Dissertations / Theses: 'Car Wash'

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Loya, Coral Fiorella. "Servicio especializado de car wash." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/621960.

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RESUMEN EJECUTIVO Hoy en día nos encontramos en la evolución global de los negocios, el punto clave está en buscar la innovación de estos para lograr el éxito esperado. Por lo tanto, al iniciar un negocio se busca poder cubrir ciertas necesidades de nuestros clientes que otras empresas no hayan detectado o no se hayan adecuado a la evolución de las exigencias de estos mismos. Teniendo en cuenta todos estos detalles y a las tendencias del mercado se encontró la oportunidad de lanzarnos al mercado con un negocio que cumpla con estas demandas, tendencias y que a su vez sean viables y rentables para quienes las proponen. Las personas en su día a día sufren de estrés constante ya sea ocasionado por el trabajo o por el tránsito de la ciudad, por ello decidimos crear Team Car Wash. Team Car Wash es un centro de lavado de autos, que no solo se enfoca en brindarle al cliente un lavado de lujo de sus autos, si no que adicionalmente busca cubrir otras necesidades en base a áreas de entretenimiento como una Cafetería, Barbería y un salón de masajes ; todo adecuado para que nuestros clientes puedan desestresarse mientras esperan el lavado de sus autos. Team Car Wash estará ubicada en Av. Faucett N°330, distrito de San Miguel., teniendo en cuenta que nuestro mercado objetivo está dirigido a estratos A y B. En el estudio de mercado realizado pudimos notar que este tipo de empresas en el distrito de San Miguel tienen excelente acogida, se observa que el lavado de vehículo se hace con frecuencia semanal (60%), seguido de quincenal (35%) y mensual (5%); lo cual garantiza que es un rubro con demanda constante. Con lo cual nuestra empresa realizara diferentes actividades que hagan que la demanda de nuestro principal servicio (lavado de autos) tenga mayor demanda semanal. Consideramos que las maneras de satisfacer las necesidades presentes en este sector lo realizaremos implementando un car wash con excelente servicio, uso de productos con estándares de calidad e implementando servicios adicionales que optimicen el tiempo de espera de lavado mediante servicio de corte de cabello, masajes y cafetería. Finalmente, consideramos que nuestro proyecto es rentable y viable; ya que contamos con un VAN y TIR positivos que van a favor del normal funcionamiento de nuestra empresa e incentivo para posibles inversionistas en nuestro proyecto.

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Armas, Vicharra Vanessa, Elescano Alicia Luz Mucha, Carrasco Renzzo Jeamir Polanco, and Ventura Jessica María Vicos. "EcoSpray: Servicio ecológico de car wash vía delivery." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/625359.

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El presente proyecto se realizó con la finalidad de promover entre los usuarios, el uso correcto del agua en los centros de lavados de autos, los famosos car wash; debido a que actualmente en estos centros se usa de manera irracional. La idea del proyecto surge a raíz de la preocupación de unos de los integrantes del curso Desarrollo de Negocios 1, José Sipión quién es ambientalista; logrando así identificar un problema y una necesidad insatisfecha pero a la vez, proponiendo la solución al mismo que conlleva a una idea de negocio. Por este motivo, el proyecto tiene como principal objetivo cubrir la necesidad de la demanda del mercado (clientes), a través de una empresa que le brinde la seguridad y cuidado de su vehículo; cuidando su bienestar a través del cuidado del medio ambiente. Es así que nace EcoSpray car wash, empresa que busca cubrir una necesidad que se detectó mediante la investigación de mercado, en donde se realizó entrevistas de profundidad en la zona 6 de Lima Metropolitana, a personas que tengan vehículo, considerados millenials y que usen redes sociales. Como resultado de ello, se comprobó que no tienen tiempo tanto para dirigirse a un centro de lavados como esperar a que realicen el lavado de sus vehículos. El servicio que se plantea ofrecer, requiere del uso de un aplicativo móvil, la cual es sencilla y amigable para el cliente, por ella se solicitará el servicio de lavado de autos a domicilio, en el cual se deberá colocar los datos del cliente, la ubicación donde se encuentra el vehículo y método de pago. Frente a la competencia, son pocas las empresas peruanas que brinden igual o servicios similares al de la compañía, siendo nuestra ventaja competitiva: el tiempo de lavado de un vehículo (30 min. Aprox), dura menos que el tiempo promedio de la competencia. Los productos que se usan para el lavado son eco amigable y la disponibilidad de horarios de atención. La oficina de la empresa se ubicará en San Miguel, escogimos esta ubicación debido a que se ubica en una zona estratégica y es perteneciente a la zona 6 de Lima Metropolitana, por lo tanto se brindará atención tanto a proveedores, clientes e inversionistas. El proyecto se elaboró con un equipo de trabajo: Vanessa Armas, Alicia Mucha, Renzo Polanco y Jessica Vicos, quienes serán los mismos encargados de dirigir el buen funcionamiento de la empresa, debido a la experiencia del equipo, se ha divido la organización en cuatro áreas: Gerencia General y RRHH, Gerencia de Operaciones, Gerencia de Marketing y Gerencia de Contabilidad y Finanzas. En cuanto a la inversión del proyecto, se necesita un total de inversión S/ 42,210.00, con una estructura de financiamiento de 80% accionistas y 20% caja Piura. Así mismo, la inversión se recupera en un lapso menor a 2 años (1 año y 4 meses), luego de ello se percibirán las ganancias del proyecto. Es un mercado nuevo, existe un nicho de mercado bastante aceptable y la competencia es muy poca; por lo tanto existe buena expectativa por este proyecto. Finalmente de acuerdo al análisis de mercado, financiero, etc. realizado por los miembros del equipo, se considera que el proyecto “EcoSpray” es una muy buena alternativa de inversión.
The present project was carried out in order to promote among users, the correct use of water in car wash centers, the famous car wash; because at present these centers are used irrationally. The idea of the project arises from the concern of some of the members of the course Business Development 1, José Sipión who is environmentalist; achieving thus identify a problem and an unsatisfied need but at the same time, proposing the solution to it that leads to a business idea. For this reason, the main objective of the project is to cover the need for market demand (customers), through a company that provides the safety and care of your vehicle; taking care of their welfare through the care of the environment. This is how EcoSpray car wash was born, a company that seeks to cover a need that was detected through market research, where in-depth interviews were conducted in zone 6 of Metropolitan Lima, to people who have a vehicle, considered millennials and who use networks social. As a result, it was found that they do not have time to go to a washing center as much as to wait for them to wash their vehicles. The service that is proposed to offer, requires the use of a mobile application, which is simple and friendly for the customer, it will request the car wash service at home, in which you must place the client's data, the location where the vehicle is located and payment method. In contrast to the competition, there are few Peruvian companies that provide the same or similar services to the company, being our competitive advantage: the time of washing a vehicle (30 min.Approx), it lasts less than the average time of the competition. The products used for washing are eco-friendly and the availability of opening hours. The office of the company will be located in San Miguel, we chose this location because it is located in a strategic area and belongs to zone 6 of Metropolitan Lima, therefore it will provide attention to suppliers, customers and investors. The project was elaborated with a work team: Vanessa Armas, Alicia Mucha, Renzo Polanco and Jessica Vicos, who will be the same ones in charge of directing the good functioning of the company, due to the experience of the team, the organization has been divided into four areas: General Management and Human Resources, Operations Management, Marketing Management and Accounting and Finance Management. Regarding the investment of the project, a total investment of S / 42,210.00 is needed, with a financing structure of 80% shareholders and 20% of the Piura case. Likewise, the investment is recovered in less than 2 years (1 year and 4 months), after which the project's profits will be received. It is a new market, there is a fairly acceptable market niche and there is very little competition; therefore there is good expectation for this project. Finally according to the analysis of market, financial, etc. performed by team members, it is considered that the "EcoSpray" project is a very good investment alternative.
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Moreno, Ore Wagner, Llontop Denisse de Jesús Nolasco, Espinoza Carol Nataly Poma, and Pantoja Pamela Lizet Sanchez. "Car Wash Home: Servicio de lavado de vehículos a domicilio." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/641163.

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El servicio está enfocado a todas las personas que tienen un ritmo de vida acelerado y que no disponen de tanto tiempo, la idea se origina en ofrecer un servicio a domicilio, cómodo, efectivo y que permita optimizar el tiempo al cliente. El proyecto Car wash home, cuenta con una instalación ubicada en Jr. Templo Tardío #447 Urb. Mangomarca en el distrito de San Juan de Lurigancho, lugar estratégico ya que se encuentra dentro del mercado objetivo. El servicio que se brindará es el lavado de autos y/o camionetas a domicilio, el valor agregado del servicio es que utilizamos productos ecológicos. El proceso de solicitud de servicio se inicia con el pedido del cliente, el cual se puede realizar a través de la APP, WhatsApp, Redes sociales. La fuente de ingresos del negocio será el Servicio de lavados de vehículos, el proyecto brindará dos tipos de servicio, siendo Lavado Express y Lavado Full, ambos para autos y/o camionetas. La inversión a realizar será de S/70,863.34 de los cuales el 36.40% será financiado con recursos propios y el 63.50 % será financiado por una entidad bancaria. Para finalizar, consideramos que el proyecto es rentable y viable ya que el resultado del VAN es positivo en los diferentes escenarios.
The service is focused on all people who have an accelerated pace of life and who do not have so much time, the idea originates in offering a service at home, comfortable, effective and that optimizes the time to the customer. The Car wash home project has a facility located at Jr. Tardío Temple # 447 Urb. Mangomarca in the San Juan de Lurigancho district, a strategic place since it is located within the target market. The service that will be provided is the washing of cars and / or trucks at home, the added value of the service is that we use ecological products. The service request process begins with the customer's order, which can be done through the APP, WhatsApp, Social networks. The source of income of the business will be the Car Wash Service, the project will provide two types of service, being Express Wash and Full Wash, both for cars and / or vans. The investment to be made will be S / 55,340.00 of which 40% will be financed with own resources and 60% will be financed by a banking entity. Finally, we consider that the project is profitable and viable since the result of the NPV is positive in the different scenarios.
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Naidoo-Kurup, Malanie. "Investigating a positioning strategy for a car wash business in Port Elizabeth : a case study." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1020148.

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The aim of this study was to determine an appropriate positioning strategy for a car wash business in Port Elizabeth to promote its competitive advantage in the market place. To meet this aim the customers' perceptions of the business were examined. It has been widely acknowledged by researchers and development agencies that Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) and entrepreneurs play a crucial role in the economic development of a nation. This is particularly significant for a developing nation such as South Africa to address its critical challenges of unemployment and poverty which impact on social stability. Research reveals that the failure rate of SMMEs in South Africa is an alarming 75 percent. In this context, the need to explore innovative strategies to support and sustain the SMME sector has become increasingly important. A detailed survey of relevant literature revealed that the attributes of a firm that relate to the quality of service, pricing, attitudes of staff, image of the firm etc. can be considered as important variables which customers use to differentiate a business from its competitors. It is suggested that the success of a firm largely depends on its ability to position itself in a competitive environment by focusing on attributes which customers value the most in relation to similar businesses. This case study was approached from a positivist paradigm and data from 61 customers of the car wash were collected. The quantitative data were statistically analysed to examine the attributes of the business which the respondents of the survey perceived as offering the most value to them when compared to other car washes in the area. These attributes were then used to develop a positioning map for the business. The results showed that the attribute of the business which was most valued by the respondents was the manual washing of vehicles. A positioning strategy for the car wash based on this finding is suggested.

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Eyzaguirre, Quezada José Marcelo. "Desarrollo de un plan de negocios para un Car Wash movil en Santiago de Chile." Tesis, Universidad de Chile, 2017. http://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/144721.

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Según el Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas, a nivel nacional el parque vehicular ha crecido sobre el 7% anual durante los últimos 5 años, llegando a más de 4,5 millones de vehículos el 2014, de los que casi un 30% corresponden a la categoría de vehículos livianos existentes en la RM. Considerando estas cifras, es posible imaginar numerosos negocios asociados al cuidado y mantención de los vehículos particulares. El objetivo de la tesis, es desarrollar un plan de negocios para una CarWash o Lavado de Autos, que preste servicios móviles en la RM, especializándose en convenios con empresas, es decir, lograr acuerdos formales con empresas a fin de instalar puntos de atención en los estacionamientos de dichas empresas. Con esto, se aprovechará el tiempo que los trabajadores dejan sus vehículos estacionados, para lavárselos y entregarlos impecables al final del día, sin que hayan tenido que perder tiempo en ir a algún local de lavados o esperar a ser atendido para que le laven el vehículo. Dentro de la búsqueda de distintas alternativas de servicio, se encontró el sistema de lavado Dry CarWash , (lavado de autos sin agua). Aunque suene extraño, es posible gracias a polímeros y sustancias especiales, biodegradables, que repelen la suciedad, utilizando aproximadamente medio vaso de producto para lavar un vehículo, ahorrando de paso entre 150 a 400 litros de agua que se utilizan en el lavado tradicional. A través del la revisión de estudios internacionales de Asociaciones de CarWash (en EEUU y Centro América) y la realización de encuestas, es posible determinar el perfil, necesidades y hábitos de quienes requieren lavar sus vehículos. También se identifica la zona nororiente de Santiago, como el punto de partida para ofrecer el servicio y captar a los potenciales clientes. El plan de marketing se elabora con el foco de cumplir los objetivos del plan de negocios y dar sentido a la propuesta de valor, a fin lograr encantar a los potenciales clientes (empresas y sus trabajadores) con las bondades del servicio de CarWash. Por otro lado, se revisan los aspectos operacionales que permiten dar vida al negocio, desde la instalación de la oficina y aspectos administrativos, hasta protocolos de recepción y entrega de vehículos a los clientes. Respecto a al análisis financiero, resalta que más del 80% de los egresos corresponde a la cuenta de remuneraciones, lo que pone el acento las tareas de selección, capacitación y ambiente laboral, para evitar una alta rotación y llegar rápidamente a los niveles de productividad óptimos. En la evaluación económica, se considera una Inversión de 769 UF y un Capital de Trabajo de 335 UF, se obtienendo un Payback de 1,9 años, una TIR de 147% y un VAN de 2.562 UF con una Tasa de Descuento de 30% (dado el alto nivel de riesgo), mostrando con esto la viabilidad del Plan de Negocios. Finalmente, se recomienda implementar el Plan de Negocios y considerar los aspectos claves de éxito del plan, como un marketing de entrada potente, para promover la captación de nuevas cuentas, también la entrega de un servicio calidad y conveniente. Relacionado con esto último, es que se consideran alianzas con otros proveedores del rubro. Desde la perspectiva financiera, no es indispensable el asociarse con un inversionista que aporte capital, ya que el beneficio financiero de este préstamo no es significativo, no así si el inversionista aporta otros elementos como experiencia en negocios o Know How en el rubro del Car Wash.

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Monteza, Santacruz Anyela Lisbeth, and Medina Danny Kepler Pasapera. "Plan de negocios para la creación del servicio delivery car wash en la ciudad de Chiclayo." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo, 2014. http://tesis.usat.edu.pe/handle/usat/932.

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Este plan de negocios tuvo como formulación del problema lo siguiente ¿Es viable la instalación del servicio Delivery Cas Wash en Chiclayo?; se realizó dicha investigación con el fin de brindar a nuestros posibles clientes la comodidad de obtener un servicio a delivery para la limpieza de sus vehículos, con el valor agregado en cuando ahorro de tiempo, seguridad y status; tuvo como justificación el incremento del parque automotor de la ciudad de Chiclayo que actualmente goza de un alto dinamismo en la adquisición de vehículos nuevos y que no existen empresas las cuales brindan un servicio similar, pues solo existe car wash tradicionales y los lavadores informales, que coplan gran parte del mercado. Así mismo tuvo como objetivo general determinar la viabilidad para la instalación del servicio Delivery Car Wash; como metodología se utilizó el enfoque mixto: cuantitativo por ser descriptiva y experimental, y cualitativo porque se otorga mucho énfasis en el proceso de investigación. El parea y línea de investigación fue de gestión y dirección comercial; los métodos usados fueron: encuesta y entrevista. Por último se llegó a la conclusión que el proyecto es rentable, por los indicadores como el VAN de S/ 158, 295.27, representada con una TIR de 68% y concluyendo que por cada nuevo sol invertido se obtiene dos nuevos soles con ochenta y cuatro céntimos.
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Barlow, James Vincent. "Accumulation, transport and potential treatment of surface sediment on car parks with channel drains." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2015. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/10599.

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Urban pollutants have been identified as a significant source of environmental pollution, posing a risk to human health, the environment, and are toxic to flora and fauna. Highways are recognised as one of the key sources of pollution, from both vehicles, and surrounding infrastructure. A number of studies have investigated accumulation of sediment and the associated pollutants on highways, and the runoff generated as a result of rainfall. Car parks share many potential contributory sources of pollutants with highways, but there is a lack of studies regarding car parks, despite them being identified as a significant percentage of urban land use. A series of experiments were undertaken in order to develop an understanding of the characteristics of car park sediment. The physical and chemical characteristics of sediment were analysed at different stages throughout the drainage system. Firstly on the sediment accumulated on car park surfaces, followed by that mobilised and transported into a channel drain during simulated rainfall events. Finally, potential treatment of pollutants within sediment in a channel was quantified. The physical and chemical characteristics of car park sediment was shown to be similar during both the accumulation (build-up) and wash-off stages, suggesting that the accumulated sediment is generally mobilised and transported to the channel drain (wash-off). Furthermore, both the physical and chemical characteristics of the sediment were shown to be similar to those found on highways, thorough the build-up and wash-off phases. Finally, potential treatment of organic pollutants (PAH) by biodegradation was demonstrated, but not comprehensively proved.

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Гаврило, В. Я., Інна Олександрівна Трунова, Инна Александровна Трунова, and Inna Oleksandrivna Trunova. "Навантаження на довкілля під час роботи автомийок." Thesis, Сумський державний університет, 2015. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/40123.

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У сучасному житті, автомобіль вже давно не є розкішшю, скоріше це річ першої необхідності. Як наслідок, кількість автомобілів збільшується з кожним роком, а вимоги до технічного стану та зовнішнього вигляду постійно посилюються. Транспортний засіб, що бере участь у русі, повинен бути не тільки безпечним, але і чистим. Як підтримувати зовнішній вигляд вашого автомобіля в належному стані? У вирішенні цієї проблеми допомагає автомийка.

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Espino, Elio Roberto. "Trip generation study of gasoline stations with convenience market, quick service restaurant, and car wash in Miami-Dade county." FIU Digital Commons, 1999. https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3243.

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The objectives of the thesis are twofold: (a) validation of trip generation rates for land use 846 (LU-846) published in ITE's Trip Generation Manual, and (b) the generation of trip generation models for a newly introduced land use, the gasoline station with convenience market, quick service restaurant and car wash. Data was collected at five sites representative of the new land use and the number of trips produced by the sites were compared with estimates made using the ITE rates for LU-846. The ITE rates were found to underestimate trip generation by 50% to 400%. Additionally, Multiple regression was performed using average daily trips and trips generated during the PM peak of the adjacent street as dependent variables and gross floor area of the convenience store and number of driveways as the independent variables. The models that resulted from the regression analysis are as follows: PMTRIPS = 82.75 + 0.0537GFA + 7.23DRW, R2 of 0.84, and DTRIPS = 2135.7 + 0.239GFA +381.4 DRW, R2 of 0.70.

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Thorbjörnsson, Ludvig. "Utnyttjande av spillvärme och minskade behov av köpt el i biltvättar : En undersökning av Berners miljötvättar i Östersund och Sundsvall." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för ingenjörs- och kemivetenskaper (from 2013), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-84827.

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Berners är en stor aktör inom försäljning och service av bilar och transportfordon i Jämtland och Västernorrland. På sina anläggningar i Sundsvall och Östersund tillhandahåller Berners bland annat biltvättar och rekond och dessa verksamheter ger upphov till stora utsläpp av vatten och kemikalier. För att minska utsläppen har Berners installerat indunstarrening, som är en reningsteknik som bygger på att smutsigt tvättvatten förångas och farliga partiklar faller ur. Med den här tekniken elimineras nästan alla kemikalieutsläpp och ungefär 90 procent av tvättvattnet återanvänds. Indunstarrening kräver mycket energi i form av el som i dagsläget köps in. Reningstekniken ger även upphov till spillvärme i både luft och vatten som i dagsläget inte utnyttjas. Syftet med arbetet är att undersöka potentiella förbättringsåtgärder för Berners biltvättar, för att göra de befintliga och eventuella framtida anläggningar bättre. Detta genom att undersöka möjligheterna av att utnyttja spillvärme och minska behovet av köpt el, genom egenproduktion av el med solceller. Målet är att genom detta ta fram underlag för Berners när de ska besluta om eventuella förändringar av de befintliga tvättarna samt vid byggnation av nya anläggningar. Underlaget ska bestå av resultat för minskade energibehov, minskade utsläpp, minskade behov av köpt el och livstidsbesparingar för förbättringsåtgärderna. I arbetet undersöktes tre olika förbättringsåtgärder. Installation av FTX-ventilation för att värma ingående luft till en angränsande lokal med utgående luft från det rum där indunstaren är placerad, installation av en plattvärmeväxlare för att värma vätskan i en radiatorkrets med utgående destillat från indunstaren samt installation av solceller för att minska behovet av köpt el till indunstaren. Monokristallina-, polykristallina- och tunnfilmssolceller samt olika storlekar av installerad area undersöktes. Minskade energibehov beräknades för FTX och VVX, minskade behov av köpt el beräknades för solceller och minskade utsläpp av koldioxidekvivalenter samt livstidsbesparingar beräknades för alla tre förbättringsåtgärderna. Resultaten visar på att en kombination av att installera FTX, VVX och polykristallina solceller genererar de största livstidsbesparingarna och de största utsläppsminskningarna. Installation av en plattvärmeväxlare för att ta vara på spillvärme i destillat är den enskilt bästa åtgärden för att minska energibehovet. Berners kan vid installation av en eller flera av de olika förbättringsåtgärderna minska energibehoven och utsläppen från biltvättarna, minska behovet av köpt el samtidigt som de kan spara pengar.
Berners is a major player in the sale and service of cars and transport vehicles in Jämtland and Västernorrland. At its facilities in Sundsvall and Östersund, Berners provides, among other things, car washes and auto reconditioning and these operations give rise to large discharges of water and chemicals. To reduce emissions, Berners has installed evaporator treatment, which is a treatment technique based on the evaporation of dirty washing water and the fallout of dangerous particles. With this technology, almost all chemical emissions are eliminated and approximately 90 percent of the washing water is reused. Evaporator cleaning requires a lot of energy in the form of electricity that is currently purchased. The treatment technology also gives rise to waste heat in both air and water, which is currently not used. The purpose of the work is to investigate potential improvement measures for Berner's car washes, to make the existing and possible future facilities better. This is done by investigating the possibilities of utilizing waste heat and reducing the need for purchased electricity, through own production of electricity with solar cells. The goal is to thereby produce a basis for Berners when they are to decide on any changes to the existing washes and when building new facilities. The basis shall consist of results for reduced energy needs, reduced emissions, reduced need for purchased electricity and lifetime savings for the improvement measures. The work examined three different improvement measures. Installation of FTX- ventilation to heat the incoming air to an adjacent room with outgoing air from the room where the evaporator is located, installation of a plate heat exchanger to heat the liquid in a radiator circuit with outgoing distillate from the evaporator and installation of solar cells to reduce the need for bought electricity for the evaporator. Monocrystalline, polycrystalline and thin film solar cells as well as different sizes of installed area were investigated. Reduced energy needs were calculated for FTX and VVX, reduced needs for purchased electricity were calculated for solar cells and reduced emissions of carbon dioxide equivalents as well as lifetime savings were calculated for all three improvement measures. The results show that a combination of installing FTX, VVX and polycrystalline solar cells generates the largest lifetime savings, as well as the largest emission reductions. Installing a plate heat exchanger to take advantage of waste heat in distillates is the single best measure to reduce energy needs. When installing one or more of the various improvement measures, Berners can reduce the energy needs and emissions from the car washes and reduce the need for purchased electricity, while at the same time saving money.

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Šimko, Dávid. "Návrh marketingové komunikace pro společnost TKTD S.R.O." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-241082.

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The master thesis deals with the proposal of marketing communication for selected business activities of the company TKTD s.r.o., which are car wash, tire and car services. The thesis is divided into three main parts. The first part includes theoretical knowledge relevant to marketing and marketing communication. The second one focuses on the company situation analysis, company´s general and sector environment analysis. The last part includes concrete final proposals and procedures based on results of analyses, which should contribute and improve the company´s current situation on the local market.

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Mohauptová, Zuzana. "Zhodnocení rizik návrhů rozvoje podniku působícího na trhu s pohonnými hmotami." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Ústav soudního inženýrství, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-233140.

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This thesis deals with the evaluation of risks of business development proposals ZEVOS a.s. acting on the fuel market. The thesis is divided into three main parts, the first part describes the theoretical knowledge. In this section are shown and described methods of dealing with the internal and external surroundings of the company. In the second part, which deals with the analytical part, the methods used to assess the current situation in the market where the company operates. The third part provides a proposal for the development of business solutions and financial investment return.

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Mendes, Rayssa Pereira do Nascimento. "Petrobrás e o cenário de crise atual: a construção de um escândalo político midiático." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2018. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/21180.

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This research aims to investigate the relation between Petrobrás and the current political crisis in Brazil. As part of a strategic sector, the state company was the target of uncountable onslaughts in the beginning of Operation Car Wash, what has spotlighted it in front of public opinion, through certain media approaches. The theoretical framework setting this analysis is the propositions of John B. Thompson about the structuring of political scandals, having the reputation of Petrobrás as its core element under dispute. Firstly, we will describe a historical, economic and geopolitical overview of the state company, which demonstrates its importance and, accordingly, potential interests that it awakes in a global scenery whose actors guide their conflicts by the production and trade of petroleum. We will present elements that compose the context of Petrobrás, aiming to illustrate how such a political crisis was significantly viable thanks to the strategic position of the company. It has allowed the construction and legitimation of the Operation Car Wash in front of public opinion, which constitutes the national political crisis scenery of current years. The operation emerges in a very “convenient” moment: 2014, during the global crisis of petroleum. However, nor the international crisis of petroleum or any of those historical events were mentioned by the major media vehicles at that moment. Thus, the methodology of agenda setting and framing of these major media vehicles is fundamental to understand how the political crisis scenery – and the Operation Car Wash – were shaped by a discourse of crisis of Petrobrás. Finally, we will observe some actors involved in the construction of such scandal – and of the crisis, therefore – in order to understand how they articulate (currently and in the past) through the exercise of symbolic power, which is subjective by definition. Despite this subjectivity, these actors – judicial power and major media vehicles – act with a supposed neutrality and objectivity, expressively influencing the political and economic scenery. Such alliance aims to delegitimise the traditional political class, not contributing to a more consistent and effective articulation of the public debate, majorly affecting Petrobrás and Democracy itself at different levels
Esta pesquisa tem por objetivo investigar a relação entre a Petrobrás e a atual crise política no Brasil. Por se tratar de um setor estratégico, a estatal foi alvo de inúmeras ofensivas no início da Operação Lava Jato, o que contribuiu, a partir de determinadas abordagens midiáticas, para que a operação ganhasse destaque perante a opinião pública. Tal análise tem como referencial teórico as proposições de John B. Thompson no que diz respeito à estruturação dos escândalos políticos, tendo a reputação da Petrobrás como elemento central de disputa. Assim, primeiramente, procuraremos descrever um panorama do contexto histórico, econômico e geopolítico da estatal, que demonstra a sua importância e, por consequência, possíveis interesses que desperta,em um cenário global cujos atores têm seus conflitos pautados pela produção e comercialização do petróleo.Apresentaremos elementos que compõem o contexto da Petrobrás, procurando ilustrar como uma crise política de tal dimensão foi grandemente viabilizada pela posição estratégica da empresa, permitindo a construção e legitimação da Operação Lava Jato perante a opinião pública, que comporiam, ao longo dos últimos anos, um cenário de crise política nacional. Aoperação surge em um momento bastante “propício”: o ano de 2014 vivenciou uma crise do petróleo, em âmbito global. No entanto, nem a crise internacional do petróleo ou qualquer desses elementos históricos foram abordados naquele momento pelos jornais de grande circulação brasileiros. Assim, a utilização de aspectos metodológicos das teorias de agendamento e enquadramento para a análise discursiva, observando a atuação de alguns desses veículos midiáticos, é fundamental para um melhor entendimento de como o cenário de crise política – e a Operação Lava Jato – se emolduraram a partir de um discurso de crise da Petrobrás. Por fim, observaremos alguns dos atores envolvidos na construção desse escândalo – e da crise, por extensão-, procurando entender como se articularam e articulam a partir do exercício do poder simbólico, subjetivo por definição. Apesar dessa subjetividade, esses atores –Poder Judiciário e veículos de comunicação em massa - atuam com pretensa neutralidade e objetividade, influenciando grandemente o cenário político e econômico. Tal aliança visa a deslegitimação da classe política tradicional sem contribuir para que o debate público seja articulado de forma consistente e efetiva,de modo que, em diferentes escalas, seus prejuízos acabam por afetar, majoritariamente, a Petrobrás e a própria Democracia

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Levek, Petr. "Podnikatelský plán pro založení nového podniku." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-225244.

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This thesis is focused on the business plan for a new business called Softeko, which will deal with the operation of self-service car wash. Provided is not only a theoretical overview, but will mainly contain all the necessary analysis, proposals and timetables involved solutions, detailed financial plan and important information for real and viable business plan for the construction and operation of self-service car wash.

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Slabý, Adam. "Podnikatelský plán: samoobslužná automyčka." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-359945.

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The objective of this diploma thesis is to form a business plan for a self service car wash. It analyzes the necessary resources, tests the viability, and calculates the financial performance of the project. The thesis is divided into two main parts. The first part theoretical, mainly describes the structure, requirements and purpose of a business plan, especially tools for market analysis, financial planning or financing options available for the proposed project. The second part practical, is composed of an actual business plan drawn up for a self-service car wash in Karlovy Vary.

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Neves, Anne Alessandra Cardoso. "Estudo sobre resíduos sólidos em postos de combustíveis, funilarias e estabelecimentos de lavagem automotiva no município de São Carlos, visando indicadores de sustentabilidade." Universidade de São Paulo, 2010. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/18/18139/tde-26102010-101354/.

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A presente pesquisa teve como objetivo levantar dados básicos para posterior composição de indicadores de sustentabilidade, em postos de combustíveis, funilarias e estabelecimentos de lavagem automotiva no município de São Carlos, tendo em vista a busca de soluções para questões sociais, ambientais e econômicas que garantam sustentabilidade nesses tipos de empresas. Foram feitas visitas com entrevistas e aplicação de questionários em cada estabelecimento, coletados resíduos sólidos industriais em quatro estabelecimentos de cada tipo de empresa e em seguida caracterizados esses resíduos. Para a classificação de resíduos foram feitos ensaios de lixiviação e solubilização. Os produtos mais utilizados nas empresas estudadas foram classificados como classe I-perigosos. Apesar disso, os resíduos coletados foram classificados como não perigosos, classe II A - não inertes, possivelmente devido à dissolução dos produtos perigosos. Com base no tratamento dos dados obtidos determinaram-se alguns indicadores que, por vezes, mostraram-se mais eficientes quando analisados em conjunto com outros. Ao se confrontar Indicadores de Consumo com Indicadores de Produção, por exemplo, pôde-se prever a dimensão de lucros e prejuízos sociais, financeiros e, sobretudo ambientais do empreendimento. Constatou-se a partir da análise de indicadores estudados que nas empresas em questão, existe falta de investimentos em pesquisas e tecnologias que garantam desenvolvimento sustentável das mesmas. Existe também carência de investimentos em capacitação de funcionários que busque melhorias na qualidade, no meio ambiente, sociais e na segurança dos trabalhadores, e assegure assim o desempenho sustentável das empresas em foco.
The aim of this research was to raise basic data for composition of Sustainability Indicators in gas stations, car body repair and painting shops and car wash establishments in São Carlos city, in order to find solutions to social, environmental and economical issues. This would ensure sustainability in these businesses. Visits were made with interviews and questionnaires application in each establishment, industrial solid wastes were collected in four establishments of each type of enterprise and then these wastes were characterized. The wastes classification was made by chemical tests. Most products used in studied enterprises were classified as class l-hazardous products. Nevertheless, the collected wastes were classified as non-hazardous waste, class II A- non inert, possibly due to the dissolution of hazardous products. Some indicators have been developed from processing of obtained data. Sometimes indicators proved more efficient when examined together with others. When Consumption Indicators are worked with Output Indicators, for example, the dimension of profits and losses from social, financial and above all environmental area can be provided to the venture. Indicators showed investment in researches and technologies, as well as in training for improvements in quality, environment, social and workers safety would ensure sustainable development in the enterprises.

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Carrasco, Sirlopú Abraham Alejandro, Risco Raul Guillermo Pinto, Valverde Max Angello Lopez, Vega César André Ramos, and Herrera Grecia del Carmen Loayza. "Proyecto de negocio: Taller automotriz “SleepyCar”." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/654700.

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El proyecto Sleepy Car, es un taller automotriz que opera durante la noche y madrugada para ofrecer a los clientes sus autos en estado óptimo para su uso al día siguiente. De esta forma, los conductores no sufren la ausencia de su vehículo durante el día. Constantemente, la sociedad está en la búsqueda de mejores alternativas para poder ahorrar tiempo y disponer de este para incrementar su productividad, ingresos, usarlo como ocio, etc. Por ello, este proyecto se enfoca en personas que valoran significativamente su tiempo y están dispuestos a pagar por un servicio Premium que permita un ahorro de tiempo, calidad de atención, variedad de servicios a un precio ligeramente por encima del mercado. Sleepy Car representa un servicio que busca convertirse un aliado para las personas altamente dinámicas en el día, y de igual forma no deban de invertir su tiempo en el envío y recojo del carro al taller, puesto que nuestro servicio se encarga de ello. Adicionalmente, Sleepy Car brinda servicios clásicos (pintura, lavado, etc), lavado de salón y servicios especializados (detailing), de tal manera que cubre ambos flancos y ofrecer un servicio completo y para todas las necesidades. Finalmente, Sleepy Car tiene un gran reto en el aspecto de la confianza, ya que deberá construirla y fortalecerla con el tiempo, a través de buenas referencias y gratas experiencias.
The Sleepy Car project is an automotive workshop that operates during the night and early morning to offer customers their cars in optimal condition for use the next day. In this way, drivers do not suffer from the absence of their vehicle during the day. Society is constantly looking for better alternatives to save time and have it available to increase productivity, income, use it as leisure, etc. Therefore, this project focuses on people who significantly value their time and are willing to pay for a Premium service that allows time savings, quality of care, a variety of services at a price slightly above the market. Sleepy Car represents a service that seeks to become an ally for highly dynamic people in the day, and in the same way they should not invest their time in shipping and collecting the car to the workshop, since our service takes care of it. Additionally, Sleepy Car provides classic services (painting, washing, etc.), salon washing and specialized services (detailing), in such a way that it covers both sides and offers a complete service for all needs. Finally, Sleepy Car has a great challenge in the aspect of trust, since it must build and strengthen it over time, through good references and pleasant experiences.
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Queiroz, Rosana Nogueira Fernandes de. "Diagnóstico ambiental de águas residuárias de empreendimentos da lavagem de veículos em Mossoró/RN." Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido, 2014. http://bdtd.ufersa.edu.br:80/tede/handle/tede/420.

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It is estimated, that is being produced every month in the city of Mossoró, 6096.55 m3 of wastewater from vehicle washing possibly contaminated. In this context, this study aimed to conduct an environmental diagnosis of the wastewater of washing enterprises for vehicles in Mossoró, RN. It was divided into two phases: the first, was conducted the survey city is of the car wash , and identified 34 businesses under the consultancy SEBRAE, within this field sampling were selected, at random, 13 enterprises, applied a questionnaire directed to owners with questions pertaining to the productive process, the source and destination of the water used; in the second stage was held the physico-chemical characterization of wastewater from three of the 13 companies surveyed in the previous step. The parameters analyzed in characterization were: oils and grease, BOD, COD, OD, ST, TSS, turbidity, total Nitrogen, P-total, temperature, Turbidity and pH. The results demonstrate that the wastewater from washing vehicles feature high concentrations of organic matter, oils and greases, turbidity and solid, which are in disagreement with specific environmental legislation. The evaluation demonstrated that although companies performed a primary treatment Water Separators and Oil (SAO), the effluent are not fit to be released into water bodies; It was found that the legal adequacy of companies Lava Jato regarding the treatment of effluents occurs only structurally. The owners are not appropriate of methods and of control standards established by current legislation for effluent discharge
Estima-se, que está sendo produzida mensalmente na cidade em Mossoró, 6.096,55m3 de residuárias de lavagem de veículos, possivelmente contaminada. Neste contexto, este trabalho teve como objetivo geral realizar um diagnóstico ambiental das águas residuárias de empreendimentos de lavagem de veículos em Mossoró, RN. Para tanto, foi dividido em duas fases: na primeira, foi realizado o levantamento das empresas de lavagem de veículos da cidade, e identificou-se 34 empresas sob a consultoria SEBRAE, dentro deste campo amostral foram selecionados, aleatoriamente, 13 empreendimentos, empregou-se um questionário dirigido aos proprietários com perguntas referentes ao processo produtivo, a origem e o destino da água usada; na segunda etapa foi realizada a caracterização físico-química das águas residuárias de três das 13 empresas pesquisadas na etapa anterior. Os parâmetros analisados na caracterização foram: óleos e graxas, DBO, DQO, OD, ST, SST, turbidez, Nitrogênio total, P-total, Temperatura, Turbidez e pH. Os resultados demonstram que as águas residuárias de lavagem de veículos apresentam altas concentrações de matéria orgânica, óleos e graxas, turbidez e sólidos, que estão em discordância com a legislação ambiental específica. A avaliação demonstrou que embora as empresas realizem um tratamento primário com Separadores de Água e Óleo (SAO), os efluentes não estão aptos para serem lançados em corpos hídricos; Constatou-se que a adequação legal das empresas Lava Jato quanto ao tratamento dos efluentes gerados ocorre apenas estruturalmente. Os proprietários não estão apropriados de métodos de controles dos padrões estabelecidos na legislação vigente para lançamento de efluentes

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Carrasco, Sirlopú Abraham Alejandro, Herrera Grecia del Carmen Loyaza, Risco Raul Guillermo Pinto, Valverde Max Angello Lopez, and Vega César André Ramos. "Proyecto de negocio: Taller automotriz “SleepyCar”." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/654700.

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El proyecto Sleepy Car, es un taller automotriz que opera durante la noche y madrugada para ofrecer a los clientes sus autos en estado óptimo para su uso al día siguiente. De esta forma, los conductores no sufren la ausencia de su vehículo durante el día. Constantemente, la sociedad está en la búsqueda de mejores alternativas para poder ahorrar tiempo y disponer de este para incrementar su productividad, ingresos, usarlo como ocio, etc. Por ello, este proyecto se enfoca en personas que valoran significativamente su tiempo y están dispuestos a pagar por un servicio Premium que permita un ahorro de tiempo, calidad de atención, variedad de servicios a un precio ligeramente por encima del mercado. Sleepy Car representa un servicio que busca convertirse un aliado para las personas altamente dinámicas en el día, y de igual forma no deban de invertir su tiempo en el envío y recojo del carro al taller, puesto que nuestro servicio se encarga de ello. Adicionalmente, Sleepy Car brinda servicios clásicos (pintura, lavado, etc), lavado de salón y servicios especializados (detailing), de tal manera que cubre ambos flancos y ofrecer un servicio completo y para todas las necesidades. Finalmente, Sleepy Car tiene un gran reto en el aspecto de la confianza, ya que deberá construirla y fortalecerla con el tiempo, a través de buenas referencias y gratas experiencias.
The Sleepy Car project is an automotive workshop that operates during the night and early morning to offer customers their cars in optimal condition for use the next day. In this way, drivers do not suffer from the absence of their vehicle during the day. Society is constantly looking for better alternatives to save time and have it available to increase productivity, income, use it as leisure, etc. Therefore, this project focuses on people who significantly value their time and are willing to pay for a Premium service that allows time savings, quality of care, a variety of services at a price slightly above the market. Sleepy Car represents a service that seeks to become an ally for highly dynamic people in the day, and in the same way they should not invest their time in shipping and collecting the car to the workshop, since our service takes care of it. Additionally, Sleepy Car provides classic services (painting, washing, etc.), salon washing and specialized services (detailing), in such a way that it covers both sides and offers a complete service for all needs. Finally, Sleepy Car has a great challenge in the aspect of trust, since it must build and strengthen it over time, through good references and pleasant experiences.
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Putman, John C. "The emergence of a new west : the politics of class and gender in Seattle, Washington, 1880-1917 /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p9975038.

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Melton, Lisa Kalhar. "Herman Preusse, Spokane's first architect : his commercial and public buildings /." view abstract or download file of text, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p1405196.

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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Oregon, 2001.
Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 121-129). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to UO users.

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Walsh, Carl. "Deep ultra-hot Archaean mantle dynamics; highly depleted residues as cradles for mantle diamond." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2022. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/235717/1/Carl%2BWalsh%2BThesis.pdf.

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This project investigated the origin of ancient continents (more than 2.5 billion years old) that are often thought to form by shallow melting in the Earth’s mantle. Here, modelling and analysis of rock chemistry show deep melting is much more likely to produce the rocks and minerals observed, including minerals trapped in diamonds. A new formation model for ancient continents is presented that can explain the hottest lavas to ever erupt on Earth, and the association of diamonds with very chemically depleted rocks.

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Zimmermann, Valmir Elemar. "Desenvolvimento de tecnologia alternativa para tratamento de efluentes visando a reutilização da água de postos de lavagem de veículos." Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Parana, 2008. http://tede.unioeste.br:8080/tede/handle/tede/1872.

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The increasing concern with the environment and specially with the use of the water resources resulted in the increasing valorization of the drinking water as well of consumption. Innumerable are the activities that use this resource, one of them, the Car Wash Station (CWS), object of this research. In Brazil, about 32,700 CWS approximately consume 3.7 millions of cubical meters of water per month that transform it in wastewater. In this context, this work had, as general objective, the development of alternative technology for wastewater treatment aiming the recovery of the water from car wash station. For so much, the methodology had as base seven main aspects: 1) diagnosis of the current situation around the activity of CWS; 2) characterization of the crude wastewater generated by CWS; 3) mathematical modeling to identify the critical factors of project; 4) development of the prototype; 5) researches of patents to verify the innovation; 6) elaboration of the process for patent request and 7) specifications of the criteria for development of installation and operation manuals of the wastewater treatment system. In the case of Toledo/PR city, from the 47,155 registered self-driven vehicles (of the whichonly 27% pass for CWS), with a medium consumption of 2682,5 m3 water per month, it was verified a generation of 2.921,14 m3 wastewater per month with highly variable characteristic, having only 97% of the CWS some treatment system. The inefficiency of the conventional systems was verified and the analysis resulted in the proposition/development of two technologies (patent request number MU8701195-6 23/07/2007 and number MU8701196-4 23/07/2007) having, among their characteristics, the low cost,installation/operation/maintenance easiness, need of little space, efficiency and versatile in application form. In this way, this work should intended to contribute with the minimization of the environmental problem around the activity of CWS
A crescente preocupação com o meio ambiente e, em especial com o uso dos recursos hídricos resultou na valorização crescente da água potável como bem de consumo. Inúmeras são as atividades que utilizam este recurso, uma delas, os Postos de Lavagem de Veículos (PLV s), objeto da pesquisa. No Brasil, cerca de 32.700 postos de lavagem transformam aproximadamente 3,7 milhões de metros cúbicos de água/mês em efluente. Neste contexto, este trabalho teve como objetivo geral o desenvolvimento de tecnologia alternativa para tratamento de efluentes visando a reutilização da água de postos de lavagem de veículos. Para tanto, a metodologia teve como base sete aspectos principais: 1) Diagnóstico da situação atual em torno da atividade dos PLV s; 2) Caracterização do efluente bruto gerado pelos PLV s; 3) Modelagem matemática para identificar os fatores críticos de projeto; 4) Desenvolvimento do protótipo; 5) Pesquisa em banco de patentes para verificar a inovação; 6) Elaboração do processo para pedido de patente e 7) Especificações dos critérios para desenvolvimento de manuais de instalação e operação do sistema de tratamento de efluentes de PLV s. Para o caso da cidade de Toledo-PR constatou-se a existência de 47.155 veículos automotores cadastrados (dos quais apenas 27% passam pelos PLVs), com um consumo médio de 2682,5 m3 de água/mês, geração de 2.921,14 m3 de efluente/mês com característica altamente variável, tendo apenas 97% dos postos algum sistema de tratamento. Constatou-se a ineficiência dos sistemas convencionais cuja análise resultou na proposição/desenvolvimento de duas tecnologias (pedido de patente N° MU8701195-6 de 23.07.2007 e Nº MU8701196-4 de 23.07.2007) tendo entre suas características o baixo custo, facilidade de instalação/operação/manutenção, necessidade de pouco espaço físico, eficiente e versátil na sua forma de aplicação. Desta forma, este trabalho deve contribuir com a minimização da problemática ambiental em torno da atividade dos PLV s.

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Thompson, Gillian Ann. "A randomised control trial of tea tree oil 5% body wash versus standard care body wash to prevent colonisation with meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in critically ill adults." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.580124.

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Background To determine effectiveness of 5% tea tree oil (TTO) body wash in preventing colonisation with methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in critically ill adults. A systematic review of the literature found that tea tree oil was effective in killing MRSA in the laboratory setting, and it was a promising intervention to treating MRSA colonisation in the clinical setting. However, there was no evidence of its effectiveness in preventing MRSA colonization. Methods To investigate this further, a prospective, randomized controlled trial was undertaken in a large intensive care unit in the United Kingdom (UK). Patients were assigned to one of two groups, to be washed daily with one of the following interventions: 5% TTO body wash or standard care body wash for the duration of their stay in Intensive Care. Nasal and groin swabs were taken on admission and discharge from the unit and the primary outcome measure was new MRSA colonization. Results There were 391 patients that completed the trail. The trial was terminated early due to low accrual and therefore the study was underpowered to detect a statistical difference. The results showed a 2.5% difference in colonization rates in favour of TTC but the difference was not statistically significant (95% Cl -8.95 to 3.94, p=O.50) nor clinically significant. Although TTO cannot be recommended for preventing MRSA colonization, this study adds to the body of nursing research in many ways. First, it is a useful pilot study that provides important insights for further research in this area. Second, it highlights that tea tree oil is safe to use and well tolerated.

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Wilson, Erin Elizabeth. "Ecological Effects of an Invasive Social Wasp on Hawaiian Arthropod Communities." Diss., [La Jolla] : University of California, San Diego, 2009. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3369144.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2009.
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HIGHFILL, TINA C. "PATIENT OUTCOMES AND MANAGED CARE: WHAT WAS THE IMPACT OF THE STATE REGULATORY BACKLASH?" VCU Scholars Compass, 2017. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/4854.

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Hundreds of state regulations were passed during the “managed care backlash” of the late 1990s and early 2000s. Many of these anti-managed care regulations eased or eliminated constraints on patient utilization of health care services imposed by managed care organizations. Other regulations gave managed care providers more flexibility in the way they practiced care or helped patients appeal denials of claims. Despite the effort undertaken to pass these regulations, limited research exists on whether the regulations achieved their goal. To fill this gap, this study takes advantage of the variety of regulations enacted during the managed care backlash of the late 1990s and early 2000s to investigate their impact on patient-reported quality of care and mortality for managed care enrollees. The results indicate the regulations did improve patient-reported outcomes, but to varying degrees and only in the latter period of the backlash. Specifically, managed care enrollees who lived in states that adopted moderate-intensity regulations between 2000 and 2004 reported relatively better improvements in access to care and confidence in their provider than did managed care enrollees in states with low-intensity backlash regulations. The positive effect on access to care was similar in states that adopted high-intensity regulations. However, no positive effect was found for any outcome in the first period (1996-2000). These results show that states with the most intense regulatory backlash did not realize better patient-reported outcomes. Instead, states that pursued moderate-intensity backlash regulations experienced relatively better outcomes for their managed care enrollees.

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Mikaelsdotter, Carolina. "Barriers affecting women’s decision to seek care during pregnancy, childbirth and postnatal period in rural Kenya." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för folkhälso- och vårdvetenskap, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-387655.

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Background: Antenatal care (ANC), facility delivery and postnatal care (PNC), are proven to reduce maternal and child mortality and morbidity in high burden settings. However, few rural pregnant women use these services sufficiently and it is essential to identify the barriers. Aim: The aim of this study was to examine barriers, with a focus on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), affecting women’s decision to seek care during pregnancy, childbirth and postnatal period in rural Kenya, and to examine if the Afya intervention helped overcome barriers. Methods: A qualitative study was conducted in the Siaya County, Kenya. 25 mothers were selected by using purposive sampling for in-depth interviews and focus group discussions. Assessment of WASH facilities was conducted at 5 healthcare facilities. Data were analysed by content analysis method. The “three delay model” informed the analytic process and discussion. Results: Women delayed seeking or did not attend ANC and PNC or gave birth at home, due to lack of knowledge of benefits of maternal health services and on complications; traditional and religious beliefs; embarrassed over pregnancy; busy with other life activities or of fear of HIV status and hospitals. Gender norms, distance and transport costs were the contributing factor for delaying in reaching the hospital. Unprofessional and inadequate number of staff, lack of equipment and supplies, and the water, sanitation and hygiene quality were factors delaying receiving quality care. The assessment showed on inadequate WASH facilities. Conclusion: Use of antenatal care, delivery and postnatal care in rural western Kenya is influenced by several barriers. The findings suggest a need to increase the knowledge about ANC and PNC, and to lower barriers preventing women from reaching the healthcare facility. There is also a need to improve the WASH facilities and the healthcare personnel’s treatment.

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Deuring, Dagmar. ""... was dazu gehört, ein Mensch zu sein" Wiederholung und Zeugenschaft ; zu einem Theater-Denken "nach Auschwitz"." München epodium-Verl, 2006. http://www.epodium.de/pub.html.

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Rudloff, Lynnora Holleman. "The West that ever was : the argument with cultural gender expectations in Larry McMurtry's Old West novels /." Digital version accessible at:, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.

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Arnstigen, Sara, and Christer Axelsson. "Vårdpersonals syn på hygieniska preoperativa förberedelser : En kvalitativ intervjustudie." Thesis, Mid Sweden University, Department of Health Sciences, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-477.

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Abstrakt

Bakgrund: Länge har man varit medveten om vikten av god hygien och dess inverkan på

smittspridning. Det mest effektiva sättet att minska postoperativa sårinfektioner (SSI) är att arbeta

förebyggande och att ha en god hygien. Frekvensen av SSI ökar, och som en del av den förebyggande

vården ingår den preoperativa förberedelsen. Att inte ha kunskap och stöd till att utföra en sådan

åtgärd korrekt är en stor brist och kan leda till att patienter drabbas av SSI och därmed ett ökat

postoperativt lidande.

Syfte: Studiens syfte var att beskriva vårdpersonalens syn på betydelsen av hygienisk preoperativ

förberedelse hos ortopedpatienter.

Metod: Studien genomfördes på ett länssjukhus i mellersta norrland under våren 2008, där alla

ortopedavdelningar på sjukhuset deltog. En kvalitativ intervjumetod användes med manifest

innehållsanalys av materialet.

Resultat: All personal som ingått i studien anser att den hygieniska preoperativa förberedelsen är av

stor vikt. Trots faktorer som stress, personalbrist och hög arbetsbelastning kände personalen att de

ville vara noggrann i sitt arbete och göra det bästa för patienten, även genomföra en bra förberedelse

innan operation. Den största orsaken till att de frångick de skrivna rutinerna var att patienterna hade

ont, samt vid akuta situationer då det var svårt att planera sitt arbete.

Diskussion: Trots att personalen visste om förberedelsens betydelse för frekvensen av SSI och att de

tyckte att riktlinjerna inte förändrats på många år, valde de medvetet att vissa gånger frångå de rutiner

som finns och de tog inget eget ansvar för att hålla sig uppdaterad kring ny forskning.

Abstract

Background: Long has one been aware about the importance of good hygiene and its effect on

infection control. The most effective way to decrease surgical site infections (SSI) is to work

preventive and to have a good hygiene. The frequency of SSI increases and as a part of the preventive

care the hygienic preoperative preparation is included. To not have knowledge and aids to carrying out

such a measure correct is a big deficiency and can lead to patients being hit of SSI and with that

increased postoperative suffering

Aim: The study's aim was to describe the care personnel's view on the importance of hygiene

preoperative preparation at orthopaedic patients.

Method: The study was implemented on a county hospital in the north central part of Sweden during

the spring of 2008, where all orthopaedic departments on the hospital participated. A qualitative

interview method was used with a manifest content analysis of the material.

Results: All personnel as been included in the study were unanimous that hygienic preoperative

preparation was of big importance. Despite factors like stress, lack of personnel and high workload,

they wanted to be accurate in their work and do what’s best for the patient. That also implemented a

good preparation before operation. The major reason to not follow the guidelines where that the

patients was in acute pain, and in emergency situations when it were impossible to plan its work.

Discussion: Despite the knowledge about the importance of preparation for the frequency of SSI and

they thought that the guideline not been changed on many years, they sometimes deliberately chose

not to follow the guideline. The nurses took no responsibility in order to keep updated around new

research.

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Christensen, Kirsten Marie. "In the beguine was the word : mysticism and Catholic Reformation in the devotional literature of Maria van Hout ([dagger]1547) /." Digital version accessible at:, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.

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Panhofer, Johannes. "Hören, was der Geist den Gemeinden sagt : Gemeindeleitung durch Nichtpriester als Anstoß zur Gemeindeentwicklung ; eine empirisch-theologische Studie zu can. 517 2 /." Würzburg : Echter, 2003. http://www.gbv.de/dms/spk/sbb/recht/toc/365365076.pdf.

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Schneider, Adam William. "Who was eating fish at kish? a theoretical framework for using stable isotope analysis to explore processes of political economy in early dynastic Mesopotamia /." Diss., [La Jolla] : University of California, San Diego, 2010. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/fullcit?p1477931.

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Thesis (M.A.)--University of California, San Diego, 2010.
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Harris, Kayla Michelle. ""Care and authenticity is something that I was seeking": Mentoring experiences of African American undergraduate students studying agriculture at an 1862 Land Grant Institution." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/90798.

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Studies show that mentoring has a significant impact on the educational successes of minority students and the development of their personal and professional identity within their particular field of study. Within these mentoring relationships an environment is created to where students feel comfortable to discuss their various personal concerns that impact their matriculation through their undergraduate experience in a variety of ways. The purpose of this study is to document the experiences of undergraduate African American students majoring in agriculture while enrolled at a predominately white land grant institutions and explore opportunities for using mentoring as a tool and factor in assisting these students in persisting towards their undergraduate degree at Virginia Tech. The foundation of the study was based on Bean and Eaton's Psychological Model of Retention and Rodgers and Summers' Revised model of retention for African American students at PWIs. Findings from this study were articulated by students conceptualization of mentors as a supportive guide in contrast to procedural advising relationships, additionally how students have experiences mentorship with mentors with a range of identities; student interactions within their colleges and departments as well as their both indirect and direct mentorship experiences; their support, interaction and connection to the African American community on campus during their undergraduate tenure; and how the university's bureaucratic structure has an impact on their experience as African American students.
Master of Science in Life Sciences
Mentorship has a significant impact on the personal, academic and professional development of student during their undergraduate experiences at four-year institutions, having a large impact on their personal identity as well as how they view themselves within their particular field of study. Within these mentor and mentee relationship an environment is created where both parties develop rapport and understanding among each in order to be able to discuss concerns and interest that they may have that have an impact on their entire undergraduate experience in a number of ways. The purpose of this study is to document the experiences of undergraduate African American students majoring in agriculture while enrolled at a predominately white land grant institutions and explore opportunities for using mentoring as a tool and factor in assisting these students in persisting towards their undergraduate degree. The foundation of the study was based on two student development psychological models. Findings from this study were articulated by students conceptualization of mentors as supportive guide in contrast to procedural advising relationships, additionally how students have experiences mentorship with mentors with a range of identities; student interactions within their colleges and departments as well as their both indirect and direct mentorship experiences; their support, interaction and connection to the African American community on campus during their undergraduate tenure; and how the university’s bureaucratic structure has a impact on their experience as African American students.

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Cheng, Kwai-ho. "A study on the relationship between formal and informal support systems for the elderly : case studies on family care and day care service in Hong Kong /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1992. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13418105.

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Ankarberg, Emma. "“I crashed my car into a cement pole and cried all the way home but my eye makeup was still perfect” : A qualitative study of members’ sense of belonging within Sephora’s commodified community: Beauty Insider." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för kultur och lärande, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-38375.

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This study seeks to understand ways in which members’ experience a sense of belonging within Sephora’s own commodified community: Beauty Insider. Three research questions are presented, the final one being of highest importance: in which way do members of Beauty Insider experience a sense of belonging? To be able to understand the members, previous research is presented where Muniz & O’Guinn’s (2001) study on Brand Communities is essential, as well as the study conducted by Dholakia et al. (2004) on participation within communities. To better understand what activities members engage in within communities, a theoretical framework based on fan cultures, consumer culture and participatory culture is presented to gain a better understanding of the aspects of a community. This study will approach the research questions mainly using focus group interviews, as well as a necessary description of the discourse content of the platform to better understand the context of the study. The study concludes by presenting a result and an analysis that is, mostly, in line with previous research as well as discovering new aspects of members attitudes towards Beauty Insider and which meaning members experience as a result of participating in different activities within the community.

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Forsyth, Lise Wilma. "'Above everything else, he was a wee boy who wanted to be claimed' : a grounded theory based exploration of Scottish female foster carers' experience of difficult to manage behaviour in light of their attachment characteristics." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/31003.

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Background: The role of foster carer is a complex and emotionally demanding one. This is particularly true in the presence of difficult behaviour which can, at times, leave the foster carer feeling overwhelmed and increases the risk of placement breaking down. It is therefore important to find ways to support foster carers. The present study sought to explore the lived experience of foster carers caring for children who presented with difficult to manage behaviour, with consideration given to their attachment characteristics. Aim: The primary aim of this study was to generate a grounded theory of foster carers’ experience of caring for a child who presents with difficult to manage behaviour, in order to inform supports. Method: The study adopted a qualitatively driven mixed methods design (QUAL+quan). Grounded theory (Glaser & Strauss, 1967) was used as the primary component. Eight female foster carers, with either past or present experience of caring for a child who they felt presented them with difficult to manage behaviour, were interviewed. Interviews were recorded and transcribed. Adult attachment data was gathered to elaborate and enhance the interpretation of the foster carers’ narratives. Foster carer’s attachment characteristics were measured using The Relationship Scales Questionnaire (RSQ: Griffin & Bartholomew, 1994), and the presence of behavioural difficulties were confirmed using the Assessment Checklist for Children (ACC: Tarren-Sweeney, 2007). Results: A core category emerged from the grounded theory analysis (‘Making Sense’) in addition to five main categories (‘Personal Impact’, ‘What Helps’, ‘What Makes it Difficult’, ‘Responding’ and ‘The Relationship’). The overarching theme to emerge from the research was the influence foster carer’s level of reflection and understanding of the behaviour (their mentalizing capacity) had on their experience of the child’s difficult behaviour, which appeared to relate to their attachment characteristics in addition to a number of internal and external factors. Consideration is given to the psychological process that emerged from the categories generated from the foster carers’ narratives, and the consequent proposed ground theory. Conclusions: The findings confirm the complexity of the foster caring role, and suggest the positive impact foster carer’s reflective stance can have on their experience of difficult behaviour in the child they care for. Research strengths and limitations are discussed, in addition to clinical practice and research implications.

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Roberts, Joanna Marie. ""It was do or die" : how a woman's experience of domestic abuse can influence her involvement in crime : a qualitative investigation of the experiences of community-based female offenders." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/36256.

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Female offenders are far more likely to have experienced domestic abuse than the general female population. Yet despite wide acknowledgement of a relationship between domestic abuse and female offending there is a lack of research seeking to explore how this relationship operates. Therefore the central premise of this research was to examine ways in which a woman’s experience of domestic abuse may influence her involvement in crime. By focusing upon how women cope with their experiences of domestic abuse this research explored how women’s actions and reactions, in response to the abuse they experience, affected their offending. The study was approached from a combined feminist and symbolic interactionist perspective, drawing upon interviews with 25 community-based female offenders who had experienced domestic abuse, placing the women’s own voices and perspectives at the very centre of the discourse. A supplementary sample of 15 probation service practitioners were also interviewed to draw upon their experiences of supervising female offenders. The research findings reveal how women’s situated, subjective and individualised experiences within, and responses to, their abusive relationships can directly or indirectly influence their offending. Consequently, this research demonstrates that women’s criminal offences can occur in a much wider context than has previously been understood when examining the relationship between domestic abuse and women’s offending. Rather than women offending against, or with, an abuse perpetrator, or being forced or coerced by an abuse perpetrator to commit crime, this research illustrates the broader and longitudinal effects of domestic abuse. Significantly, women’s offences occur without their abuser present, after the relationship has ended, or even years after the abuse has ceased, yet their actions can still be attributed to their experience of domestic abuse. The findings have significant implications for criminal justice policy and practice including magistrates’ training, completion of pre-sentence reports and sentence compliance.

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Hardy, Beth. "'Everyone was like flies around a jam pot' : a phenomenological study exploring the experiences of people affected by advanced disease in relation to the involvement of multiple health care services." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2012. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/17133/.

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People living with advanced disease face challenges to their being-in-the world; these are attributable to both the nature and progression of their illness and the level and variability of their care needs. Recent policy initiatives and literature promote community care for patients with advanced disease, and there are a plethora of different health services that may be involved in care provision for people in the last year of their lives. The current research takes a phenomenological approach, informed primarily by the work of van Manen, to explore the lived experiences of patients and their spousal-carers in relation to the multiple services that are involved in their care. In-depth, semi-structured interviews with twelve patients with advanced disease, and eight spousal-carers were conducted. These interviews employed the Pictor technique to support people in reflecting on, and communicating, their experiences of care situations. Pictor is an innovative technique that is used with lay-participants for the first time in this research. The technique encourages people to reflect on relationships and personal experiences, and then to communicate these through the creation and discussion of a visual chart. The digitally recorded data were transcribed verbatim and analysed using interpretive phenomenological methods, supported by Template Analysis, which allowed the hierarchical coding of themes. The research findings indicate that advanced disease affects people in many different ways; participants’ perceived meaning of illness is instrumental in how they view and engage with health care services. The lived experience of this phenomenon is discussed as an ‘unhomelike-being-in-the-world’, and ‘striving for poise’. The varied experiences of participants are illuminated and further explored with a focus on key relationships with health care providers. Here, it is argued that consideration of ‘authentic relationships’ is a valuable resource in supporting people affected by advanced disease.

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Poynter, Denise J. "'The report on her transfer was shell shock' : a study of the psychological disorders of nurses and female Voluntary Aid Detachments who served alongside the British and Allied Expeditionary Forces during the First World War, 1914-1918." Thesis, University of Northampton, 2008. http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/2682/.

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Shell Shock, described as the ‘emblematic psychiatric disorder’ of the First World War has long been synonymous with its soldiers. Its association with close proximity to exploding shells and thus the front lines, leading to the various symptoms of ‘shock’, has both facilitated and ensured its existence throughout the twentieth and twenty first centuries as a masculine affliction. Of the many shell shock studies that have been produced over the last few decades all have focused purely on the experience of the male combatant, predominantly because of this long held preoccupation with ‘front-line’ warfare and its consequences apparently being the preserve of men. Despite the prolonged interest and analysis of shell shock by medical and social historians along with a significant amount of work by feminist and, more recently, revisionist historians, detailing the involvement of women in the First World War, there is stHl no comprehensive study of the psychological problems encountered and suffered by the women who served alongside the British Expeditionary Forces (BEE). However, this study of the roles and duties of a specific group of women, namely nurses, voluntary aid detachments, and ambulance drivers, reveals they frequently endured a variety of traumatic experiences, involving injuries and fatalities, through the vicarious witnessing and dealing with horrific sights and sounds, all compounded by extremes of conditions and privations. Many, if not all, of these factors were given as antecedents for war neurosis in soldiers. Yet, while the nurse has been idolised for her role in the Great War, her experience of psychological ‘breakdown’ has not been examined. This thesis, through the analysis of professional medical literature, of medical case notes, personal testimonies, diaries and autobiographies, is a contribution to the areas of women’s history, medical history and, more specifically, to the history of psychological war trauma. Following a review of the literature in chapter one, chapter two is a re-examination of the proximity of nurses to the fighting zones and therefore of their exposure to danger. Chapter three analyses the nurses’ experience and subsequent symptoms of war trauma, including, importantly, how contemporary medical authorities understood the disorder, and then cared for and managed their female sufferers. These two chapters fundamentally argue that the notion of war-induced traumatic neurosis being the preserve of men is essentially pretence, and that this ‘focus’ on male sufferers means the history of the condition is incomplete. Chapter four essentially examines the issues of repatriation faced by these nurses, specifically examining the evolution of war disability pensions process of which they were excluded until 1920. It also looks at how the nurse, as female war veteran, coped with the consequences of her war experience. In conclusion, this thesis asserts that these nurses did indeed suffer psychologically for their involvement in this war and not because their symptoms and disorders ‘resembled’ those experienced by men, but were in fact, indistinguishable to the extent that some nurses were classed as ‘shellshocked’

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Behnke, Nico [Verfasser], Rolf [Akademischer Betreuer] Wachter, Rolf [Gutachter] Wachter, Jan [Gutachter] Liman, and Thomas [Gutachter] Meyer. "Gibt es einen Unterschied in der Prädiktion von Vorhofflimmern – diagnostiziert durch Holter-EKG vs. Usual Care? Was sind die Prädiktionsfaktoren für die Detektion von inzidentem Vorhofflimmern mittels verlängerten und verbesserten Monitorings? : Eine Analyse der randomisierten multizentrischen Find-AFRANDOMISED-Studie / Nico Behnke ; Gutachter: Rolf Wachter, Jan Liman, Thomas Meyer ; Betreuer: Rolf Wachter." Göttingen : Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen, 2020. http://d-nb.info/1207153494/34.

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Flinn, Darrin Heinz. "Modeling bubble-particle interactions in flotation using hydrophobic solid surfaces." Diss., This resource online, 1996. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06062008-154507/.

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Silva, Sónia Sofia Mendes. "Perceções de comportamentos (Des)adequados e relacionamento com pares na escola: um estudo com alunos de 9º ano." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/18734.

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Os comportamentos e as relações entre pares na escola são importantes para o desenvolvimento social e pessoal dos jovens. A influência exercida pelos pares pode ser positiva ou negativa. Esta investigação visa conhecer as perceções que os jovens têm sobre os comportamentos e relacionamentos adequados/desadequados entre pares. Participaram no estudo 16 estudantes do 9ºano, do sexo masculino, identificados como tendo bom/mau comportamento. A recolha dos dados foi realizada através de questionário constituído por questões abertas. Os dados foram tratados qualitativa e quantitativamente. Os bons e maus comportamentos são conceptualizados por relação com atitudes individuais e relacionais. A perceção dos professores sobre o comportamento dos jovens é diferente da perceção que estes têm do seu próprio comportamento. Os alunos consideram maioritariamente não serem influenciados pelos pares, nem exercerem influência sobre eles. A promoção do relacionamento entre pares é vista como passando pela realização de atividades especificas. O grupo de alunos identificado com mau comportamento apresenta menor variedade conceptual; ABSTRACT: The behaviors and relationships in peers at school are important to the social and personal development of young people. The influence exerted by peers can be positive or negative. This research aims to analyses the perception that young people have about the appropriate/inappropriate behaviors and relationships among peers. Sixteen male students of the 9thyear made part of this study, indentified with bad/good behavior. The data collection was made through questionnaires consisted of open questions. The data was evaluated qualitatively and quantitatively. The good and bad behaviors are conceptualized by individual and relational attitudes. The teachers’ perception of the behavior is different from the perception that the young people has of themselves. The majority of the students do not consider themselves as an influence to the peers, and not even the peers as an influence to them. The promotion of peer relationship is seen as through the realization of specific activities. The student group which was identified with bad behavior presents a lower conceptual variety.

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Mallangi, Siva Sai Reddy. "Low-Power Policies Based on DVFS for the MUSEIC v2 System-on-Chip." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-229443.

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Multi functional health monitoring wearable devices are quite prominent these days. Usually these devices are battery-operated and consequently are limited by their battery life (from few hours to a few weeks depending on the application). Of late, it was realized that these devices, which are currently being operated at fixed voltage and frequency, are capable of operating at multiple voltages and frequencies. By switching these voltages and frequencies to lower values based upon power requirements, these devices can achieve tremendous benefits in the form of energy savings. Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling (DVFS) techniques have proven to be handy in this situation for an efficient trade-off between energy and timely behavior. Within imec, wearable devices make use of the indigenously developed MUSEIC v2 (Multi Sensor Integrated circuit version 2.0). This system is optimized for efficient and accurate collection, processing, and transfer of data from multiple (health) sensors. MUSEIC v2 has limited means in controlling the voltage and frequency dynamically. In this thesis we explore how traditional DVFS techniques can be applied to the MUSEIC v2. Experiments were conducted to find out the optimum power modes to efficiently operate and also to scale up-down the supply voltage and frequency. Considering the overhead caused when switching voltage and frequency, transition analysis was also done. Real-time and non real-time benchmarks were implemented based on these techniques and their performance results were obtained and analyzed. In this process, several state of the art scheduling algorithms and scaling techniques were reviewed in identifying a suitable technique. Using our proposed scaling technique implementation, we have achieved 86.95% power reduction in average, in contrast to the conventional way of the MUSEIC v2 chip’s processor operating at a fixed voltage and frequency. Techniques that include light sleep and deep sleep mode were also studied and implemented, which tested the system’s capability in accommodating Dynamic Power Management (DPM) techniques that can achieve greater benefits. A novel approach for implementing the deep sleep mechanism was also proposed and found that it can obtain up to 71.54% power savings, when compared to a traditional way of executing deep sleep mode.
Nuförtiden så har multifunktionella bärbara hälsoenheter fått en betydande roll. Dessa enheter drivs vanligtvis av batterier och är därför begränsade av batteritiden (från ett par timmar till ett par veckor beroende på tillämpningen). På senaste tiden har det framkommit att dessa enheter som används vid en fast spänning och frekvens kan användas vid flera spänningar och frekvenser. Genom att byta till lägre spänning och frekvens på grund av effektbehov så kan enheterna få enorma fördelar när det kommer till energibesparing. Dynamisk skalning av spänning och frekvens-tekniker (såkallad Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling, DVFS) har visat sig vara användbara i detta sammanhang för en effektiv avvägning mellan energi och beteende. Hos Imec så använder sig bärbara enheter av den internt utvecklade MUSEIC v2 (Multi Sensor Integrated circuit version 2.0). Systemet är optimerat för effektiv och korrekt insamling, bearbetning och överföring av data från flera (hälso) sensorer. MUSEIC v2 har begränsad möjlighet att styra spänningen och frekvensen dynamiskt. I detta examensarbete undersöker vi hur traditionella DVFS-tekniker kan appliceras på MUSEIC v2. Experiment utfördes för att ta reda på de optimala effektlägena och för att effektivt kunna styra och även skala upp matningsspänningen och frekvensen. Eftersom att ”overhead” skapades vid växling av spänning och frekvens gjordes också en övergångsanalys. Realtidsoch icke-realtidskalkyler genomfördes baserat på dessa tekniker och resultaten sammanställdes och analyserades. I denna process granskades flera toppmoderna schemaläggningsalgoritmer och skalningstekniker för att hitta en lämplig teknik. Genom att använda vår föreslagna skalningsteknikimplementering har vi uppnått 86,95% effektreduktion i jämförelse med det konventionella sättet att MUSEIC v2-chipets processor arbetar med en fast spänning och frekvens. Tekniker som inkluderar lätt sömn och djupt sömnläge studerades och implementerades, vilket testade systemets förmåga att tillgodose DPM-tekniker (Dynamic Power Management) som kan uppnå ännu större fördelar. En ny metod för att genomföra den djupa sömnmekanismen föreslogs också och enligt erhållna resultat så kan den ge upp till 71,54% lägre energiförbrukning jämfört med det traditionella sättet att implementera djupt sömnläge.

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Achuo, George. "Partner satisfaction and renewal likelihood in consumer supported agriculture (CSA) : a case study of The Equiterre CSA network." Thesis, McGill University, 2003. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=19555.

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Moreira, Ana Sofia Pereira. "Study of modifications induced by thermal and oxidative treatment in oligo and polysaccharides of coffee by mass spectrometry." Doctoral thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/17074.

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Doutoramento em Bioquímica
Os polissacarídeos são os componentes maioritários dos grãos de café verde e torrado e da bebida de café. Os mais abundantes são as galactomananas, seguindo-se as arabinogalactanas. Durante o processo de torra, as galactomananas e arabinogalactanas sofrem modificações estruturais, as quais estão longe de estar completamente elucidadas devido à sua diversidade e à complexidade estrutural dos compostos formados. Durante o processo de torra, as galactomananas e arabinogalactanas reagem com proteínas, ácidos clorogénicos e sacarose, originando compostos castanhos de alto peso molecular contendo nitrogénio, designados de melanoidinas. As melanoidinas do café apresentam diversas atividades biológicas e efeitos benéficos para a saúde. No entanto, a sua estrutura exata e os mecanismos envolvidos na sua formação permanecem desconhecidos, bem como a relação estrutura-atividade biológica. A utilização de sistemas modelo e a análise por espectrometria de massa permitem obter uma visão global e, simultaneamente, detalhada das modificações estruturais nos polissacarídeos do café promovidas pela torra, contribuindo para a elucidação das estruturas e mecanismos de formação das melanoidinas. Com base nesta tese, oligossacarídeos estruturalmente relacionados com a cadeia principal das galactomananas, (β1→4)-Dmanotriose (Man3), e as cadeias laterais das arabinogalactanas, (α1→5)-Larabinotriose (Ara3), isoladamente ou em misturas com ácido 5-Ocafeoilquínico (5-CQA), o ácido clorogénico mais abundante nos grãos de café verde, e péptidos compostos por tirosina e leucina, usados como modelos das proteínas, foram sujeitos a tratamento térmico a seco, mimetizando o processo de torra. A oxidação induzida por radicais hidroxilo (HO•) foi também estudada, uma vez que estes radicais parecem estar envolvidos na modificação dos polissacarídeos durante a torra. A identificação das modificações estruturais induzidas por tratamento térmico e oxidativo dos compostos modelo foi feita por estratégias analíticas baseadas principalmente em espectrometria de massa, mas também em cromatografia líquida. A cromatografia de gás foi usada na análise de açúcares neutros e ligações glicosídicas. Para validar as conclusões obtidas com os compostos modelo, foram também analisadas amostras de polissacarídeos do café obtidas a partir de resíduo de café e café instantâneo. Os resultados obtidos a partir dos oligossacarídeos modelo quando submetidos a tratamento térmico (seco), assim como à oxidação induzida por HO• (em solução), indicam a ocorrência de despolimerização, o que está de acordo com estudos anteriores que reportam a despolimerização das galactomananas e arabinogalactanas do café durante a torra. Foram ainda identificados outros compostos resultantes da quebra do anel de açúcares formados durante o tratamento térmico e oxidativo da Ara3. Por outro lado, o tratamento térmico a seco dos oligossacarídeos modelo (individualmente ou quando misturados) promoveu a formação de oligossacarídeos com um maior grau de polimerização, e também polissacarídeos com novos tipos de ligações glicosídicas, evidenciando a ocorrência de polimerização através reações de transglicosilação não enzimática induzidas por tratamento térmico a seco. As reações de transglicosilação induzidas por tratamento térmico a seco podem ocorrer entre resíduos de açúcares provenientes da mesma origem, mas também de origens diferentes com formação de estruturas híbridas, contendo arabinose e manose como observado nos casos dos compostos modelo usados. Os resultados obtidos a partir de amostras do resíduo de café e de café instantâneo sugerem a presença de polissacarídeos híbridos nestas amostras de café processado, corroborando a ocorrência de transglicosilação durante o processo de torra. Além disso, o estudo de misturas contendo diferentes proporções de cada oligossacarídeo modelo, mimetizando regiões do grão de café com composição distinta em polissacarídeos, sujeitos a diferentes períodos de tratamento térmico, permitiu inferir que diferentes estruturas híbridas e não híbridas podem ser formadas a partir das arabinogalactanas e galactomananas, dependendo da sua distribuição nas paredes celulares do grão e das condições de torra. Estes resultados podem explicar a heterogeneidade de estruturas de melanoidinas formadas durante a torra do café. Os resultados obtidos a partir de misturas modelo contendo um oligossacarídeo (Ara3 ou Man3) e 5-CQA sujeitas a tratamento térmico a seco, assim como de amostras provenientes do resíduo de café, mostraram a formação de compostos híbridos compostos por moléculas de CQA ligadas covalentemente a um número variável de resíduos de açúcar. Além disso, os resultados obtidos a partir da mistura contendo Man3 e 5-CQA mostraram que o CQA atua como catalisador das reações de transglicosilação. Por outro lado, nas misturas modelo contendo um péptido, mesmo contendo também 5-CQA e sujeitas ao mesmo tratamento, observou-se uma diminuição na extensão das reações transglicosilação. Este resultado pode explicar a baixa extensão das reações de transglicosilação não enzimáticas durante a torra nas regiões do grão de café mais ricas em proteínas, apesar dos polissacarídeos serem os componentes maioritários dos grãos de café. A diminuição das reações de transglicosilação na presença de péptidos/proteínas pode dever-se ao facto de os resíduos de açúcares redutores reagirem preferencialmente com os grupos amina de péptidos/proteínas por reação de Maillard, diminuindo o número de resíduos de açúcares redutores disponíveis para as reações de transglicosilação. Além dos compostos já descritos, uma diversidade de outros compostos foram formados a partir dos sistemas modelo, nomeadamente derivados de desidratação formados durante o tratamento térmico a seco. Em conclusão, a tipificação das modificações estruturais promovidas pela torra nos polissacarídeos do café abre o caminho para a compreensão dos mecanismos de formação das melanoidinas e da relação estrutura-atividade destes compostos.
Polysaccharides are the major components of green and roasted coffee beans, and coffee brew. The most abundant ones are galactomannans, followed by arabinogalactans. During the roasting process, galactomannans and arabinogalactans undergo structural modifications that are far to be completely elucidated due to their diversity and complexity of the compounds formed. During the roasting process, galactomannans and arabinogalactans react with proteins, chlorogenic acids, and sucrose, originating high molecular weight brown compounds containing nitrogen, known as melanoidins. Several biological activities and beneficial health effects have been attributed to coffee melanoidins. However, their exact structures and the mechanisms involved in their formation remain unknown, as well as the structure-biological activity relationship. The use of model systems and mass spectrometry analysis allow to obtain an overall view and, simultaneously, detailed, of the structural modifications in coffee polysaccharides promoted by roasting, contributing to the elucidation of the structures and formation mechanisms of melanoidins. Based on this thesis, oligosaccharides structurally related to the backbone of galactomannans, (β1→4)-D-mannotriose, and the side chains of arabinogalactans, (α1→5)-Larabinotriose, alone or in mixtures with 5-O-caffeoylquinic acid, the most abundant chlorogenic acid in green coffee beans, and dipeptides composed by tyrosine and leucine, used as models of proteins, were submitted to dry thermal treatments, mimicking the coffee roasting process. The oxidation induced by hydroxyl radicals (HO•) was also studied, since these radicals seem to be involved in the modification of the polysaccharides during roasting. The identification of the structural modifications induced by thermal and oxidative treatment of the model compounds was performed mostly by mass spectrometry-based analytical strategies, but also using liquid chromatography. Gas chromatography was used in the analysis of neutral sugars and glycosidic linkages. To validate the conclusions achieved with the model compounds, coffee polysaccharide samples obtained from spent coffee grounds and instant coffee were also analysed. The results obtained from the model oligosaccharides when submitted to thermal treatment (dry) or oxidation induced by HO• (in solution) indicate the occurrence of depolymerization, which is in line with previous studies reporting the depolymerization of coffee galactomannans and arabinogalactans during roasting. Compounds resulting from sugar ring cleavage were also formed during thermal treatment and oxidative treatment of Ara3. On the other hand, the dry thermal treatment of the model oligosaccharides (alone or when mixed) promoted the formation of oligosaccharides with a higher degree of polymerization, and also polysaccharides with new type of glycosidic linkages, evidencing the occurrence of polymerization via non-enzymatic transglycosylation reactions induced by dry thermal treatment. The transglycosylation reactions induced by dry thermal treatment can occur between sugar residues from the same origin, but also of different origins, with formation of hybrid structures, containing arabinose and mannose in the case of the model compounds used. The results obtained from spent coffee grounds and instant coffee samples suggest the presence of hybrid polysaccharides in these processed coffee samples, corroborating the occurrence of transglycosylation during the roasting process. Furthermore, the study of mixtures containing different proportions of each model oligosaccharide, mimicking coffee bean regions with distinct polysaccharide composition, subjected to different periods of thermal treatment, allowed to infer that different hybrid and non-hybrid structures may be formed from arabinogalactans and galactomannans, depending on their distribution in the bean cell walls and on roasting conditions. These results may explain the heterogeneity of melanoidins structures formed during coffee roasting. The results obtained from model mixtures containing an oligosaccharide (Ara3 or Man3) and 5-CQA and subjected to dry thermal treatment, as well as samples derived from spent coffee grounds, showed the formation of hybrid compounds composed by CQA molecules covalently linked to a variable number of sugar residues. Moreover, the results obtained from the mixture containing Man3 and 5-CQA showed that CQA acts as catalyst of transglycosylation reactions. On the other hand, in the model mixtures containing a peptide, even if containing 5-CQA and subjected to the same treatment, it was observed a decrease in the extent of transglycosylation reactions. This outcome can explain the low extent of non-enzymatic transglycosylation reactions during roasting in coffee bean regions enriched in proteins, although polysaccharides are the major components of the coffee beans. The decrease of transglycosylation reactions in the presence of peptides/proteins can be related with the preferential reactivity of reducing residues with the amino groups of peptides/proteins by Maillard reaction, decreasing the number of reducing residues available to be directly involved in the transglycosylation reactions. In addition to the compounds already described, a diversity of other compounds were formed from model systems, namely dehydrated derivatives formed during dry thermal treatment. In conclusion, the identification of the structural modifications in coffee polysaccharides promoted by roasting pave the way to the understanding of the mechanisms of formation of melanoidins and structure-activity relationship of these compounds.

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Teng, Sin Yong. "Intelligent Energy-Savings and Process Improvement Strategies in Energy-Intensive Industries." Doctoral thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství, 2020. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-433427.

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S tím, jak se neustále vyvíjejí nové technologie pro energeticky náročná průmyslová odvětví, stávající zařízení postupně zaostávají v efektivitě a produktivitě. Tvrdá konkurence na trhu a legislativa v oblasti životního prostředí nutí tato tradiční zařízení k ukončení provozu a k odstavení. Zlepšování procesu a projekty modernizace jsou zásadní v udržování provozních výkonů těchto zařízení. Současné přístupy pro zlepšování procesů jsou hlavně: integrace procesů, optimalizace procesů a intenzifikace procesů. Obecně se v těchto oblastech využívá matematické optimalizace, zkušeností řešitele a provozní heuristiky. Tyto přístupy slouží jako základ pro zlepšování procesů. Avšak, jejich výkon lze dále zlepšit pomocí moderní výpočtové inteligence. Účelem této práce je tudíž aplikace pokročilých technik umělé inteligence a strojového učení za účelem zlepšování procesů v energeticky náročných průmyslových procesech. V této práci je využit přístup, který řeší tento problém simulací průmyslových systémů a přispívá následujícím: (i)Aplikace techniky strojového učení, která zahrnuje jednorázové učení a neuro-evoluci pro modelování a optimalizaci jednotlivých jednotek na základě dat. (ii) Aplikace redukce dimenze (např. Analýza hlavních komponent, autoendkodér) pro vícekriteriální optimalizaci procesu s více jednotkami. (iii) Návrh nového nástroje pro analýzu problematických částí systému za účelem jejich odstranění (bottleneck tree analysis – BOTA). Bylo také navrženo rozšíření nástroje, které umožňuje řešit vícerozměrné problémy pomocí přístupu založeného na datech. (iv) Prokázání účinnosti simulací Monte-Carlo, neuronové sítě a rozhodovacích stromů pro rozhodování při integraci nové technologie procesu do stávajících procesů. (v) Porovnání techniky HTM (Hierarchical Temporal Memory) a duální optimalizace s několika prediktivními nástroji pro podporu managementu provozu v reálném čase. (vi) Implementace umělé neuronové sítě v rámci rozhraní pro konvenční procesní graf (P-graf). (vii) Zdůraznění budoucnosti umělé inteligence a procesního inženýrství v biosystémech prostřednictvím komerčně založeného paradigmatu multi-omics.

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Nogueira, Leila de Mello Yañez. "Estabilidade versus flexibilidade: a dicotomia necessária à inovação na gestão de recursos humanos em uma organização pública, estatal eestratégica como Bio-Manguinhos / Fiocruz." reponame:Repositório Institucional da FIOCRUZ, 2009. https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/2500.

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Este trabalho propõe analisar o fenômeno da terceirização desenvolvido ao longo das duas últimas décadas em Bio-Manguinhos. Trata-se de um estudo de caso realizado na unidade de produção de vacinas e reagentes para diagnóstico da Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Inicialmente foi realizado um estudo de cenário, analisando a política de gestão do trabalho desenvolvida pelo Estado brasileiro para as instituições públicas. A seguir, a análise passou a verificar a inserção da Fiocruz nessas políticas, desde a sua criação e no decorrer de vigência de diferentes formas de contratação, alternando da extrema rigidez para a total flexibilidade sempre com foco na gestão do trabalho, e, como essas políticas se refletiram no desempenho de Bio-Manguinhos. Baseado no contexto da conformação do Estado e na análise do desempenho da unidade, o trabalho critica a falta de planejamento e de prospecção dessas políticas, que favoreça a inovação de processos, produtos e procedimentos e o desempenho pleno de uma unidade de produção de insumos para a saúde, tão necessários ao atendimento das necessidades da população brasileira. Critica também, a ausência de um modelo de Estado consolidado que sirva de arcabouço à formulação dessas políticas. Devido às fortes críticas dos órgãos de controle acerca da extrapolação dos limites da terceirização praticada nas últimas duas décadas e à falta de definição clara desses marcos legais, o trabalho apresenta uma metodologia baseada nas atribuições dos cargos do plano de carreiras da Fiocruz e culmina com a apresentação de uma matriz de atribuições passíveis de serem realizadas por contratação indireta. Conclui pela necessidade de convivência de dois quadros de trabalhadores: um permanente formado por servidores, estáveis e de carreira e outro flexível, executado por contratação indireta, de caráter eventual, temporário ou de apoio às atividades relacionadas à missão de Bio-Manguinhos. O trabalho ainda sugere a aplicação da mesma metodologia às demais unidades da Fiocruz e que a instituição afirme, frente aos órgãos de controle, quais atividades que ela precisa manter no quadro de servidores permanente e quais ela quer delegar a terceiros sem contudo, ferir a legislação vigente. Por fim, constata-se que a metodologia apresentada ameniza, mas não resolve o problema, dessa forma, recomenda-se à Fiocruz buscar mecanismos que altere o modelo de gestão pelo qual está submetida a fim de viabilizar as duas formas de incorporação de mão-de-obra.

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Tunková, Martina. "Městské lázně." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta architektury, 2010. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-215713.

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Wu, Chun-Hung, and 吳俊宏. "Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders among Car-wash Workers." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/44111926704210971082.

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國立高雄第一科技大學
環境與安全衛生工程所
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ABSTRACT The Car-wash workers have suffered various musculoskeletal disorders（MSD）because of highly repetitive motion and constrained postures.However,they didn’t get concern from musculoskeletal-related studies in Taiwan so far.The purpose of this study is to explore the musculoskeletal disorders and potential risk factors among them and find the countermeasures. This study used Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire（NMQ）to survey the musculoskeletal symptoms of 32 samplers（included 8 car-wash sites） at the first.And then,to detect the suitability of musculoskeletal disorders （ MSDs ） checklist and Baseline Risk Identification of Ergonomic Fctors（BRIEF）in Car-wash field. The results showed that MSD was 96.9% by self-reported.Right shoulder，right hand/wrist，and waist/lower-back were the top 3 regions ，and the percentages were 68.8%，59.4%，46.9% respectively. “Longer work hours per day” was the most critical factor causing MSD for Car-wash workers ， and it would increase the severity of symptom.Besides,”the habit of sports” would also increase the risk of MSD. Based on the results of NMQ，the sensitivity of BRIEF（89.7%） was higher than MSDs（60.8%）,and the specificity of BRIEF and MSDs were respectively 17.9%，27.6%.By this study’s process and experience， it would say that BRIEF was suitabler to detect MSD than MSDs for Carwash workers.

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