This thesis examines the caloric values of meals served in a college dormitory.

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This thesis examines the notion of unseen factors that a user leaves behind once departing from a space. When properly engaged, an inhabitant forms an emotional attachment to a space. This attachment can be felt by later occupants as an experiential, phenomenological quality that cannot be removed from the space. This thesis asks questions such as: Which spaces lend themselves to what emotions? How does the architect compel a user to feel positive emotional attachment to a space? How does a building react to user changes over time? Can a building give off a "vibe" as an inanimate object? This thesis aims to investigate the following thesis statement: "What happens to the emotions in a building after its users leave?" / Master of Architecture / This thesis examines if people leave behind emotions in the places they visit and inhabit. People have emotional attachments to places, and their emotion can transform a building in an unseenway. This thesis asks questions such as: With which spaces do people bond? How does the architect play a role in someone liking a building? How do buildings change over time? Can buildings have a personality? The thesis aims to investigate the following thesis statement: “What happens to the emotions in a building after people leave?”

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Abstract According to the idea held by the government, ¡§government has limited resources but the private sector has limitless power,¡¨ the Executive Yuan established and promulgated the enactment, ¡§Promoting the Participation by the Private Sector in Public Works,¡¨ in February 2000. This is a policy that depends on the vitality and capital funds of the private sector to be incorporated for use in a timely manner. This has brought positive meanings and benefits in enhancing government performance, reducing government financial burdens, speeding up the construction of public works, improving the quality of public works and services, and promoting economic growth. The scope and target of this dissertation is the process of planning to regard Kaohsiung International Youth Hostel as a dormitory facility of Kaohsiung Chung-Hwa School of Arts. It is expected, with the investigation of this case, to study how to harmony with related existing laws and regulations, analyze the burdens and favors taken by the participants under various situations, and examine the feasibility of its¡¦ cooperation so that unused government assets, in agreement with the original purpose of such assets, can be fully utilized, enthusiastic artists can have a comfortable housing environment and field where they can exchange art, facilitate the art prosperity in the Fine Arts Museum neighborhood, and then bring in commercial opportunity to help local economic development. Moreover, through this case study, it aims to provide government offices concerned with valuable figures when they conduct related operations so that when executing plans of the same essence, the office-in-charge can achieve more economic benefits and policy objectives. This dissertation used ROT mode to introduce the resources of the private sector into the operation of public works, which will effectively solve the difficulty that government has no choice but to implement the operation of public works even under financial deficits. As a consequence, public works would not fall idle in the wake of short government finances and lack of professional operation, and the public would be encouraged to advocate the plan to recycle and to reuse the unused public works so as to achieve energy conservation and the prospect for the sustainable development of Earth. Through sensitivity analysis on the changes in key parameters, this dissertation has clearly noticed the increase and decrease in various hypotheses and parameters, and will present different effects and evaluate the variable effects of all the parameters. Before it is executed, the effects and impact that may be caused by government, chartered companies, students, and banks should be considered. Before the plan is implemented, risk control measures should be formulated according to the results of sensitivity analysis.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2000. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 159-169). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (M.S.)--Eastern Illinois University, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 51-53).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2000. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 159-169). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Ohio University, June, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 122-133)