Thesis--Florida Atlantic University. / Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 162-168).

This thesis seeks to reassess the rise of the city of Beirut and its place as a central city in the Levant. From 1834-1939, Beirut built a number of infrastructure improvements which reoriented trade through Beirut and made it a central gateway of between Europe and the Middle East. In the Ottoman Era, local merchants allied with French concessionary companies to build a roadway, a rail line and a port which brought increased prosperity and trade to the city. The merchants had to petition the Ottoman state to secure these improvements, and the business elite continued using and developing these tactics of negotiation under the French Mandatory government. By negotiating and allying with the French state, Beirut instigated the development of a modern port and an air terminal in Beirut, securing her commercial centrality in the Middle East. The development of this infrastructure was powered by moments of economic competition from regional cities like Sidon, and most notably, Haifa. Beirutis saw any transportation development in a Levantine city not their own as a direct threat to the prosperity and commerce of Beirut. To counter these threats, Beiruti merchants and press organized to build competing structures as seen in the construction of the 1938 port. Through a combination of local agency, French capital, and alliances and negotiations with the state, Beruitis successfully developed the infrastructure which redirected the trade routes through Beirut, making it an indispensable gateway to the Levant. / text

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La actitud es definida como un estado de disposición nerviosa y mental organizada mediante la experiencia que ejerce un influjo dinámico o directivo sobre las respuestas que un individuo da a todos los objetos y situaciones que se relaciona. Por ello la enfermera cuando cuida al paciente en los últimos momentos de su vida se enfrenta a la muerte, considerándola no solo fenómeno instantáneo, sino biológico además de ser psicosocial, que ocurre en diferentes etapas. Durante el proceso de morir se experimentan intensas emociones difíciles de contener, en el que se encuentran involucrados la persona moribunda, la familia y la enfermera que cuida. La presente investigación tuvo como objetivo: describir y analizar la actitud de la enfermera que labora en dicho hospital, cuando se encuentra frente al paciente moribundo. El marco teórico se basó en la teoría de Hildergard Peplau. La metodología fue cualitativa, con abordaje de estudio de caso, el escenario lo conformó el servicio de medicina varones y mujeres del hospital. Los sujetos de estudio fueron las enfermeras con experiencia de 5 años continuos en dicho servicio y se hizo una triangulación con los familiares para obtener datos informativos más fidedignos. El análisis de datos fue de contenido temático y en toda la investigación se respetó los principios éticos y de cientificidad.

Modern airport terminal design approaches the needs of passengers on a primarily logistical level. Over time, genuine interest in passenger comfort and satisfaction has become diluted in the face of an increasingly efficiency and money-driven aviation industry. The airport experience has been reduced to getting in and out of the terminal as quickly as possible, simply because there is little incentive to slow down or even go in the first place. Uninspiring interior designs, crumbling infrastructure, claustrophobic spaces, security hassles, and a lack of access to food, shops, services, and entertainment are just a few of the issues that must be dealt with in order to restore a certain level of appeal and comfort. This thesis suggests that a more sensitive and responsive approach to airport design can change an ingrained mentality that characterizes airports as places to be dreaded rather than be inspired by. Over time, stress has become an inherent part of travelling, due largely to incremental increases in security checks and measures. This is an unfortunate by-product of the era we live in and is not likely be changed entirely, as public safety must remain a paramount goal in any airport design. At the same time, architects must feel compelled to design in a way that reduces passenger stress at every point along their terminal experience. Only then can passengers feel free to truly take in the architecture of their surroundings -- an architecture that should aim to satisfy functional and efficiency-related standards, as well as symbolize gateways to new places and embody the essence of flight. The design of tomorrow's airport must anticipate and respond holistically to passenger needs, on both a practical and an aesthetic level, so as to create an experience that manifests in quality rather than quantity. The degree of that response at various airports around the world is what this thesis measures, deconstructs, and reimagines as a foundation for the final design proposal.

<p>The aim of this explorative study was to understand the experiences and challenges of primary caregivers providing palliative care to women with advanced breast cancer. This study was conducted within a qualitative research design framework underpinned by phenomenology. The significance of this study was to contribute to the knowledge that would help care professionals understand the experiences and challenges that primary caregivers face whilst providing palliative care to women with advanced breast cancer.</p>

In 2001, Australia's annual freight movement load reached 310 billion million tonne-kilometres. By 2020, it is forecast to be 630 billion tonnes-kilometres, an expected rise of slightly over 100 percent of the current level. Due to accelerating freight movement demand in Australia, a rising need for efficient transport infrastructure can be expected. Terminals are a vital part of transport systems which affect the development of whole regions. Terminal location is therefore essential in evaluating the extent to which terminals play a positive role in shaping regional development. Inter-modal freight transportation is defined as a system that carries freight from origin to destination by using two or more transportation modes. Inter-modal terminal location has great bearing on, and is influenced by, infrastructural efficiency. Terminal locations should optimize both the potential impacts of regional development and effects on transport development. Consequently, it is imperative to analyse the interaction of locations and effects in the process of optimizing terminal location. This research aims to define the effects of terminal location on transportation by studying the different inter-modal system of the top Australia ports, and introducing the relationship between these effects and transport strategic modelling. Data on transport modelling elements will be investigated in four case studies, followed by data sensitivity analysis to assess the way in which terminal location affects transportation performance. To examine the effects of terminal location factor on transportation, a number of key elements were selected by the Inter-modal Freight Transport and Regional Development Model and Strategic Modelling: Attractiveness, Location Decisions of Firms, Economic Activity, Shipping/Trip Decision, Destination Choice, Mode Choice, Route Choice, Link Loads, Link Times/Distances/Costs and Accessibility. Environmental issue of a terminal are an additional important consideration in freight movement, when presented as a cost of using the terminal. The outcome of the case studies which make up this research is a statement of the main effects of the studied elements on terminal location and the potentially necessary improvements to the ports studied For example, 20 kilometres seems to be the radius of an inter-modal terminal catchment level and rail service in Victoria is therefore recommended to be increased to take into account environmental issues. This is augmented by two further studies of the In-land Port and Accessibility of the Port of Brisbane. In essence, this thesis is an attempt to make Australian transport and social services planners aware of the effects of factors relating to terminal location in the processes of evaluating the optimum terminal location.

Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Newcastle, 2004. / School of Nursing and Midwifery. Includes bibliographical references. Also available online.

Thesis--Auburn University, 2009. / Abstract. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-238).

Thesis--Columbia University. / On spine: Attitude toward death in nursing students. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 54-62).