A software package based on recent knowledge on sound propagation models and on traffic noise emission has been developed for the optimal abatement solution for traffic noise. The software, called CEEPA, is integrated with a signal processing algorithm to provide…

This thesis studies al-Ghazali's theory of knowledge, particularly his concept of knowledge of God in his three later works: "The book of Knowledge" of the Ih&dotbelow;ya', al-Munqidh, and Iljam al-`Awamm. From his conception of knowledge of God the first book…

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The contemporary study in the philosophy of language concentrates extensively on a cluster of questions defining the problem of linguistic knowledge (Evans 1981, Davies 1989, Dummett 1991). What explains a speaker's language mastery? Is it knowledge that underwrites our linguistic…

Focusing on the A-text (1604) version of Marlowe's Doctor Faustus , this study further assesses biographical information on the poet and intellectual currents of the Counter Reformation, so as to investigate the play's relation to emergent trends of individualism in…

A method to determine the macroscopic parameters of absorbent materials from the knowledge of their cellular microstructure, either identified by computer microtomography or scaled by macro-micro geometrical model is discussed. All the relevant quantities have been computed on cellular systems.…

This thesis considers the design of receivers for multi-user communication systems based on asynchronous direct-sequence code-division multiple-access (DS-CDMA). Its primary aim is to improve current receiver designs which exhibit shortcomings in systems using long sequence spreading (where the spreading sequence…

This dissertation offers both a theoretical investigation into the relationships between narrative, knowledge and personhood and a literary critical analysis of a group of Samuel Beckett's works in which narrative, knowledge and personhood are the central themes., I present an…

A parallel recognizer algorithm for automatic speech recognition (ASR) was presented. This algorithm uses the principle of best-fit in an open competition for all phonemes in the Knowledge Base of Reference Phonemes (KBRP). The phonemes were concurrently matched in KBRP…

This inquiry involves two case studies that examine the beliefs of two selected ESL teachers in Zimbabwe teaching at the secondary school level. The study looks at the various nested contexts of the two case studies at the international, national,…