This essay is based on a critical review of dominant form of tourism industry that causes a system of meaning, making as consequences of reproducing of ‘image’ in media. Images of promised destinations bombard us everywhere, on billboards, small advertisement bar on social networks websites, on magazine and even in movies and TV series in designated smart way. These images define what we should experience when we are in such destinations and at the same time affirm any other forms of experience which is not recognized in these matrixes of images are not welcome. This means for example the meaning of safety and comfort in a travel is only achieved by the way that  has been already constructed in media through series of campaigns of a special tourism agency. One can say this mechanism forces us to accept that there is no other ways of having comfortable travel without going by airplanes and tourist packages without accommodating in hotels, without going to designated touristic areas in destination and so on and so forth. Here I draw on other alternative ways of doing travel like Slow tourism as a way of breaking such image making system in media as well as a way of experiencing what seems to be un-experience-able. For this I conducted a series of interviews with an experienced slow traveler who cycled several times between various countries. This essay is a qualitative/analytical text based on experiences of one slow traveler and critical reviews of  literature provided in this area.

This dissertation confirms war as the zenith of aesthetic experience and demonstrates the pragmatic nature of war through explication of John Dewey’s aesthetic philosophy. Likewise, the coherency of Carl von Clausewitz’s philosophy parallels Dewey as it too leads to complete development, or flourishing, of the individual in a complex, ever-changing world. Von Clausewitz’s sets his philosophy in the context of war, but his philosophy transcends that milieu. The timelessness of the General’s philosophical concepts guarantees the appropriateness of these concepts in today’s inconstant world. To exemplify this point, this paper applied von Clausewitz’s concepts to the range of contemporary wars in which the demands on modern warriors are often perceived as qualitatively different from demands placed on individuals in the armies of the early 1800s. This perception is shown to lack credibility and, even though the methods and technologies of war are in continuous flux while the basic nature of war remains unchanged, the germane nature of the General’s philosophy to contemporary times remains unsullied and follows logically. Rather than simply asserting that the concepts of these two philosophers are apropos in the contemporary context of war, this dissertation concludes by contending that modern military thinkers employ the Clausewitzian philosophy, as synthesized by John Boyd, as a basis for fighting in today’s contemporary environment. As an exemplar, the current doctrine of the United States Marine Corps is offered as a template of the philosophy of von Clausewitz and, by extension, Dewey. Modern war, once established as an archetype of the Deweyan philosophy, can be claimed as the primary illustration of the aesthetic.

This manuscript presents the author's experience as a fulltime graduate engineer at Freese and Nichols, Inc. (FNI), a professional engineering an servicebased consulting firm, as a Record of Study (ROS) for the Doctor of Engineering (DE) degree at Texas A&M University. Through the course of the internship, the author was to familiarize himself with FNI organizational procedures and fulfill established internship objectives concerning technical, managerial, strategic, and societal achievement. In meeting the above requirements, the author describes the history and key aspects of the FNI business, discusses established managerial procedures at FNI, presents direct work experience on projects during the DE internship period, and presents outcomes towards the internship objectives. FNI has a storied history, and the FNI business model centers around its ability to sell its employees time on projects; it requires technical expertise and client relationships that facilitate selection for the work. FNI's organizational structure and managerial procedures are designed to emphasize the company's differentiated strategy towards high quality customer service. The author worked on several projects throughout the internship; however, the primary role was via the Highlands Bond Program, which involved the design of multiple water resources structures. Through the awareness of the FNI business concept and these projects, the key outcomes of the DE internship were noted, as numbered below. 1) The author fulfilled all internship objectives. 2) As a function of the projects, technical/engineering skills were applied and learned, and a greater appreciation for the interconnectedness of technical disciplines was developed. 3) The author concluded that the Assistant Project Manager (APM) role, of which the author served while on the internship, offers significant managerial and strategic benefits to FNI, and that the role can facilitate faster individual growth and greater project ownership. 4) Strategically, all projects are important in a business, even if they are less technically advanced. 5) Recommendations that could potentially improve the engineering programs at Texas A&M include a) providing greater emphasis on developing the soft skills of engineering, and b) potentially adding dam management/design and pipeline/pump station design to the water resources portions of the Texas A&M Curriculum. 6) The author noted that FNI is a well-managed company, and that his observations during the DE internship reinforced this statement.

Cosmetic market has evolved and becomes a fashion trend in this abundance of material modern society. It is a smooth transition from ¡§for woman¡¨ in the old-fashioned society to today¡¦s new breed ¡§for man¡¨ outburst. It is also the revolution from the ¡§external care products¡¨ to ¡§internal care products.¡¨ The marketing channel has even involved into multi-diversified channels to reach the variety of consumers. As the result, the current global ¡§in-take¡¨ cosmetic market has reached to 46.7 billion USD. Under the advocate of this new concept, Taiwan¡¦s food market is also growing quietly and steadily. When a consumer is considering a cosmetic product in this rapid changing market, their buying desire often depends on their knowledge of the product¡¦s value through self-recognition. This dissertation will conduct a detail examination on the consumers¡¦ cognitions, affect and conation regarding the different channels of the product information source. From this study¡¦s objects in the ¡§drinkable cosmetic¡¨ market, we can concentrate on: 1.Consumers who possess the direct experience with the drinkable cosmetic has a significant affect than those who do not possess the same experience. 2.In comparison with advertisement affect, the consumers who had direct experience has had a greater impression regarding the product. 3.The cross functional between ¡§direct experience¡¨ and ¡§product involvement¡¨ does not consist affect on the studied result. Therefore, despite the different levels of product involveness from the consumers, it will not affect their direct experience nor advertisement affect. It will also not affect the consumers¡¦ buying desire. This research is focusing on the cosmetic market¡¦s new concept on care product, which is the drinking product. Even though the study is concentrating on this later developed market, there are still many aspects of the research that can be further discussed.

The main purpose of this study was to explore the situation of experiential theories merging into the teaching of Integrative Activities Learning Area in elementary schools. Samples were taken from two classes of fourth graders at a primary school in Kaohsiung. One class of the subjects was used as the experimental group and the other class was used as the control group. Experiential theories were emerged into the Integrative Activities Learning Area teaching of the experimental group, while the control group received the traditional lecture. The courses lasted six weeks. After completion of the course, students from both groups filled up the Integrative Activities Learning Area attitude questionnaires. The research also adopted qualitative research method, which includes observation, interview, questionnaire, and document analysis. As a result, the following conclusions were obtained: 1. Students were used to thinking in one way about discussion chart¡FThey confused suspense with surprise about assessment chart¡FThey could reflect over reflection chart . 2. Students loved visiting and performance, because of fun, inter- action and challenge. 3. Discussion chart and assessment chart could be applied to formative assessment¡FReflection chart could be applied to summative assessment. 4. Understanding the member enhanced learning performance. 5. Teachers must be flexible when they merge experiential theories into Integrative Activities Learning Area teaching. 6. When students had good attitude towards group cooperation, their learning performances were fine. 7. Merging experiential theories into Integrative Activities Learning Area teaching could enhance students¡¦ attitude toward Integrative Activities Learning Area.

Using a sample of 443 participants employed in a variety of jobs, the interactions between cognitive ability, conscientiousness, agreeableness, task experience, and task and contextual performance were explored. Results suggest that task experience is a better predictor of task performance than contextual performance; that agreeableness is associated with greater levels of contextual performance, but only for those lower in cognitive ability; and that conscientiousness moderates the interaction between cognitive ability and task experience on task performance. Specifically, it was found that for higher levels of conscientiousness, task performance converged for those of different cognitive abilities when task experience was high; likewise, for lower levels of conscientiousness, task performance diverged for those of different cognitive abilities when task experience was high. The impact and limitations of these results are discussed.

Agri-leisure is a new type of farm operation model. It is a service that well utilizes the natural resources and the local characteristics to let the visitors experience rural life, and to get spiritual satisfaction. Since most of the farms¡¦ products and activities are not innovative and entertain enough, the objective of this project is to help the farms owner in Kaohsiung and Pingtung counties to breakthrough this dilemma. We evaluate each farm¡¦s SWOT analysis, holding conferences with industrial, governmental and academic experts, and adopts Delphi rule as a tool for the objective perspective. Finally, we conclude 20 strategies regarding to 3 perspectives, which are ¡§The overall development¡¨, ¡§Experience activities¡¨ and ¡§Related products¡¨

<p><strong>Bakgrund:</strong> Antalet personer med demenssjukdom i Sverige beräknas uppgå till 150 000. Utav dessa vårdas 55 procent i hemmet av anhöriga. De anhörigas roll och funktion som vårdare i hemmet blir alltmer centralt, då vård och omsorg flyttas från det offentliga rummet till det privata. Att träda in i rollen som anhörigvårdare förändrar livssituationen avsevärt och allt planeras kring demenssjukdomens villkor. <strong>Syfte:</strong> Att sammanställa och belysa forskning som beskriver hur de anhöriga upplever sin situation av att vårda en anhörig som drabbats av en demenssjukdom. <strong>Metod:</strong> En litteraturöversikt där fem kvantitativa och sex kvalitativa artiklar analyserats. <strong>Resultat:</strong> Artikelanalysen resulterade i tre teman:  <em>en ny livssituation, förändrad relation och känslomässigt påfrestande.</em> I resultatet framkom att anhöriga rapporterade ohälsa. <strong>Diskussion:</strong> Anhöriga är en utsatt grupp, som behöver mycket stöd för att de ska orka axla rollen som anhörigvårdare. För att de ska kunna ge den demenssjuke god vård, krävs ett samarbete mellan den anhörige och vården. Kunskapen i studien är användbar för sjuksköterskan och kan användas som ett verktyg för ökad förståelse i mötet med den anhörige.</p> / <p><strong>Background:</strong> The numbers of people with dementia in Sweden are estimates at 150 000. Out of these 55 percent cared for a relative at home. The role and function as a caregiver in home are becoming more centralized, when health care move from the public sphere to private enter the role of careers changing life situation considerably and everything is planned around the dementia illness. <strong>Aim:</strong> To collate and illustrate research that describes how the relative experiences their situation of caring for a relative with dementia. <strong>Method:</strong> A literature survey in which five quantitative and six qualitative articles were analyzed. <strong>Results:</strong> Article analysis resulted in three headings: <em>a new life situation, <em>changes in relationships and <em>emotional trying. </em></em></em>The results revealed that caregivers reported illness. <strong>Discussion:</strong> Relatives are a vulnerable group in need of much support to maintain the role as a caregiver. To be able to provide the best dementia care requires a coperation between caregivers and health care. Knowledge in the study is useful for the nurse and can be used as a tool for better understanding of the meeting with the relative.</p>

<p>Bakgrund: När en individ drabbas av Alzheimers, vilket orsakar minnessvårigheter påverkas även familjen då vardagen drastiskt förändras. För att öka de närståendes hälsa och bemöta dem på bästa sätt behövs en ökad förståelse om deras upplevelser.Syfte: Syftet med denna studie är att genom självbiografier belysa närståendes upplevelser av att leva med en person som har Alzheimers sjukdom i det dagliga livet.Metod: En litteraturstudie av självbiografier skrivna utav närstående till personer med Alzheimers.Resultat: I resultatet kunde vissa upplevelser urskiljas. Upplevelserna delades upp i olika kategorier. Huvudkategorier var Att börja förstå, Att förlora en livskamrat, Att leva med en person med Alzheimers, Att leva psykologiskt ensam.Diskussion: Många negativa upplevelser och likheter framkom i datamaterialet. Det som framkom i studien kan styrkas med tidigare studier. Huvudkategorin Att förlora en livskamrat visade sig vara framträdande hos de närstående.Implikationer för Omvårdnad: Sjuksköterskan kan genom en ökad förståelse för de närståendes negativa upplevelser ge stöd som kan bidra till mera positiva upplevelser.</p> / <p>Background: When an individual is diagnosed with Alzheimer's, which causes memory difficulties, this will also affect the family/relatives as everyday life drastically changes. To assure optimal approach of these relatives and to improve their health a greater understanding of their experiences is required.Aim: The aim of this review is to shed light upon relatives' experiences of everyday life living with an individual with Alzheimer's disease.Method: A literature review. Result: Analysis of autobiographies written by relatives of individuals with Alzheimer's revealed certain specific experiences. The experiences were categorized. Main categories were: Beginning to understand, To loose a life-partner, To live with an individual with Alzheimer's, To live alone psyhologically. Discussion: A lot of negative experiences and similarities appeared in the material. What emerged from the study is substantiated by previous studies. Main Categories To loose a life-partner was found to be prominent in the related. Implications for Nursing: Nurse can by a better understanding of the related negative experiences support that can contribute to more positive experiences.</p>

<p>This paper looks at the perceptions of people within and outside of Jönköping, regard-ing the main attractions/attributes within the Jönköping region and how they are being branded by the municipality. A model was formed to explain how consumer expecta-tions affect demand, and based on that a survey was handed out to find out consumers travelling habits, general perceptions about Jönköping and its branding. The results show that promotion has not been as successful as hoped and that Jönköping is still seen as a religious city among the respondents. A Las Vegas Entertainment Concept was formed to find out whether people would be willing to visit Jönköping more often if something „new‟ was presented. In conclusion, for consumers to visit more often new experiences have to be provided. It is all about the way Jönköping city is marketed in the future and what it will be able to offer to the different consumer segments visiting.</p>