Guidance applications of a quasi-optimum control technique Final report

Quasi-optimal control technique for orbital injection guidanc

Using LibreOffice Base to Teach Relational Database Management

Choosing a relational database management system to support teaching database management is a frequent decision for IS instructors. However, scarce attention has been brought to LibreOffice Base. LibreOffice is a popular open-source software alternative to office management products such as Microsoft Office. This paper evaluates Base as an option to support teaching database management. Base was used to support teaching database management at McGill University during the winter 2021 semester. Overall, Base stood out as a practical choice for teaching database management concepts and SQL. It has low costs, high compatibility, easy installation, and is easy to use. Features allowing to easily share database files facilitated communications between the instructor and students and the management of material submitted to the instructor. Base, hence, appears well suited to teach database management concepts and standard SQL. However, it has lower market appeal than competitors such as Access and MySQL

Comparison between the divorce law of the British Commonwealth, U.S.A., and certain continental systems of law, with particular regard to the execution of foreign judgments

The purpose of this thesis is to-treat of the general principles and doctrines of the law on divorce which prevail in the Anglo- American common law units and in certain continental systems of law, the French, Austrian , German, Swiss and Italian., with particular regard to the fundamentals and applications of the rules as to conflict of laws governing this subject matter.In contrasting these laws and rules the diversity or similarity of the views on these problems in the different systems of laws will be set out:In Part I some important preliminary matters, such as sources of law,interpretation and characterization, further the doctrine of renvoi, the law on domicil and nationality as the principal tests of jurisdiction and of choice of law, and the law on hasband and wife will be discussed; the doctrine of renvoi and the law on domicil and nationality will be analysed,' more fully in respect of their important bearing on the topic of conflict of laws; the fuller treatment of the latter subject,namely law on domicil and nationality is the more necessary because domicil is the test of jurisdiction and of choice of law in the Anglo- American systems of law and nationality principally is used as such test in the Continental systems of law. The internal law on divorce of the countries concerned will be stated and the rules as to choice of law which relate to them will be attached thereto in Part II. 'An outline .of the rules governing procedure in causes of divorce will be given in art III where only the most striking features of these rules will be shown insofar as they contrast with those relating to ordinary proceedings in civil matters.Since international jurisdiction of the court rendering a, judgment of divorce is the most important requirement its recognition, the subject matter of recognition of foreign judgments of divorce will be discussed in connection. with that of jurisdiction in Bart IV. Finally, Bart V will cover enforcement .of foriegn orders and judgments concerning matters ancillary to divorce. In the following pages the word "domicil", written thus, is used in the Anglo-American sense of the term, whereas the word " domicile" will be used in the Continental connotation, as far as possible; for the distinction between these terms reference is made to page 62Further, the word "divorce" used without any qualification will mean divorce "a vinculo matrimonii" (from bond of matrimony)

Influence of Parents’ Involvement on Children’s Education: A Study of Tertiary Education in European Countries

This Master Thesis analyzes how beneficial parental involvement is for third level education of an individual. Effects derived from parental behavior are measured based on new data on a larger scale compared to previous research, and by exploiting so far unused involvement variables. For the measurement a logit regression is applied to European Value Study data, for a selection of thirteen countries across Europe. Through this approach with micro level data, evidence for different effects regarding magnitude and direction, in various countries and between the parents, has been found. It can be concluded that while involvement of the parents has a positive impact on the attainment of third level education, the effect varies between countries due to country specific differences

Adapting to IT Consumerization: A Self-concept Perspective

Individuals increasingly perform their work tasks using their personal IT, a trend referred to as IT consumerization. However, some users do not benefit from using their personal IT to carry out work tasks, experiencing loss of performance and degraded user experience. One reason that could explain a user’s loss of performance is a failure to adapt themself to using their personal IT in a work context. We address this issue by utilizing the IT self-concept lens, or the self-concept limited to the beliefs that an individual holds toward themself as an IT user. We also conceptualize the IT self-concept clarity (ITSCC) construct that we define as: The extent to which an individual’s beliefs toward themself as an IT user are defined with certainty and coherence. Based on this theoretical perspective, we propose a research model positing the direct effect of the IT self-concept on individual adaptation behaviors and the moderating role of ITSCC. We propose the design for a pilot study allowing us to validate the measurement of constructs within the research model and another study testing our research model. This study contributes by addressing issues related to the adaptation of individuals to the use of IT in a new context and by extending IT self-concept-based models by conceptualizing ITSCC and validating its measurement. This study would have implications for managers interested in segmenting employees when implementing IT consumerization-related policies