Dissertations / Theses: 'Peak experience'

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Fatemi, Jaleh. "An exploratory study of peak experience and other positive human experiences and writing." Texas A&M University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/1368.

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This study analyzes and reports on the characteristics of writing-triggered peak experience and other positive human experiences and explores some possible factors that can bring about such moments. Three basic questions were explored: Can writing trigger peak experience and other positive human experiences? How are writing-triggered peak experience and other positive human experiences best described? What factors influence the occurrence of writing-triggered peak experience and other positive human experiences? Participants were asked to write about their happiest moment in writing. The sample consisted of 270 students enrolled in undergraduate writing classes at a major southwestern university. Of 270 participants, 119(44%) reported having had at least one peak experience or similar positive human experience as a result of writing. Protocols reporting peak experience and other positive human experiences in writing were analyzed for content, yielding a total of 14 descriptive attributes. The participants described their writing experiences as flow of the words, the process of writing is its own reward, peak performance, clarity, disappearance of negative states of mind, and enhanced sense of power and personal worth. Content analysis also yielded 13 possible triggers of peak experience and other positive human experiences including self-expression, realization, free writing, use of writing for introspection, and creative and inspirational writing. In addition, personal orientation was explored as a possible trigger of peak experience and other positive human experiences using a 16-item questionnaire. Factor analysis results yielded four factors: (1) aesthetic creative expressive writing, (2) writing as a thinking and problem solving tool (3) self-discovery, and (4) not interested in writing. Factor one accounted for the highest variance (37%). The common elements in this factor were expressive writing, self-related writing and creative poetic writing with poetic and creative writing having the highest loading.

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Evans, Patrick Garland. "Peak experience in educational encounters| A phenomenological-hermeneutic study." Thesis, California Institute of Integral Studies, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10117910.

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This study inquires into the peak experience of educators arising within educational encounters with students. It indicates a particular trend in education away from authoritarian modes of teacher behavior toward dialogic, empathetic relationships cultivated by teachers with their students. Also indicated is the potential for teachers to transform themselves morally, thereby creating conditions necessary for students to develop moral attitudes and behavior. By developing capacities for meditation, contemplation, and self-reflection, by developing intrapersonal and interpersonal skills, teachers enter on a path of development and actualize a truly human individuality. When self-actualization becomes a modus operando, peak experiences may give self-reflecting teachers knowledge of their own development. A mixed-methods approach to the project was used that employed a questionnaire to: (a) establish the demographics of the sample; and (b) survey the types of peak experience that occurred within teachers resulting from educational encounters with children. The questionnaire also requested that the participant give a narrative of a peak experience. From the pool of 46 respondents, seven were chosen for interviews that ultimately clarified and enabled a deeper understanding of the narratives. The interview data and narratives were analyzed using a 3 step process proposed by Ricoeur (1986) and employed by Lindseth and Norberg (2004). The data revealed that teachers working with Steiner pedagogy have a multitude of peak experiences. These teachers use contemplative practice and self-reflection to cultivate intrinsic qualities of empathy, love, and dialogic competence. The findings also affirm that the kinds of peak experience reported by James (1901/2008), Bucke (1905/2006), Maslow (1970), and Csikszentmihalyi (1990) are definitely and extensively in evidence in the sample surveyed. Particular aspects of experience reported also included: dreaming as a mode of cognition, the prescient nature of some experiences, the prevalence of self-reflective and contemplative practices as precursors to peak and transpersonal experiences, the importance of the encounter as a condition for the emergence of such experiences within teachers.

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Nakka, Ravi Kumar Nasrazadani Seifollah. "Flow accelerated corrosion experience at Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2008. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-6072.

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Nakka, Ravi Kumar. "Flow Accelerated Corrosion Experience at Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2008. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc6072/.

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Flow accelerated corrosion (FAC) is a major concern in the power industry as it causes thinning of the pipes by the dissolution of the passive oxide layer formed on the pipe surface. Present research deals with comparing the protection offered by the magnetite (Fe3O4) versus maghemite (γ-Fe2O3) phases thickness loss measurements. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) is used in distinguishing these two elusive phases of iron oxides. Representative pipes are collected from high pressure steam extraction line of the secondary cycle of unit 2 of Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station (CPSES). Environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM) is used for morphological analysis. FTIR and X-ray diffraction (XRD) are used for phase analysis. Morphological analysis showed the presence of porous oxide surfaces with octahedral crystals, scallops and "chimney" like vents. FTIR revealed the predominance of maghemite at the most of the pipe sections. Results of thickness measurements indicate severe thickness loss at the bend areas (extrados) of the pipes.

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McCabe, Andrew Scott. "Worlds of reason : the praxis of accounting for 'day visitor' behaviour in the Peak National Park : a qualititative investigation." Thesis, University of Derby, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10545/277392.

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This thesis considers how 'day visitors' to the Peak National Park construct accounts for their behaviour. It takes an inductive approach to the problem of 'day visits' as an under-researched topic within tourism and leisure studies. The thesis examines the discourses within tourism studies and in particular the ways in which notions of what it is to be a 'tourist' are constructed and used in tourism studies. Further it seeks to relocate the notion of tourism within the realm of ordinary social member's understandings, and therefore tourism becomes an object of study within everyday life. The thesis is particularly interested in the concept of motivation for tourism. Rather than regarding tourism motivation as a set of fixed 'needs' the study sets out to demonstrate the inherently social, locally managed and produced nature of motivation for tourism within everyday conversation about tourism. The empirical analysis is based on a small number of semi-structured, conversational interviews with people who had recently been on a 'day visit' to the Peak National Park. It was found that the respondents orient to the production of accounts of their experiences and accounts for their behaviour that served a number of functions. Accounts were found to allow members to construct notions of identity as a resource to achieve credibility in their accomplishment of 'day visitor' experiences in talk. This study considers how 'being a tourist' is accomplished or resisted by the respondents in their talk. Identity construction is also considered in relation to the accomplishment of spatial practice in accounting for 'day visitor' behaviour.

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Isaksson, Anders. "Unga idrottares upplevelser i en topprestation." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för hälso- och vårdvetenskap, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-9479.

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Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka unga idrottares upplevelser i en topprestation. Studiens frågeställningar var: · Vilka upplevelser har unga idrottare i en topprestation? · Upplever unga idrottare flow i en topprestation? · Vilka faktorer ligger bakom en topprestation hos unga idrottare? Utifrån syfte och frågeställningar valdes mätinstrumentet Flow State Scale-2 (FSS-2). FSS-2 består av ett påståendeformulär som mäter den totala upplevelsen av flow samt var och en av de nio dimensionerna av flow. Kontakt togs via telefon och mail med ansvariga tränare vid idrottsgymnasier för att finna unga idrottare med ett tydligt minne av en topprestation. Undersökningsgruppen blev 51 stycken unga idrottare, män och kvinnor i åldrarna16-20 år som utövat fotboll, ishockey eller orientering på elitnivå. Litteratursökning gjordes i bibliotekskatalogen tillhörande Umeå Universitet. Den funna relevanta litteraturen och artiklarna har legat till grund för denna studies bakgrundsdel. Påståendeformuläret FSS-2 visar att undersökningspersonerna, i sin topprestation, hade en stark upplevelse av inre tillfredsställelse, tydliga mål, koncentration på uppgiften, känsla av kontroll och balans mellan skicklighet och utmaning. Vidare upplevde de att handlingar och tankar kunde utföras automatiskt, tydlig återkoppling av resultatet i prestationen och avsaknad av osäkerhet. Undersökningsgruppen upplevde en viss förändrad tidsuppfattning i sin topprestation. Resultatet av studien visar att undersökningspersonerna upplevde en hög grad av flow i sina topprestationer. Bakomliggande faktorer till de unga idrottarnas topprestationer är kroppsliga dimensioner, fysiologiska faktorer, motoriska faktorer, psykologiska faktorer och sociologiska faktorer. En slutsats av denna studie är att oavsett kön eller typ av idrott framkommer följande karaktäristiska faktorer när de upplevt en topprestation; trygg, säker, automatiserad, fokuserad och en känsla av kontroll. Dessa faktorer sammantaget tycks skapa en tydlig upplevelse av tillfredsställelse och glädje.

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Claudia, Kubiak. "Perceived factors influencing athletic performance across career stages." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för hälsa och välfärd, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-21983.

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The objectives in the study were to examine: (1) factors that contributes to successful athletic performance across career stages; (2) factors that contributes to poor athletic performance across career stages. The theoretical frameworks included: model of psychological preparation for peak performance (Hardy, Jones, & Gould, 1996); the developmental model on transitions faced by athletes (Wylleman & Lavallee, 2004). Ten participants took part of the study (N=10) and consisted of five individual sport athletes and five team sport athletes from local to international competitive level. Semi-structured interviews were conducted derived from the semi-structured interview guide specially created for this study, which was based on the theoretical frameworks. The results are presented in three parts, and 8 category profiles describing the factors contributing to successful and poor athletic performance on the initiation-, development-, mastery- and maintenance stage. The results showed a list of factors contributing to both successful and poor athletic performance across different career stages for example, social support, family, coach, teammates, athletic ability, athletic experience and, athletic achievements. The results also showed that the factors seems to play a different role depending on the different athletic career stage for instance, supportive significant others and sporting environment turned out to be a more important contributing factor to athletes successful athletic performance on the initiation stage, where athletic ability turned out to be a more important contributing factor to athletes successful athletic performance on the mastery stage. The results are discussed based on the theoretical frameworks and previous research. Suggestions on future research and implications are given. Syftena med föreliggande studie var att undersöka: (1) faktorer som bidrar till framgångsrika idrottsprestationer genom idrottskarriären, (2) faktorer som bidrar till dåliga idrottsprestationer genom idrottskarriären. De teoretiska ramverk som ingår i studien är: model of psychological preparation for peak performance (Hardy, Jones, & Gould, 1996); the developmental model on transitions faced by athletes (Wylleman & Lavallee, 2004). Tio deltagare deltog i studien (N=10) och bestod av fem individuella idrottare och fem lag idrottare från lokal till internationell tävlingsnivå. Semi-strukturerade intervjuer genomfördes utifrån en framtagen intervjuguide speciellt skapad för denna studie, som byggde på teoretiska ramverk. Resultaten presenteras i tre delar, och 8 kategori profiler beskriver de faktorer som bidrar till framgångsrika och dåliga idrottsprestationer i inledningsstadiet-, specialiseringsstadiet-, toppstadiet- och underhållsstadiet. Resultaten visade att faktorer som bidrar till både framgångsrik och dåliga idrottsprestationer förekom under olika skeden av idrottskarriären som, t.ex. socialt stöd, familj, tränare, lagkamrater, idrottslig förmåga, idrottsliga erfarenheter och idrottsprestationer. Resultaten visade också att de olika faktorerna verkade spela olika betydelse beroende på det specifika karriärsteget inom idrotten. Ett exempel är stödjande närstående och idrottsmiljö som visade sig ha störst betydelse för bidragandet av framgångsrika idrottsprestationer i inledningsfasen. Idrottslig förmåga visade sig ha störst betydelse för bidragandet av framgångsrika idrottsprestationer i toppfasen av idrottskarriären. Resultaten diskuteras utifrån teoretiska ramverk och tidigare forskning. Förslag på framtida forskning samt implikationer ges.

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Hussein, Hadi, and Rebecca Lindström. "Slutet gott allting gott? Peak-end rule och användarupplevelsen av ett webbformulär." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för psykologi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-184028.

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Det ställs allt högre krav på interaktiva system idag. Centralt är att de ska tillgodose användarens behov – inte minst användarens känslor och upplevelser. Enligt tidigare forskning kan starka känslomässiga ögonblick under ett händelseförlopp och upplevelsen av dess slut påverka hur vi bedömer en tidigare upplevelse (Kahneman, Fredrickson, Schreiber & Redelmeier, 1993; Redelmeier, Katz & Kahneman, 2003). Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka huruvida peak-end rule har en effekt på den retrospektiva användarupplevelsen av ett digitalt gränssnitt. Detta genom att jämföra två versioner av en prototyp vars interaktion var avsedd att efterlikna ett formulär på en webbsida. De två versionerna var identiska förutom att slutet manipulerades i syfte att framkalla ett positivt slut i den ena versionen och ett neutralt slut i den andra versionen. Totalt 22 deltagare skattade sin generella användarupplevelse efter att ha interagerat med varje version. Därefter svarade de på frågor rörande val av preferens samt upplevd ansträngning. Resultatet visade att peak-end rule hade en signifikant påverkan på val av preferens. Däremot fanns inget stöd som talar för att den totala användarupplevelsen eller upplevda ansträngningen påverkades av slutets utformning. Detta innebär att slutet av en interaktion kan påverka användarupplevelsen i viss mån men att det samtidigt råder en viss tvetydighet kring resultatet. Studerandet av peak-end rule är ännu i en tidig fas inom sammanhanget människa-datorinteraktion. Det krävs således vidare forskning för bättre förståelse om dess effekt för användarupplevelse av interaktiva system. Today there are ever higher demands on interactive systems. Central is that they should meet the user's needs – not least the user's feelings and experiences. According to previous research, strong emotional moments during the course of events and the experience of its end can affect how we assess previous experiences (Kahneman, Fredrickson, Schreiber & Redelmeier, 1993; Redelmeier, Katz & Kahneman, 2003). The purpose of this study was to investigate whether peak-end rule has an effect on the retrospective user experience of a digital interface. This is done by comparing two versions of a prototype whose interaction was intended to resemble a form on a web page. The two versions were identical except that the ending was manipulated in one version in order to evoke a positive ending and a neutral ending in the other version. A total of 22 participants rated their overall user experience after interacting with each version. They then answered questions regarding the choice of preference and perceived effort. The results showed that the peak-end rule had a significant influence on the choice of preference. On the other hand, there was no evidence to suggest that the overall user experience or perceived effort was affected by the design of the end. This means that the end of an interaction can affect the user experience to a certain extent, but that at the same time there is a certain ambiguity about the result. The study of peak-end rule is still in an early phase within the field of human-computer interaction. Further research is thus required for a better understanding of its effect on the user experience of interactive systems.

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BRODEUR, MICHEL. "Role du medecin dans une expedition en haute altitude : experience de l'expedition francaise au broad-peak (1991) massif du karakorum-himalaya du pakistan." Aix-Marseille 2, 1992. http://www.theses.fr/1992AIX20137.

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Skalski, Jonathan Edward. "The Epistemic Qualities of Quantum Transformation." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2009. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2258.

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Growth and development are central constituents of the human experience. Although the American Psychological Association aims to understand change and behavior in ways that embrace all aspects of experience (APA, 2008), sudden, life-altering or quantum transformation has been disregarded throughout the history of psychology until recently (see Miller & C' de Baca, 1994, 2001). Quantum transformation is similar to self-surrender conversion (James, 1902), but different from peak experiences (Maslow, 1964) and near death experiences (Lorimer, 1990) because quantum transformation, by definition, involves lasting change. Quantum transformation contains epistemic qualities, which refer to the content and process of knowing (Miller & C' de Baca, 2001), but little is known about these qualities. The current study employed a qualitative method to better understand the epistemic qualities of quantum transformation. Fourteen participants were extensively interviewed about their experience. Analysis involved hermeneutic methods (Kvale, 1996) and phenomenological description (Giorgi & Giorgi, 2003). Quantum transformation is essentially a process of knowing that unfolded in the form of Disintegration, Insight, and Integration in the present study. First, Disintegration is presented by themes of Overwhelming stress, Relational struggle, Hopelessness, Holding-on, Control, Psychological turmoil, Self-discrepancy, and Guilt. Second, Insight is presented by the Content and Tacit knowing of the experience. Third, Integration is presented by Changes in values, Other-orientation, and A process of development. The results suggest that the disintegration and the suffering that characterizes the pre-transformation milieu inform how quantum transformation relates to lasting change. Therapists that automatically aim to alleviate moral-emotional sorrow or guilt should consider whether the emotional experience can bring about positive transformation. Overall, quantum transformation has potentially major implications for our understanding of personality change and moral development.

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Wood, Matthew. "Rock ‘n’ Roll Took Me There: Its Effects Upon Individual and Communal Religious Experience." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/30174.

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From the claims of punk rocker GG Allin aiming to shed his own blood for Rock ‘n’ Roll to the religiously tinted narratives of Bruce Springsteen we come to find artists using religious references to color their artistic medium. A question arises: Could these utterances and narratives show a deeper meaning behind Rock ‘n’ Roll such that it can give individuals a way to obtain religious experience? This thesis aims at arguing for the ability of Rock ‘n’ Roll as having a way to incite feelings of religious experience and communitas. Through the usage of auto-ethnography coupled with subsidiary sources from academic to pop culture writers this thesis will investigate if such a creative form helps to enable individuals to experience transcendence and feelings of community while immersed in Rock ‘n’ Roll.

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Johnston, Margaret E. "Peak experiences: Challenge and danger in mountain recreation in New Zealand." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Geography, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/4640.

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This thesis investigates the place of risk in mountain recreation in New Zealand. Risk is defined as a situation with positive and negative outcomes, and uncertainty as to their occurrence. The conceptual framework of this thesis deviates from the usual geographic approach to risk - the natural hazards paradigm - and develops an approach which elucidates the context, experience and management of risk. The experience of risk is an interaction of people and environment in which positive outcomes (i.e. challenge) are sought and negative outcomes (i.e. danger) may occur. Both the positive and negative aspects of risk are examined in this thesis, with emphasis on the relationship between them. This research explores the ways in which risk is viewed, accepted and experienced. It investigates the historically and locationally specific development of the risk management framework in New Zealand within which the individual, subculture and society have pursued target levels of risk. The ways in which the individual, subculture and society have interacted to create that framework is emphasized. These ideas are explored in both historical and contemporary contexts through four main sources of information. The mountain recreation literature was used to elaborate the ways in which the risk management framework evolved along with the changing mix of participants and activities undertaken. New forms of management at subcultural and societal levels emerged in response to changes in the way mountain recreation was viewed and experienced by individuals. One important indicator of such change was the fatality picture. Accidents are both a product of recreation behaviour and an influence on it. For this reason a detailed study was made of the mountain recreation fatalities, primarily through coroners' reports. This provided links to the wider experience and development of mountain recreation. The mountain recreation literature regarding the occurrence of accidents, either singly or in aggregate, outlines some of the parameters specifying subcultural and societal ideas about risk. To obtain an in depth view of the place of risk in the experiences of current day recreationists a questionnaire survey of 915 skiers, hunters, day walkers, trampers and climbers was undertaken, and personal interviews with eighteen recreationists took place. Their experiences with both positive and negative aspects of risk were explored, as was behaviour with implications for risk management. The conceptual approach adopted for this research, with its focus on positive and negative aspects of risk, the actual experience of risk, and the context of risk as an accepted and sought after element of mountain recreation enables the comprehensive exploration of risk situations. This has provided the elucidation of individual, subcultural and societal interactions, in historical and contemporary perspectives, with regard to the management of risk in mountain recreation.

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Ménard, Amy D. "Contributors to Optimal Sexual Experiences." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/23995.

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The purpose of this research was to identify the contributors to optimal sexual experiences. At present, there is a lack of clinical knowledge, research knowledge and in-depth public discourse concerning the nature of healthy sexuality. The theoretical and research literature in this area has focused almost exclusively on defining and conceptualizing sexual dysfunctions with little attention paid to either normal or satisfactory experiences. Very little theory exists on the nature and components of optimal sexuality. To date, no empirical investigations have been done to determine the contributors to optimal sexual experiences. In order to identify the contributors to optimal sexual experiences, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 individuals who reported having experienced “great sex”. A phenomenologically-oriented content analysis was performed on interview transcripts to determine the contributors to optimal sexual experiences. Analysis led to the identification of seven major contributors, two pathways towards optimal sexual experiences and two minor contributors. The major contributors included developmental contributors, individual qualities overall, individual qualities in-the moment, skills, relationship qualities overall, relationship qualities in-the-moment and environmental, situational and preparatory contributors. Each of these larger themes was also characterized by a variety of more specific themes. The two pathways that led to optimal sexual experiences included individual qualities that facilitated relationship qualities and relationship qualities that facilitated individual qualities. Finally, the minor contributors consisted of personal proclivities and miscellaneous contributors. Noteworthy findings of this investigation are discussed and then compared and contrasted with existing research and theory. The implications of this work for the general public, sex therapy, sex education, theory and research are considered as well as the strengths and limitations of this study.

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Rattan, Randall Hampton. "The Effect of Ambiguity on Peak Weightlifting Performance : A Study of Experienced Weightlifters." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1994. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278281/.

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Recent studies in the area of sport and exercise science have suggested that weightlifting performance may be significantly improved under ambiguous conditions—namely, when the amount to be lifted is unknown. In the present study, procedural concerns from previous studies examining the effect of ambiguity were noted and a methodological variation was introduced.

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Myhill, Claire. "A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis of Professional South African Ballet Dancers’ Subjective Performance Experiences." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/64120.

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Extensive research into the lives of professional ballet dancers has been conducted by the psychological and medical fields, but much of this research has focused on problems in the environment, sometimes in a way that further pathologizes dancers. Professional ballet is a highly demanding performance area, yet little research into ballet dancers’ performance lives has been conducted, which further shapes perceptions about this population. This study explores how South African professional ballet dancers’ performance lives are shaped by discourse, and how they draw on available discursive resources to construct their subjectivity and create meaning, and to what ends, in relation to performance. Findings suggest that dancers are caught up in several powerful, dominant discourses, some of which may position them in ways that cause subjective harm, but that alternatives do exist. Insights into the complex web of intersecting discourses surrounding ballet are offered, and questions posed to create possibilities, but ultimately, dancers must decide which positions they want to claim or resist, as they continually form their subjectivities. Mini Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2017. Psychology MA Counselling Psychology Unrestricted

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Hummel, Crystal D. Calabrese Raymond L. "Using appreciative inquiry to describe and create teacher peak experiences a case study of elementary school teachers /." Diss., A link to full text of this thesis in SOAR, 2007. http://soar.wichita.edu/dspace/handle/10057/1075.

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Thesis (Ed.D.)--Wichita State University,College of Education, Dept. of Educational Leadership. "May 2007." Title from PDF title page (viewed on October 25, 2007). Thesis adviser: Raymond L. Calabrese. Includes bibliographic references (leaves 123-145).

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Schäfer, Thomas, Doreen Zimmermann, and Peter Sedlmeier. "How we remember the emotional intensity of past musical experiences." Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, 2014. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:ch1-qucosa-151432.

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Listening to music usually elicits emotions that can vary considerably in their intensity over the course of listening. Yet, after listening to a piece of music, people are easily able to evaluate the music's overall emotional intensity. There are two different hypotheses about how affective experiences are temporally processed and integrated: (1) all moments' intensities are integrated, resulting in an averaged value; (2) the overall evaluation is built from specific single moments, such as the moments of highest emotional intensity (peaks), the end, or a combination of these. Here we investigated what listeners do when building an overall evaluation of a musical experience. Participants listened to unknown songs and provided moment-to-moment ratings of experienced intensity of emotions. Subsequently, they evaluated the overall emotional intensity of each song. Results indicate that participants' evaluations were predominantly influenced by their average impression but that, in addition, the peaks and end emotional intensities contributed substantially. These results indicate that both types of processes play a role: All moments are integrated into an averaged value but single moments might be assigned a higher value in the calculation of this average.

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Allertz, Erik, and Tobias Hjelmar. "Kvalitetssäkring av material och tjänster inom byggentreprenadbranschen." Thesis, KTH, Byggteknik och design, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-36501.

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Quality is the key to a well executed product or service. The construction industry hasn’t highlighted the quality in recent times which have contributed to the construction industry receiving much criticism in the field. The public sees it as an offhanded industry where errors and delays are common.The reason for this is considered to be primarily the lack of time, constant pressure to reduce costs and skills and the ability to communicate between the parties about what the correct quality really means. The industry has begun to realize that it must start setting clearer standards and that there are great opportunities for improvement.This report will give Peab an opportunity to develop their quality work. The report highlights Peab residential area of Stockholm market position with the current quality of subcontractors and suppliers. It also provides suggestions on how Peab in a better way can work with quality and with this becoming a more competitive player in the market. The conclusions that can be drawn from this study is that Peab is aware of the problem and has begun work on improvements to enhance quality of work. Peab, for example, developed tools for gathering experience. Unfortunately these methods were used poorly and not to the degree that is required. Peab also works with partnering, based on long term business relationships. Correct use of partnering increases the chances of higher quality in the projects. Concrete proposals for improvements that this report highlights include higher standards in the procurement process, dare make demands on the quality of subcontractors and suppliers, learn from the mistakes made and disseminate the knowledge within the Group and work with long-term business relationships in which partners can develop one another .

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Eriksson, Michaela, and Julia Andersson. "Arbetsberedningar i produktion : En analys av arbetsberedning med syfte att effektivisera och förbättra produktionen på Peab." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Fakulteten för hälsa, natur- och teknikvetenskap (from 2013), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-62604.

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Studier visar att god planering sänker omkostnader och kostnader för ÄTA-arbeten. Det innebär att genomtänkt planering blir en allt viktigare faktor för att kunna minska kostnader för slöseri samt uppnå en effektiv produktion och god kvalitet. Ett hjälpmedel för att uppfylla detta är verktyget arbetsberedning. Arbetsberedning är ett begrepp som genom planering underlättar genomförandet av en aktivitet. För att uppnå önskat resultat och kvalitet ska val av utförandemetod, arbetskraft, material, maskiner och hjälpmedel fastställas i god tid innan arbetsmomentet påbörjas. Syftet med detta examensarbete är att göra en nulägesanalys av hur Peabs arbetsberedningar fungerar i produktionen. Att kartlägga eventuella fel eller brister samt att undersöka möjligheten till effektivisering. Målet är att effektivisera arbetsberedningen och presentera förbättringar. Studien har genomförts på Peab region mellersta och aktuella byggprojekt i Karlstad under våren 2017. Den omfattar en fallstudie på Talldungen förskola samt en intervjustudie där platschefer, arbetsledare och yrkesarbetare har intervjuats. Resultatet visar att Peab har ett strukturerat arbetssätt gällande arbetsberedningar och att medarbetare anser att verktyget är ett bra hjälpmedel. Med hjälp av arbetsberedning klargörs krav och eventuella frågetecken kan redas ut innan aktivitetsstart. Vid beredningen deltar yrkesarbetarna aktivt och kan påverka val av arbetsmetod, maskiner och verktyg. Detta resulterar i en positiv inställning och upplevs även ge bättre sammanhållning mellan yrkesgrupperna. Ett återkommande problem är att arbetsberedning inte prioriteras tidsmässigt vilket gör att uppföljningen efter genomförd aktivitet blir bristfällig och saknar ofta dokumentation. Utifrån de slutsatser som tagits från analysen rekommenderas utbildning, erfarenhetsbank samt ritning- och anvisningsstation som åtgärder. Peab bör även bli bättre på att informera sina medarbetare om vilka verktyg som finns tillgängliga samt satsa på att utveckla BIM-användandet. Studies show that good planning reduces operating coasts and costs for change and additional work. It means that thoughtful planning becomes a more important factor in reducing waste costs and achieving efficient production and good quality. A tool to achieve this is work preparation. Work preparation is a concept that, through planning, facilitates the performance of an activity. To achieve the desired result and quality, the choice of the performance method, workforce, materials, machines and other tools must be decided in good time before the work begins. The purpose of this graduate project is to make a status analysis of how Peab's work preparations are used in production. Identify errors or deficiencies and to investigate the possibility of streamlining. The objective is to get the work preparation more efficient and to suggest improvements. The study has been made in cooperation with Peab Region middle and the current building projects in Karlstad in spring 2017. It comprises a case study (on/at Talldungen preschool) and an interview study where site managers, supervisors and construction workers have been interviewed. The result shows that Peab has a structured work preparation and that the employees find the toolset useful. Working preparation clarifies requirements and any questions can be resolved before the start of the activity. During the preparation, the construction workers actively participate and can influence the choice of working methods, machines and tools. This results in a positive attitude and is perceived to provide better teamwork. One reoccurring problem is that time for work preparation is not prioritized, which means that the follow-up after a completed activity becomes insufficient and the documentation is often missing. Based on the conclusions drawn from the analysis, education, a bank of experience and also a drawing and instructional station are recommended as arrangements. Peab should be better at informing the employees about the available tools and should also be investing in developing the use of BIM.

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Machado, Juliana Brandão. "As experiências formadoras da docência : estudo das trajetórias formativas de professoras-cursistas do curso PEAD/UFRG." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/72134.

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O mundo da vida cotidiana é o aqui e agora das relações humanas, que se apresenta à nossa interpretação, e onde se forjam as experiências formadoras. A tese analisa o mundo da vida das professoras-cursistas do curso de Graduação em Pedagogia na Modalidade a Distância, oferecido pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, entre os anos de 2006 a 2010, no sentido de identificar e analisar as experiências formadoras da docência em relação às trajetórias de formação dos sujeitos envolvidos no processo. Os conceitos principais da tese são mundo da vida cotidiana, na perspectiva de Alfred Schütz, experiência formadora, de acordo com Marie-Christine Josso e cibersocialidade, na perspectiva de André Lemos. Mundo da vida cotidiana é o espaço das relações humanas que estabelecemos diariamente, a realidade emergente de nossas experiências, e onde se forjam os esquemas reflexivos da consciência, a ponto de transformar uma vivência em uma experiência que significa e demarca a trajetória de um sujeito. Experiência formadora constitui-se como a possibilidade de criar e recriar, no âmbito da formação, as significações a respeito do aprendido: aprendido a fazer, a ser e a pensar. A cibersocialidade se relaciona à vivência do cotidiano presentificado, em que emergem as relações na sociedade em rede. A pesquisa de campo foi desenvolvida em duas etapas: a primeira, de abordagem quantitativa, investiga os usos do tempo das professoras-cursistas e mapeia o seu cotidiano. Na segunda etapa são analisadas as experiências formadoras da docência, a partir da seleção de rotinas-síntese de perfis típicos e atípicos da população analisada, totalizando oito sujeitos. As experiências formadoras foram analisadas a partir dos Portfólios de Aprendizagem das professoras-cursistas, recuperando as recordações-referência a partir dos seus itinerários de experiências individuais. Em relação ao mapeamento do cotidiano das professoras-cursistas observamos um cotidiano marcado por um contingente expressivo de ocupações, em que diminui o tempo de lazer e cuidados pessoais na medida em que aumenta o tempo de estudo. O imperativo de gênero demarca as relações estabelecidas no cotidiano das professoras-cursistas. Consideramos necessário o desenvolvimento políticas públicas voltadas à formação de professores considerando a formação como parte do trabalho remunerado. Em relação às experiências formadoras analisamos em profundidade os registros e percebemos que estas se relacionam com o mundo da vida cotidiana de cada professora-cursista, ultrapassando as fronteiras da universidade e da escola, na medida em que se relacionam com essas vivências. As recordações-referência apresentadas compuseram um rol de experiências formadoras destacadas para estes sujeitos. Na medida em que os oito sujeitos respondem às sínteses de reconhecimentos da população analisada no curso PEAD/UFRGS, apontamos as experiências analisadas acima como as experiências formadoras da docência para as professoras-cursistas do PEAD/UFRGS. Por fim, destacamos a importância de assumirmos a experiência formadora como forma de qualificar a formação de professores. The world of everyday life is the here and now of human relations, and presents itself to our interpretation of the interpretation, and where they forge their formative experiences. The thesis examines the life world of teachers-students of the Course Undergraduate Education in Distance mode offered by the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, between the years 2006 to 2010, to identify and analyze the formative experiences of teaching in relation to the trajectories of the subjects involved in the training process. The main concepts of the thesis is the world of everyday life, from the perspective of Alfred Schütz, formative experience, according to Marie-Christine Josso and ciber-sociality, in the perspective of André Lemos. World of everyday life is the space of human relationships we establish daily, the emerging reality of our experiences, and where they forge reflective schemes of consciousness to the point of transforming an experience into an experience that demarcates the meaning and trajectory of a subject. Formative Experience constitutes the ability to create and recreate, in the scope of training, the meanings of what was learned: learned to do, to be and to think. The ciber-sociality relates to the experience of everyday life made present in the relationships that emerge in the network society. The field research was conducted in two stages: the first, a quantitative approach, investigates the time-use of teachers-students and maps their everyday life. In the second stage analyzes the formative experiences of teaching, from the selection of routine-synthesis profiles of typical and atypical of the population analyzed, totaling eight subjects. The formative experiences were analyzed from the portfolios of the teachers-Learning course participants, retrieving memories-reference from their itineraries individual experiences. Regarding the mapping of everyday teachers, teacher students observe a daily marked by a large contingent of occupations, which reduces the time for leisure and personal care in that it increases the time of study. The imperative of gender demarcating relations. We consider it necessary to develop public policies aimed at training teachers considering training as part of paid work. Regarding formative experiences we analyze in depth the records and realized that they necessarily relate to the world of everyday life of each teachers-students, surpassing the boundaries of the university and the school. Memories-reference presented composed a list of formative experiences highlighted for these subjects. Insofar as the eight subjects respond to the syntheses of recognitions of the population analyzed in the course HDPE / UFRGS, pointed the experiences discussed above as the formative experiences of teaching for teachers, teacher students HDPE / UFRGS. Finally, we highlight the importance of formative experience as we assume the possibility of qualifying teacher training.

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Cojuharenco, Irina. "On the evaluation of temporally extended experiences." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/7354.

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La evaluación de las experiencias extendidas en el tiempo se puede hacer de muchas formas. El paradigma --hedometer' en economía sugiere que la evaluación global de la experiencia se puede explicar por las impresiones de satisfacción durante la experiencia. Hay una creciente evidencia empírica sobre una simple ley de Pico-Final. Se ha demostrado que el Pico (la impresión mas extrema) y el Final (la ultima impresión) pueden explicar la evaluación global de la experiencia sin tener en cuenta las demás impresiones. Presento pruebas empíricas de la ley de Pico-Final utilizando datos recolectados en estudios de campo en aulas universitarias y en estudios de laboratorio con imágenes afectivas, e investigo, además, la capacidad de esta ley de explicar la intensidad del estado de animo posterior a la experiencia. Revelo, utilizando una novedosa tarea de estimación intuitiva, las opiniones de las personas sobre la composición de las evaluaciones globales de las experiencias. Finalmente, demuestro las condiciones que dificultan el aprendizaje de la ley Pico-Final, lo que explica porque las personas creen que sus evaluaciones globales representan el promedio de todas las impresiones sin excepción. There are different ways of evaluating experiences lived across time. The --hedometer' paradigm in economics suggests that momentary impressions determine overall evaluations of experiences. There is a mounting empirical evidence for a simple Peak-End rule. Peak (the most extreme) and End (the very last) impressions have been shown to explain overall evaluations without the need to account for other impressions. I test the Peak-End rule using field data from university classrooms and lab data from image-viewing experiments, as well as explore its ability to predict post-experience mood valence. I elicit, using a novel guessing task, lay intuitions about overall evaluations of experiences. Finally, I demonstrate why decision-makers may find it difficult to learn the Peak-End rule and believe rather, that overall evaluations reflect average impressions.

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Belda, Ortega Román. "Mejora del streaming de vídeo en DASH con codificación de bitrate variable mediante el algoritmo Look Ahead y mecanismos de coordinación para la reproducción, y propuesta de nuevas métricas para la evaluación de la QoE." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de València, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/169467.

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[ES] Esta tesis presenta diversas propuestas encaminadas a mejorar la transmisión de vídeo a través del estándar DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP). Este trabajo de investigación estudia el protocolo de transmisión DASH y sus características. A la vez, plantea la codificación con calidad constante y bitrate variable como modo de codificación del contenido de vídeo más indicado para la transmisión de contenido bajo demanda mediante el estándar DASH. Derivado de la propuesta de utilización del modo de codificación de calidad constante, cobra mayor importancia el papel que juegan los algoritmos de adaptación en la experiencia de los usuarios al consumir el contenido multimedia. En este sentido, esta tesis presenta un algoritmo de adaptación denominado Look Ahead el cual, sin modificar el estándar, permite utilizar la información de los tamaños de los segmentos de vídeo incluida en los contenedores multimedia para evitar tomar decisiones de adaptación que desemboquen en paradas no deseadas en la reproducción de contenido multimedia. Con el objetivo de evaluar las posibles mejoras del algoritmo de adaptación presentado, se proponen tres modelos de evaluación objetiva de la QoE. Los modelos propuestos permiten predecir de forma sencilla la QoE que tendrían los usuarios de forma objetiva, utilizando parámetros conocidos como el bitrate medio, el PSNR (Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio) y el valor de VMAF (Video Multimethod Assessment Fusion). Todos ellos aplicados a cada segmento. Finalmente, se estudia el comportamiento de DASH en entornos Wi-Fi con alta densidad de usuarios. En este contexto, se producen un número elevado de paradas en la reproducción por una mala estimación de la tasa de transferencia disponible debida al patrón ON/OFF de descarga de DASH y a la variabilidad del acceso al medio de Wi-Fi. Para paliar esta situación, se propone un servicio de coordinación basado en la tecnología SAND (MPEG's Server and Network Assisted DASH) que proporciona una estimación de la tasa de transferencia basada en la información del estado de los players de los clientes. [CA] Aquesta tesi presenta diverses propostes encaminades a millorar la transmissió de vídeo a través de l'estàndard DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP). Aquest treball de recerca estudia el protocol de transmissió DASH i les seves característiques. Alhora, planteja la codificació amb qualitat constant i bitrate variable com a manera de codificació del contingut de vídeo més indicada per a la transmissió de contingut sota demanda mitjançant l'estàndard DASH. Derivat de la proposta d'utilització de la manera de codificació de qualitat constant, cobra major importància el paper que juguen els algorismes d'adaptació en l'experiència dels usuaris en consumir el contingut. En aquest sentit, aquesta tesi presenta un algoritme d'adaptació denominat Look Ahead el qual, sense modificar l'estàndard, permet utilitzar la informació de les grandàries dels segments de vídeo inclosa en els contenidors multimèdia per a evitar prendre decisions d'adaptació que desemboquin en una parada indesitjada en la reproducció de contingut multimèdia. Amb l'objectiu d'avaluar les possibles millores de l'algoritme d'adaptació presentat, es proposen tres models d'avaluació objectiva de la QoE. Els models proposats permeten predir de manera senzilla la QoE que tindrien els usuaris de manera objectiva, utilitzant paràmetres coneguts com el bitrate mitjà, el PSNR (Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio) i el valor de VMAF (Video Multimethod Assessment Fusion). Tots ells aplicats a cada segment. Finalment, s'estudia el comportament de DASH en entorns Wi-Fi amb alta densitat d'usuaris. En aquest context es produeixen un nombre elevat de parades en la reproducció per una mala estimació de la taxa de transferència disponible deguda al patró ON/OFF de descàrrega de DASH i a la variabilitat de l'accés al mitjà de Wi-Fi. Per a pal·liar aquesta situació, es proposa un servei de coordinació basat en la tecnologia SAND (MPEG's Server and Network Assisted DASH) que proporciona una estimació de la taxa de transferència basada en la informació de l'estat dels players dels clients. [EN] This thesis presents several proposals aimed at improving video transmission through the DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP) standard. This research work studies the DASH transmission protocol and its characteristics. At the same time, this work proposes the use of encoding with constant quality and variable bitrate as the most suitable video content encoding mode for on-demand content transmission through the DASH standard. Based on the proposal to use the constant quality encoding mode, the role played by adaptation algorithms in the user experience when consuming multimedia content becomes more important. In this sense, this thesis presents an adaptation algorithm called Look Ahead which, without modifying the standard, allows the use of the information on the sizes of the video segments included in the multimedia containers to avoid making adaptation decisions that lead to undesirable stalls during the playback of multimedia content. In order to evaluate the improvements of the presented adaptation algorithm, three models of objective QoE evaluation are proposed. These models allow to predict in a simple way the QoE that users would have in an objective way, using well-known parameters such as the average bitrate, the PSNR (Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio) and the VMAF (Video Multimethod Assessment Fusion). All of them applied to each segment. Finally, the DASH behavior in Wi-Fi environments with high user density is analyzed. In this context, there could be a high number of stalls in the playback because of a bad estimation of the available transfer rate due to the ON/OFF pattern of DASH download and to the variability of the access to the Wi-Fi environment. To relieve this situation, a coordination service based on SAND (MPEG's Server and Network Assisted DASH) is proposed, which provides an estimation of the transfer rate based on the information of the state of the clients' players. Belda Ortega, R. (2021). Mejora del streaming de vídeo en DASH con codificación de bitrate variable mediante el algoritmo Look Ahead y mecanismos de coordinación para la reproducción, y propuesta de nuevas métricas para la evaluación de la QoE [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/169467 TESIS

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MALLURET, PASCALE. "Participation a l'auto-enseignement audio-visuel de la dermatologie courante sur peau noire : a propos de notre experience a belemboke, haute sangha, republique centrafricaine." Lyon 1, 1990. http://www.theses.fr/1990LYO1M150.

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Mendes, Valenzuela Gracieth. "Mecanismo de seleção de rede em ambientes heterogêneos baseado em qualidade de experiência (qoe)." Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 2011. https://repositorio.ufpe.br/handle/123456789/2728.

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Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-12T16:00:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 arquivo6834_1.pdf: 2552234 bytes, checksum: ff18190fd071f2e26f6470e29f084e5a (MD5) license.txt: 1748 bytes, checksum: 8a4605be74aa9ea9d79846c1fba20a33 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico Com a crescente popularidade das redes sem fio e as tecnologias Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity), WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access), surgiu a necessidade de se promover uma convergência entre elas, visando oferecer ao usuário diversas oportunidades de conectividade e a possibilidade de estabelecer uma comunicação sem interrupções. Neste contexto, o trabalho tem como objetivo propor um mecanismo de seleção de rede baseado na qualidade de experiência do usuário (QoE - Quality of Experience). A partir dos resultados coletados nas simulações realizadas no Network Simulator (ns-2), foi construída uma base de dados com o histórico de valores obtidos com a métrica de Relação Sinal/Ruído (PSNR Peak Signal Noise Ratio), utilizada com o auxilio do protocolo IEEE 802.21 para a execução da tomada de decisão de handover. Dentre as contribuições deste trabalho, a principal consiste na seleção de redes heterogêneas em que a decisão de handover considera a percepção do usuário, com uso da métrica de QoE. Os resultados demonstram que a decisão de handover baseada em QoE reflete no aumento de 15 % na qualidade do vídeo

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Chyad, Yousif, and Khadija Ali. "Logistik vid begränsat utrymme : Jämförelsestudie mellan fyra byggarbetsplatser." Thesis, KTH, Byggteknik och design, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-260421.

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Planning of material handling in limited spaces has become more relevant in the construction industry and since material cannot always be delivered at the right time in the right place, a delay in the flow chain is created. Each construction site has unique conditions and thus different solutions.In this thesis, four workplaces at Peab have been visited and inspected. The purpose of the thesis was to explore the problems that arise with the logistics in a limited space and find solutions that can be implemented on future construction projects.The aim of the study was to find the common factors that exist for the workplaces within a small area and find ways of working that can change the planning and execution of logistics.Surveys to professional workers and interviews with site managers and supervisors contributed with information to the report.After compiling the thesis work, the result shows that there are opportunities to change the working method of the work management to increase efficiency and productivity.In the study, it appears that there is a lack of communication in the workplaces as a large number of workers do not know when the next delivery of material takes place. In addition, the professional workers admit that they did not have a great influence over the business. Recommended solutions that were developed in the study were experience feedback and further development of the APD plan.

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Tinch, Dugald. "Upland landscapes : what do people want, who wants it and can they have it all?" Thesis, University of Stirling, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/2753.

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The objective of this thesis is to investigate the preferences of individuals for the management of upland landscapes in the UK. Environmental valuation techniques are becoming an increasingly important tool in the development of environmental management policy, however, they are not without their detractors. In particular a school of thought, developed from the work of Bentham, takes issue with the behavioural foundations of the dominant welfare economic doctrine which underpins many of the valuation techniques commonly adopted. They identify that heuristic rules, experience and memory can all play a role in the development of ‘value’ for a good. This thesis aims to investigate the roles of these, along with the role of association with an environmental good, in the development of value for upland landscapes using the Peak District National Park as a case study. This objective is developed in three parts. Part I introduces the topic, identifies the background of research against which this thesis is presented and introduces the case study. This part also attempts to identify how well the complex economy – ecology interactions in this landscape are understood by stakeholders. It shows that, given the complexities of the systems, there are key omissions in stakeholder knowledge and understanding. Part II uses Discrete Choice Experiments to analyse the impact on value of experience, memory, heuristics and association. A series of experiments are applied to the same landscape characteristics in order to achieve this. The results show that value can be impacted in a number of ways with implications for the development of future valuation studies. This thesis concludes with a discussion of the policy implications, limitations and future work associated with this research.

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Piemont, Yves. "Les Exfoliatines de Staphylococcus aureus." Grenoble 2 : ANRT, 1987. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37608872c.

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曾怡茹. "Is Peak-Experience Mystical or Illusional? To Understand Peak-Experience Base on Zen Meditation Experience." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/58096417384626407897.

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碩士 國立臺灣師範大學 教育心理與輔導學系 96 The purpose of this study was to understand the peak experience from the perspective of the Zen meditation experience. Through meditators’ different experiences, a variety of aspects of the peak experience could be reexamined and we may further discover their essence. On one hand, we expect to clarify public myths toward the peak experience. On the other hand, we hope this issue receives more attention in academia. We adopt hermeneutic phenomenology as the methodology of this study. The transcripts of conversation recording from eight Zen Mediators were analyzed, and the results were as follows: 1) All of the peak experience, the plateau experience and the Zen meditation experience descend from the same origin. They both expect that human beings should weaken the boundary of ‘ego’ and focus on ‘Self’. However, we still need to know that the peak experience do not equal to the Zen meditation experience. There were differences which existed in the depth and the width between the two experiences. This study provided more details about Zen meditation experience than peak experience in previous studies. 2) There were no fixed images of the peak experience. The multiple states proposed in previous literatures should be regarded as temporary phenomena or statistic data, but not the Reality. 3) The trigger was not necessary for approaching the peak experience. Therefore, those essentially the same activities such as Yoga and Tai-chi chuan, are also helpful for the transform of the body and soul and realizing the essence of peak experience. 4) The essence of the peak experience lied in the idea of ‘self-transcendence’. The nature of peak experience was for validating the world view and humanity view of transpersonal psychology . That is, we try to be aware of the existence of ‘Self’, to achieve the goal of ‘self-actualization’, and to further reach for ‘self-transcendence’. We go beyond the temporary ‘ego’ and accomplish ‘Real Self’.

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Chikwanha, Darlingtone. "Experiences of diabetes mellitus patients who are on treatment at the Piggs Peak Hospital in Swaziland." Diss., 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/14389.

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The aim of this study was to explore and describe the experiences of diabetes mellitus patients at the Piggs Peak Hospital in Swaziland, from the time of diabetes diagnosis to living with diabetes, adherence to treatment and implementing diabetes self-care. A descriptive, exploratory, contextual qualitative research was conducted. Data was gathered through semi-structured interviews with 26 participants purposively selected on diabetes days at the hospital. Data was analysed qualitatively. Results revealed that patients present late for diagnosis. Being diagnosed causes psychological distress of varying intensity and duration. Hospital visits are burdensome due to financial and transport challenges, as well as service shortcomings. Self-care activities are difficult due to financial challenges and nonconducive social circumstances at home. Social support is lacking. Diabetes patients fear insulin use and prefer oral tablets. It is concluded that diabetes self-care is burdensome for most patients of the PPH in Swaziland. The service providers, stakeholders, and government need to explore strategies for mitigating effects of various barriers to self-care as revealed in this study. Health Studies M.A. (Public Health)

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Vaněčková, Anna. "Mimořádné náboženské prožitky a otázka psychopatologie." Master's thesis, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-295957.

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The diploma work reflects the different attitudes to evaluation of extraordinary religions experiences. The objective is to compare different ways of comprehension and evaluation of extraordinary religious experiences and thereby provide suggestions for further consideration of these experiences with a view to pathology and normality. In the theoretical part firstly the general term of the religious experience is determined further the definition of the extraordinary religious experiences follows. Using the example of three types of different religious experiences the psychological, psychiatric and religious attitudes are compared. Further two general attitudes to the extraordinary religious experiences are compared form the point of view of pathology and normality. The conclusion of the theoretical part offers suggestions for consideration of extraordinary religious experiences. The practical part, based on the qualitative research, surveys the experiences of five persons that went through an extraordinary religious experience which is considered by them as religious or spiritual. The research was carried out by means of the semistructured interview and loosely adjusted graphical projective technique called the "Axis of Life". By analyzing the performed interviews answers to questions how the...

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Chen, Jhih-Ming, and 陳志銘. "The Life Experience of an Organic Pear Farmer." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/72809594496882106028.

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Brachlow, Manuela C. "Testing the IZOF [individualized zones of optimal functioning] directionality model in a team sport." 2006. http://www.oregonpdf.org.

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Ilivitsky, Susan. "Making sense of sudden personal transformation: a qualitative study on people’s beliefs about the facilitative factors and mechanisms of their abrupt and profound inner change." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/3383.

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Sudden personal transformation (SPT) was defined as a subjectively reported, positive, profound, and lasting personal change that follows a relatively brief and memorable inner experience. Although such change has been described in numerous biographies, works of fiction, and religious and scholarly texts, a consistent definition and systematic program of research is lacking in the psychological literature. Moreover, almost nothing is known about what causes such change from the subjective point of view of individuals who have experienced it first hand. This study used semi-structured interviews and thematic analysis to explore the common beliefs of three participants about the factors that facilitated and the mechanisms that caused their SPT. Findings reveal that all participants reported a life transition, feeling miserable, feeling exhausted, feeling unable to resolve adverse circumstances, reaching a breaking point, and support from others facilitated their individual SPT’s. All participants also indicated that a formalized activity or ceremony as well as a process outside of their conscious control (either a higher power or a deep inner wisdom) produced or caused their SPT’s. Implications for future research and counselling practice are discussed. Graduate

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Hummel, Crystal D. "Using appreciative inquiry to describe and create teacher peak experiences: a case study of elementary school teachers." Diss., 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10057/1075.

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The purpose of this study was to describe the peak experiences of teachers while teaching and the necessary ecological conditions for them to enter into a peak experience state. Due to limited research on the study of peak experiences as it relates to teaching, this study sought to describe the peak experiences of teachers through the teachers’ personal reflections back on their peak experiences, and it sought to understand the conditions that allowed these teachers to enter into a peak experience state. The basic design of this study was a qualitative case study conducted through an appreciative inquiry theoretical perspective and a humanistic psychology perspective. An appreciative inquiry theoretical perspective is an action research inquiry process designed to help participants identify their achievements and strengths and allows people to think deeply about their human potential. Participants were guided through three Appreciative Inquiry stages to include discover, dream, and design. Descriptive field notes were taken and information was gathered from varying perspectives. Volunteers were asked to participate in various data collection methods to include semi-structured interviews, semi-structured paired-interviews, focus groups, participant created documents, and generative story telling to support cross-validation and triangulation. Data were analyzed using the comparative analysis matrix method (Miles and Huberman, 1994). Data were also analyzed using the text analysis software CATPAC as a filter to facilitate a deeper level of content analysis. Data were compared, conceptualized, and categorized through content analysis, pattern matching, and an open coding process. After open coding, connections and categories were developed through an axial coding method (Strauss and Corbin, 1990). All analyzed data were used to aggregate common information and identify new insights into perceptions of teachers regarding peak experiences in a teaching and learning context (Guba and Lincoln, 1981). The analyzed data revealed five salient findings: (1) The appreciative inquiry experience allowed participants to identify and create peak experiences and to discover the ecological conditions necessary for them to enter into a peak experience state, (2) the appreciative inquiry process allowed the participants to recognize the importance of connecting with each other and students, (3) the appreciative inquiry process allowed the participants to identify intrinsic needs, (4) the appreciative inquiry process allowed people to validate themselves and others as worthwhile people, and (5) the appreciative inquiry experience identified the importance of recalling and sharing peak experience stories. All of the findings suggested that the appreciative inquiry process has the potential to alter patterns of teacher behavior, which in turn affects organizational culture. Using an AI theoretical research perspective in this research study empowered and energized teachers in life-changing, transformational ways to positively affect a teaching and learning context. The findings from this study have the potential to contribute to the areas of study that focus on effective teaching. This research provided an expanded understanding of peak experiences through an AI design to facilitate teachers in describing personal experiences of peak experiences in a teaching and learning context. Thesis (Ed.D.)--Wichita State University, College of Educarion, Dept. of Educational Leadership

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Austin, Cynthia Anne. "Investigating the mechanisms of therapeutic assessment with children : development of the parent experience of assessment scale (PEAS)." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2011-08-814.

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Therapeutic Assessment (TA) is a hybrid of assessment and therapy techniques in which assessors actively collaborate with clients during an individualized assessment. TA is centered around client assessment questions and provides a safe environment where clients can create shifts in their ‘story’ of self. More specifically, TA with children and their parents has demonstrated more confident parenting and parents’ better understanding of their child’s difficulties, while children have shown decreased problem behaviors and improved social/emotional functioning. The theoretical framework behind TA emphasizes the importance of the interpersonal interactions between the assessor and client, such as the development of a strong assessor client relationship and collaboration. These interpersonal processes are conceptualized as catalysts for greater depth of parent investment in the assessment and deeper levels of feedback results. The need for greater parent involvement and partnership in child mental health services is increasingly recognized in the client/parent satisfaction literature. Parent feedback to child mental health services is most often acquired through satisfaction questionnaires. However, the satisfaction literature has well known limitations, specifically a lack of unifying theory and methodological issues in scale development. Parent satisfaction research indicates that interpersonal experiences are more related to satisfaction than outcomes or client characteristics, and that more psychometrically sound measures are needed. Currently, satisfaction surveys do not provide a detailed understanding of parents’ experiences to inform practice and research. The current study outlines the development of the Parent Experience of Assessment Scale (PEAS). The PEAS is anchored in the theoretical orientation of TA and provides a more quantifiable measure of hypothesized underlying TA constructs. Moreover, the development of the PEAS uses advanced statistical techniques, such as Confirmatory Factor Analysis and invariance testing, to provide a higher level of psychometric rigor. The resulting scale consists of 24 items divided among 5 subscales with demonstrated relationships to general satisfaction. Structural equation modeling provides insight via direct and indirect effects among the PEAS subscales and their relationship to general satisfaction. Through the development of the PEAS, this study provides empirical evidence and support for TA theory and a more nuanced understanding of parent experiences related to satisfaction. text

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Lucen, Bartra Fernando. "Programa de Excelencia Académica (PEA): una experiencia que no te puedes perder." 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/657127.

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Festival de Innovación Educativa de la UPC El primer FIE de la UPC es un espacio de docentes para docentes, en donde se compartirán las estrategias innovadoras de aprendizaje que se han venido aplicando en los últimos meses de educación online. Es una oportunidad para intercambiar conocimiento, seguir aprendiendo y atrevernos a innovar como parte del proceso de enseñanza y aprendizaje.

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Huang, Ya-hsing, and 黃雅星. "The Exploration Experience of the People who Finish Climbing the Top 100 Peaks of Taiwan on ecological environment." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/54581755968379882178.

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碩士 國立雲林科技大學 休閒運動研究所碩士班 99 This study aims to investigate the perceptions, impact, and expectations of five participants who have climbed top one hundred mountains in Taiwan. With the semi-structured interview, the research explores the change of the attitude towards the ecological environment in the forests and mountains after such substantial input of time and effort, as well as the awareness to the environment and the expectations for the future mountain-climbing activities. The results reveal a change of the attitudes of the participants towards the forest environment in Taiwan after the mountain-climbing activity. The findings are as follows. While participants maintain a negative viewpoint to some popular and general routes, they have high appreciation towards the beautiful scenery. Those who have developed the climbing habit possess a deeper affection to the forests and are willing to care for and to protect them. They all thought that human waste and the leftover should take out from the mountains is impossilbe, and there is still room for the improvement of the environmental education. This ecological experience brings us to reflect upon the beauty of the Taiwan mountains, the motivation of mountain-climbing, the attitudes and responsibilities of the mountain guide and leader, as well as the respect to the mountains and Mother nature. The expectations include appropriate attitudes and behaviors for mountain-climbing, and with the practical experiences, to better advise the mountain-climbing practitioners and the government.

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Huang, Mei-Chen, and 黃玫貞. "A Narrative of Laughter and Tears in the Perspiration:A Junior National Table Tennis Player Experienced through Peaks and Valleys." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/71043925690138237657.

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碩士 國立臺北教育大學 體育學系碩士班 100 Athletes often experience each technical practice, physical training and competition for more than just a process on the athletic field; there are more experiences overlooked and considered insignificant by others while many athletic experiences and stories occur in the psychological dimension and physiological emotions unseen by most people. The study aimed to reflect the significance of the table tennis experience for national junior team players. The study adopted a self-narrative research method to write about the peaks and valleys of author’s own experiences as a former Taiwan National Junior Table Tennis Team Player, discussing ‘how table tennis experience becomes “an experience”?’and the “what values can this athletic experience be?”. The following findings were discovered from this study: (1) My own athletic experiences, the interaction of views from others people which I have long neglected now implies great significance of experiences, whereas the evaluation and views from the coach, teammates and students have inconspicuously interacted with my own experience. As it turns out, the continuity an interaction of experiences are inseparable from each other. (2) There were three dimensions of this experiences’ meaning, namely 1. Existence Significance: The seemingly short-term athletic career has accompanied me through the most period of my table tennis life, while each chapter of past life has contributed to my current accomplishment. 2. Knowledge significance is the important source of knowledge from the coach to the athletes because I have been instructed with the technique of forehand attack from the coach. 3. Value Significance: It is one rare opportunity and priceless treasure for table tennis experience and priceless treasure.

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Yu, Peng Cheng, and 彭震宇. "A Study of the Relationships among Visitor’s Socio-demographics, Place Attachment, Recreation Experience and Recreation Satisfaction: From the Example of Hsinchu City Eighteen Peaks Mountain." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/01875012493165704544.

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碩士 國立新竹教育大學 人資處體育碩士專班 98 The purpose of this study was to understand visitors’ socio-demographics, place attachment, recreation experience and recreation satisfaction at Hsinchu City Eighteen Peaks Mountain. The researcher also tried to find out the relationships among degree of perceived visitors’ socio-demographics, place attachment, recreation experience and recreation satisfaction and applied the findings to evaluate recreation service quality at Hsinchu City Eighteen Peaks Mountain. Subjects were Hsinchu City Eighteen Peaks Mountain visitors who were 12 years old and older. The study conducted convenience sampling process to collect data. Questionnaire survey was used as research instrument of this study. There were 540 questionnaires delivered and totally 525 valid questionnaires were received. The response rate was 97.2%. The researcher conducted descriptive statistics, independent samples t-test, one-way ANOVA, scheffe post hoc test, simultaneous regression, stepwise regression to analyze the data. Based on the results, primary visitors were males; age were mainly distributed in 31 to 40 years old; the level of education regarded more in university; the occupation were the students at most; monthly incomes were from NT 20,001 to 40,000; and residency were almost in the Hsinchu County. Most visitors had visited this area at least 3 times. It showed that the revisit visitors' ratio was high. Most visitors came to visit with companions who were family members and the relatives. The visitors spent about 2 to 3 hours at Hsinchu City Eighteen Peaks Mountain. Result of the questionnaires showed that Socio-demographics had some significant differences in the place attachment, recreation experience and recreation satisfaction. In this study, the visitors perceived higher degree of place attachment in “place identity” and “place dependence”. The visitors perceived higher degree of recreation experience in “psychological experience” and “physiological experience”. The visitors perceived higher degree of recreation satisfaction in “physiological satisfaction” and “relaxed satisfaction”. By multiple regression analysis, the major results of this research could be summarized as followed: Place attachment positively affected recreation satisfaction and the “place dependence” more than “place identity”. Recreation experience positively affected recreation satisfaction and the “social experience” more than “psychological experience”. Both place attachment and recreation experience affected recreation satisfaction positively. In the part of place attachment, recreation satisfaction was mainly created by the “place identity” and “place dependence”. In the part of recreation experience, recreation satisfaction was mainly created by the “social experience” and “psychological experience”. Above the result of the study, the researcher suggested that administrative unit can widely establish different kinds of recreational facilities to attract a particular segment of visitors who were coming from other places. Besides, to make good use of the activities that Hsinchu County Government and Hsinchu City Government hold to attract more tourists from other places to participate. Management units could also implement health-related leisure activities to attract different age groups. Besides, we must clearly shape the local characteristics and let visitors know that they could get many different recreation experiences in this place. When planning facilities, it must be combined with this environment and design appropriate activities in order to satisfy the recreation experiences that visitors want to get. Finally, the future researchers could choose different seasons to investigate this place. They could also make comparative analysis between low and peak tourist seasons and expand its samples of research with qualitative research method, so that both qualitative and quantitative research could be done. In addition, they could use Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to explore the causality among variables simultaneously.

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