Refugees resettling in the United States face many challenges; especially within the health care setting. The purpose of this research was to add to the increasing body of knowledge about improving health care for the refugee population through investigating providers' lived experience caring for them. This study utilized qualitative research methods with a descriptive phenomenological approach. Five healthcare providers, one Nurse Practitioner, three Pediatricians and one Family Medicine Attending, were interviewed face to face through semi-structured interviews, utilizing twelve questions about their lived experience caring for the refugee population. The data from the five participants interviewed revealed three themes that described their experience: Facing Challenges; Experiencing Satisfaction; and Reframing the System. Although each provider found satisfaction within his or her current positions, there is a critical need for improved allocation of resources for housing, social support, and increased funding to help support refugee families that arrive in the United States.

Background: Mental illness is a public health problem in Sweden as well as in other countries around the world. This has not only individual consequences, but also consequences for the community which puts pressure on the mental health care and their staff. Research reports that patients’ experiences from mental health care are both positive and negative. Studies also indicate the value of patients’ experiences for further improvement of mental health care. The aim of this study was to gather knowledge about psychiatric inpatients experiences regarding their meeting with the nurses. Method: A literature review that included studies with qualitative method was analyzed using content analysis. Results: Six categories were identified which consisted of: Patient-nurse relationship, communication, information, the desire to be seen as an individual, control and the lack of nurses and their time. Conclusion: Patients described that the meeting with nurses was important for their satisfaction with mental health care. Patients described both positive and negative experiences in meeting with nurses. However, the majority of the experiences were described as negative.

Thesis advisor: Candace Jones / Management scholars have rarely analyzed how prior social networks might help or hinder the job performance of new organizational members. However, internal and external job markets are increasingly characterized by high mobility of experienced professionals, who have extensive social networks rooted in their past collaborations and shared work experiences. Organizations rely more frequently on project teams and project-based organizing to perform interdependent tasks, so employees transition more often across project teams - and firms - in their boundary-less careers. These changes call for a better understanding of whether the reactivation of past social ties is likely to help or hinder the job performance of new employees, especially those engaged in highly interdependent tasks. The object of this study is to theorize and empirically test the mechanisms by which the reactivation of a particular social tie - shared work experience - may impact new members' performance. Using a social networks lens to study new members' organizational entries, this study not only contributes to the recent fast-growing literature on the reactivation of social ties, but also to studies on new members' performance, and has considerable relevance for enhancing an organization's performance through the better management of its expert workers' human and social capital. / Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2013. / Submitted to: Boston College. Carroll School of Management. / Discipline: Management and Organization.

Thesis advisor: David M. Rasmussen* / Thesis advisor: Oliva Blanchette / The French philosopher Gabriel Marcel (1889-1973) was deeply influenced by the classical tradition of American philosophy. Marcel's first essays focused upon the philosophy of Josiah Royce (1855-1916). Royce impressed Marcel due to his ability to engage in bold, imaginative construction and yet remain "faithful to the empirical tradition, which he deepened and enriched...." Marcel was also deeply influenced by William Ernest Hocking's (1873-1966) major work, The Meaning of God in Human Experience which, for Marcel, not only reaffirmed the religious dimension of human experience but also served as "an advance in the direction of that metaphysical realism toward which I resolutely tended." Lastly, Marcel conducted a sustained personal and philosophical relationship with Henry G. Bugbee Jr. (1915-1999) of the University of Montana. Marcel first met Bugbee at Harvard University while delivering the William James Lectures in 1961. Willard Van Orman Quine described Bugbee as "the ultimate exemplar of the examined life" and Calvin Schrag described him as "one of the more marginalized philosophers in America." Part I consists of a comprehensive examination of Marcel's philosophy, focusing upon the manner in which his thought exhibits a strong sense of "ontological continuity" - establishing a fundamental relationship between human being and the ontological. According to Marcel "Finite thought is continually attracted by a beyond, by Another, which eternally escapes it." Part I will be followed by three sections (Parts II-IV) devoted to the relationship between Marcel and the thought of Royce, Hocking, and Bugbee respectively. The relationship between Marcel and these philosophers is based largely upon their mutual critique of abstract thinking and a shared belief in the existence of a decisive connection between human being and Being. The thesis will conclude with Part V, entitled "The Religious Dimension of Experience," which depicts the manner in which a select cadre of American philosophers has been successful in drawing out the philosophical implications of Marcel's project. As Marcel indicated, "Perhaps the most important task on the plane of speculation is to deepen once again the notion of life itself in the light of the highest and most genuine religious thought." / Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2009. / Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: Philosophy.

Thesis (D.B.A.)--Boston University / PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you. / Quality management has become a key competitive factor (Garvin, 1988). Product design quality requires incorporating the wants and needs of the customer base into new product development, and product conformance quality relies upon identifying and resolving flaws found in the products. Collecting this feedback requires that the boundary between the customer and the firm be spanned, and applying the feedback requires that it be communicated to the functional group that can effect product improvement. Through its constant interaction with customers, the customer support group is well positioned to sense this customer feedback and communicate it to the product development group. This dissertation examined the strategic role of the customer support organization within software companies as a quality assurance agent. While traditionally viewed as a rectifier of external quality failures, the research model proposed that customer support could also serve appraisal and preventive quality assurance roles through its boundary spanning activities. A small sample, comparative case study tested hypotheses about customer support's boundary spanning and provided for grounded theory building. The research revealed three primary findings. First, service delivery designs that included higher levels of customer contact allowed the service agents to sense a broader range of customer issues. Second, product quality increased when the customer data were collected in a detailed format structured to meet the practices of the development group. Third, product quality also increased when the customer support group had more involvement in product management decisions throughout the product development cycle. Through grounded theory-building, the research identified contextual factors that fostered a preventative quality assurance role for customer support. / 2031-01-01

Thesis (M.A.)--香港中文大學. / Manuscript. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 302-307). / Thesis (M.A.)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue. / Chapter 一 --- 導言 / Chapter 二 --- 維也納學團之起源與發展簡史 / Chapter 1 --- 維也納學團的起源 / Chapter 2 --- 維也納學團的目的與方法 / Chapter 3 --- 維也納學團的理論淵源 / Chapter 4 --- 維也納學團的發展 / Chapter 三 --- 意義判準的提出 / Chapter 5 --- 形上學的消除 / Chapter 6 --- 述句的區分 / Chapter 四 --- 意義判準的早期陳構式 / Chapter 7 --- 意義判準最早期陳構式──完全檢証性原則 / Chapter 8 --- 完全否証性原則及其困難 / Chapter 五 --- 意義判準其他不同之陳構及其困難 / Chapter 9 --- 意義判準第三個樣式──部分檢証性原則 / Chapter 10 --- 可翻譯性原則 / Chapter 11 --- 以可隸屬性來代替可翻譯性 / Chapter 12 --- 「隸屬於人」的意義的釐清 / Chapter 六 --- 經驗論語言及傾向性概念與理論概念之引介 / Chapter 13 --- 語言系統人的建構 / Chapter 14 --- 傾向性概念與化約句子方法 / Chapter 15 --- 理論概念與關連規則 / Chapter 16 --- 語言結構的釐定 / Chapter 七 --- 部分印証性原則 / Chapter 17 --- 意義判準的第四個樣式----------部分印証性原則 / Chapter 八 --- 基礎問題論旨 / Chapter 18 --- 什麽是基礎問題 / Chapter 九 --- 基料述句之性質徵定 / Chapter 19 --- 維根斯坦與基本命題 / Chapter 20 --- 舒力克之基料述句理論 / Chapter 21 --- 奈拿夫之基料述句 / Chapter 22 --- 卡納晉之原始基料述句基料述句 / Chapter 十 --- 基料述句之物理化 / Chapter 23 --- 物理語言為一互為主觀的語言的証明 / Chapter 24 --- 物理語言的互為主觀性 / Chapter 十一 --- 基料述句之語法觀及其困難 / Chapter 25 --- 將「基料述句」視為一語法指謂辭的理論 / Chapter 26 --- 基料述句之語法觀的批評 / Chapter 27 --- 融貫真理論的批評 / Chapter 28 --- 命題與事實的關係 / Chapter 29 --- 「命題與事實比較」是什麽意義? / Chapter 十二 --- 語言結構的選取與基料述句 / Chapter 30 --- 語言結構與基料述句 / Chapter 31 --- 基本謂詞選取的兩個方法論上的決定 / Chapter 32 --- 基本謂詞內容的確定──物理謂詞或心理謂詞之選擇 / Chapter 十三 --- 真確知識基礎之重估

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Little is known about the experience of families of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in community settings. The purpose of this research is to learn about the family experience when visiting a science museum, focusing on the motivations of the family, environmental features of the museum, strategies used by family members, and definitions of a successful visit to the museum. Data were collected through semistructured interviews and observations of four families that included a child with ASD. The families in this study appear to want the same community experiences for their children as families with typically developing children. Both the motivations for the visit and features of the environment appeared to influence the family’s approach and strategies they employed for a successful visit. Strategies included those completed before the visit (visitor planning strategies), as well as during the visit (strategies at the museum). The strategies enabled families to enjoy and experience success within the museum environment. The information learned in this study may help families with a child with ASD prepare for and use features of the museum to enjoy successful museum visits. Recommendations are provided for museums seeking to create inclusive opportunities for all families.

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Thesis (D. Min.)--Ashland Theological Seminary, 2005. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 167-174, [180]-185).