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It has previously been suggested that a person's behavior in a place is mediated by his or her plans, and by his or her emotional response to the place; but the possible interactive effects of these influences have not been explored. Not only may a particular mood be the goal of a plan, but the process of planning may also produce changes in the planner's mood. It is here argued that a person's emotional response to a place is influenced by the extent of the alterations the place requires be made in his or her plans. It has been generally assumed that a person's liking of a place is decreased if it does not fit his or her plan, but the experiments reported here indicate that some incongruity may actually increase liking of a place if the person is able to modify the plans. Three experiments examined the effects of planning on two dimensions of mood--pleasure and arousal--and for liking of places. In experiment one, subjects who had just completed planning a route for completing a list of errands reported higher arousal than subjects who had judged the time required to complete the same errands. In experiment two, subjects who executed their own plan reported higher pleasure than subjects who executed a plan they had been given. In experiment three, subjects who had to alter their plans to accommodate the unexpected features of a place reported higher arousal and pleasure, and increased liking of the place over subjects who did not have to re-plan. These results suggest that the process of planning has measureable effects on mood and that these effects influence place-liking. / Arts, Faculty of / Psychology, Department of / Graduate

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Florida, 1993. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 150-158).

This thesis is submitted for the degree of Doctor of Engineering in Environmental Technology. The degree is awarded for industrially relevant research, based in industry, and supported by a programme of development courses. This project aims to contribute to a reduction in the environmental burdens of vertical transportation systems. The author has carried out an environmental assessment showing that the dominating environmental burdens of vertical transportation systems arise from their use of electricity while in operation in buildings. An assessment of traffic demand has concluded that we are probably over-sizing lifts, and are therefore installing systems that consume more energy than necessary. Traffic planning techniques for single and double deck lifts have been reviewed and developed. The kinematics (motion) of lifts has been studied. New formulae have been derived that allow us to plot travel profiles for any input of journey distance, maximum velocity, maximum acceleration and maximum jerk. Taking these journey profiles as inputs, a mathematical model of a DC Static Converter Drive has been developed. The model can be used to calculate the energy consumption of any individual lift trip. A lift simulation program has been developed. The program uses the research in traffic, kinematics and motor modelling as a basis for developing energy saving lift control strategies.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2007. / Title from first page of PDF file (viewed June 30, 2007). Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-216).

Orientador: Roberta Cunha Matheus Rodrigues / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-20T12:32:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Lourenco_LauraBacelardeAraujo_M.pdf: 2437912 bytes, checksum: 7258fe81c28185142b6f4a45b2ff14fb (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Resumo: Este estudo teve como objetivos verificar o efeito das estratégias de Planejamento de Ação e de Enfrentamento de Obstáculos na adesão medicamentosa e qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde (QVRS) entre pacientes coronariopatas em seguimento ambulatorial; bem como avaliar a relação entre adesão medicamentosa e QVRS ao longo de dois meses de seguimento. Trata-se de estudo experimental com duas etapas de coletas de dados. A amostra foi composta por 115 pacientes randomizados nos grupos Intervenção (GI - n=59) e Controle (GC - n=56). Foram obtidas, no baseline (T0) e após dois meses (T2) de seguimento, medidas de adesão medicamentosa (proporção de adesão e avaliação global da adesão), dos fatores relacionados a não adesão (versão brasileira da Morisky Self-Reported Measure of Medication Adherence Scale) e de QVRS geral (versão brasileira - The Medical Study 36-item Short Form Health Survey - SF-36) e específica (versão brasileira - MacNew Heart Disease Health-related Quality of Life Questionnaire - MacNew). A intervenção foi aplicada ao GI em T0, com reforço presencial após um mês de seguimento (T1). Análises descritivas foram realizadas para caracterizar a amostra segundo as variáveis sociodemográficas, clínicas, de adesão e de QVRS. O teste t de Student e o teste Qui-quadrado foram empregados para comparar variáveis sociodemográficas, clínicas, de adesão e de QVRS entre os pacientes dos grupos GI e GC em T0. O teste t de Student foi empregado para testar diferença nas médias da escala de Morisky e de QVRS entre os grupos GI e GC e testes de proporção foram conduzidos para testar diferenças nas proporções de indivíduos com dose adequada e aderentes entre os grupos GI e GC em T2. Análises de regressão linear simples e logística foram empregadas para avaliar o efeito da Intervenção sobre as medidas de adesão medicamentosa e de QVRS. O coeficiente de correlação de Pearson testou a relação entre adesão e QVRS ao longo do seguimento. Foram evidenciadas mudanças positivas no comportamento de adesão medicamentosa nos pacientes do GI, quando considerada a avaliação global da adesão. A intervenção explicou 5% da variabilidade da medida de proporção de adesão após ajustamento por outras variáveis. Pacientes do grupo Intervenção foram 5,3 vezes mais prováveis a aderir ao tratamento. Foram constatados escores de QVRS significativamente mais elevados no GI em relação ao GC, em T2, para todos os domínios do MacNew (p<0,05 - Teste t de Student pareado) e para os domínios Capacidade Funcional (p<0,001 - Teste t de Student pareado) e Aspectos Sociais (p<0,05 - Teste t de Student pareado) do SF-36; quando comparados ao baseline. No entanto, a análise de regressão linear evidenciou que a Intervenção não explicou a variabilidade das medidas genérica e específica de QVRS. Foram evidenciadas correlações significativas de fraca a moderada magnitude entre as medidas de proporção de adesão e a escala de Morisky e entre as medidas de proporção de adesão e a medida específica de QVRS no GI após dois meses de seguimento (T2). Recomenda-se a realização de novos estudos experimentais com maior período de seguimento para ratificar o efeito das estratégias de planejamento na adesão medicamentosa, bem como para elucidar a relação entre adesão e QVRS / Abstract: This study was aimed at assessing the effect of the strategies Action Planning and Coping Planning, of the drug therapy adherence and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among patients with coronary heart disease, as well as evaluating the relationship between drug adherence and HRQoL over a two-month follow-up. An experimental study was conducted with two phases of data collection. The sample comprised 115 patients randomized to intervention group (IG - n=59) and control group (CG - n=56). Measures of drug adherence (proportion of adherence and global assessment of adherence), factors related to the nonadherence (Brazilian version - Morisky Self-Reported Measure of Medication Adherence Scale), generic (Brazilian version - The Medical Study 36-Item Short Form Health Survey - SF-36) and specific HRQoL (Brazilian version - MacNew Heart Disease Health-related Quality of Life Questionnaire - MacNew) were obtained at baseline (T0) and after two months (T2) of follow-up. The intervention was applied to the GI at T0, strengthening face after one month of follow-up (T1). Descriptive analyses were conducted to characterize the sample according to sociodemographic, clinical, adherence and HRQoL. Student t test and chi-square tests were used to compare sociodemographic, clinical, compliance and HRQoL between patients of the IG and CG groups at T0. The Student t test was used to test differences in Morisky scale and HRQOL outcomes between IG and CG, and proportions tests were conducted to test differences in proportions of individuals with appropriate dose and adherent between IG and CG at T2. Linear regression analyses, both simple and logistic, were used to evaluate the effect of the intervention on measures of drug adherence and HRQoL. The Pearson correlation coefficient was used in order to test the relationship between adherence and HRQoL during follow-up. Positive changes in the drug adherence behavior were observed in IG patients, when considering the global assessment of adherence. The intervention explained 5% of the variability of the proportion of adherence after adjusting for other variables. IG patients were 5.3 times more likely to adhere to drug treatment. Higher significantly HRQoL scores were found in IG compared to CG, at T2, for all domains of the MacNew (p <0.05 - paired Student's t test) and for the domains Physical Function (p<0.001 - Test paired Student's t test) and Role Emotional (p<0.05 - Test paired Student's t test) of the SF-36, compared to baseline. Nevertheless, linear regression analysis evidenced that the intervention did not explain the variability of the generic and specific measures of HRQoL. Significant small-moderate magnitude correlations were observed between the measures of the proportion of adherence and Morisky scale and between the measures of the proportion of adherence and the specific measure of HRQoL in IG after two months of follow-up (T2). It is recommended that further experimental studies with longer follow-up period be developed in order to ratify the effect of the combination of planning strategies in drug adherence, as well as to elucidate the relationship between drug adherence and HRQoL / Mestrado / Enfermagem e Trabalho / Mestre em Enfermagem

In a comprehensive review of literature on the strategic adoption of information systems (IS), various approaches to strategic IS adoption were unable to verify and coordinate different factors for IS investment as a strategic business unit. An assessment of different models in this area through the review of empirical case studies was required to identify the factors that affect IS strategic adoption, because these factors support the evaluation and adoption of both the process and result of IS strategic adoption. Thus, a study to investigate and evaluate the adoption of strategic information systems planning (SISP) within organisations is required in order to identify the factors that affect this type of adoption. The research in this thesis takes into account the adoption process and the factors for the adoption of SISP. There is also a need to understand and evaluate different IS planning techniques within a framework that can support decision-makers through the entire IS strategic adoption process. This framework is a component of the proposed novel model that considers other crucial factors that influence IS strategic evaluation and adoption. Decision-makers may employ such a model and evaluation framework that considers important SISP criteria, such as (a) SISP benefits, (b) SISP requirements and, (c) SISP drivers, as an important reference tool. After presenting the conceptual components of this research, the empirical side expresses the application of a qualitative research approach through a case study strategy to investigate the proposed model of SISP adoption. As a result, two global organisations were investigated, reported, and analysed. Additional factors for the adoption of SISP emerged from these analyses. The proposed conceptual model was modified to present 11 factors that influence the adoption of SISP, including (a) planning team; (b) benefits; (c) requirements; (d) drivers; (e) costs; (f) IS performance measurement; (g) framework for the evaluation of SISP techniques; (h) SISP methods; (i) SISP tools; (j) support; and (k) IS strategy. The primary contribution of this thesis is a comprehensive novel model for the evaluation and adoption of SISP. The model includes two levels of original contribution. Firstly, it accounts for previous studies in SISP and their factors, which supports the conceptual level of this contribution. The researcher incorporated and extended these studies to merge the factors which were recognised in the normative literature. In addition, factors from empirical work have also been combined in the proposed model, thus developing a consistent paradigm for the evaluation and adoption of SISP. Secondly, the concept and process of the proposed model can be applied as an educational guide throughout the IS strategic evaluation and adoption process. Nevertheless, this model contains a proposed framework for the evaluation of IS strategic planning techniques as factors that influence the adoption of SISP. This framework is novel, since it is a part of the proposed model as well as a classification of IS planning techniques, and supports decision-makers’ understanding and evaluation of planning techniques during the adoption of SISP.

A obrigatoriedade e responsabilidade pelo gerenciamento de resíduos de serviços de saúde atribuídas a todo gerador é legitimada pelo impacto advindo da periculosidade dos mesmos à saúde humana e ao ambiente. Esse fato impõe que o gerador elabore seu plano de gerenciamento de resíduos e crie instrumentos de prevenção de acidentes e de gestão desses resíduos. Escolheu-se como objeto deste estudo a Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo, para análise do gerenciamento dos resíduos com foco, principalmente, na segurança ocupacional. O objetivo foi desenvolver modelo de Procedimento Operacional Padrão (POP), da geração ao descarte de cada grupo de resíduos gerados pelos laboratórios de ensino e pesquisa em saúde, na instituição estudada, como instrumento de gestão auxiliar e complementar ao respectivo plano de gerenciamento de resíduos de serviços de saúde, contemplando a normativa vigente relativa a resíduos, saúde, ambiente e segurança dos trabalhadores. O método envolveu a seleção de dois laboratórios para o estudo de caso, considerando os resíduos gerados. Para ambos foram realizados: a) identificação dos resíduos gerados e práticas utilizadas nas diferentes etapas do gerenciamento; e b) identificação dos riscos ocupacionais, por meio de revisão documental e entrevista com funcionários, com registro de campo e fotográfico. Os dados obtidos foram confrontados com a legislação e normas vigentes. Houve ainda participação em reuniões da Comissão de Gerenciamento de Resíduos e busca de informações junto a funcionários da instituição e do serviço de limpeza terceirizados. A análise possibilitou a proposição de um caderno contendo 11 POPs para 9 distintos tipos de RSS, para os resíduos gerados nos laboratórios estudados, que contempla todos os tipos de resíduos gerados nos diversos laboratórios da instituição, além de dois POPs adicionais que tratam um da segurança e saúde do trabalhador e outro das disposições gerais relativas ao gerenciamento dos RSS. O conjunto de POPs proposto agregou as exigências normativas de interface vigentes e padronizou as práticas, rotinas e procedimentos nas diversas etapas do gerenciamento interno. O resultado do estudo nos dois laboratórios mais complexos possibilitou a elaboração de um caderno contendo POPs a serem aplicados a todos os 18 laboratórios da instituição. Os procedimentos organizados em um POP institucional para o setor contribuirá para a qualidade no processo de gerenciamento para reduzir a descontinuidade de práticas advindas da rotatividade de funcionários e a minimização dos riscos ocupacionais, melhorando a saúde e segurança do trabalhador do setor / The obligation and responsibility for the waste management from health services by every generating entity are validated by the impact proceeding from their hazardous effects on human health as well as the environment. Consequently, there is a demand for the generating entity to create tools for both accident prevention and management of such residues. The object being chosen for such case study is Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo (Public Health Faculty, USP) for the analysis of the management of such residues with main focus on occupational safety. The objective was to develop a model of Standardized Operational Procedure, SOP, from the phases of generation to discard of each of the groups of residues generated by educational and health research laboratories, in the institution studied, as a management tool aiming to aid, and complement the respective management plan of residues from health services, enforced by the law, which contemplates not only the obligations determined by the effective norm relative to the residues but also those relative to health, environment and safety of workers involved in the various phases of such management. The Method consisted on the selection of two laboratories in the institution studied, taking into account the residues they generated. For both laboratories it was carried out: a) identification of the residues generated and the practices used in the various phases of the management; and b) identification of the occupational risks, by means of documentation revision and queries with the personnel, with field and photographic records. The findings were compared with the legislation and effective norms. In addition, there were meetings with the participation of The Waste Management Committee and collection of information from the institution personnel and outsourced cleaning service workers. The analysis enabled the elaboration of a notebook which contains 11 SOPs for 9 distinctive types of RSS for the residues generated in the studied laboratories - which contemplate all the types of residues generated in several laboratories of the institution; as well as two additional SOPs, whereby one focuses on safety and workers health, and the other on the general dispositions relative to the management of RSSs. The set of proposed SOPs added the effective norm interface requirements and standardized the practices, routines and procedures in the various phases of the internal management. The result of the study in the two most complex laboratories enabled the elaboration of a notebook which contains SOPs to be applied in all 18 laboratories of the institution. The procedures organized in an institutional SOP for the sector will contribute to the quality in the management process in order to reduce the discontinuity of practices originated in the turnover of worker, as well as to the diminishing of occupational risks, improving the health and safety of the workers of the sector