Research regarding self-service technology and its integration into the traditional service environment is relatively limited as it applies to the lodging industry. The purpose of this study was to investigate the customer check-in satisfaction and customer commitment impacts of self-service hotel kiosks as implemented in convention hotels by examining perceptions of kiosk users. It has been theorized that customer perceptions of self-service technology attributes are positively related to satisfaction and subsequent commitment. A model was employed in this study that had been previously supported outside of the hospitality industry which demonstrated support for a universal standard of investigating self-service technology impacts regardless of environment, but heretofore had not been tested in the convention hotel segment. This was a quantitative case study using survey analysis to examine customer perceptions of self-service technologies at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando, Florida. The results of this study supported a direct association between positive and negatives attributes of SST and corresponding customer check-in satisfaction levels. Secondly, while results supported direct association between customer check-in satisfaction and affective customer commitment, virtually no association was found between satisfaction and instrumental commitment.

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This was accomplished by first examining the nature of competitive strategies within the lodging industry. Subsequently the relationships among competitive strategies, three dimensions of organization structure, company size, and five measures of firm performance were examined. Furthermore to more rigorously control for environmental effects this analysis was undertaken for the industry as a whole as well as within four distinct subsegments of the industry. Six hypotheses were developed, that dealt with the nature of competitive strategy types; and the relationship among strategy types and 1) the degree of organization structure, 2) organizational performance, and 3) organization performance where a strategy/structure match had been achieved. The findings of this study tend to indicate that the nature of the industry or environment in which organizations compete may be an important factor in determining the content of competitive strategies employed in that environment. Furthermore, not only do industry characteristics tend to affect the content and appearance of competitive strategy profiles, but different segments within an industry also impact the appearances of different competitive profiles. However, the perspective that organizational variables are in a direct relationship with contextual variables is not supported by this study. The critical link appears to lie in the decision makers evaluation of the organization's environment and the choices they consequently make regarding the organization's competitive strategy and its internal structure. The structure that is appropriate to a particular competitive strategy profile is not constant. Rather, the nature of the operating environment intervenes in the appropriate strategy/structure "match" relationship. Organizational performance is contingent upon a "match of the strategic choices of strategy and structure, but the "appropriate " choice appears to be modified by subenvironmental factors. / Ph. D.

The designers of architecture in our national and state parks appear remarkably unenlightened in a day when the design of nearly all our structures is being given a careful re-analysis of function and purpose. Indeed, these designers go to great lengths to avoid admitting that any progress has been made in the building profession in the past 300 years. This thesis is an attempt to refute the current dominant philosophy of national park architecture, and to present a possible new approach to the problem. The building designs included here, for an actual site in the Adirondack mountains of New York, are intended to illustrate the tenet of contemporary structures for the needs of contemporary man. / Master of Science

L'objectif de cette étude est de renouveler les connaissances sur le « Logis Royal » du château de Loches et de proposer une restitution de ses chantiers, de ses distributions et de ses décors entre le dernier tiers du XIVe siècle, qui vit l'édification d'un premier corps de logis par le duc Louis Ier d'Anjou, et le début du XVIe siècle durant lequel s'acheva la construction d'un second bâtiment accueillant les logis royaux de Charles VIII, Louis XII et Anne de Bretagne. Encore en élévation, les deux corps de logis ont pu bénéficier d'une étude archéologique du bâti approfondie qui, associée à l'analyse des sources textuelles et iconographiques conservées, permet de mettre en évidence la contribution que le « Logis Royal » de Loches a pu apporter à l'architecture des palais résidentiels du XIVe siècle et des châteaux royaux de la première Renaissance française en Val de Loire / The purpose of this study is to renew our knowledge of the "Logis Royal" of the castle of Loches and propose a restitution of its sites, its distributions and its decorations from the last third of the fourteen century, which saw the building of a first main lodging by Duke Louis Ier d’Anjou, to the beginning of the sixteenth century during which completed the construction of a second building housing the royal lodgings of Charles VIII, Louis XII and Anne de Bretagne. Still standing, the two main lodgings have benefited from a thorough archaeological study of buildings, combined with the analysis of textual and iconographic sources conserved, that allows to highlight the contribution the "Logis Royal" of Loches could bring to the architecture of the residential palaces of the fourteenth century and the royal castles of the first french Renaissance in the Loire Valley

The diploma thesis is focused on the research of new ways of distribution of capacities of lodging facilities. The theoretical part introduces the reader with to the travel and tourism market and defines the importance of online and mobile market. The analytical part first descibes a selected lodging facility Y and reaserches three particular new ways of distribution and companies that use them. The results of this research, the research of the companies that use the new ways of distribution and their sales volumes at the lodging facility Y all conclude to the fact that the sales potential of new ways of distribution is considerable and that using new ways of distribution of capacities is important to maximaze the revenue of lodging facilities.

Esta pesquisa tem como objeto de estudo o migrante mineiro vendedor de mandioca em carrinho-de-mão porta a porta nas ruas da metrópole paulista. O objetivo do trabalho foi desvendar o conteúdo da forma da inserção desse trabalhador migrante mineiro na metrópole paulista. A investigação foi se delineando em torno dos migrantes mineiros que apresentam uma especificidade na forma de organização da venda de mandioca porta a porta que despertou nosso interesse.Os vendedores de mandioca se organizam por alojamento de parentes como forma de arregimentar turma para venda de mandioca porta a porta. Baseado no estudo empírico, de tipo qualitativo conduzimos a pesquisa, em três alojamentos na metrópole paulista. A forma de inserção desses migrantes na metrópole está balizada nas mudanças nas condições gerais do mercado de trabalho e na forma de procurar trabalho na metrópole paulista a partir dos anos de 1990. Neste período se acentua o encolhimento do número de postos de trabalho, a deterioração nas condições gerais do mercado de trabalho, a ampliação do trabalho precário, informal. Desaparecem as filas nas portas das fábricas e aumentam os postos de serviço de intermediação de mão-de-obra para recolocar trabalhadores no mercado de trabalho. No caso dos vendedores de mandioca as redes sociais se conformam como redes de parentesco que se articulam na metrópole e constituem o mercado de intermediação de mão-de-obra caipira para trabalhar na Metrópole paulista. Estes vendedores de mandioca subvertem a ordem e inserem qualificações caipiras na ordem do trabalho metropolitano. / This study has as object the migrant from Minas Gerais that works as door-to-door seller of cassava in cart-hand in the streets of the metropolis of São Paulo and aims to unveil how the migrant worker is integrated in this city. The analysis prioritizes the migrant who presents a specific form of organization in the door-to-door sale of cassava. The sellers of cassava are organized by relative lodging as a way to form a team for door-to-door cassava sale. The research was based on a qualitative empirical study conducted in three lodging in the metropolis. The economic integration of these migrants in the metropolis has occurred from the 1990s, during a period of changes in the general labor market conditions in the metropolis of São Paulo. This period is marked by the shrinking number of jobs, the deterioration in general labor market conditions, the expansion of informal and precarious work. The queues on the doors of the factories disappear and the brokering service to repositioning the workers into the labor market increases. In the case of cassava sellers the social networks conform as kinship networks that fit in the metropolis and constitute an intermediation market of rural migrant manpower to work in São Paulos Metropolis. These cassava sellers subvert the order and enter rural qualifications in the order of the metropolitan labor.

Orientador: Orivaldo Arf / Resumo: A utilização de reguladores de crescimento como técnica que permite redução na estatura da planta e consequente fortalecimento dos colmos pode ser uma opção para minimizar o acamamento em plantas, evitando assim, perdas na cultura. Assim propôs o estudo com o objetivo de avaliar o efeito de doses de etil-trinexapac (zero; 37,5; 75,0; 112,5 e 150,0 g ha-1 do i.a) e épocas de aplicação (6ª, 7ª e 8ª folha completamente formada no colmo principal) durante o desenvolvimento da cultura do arroz de terras altas irrigado por aspersão. O delineamento experimental foi o de blocos ao acaso, disposto em esquema fatorial 5x3, com quatro repetições. A pesquisa foi desenvolvida na área experimental da Faculdade de Engenharia – UNESP, Campus de Ilha Solteira - SP, localizada no município de Selvíria – MS, durante o ano agrícola de 2016/17, utilizando o cultivar BRS Esmeralda. Foram avaliados os componentes de produção, altura de plantas, acamamento, produtividade dos grãos, rendimento industrial e viabilidade econômica. Devido a fatores climáticos como chuvas e ventos fortes as vésperas da colheita, parcelas em que não receberam a aplicação do regulador acamaram totalmente. Aplicações por ocasião da oitava folha além de promover maior número de grãos chochos, as doses de 75,0; 112,5 e 150,0 g ha-1 propiciam menores valores para altura de plantas, massa de cem grãos, massa hectolítrica, rendimento de benefício e grãos inteiros, reduzindo a produtividade de grãos, e influenciando negativamente... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The use of growth regulators as a technique that allows reduction in plant height and consequent strengthening of the stalks might be an option for elimination of lodging in plants, thus avoiding losses of the crop. However, the information on the subject is still scarce. Therefore, the study aimed to evaluate the effect of doses (zero; 37,5; 75,0; 112,5 e 150,0 g ha-1 of active ingredient) and times of application of ethyl-trinexapac (6th leaf, 7th leaf and 8th leaf completely formed in the main stem) during the development of the upland rice crop irrigated by sprinkler. The experimental design was randomized complete blocks, arranged in a 5x3 factorial scheme, with four repetitions. It was developed in the experimental area of Engineering University- UNESP at the Ilha Solteira, São Paulo State, Brazil – Campus, located in Selvíria, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil, during the season of 2016/17, using the cultivar BRS Esmeralda. The components of production, plant height, lodging, grain yield, industrial yield and economic viability were evaluated. Due to climatic factors like rains and strong winds on the eve of the harvest, plots in which they did not receive the application of the regulator completely lodging. Applications for the eighth leaf in addition to promoting higher number of dry grains, the doses of 75.0, 112.5 and 150.0 g ha-1 of active ingredient provide lower values for plant height, weight of 100 grains, hectoliter weight, yield of benefit and whole grains, r... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

Submitted by Claudia Rocha (claudia.rocha@udesc.br) on 2018-02-27T14:02:19Z No. of bitstreams: 1 PGPV16MA204.pdf: 1612999 bytes, checksum: f5d52d475f7cbba62f4aaa7c3ecc2278 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-02-27T14:02:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 PGPV16MA204.pdf: 1612999 bytes, checksum: f5d52d475f7cbba62f4aaa7c3ecc2278 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-07-19 / Capes / The increase in plant density is an alternative to enhance maize grain yield. However, the increment of plant population also accentuates intraspecific competition, leading to a high percentage of stem lodging and breaking. The use of growth regulators can mitigate the negative effects derived from crowded sowings. This work was carried out aiming to evaluate the effects of the growth regulator ethyl trinexapac on maize response to the increase of plant density at different sowing dates. A field experiment was set in the city of Lages, SC, during the growing seasons of 2014/2015 and 2015/2016. The randomized block design, disposed in split-split plots, was used. Two sowing dates were tested in the main plots: second half of October (recommended sowing date) and first half of December (late sowing date). Four plant densities were assessed in the split plots: 5, 7, 9 and 11 pl m-2. At the split-split plots the treatments with and without growth regulator trinexapac ethyl were evaluated. Ethyl trinexapac was sprayed over the canopy two times, when the crop was at the growth stages of V5 and V10, in a rate of 150 g i.a. on each application. The hybrid P30F53YH was sown under no-till system with a row spacing of 0,7m. Morphological traits, grain yield and its components were determined. The application of ethyl trinexapac decreased plant height an increase stem diameter at both growing seasons. The percentage of lodged 16 and broken plants was lower than 8% in all treatments. It was not affected by sowing date, plant density and growth regulator application. Grain yield ranged from 11,422 to 14,805 kg ha-1. It was higher when maize was sown in October than in December and increased in a quadratic trend with the elevation of plant density, regardless of the presence or absence of growth regulator. The application of ethyl trinexapac did not affect grain yield and decrease 1,000 kernels mass at both sowing times. The spraying of ethyl trinexapac was not an effective management strategy to enhance the response of maize grain yield to the increase in plant population, at the recommended and late sowing times / O aumento na densidade de plantas é uma alternativa para incrementar o rendimento de grãos do milho. Entretanto, densidades excessivas elevam a competição intraespecífica, resultando no aumento da percentagem de plantas acamadas e quebradas. A utilização de reguladores de crescimento pode mitigar os efeitos negativos advindos de semeaduras adensadas. Este trabalho objetivou avaliar os efeitos da aplicação do regulador de crescimento etil trinexapac na resposta do milho ao incremento na densidade de plantas em duas épocas de semeadura. O experimento foi implantado a campo, no município de Lages, SC, durante os anos agrícolas 2014/15 e 2015/16. O delineamento experimental utilizado foi de blocos casualizados dispostos em parcelas sub-subdivididas. Duas épocas de semeaduras foram testadas na parcela principal: segunda quinzena de outubro (recomendada) e primeira quinzena de dezembro (tardia). Quatro densidades de plantas foram avaliadas nas sub-parcelas: 5, 7, 9, 11 plantas m-2. Nas sub-subparcelas foram avaliados os tratamentos com e sem o regulador de crescimento etil trinexapac. O produto foi aplicado duas vezes, quando a cultura se encontrava nos estádios V5 e V10, na dose de 150 g i.a. em cada aplicação. O híbrido P30F53YH foi implantado, no sistema de semeadura direta, com espaçamento entre linhas de 0,7 m. Avaliaram-se características morfológicas, o rendimento 12 de grãos e os seus componentes. A aplicação do regulador de crescimento etil trinexapac diminuiu a altura de plantas e incrementou o diâmetro de colmo nos dois anos de estudo. A percentagem de plantas acamadas e quebradas foi inferior a 8% em todos os tratamentos e não foi influenciada pela época de semeadura, densidade de plantas e aplicação do regulador de crescimento. O rendimento de grãos variou de 11.422 a 14.805 kg ha-1. Ele foi maior na semeadura de outubro do que na de dezembro e aumentou de forma quadrática com a elevação da densidade de plantas, independentemente da presença ou ausência do regulador de crescimento. A aplicação de etil trinexpac não interferiu no rendimento de grãos e diminuiu a massa de 1.000 grãos nas duas épocas de semeadura. A utilização do regulador de crescimento etil trinexapac não foi uma estratégia de manejo efetiva para aumentar a reposta do rendimento de grãos do milho ao adensamento, tanto na época recomendada quanto na semeadura tardia