Submitted by Maike Costa (maiksebas@gmail.com) on 2016-08-12T12:00:03Z No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivo total.pdf: 1951383 bytes, checksum: 78b8c51a33df97c47ff485784e336242 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-12T12:00:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivo total.pdf: 1951383 bytes, checksum: 78b8c51a33df97c47ff485784e336242 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-05-16 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The Brazilian family passed through inner transformations for centuries, since the Portuguese colonization. Such European influences had become effective as time passed by, culminating with the advent and with the development of technology, essentially with the discovery of the DNA, for instance, among other factors. By the beginning of the twentieth century, the movements and social protests in support of the women became stronger leading to a new perspective for the modification of the Brazilian family, and consequently of the Brazilian states. The state of Paraíba, which has been immersed in the context of this historical development, also passes along the time through the social, political, cultural, and economical transformations, acquired its own singularities, as well as those from the territories that surrounds it. So, the present research has as its general objective to identify the historical elements which constitute the different families configurations inside the paraibana society. Moreover, as specific objectives, were presented the reflection about the progress of the capitalist system as a historic determinant of modification into the families‟ configurations. Besides, it was analyzed how the public politics, which compose the social security, can guarantee the rights of these different families configurations, and finally, the identification of the understanding of the PNAS professionals who work directly with the paraibanas families, and how they can guarantee the right of such families independently of their configurations. The research configures itself as a critical-analytical study, with a quantitative-qualitative feature as a methodological procedure of analyses for the object. The use of a theoretical-methodological referential centered in the understanding of the family, of the state, of the social politics, and of the capitalism, besides the conceptual variants contained in the term family, were constructed from the conceptions of authors, such as Behring (2008), Carvalho (2008), Dias (2008), Engels (s/d), Esping-Andersen, (1990), Freyre (2013), Lessa (2012), Mioto (2004, 2015), among others, which showed to be indispensable in this research. Beyond this first approach, the research is a result of the investigations concerning the conceptions and the acting of the professionals who work in the Nacional Politics of Social Assistance – PNAS (in Portuguese). Such professionals provided relevant data for our debate, which were collected via a field research, intermediated by the event CapacitaSuas, occurred in the city of João Pessoa – PB (in one of its phases) between September 21 and September 25 of 2015. The field research was divided in three parts in order to reinforce the notes previously listed in different contexts: the first step is based on questionnaires applied to social assistants of the mentioned event; the second occurred from the formation of a focal group also constituent of social assistants; and the third was composed by workshops in classroom with other professional categories working in the PNAS. Then, we had an approximate number of 130 professionals who directly contributed with the research, resulting in several conceptions concerning the family and its referrals to the realization of the social rights applicable in the context of the social assistance. / A família brasileira passou, ao longo dos séculos, por transformações em seu interior desde a colonização portuguesa, em que trouxe influências europeias que foram se efetivando através do tempo até o avanço e evolução da tecnologia, essencialmente a partir da descoberta do DNA, entre outros fatores. Com a chegada do Século XX os movimentos e lutas sociais em favor das mulheres ganham força fazendo com que haja mais uma perspectiva – ainda mais forte – na modificação da família brasileira e, consequentemente, nos estados brasileiros. O Estado da Paraíba, imerso nesse teor de evolução histórica perpassa, ao longo dos séculos, pelas transformações sociais, políticas, culturais e econômicas adquirindo suas singularidades, assim como as influências territoriais que o circunda. Desta feita, a presente pesquisa tem por objetivo geral identificar os elementos históricos que constituem as diferentes configurações familiares na sociedade paraibana, seguindo com os objetivos específicos, refletindo sobre o avanço do sistema capitalista como determinante histórico de modificação nas configurações familiares, além de analisar como as politicas públicas que compõem a seguridade social brasileira garantem direitos a estas diferentes configurações familiares e, por último, identificar o entendimento dos profissionais da PNAS que atuam diretamente com as famílias paraibanas e como garantem o direito destas independente da configuração familiar que vivenciam. Ela se configura como um estudo analítico-crítico, com caráter quanti-qualitativo, enquanto procedimento metodológico de análise do objeto. O uso de um referencial teórico-metodológico centrado na compreensão de Família, Estado, Política Social e Capitalismo, além das variantes conceituais contidos no termo Família foi constituído a partir das concepções de autores como Behring (2008), Carvalho (2008), Dias (2008), Engels (s/d), Esping-Andersen (1990), Freyre (2013), Lessa (2012), Mioto (2004, 2015), entre outros, que mostraram-se imprescindíveis nessa investigação. Além dessa primeira aproximação, a pesquisa é resultante da investigação das concepções e atuação de profissionais que trabalham na Política Nacional de Assistência Social – PNAS, os quais, mediante pesquisa em campo, por intermédio do CapacitaSuas, ocorrido na cidade de João Pessoa – PB, em uma de suas etapas, que aconteceu entre os dias 21 e 25 de Setembro de 2015, forneceram dados relevantes para o debate. A pesquisa em campo foi dividida em três partes no intuito de reforçar os apontamentos levantados a partir de contextos distintos: a primeira constituiu-se de aplicação de questionários para Assistentes Sociais do referido curso de capacitação; a segunda se deu a partir da formação de um grupo focal também com Assistentes Sociais; e, a terceira, mediante oficinas em sala de aula com as demais categorias profissionais que trabalham na PNAS. Desta forma, tivemos um número aproximado de 130 profissionais que contribuíram diretamente com a pesquisa, o que resultou em diversas concepções acerca da família e seus encaminhamentos para a efetivação dos direitos sociais cabíveis no âmbito da Assistência Social.

O presente trabalho tem como objetivo a pesquisa psicanalítica do imaginário da mulher contemporânea sobre a experiência amorosa feminina. Estabelece, metodologicamente, um enquadre investigativo diferenciado a partir de um uso paradigmático do Jogo do Rabisco de D. W. Winnicott, que permite a concepção de um conjunto de pranchas figurativas de situações cotidianas. O diálogo entre a pesquisadora e a pessoalidade coletiva Mulher realiza-se pela abordagem de duas entrevistadas. As narrativas emergentes, onde se entrelaçam histórias inventadas e lembranças pessoais, favoreceram a criação/encontro de um campo psicológico não consciente. Neste campo se evidencia que, em certas modalidades de vínculo, formas regredidas de dependência emocional são mascaradas por manifestações amorosas e eróticas. Em termos do imaginário coletivo da atualidade, esta perspectiva torna possível entender que a exaltação do sofrimento amoroso da mulher acoberta o não reconhecimento de dificuldades existenciais vinculadas a aspectos de self não plenamente realizados. / The object of the current work is the psychoanalytic study of the feminine loving experience held within the imagery of contemporary women. It methodologically establishes a differentiated investigative setting from the paradigmatic use of the Squiggle Game by D. W. Winnicott, which allows the making of a set of cards depicting daily life situations. The dialogue between the researcher and the persona of the collective Woman is developed along two separate interviews. The emerging narratives, where made up stories and personal memories are entwined, favored the creation/encounter of a non-conscious psychological field. This field made it clear that in some kinds of links, regressed ways of emotional dependence are masked by loving and erotic demonstrations. In terms of the collective imagery of the present days, this point of view makes it possible to understand that the exaltation of women’s love related suffering, covers up the not acknowledged existential difficulties related to aspects of the self which have not been totally fulfilled.

Estudos publicados a partir da década de 60 evidenciam o potencial terapêutico da participação de animais de estimação em situações clínicas. Desde então, as pesquisas e as práticas das denominadas Terapia Assistida por Animais (TAA) e Atividade Assistida por Animais (AAA) estão em amplo crescimento. A presente pesquisa analisa 12 registros filmados dos encontros realizados a partir da parceria entre uma escola de educação especial e um canil. Os encontros aconteciam num sítio, a freqüência era semanal e os horários eram fixos. Participaram quatro adolescentes com síndrome de Down. A narrativa dos encontros entre esses adolescentes e cães numa situação estabelecida tem por objetivo a elaboração de uma reflexão teórica cujo propósito é considerar o uso de um enquadre diferenciado que inclui a presença do cão como recurso. A lente sob a qual tais fenômenos são analisados e compreendidos é a psicanálise de D. W. Winnicott. A investigação psicológica dos encontros evidencia a necessidade de levar em consideração o contexto humano oferecido pelos profissionais e as relações interpessoais estabelecidas. Pode-se observar que a maneira de se relacionar com o animal apresenta-se qualitativamente diferente das relações essencialmente humanas e das com objetos inanimados. Destacando a complexidade dos fenômenos observados entre as pessoas e os animais, percebeu-se que os cachorros interagiam com as pessoas não a partir das intenções ou sentimentos destas, ou ainda por meio de um discurso representativo: o cão reagia ao fato, ao comportamento humano, a comunicação ocorria de forma não-verbal. Outra possível função dos cachorros foi a de despertar diferentes aspectos do self, manifestados pelos adolescentes em suas atitudes, ações e verbalizações, facilitando a expressão de sentimentos. A análise também revela que a maneira de ser do cachorro – através de suas ações de atender ou não aos comandos, de se deixar manipular ou não, de ser uma presença constante e segura, de ter uma inteireza e continuidade de ser – sugere a emergência de maior espontaneidade por parte dos adolescentes. Por fim, são tecidas reflexões teóricas que sustentam a possibilidade de uma clínica winnicottiana com enquadre diferenciado que inclui o cachorro como recurso. / Studies that have been published since the 1960s suggest the therapeutical potential of the use of pets in clinical situations. The research on and the practice of the called Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) and Animal Assisted Activity (AAA) have become more and more popular ever since. The present research analyses 12 filmed meetings that aim at promoting such interaction between dogs and four adolescents with Down Syndrome, carried out by a special education school and a kennel. These weekly meetings took place in a small farm and had been previously scheduled, always at the same time. The description of these meetings between the adolescents and the dogs in an arranged situation aims at elaborating a theoretical reflection which has the objective of taking into account the use of a differentiated setting that involves the presence of the dog as a resource. The lens under which such phenomena are analysed and understood is the W.D.Winnicott psychoanalysis. The psychological investigation of the meetings explicits the need to take the human context offered by the professionals and the interpersonal relationships that take place into account. It is clear to notice that the way the adolescents relate to the animals is qualitatively different from the way they do in exclusively human relationships or even in their relationships with inanimate objects. It’s important to highlight that, among other complex phenomena that we observe in the relationship between people and animals, the communication between them is non-verbal: the dogs react to the human behaviour and not to their intentions, feelings or discourse. Also, the dogs have an important role in awakening different aspects of the self, acted out by the adolescents in their attitudes and speech, which makes the expression of their feelings easier. The analysis also shows that the dog’s behaviour– – whether or not responding to the commands of the adolescents, permitting or not being handled by them, of being a constant and safe presence, as well as its wholeness and continuity of being - suggests the emergence of more room for the adolescents’ spontaneity. Finally, some reflections that support the possibility of a winnicottian clinic with a differentiated setting that have the dog as a resource are presented.

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No processo investigativo foram utilizados questionários exploratórios e entrevistas semidirigidas com o intuito de construir um corpus de análise baseado nas argumentações de professores licenciados em química. A discussão teórica é sustentada pelos estudos de John Dewey, que valoriza a experiência prática pessoalno sentido de aproximar a educação escolar ao contexto social do aluno através de experiências educativas. O processo de análise foi orientado por Zymanskiet al. (2010), que nos levou a organização de temas apriori, conforme as questões de pesquisa e, à elaboração de categorias emergentes dos assuntos comuns diante dos relatos dos entrevistados. A análise desses relatos evidencia que os professores pesquisados valorizam a organização de atividades em espaços não formais como forma de mostrar ao aluno as diversas aplicações da química no dia-a-dia, de levar o aluno à vivência de uma experiência prática que possa promover discussões sobre questões de segurança do trabalho, visualização de processos industriais, entre outros temas, e motivá-los a buscar aprendizados que muitas vezes podem ser inibidos pela realidade escolar atual. Todavia, esses professores enfatizam que as atuais condições de trabalho nas escolas oferecem diversos entraves, que dificultam a adoção desse tipo de atividade, das quais foram mencionados, com bastante ênfase, a falta de verba nas escolas para tais visitas, o número elevado de alunos por turma e a falta de apoio de outros profissionais. Percebemos ainda, que o Centro de Ciências da Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora desempenhou papel importante para a formação inicial e continuada de duas das professoras investigadas. A maioria dos entrevistados reforçou a relevância do espaço pelas condições adequadas em permitir que experiências pudessem ser realizadas de forma segura e agradável para os visitantes. Ao final, podemos inferir que fica claro que a integração entre diversasestratégias educativas podem propiciar diferentes abordagens para que o aluno possa perceber que a linguagem química pode ser também uma forma de leitura do mundo cotidiano que nos permite reflexões sobre nosso mundo real. / This dissertation characterizes the report of an investigation carried out throughout my masters whose goal was centered on the relevance of non-formal settings for the enrichment of the education in chemistry. In the investigative process surveys were used in some exploratory and semi-structured interviews in order to build a corpusof analysis based on the arguments of licensed teachers in chemistry. The theoretical discussion is supported by studies of John Dewey, who values personal practical experience in order to bring the school education into the social context of the student through educational experiences. The analysis process was guided by Zimanskiet al. (2010), which led us to organize themes, according to the research questions and the development of emerging categories of common issues before reports of respondents. The reports analysis shows that the surveyed teachers valorize the planning of activities in non-formal spaces as a way to show to the student the various applications of chemistry in usually basis to lead them to the practical experience that can promote discussions on issues of job security, visualization of industrial processes, among others, and, finally, motivate them to seek lessons that can often be inhibited by current educational reality. However, these teachers emphasize that current working conditions in schools offer many obstacles that hinder the adoption of this type of activity, which have been mentioned in the interviews in a quite emphatically way; the lack of resource funding in schools for such visits, the high number of students per class and the lack of support from other professionals could be pointed out. We noticed also that the Science Center of UFJF played an important role for the initial and continuing training of two teachers investigated. Most respondents stressed the importance of that space for suitable conditions to allow experiments that could be performed in a safe way and be enjoyable for visitors. At the end, we can infer that it is clear that the integration of different educational strategies may provide different approaches to the student to realize that the chemical language can also be a way of reading the everyday world that allows us to thinking about our real world.

Orientador: Agueda Bernadete Bittencourt / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-21T02:03:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Zoca_AndreaCristina_M.pdf: 1600089 bytes, checksum: d1a427b2383d4d5dfbc73aceaa4277f4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Resumo: Esta pesquisa busca compreender a entrada dos assistentes sociais no sistema educacional e suas implicações, considerando hoje um trabalho em expansão em alguns Estados brasileiros, como São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro e Minas Gerais. Teve por objetivo analisar o surgimento do Serviço Social Escolar de Limeira, um setor premiado com o Selo Prata pelo Programa da Qualidade Total na Educação. Utilizando análise documental e entrevistas, observamos que o Serviço Social Escolar incorporou práticas da Gestão da Qualidade Total na Educação, delineada pelo grupo que se nomeará por Comitê Executivo. Assim, meu primeiro problema foi entender a entrada no espaço educacional de Limeira de uma linguagem empresarial encabeçada pela ideia de qualidade total, nos serviços prestados. Essa investigação evidenciou a existência de relações de forças locais que alimentam e validam esse espaço de trabalho para os assistentes sociais. A partir de tais constatações, mostrou-se relevante compreender, as práticas dos agentes do Serviço Social Escolar, evidenciadas pela análise de prontuários e fichas de alunos do arquivo do assistente social de uma escola de educação infantil e ensino fundamental. A análise oferece uma aproximação de novas formas de controle e enquadramento pela via da escola. Permite-nos perceber que a criação deste espaço de trabalho não é uma conquista desta categoria, mas sim o resultado de um jogo de interesses que leva a inserção de assistentes sociais nos espaços escolares. / Abstract: This research seeks to understand the entrance of social assistants in the educational system and its implications, considering today a work in expansion in some Brazilian states such as Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais. It had as objective to analyze the appearing of Scholar Social Service of Limeira, a sector prized with the Silver Stamp for the Total Quality Program in Education, formed by the group that will be named as Executive Committee. So, my first problem was to understand this entrance in the educational space in Limeira of an enterprise language headed by the total quality idea, in the services done. This investigation evidenced the existence of local forces relations that feed and valid this work space for the social assistants. From such facts, it was shown relevant to understand, the practices of the Scholar Social Service agents, evidenced by assessments analyses and students' profiles of the social assistant file of a pre and primary school. The analyses offer an approach of a new way of controlling and fitting by the school. It allows us to notice that the creation of this work space is not a conquest of this category but the result of a game of interests that leads to the insertion of social assistants in the scholar spaces. / Mestrado / Educação, Conhecimento, Linguagem e Arte / Mestre em Educação

Certain types of waste, e.g. bottom ash originating from municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI bottom ash) can be used as road construction materials. A potential problem is the possibility of substances leaching out of the road and spreading in the surrounding groundwater. The aim of this master’s thesis is to conclude whether hydrogeological type settings can be employed to, based on local conditions, provide an estimate of the probable spreading of these substances in the surrounding groundwater, and whether certain types of soils can be identified as being less suitable for the localization of a MSWI bottom ash road. A hydrogeological type setting is defined as a mappable unit with similar hydrogeological properties. An advantage of this approach would be that mainly existing maps and surveys could form the basis for the assessment. The work has been performed by placing a hypothetical road construction in different hydrogeological type settings. The expected patterns of spreading has then been evaluated using theoretical reasoning and analytical and numerical models. The method can be used. In the report various type settings are defined. In several cases further information will be required to render possible a more exact estimate of the spreading. By locating the road on less permeable soils to reduce the local spreading of substances in groundwater, a greater proportion of the water will be drained as surface water. Thus it becomes important to take into account surface water transport aswell. In the report a procedure to estimate the maximum concentrations in groundwater at locations situated downstream the road is presented. This estimate could be used as basis for a more balanced valuation of appropriateness, e.g. by relating the estimated concentrations to background values. / Vissa typer av avfall, exempelvis slaggrus (sorterad bottenaska från avfallsförbränning), kan användas som vägbyggnadsmaterial. Ett potentiellt problem är möjligheten att ämnen lakas ut ur vägen och sprids i omgivande grundvatten. Syftet med detta examensarbete är att avgöra om hydrogeologiska typmiljöer kan användas för att, utifrån omgivningens förutsättningar, ge en bild av hur den vidare spridningen av dessa ämnen i omgivande grundvatten sannolikt ser ut, och om vissa typer av mark kan pekas ut som mindre lämpade för lokalisering av en slaggrusväg. En hydrogeologisk typmiljö definieras som ett område möjligt att avgränsa med avseende på karakteristiska hydrogeologiska förhållanden. En fördel med angreppssättet skulle vara att underlagsmaterialet till bedömningen då kan utgöras av i huvudsak befintligt kartmaterial. Studien har utförts genom att en hypotetisk vägkonstruktion placerats in i olika hydrogeologiska typmiljöer. De troliga spridningsscenarierna har sedan utvärderats genom teoretiska resonemang, samt genom användande av analytiska och numeriska modeller. Metodiken går att använda och i rapporten definieras olika typmiljöer. I flera fall kommer platsspecifik kunskap behöva inhämtas för en närmare beskrivning av spridningsbilden. Genom placering av vägen på tätare mark för att minska lokal spridning av ämnen i grundvatten kommer en större andel av vattnet att avledas som ytvatten. Därmed blir det viktigt att även inhämta kunskap om transport med ytvatten. I rapporten presenteras också en metod för uppskattning av maximala halter i grundvatten nedströms en väg. Denna metod kan användas som underlag för en mer nyanserad värdering av lämplighet, genom att de uppskattade halterna relateras till bakgrundsvärden eller lämpliga riktvärden.

Off-gassing of hazardous compounds is, together with self-heating and dust explosions, the main safety hazards within large-scale biomass storage and handling. Formation of CO, CO2, and VOCs with concurrent O2 depletion can occur to hazardous levels in enclosed stored forest products. Several incidents of CO poisoning and suffocation of oxygen depletion have resulted in fatalities and injuries during cargo vessel discharge of forest products and in conjunction with wood pellet storage rooms and silos. Technologies for torrefaction and steam explosion for thermal treatment of biomass are under development and approaching commercialization, but their off-gassing behavior is essentially unknown. The overall objective of this thesis was to provide answers to one main question: “What is the off-gassing behaviour of thermally treated lignocellulosic biomass during storage?”. This was achieved by experimental studies and detailed analysis of off-gassing compounds sampled under realistic conditions, with special emphasis on the VOCs. Presented results show that off-gassing behavior is influenced by numerous factors, in the following ways. CO, CO2 and CH4 off-gassing levels from torrefied and stream-exploded biomass and pellets, and accompanying O2 depletion, are comparable to or lower than corresponding from untreated biomass. The treatments also cause major compositional shifts in VOCs; emissions of terpenes and native aldehydes decline, but levels of volatile cell wall degradation products (notably furans and aromatics) increase. The severity of the thermal treatment is also important; increases in torrefaction severity increase CO off-gassing from torrefied pine to levels comparable to emissions from conventional pellets, and increase O2 depletion for both torrefied chips and pellets. Both treatment temperature and duration also influence degradation rates and VOC composition. The product cooling technique is influential too; water spraying in addition to heat exchange increased CO2 and VOCs off-gassing from torrefied pine chips, as well as O2 depletion. Moreover, the composition of emitted gases co-varied with pellets’ moisture content; pellets of more severely treated material retained less moisture, regardless of their pre-conditioning moisture content. However, no co-variance was found between off-gassing and pelletization settings, the resulting pellet quality, or storage time of torrefied chips before pelletization. Pelletization of steam-exploded bark increased subsequent VOC off-gassing, and induced compositional shifts relative to emissions from unpelletized steam-exploded material. In addition, CO, CO2 and CH4 off-gassing, and O2 depletion, were positively correlated with the storage temperature of torrefied softwood. Similarly, CO and CH4 emissions from steam-exploded softwood increased with increases in storage temperature, and VOC off-gassing from both torrefied and steam-exploded softwood was more affected by storage temperature than by treatment severity. Levels of CO, CO2 and CH4 increased, while levels of O2 and most VOCs decreased, during storage of both torrefied and steam-exploded softwood.CO, CO2 and O2 levels were more affected by storage time than by treatment severity. Levels of VOCs were not significantly decreased or altered by nitrogen purging of storage spaces of steam-exploded or torrefied softwood, or controlled headspace gas exchange (intermittent ventilation) during storage of steam-exploded bark. In conclusion, rates of off-gassing of CO and CO2 from thermally treated biomass, and associated O2 depletion, are comparable to or lower than corresponding rates for untreated biomass. Thermal treatment induces shifts in both concentrations and profiles of VOCs. It is believed that the knowledge and insights gained provide refined foundations for future research and safe implementation of thermally treated fuels as energy carriers in renewable energy process chains.

Background: Since the 1980s, Saudi Arabia’s socio economic transformation has led to vast social development. As a result there has been increased adoption of behaviours such as smoking and sedentary life styles, which pose a risk to health. It is anticipated that cancer incidence will double over the next two decades and it is thus vital that high quality of care is provided to meet the growing health care demands. Moreover, it is important that patients are satisfied with their care provision. This thesis begins with a narrative synthesis of the existing literature about patient satisfaction in the Saudi context and beyond. An evaluation of the key concepts for understanding patient satisfaction illuminated the lack of evidence about the assessment of patient satisfaction including specific key domains of the structure and process of care. This evaluation also indicated the need to further investigate the Saudi patient perspectives in oncology hospital setting. The aim of my study was to examine the extent to which clinical effectiveness impacts upon patient satisfaction in oncology ward settings in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Methods: A sequential explanatory mixed methods design was employed. The Donabedian quality framework (1980) and Patient experience model (Reimann and Strech 2010) were used to assess patient satisfaction with quality of care provided. A quantitative phase was followed by a qualitative phase. In the first phase, the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) IN-PATSAT32 validated questionnaire was used to collect data from 100 adult oncology inpatients at a Cancer Centre in Riyadh. The second qualitative phase involved semi-structured telephone and face to face interviews with 22 adult oncology inpatients who previously answered the questionnaire. Synthesis occurred at the intersection of quantitative Phase 1 and qualitative Phase 2 data. The qualitative Phase 2 thus further explored the satisfaction scores of quantitative Phase1 to deepen the understanding of patient satisfaction in oncology ward settings in KSA. Findings: The main findings were that patient satisfaction levels are influenced by the clinical effectiveness of doctors and nurses, accessibility to health care and socio-demographic factors. Specifically, the interpersonal aspects of care were deemed core to patient experiences in oncology ward settings in KSA. It emerged that doctor-patient relationships, nurse shortages and language barriers are particular areas where changes could be made to improve care, thereby enhancing patient satisfaction. These findings contribute important new insights into the interpersonal aspects of care in the light of the underlying social and cultural contextual factors that influence patient satisfaction in the KSA. Conclusion: This study has provided new evidence supporting the need for stronger interpersonal relations and a more patient-centred approach in the oncology health system in KSA. In particular, the influential role of cultural issues in influencing patient satisfaction in oncology ward settings was apparent. Evidence provided by this research will make a substantial contribution to policy makers and hospital management teams in the KSA wanting to improve patient satisfaction in oncology wards and in other health care settings.

This thesis presents extended program notes for a seventy-minute vocal graduate recital consisting of the following repertoire for tenor: Johann Sebastian Bach’s cantata Ich armer Mensch ich Sündenknecht; two songs from the eighteenth-century Spanish collection Tonadillas Escénicas; Gaetano Donizetti's song La derniére nuit d'un novice; Francis Poulenc's song cycle Tel jour telle nuit; Jake Heggie's song cycle Friendly Persuasions; and John Corigliano's Three Irish Folk Songs for Flute and Tenor. Spanning four centuries of music and representing four different language traditions, these works are sufficiently representative of the tenor repertoire. The content of this thesis features detailed information on these works through historical study, and musical analysis.

The scores here collected represent all the music heard in the recital of 3 April, 1995 (programme on p. iii), save "Shimmering Reflections on a Dark Carrall Street Night." This is an electroacoustic piece which does, however, appear on the accompanying recording. / Arts, Faculty of / Music, School of / Accompanied by sound cassette of recital. / Graduate