface. From STM images we determine that Pt deposits on both surfaces as nanoislands with heights ranging from 1 ML to 3 ML depending on θPt. On both surfaces the early growth of Pt ad-islands occurs at the lower part of the step edge, with Pt ad-atoms being incorporated into the steps in some cases. XPS results indicate that partial alloying of Pt occurs at the interface at room temperature and at all coverage, as suggested by the negative chemical shift of Pt 4f core line, indicating an upward shift of the d-band center of the alloyed Pt. Also, the existence of a segregated Pt phase especially at higher coverage is detected by XPS. Sample annealing indicates that the temperature rise promotes a further incorporation of Pt atoms into the Au substrate as supported by STM and XPS results. Additionally, the catalytic activity of different PtAu systems reported in the literature for some electrochemical reactions is discussed considering our findings.

Prosody, focus, and word order

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