Extr. de: Habilitationsschrift--Fachbereich Geschichtswissenschaften--Berlin--Freie Universität, 1986.

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Th.--Psychol. sociale--Paris 10, 1984.

Class of 2013 Abstract / Specific Aims: To evaluate the effectiveness of aseptic techniques in preventing microbial growth. Methods: Five stations at varying degrees of aseptic technique evaluated the purity of transfers into two different growth media. Stations included a control using proper aseptic technique under a laminar flow hood, “Clean Nurse” used proper aseptic technique on sanitized countertop, “Sloppy Nurse” used no aseptic technique on un-sanitized counter top, “Clumsy Nurse” dropped the syringe on the floor, used no aseptic technique on un-sanitized counter top, and “The Paramedic” used proper aseptic technique on outdoor picnic table. Fluid was transferred from a dextrose and sodium solution 10 times, each time with a new needle, into TSB growth media bags. Then, 1 mL growth media was pulled from GrowMed media vial with 1 mL volume room air and agitated. The remaining room air was ejectedandmedia re-injected back into vial, and repeated ten times using same needle and syringe. Samples placed in an incubator at 29oC and visually checked for signs of bacterial growth after 14 days. The experiment was repeated once. Main Results: Out of the five scenarios that were prepared in duplicate, only one sample yielded contamination. The one positive result was from one sample attained from the “Clumsy Nurse” station. There were 20 samples taken with a total contamination rate of 5%, utilizing the Yates’s chi-square test generated a p value of > 0.01. Conclusion: Although proper aseptic technique is a valuable practice for patient safety, the overall risk to the patient is relatively low.

This thesis explores the way in which the primary reflexive pattern of expansion and contraction through the spine connects to habit and learning. My eighteen-year practice as an Alexander Technique teacher and extensive experience as a musician and dancer informed my study. Research into the literature about habit and reflex in the late nineteenth through the twentieth century brought to light two radically different discourses, which are contrasted here. F.M. Alexander and John Dewey both understood the interaction of habit and reflex as an opportunity for learning and the empowerment of choice. Behaviorists in experimental and educational psychology redefined habit as automaticity and focused on the external control of behaviour. The primary reflex, also known as startle pattern, is expressed in the fields of interplay both within self and between the self and the world. The continually shifting mix of habit and creativity that constructs learning and perception is accessible to conscious awareness and direction through working with this reflex. In the interactive learning process in which I participate with my students, movement becomes a dynamic, expressive process rather than either a mechanical goal-oriented function or an habitual phenomenon disengaged from the sense of self. My intention here is to invite my reader into this process by telling stories, offering analysis and historical context, and juxtaposing writing from Alexander, Dewey and others with my own text. The flow of my text moves along the right facing pages; the quotations, poetry and prose on the left may be read in conjunction with or separately from the text. I chose this form to create a depth of experiential understanding, a field in which to discover interconnections. Of course, the choice and placement of writing reflects my standpoint. The student stories are fictionalized and constructed from experiences common to many different people and therefore contain no clues as to individual identities. Because of the foundational nature of the process that I work with, a telephone line repair technician could be dealing with the same issues as might, for example, a massage therapist, fire fighter, singer, teacher or car mechanic. / Graduate

Contained within my thesis is an analysis of my paintings in relation to paintings that are being done in this age and area. Thus, I have discussed the geographic and atmospheric environment which necessarily affects the artist’s work. The paintings which have been chosen to comprise my thesis are two views of the Steel Bridge and four views of an old barrel mill in North Portland. They have been executed in Polymer-Acrylics, a Hy-Plar product. This medium, plus the subject matter, compositional and technical problems are given consideration. Lastly,I have briefly summarized what I believe painting to be.

The theme evolved into one aspect of a specific city. Portland, Oregon is famous for its bridges. In actuality, they are the hinges that make it a metropolis instead of two middle-sized urban cities. Thinking along these lines, most sketching was concentrated around these connecting links. Eventually the Broadway, Steel and Hawthorne proved to be the most interesting as to line, pattern, and shape as well as most important in the history of the city. These three were combined into a triptych with a different bridge occupying each panel. The most difficult problem was one of composition – how to present each bridge with equal importance in an individual way, yet unifying all so that the viewer would see the three single panels as one entity. I tried to solve the problem of variation and importance by placing each bridge at a different angle and on a different perspective plane, yet drawing each one on a large scale so that it became the dominant area in the panel. Line and color are the unifying factors. Black is the important color in each bridge and also in the beams in the foreground. These beams are not contained within each panel, as are the bridges, but go beyond and into all three so as to form one composition. Much knowledge has been gained personally through this thesis – most of it in the area of compositional planning. It has emphasized the need for detail in preliminary work (line, value, and color). It has shown that there is no substitute for the exhaustion of all approaches to the subject. The learning process here should apply to all works and to the teaching process as well, for these two general ideas of exploration and planning can change the mediocre into something worthwhile.

Diss.--Hannover--Universität, 1990.

Abstract Jet impingement heat transfer is an enhanced heat transfer technique.This article reports results on the local heat transfer coefficients for confined impinging air jet.A transient thermochromatic liquid crystals technique is used to visualize and record isotherms on an impingement surface. Quantitative temperature measurement using thermochromatic liquid crystals is a field temperature measurement technique. It utilizes the feature that TLCs change their reflex light colors with variation of temperature and apply an image capturing and processing system to calibrate the characteristic curve of TLCs colour-temperature,and then use it to measure the distribution of surface temperature. Therefore , it can solve some problem that cannot be solved by traditional point Temperature measuring methods in heat transfer field. The main object of this articale is to set up a temperature measurement system of transient thermochromatic liquid crystals. Furthermore, an experimental is carried out in the present study to investigate the characteristics of heat transfer resulting from a low speed air jet impinging onto a horizontal circular disk confined in a vertical adiabatic cylindrical chamber. Experiments are conducted at low nozzle-to-disc spacing (0.5<H/D <3.5) and Reynolds number in the range of500 to 1500 for two different injection pips. The results show that the effects of Reynolds number and nozzle-to-disc spacing on the local heat-transfer coefficient are reported and compared with different diameter of injection pipes.Finally , empirical equations are proposed to correlate the effect of Reynolds number and nozzle-to-disc spacing .

Texte remanié de: Thesis Ph. D.--Waltham, Mass.--Brandeis university. / Bibliogr. p. 149-156. Index.