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A study on the possibilities of place-making by systematically separating the traditional responsibilities of the wall as an architectural element. Walls usually serve several simultaneous structural, enveloping and distributional duties. The project consists in designing a house where four distinct but interacting types of walls are present, each with a well defined duty. Each necessary but deliberately insufficient in itself: one provides the structure; another is a continuous skin for enclosure and partition; still another solely weatherproofs and, finally, one filters the light and grants privacy. The four walls function as layers with the capacity of interplay, while retaining their identity. The places resulting from these boundaries assert their presence and function in view of the character bestowed by the form of their enclosure. The choice of material, assembly, texture and color in unique correspondence to each boundary's usefulness, complete the experience of the inhabitant and architectural form comes about. / Master of Architecture

Recent exponential increases in attendance at wine tasting rooms resulted in growing research in this subject area as producers seek to learn more about wine tasting room customers and identify ways to capitalize on additional revenue-generating opportunities. Direct wine sales are big business with $3.4 billion in sales in the United States in 2010. Research has shown that small and medium-sized wineries have become financially dependent on direct sales linked to wine tasting rooms with an average of 70 percent of winery sales coming from the tasting room. With limited sources outlining best practices within wine marketing, there is a clear need to identify and classify the literature on this topic. This research applies a marketing theoretical approach using the 4Ps (product, place, price, and promotion) of the marketing mix in conjunction with a comprehensive citation-based global literature review, with the goal of assessing those factors, if any, which may impact wine tasting room profitability. Our findings highlight key differences in individual wine tasting room marketing mix strategies which emphasize the need to understand consumer tastes and preferences for the wine tasting experience. Research shows that investing in the product and promotion of the wine tasting room has a positive impact on profitability. Key profit drivers include investing in branding, tasting room staff, and aggressively pursuing word-of-mouth recommendations to enhance wine tasting room profitability. / Master of Science

Bakgrund: Den svenska befolkningen ökar vilket resulterar i en ökad press på vården. Som patient ska man vara centrum för allt vårdande. Sjuksköterskan har ett ansvar för att lindra lidande och hjälpa patienten att uppleva hälsa och välbefinnande. Vårdmiljön har ett stort inflytande på patientens tillfrisknande. Därför är det viktigt att veta hur patienterna upplever vårdmiljön i de olika salarna för att på bästa sätt kunna gynna deras hälsa. Syfte: Att beskriva patienters upplevelser av vårdmiljön i fler- respektive enkelbäddssalar. Metod: Detta examensarbete är en litteraturöversikt grundad på tolv vårdvetenskapliga originalartiklar. Artiklarna hämtades från databaserna CINAHLComplete samt PubMed. Efter inhämtning av artiklar analyserades dessa efter Fribergs metod om litteraturöversikter. Resultat: Resultatet i denna översikt sammanställdes i sex kategorier, och dessa var: Upplevelsen av en gemenskap, Aktiviteter och tidsfördriv, Stöd av andra patienter, Integritet i förhållande till andra patienter, Sömnen påverkas och Upplevelsen av trygghet. Upplevelserna hos patienterna av att vårdas i flerbädds- och enkelbäddssalar varierade. En del patienter föredrog flerbäddssalar där möjligheten till gemenskap fanns, medan andra föredrog enkelbäddssalar då integriteten kunde tillgodoses. Diskussion: Resultatet diskuterades i relation till SAUK-modellen och andra studier. / Background: The Swedish population is increasing. This results in an increasing demand on the healthcare. The patient is the center of caring and the concept of being a patient implies suffering or being perseverant in suffering. The nurses have several areas of main responsibilities to attend to the patients in the best possible ways. The healthcare environment have a great impact on the patient's ability to recover from their illness. It is therefore important to know how the patients experience the healthcare environment in the hospital rooms. Aim: To describe patients experiences of the healthcare environment in single and multiple hospital rooms. Method: This essay is a literature review based on twelve original articles. The articles were collected by the use of the databases CINAHL Complete and Pubmed. The articles were analysed using Fribergs method of literature reviews. Results: The results were divided into six categories: The experience of a companionship, Activities and sparetime, Support from other patients, Integrity in relation to other patients, The effect on sleep and The experience of safety. The patients’ experiences of being cared for in a single or multiple hospital room varied. Some patients preferred multiple hospital rooms where they could socialize with other patients while others preferred single hospital rooms because of the need for privacy. Discussion: The results were discussed in the light of the model SAUK and other studies.

The diploma thesis is focused on the design of air-conditioning systems for two operating theatres and their auxiliary facilities. An introduction to ventilation of clean rooms and other indoor environments with special requirements on environmental conditions and air cleanliness is given at the beginning of the thesis. The thesis contains calculations and proposed design solution of the air-conditioning systems. The calculations include determination of the air flow rates of air supplied into the ventilated spaces, heating and cooling loads of the operation theatres, the psychometric calculations for summer and winter operational conditions and sizing of equipment, piping and ductworks. The design part also includes air distribution elements, pipeline and ductwork routing and packaged air-handling units. The complete drawing documentation is also included in the thesis.

Thesis (MBA (Business Management))--University of Stellenbosch, 2007. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Given the increase in the cost of health care, economic considerations have drawn more and more interest over the last decade. Facilities are faced with the challenge to reduce costs while maintaining productivity. The Operating Room (OR) represents a significant opportunity to reduce expenses and improve efficiency. With the development of ambulatory or day surgery, minimally invasive procedures and the decline in admissions to hospitals the management of the OR suite needs re-evaluation. The Battlefords Union Hospital has a four room OR suite that performs a mixture of both inhospital and day surgeries. The current OR suite efficiency is determined by its adherence to the annual budget. A literature study was conducted with the focus on OR efficiency and in particular Patient Outcome and OR Management. Other issues included Perioperative Information systems and OR design. A survey was conducted in the OR suite and responses obtained from OR staff were evaluated. The survey included questions on patient experiences, procedural times, case scheduling, support, communication, quality measures and OR efficiency. The goals of this project was not to do an extensive statistical analysis of OR data. A limited study of OR suite data was presented to highlight relevant OR efficiency indicators. A summary of the findings and recommendations for improvement of the Battlefords Union Hospital OR suite’s efficiency, concludes the report. / AFIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Na aanleiding van die verhoging in koste van gesondheidsorg die laaste dekade, is ekonomiese aspekte meer op die voorgrond. Inrigtings word deur uitdagings in die gesig gestaar om kostes te verminder, terwyl produktiwiteit gehandhaaf moet word. Die operasie suite bied ‘n aansienlike geleentheid om kostes te verminder en effektiwiteit te verhoog. Met die ontwikkeling van dagchirurgie, “minimal invasive” prosedures en die afname in hospitaal opnames, behoort die bestuur van operasie suites herevalueer te word. Die Battlefords Union Hospitaal het ‘n vier teater operasie suite waar ‘n verskeidenheid van dagchirurgie en in-hospitaal prosedures uitgevoer word. Die operasie suite se effektiwiteit word huidiglik slegs gemeet aan die mate van hoe dit binne die jaarlikse begroting bly. ‘n Literatuurstudie is uitgevoer met die fokus op operasie suite effektiwiteit, met die klem op pasient uitkoms en operasie suite bestuur. Ander items wat ook ondersoek is, sluit in perioperatiewe informasie stelsels en teater ontwerp. ‘n Empiriese studie, gebaseer op ‘n vraelys, is uitgevoer onder die staflede van die operasie suite by die Battlefords Union Hopitaal. Die vraelys het vrae ingesluit oor pasient ervarings, prosedure tye, geval skedulering, kommunikasie, kwaliteitsversekering en operasie suite effektiwiteit. Die doel van die projek was nie om ‘n uitgebreide statistiese analise van die operasie suite data te doen nie. 'n Beperkte studie van die beskikbare data is gedoen en relevante effektiwiteits indikators is uitgewys. Die verslag word afgeëindig deur bevindinge, gevolgtrekkings en aanbevelings oor hoe die Battlefords Union Hospitaal die operasie suite se effektiwiteit moontlik kan verhoog.

Les systèmes d’assistance à la réverbération sont des dispositifs électroacoustiques installés dans les salles de spectacle pour moduler leur acoustique en fonction du type de représentation qui s’y déroule. Afin de pouvoir dimensionner ces systèmes en amont de leur installation, ce travail s’intéresse au développement, à la mise en œuvre et à la mise à l’épreuve de modèles prévisionnels de l’effet de ses systèmes sur les caractéristiques acoustiques d’une salle, en se concentrant sur les systèmes dits régénératifs diagonaux. Le premier modèle présenté est basé sur une approche systémique exacte et sur l’utilisation de simulations numériques. Il s’agit d’un modèle dont le principe est déjà décrit dans la littérature spécialisée, mais auquel est intégré ici un algorithme de détermination automatique des paramètres de réglage d’un système d’assistance à la réverbération reproduisant la méthode manuelle. Parce que l’utilisation de simulations numériques impose une modélisation détaillée de la salle et un important temps de calcul, ce modèle n’est pas compatible avec la réactivité demandée lors d’une phase d’avant-projet. Dans cette optique, deux autres modèles bases sur les hypothèses de champ diffus et, par là même, plus rapides d’exécution, sont développés. L’un repose aussi sur une approche systémique exacte, mais utilise la théorie stochastique de l’acoustique géométrique des salles plutôt que des simulations numériques. L’autre repose sur une approche énergétique simple. Les confrontations de ces deux modèles avec celui reposant sur des simulations numériques sont exposées pour cinq salles, en considérant la prévision d’évolution de six indices acoustiques courants due à l’introduction d’un système d’assistance à la réverbération. Il en ressort que ces deux modèles aboutissent à des erreurs prévisionnelles comparables et que celles-ci sont équivalentes à celles des formules de Sabine ou d’Eyring ou de la théorie révisée des champs diffus de Barron et Lee appliquées dans une salle sans système. Parallèlement, l’étude et la prévision de l’effet d’un système d’assistance à la réverbération régénératif en augmentation du couplage de deux espaces mal couples au sein d’une même salle sont présentées. Il est montré que ce type d’utilisation permet effectivement une augmentation du couplage et que celle-ci peut être correctement abordée à partir d’un modèle énergétique développé ici. Il est aussi montré à partir de simulations numériques, que cette utilisation permet d’homogénéiser les caractéristiques acoustiques entre les deux espaces couplés. / Reverberation enhancement systems (RES) are electro-acoustic devices installed in auditoria to adapt the listening conditions according to the performances. In order to design these systems before their installation, this work deals with the development, the implementation and the testing of prediction tools of the effect of these systems on the acoustic characteristics of a room, by focusing on diagonal regenerative RES. The first proposed tool is based on a systemic approach and numerical simulations. This tool, whose principle is already described in the literature, is here enhanced by the use of an algorithm that automatically fine-tunes the system parameters. As numerical simulations require detailed 3D models of rooms and high computation times, this tool is not compatible with the responsiveness needed for a preliminary design stage. With this in mind, two other models based on the diffuse field assumptions are also developed to predict the action of a RES. One of them is also based on a systemic approach but it uses the stochastic geometric theory of room acoustics instead of numerical simulations. The other model is based on a simple energetic approach. The confrontation of the results given by these two models with the results given by the model based on numerical simulations has been carried out in five rooms considering the effect of a RES on six common room acoustic criteria. It appeared that these two models lead to prediction errors similar to those obtained with the Sabine or Eyring’s formula, or the Barron and Lee’s revised theory applied in a room without RES. In the same time, the study of the effect of a RES used to enhance the coupling between two poor coupled room is presented. It is shown that this particular use of a RES actually increases the coupling effect, and that this effect can be correctly described and predicted by an energetic model developed here. It is also shown by numerical simulations that this system can balance the listening conditions between two coupled rooms.

Call number: LD2668 .T4 1956 S94 / Master of Science

Aerosol particle deposition rates on surfaces inside a clean room are predicted by a model developed to account for particle convection, diffusion and sedimentation. External forces acting on the particle also influence the rate of deposition. Both electrical charge build up on product surfaces and temperature gradients in the air near the product surface are known to effect the rate of deposition. A description of an electrostatic and thermophoretic force on the particle is thus included in the model. The equations governing the particle deposition process and the approach used in obtaining a solution to these equations are both described. A finite element numerical solution is detailed, followed by a description of the electrostatic force models. Finally, predictions of the model are presented with a comparison to data experimentally obtained by other researchers.