...Video adaptation for small hand held devices Table of Contents 1.1 Background 1.2 Research problem 1.3 Aim and objectives 1.4 Justification for the research 1.5 Organization of the rest of the chapters 1.6 Summary 1.2 Background Introduction to conventional wisdom has it that communication bandwidth will limit the viability of streaming video applications on wireless terminal devices like cellular telephones, smartphones, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and even compact laptop computers. Even if unlimited wireless bandwidth were suddenly to become available, service providers and terminal device manufacturers would have no assurance they could provide a high-quality streaming video experience, unless the architecture of the terminal device featured a solid foundation for the application and the processing capabilities to pull it off. To be able to cope with the demands of a streaming video application and the vagaries of wireless communication in general, a terminal device must have a unique blend of hardware and software especially well-suited to wireless streaming video [0]. 1.2 Research Problem: Fortunately, this dual-processor architecture is very well suited to wireless streaming video. Because of the strenuous demands of applications like streaming video, a partitioning of the application's tasks between the two processors is critical for several reasons. And second, assigning tasks to the appropriate processor will reduce...
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...is still lacking in some areas. In this paper the size of stream buffers will be addressed, as well as yarding systems on slopes. While the OFPA already has regulations for stream buffers based on the classification of the stream, it is not enough and should be changed. The OFPA needs to address these problems because under the current regulations it is not properly protecting and preserving the environment of Oregon’s forest. Currently the OFPA evaluates stream buffers based on the classifications, these include two parts the size: small,...
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...Value stream mapping in fast food restaurants Imran Khan Afridi1, Asim Khan1 1 Nust Business School, NUST, Islamabad, Pakistan (1imranafridi@live.com 1asim_3mba@yahoo.com) Abstract - The aim of this paper is to present that how Value stream mapping (VSM) can be applied to restaurant industry and especially fast food sector. The purpose was to identify wastes and how these can be reduced and/or eliminated by the help of value stream. A case study in Pakistan based restaurant has been carried out to illustrate this. A current state value stream map has been developed. Value stream map highlights opportunities to improve wastes and problems along the restaurant supply chain. Results indicated a non value adding steps of 29% at the processing. Value stream can be readily applied to restaurant industry. Keywords – Value stream mapping, Restaurants, Pakistan I. INTRODUCTION Lean manufacturing organization will think more on its customers rather than about running machinery to maximize capacity in order to cover labor and overhead costs. A study by [1] indicates that lean manufacturing can result in a 50% reduction of human effort, tools investment and manufacturing space. This paper will examine how time and cost reductions can be made along the restaurant supply chain in the restaurant industry by the help of Value stream mapping to analyze the processes involving in the making and identifying key areas of waste and probable solutions to overcome these. Value stream mapping...
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...Abstract - The aim of this paper is to present that how Value stream mapping (VSM) can be applied to restaurant industry and especially fast food sector. The purpose was to identify wastes and how these can be reduced and/or eliminated by the help of value stream. A case study in Pakistan based restaurant has been carried out to illustrate this. A current state value stream map has been developed. Value stream map highlights opportunities to improve wastes and problems along the restaurant supply chain. Results indicated a non value adding steps of 29% at the processing. Value stream can be readily applied to restaurant industry. Keywords – Value stream mapping, Restaurants, Pakistan I. INTRODUCTION The concept of fast food goes back half a century, yet has found its way into the Pakistani market only a decade or so back. With the introduction of many foreign brands finding their way into the country, in the late nineties, the Pakistani market has finally become accustomed to manufacturing and providing service in such a way that goes around the wholesome fast paced scenario. As time has passed, Pakistani restaurants have picked up the technique to play alongside the foreign players. Now we can see that many local brands have established their image on the fact that they provide not only locally designed food, enveloping the fast food concept. Hence we can say that fast food has evolved and redesigned the whole Pakistani restaurant market. In the past five...
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...General Certificate of Education Advanced Subsidiary Examination June 2012 Sociology SCLY2 Unit 2 Friday 25 May 2012 1.30 pm to 3.30 pm For this paper you must have: an AQA 12-page answer book. Time allowed 2 hours Instructions Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Examining Body for this paper is AQA. The Paper Reference is SCLY2. This paper is divided into two sections. Choose one section and answer all the questions in that section. Do not answer questions from more than one section. Do all rough work in your answer book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked. Information The marks for questions are shown in brackets. The maximum mark for this paper is 90. Questions carrying 12 marks or more should be answered in continuous prose. In these questions you will be marked on your ability to: – use good English – organise information clearly – use specialist vocabulary where appropriate. G/T80704/Jun12/SCLY2 6/6/6/ SCLY2 2 Choose either Section A or Section B and answer all the questions in that section. Section A: Education with Research Methods You are advised to spend approximately 50 minutes on questions 0 You are advised to spend approximately 30 minutes on question You are advised to spend approximately 40 minutes on questions 0 to 1 0 6 0 4 . 5 . to 0 9 . Total for this section:...
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...Graduate School Of Business. The underlying principle of DFA is that the stock market was “efficient” which is, on one could beat the market consistently except by luck during some periods. The founders also believed that academic research and the ability of skilled traders could contribute to a fund’s profits even when the investment was inherently passive. At the first stage, DFA was aiming single investment fund that consisted with small stocks which fit its position in the market as a passive fund. The initial clients were major for tax-exempt institutions such as government, union pension funds and charities and etc. With the time going, DFA pursued individuals while through the intermediaries known as RIAs. Although with the low turnover, low transaction costs and diversification, DFA still could make reasonable profits by charging a moderate advising fee and developed rapidly. DFA is an outstanding investment firm doing the investment based on precise academic research and strict trading strategy which will both be discussed later. Over the years, DFA have translated financial research into real world investment solutions (DFA 2012) such as Fama-French findings which enabled DFA benefit from “small” firm and “value” firm effects until the paper was published. The strict trading strategy of minimized the likelihood of buying “lemon” stocks enabled DFA to extract a discount on the stock purchase via the block trading which also created benefits for both DFA and its clients...
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...Indian Streams Research Journal Vol.2,Issue.IV/May; 12pp.1-4 Prof. N. G. Alvi Research Papers ISSN:-2230-7850 “Dynamic Load and Stress Analysis of a Crankshaft” Dr. S. V. Deshmukh Prof.& Head, Bapurao Deshmukh College of Engineering, Sevagram, Wardha, India Ram.R.Wayzode Lecturer, Suryodaya College of Engineering & Technology, Nagpur, India Prof. N. G. Alvi Prof,Suryodaya College of Engineering & Technology, Nagpur,India ABSTRACT In this study a dynamic simulation was conducted on a crankshaft from a single cylinder four stroke engine. Finite element analysis was performed to obtain the variation of stress magnitude at critical locations. The pressure-volume diagram was used to calculate the load boundary condition in dynamic simulation model, and other simulation inputs were taken from the engine specification chart. The dynamic analysis was done analytically and was verified by simulation in ADAMS which resulted in the load spectrum applied to crank pin bearing. This load was applied to the FE model in ABAQUS, and boundary conditions were applied according to the engine mounting conditions. The analysis was done for different engine speeds and as a result critical engine speed and critical region on the crankshaft were obtained. Stress variation over the engine cycle and the effect of torsional load in the analysis were investigated. Results from FE analysis were verified by strain gages attached to several locations on the crankshaft. Results achieved...
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...Indian Streams Research Journal Vol.2,Issue.IV/May; 12pp.1-4 Asst. Prof. Rajani Kota Research Papers ISSN:-2230-7850 SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TECHNIQUES Asst. Prof. Rajani Kota Dept. of Computer Science A.R.Burla Womens' College, Solapur. Abstract Software development is the set of activities and processes for programmers that will eventually result in a software product. This may include requirement analysis, software design, implementation, testing, documentation, maintenance and then describing computer programs that meet user requirements within the constraints of the environment. It is a structure imposed on the development of software product. Software development is the most important process in developing a Software/tool. The successful execution of the project highly depends on the techniques used to develop the model. Software development technology has an under the model-explicit or implicit-of the development process. In order to understand more about the development process and the methodologies, we abstract from these. The perspective chosen for the abstraction include models developed during the process and the kind of abstraction involved in the techniques of the process. I .INTRODUCTION Software is a one kind of system or we can say the package which is used in many organization. It is a general term for the various kinds of programs used to operate computers and related devices. It can be thought of as the variable part of a computer and hardware...
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...S. Park and S.-Y. Ohm: New Techniques for Real-Time FAT File System in Mobile Multimedia Devices 1 New Techniques for Real-Time FAT File System in Mobile Multimedia Devices Sunhwa Park and Seong-Young Ohm Abstract — Flash memory has become the most important storage media in the mobile multimedia products such as MP3 players, mobile phones, and digital cameras. Most mobile multimedia devices, however, use one of the conventional FAT file systems slightly modified for flash memory environments. Our analysis shows that theses file systems have some restriction in recording a live multimedia stream stably because they have irregular write response times. In this paper, we have considered the problems of the existing FAT file system and propose two new techniques to solve the problems. The first technique called Sector Reservation method reduces internal overhead effectively. And the other method called ACPA avoids the periodic cluster allocation of the conventional FAT file system and removes the frequent modifications on the file allocation table in the FAT file system. To evaluate our new techniques, we implemented a prototype Real-Time FAT file system on ARM9 board with our two novel techniques. The experimental results show that our system achieves our goal successfully in that its write response times are very deterministic and more uniform1. Index Terms — Flash memory, FAT file system, FTL, Mobile multimedia device. I. INTRODUCTION One of the distinct trends in...
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...Abstract This article provides an overview of the recent literature on franchising, with special attention to management control issues. Based on an analysis of franchising articles published in twenty-five high-impact journals over the period 1996–2008, the literature is divided into the following three broad streams: franchise initiation and subsequent propensity to franchise, franchise performance and control of franchising relationships. Several research gaps and avenues for future research are identified, especially towards a systematic study of management control issues in the context of franchising relationships. Key words: franchising, literature review, management control JEL-codes: D23 – L22 – L26 – M21 – M40 2 I. INTRODUCTION This article provides an overview of the recent management literature on franchising, with special attention to its management controli aspects. Franchising plays a prominent role in business life today. This form of entrepreneurship is increasingly being adopted in a variety of sectors, especially by retailing and service companies such as McDonald’s, Holiday Inn, Body Shop and Benetton. According to the Deontological European Code of Honour (2004), franchising is a system for the sale of commodities, services and/or the application of technology. It is based on a close and continuing cooperation between juridical independent and financially autonomous companies, namely the franchisor and his individual franchisees. Hereby, the franchisor...
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...UNLV Theses/Dissertations/Professional Papers/Capstones 10-1-2011 Lean and Six Sigma in Hospitality Organizations: Benefits, Challenges, and Implementation Justin M. Lancaster University of Nevada, Las Vegas Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/thesesdissertations Part of the Business Administration, Management, and Operations Commons, Hospitality Administration and Management Commons, and the Strategic Management Policy Commons Repository Citation Lancaster, Justin M., "Lean and Six Sigma in Hospitality Organizations: Benefits, Challenges, and Implementation" (2011). UNLV Theses/Dissertations/Professional Papers/Capstones. Paper 1150. This Professional Paper is brought to you for free and open access by Digital Scholarship@UNLV. It has been accepted for inclusion in UNLV Theses/ Dissertations/Professional Papers/Capstones by an authorized administrator of Digital Scholarship@UNLV. For more information, please contact marianne.buehler@unlv.edu. 1 Lean and Six Sigma in Hospitality Organizations: Benefits, Challenges, and Implementation. By Justin M. Lancaster Masters of Science University of Nevada Las Vegas 2011 A professional paper submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Science Hotel Administration William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration Graduate College University of Nevada, Las Vegas December 2011 Chair: Dr. Robert Woods 2 PART ONE Introduction The hospitality...
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...Indian Streams Research Journal Vol.2,Issue.IV/May; 12pp.1-4 Asst. Prof. Rajani Kota Research Papers ISSN:-2230-7850 SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TECHNIQUES Asst. Prof. Rajani Kota Dept. of Computer Science A.R.Burla Womens' College, Solapur. Abstract Software development is the set of activities and processes for programmers that will eventually result in a software product. This may include requirement analysis, software design, implementation, testing, documentation, maintenance and then describing computer programs that meet user requirements within the constraints of the environment. It is a structure imposed on the development of software product. Software development is the most important process in developing a Software/tool. The successful execution of the project highly depends on the techniques used to develop the model. Software development technology has an under the model-explicit or implicit-of the development process. In order to understand more about the development process and the methodologies, we abstract from these. The perspective chosen for the abstraction include models developed during the process and the kind of abstraction involved in the techniques of the process. I .INTRODUCTION Software is a one kind of system or we can say the package which is used in many organization. It is a general term for the various kinds of programs used to operate computers and related devices. It can be thought of as the variable part of a computer and hardware...
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...TermPaperWarehouse.com - Free Term Papers, Essays and Research Documents The Research Paper Factory Join Search Browse Saved Papers Home Page » Business and Management Information In: Business and Management Information Individual assignment 1. Yes, I agree with video and Web conferencing will make business travel extinct because it is more convenient than business travel. Recording to the report issued by the Global e-Sustainability Initiative and the Climate Group in 2008. It said that up to 20 percent of business travel could be replaced by virtual meeting technology. It means the number of business travel will decrease. Also, there have a example in the article, technology consulting firm Accenture reports that it eliminated expenditures for 240 international trips and 120 domestic flights in a single month. It was a good example to prove business travel will extinct. Technology (video and Web conferencing) help employers communicate with each other more easily. Business travel is not the only way to confer. 2. Videoconferencing allows individuals at two or more locations to communicate simultaneously through two-way video and audio transmissions. Telepresence strives to make users feel as if they are actually present in a location different from their own.The critical feature of videoconferencing is the digital compression of audio and video streams by a device called a codec. Most companies deemed videoconferencing...
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...International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology- Volume3Issue3- 2012 Hiding Messages Using Motion Vector Technique In Video Steganography P.Paulpandi1, Dr.T.Meyyappan,M.sc.,M.Phil.,M.BA.,Ph.D2 Research Scholar1, Associate professor2 Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Alagappa University,Karaikudi. Tamil Nadu,India. Abstract- Steganography is the art of hiding information in ways that avert the revealing of hiding messages.Video files are generally a collection of images. so most of the presented techniques on images and audio can be applied to video files too. The great advantages of video are the large amount of data that can be hidden inside and the fact that it is a moving stream of image. In this paper, we proposed a new technique using the motion vector, to hide the data in the moving objects. Moreover, to enhance the security of the data, the data is encrypted by using the AES algorithm and then hided. The data is hided in the horizontal and the vertical components of the moving objects. The PSNR value is calculated so that the quality of the video after the data hiding is evaluated. Keywords- Data hiding, Video Steganography,PSNR, Moving objects, AES Algorithm. I. INTRODUCTION Since the rise of the Internet one of the most important factors of information technology and communication has been the security of information. Steganography is a technology that hides a user defined information within an object, a text...
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...target has been publicly stated, and programmes to meet the target are subject to ongoing assessments to ensure they are on target. Cadbury has enjoyed significant benefits from a number of good results of initiatives designed to reduce packaging and it’s environmental impacts throughout the supply chain. We are proud of our achievements, including: • The average percentage of Post Consumer Recycled content in our packaging continues to increase, reflecting ongoing success in influencing our suppliers to provide recycled content materials. • ECoPP has been included in our product design review processes with the use of the “Packaging Impact Quick Evaluation Tool” (PIQET). PIQET was developed through the RMIT Centre for Design and funded by a small industry group. PIQET was commissioned as a web format in May 2008 and our Australia Packaging design...
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