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This report seeks to examine the organization in which this writer performed an internship as partial fulfillment for the Master of Arts in Arts Administration degree granted by the University of New Orleans. Although performed in a for-profit making rather than nonprofit setting, this internship, performed at the Hotel Inter-Continental, makes a valuable contribution to my professional career. The internship began January 23, 1998 and ended on November 13, 1998. The reason this writer chose to perform the internship at a hospitality lodging facility was to gain experience in VIP relations, managerial planning and controlling, and overview of hospitality industry. The internship was largely successful, as the writer gained the anticipated experience while making a significant contribution to the ongoing operations of the Hotel InterContinental. The writer is currently employed as a full-time employee as the Assistant Guest Relations Manager.

Le travail de recherche proposé dans cette thèse porte sur la question de la transmission psychique inconsciente, l’objet de recherche s’attachant plus précisément à définir les différentes modalités de transit de la réalité psychique. C’est à partir d’une clinique auprès d’enfants suivis en hôpital de jour ou en centre médico-psychologique que sont interrogées les formes, les voies et les fonctions des transits, des échanges qui s’organisent entre les différentes scènes subjectives, qu’il s’agisse de la scène du rêve, du jeu, du corps, mais encore celle de l’autre de la relation. La scène psychique au regard de sa croissance, de son développement, ne peut se penser sans l’objet, aussi le modèle proposé en appui sur la théorie psychanalytique mais explorant aussi d’autres épistémologies comme la phénoménologie, les neurosciences, l’embryologie, est un modèle intersubjectif. A la suite des auteurs kleiniens mais aussi des travaux des groupalistes, il a pour objet de construire une représentation de l’espace intermédiaire ou espace « entre », situé entre les scènes et à partir duquel s’organisent les transactions et la transmission psychique. Il est possible de caractériser ce lieu de la connexion, d’en proposer une métaphore, une topologie, de montrer qu’il a une concrétude et des processus spécifiques. Penser l’entre-deux et l’alternance entre les scènes subjectives sur lesquelles se montre la réalité psychique amène aussi à interroger les modes de représentation de la conflictualité, à penser en termes de scénalité, d’inter-scénalité, de trans-scénalité, à rechercher également qu’elle est l’instance intrapsychique organisatrice de sa mise en jeu et de sa mise en scène. Parce que le moi est un être frontière et assure une fonction d’articulation, on peut décrire, en usant de la métaphore théâtrale, un moi dramaturge et scénographe et montrer comment les scènes subjectives interconnectées permettent alors de retrouver un lien associatif et une continuité narrative. Lorsque la souffrance psychique est trop grande et ne peut être psychisée, la scène éloignée (par exemple la scène phobique), se révèle être un puissant attracteur de la réalité psychique et donne une forme au conflit. Du fait d’une coïncidence, d’une mêmeté ou autre, elle vient en relais, elle est à penser comme un lieu où se déposent et se déchargent les tensions à l’instar d’une zone de transits ou parfois d’une zone de quarantaine maintenant à distance le surcroit de douleur et évitant une contamination de l’ensemble. Certains mécanismes identificatoires jouent un rôle fondamental dans la transmission psychique, notamment l’identification projective qui permet que se véhicule la souffrance et notamment qu’elle soit communiquée au thérapeute. De fait, la scène thérapeutique parce qu’elle attire à elle des contenus psychiques toxiques, non-élaborés, ceux-ci pouvant être liés à une transmission transgénérationnelle, opère aussi comme une scène à distance où s’organise un partage des expériences affectives et émotionnelles, cela étant à penser dans le cadre d’une relation transféro-contre-transférentielle. La prise en compte des jeux d’alternance impliquant souvent plusieurs scènes interconnectées entre elles comme les scènes thérapeutique, transférentielle mais aussi corporelle, onirique, fantasmatique, qui sont autant de lieux possibles d’expression du conflit psychique, amène en dernier lieu et en guise d’ouverture à un prochain travail de recherche à envisager une autre modalité d’associativité que nous nommons associativité inter-scénale. / The research work proposed within the framework of this thesis focuses upon the unconscious psychic transmission, with a particular emphasis on the various forms of transits of psychological reality. Based on The forms, channels and the roles of the transits, the interaction between the various subjective scenes, be they the dream scene, the game scene, the body scene or the Other in the relationship, have been studied in a child clinic with children in a day hospital or in a medical psychological centre. The psychological scene in view of its growth, its development, is unthinkable without the object, that is why the model proposed on the psychoanalytical theory, but also investigating other epistemologies such as phenomenology, neurosciences, embryology, is an intersubjective model. Following the kleinian authors, but also the groupalists’ work, its purpose is to build a representation of the intermediary space, or space in between, located between the scenes and from which psychological transactions and transmissions organize themselves. It is possible to characterize this place of connection, to propose a metaphor for it, a topology, to show it is real, with specific processes. Considering the between-two and the alternating between the subjective scenes on which the psychological reality shows, also leads us to ask questions about the modes of representation of conflicts, to think in terms of scenality, inter-scenality, trans-scenality, also to investigate the intrapsychic occurrence which articulates its operation and staging. Because the self is a border being and it has a function of articulation, one could evoke, with a theatrical metaphor, a dramatist and scenographer self, and show how the interconnected subjective scenes then allow to get back to an associative link and a narrative continuity.When mental suffering is too acute and it cannot be psychologized, the remote scene (the phobic scene for instance) proves to be a powerful attraction of psychic reality, and it gives a shape to the conflict. Because of a coincidence, a sameness, or other, it is a relay, one should think about it as a place where tensions lay and discharge as in a transit area or sometimes a quarantine zone keeping the excess pain away and avoiding a contamination of the whole.Some identifiable mechanisms play a key role in the psychologicaltransfer, particularlythe projective identification which ensures pain is carried out and, especially, communicated to the therapist. Indeed, because the therapeutic scene attracts undeveloped toxic psychic contents which may be linked to a transgenerational transmission, it also operates like a distant scene in which a sharing of the affective and emotional experiences takes place. The coverage of the alternation games often involving several scenes interconnected together such as the therapeutic scenes, transferential as well as corporeal, oniric, fantasmal, which represent as many potential places of expression of psychological conflict, finally leads us, thus opening up to a future research work, to consider another method of associativity which we name inter-scenal associativity.

The heat-treating industry is in need of heat- treatment furnace materials and fixtures that have a long service life and reduced heat capacity. Based on microstructural analysis of components that were used until failure in carburization furnace application, it was found that the primary reason for failure was the excessive carburization that leads to “metal dustingâ€� and subsequent cracking. Aluminizing is widely used to increase the high temperature oxidation and carburization resistance of nickel- based alloys. In this dissertation, RA330, RA602CA, 304L/316L, Inconel 625 alloys were selected to study their performance in an industrial carburization furnace for times up to two years. These alloys were exposed in both the as-fabricated and aluminized condition. The test samples were exposed to Cp=0.7-1.3% carburizing atmosphere at approximately 900℃ for 3 months, 6months, 12months, 18 months and 24months. The oxidation properties and oxide stability at high temperatures will be presented. In addition, the analysis of microstructural development during long term exposure experiments in an industrial carburizing furnace will be presented. These samples were characterized using optical and scanning electron microscope, EBSD, and x-ray diffraction. It was found that the aluminized alloys exhibited lower weight gain and carbon uptakes.

Introduction The aim of the research is to understand collaboration between marketing and logistics, increasing knowledge about perceived barriers in organizations, in order to addressing functional silos in organizations by inter-functional collaboration as a solution. The author questions the advantages of inter-functional collaboration in the scope of organizational performance. The significance of this research is that collaboration is one of the remaining cost cutting advantages that are impeccable for organizations in the following decade. Purpose The purpose of the study is to understand collaboration between marketing and logistics department, focusing on the instruments that facilitate improved collaboration. Method The question of how collaboration in organizations takes place, the author used an inductive, qualitative approach to come up with a theoretical framework to improve collaboration. The author reflected on the history of both marketing and logistics functions in organizations and discussed the common responsibilities of the two. Then, the framework was set to study organizational performance in theory, and to aggregate and review possible methods - so called instruments - to improve collaboration within organizations. To accomplish this, the author listed the key instruments for collaboration purpose and defines the important instruments to perform the implementation of collaboration in organizations. Empirical information acquired with interview sessions with the CEO of Nivea Seoul ltd. Contributed to the validity of the concepts and extended the knowledge about instruments. Conclusion The outcome of theoretical research is that collaboration between marketing and logistics, 'logistics leverage' - positive result by planning, coordination and integration responsibility, and marketing intelligence seem to have positive relationship on organization performance. This implication increases the relevance of the study, the author argues that performance gains might also be observed with the key instruments for inter-functional collaboration facilitation, almost 20 were selected and placed in three categories The instruments under the categories can be used for future research or managers to understand collaboration better and could also provide a basis for empirical research in the future.

An overcrowding problem of nyala, and lately also of impala in the Ndumo Game Reserve, South Africa, has been detrimental to other species and vegetation structures over a period of two decades. In the present study a deterministic model for three competing species (where two species tend to be overpopulated while the third faces probable localized extinction) is constructed, while future trends coupled with their coexistence are projected. On a mathematical basis, we seek reasons for the failure of the cropping strategies implemented by management over the last two decades, and suggest alternative, scientifical-based approaches to the calculation of cropping quotas to ensure the future coexistence of all three species. A system of three first-order nonlinear differential equations is used, with parameter values based on field data and opinions of specialist ecologists. The effect of various cropping strategies, and the introduction of a fourth species (man as a predator) to the system, is investigated mathematically. This model was implemented as a harvesting strategy in 2002, and is being continuously tested. Final assessment can only be done over a 10–15-year period, but so far indications are promising.

The reproductive biology of a pride of lions (Panthera leo) was studied on the 8500 ha Karongwe Game Reserve from 1999 to 2005. Over this period, the pride consisted of between four and 11 lions with a paired coalition of adult males during the first three years and a single adult male for the next three years.We recorded shorter than normal interbirth intervals, high birth rates of 1.3 cubs/lioness/year, very high cub survival rates, and subadults leaving the pride at young ages. This translated into substantially faster growth rates than are typical in large lion populations in ecologically similar circumstances such as Kruger National Park, but are similar to those of lions in Serengeti National Park. These demographic characteristics were probably induced initially by a lack of intense intraspecific competition and high prey availability, but population stability was maintained through the removal of young subadults by management. Interestingly, variability in conception rates between lionesses resulted in lower growth rates than have been found in other similar reintroduced lion populations. These demographic traits characterize many of the small reintroduced lion populations, and call for appropriate management to avoid the consequences of high predator densities.

In 2001, Australia's annual freight movement load reached 310 billion million tonne-kilometres. By 2020, it is forecast to be 630 billion tonnes-kilometres, an expected rise of slightly over 100 percent of the current level. Due to accelerating freight movement demand in Australia, a rising need for efficient transport infrastructure can be expected. Terminals are a vital part of transport systems which affect the development of whole regions. Terminal location is therefore essential in evaluating the extent to which terminals play a positive role in shaping regional development. Inter-modal freight transportation is defined as a system that carries freight from origin to destination by using two or more transportation modes. Inter-modal terminal location has great bearing on, and is influenced by, infrastructural efficiency. Terminal locations should optimize both the potential impacts of regional development and effects on transport development. Consequently, it is imperative to analyse the interaction of locations and effects in the process of optimizing terminal location. This research aims to define the effects of terminal location on transportation by studying the different inter-modal system of the top Australia ports, and introducing the relationship between these effects and transport strategic modelling. Data on transport modelling elements will be investigated in four case studies, followed by data sensitivity analysis to assess the way in which terminal location affects transportation performance. To examine the effects of terminal location factor on transportation, a number of key elements were selected by the Inter-modal Freight Transport and Regional Development Model and Strategic Modelling: Attractiveness, Location Decisions of Firms, Economic Activity, Shipping/Trip Decision, Destination Choice, Mode Choice, Route Choice, Link Loads, Link Times/Distances/Costs and Accessibility. Environmental issue of a terminal are an additional important consideration in freight movement, when presented as a cost of using the terminal. The outcome of the case studies which make up this research is a statement of the main effects of the studied elements on terminal location and the potentially necessary improvements to the ports studied For example, 20 kilometres seems to be the radius of an inter-modal terminal catchment level and rail service in Victoria is therefore recommended to be increased to take into account environmental issues. This is augmented by two further studies of the In-land Port and Accessibility of the Port of Brisbane. In essence, this thesis is an attempt to make Australian transport and social services planners aware of the effects of factors relating to terminal location in the processes of evaluating the optimum terminal location.