L’océan et l’atmosphère sont des environnements fluides stratifiés en densité, en référentiel tournant : la force de Coriolis due à la rotation de la planète influence l’écoulement. De grands tourbillons lenticulaires évoluent dans ces environnements, avec parfois de grandes durées de vie comme les Meddies de l’Océan Atlantique.Dans la continuité des expériences de Griffiths & Linden (1981) et Hedstrom & Armi (1988), ces tourbillons sont reproduits en laboratoire en injectant ou aspirant localement du fluide dans une couche d’eau salée tournante, linéairement stratifiée en densité. A l’ordre dominant, les tourbillons sont à l’équilibre cyclo-géostrophique et hydrostatique, d’où l’on dérive la loi de leur rapport d’aspect, validée par les expériences et les observations. Un modèle complet de tourbillon à l’équilibre incluant les recirculations internes est proposé, en partant d’un profil Gaussien pour la vitesse azimutale, puis validé numériquement. A partir de ce modèle, un bilan d’énergie permet alors de décrire la décroissance des tourbillons.Certains tourbillons naturels comme les Meddies présentent des structures fines associées à de forts gradients de densité à leur frontière, que l’on reproduit en laboratoire autour de tourbillons entretenus par une injection continue de fluide. Ces structures en couches sont la manifestation de l’instabilité de McIntyre, instabilité qui apparaît lorsque les diffusivités visqueuse et moléculaire sont sensiblement différentes. L’analyse de stabilité linéaire de McIntyre appliquée au modèle Gaussien de tourbillon permet de retrouver les tailles et temps d’apparition associés au couches qui entourent les Meddies. / The ocean and the atmosphere are density stratified fluid environments in a rotating frame: the Coriolis force, due to the rotation of the planet, influences the flow. Huge lenticular vortices evolve in these environments, sometimes with very long lifetimes as the Meddies of the Atlantic Ocean.Based on Griffiths & Linden (1981) and Hedstrom & Armi (1988) experiments, such vortices are experimentally reproduced by locally injecting or sucking up fluid in a rotating layer of salty water, linearly density stratified. At dominant order, the vortices are in cyclo-geostrophic and hydrostatic balance, from which the law for their vertical aspect ratio is derived, validated by experiments and observations. A more complete model of vortex in equilibrium is proposed from a Gaussian profile for the azimuthal velocity, including internal secondary circulations, and then numerically validated. From this model, an energy balance allows us to describe the vortices decay.Some natural vortices, as the Meddies, have fine-structures associated to high density gradients at their frontier, that we experimentally reproduce around vortices maintained through a continuous injection of fluid. This layered structure is the expression of McIntyre's instability, which appears when viscous and molecular diffusivities are significantly different. The linear stability analysis of McIntyre applied to the Gaussian model of vortex allows us to recover the sizes and duration of appearance of the layers that surround the Meddies when eddy viscosities measured in the ocean are used.

The diploma thesis compares different accounting methods in the three accounting systems in the long-lived assets area. The dominant accounting system in the thesis is the IFRS. In the first part long-lived assets are described according IFRS. The US GAAP and Czech accounting law are shown only main differences. The diploma thesis describes and explains the cause of differences between all three systems and shows the impact on the financial statements. In the second part of the thesis the outcomes of financial research on companies which presents their financial results according IFRS are presented.

Magister Artium (Social Work) - MA(SW) / The study upon which this dissertation was based was conducted against the backdrop of day labouring as a global phenomenon. In order to position the research topic, namely, the lived experiences and hardships encountered by day labourers in East London in the province of the Eastern Cape of South Africa, a comprehensive review of the relevant available literature pertaining to the phenomenon was conducted. The review covered both international trends and the relatively few significant studies which have been conducted in South Africa. A mixed methods approach was adopted in order to gather both quantitative and qualitative data, by means of a research design whose theoretical framework was derived from systems theory and the strengths-based theory. Of the twelve hiring sites which had been identified in East London during the conducting of a national study, six were selected and a survey questionnaire was administered to three participants at each, which yielded a research sample of eighteen participants. The participants were selected at each site through the use of convenience or availability sampling. The data which the survey questionnaire generated was presented in the form of descriptive statistics and analysed by means of the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software to develop a socioeconomic and demographic profile of the participants. The findings of the quantitative study were subsequently evaluated against the qualitative data pertaining to the lived experiences of day labourers in East London, which was generated by conducting in-depth semi-structured interviews with three participants who were willing to be interviewed at each site. The qualitative data was analysed through thematic analysis. The integration of the two sets of data enabled a credible and meaningful assessment of the lived experiences of day labourers in East London and the hardships which they are obliged to endure to be made. On the basis of the findings, recommendations are made concerning appropriate strategies for integrating day labourers into initiatives which are designed to grant social justice to groups who continue to be unfairly marginalised and to live in abject poverty more than two decades after the official demise of apartheid.

This phenomenological hermeneutic research explores the author’s lived experience of painting a Sacred Mandala over the course of 15 months while focusing on child-loss by adoption. In this dissertation, the structure, process, and mindful practice of Sacred Mandala Inquiry are presented—incorporating methodological considerations, related theories, and illuminated through personal examples. Although the focus in the paper is on an individual Sacred Mandala practice, it is with the understanding that the individual is embedded within a community and world in a web of relationships. Impetus for research often arises from personal lifeworld experience. The Sacred Mandala provides structure and containment for inquiry, for those who are attracted to the form, assisting in bracketing that which has previously been accepted while simultaneously becoming a sacred boundary for the unknown to emerge, protected and witnessed. The practice and process may be taken up by inquirers in the social sciences, humanities, arts and within the community of adult learners. The mindful and embodied painting and journaling practices necessitate the inclusion of processes occurring outside of awareness—hosted in emerging images, dialogues, stories, synchronistic events, myths, metaphors, and poetry; inviting the unconscious forward. Opening both eyes—the rational and imaginal—provides a depth perspective. Both are needed, each is as real as the other, one illuminating the inner world, one illuminating the outer world, in wholeness. Importantly, the meanings embedded within the work continue to resonate, unfold, and inform over time. / Graduate / 2020-08-27

Thesis advisor: Rosanna F. DeMarco / The purpose of this study was to understand the lived experience and meanings of percutaneous injury (PI) and its aftermath among US registered nurses. An interpretive phenomenological approach was utilized to carry out the study which included nine percutaneous injury experiences. Van Manen's existential framework was used as a reflective guide. Findings from this study emerged as three essential themes which were common to all participants: being shocked: the potential of a serious or life-threatening infection; needing to know it's going to be okay; and sensing vulnerability. The first theme, <italic>being shocked</italic>, was identified as the primary mode of living with the sudden occurrence of PI. In the moment of injury, participants' language reflected shock and an immediate consciousness of the potential threat of a serious or life-threatening infection. Nurses' responses were visceral and emotional. All acted on their need to reduce foreign blood contamination and the urgency they felt for immediate care. <italic>Needing to know it's going to be okay</italic> represented the initial meaning of living in the aftermath of PI as nurses assessed their risk and sought post exposure intervention and caring responses from others. <italic>Sensing vulnerability</italic> was identified as the secondary mode of living in the aftermath of PI as participants reflected on the fragile nature of health into the future, distinguished between supportive vs. non-supportive relationships in their overall PI experience, and identified the need to be vigilant in the future with respect to their health, life and PI prevention. Together, these three essential themes and their dimensions represent the essence and meanings of percutaneous injury and its aftermath for at least one group of US registered nurses. Findings in this study support the conclusion that the lived experience of PIs and its aftermath imposed a significant psychological burden on nurses. These findings offer a better understanding of the essence and meanings of PI and its aftermath and contribute knowledge to inform nursing education, nursing practice, health policy and future research. / Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2010. / Submitted to: Boston College. Connell School of Nursing. / Discipline: Nursing.

Ancré dans une perspective socioculturelle de la consommation, ce travail de thèse s’inspire de l’émergence des espaces de coworking au confluent d’un contexte hypermoderne et d’un développement des approches de consommation collaborative. A travers une démarche de terrain couvrant trois études de cas, cette recherche s’intéresse à l’expérience vécue, par le consommateur, du lieu de service polyfonctionnel. Au-delà d’abriter des environnements de travail partagés, les espaces de coworking embrassent en effet un large éventail d’activités économiques, ludiques et culturelles, tant solitaires que collectives, régulières et occasionnelles. Grâce à une analyse qualitative mobilisant les discours d’usagers et des photographies, cette thèse place l’espace au cœur de l’expérience vécue et fait de la polyfonctionnalité une ressource créative pour les usagers. A partir d’une vision transdisciplinaire, la thèse conçoit les espaces de coworking comme des lieux de service construits par les  usagers eux-mêmes, notamment au travers de pratiques d’appropriation temporaire et collective, et de mécanismes de gestion ouverts.  Cette recherche doctorale soutient donc la thèse selon laquelle la perspective spatiale conduit à une nouvelle intelligence de l’expérience du lieu de consommation, et suggère l'habiter comme dimension structurante de celle-ci. / This thesis looks at the experience, by consumers, of multifunctionnal servicescapes. In a context of hypermodernity and collaborative consumption, we investigate the emergence of coworking spaces through an ethnographic approach and three case-studies. We look at how such places are produced and consumed, whereas offering hubs in which to work and live simultaneously. That is, this research highlights that coworking spaces can meld various functions of the space, from work-related experiences to cultural or ludic, single or communal, regular or occasional activities. Thanks to interviews and observational sessions, we show that flexibility and multifunctionnality of the space are key drivers of creativity. We also show that coworking spaces are built by users themselves through various mechanisms of temporary and collective appropriation, and through participatory management. Thus, the way people utilize coworking spaces suggests a new understanding of the serviscape experience as well as a new structural dimension of it: the lived-in experience (habiter).

Magister Artium - MA (Women and Gender Studies) / Women with disabilities are marginalised in many aspects of societal participation. The majority of women with disabilities in Zambia do not have access to education and this has placed them amongst the poorest of people in the country. The study focuses on the experiences of women with physical disabilities and investigates the challenges they encounter in accessing education at tertiary level. The study comes at a time when the fight for gender equality has gained momentum and aims at promoting economic participation for all members of society without discrimination on the basis of sex or disability. The study engaged ten participants from a tertiary institution in Kamwala, Lusaka. I conducted a feminist qualitative research, which focused on the experiences of 19-30 year old female students with physical disabilities. I used semi-structured interviews in order to collect the data and drew on a qualitative thematic analysis to analyse the data. All standard ethical procedures were adhered to, including anonymity and confidentiality with respect to participants. The results of the study revealed that women with disabilities were often 'othered' due to myths and misconceptions that surrounded disability especially in the African- traditional context. The study also revealed that families played a very important role in ensuring that women and young girls with disabilities had a strong self-image, strong self-esteem and a strong sense of self and ensuring that they felt included within the homes and especially when accessing education. The study further revealed that where family support was lacking, participants faced challenges in accessing education compared to participants who received such support. More so, that educational opportunities in Zambia are generally gendered with more males than females in the education system, across the multiple levels. Access to the tertiary level for this group of women is compromised because challenges in accessing education start at the lower levels and have spill over effects in to the higher levels of education. Financial challenges experienced by women with disabilities and their families also led to fewer women with disabilities being able to participate in schooling. This is because where there were limited resources within the family, women, and girls with disabilities getting an education was not an option.

Arbetet som distriktssköterska innebär daglig kontakt med patienter som har hypertoni. Hypertoni är en folksjukdom som tar stora vårdresurser i anspråk och medför stora kostnader, även kostnaden för följdsjukdomar är höga (Grefberg &amp; Johansson, 2010, s 147). Enligt SBU:s rapport (2007) har omkring 27% av vuxen befolkning i Sverige diagnosen hypertoni. Målet med vården skall utformas i samarbete mellan vårdgivare och patient och patienten skall motiveras att ta en aktiv roll i sin vård (Bosworth, Powers, Oddone, 2010). Distriktssköterskan skall stärka den enskildes resurser ur ett hälsofrämjande perspektiv och verka för att skapa en god relation till patienten (Kompetensbeskrivning legitimerad sjuksköterska med specialistsjuksköterskeexamen distriktssköterska, 2008).Syftet med studien är att beskriva upplevelsen av att leva med diagnosen hypertoni. Författarnas erfarenhet av arbete på vårdcentral är att patienter med diagnosen hypertoni inte får den uppmärksamhet tillståndet kräver. För att optimera vården är det viktigt att sjukvården har kunskap om hur patienten själv upplever sin situation och behandling. Studien har kvalitativ ansats och datainsamling genomfördes via intervjuer med en öppen fråga. Åtta personer med diagnosen hypertoni utan annan kronisk sjukdom deltog i studien. Analysen utgår från Elo och Kyngäs (2008) beskrivning av innehållsanalys. I analysen framkom fyra huvudkategorier och nio subkategorier. Huvudkategorierna är ”Välmående med oro”, ”finner trygghet”, ”tankar om hälsa”, ”hälsoval – eget ansvar”. Framträdande i resultatet är att det finns mycket grubblerier kring varför individen har högt blodtryck och vad de själva kan påverka utöver medicinen. Det framkommer också att medicinen är viktig och att den tas enligt ordination. Studien visar att det är viktigt för informanterna att få tala om sina funderingar och slutsatsen är att sjukvården måste ta till vara på patientens tankar och använda i utformandet av individanpassad information och egenvårdsråd. / Program: Fristående kurs

År 1981 kom den första rapporten om en tidigare okänd sjukdom som senare kom att benämnas hiv. När hiv- viruset upptäcktes orsakade det stor oro, mycket på grund av att människor inte riktigt visste vad de hade att göra med. Trots ökad kunskap och medicinska framsteg fortgår spridningen av denna allvarliga sjukdom. I detta arbete beskrivs virusets uppbyggnad samt aids begreppet, men främst ligger fokus på hivpositivas och deras anhörigas upplevelser av sjukdomen. Drabbade och deras närstående är på olika sätt föremål för det sociala stigma som sjukdomen medför. De som har tillgång till bromsmediciner kan idag vänta sig att leva ett långt liv trots hiv- viruset, något som aktualiserar behovet av en ökad förståelse från omgivningen om hur sjukdomen påverkar livet. Syfte med studien är att beskriva hur det är att leva med hiv/aids i västvärlden idag, utifrån ett patient- och anhörigperspektiv. Arbetet är utformat som en litteraturstudie med kvalitativ forskningsansats. Resultatet är indelat i 3 huvudteman. Första temat är ett liv i förändring. Där beskrivs hur diagnosen kan mottas och vilka konsekvenser hiv- statusen kan få för levnadsförhållandena. Det andra temat är att mötas av okunskap, här tas det upp hur kunskap om bland annat smittspridningen är viktig för ett gott bemötande. Tredje temat är att leva med en stämpel, där beskrivs hur yttre och inre stigmatisering orsakar hinder och smärta, och hur den är en betydande faktor när det kommer till om man ska vara öppen med sin sjukdom eller ej. I diskussionen tas det upp hur öppenhet och tolerans kan främja en bättre levnadssituation för de personer som är smittade med hiv. / Program: Sjuksköterskeutbildning

The recent changes in legislation and codes of practice expand the role of the educational psychologist to a wider age range: 0-25. Moreover, surveys suggest an increasing number of children and young people experience difficulties with mental health, including depression. A systematic literature review of what narratives young people use to communicate depression was undertaken in the first paper. Despite an abundance of literature about depression in clinical settings, only eight studies met the inclusion criteria and were incorporated in the synthesis. A number of issues were identified including ways and methods of communicating depression and the impact of normative pressures and gendered experiences. Findings have implications for practitioners working with young people and have been used to develop a tentative framework for effective practice. The second paper reports on qualitative research, adapting a phenomenological approach. The self-selected participant sample (three university students, aged 19-21) had experiences of living with depression. Each participant was interviewed three times, using focused semi-structured interviews. The data were subsequently transcribed and analysed using a framework of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (Smith, Flowers &amp; Larkin, 2009). The themes were grouped into superordinate themes and interpreted in the light of researcher's own experiences and knowledge. Two reported themes 'the weariness of the world was upon me' and 'it all fell down to chance' discuss embodied experiences of living with depression and barriers and facilitators to accessing help, which was mostly coincidental. Finally, the third paper discusses evidence-based practice, ways of achieving impact in research, and dissemination of research at individual, organisational and academic level. Overall, the present research suggests that educational psychologists can play an important role in raising awareness of children and young people living with depression, as well as promoting mental health, wellbeing and resilience in a variety of educational settings and amongst practitioners working with children and young people.