Dissertations / Theses: 'Implementation of new digital technology'

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Penton, Sanna, and Felicia Pettersson. "Factors Affecting Managerial Willingness to Change : A Case Study on Change Management When Implementing New Digital Technology." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-253834.

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The rapid growth of technology development increases the need for incumbent organizations to digitally transform. Studies show that digitally mature organization have a 26% higher profitability than peers (Westerman et al., 2012), nonetheless, success is rarely obtained as it requires incumbents to radically change their working methods and participate in a very painful transition. To gain knowledge on how to increase the success rate of digital transformations, this thesis examines what critical factors that affect the willingness for change of first line managers. Furthermore, it shows how change management can be applied to improve this willingness. Using a qualitative and exploratory approach through a case study, this research shows that earlier experience of work-related change, perceived usefulness and digital maturity affect the first line managerial willingness to change. Except from applying general theories on change management as well as considering more specific research on technology implementations, this study suggest organizations should focus on leading digital change from transforming individuals based on the three critical factors found to affect managerial change willingness. In doing so, stakeholder management analysis is suggested being a helpful tool as well as moving focus from the technology to a new way of working.
Den snabba teknologiska utvecklingen bidrar till ökat behov av digital transformation hos etablerade organisationer. Studier visar att digitalt mogna organisationer har 26% högre lönsamhet än andra (Westerman et al., 2012), men sällan uppnås framgång då det kräver radikala förändringar av arbetssätt hos etablerade företag, något som kan vara mycket smärtsamt. För att få kunskap om hur man kan öka antalet lyckade digitala transformationer, undersöker denna studie vilka kritiska faktorer som påverkar förändringsviljan hos första linjens chefer. Dessutom, visar den hur förändringsledning kan tillämpas för att förbättra denna vilja. Genom en kvalitativ och explorativ metod, och specifikt en fallstudie, visar denna forskning att tidigare erfarenhet av jobbrelaterad förändring, uppskattad användarbarhet och digital mognad påverkar förändringsviljan hos första linjens chef. Förutom att applicera allmänt kända teorier på temat förändringsledning såväl som att ta hänsyn till mer specifik forskning gällande tidigare implementationer av ny teknik, föreslår denna studie att organisationer vid ledning av digital förändring ska fokusera på att omvandla individer baserat på de tre kritiska faktorerna som funnits påverka chefers förändringsvilja. För att lyckas i det förslås organisationer tillämpa intressentanalys liksom fokusera på att flytta fokus från teknik till ett nya arbetssätt.

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Pressman, Jessica Brie. "Digital modernism making it new in new media /." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1383468241&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Chen, Yaw-Huei 1959. "A NEW TEST GENERATION ALGORITHM IMPLEMENTATION." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/276527.

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This thesis describes a new test generating algorithm, depth-first algorithm. This algorithm detects the reconvergent fanout. The controllability and observability measures are included in this algorithm to guide the forward and consistency drives. The major objective of this research is to develop a test vector generatiang algorithm, which is modified from D-algorithm, and to link this algorithm with SCIRTSS programs. This depth-first algorithm is more accurate and more efficient than D-algorithm. Serveral circuits are tested under DF3 and SCR3 and the results are listed in this paper.

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Quentin, Cochard. "Metadata implementation through the Digital Mock-Up." Thesis, KTH, Flygdynamik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-211159.

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Airbus is one of the two leaders in commercial aircraft manufacturing. This field of production is the biggest in amount of parts to design, products and assemblies. Moreover, as nowadays computing has become the fastest way to work, not only it has surrounded the current work places physically but also digitally speaking. In fact, the big issue of all companies and in particular Airbus, is to manage the flow of data provided by the different engineering teams like design, simulations, testing or production. Currently, the management of this Metadata is poorly developed and it creates loss of time andfrustration when the time has come to find it. To counteract to this growing concern, the Airbus solution project can be resumed by one sentence : "Configuerd Digital Mock-Up as master". It aims at gathering all the data from the different engineering teams and to provide an intuitive way to exploit them through the DMU. In the case of my study, I had to work on one aspect of this big project. I discovered the Airbus way of working and supported several projects to improve the cDMU (configuered Digital Mock-Up) as Master.

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Craig, Robert George Alexander. "Implementation, control and programming of digital optical systems." Thesis, Heriot-Watt University, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10399/879.

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Dillon, Andrew. "New technology and the reading process." Medford, NJ: Information Today, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/106359.

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This item is not the definitive copy. Please use the following citation when referencing this material: Dillon, A. (1991) New technology and the reading process. Computers in Libraries, 11(6) 23-26. Abstract: The present paper discusses some the important issues involved in presenting text on screen. It is argued that reading is a complex cognitive and physical skill that requires careful analysis if technology is going to support rather than hinder the user. The need to consider texts individually in terms of how and why they are read as well as the type of information they contain is discussed. On the basis of a study of journal usage the implications of this approach for the presentation of electronic journals is described.

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Garber, Robert A. (Robert Andrew) 1973. "Implementation of new technology in a regulated environment." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/34740.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Chemical Engineering; and, (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; in conjunction with the Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT, 2004.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 84-85).
This thesis investigates potential improvements to the manufacturing process through the implementation of process analytical technologies (PAT) in the heavily regulated pharmaceutical industry. The thesis focuses on the identification, prioritization, evaluation, and implementation of Process Analytical Technologies (PAT's) to solve manufacturing issues. While full implementation of a solution is not a part of this thesis, development of an implementation plan is. In parallel to executing these four stages of the project, processes and tools for the assessment of future PAT ideas are developed. The ideas developed in this thesis were tested in an industrial setting, and several case studies are included from this work. Key results are that a rigorous business evaluation of a potential project from a financial and intangible viewpoint is necessary, that PAT can improve the efficiency of a manufacturing process both at the unit operation and entire system levels, and that the organizational structure of a pharmaceutical company and the regulatory authority will have to change in order to support the integration of PAT into the manufacturing plant. Ramifications of the new technology on the organization are presented along with recommendations for organizational change to better utilize PAT.
by Robert A. Garber.
M.B.A.
S.M.

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Rouse, Rebecca. "A new dramaturgy for digital technology in narrative theater." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/48960.

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Many contemporary theater practitioners and scholars agree that the investigation of the relationship between digital technologies and theater is an important yet relatively unexplored topic, both in theory and practice. A debate regarding the fundamental nature of performance and more specifically the quality of liveness in the face of media has been the dominant conversation on this topic. While the liveness debate is important, it is not the only angle from which to approach questions of specific types of technology and performance. This dissertation takes a different approach, while taking the liveness debate into account. This dissertation examines relevant historical and contemporary theory and practice in the area of digital technology in theater, and then describes a new method of practice and analysis in the form of a new dramaturgy. This new dramaturgy is then applied to examples of selected work and also used hands-on to create a two-part case study to try out its usefulness in practice. The first part of the case study is a production design created with the new dramaturgy in collaboration with undergraduate students within the context of a special topics course. The second part of the case study is a full-scale production by a professional director, incorporating elements of the production design created in the first part of the case study.

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Oliver, M. L. "The digital performer : performance, technology and new performance paradigms." Thesis, University of Salford, 2014. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/30850/.

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This thesis, portfolio of published original performances and texts, examines the extent to which one can create an equitable and convincing ‘live’ performance presence when creating performances that incorporate mediatised performers. The experimental process forefronts the dialogic relationship of the onstage to the on-screen performer, as such the devising methodology has primarily been focused on experimentation with the scripted narrative. The research illustrates significant technological and formal transitions during the research period, which has also seen the development from analogue to digital formats. In a systematic series of test-bed performances the author has created work exploring the qualitative interface between the onstage and digitally produced performer. Each new undertaking has articulated a different sub-set of research questions, but these have all been explored within the overarching framework. The argument presented here is that this research has contributed new knowledge to interpretations of our understanding of liveness and performer presence in contemporary performance. The critical contextual analysis examines twelve selected outputs. These are a combination of original performances and selected publications, where the author has reflexively discussed the findings of her practice. The critical contextual study is presented in four sections: Liveness revisited; The impact of the digital performer on our understanding of performer presence; Experiments with narrative; The actor slave and the diabolical digital performer.

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Tasdemir, Babacan. "Digital Television As A New Technology: The Adoption Of Digital Television In Turkey." Master's thesis, METU, 2006. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12607542/index.pdf.

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Analog television systems are rapidly being replaced by digital television systems accross the world. Turkey is not an exception to this development since the government has recently decided to shut-down analog television transmission across the country by 2016. In this context, subject matter of this study is the adoption of digital television in Turkey. And the study&rsquo
s main aim is to understand and explain the economical and political rationale behind the conversion to digital television. In the switch process to digital television, digital television has been presented as a new &ldquo
revolutionary&rdquo
technology which is primarily to enhance the television &ldquo
service&rdquo
for viewers by the champions of the process and the governments. However, this study takes a critical position against this argument and argues that the adoption of digital television is primarily shaped by the commercial stakes of private broadcasting organisations and administrative concerns of governments. In this respect, this thesis argues that even though the digital television has technical superiorities to analog television systems which facilitates the introduction more television channels with higher audio-visual quality, the adoption of digital television does not include any project to improve the quality of television content, the equal access to information in the society and thus citizenship in a democratic society. Quite the contrary, since digital television facilitates and improves pay television implementations, digital television seems to deteriorate the imbalance in the society in accessing the information. It is therefore necessary to put &ldquo
reserve&rdquo
on the expectations from digital television. To articulate this thesis, different national contexts including USA and Britain as leading countries and Turkey in digital television conversion process are dealt with in the study. Firstly, the American and Britain experience of digital television which does not exclude the European context are examined in terms of common developments as well as the pecularities of the countries concerning to switch to digital television. Lastly, in the framework given above, the developments as to the digital television in Turkey are examined in detail. As well as the assessments about recent developments as to the issue, interviews carried out with the representatives of the broadcasting industry and regulatory authorities are also included in the analysis. Hence, this study should be considered as a descriptive research which aims to contribute the academic efforts to develop a conceptual framework to the digital television debate in Turkey.

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Paul, Susanne A. (Susanne Anita). "Analysis, design, and implementation of charge-to-digital converters." Thesis, Microsystems Technology Laboratories, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/10086.

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Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1995.
Caption title.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-215).
Sponsored in part by a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship.
Susanne A. Paul.
M.S.

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Du, Preez Creswell. "Addressing the digital divide through the implementation of a wireless school network." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1298.

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Societal trends have changed more in the last decade than they have in the last century. This is particularly prevalent in the education environment. Concepts such as Lifelong Learning (the continued learning/educating of an individual throughout his/her lifetime), New Competencies (technology that is now part of almost every skill in the workplace) and Telecommuting (more people working from home rather than traditional offices) have become common-place today (Twigg, 1996, pp. 1-2). Education delivery needs to provide for these societal changes in order to ensure competent individuals pass on to the next level of education and ultimately to the work force. With key trends in technology such as Digitization, Maturation and Disintermediation becoming common in the workplace, education delivery must address the ―Digital Divide. (Twigg, 1996, pp. 2-3). Historically, schools in South Africa have used traditional teaching methods that have stayed the same for the last century. Educational institutions in South Africa, in particular, the previously disadvantaged schools of the Eastern Cape, face various challenges such as the dwindling ability to collect school fees from parents of scholars and declining financial support from the government. In Chapter Seven of the Draft White Paper on e-Education, which was gazetted on 26 August, 2004, the DoE, as part of its implementation strategies, urged the private sector to respond by implementing ICT initiatives nationwide. Phase 1 of the strategy advocated that ―Institutions are connected, access the internet and communicate electronically. (Department of Education, 2004, pp. 37-40). This dissertation shows that it is feasible to create a communications’ network among South African schools. It is believed that such a network can add great value to the education system in South Africa. The potential for this network to address the gap in the Digital Divide is enormous. This dissertation examines various ICT communications’ technologies and isolates wireless communications’ technology as best suited for this purpose, due to the speeds offered by the technology and the cost structure associated with it. A case study examines a pilot installation of the network and endeavours to prove the concept.

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Säll, Erik. "Implementation of Flash Analog-to-Digital Converters in Silicon-on-Insulator Technology." Licentiate thesis, Linköping University, Linköping University, Electronics System, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-5260.

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High speed analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) used in, e.g., read channel and ultra wideband (UWB) applications are often based on a flash topology. The read channel applications is the intended application of this work, where a part of the work covers the design of two different types of 6-bit flash ADCs. Another field of application is UWB receivers.

To optimize the performance of the whole system and derive the specifications for the sub-blocks of the system it is often desired to use a topdown design methodology. To facilitate the top-down design methodology the ADCs are modeled on behavioral level. The models are simulated in MATLAB®. The results are used to verify the functionality of the proposed circuit topologies and serve as a base to the circuit design phase.

The first flash ADC has a conventional topology. It has a resistor net connected to a number of latched comparators, but its thermometer-tobinary encoder is based on 2-to-1 multiplexers buffered with inverters. This gives a compact encoder with a regular structure and short critical path. The main disadvantage is the code dependent timing difference between the encoder outputs introduced by this topology. The ADC was simulated on schematic level in Cadence® using the foundry provided transistor models. The design obtained a maximum sampling frequency of 1 GHz, an effective resolution bandwidth of 390 MHz, and a power consumption of 170 mW.

The purpose of the second ADC is to demonstrate the concept of introducing dynamic element matching (DEM) into the reference net of a flash ADC. This design yields information about the performance improvements the DEM gives, and what the trade-offs are when introducing DEM. Behavioral level simulations indicate that the SFDR is improved by 11 dB when introducing DEM, but the settling time of the reference net with DEM will now limit the conversion speed of the converter. Further, the maximum input frequency is limited by the total resistance in the reference net, which gets increased in this topology. The total resistance is the total switch on-resistance plus the total resistance of the resistors. To increase the conversion speed and the maximum input frequency a new DEM topology is proposed in this work, which reduces the number of switches introduced into the reference net compared with earlier proposed DEM topologies. The transistor level simulations in Cadence® of the flash ADC with DEM indicates that the SFDR improves by 6 dB compared with when not using DEM, and is expected to improve more if more samples are used in the simulation. This was not possible in the current simulations due to the long simulation time. The improved SFDR is however traded for an increased chip area and a reduction of the maximum sampling frequency to 550 MHzfor this converter. The average power consumption is 92 mW.

A goal of this work is to evaluate a 130 nm partially depleted silicon-oninsulator (SOI) complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology with respect to analog circuit implementation. The converters are therefore implemented in this technology. When writing this the ADCs are still being manufactured. Since the technology evaluation will be based on the measurement results the final results of the evaluation are not included in this thesis. The conclusions regarding the SOI CMOS technology are therefore based on a literature study of published scientific papers in the SOI area, information extracted during the design phase of the ADCs, and from the transistor level circuit simulations. These inputs indicate that to fully utilize the potential performance advantages of the SOI CMOS technology the partially depleted SOI CMOS technology should be exchanged for a fully depleted SOI CMOS technology. The manufacturing difficulties regarding the control of the thin-film thickness must however first be solved before the exchange can be done.

Report code: LiU-Tek-Lic-2005:68.

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Säll, Erik. "Implementation of flash analog-to-digital converters in silicon-on-insulator technology /." Linköping : Linköpings universitet, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-5260.

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Angelone, Lauren. "Theorizing Subjectivity, Agency and Learning for Women in New Digital Spaces." The Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1306853494.

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Chang, Andrew Yok-Wah. "Design and Implementation of Energy Harvesting for Digital Badges and Signage." Thesis, University of California, Davis, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10681867.

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With improvements in power harvesting transducers' power density, and power reduction in communication transceiver systems, displays, sensors and energy-aware microprocessors, smart wireless network nodes are becoming ubiquitous throughout our daily life. Digital signage has gained popularity with the integration of smart wireless network nodes into the application space replacing traditional signage and badges. Primary battery sources traditionally supply energy for digital signage, however, that generates waste and maintenance costs that are counterproductive to using digital signage. Therefore, a digital signage prototype called the wireless display sensor node (WDSN) with a micro-power photovoltaic energy harvesting system was developed at UC Davis and is presented as an alternative in this work. The WDSN and node management system is comprised of an electrophoretic display, Wi-Fi radio, photovoltaic and vibration power transducers, internet connected management system, sensors and power harvesting power electronics. A holistic energy approach was used to drive the development of the proposed digital badge and signage. This approach encompasses the characterization of vibrational and photovoltaic energy sources, analyzing the energy requirement from typical digital signage and developing a power harvesting energy management system that will maximize the lifetime and allow for self sufficiency of the digital signage. To bridge the gap between the energy source and the required peripheral supplies, a multiple input and multiple outputs (MIMO) H-bridge DC to DC converter was designed to harvest and regulate photovoltaic energy, and deliver energy to the various continuously active, and charge-and-execute loads of the WDSN. The H-bridge DC to DC converter comprising of a single inductor, two input power FETs from both primary and secondary power sources, and five symmetric output power FETs to create the various supply rails, supply the regulated energy required for the radio, the display, the sensors and the microcontroller. For the charge-and-execute supplies, a constant current ramp charging was developed to transfer charge at the maximum power point current of the photovoltaic cell to the supply capacitors of the peripherals that support the charge-and-execute supply generation. The MIMO H-bridge DC to DC converter presented supports active regulation using pulse width modulation for high current loads, pulse frequency modulation for light current loads, and ramp charging for capacitive loads. The controller was designed using digital logic and the entire MIMO H-bridge DC to DC converter occupies an area of 0.36 mm2 to 1.63 mm2 depending on the power transistor size selection. The measured instantaneous peak power efficiency is 86% while driving a 63 ?A load with a transient energy efficiency delivered to the load is 81%. The prototype WDSN dissipates 933 mJ to complete a server data synchronization and display refresh. The WDSN update energy when supplied with vibrational and photovoltaic power harvesting is equivalent to 7.52 hours of casual continuous walking (34.44 ?W), 1,230 laboratory door toggles (open and close at 986 ?W) and 12 hours of continuous office lighting (7 am to 7 pm with a daily total of 958 mJ under an average of 538 Lux of CFL lighting).

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Almamari, Mohammed R. H. "The Role of Organisational Culture in Digital Government Implementation. Exploring the Relationship between Public Sector Organisational Culture and the Implementation of Digital Government in Oman." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/15709.

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Organisational culture plays an important role in the success of the adoption of technology and the development of the organisation; therefore, it is very important to understand how organisational culture impacts the process of implementing technology, either positively or negatively. The aim of this study is to explore the role of organisational culture in digital government implementation in Omani public sector organisations. This study used mixed methods as a research methodology. In the qualitative phase, semi-structured interviews were conducted with top and middle management and at operational levels in the Omani public sector organisations. In the quantitative phase, a survey was distributed to employees within the public sector organisations to build on the findings of the first stage and develop an understanding of the relationship between organisational culture and implementation of digital government in Oman. This study found that there is a relationship between organisational culture and digital government implementation. It was found that the type of organisational culture has some impact on the digital government implementation as it was found that the organisations with the clan culture type had low levels of implementation of digital government whereas, organisations with the hierarchy culture type had high levels of implementation. Moreover, the study found that middle managers in public sector organisations in Oman had a critical impact on the digital government implementation.

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謝正學 and Ching-hok Tse. "A digital-implementation technique for a new multitone code-division-multiple-access system." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31226784.

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Tse, Ching-hok. "A digital-implementation technique for a new multitone code-division-multiple-access system /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25100774.

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Roy, Vilasini. "New Homes and New Names: The African Migrant Novelin the Digital Age." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Engelska institutionen, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-131816.

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In this thesis, I attempt to explore the development of migrant literature in an era of digitalcommunication. The latest developments in communication technology have certainlydestabilized patterns of content creation and dissemination. While many use it uncritically,mostly as a means of information and keeping in contact, there are new avenues open forthose who wish to engage actively and create a space for new dialogue. And though theseonline platforms have not completely overturned hierarchies between literatures from theWest versus the global South, they have certainly altered both the content and form of workoriginating from African countries. By doing so, digital technology has boosted the creationof an African identity that moves away from victimhood by reimagining ideas of what itmeans to be and write from an African perspective where a multiplicity and hybridity ofvoices exist. I have chosen three “digital migrant novels” (Caren Irr’s term): ChimamandaNgozi Adichihe’s Americanah, NoViolet Bulawayo’s We Need New Names, and Open Cityby Teju Cole. I begin by situating these novels in a technologically sophisticated, mediaoriented space, where the geography of nations is challenged by overlapping spaces of digitalcommunication. My aim is threefold – to identify new patterns in migrant identity and to seehow they are affected by technology use; to see whether these patterns correspond to theemergence of an Afropolitan identity (and to understand what permutations this Afropolitanidentity can take on). And and finally, to analyse how digital media communication shapes amigrant’s relationship to homeland and language.

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Säll, Erik. "Implementation of Flash Analog-to-Digital Converters in Silicon-on-Insulator CMOS Technology." Doctoral thesis, Linköpings universitet, Elektroniksystem, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-8712.

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A 130 nm partially depleted silicon-on-insulator (SOI) complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology is evaluated with respect to analog circuit implementation. We perform the evaluation through implementation of three flash analog-to-digital converters (ADCs). Our study indicate that to fully utilize the potential performance advantages of the SOI CMOS technology the partially depleted SOI CMOS technology should be replaced by a fully depleted technology. The manufacturing difficulties regarding the control of the thin-film thickness must however first be solved. A strong motivator for using the SOI CMOS technology instead of bulk CMOS seems to be the smaller gate leakage power consumption. The targeted applications in mind for the ADCs are read channel and ultra wideband radio applications. These applications requires a resolution of at least four to six bits and a sampling frequency of above 1 GHz. Hence the flash ADC topology is chosen for the implementations. In this work we do also propose enhancements to the flash ADC converter. Further, this work also investigates introduction of dynamic element matching (DEM) into a flash ADC. A method to introduce DEM into the reference net of a flash ADC is proposed and evaluated. To optimize the performance of the whole system and derive the specifications for the sub-blocks of the system it is often desired to use a top-down design methodology. To facilitate the top-down design methodology the ADCs are modeled on behavioral level using MATLAB and SpectreHDL. The modeling results are used to verify the functionality of the proposed circuit topologies and serve as a base to the circuit design phase. The first flash ADC implementation has a conventional topology. It has a resistor net connected to a number of latched comparators and employs a ones-counter thermometer-to-binary decoder. This ADC serves as a reference for evaluating the other topologies. The measurements indicate a maximum sampling frequency of 470 MHz, an SNDR of 26.3 dB, and an SFDR of about 29 to 35 dB. The second ADC has a similar topology as the reference ADC, but its thermometer-to-binary decoder is based on 2-to-1 multiplexers buffered with inverters. This gives a compact decoder with a regular structure and a short critical path. The measurements show that it is more efficient in terms of power consumption than the ones-counter decoder and it has 40 % smaller chip area. Further, the SNDR and SFDR are similar as for the reference ADC, but its maximum sampling frequency is about 660 MHz. The third ADC demonstrates the introduction of DEM into the reference net of a flash ADC. Our proposed technique requires fewer switches in the reference net than other proposals. Our technique should thereby be able to operate at higher sampling and input frequencies than compared with the other proposals. This design yields information about the performance improvements the DEM gives, and what the trade-offs are when introducing DEM. Behavioral level simulations indicate that the SFDR is improved by 11 dB in average when introducing DEM. The transistor level simulations in Cadence and measurements of the ADC with DEM indicates that the SFDR improves by 6 dB and 1.5 dB, respectively, when applying DEM. The smaller improvement indicated by the measurements is believed to be due to a design flaw discovered during the measurements. A mask layer for the resistors of the reference net is missing, which affects their accuracy and degrades the ADC performance. The same reference net is used in the other ADCs, and therefore degrades their performance as well. Hence the measured performance is significantly lower than indicated by the transistor level simulations. Further, it is observed that the improved SFDR is traded for an increased chip area and a reduction of the maximum sampling frequency. The DEM circuitry impose a 30 % larger chip area.

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Säll, Erik. "Implementation of flash analog-to-digital converters in silicon-on-insulator CMOS technology /." Linköping : Department of Electrical Engineering, Linköping University, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-8712.

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Tillman, Clara. "Understanding the MicroScope Microarchitectural Replay Attack Through a New Implementation." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för informationsteknologi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-445448.

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Side-channel attacks, where information is extracted through analysis of the implementation of a computer system by a malicious adversary, constitute security vulnerabilities that may be hard to mitigate. They however suffer from noise originating from, for example, other processes or frequent cache evictions, which forces an attacker to repeat the attack a large number of times in order to obtain useful information. Some systems, like secure enclaves, already implement security mechanisms that make these kinds of attacks harder to execute. With MicroScope, a new framework structured as a kernel module, even these mechanisms can be evaded. Due to its novelty, documentation on how MicroScope is implemented and results obtained from MicroScopeassisted side-channel attacks are limited. The result presented in this thesis consists of a detailed, low level description of how the MicroScope framework functions in order to compromise a target machine, and how to execute a MicroScope-assisted side-channel replay attack. In conclusion, using the methods outlined in this thesis, it is possible to execute such an attack with the malicious intent of obtaining protected data.

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Weiss, Charles Tabor. "Use of Digital Technologies in Graphic Communication Education." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27734.

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This study investigated the use of digital technologies in secondary and post-secondary graphic communication education. Specifically it investigated: 1) the extent to which graphic communication educators utilized digital technologies in conjunction with instruction; 2) how selected factors affected graphic communication teachersâ implementation of digital technologies in their instruction; and, 3) how selected factors affected teacher and learner-centered instructional practices. The Levels of Technology Implementation (LoTi) and â Technology Use Surveyâ instruments were administered to secondary and post-secondary graphic communication educators via the Web to assess: 1) the frequency of use of 17 different digital technologies; 2) the nature and level of digital technology implementation; 3) current instructional practices; and 4) demographic characteristics. Graphic communication educators (n = 191) responding to the survey utilized a wide variety of digital technologies as part of their instruction. The data indicated that most students in graphic communication classes use computers, page layout software, and the Internet (for accessing digital content) â almost daily.â Most graphic communication students were creating and/or editing vector and raster graphics â several times a week.â Most graphic communication teachers reported student use of digital still cameras, digital instructional tutorials and the Internet (to solve technical problems) was limited to â several times a month,â while most students were creating digital multimedia projects only â several times each year.â Most respondents chose â neverâ to describe studentsâ use of: digital video cameras, digital drawing tablets, creating and/or editing Web pages with a WYSIWYG or HTML editors, digital spreadsheets, digital databases, and digital animations. Findings from this study further indicate graphic communication educators demonstrate high to extremely high skill levels using computers for personal use and implement digital technologies in ways that begin to shift the learning environment from teacher-centered to student-centered, but may not be effectively updating their curriculum to reflect current graphic communication industry workforce needs.
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Hall, Roz. "Practicing inclusivity with new media : young people, digital technology and democratic cultural participation." Thesis, Birmingham City University, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.367510.

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This thesis describes and explores the development of forms of cultural participation, using photography and digital imaging, with young people in informal contexts. The process has been one of action research, within which groups of young people have developed distinct forms of cultural participation with the researcher over a sustained period. Workshops have been conducted over a three year period with young people in the indoor markets at Birmingham's Bull Ring and with a group of young people based at a lesbian, gay and bisexual youth group. The later group directed the construction of, and made images for, a web site entitled Young, Queer and Safe? This work, along with pilot studies, has informed the development of the research and the focus of this thesis. As such this thesis seeks to represent the experiences of young people who have been overlooked in previous research in the field. Previous research in this field has focussed on the experiences of young people with privileged access to digital technology at home or through formal education. Such research has informed the prevalent vision of young people as engaged with, and by, new media and posits the idea that all young people are competent users of digital technology. This ignores the experiences of many young people. This thesis is not a critique of the ideology which clusters around young people, digital technology and education, but an attempt to undercut it through research with young people who have not necessarily had such access as would enable them to identify skills in digital technology informally. This research has shown that: 1 Young people's priorities in cultural participation should not be assumed. 2 Young people's different agendas are significant, and can be made explicit in spaces where traditional social, age, and cultural hierarchies are less pervasive. 3 The representation of different agendas through cultural production is significant to wider cultural understandings of young people's diverse contemporary experiences. 4 Different ways of making, as well as differences in focus for production, are significant to the pursuit of democratic cultural practice. 5 When outcomes are diverse and transient, as has been the case within this research, traditional forms of classification collapse, problematising the way we consider those outcomes. The research has developed an inclusive pedagogic practice which is significant to formal education, community arts practice, and, contemporary research methodologies.

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Magalhaes, Rodrigo Manuel. "The organizational implementation of information systems : towards a new theory." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1999. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/284/.

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This dissertation provides fundamental conceptual building blocks for a new theory of IS implementation. The main argument presented is for a new perspective to supplement and complement the main existing perspectives on IS implementation: the technological determinist perspective, the managerial imperative perspective, and the socio-technical interactionist perspective. in this the research seeks to overcomes identified shortcomings of these existing approaches to understanding IS implementation. The research methodology emphasizes multidisciplinary theory-building, based on the resource-based approach to strategy, using autopoiesis as the key organizational epistemology. The research explores the concept of organizational climate dimensions as the shapers of organizational contexts, and relates these to information systems research in implementation. The new perspective developed emphasizes managerial action and organizational contexts as a mid-level approach, bridging the gap between top-down, rationalist methods and bottom-up, emergent approaches. Based on this conceptual framework, the context for IS corporate governance is operationalized and presented as a causal model with five independent variables - IS Intent, Discipline, Trust, Support and Structural IS-related factors and one independent variable. IS-Organizational Learning. Data collection is carried out in large Portuguese companies by means of a postal questionnaire. The empirical data is supplemented by five short case studies. The key conclusions of the thesis are: (1) The duality managerial action - organizational contexts opens up whole new possibilities for research and practice of IS implementation. (2) The use of the notion of organizational contexts dimensions as a research tool allows the analysis to go deeper than the vague generalization about organizations found in most current literature. (3) The use of quantitative methods to investigate IS-related organizational contexts is not suitable, except for descriptive purposes; semi-structured interviews and in-depth case studies are recommended. (4) Two specific dimensions of IS-related contexts are suggested as topics for further investigation: IS Intent and IS structural factors.

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Taylor, Paul. "Responding to the shock of the new : trade, technology, and the changing production axis in film, television, and new media /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/6202.

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Markazi, Amir H. D. (Amir Hossein Davaie). "A new approach to the digital implementation of analog controllers and continuous-time reference models." Thesis, McGill University, 1994. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=28836.

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In this thesis, a new approach to the design of digital control systems is introduced. In particular, three new methods are presented, two for the digital redesign of a pre-designed analog control system, and one for the digital implementation of a pre-specified continuous-time reference model.
The proposed approach is based on the novel idea of relating digital and analog control systems through their plant-input transfer functions, i.e., the transfer function from the command input to the plant input.
The main advantages of the new approach are the guaranteed closed-loop stability for almost all sampling periods, and the recovery of the continuous-time performance when the sampling period approaches zero. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is illustrated by applying it to some famous example, borrowed form other references for the purpose of comparison.
The proposed approach is applicable to multi-input multi-output, unstable and non-minimum-phase plants, as long as a suitable analog controller exists. As far as the author of this thesis is aware, such generality is not available with other existing methods.
Since discrete-time models of continuous-time transfer functions play an important role in the proposed approach, a new characterization of these models is also present in this thesis.

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Rahman, Z. A. S. A., B. H. Jasim, Yasir Al-Yasir, Raed A. Abd-Alhameed, and B. N. Alhasnawi. "A New No Equilibrium Fractional Order Chaotic System, Dynamical Investigation, Synchronization and Its Digital Implementation." MDPI, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/18546.

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In this paper, a new fractional order chaotic system without equilibrium is proposed, analyti-cally and numerically investigated, and numerically and experimentally tested. The analytical and numerical investigation were used to describe the system dynamical behaviors including, the system equilibria, the chaotic attractors, the bifurcation diagrams and the Lyapunov expo-nents. Based on the obtained dynamical behaviors, the system can excite hidden chaotic attrac-tors since it has no equilibrium. Then, a synchronization mechanism based on the adaptive con-trol theory has been developed between two identical new systems (master and slave). The adaptive control laws are derived based on synchronization error dynamics of the state varia-bles for the master and slave. Consequently, the update laws of the slave parameters are ob-tained, where the slave parameters are assumed to be uncertain and estimate corresponding to the master parameters by the synchronization process. Furthermore, Arduino Due boards were used to implement the proposed system in order to demonstrate its practicality in real-world applications. The simulation experimental results are obtained by MATLAB and the Arduino Due boards respectively, where a good consistent between the simulation results and the ex-perimental results. indicating that the new fractional order chaotic system is capable of being employed in real-world applications.

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ROARK, DENIS DAREL. "FACTORS AFFECTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY IN HIGHER EDUCATION (COMMUNITY COLLEGES)." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/188011.

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Advances in computer and video technology, coupled with their decreasing cost, have placed considerable impetus for implementation of new technology in the educational environment. While many institutions of higher education are considering implementing systems of new educational technology, the actual process of implementing change is not well understood. The purpose of this study was to attempt to gain greater insight into the implementation process. The research questions guiding this study were: (1) What are the factors associated with the implementation of new educational technology at community colleges? (2) Who are the change agents associated with the implementaon of new educational technology at community colleges? The case study methodology was selected as the most appropriate technique for this study because: (1) research involving the implementation stage of the change process has been limited; (2) the change process does not have a single theoretical basis for conducting empirical testing; and (3) the complexity of the subject being investigated. Three community colleges in the southwestern United States, which have recently completed the implementation of an innovation, were selected for the case study research. The innovation under investigation at Vernon Regional Junior College was the implementation of a microcomputer system. The subject of investigation at Dona Ana Branch Community College was the implementation of equipment to support a word processing program. The implementation of an instructional television program was studied at New Mexico Junior College. Seven factors emerged as common to all three institutions as they implemented innovation. The seven common factors were: (1) the availability of funds outside the normal operating budget to finance implementation of innovation; (2) elimination of boundary contraction; (3) individuals affected by the innovation had input into the implementation process; (4) clear channels of communication existed among those involved in the implementation process; (5) the hierarchy involved in the approval process was limited; (6) the administration supported plans to implement the innovation; and (7) measures were taken to reduce resistance to the innovation. Change agents were found to be a necessary catalyst for change and can emerge from any level of governance.

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Arch, Nicholas Luke. "Using design maturity assessments to improve new technology implementation in active production environments." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/111484.

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Thesis: M.B.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, in conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT, 2017.
Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, in conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT, 2017.
Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-124).
Without the design, development, and implementation of new technologies, companies that are currently innovative will be quickly surpassed by their competitors. Company A, a large aerospace company with a long history of introducing new technologies, is aiming to improve its new technology implementation process to continue to be successful in a competitive industry. While generally successful when implementing new technologies, Company A frequently faces unexpected challenges during implementation. The ability to effectively implement technologies in production environments will increase the likelihood that the business case for a new technology will be realized. Company A is in the process of implementing an automated fabrication solution for Component 1 that could eliminate risks associated with ergonomics and potential production volume increases. The goal of this project was not only to create a plan to aid the implementation of the automated fabrication technology for Component 1, but to broadly research technology implementation to determine how industrial companies can turn implementation into a competitive advantage. While creating multiple plans to implement the automated fabrication technology, research was performed about risk management, available tools to aid the implementation process, and lessons learned from past implementations. A significant part of new technology implementation involves identifying, prioritizing, and mitigating risk associated with the technology and the production system. There are many general and company-specific tools that aim to aid this process, but most of these tools focus on the technology, not the production system. The theory of Operational Readiness was developed as a way to combine the advantages of numerous design maturity assessment tools. Operational Readiness involves confirming that the new technology satisfies its requirements, is manufacturable, and fits within the overall product system. Operational Readiness also ensures that the production system is ready to accept the new technology. By utilizing Operational Readiness, cross-functional design, development, and implementation teams will be forced to take a system-wide view of the new technology implementation. This rigorous assessment process will be challenging and time-consuming, but the results will generate significant benefits to companies that are willing and able to use the theory of Operational Readiness.
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Ashleigh, Douglas Anthony, and res cand@acu edu au. "A Study of Successful Implementation and Management of Educational Technology in Three New South Wales Primary Schools." Australian Catholic University. School of Educational Leadership, 2005. http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/digitaltheses/public/adt-acuvp71.25092005.

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The main purpose of this dissertation is to analyse why three New South Wales primary schools were successful in implementing and managing educational technology. Responding to this research focus four specific questions were considered: Why have these schools been successful in implementing and managing educational technology? What factors have helped and/or hindered the successful implementation and management of educational technology within the selected schools? What are the indicators of successful implementation of educational technology? What were the particular contributions of leadership to the successful implementation and management of educational technology within the selected schools? This qualitative research study is based on the assumption that valuable data are gathered by studying schools that have been successful with the implementation and management of technology. In particular, the study provided a description and analysis of the best practice in three New South Wales Primary schools that had successfully implemented and managed educational technology. An interactive and cyclical process of data analysis was employed with data collection, data analysis and theory development proceeding simultaneously. To reduce and display data gathered from in-depth interviews, document study and non- participant observation the qualitative data analysis program QSR NUD*IST was utilised. The development and validation of the study’s conceptual framework shaped the study leading to the formulation of the SupportIF Model of Implementation. This model posits that success with implementation and management of educational technology is closely related to the level of interdependence between the implementation factors. The study results also endorsed the prime importance of a supportive work environment in each of the studied schools and linked this environment to the level of success realised with the implementation and management of technology and the utilisation of educational technology to enhance the achievement of student learning outcomes. The study contends that the sustainability of a school based technology initiative rests with a school’s ability to dynamically balance the key implementation factors and to redesign in light of shared practice. Tantamount to this process is a supportive work environment in each school which is the critical variable that facilitates interdependence between leadership, resources, relationships and teaching and learning factors.

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Gerald, Matthew R. "DIRECT DIGITAL FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZER IMPLEMENTATION USING A HIGH SPEED ROM ALTERNATIVE IN IBM 0.13u TECHNOLOGY." Wright State University / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1154850215.

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Gu, Haohao, and He Zhang. "Implementation of CMMB System using Software Defined Radio (SDR) Platform." Thesis, Linköping University, Computer Engineering, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-57310.

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CMMB (China Multimedia Mobile Broadingcasting) is a wireless broadcastingchannel standard for low bandwidth, low cost hand-held digital TV is adopted byall continental Chinese government TV broadcasting companies and some HongKong private TV broadcasting companies. The business potential is high, yet thefuture is hard to predict because it might be replaced by GB200600 or DTMB. Thedigital modulation is based on OFDM with pilot supporting channel estimationand equalization and CP supporting multi-path induced ISI problems.This thesis investigates the implement a CMMB system using a SDR platform.Simulation chain was implemented using MATLAB with full data precision includingCMMB transmitter and receiver. The transmitter behavior model includes RSencoder, LDPC encoder, OFDM modulation, etc. The receiver behavior modelincludes OFDM demodulation, channel estimation, channel equalization, LDPCdecoder, RS decoder, etc. Different channel models emulating pathloss, whitenoise, multi-path, and glitch were modeled. Based on the simulation chain andchannel models, T-domain, F-domain channel estimator and equalizer were implemented,optimized. Optimized TD-FD models for different mobility scenarioswere proposed. The focus of the thesis is on 2D (FD-TD) channel estimation andequalization.

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Lara, Luisa Elena. "Communities and technologies new immigrant young Latinas in the new millennium /." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1155299037.

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Gerald, Shameka Nicole. "Measuring Principals' Technology Leadership and Principals' Behaviors: A Quantitative Study." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/97602.

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The purpose of this research study was to identify the current self-reported technology leadership behaviors of principals in one public-school division in Virginia. Additionally, this study identified the difference, if any, in the self-reported technology leadership behaviors of principals across principal and school demographics. For this study Technology leadership was defined as "leadership practices and behaviors that support effective teaching and learning with technology as characterized by the ISTE-EL standards" (Schoenbart, 2019, p. 9). This quantitative descriptive study examined the essential role of principals as leaders responsible for successfully implementing technology integration plans. The researcher collected data via the Education Leaders Technology Survey (ELTS), developed by Dr. Adam Schoenbart, which assessed the 2018 International Society for Technology Education ¬Standards for Education Leaders (Schoenbart, 2019). Overall, the researcher used technology leadership scores and demographic data to describe principal technology leadership behaviors related to the following research questions: (1) To what extent do principals report exhibiting technology leadership behaviors? (2) What are the differences in reported principal technology leadership behaviors, if any, across the following demographic factors? (2a) principal demographic groups of gender identity, age, years of experience. (2b) school demographic groups of school type, size, community technology access, and socioeconomic status. The findings of the study suggested that principals (n = 23) are somewhat exhibiting technology leadership behavior and there is no difference in technology leadership behavior across principal or school demographic groups. Based on the finding of this study several implications for practice and recommendations for future research developed.
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The 2020 COVID-19 pandemic has forced businesses, government organizations, churches and schools across the United States of America. In a matter of days, COVID-19 has dismantled traditional educational structures and school leaders at all levels have been forced into becoming technology leaders. Though schools are closed, the expectation of teaching and learning are still present and have transitioned to completely online environments. It is up to school leaders to guide school communities into virtual learning, but are principals prepared? This study examined the current technology leadership of principals in one public-school division in Virginia. Additionally, this study examined if a difference existed in principal reported technology leadership across principal and school demographic groups. Technology leadership can be summarized as practices that support effective teaching and learning with technology. Principal technology leadership scores were calculated based on responses to the online Education Leaders Technology Survey developed by Dr. Adam Schoenbart in 2019. The Education Leaders Technology Survey measured self-reported principal technology leadership based on the 2018 International Society for Technology in Education Standards for Education Leaders (Schoenbart, 2019). The results of this study indicated that principals report somewhat demonstrating technology leadership and report having a slightly higher opportunity to demonstrate technology leadership in their schools. Study findings also indicate that there are no differences in principal reported technology leadership across principal or school demographic groups. Based on the findings, several recommendations for principals, division leaders and principal preparation programs were made along with recommendations for future research on this topic.

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Yusuf, F. "Information and process modelling for IT implementation at the briefing stage." Thesis, University of Salford, 1997. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/14802/.

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During the early stages of a construction project, clients often have difficulties in identifying and communicating their actual requirements to designers or other project participants. This is mainly due to their difficulty in comprehending the vast amount of information involved. In order to effectively address this information during the briefing process, this study has modelled such information into structured data models using EXPRESS-G technique. These data models represent a framework for the presentation of the client's brief, with the aim of establishing a computerised tool to assist both clients and designers to carry out this process effectively. The process of developing the brief is then modelled using IDEFO technique. A two step process modelling has been undertaken. Firstly, in the form of an abstract representation of the briefing operations deduced from literature review, and secondly, within the context of the forthcoming prototype development. The latter considers two viewpoints; system architecture of the prototype and the information to be elicited from the user. The developed models establish the foundation for the development of a prototype which utilises an object oriented environment. The use of structured analysis techniques for the modelling process entails the relevant constructs of the developed models to be transformed into their equivalents in the object oriented environment. The implemented object oriented data models, then form the framework for the textual presentation of the client's brief. The resulting prototype is called AUTOBRIEF (AUTOmated BRIEF development). AUTOBRIEF is a prototype for the generation of the client's brief, which provides access to project information prior to the brief generation. The implementation of the prototype has been tested to reflect how effective it is in support of the briefing process, using IT as a tool. At the end of the study, conclusions are drawn and recommendations are made for future research.

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Lai, Yen-shin. "The development of new pulse-width modulation strategies and the implementation using a digital signal processor." Thesis, University of Bristol, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.295199.

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Thames, Fred. "A NEW GENERATION OF DATA RECORDERS BASED ON DLT TECHNOLOGY." International Foundation for Telemetering, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/607371.

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International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 26-29, 1998 / Town & Country Resort Hotel and Convention Center, San Diego, California
As the performance of inexpensive commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) data storage devices continues to increase, the temptation to use them as the basis for data capture products for military and industrial applications becomes ever more compelling. For example, the Digital Linear Tape (DLT) format now offers a 270 Gigabits per cassette capacity at a sustained transfer rate of 40 Mbits/s – performance which would have cost tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars per system just a few years ago. But to transplant such a device from its benign office habitat into a data capture product which will function reliably and consistently in a wide range of field and platform environments is an engineering task fully as difficult and complex as designing an environmentally robust recorder from scratch. This paper discusses the problems which typically have to be overcome; environmental protection, reliability, data integrity, power supplies, software issues, control and data interfacing, etc., citing practical examples of analog and digital DLT-based data recorders which are now entering service for telemetry, intelligence gathering, anti-submarine warfare and related applications

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Hufford, Kyle W. "The impact of technology and new media on a developing nation's education system a qualitative study of Haiti /." Muncie, Ind. : Ball State University, 2009. http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/403.

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Hundley, Meredith. "Connecting Communities: Factors Influencing Project Implementation Success in the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/86277.

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This dissertation explores factors that influenced key performance indicators for project implementation success in broadband infrastructure projects funded by the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP), part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). Key performance indicators for project implementation success were operationalized as finishing within the 36-month grant period (schedule), within the proposed budget (budget), and constructing the planned number of network miles (outputs). Drawing on research in policy implementation, public administration, nonprofit management, and project management, a framework was created to identify and categorize these factors as project-specific, organization-centric, physical environment, interorganizational, or legal environment (POPIL). A mixed methods approach investigated factor-indicator relationships using Ordinary Least Squares regression and other quantitative analyses of 67 BTOP-funded Comprehensive Community Infrastructure projects and a qualitative postmortem analysis of Citizens Telephone Cooperative's successful New River Valley Regional Open-Access Network (NRV-ROAN) project. Strong and significant regression equations were developed for the schedule adherence, output adherence, and overall project implementation success indicators. Deficient capacity of organizations to implement proposed projects was a significant and strong negative influence on each of these three indicators along with interorganizational relationship issue reports regarding the principal-agent relationship and relationships with other actors. The postmortem analysis included 17 participant interviews and further underscored the importance of sufficient organizational capacity and strong partnerships to enable organizations to overcome challenges they may encounter during implementation. In addition to testing the POPIL framework, this dissertation highlights the importance of alignment of goals and metrics across the legislative, programmatic, and project levels of implementation to ensure that programs and projects do not work at cross-purposes. For practitioners, the findings also emphasize that projects should be designed within an organization's capacity, and prospective partners should have the expertise and resources both to implement a project as proposed and respond to unexpected events.
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Sylvester, William R. "Theory, design and implementation of a digital receiver for the Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS) beacons." Thesis, This resource online, 1992. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08182009-040444/.

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Thesis (M.S.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1992.
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Corluka, Denis, and Ulrika Lindh. "Blockchain : A new technology that will transform the real estate market." Thesis, KTH, Fastigheter och byggande, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-211069.

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The overall market is in front of a new technological change, where blockchain is the most probable technology that will be implemented. There are several markets that need a technology that bring more efficiency, safety and transparency into the market, for instance the real estate market. The real estate market is highly important to the overall economy due to its size and devastating consequences if it collapses. A real estate crisis often affect and creates financial crises which in turn could lead to economic meltdowns both on a micro- but also on a macrolevel. There are inefficiencies within the real estate market that might cause the crises, such as problems with transparency and illiquidity, high transaction costs, personal biases and slow transaction processes. This master thesis examines the potential of an implementation of blockchain technology on the real estate market and how it might affect the inefficiencies within the market. Blockchain is a new and emerging information technology with several markets and areas suitable for an implementation. Earlier researches on the topic are generally focusing on the technology itself or its implication impacts in the financial sector. This master thesis aims to examine the implications to implement blockchain technology on the real estate market and how an implementation would impact the market. To be able to answer the research questions formulated in the thesis, an extensive literature study has been conducted, and additionally, semi-structured interviews as well as a questionnaire have been performed. The research is primarily contributing with an improved knowledge about blockchain technology and its potentials and challenges on the real estate market. One conclusion from the study is that the technology is most likely capable in changing the real estate market fundamentally, which is why the topic needs to be investigated deeper and to develop the technology further for a successful implementation.
Dagens marknad står inför en ny teknologisk förändring, där blockchain är den mest sannolika teknologin som kommer implementeras. Det finns flera marknader som behöver en teknik som tillför mer effektivitet, säkerhet och transparens till marknaden, en av dessa marknader är fastighetsmarknaden. Fastighetsmarknaden är mycket viktig för den totala ekonomin på grund av dess storlek och förödande konsekvenser om den kollapsar. En fastighetskris påverkar ofta och skapar i många fall finansiella kriser som i sin tur kan leda till svåra ekonomiska konsekvenser, både på en mikro- men även på en makronivå. Det finns ineffektivitet på fastighetsmarknaden som kan orsaka kriserna, till exempel problem med transparens, marknaden är inte likvid, höga transaktionskostnader, personliga "biases" och långsamma transaktionsprocesser. Detta examensarbete undersöker möjligheterna av en implementering av blockkedjeteknik på fastighetsmarknaden, de medförda utmaningarna och hur det kan påverka ineffektiviteten inom marknaden. Blockchain är en ny och framväxande informationsteknik med flera marknader och områden som är lämpliga för en implementering. Tidigare undersökningar om detta ämne fokuserar främst på själva tekniken eller dess konsekvenser i finanssektorn. Detta examensarbete syftar till att undersöka konsekvenserna för att implementera blockchain-teknik på fastighetsmarknaden och hur en implementering skulle påverka marknaden. För att kunna svara på de forskningsfrågor som formulerats i uppsatsen har en omfattande litteraturstudie, semi-strukturerade intervjuer samt en enkätundersökning genomförts. Forskningen bidrar främst till förbättrad kunskap om blockchain-teknik och dess potential och utmaningar på fastighetsmarknaden. En slutsats från studien är att tekniken sannolikt är kapabel att förändra fastighetsmarknaden fundamentalt. Ämnet måste dock undersökas djupare och tekniken måste vidareutvecklas för en framgångsrik implementering.

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Kamal, Ernawati Mustafa. "Absorptive capacity and implementation of new technology in Malaysian small and medium sized construction companies." Thesis, University of Reading, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.553076.

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The construction industry is a very important part of the Malaysian economy. The government's aim is to make the industry more productive, efficient and safe. Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are at the core of the Malaysian construction industry and account for about 90% of companies undertaking construction work. One of the main challenges faced by the Malaysian construction industry is its ability to absorb new knowledge and technology and to implement it in the construction phase. This research investigates how the Malaysian SME construction companies in rural areas can absorb and benefit from the new technology available and implement it on the projects. The research was conducted in three stages: (1) understanding the Malaysian construction industry through a literature review and discussions with the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB); (2) a literature review on the issues related to absorptive capacity and interviews with the CIDB to develop a model of absorptive capacity for rural construction SMEs; and (3) multiple case studies of five construction SMEs operating in rural areas to validate the model and the factors influencing absorptive capacity. Through the case studies, seven important characteristics and ten key factors influencing absorptive capacity were identified. These were: (1) cost and affordability; (2) availability and supply; (3) infrastructure; (4) Government's policy; (5) demand; (6) labour readiness; (7) communication and sources of new knowledge; (8) organisation's policy; (9) workforce attitude and motivation; and (10) culture. The model developed serve two functions: Firstly, to help rural construction SMEs to understand the issues and process related to absorptive capacity and implementation of new technology in order for them to use the technology. Secondly, to provide a mechanism for policy makers and the CIDB to transfer new technology to the rural contractors. This research contributes to the body of knowledge of absorptive capacity by highlighting issues related to absorptive capacity and implementation of new technology in the context of rural SMEs.

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Lundell, Sara, and Teodor Jakobsson. "Implementation av processautomation genom Robotic Process Automation - Verksamhetsnytta och etik." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för teknik och samhälle (TS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-20797.

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Detta examensarbete utforskar en implementation av digital automatisering i en entreprenörsverksamhet med hjälp av Robotic Process Autom ation utifrån ett holistiskt perspektiv. Utförandestrategin för arbetet har varit en aktionsforskning där författarna konfigurerat roboten under studien och intervjuat personer i verksamheten för att fånga intryck och känslor under implementationens gång. Resultatet av studien är ett kunskapsbidrag i form av nytt empiriskt material inom området, konceptvalidering och förslag på god praxis vid framtida implementationer. Studien har även resulterat i en för sitt syfte fullt fungerande prototyp.
This bachelor thesis examines an implementation of digital automation from a holistic perspective in an entrepreneurial business with Robotic Process Automation. The strategy for the thesis has been action research where the authors have configured the robot during the study and interviewed persons in the establishment to capture impressions and feelings during the implementation. The results of the study constitute a contribution of new empirical material within the area, proof of concept and suggestions for good practice in future implementations. The study has also resulted in a fully functional prototype fo r its purpose.

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Coates, S. P. "BIM implementation strategy framework for small architectural practices." Thesis, University of Salford, 2013. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/30239/.

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BIM (Building Information Modeling) is a new radically different emerging approach to design, construction and facilities management. BIM promises to better facilitate the building development, construction and building operation. In this thesis the domain of small architectural practices is considered and how BIM can be implemented to address the problems both of operational and product efficiency and effectiveness. Research has indicated that guidance on how small architectural practices should implement BIM is lacking (Jung et al 2010). This lack of guidance is one of the reasons why small architectural practices are disinclined to adopt BIM. There is a growing need for more knowledge on how BIM technology and processes can be and should be adopted and what happens when BIM technologies and processes are implemented and used in the practice of architecture. The aim of this thesis is to develop a BIM implementation strategy framework for small architectural practices. To identify of the problems and issues of BIM implementation in a small architectural practice, a two years of case study using action research was undertaken. This involved instigating, participating and observing the implementation of BIM within a small architectural practice. Both the internal and external benefits to the architectural practice were considered. The findings of this BIM implementation research were then recorded and reviewed providing a structured approach to BIM implementation. From this process of review and reflection a revised improved framework and suggested methods for BIM adoption was developed and documented. At each stage of the BIM implementation recommendations are made. The research was undertaken as part of a Knowledge Transfer Partnership between the University of Salford, John McCall Architects (a small architectural practice) and the researcher and author of this thesis. Though being actively involved in the BIM implementation it was possible to understand the issues and document the actions that were taken as part of the BIM adoption. The major limitation of this research is the focus on a single company as the source of evidence and research. This enhanced BIM implementation framework and the suggested working methods represents the primary contribution to knowledge made by this thesis. This framework should be of value to other small architectural practices embarking on BIM implementation.

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Dush, Lisa. "Digital Storytelling at an Educational Nonprofit: A Case Study and Genre-Informed Implementation Analysis." Amherst, Mass. : University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2009. http://scholarworks.umass.edu/open_access_dissertations/8/.

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Chan, Fung-lin, and 陳鳳蓮. "Digital Dunhuang: the use of new technology for off-site interpretation of a fragile heritage site." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B48344461.

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The group cave-temples in Dunguang, Gansu Province of north-western China offer an unparalleled display of grotto art of over a thousand years from the fourth century to the fourteenth century. They represent a microcosm of ancient and medieval civilizations, providing us with enormous opportunities of heritage experience and understanding. However, these grotto treasures are extremely fragile. Over the centuries they have been suffering from serious deterioration and damage due to human and natural causes, and in recent decades the ever-increasing visitor load has posed even greater threat to the murals. The emerging trend of using advanced technology in the preservation and the interpretation of the grotto art offers new possibilities of remote access and interpretation which shall enhance understanding and enjoyment of the cultural treasures. This dissertation sets out to examine such trend of digital interpretation of heritage in off-site scenarios. The research includes a background of the study, the significance of the Dunhuang Caves, the application of new technology, followed by a case study of re-presenting and interpreting one of the Dunhuang caves in Hong Kong.
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Dawood, Richard M. "New technology in radiological diagnosis : an investigation of diagnostic image quality in digital displays of radiographs." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.289055.

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Baldeon, Eizaguirre Maria Claudia, and Mirjami Haavisto. "Inertia among Early Stage Employees towards New Technology in an International Sales Organization." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Jönköping University, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-48583.

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According to previous studies, inertia towards new technology is broadly researched in established companies, specifically among senior employees. However, the existing literature leaves a research gap for inertia experienced among young employees, specifically in an organization that operates in the information technology industry. This study aims to investigate inertia among early stage employees towards new technology. The main purpose of this study is to answer the research question: How to overcome inertia of multinational early stage employees towards the new technology in their daily workflow in an international sales organization? To answer the research question, a qualitative research approach was chosen, and a single case study was conducted. The empirical data was gathered through semi-structured interviews. The scope of research is limited to the sales development representatives of Company A, who are based in EMEA. After the data collection, the analysis was carried out with a thematic coding approach. The findings showed that the managers are having tremendous responsibility when it comes to the adoption process of a new digital tool, and some of them are not showing interest towards the new technology. Hence, the lack of communication was concluded as the main cause of inertia among young employees. The authors created a framework for fighting against inertia (FAI). The use of FAI framework results in supporting the management team to overcome resistance towards new technology.

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