Doctor of Philosophy(PhD) / Many people believe that ‘purpose-built’ facilities will diminish some of the challenging behaviours exhibited by older people with dementia or psychiatric conditions. This study aimed to explore and understand what hands-on nurses in psychogeriatric assessment units experience and think of the built environment as a part of their day to day work. Twenty-one unstructured interviews were conducted with nurses at three psychogeriatric assessment units. The units ranged in style from an ancient adapted building to a contemporary 'purpose-built' facility. A critical hermeneutics derived from Gadamer was used to explore the interviews. It found that nurses think of the built environment in relation to the care needs of their patients, and feel bureaucratic restrictions in using the built environment more keenly than the shortcomings of the built environment itself. Nurses saw themselves and their patients as 'outcasts' or victims of those with money and power. The study concludes with suggestions for challenging the status quo, but also considers that being regarded as 'outcasts' allows opportunities to avoid being overly impressed by technological marvels.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Tufts University, 2001. / Adviser: Chris Rogers. Submitted to the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 140-146). Access restricted to members of the Tufts University community. Also available via the World Wide Web;

Thesis (M.Eng.). / Written for the Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering. Title from title page of PDF (viewed 2008/01/14). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.Arch.) - Carleton University, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 114-116). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008. / Committee Chair: Patricia Sobecky; Committee Member: Ellery Ingall; Committee Member: Jim Spain; Committee Member: Martial Taillefert; Committee Member: Thomas DiChristina.

Thesis (Ph.D)--Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009. / Committee Chair: Speyer, Robert; Committee Co-Chair: Sanders, Thomas; Committee Member: Gerhardt, Rosario; Committee Member: Sandhage, Kenneth; Committee Member: Snyder, Robert; Committee Member: Zhang, John. Part of the SMARTech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection.

Thesis (M.S.)--Worcester Polytechnic Institute. / Keywords: fringe projection; condensation; reduced gravity; optical measurement. Includes bibliographical references. (p.125-126)

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Miami University, Dept. of Psychology, 2006. / Title from second page of PDF document. Includes bibliographical references (p. 64-72).

Thesis (M.U.D.)--University of Hong Kong, 1992. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 261-264) Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Drexel University, 2005. / Includes abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 132-137).