Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1968.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1968.

Thesis (M.S.)--Oregon State University, 2007. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 60-61). Also available on the World Wide Web.

Tesis para optar al grado de Magíster en Marketing / Autor no autoriza acceso a texto completo de su documento. [Paula Ramírez Parte I], Autor no envía autorización para el acceso a texto completo de su documento. [Carla Mendoza Parte II] / El objetivo del siguiente trabajo es desarrollar un plan de marketing para un club de strippers llamado “Night-club Cougars”. Propuesta que ofrecerá un servicio de entretenimiento para un nicho de mujeres adultas, mayores de 40 años, en un ambiente de lujo, con strippers 100% extranjeros. La idea de negocio se fundamenta principalmente por las oportunidades existentes y las nuevas tendencias en el mercado. Por un lado, la necesidad de satisfacer a un nicho de mujeres adultas, que ya, con más de 40 años, están más seguras de sí mismas, se sienten más empoderadas y, que al momento de gastar su dinero, piensan en premiarse y en pasarlo bien con sus amigas. Por otro lado, la tendencia creciente a celebrar las fiestas de divorcio y de llegada de la menopausia, realizando fiestas temáticas con amigas, disfrutando de ricos cocteles y show de strippers. La segmentación abarca a mujeres adultas, de los segmentos socioeconómicos ABC1 y C2, que viven y trabajan en la Región Metropolitana. El Night-club Cougars se ubicará en la comuna de Vitacura y abrirá sus puertas en el mes de Abril de 2016. Los objetivos de este plan de marketing se basan en un período de 6 meses y abarcan desde la identificación, conocimiento y recordación de marca, hasta el logro de cuota de mercado, ventas y utilidades del negocio. La estrategia será de enfoque en diferenciación y la propuesta de valor se centrará en 3 pilares: “mujeres adultas, strippers extranjeros y ambiente de lujo”.

This work evaluates stripper performance for CO₂ capture using seven potential solvent formulations and seven stripper configurations. Equilibrium and rate models were developed in Aspen Custom Modeler (ACM). The temperature approach on the hot side of the cross exchanger was varied between 5 - 10°C. The results show that operating the cross exchanger at a 5°C approach results in 12% energy savings for a 7m MEA rich solution of 0.563 mol/mol Alk and 90% CO₂ removal. For solvents with [Delta]H[subscript abs] < 60 kJ/gmol CO₂, stripping at 30 kPa is more attractive than stripping at 160 kPa. Normal pressure (160 kPa) favors solvents with high heats of desorption. The best solvent and process configuration, matrix with MDEA/PZ, offers 22% and 15% energy savings over the baseline and improved baseline, respectively, with stripping and compression to 10 MPa. The energy requirement for stripping and compression to 10 MPa is about 20 % of the power output from a 500 MW power plant with 90% CO2 removal. Rate model results show that a 'short and fat' stripper requires 7 to 15% less equivalent work than a 'tall and skinny' one. The optimum stripper design could be one that operates between 50% and 80% flood at the bottom. Stripping at 30 kPa and 160 kPa require 230 s and 115 s of effective packing volume to get an equivalent work 4% greater than the minimum. Stripping at 30 kPa with [Delta]T = 5°C was controlled by mass transfer with reaction in the boundary layer and diffusion (88% resistance at the rich end and 71% resistance at the lean end) and mass transfer with equilibrium reactions (84% resistance at the rich end and 74% resistance at the lean end) at 160 kPa. The model was validated with data obtained from pilot plant experiments at the University of Texas with 5m K⁺/2.5m PZ and 6.4m K⁺/1.6m PZ under normal pressure and vacuum conditions using Flexipac AQ Style 20 structured packing. Foaming was experienced during tests. The effective packing height was 5.09m for 5m K⁺/2.5m PZ and 6.47m for 6.4m K⁺/1.6m PZ. / text

This study uses survey data collected from a convenience sample of undergraduate students (N=89). A vignette survey design is employed to measure social rejection of striptease performers compared to a control group. Data is also collected on negative stereotypes held about striptease performers, which are correlated with social rejection. Link and Phelan's conceptualization of the stigma process provides the theoretical framework for this analysis. Findings suggest that striptease performers experience higher levels of social rejection and are perceived more negatively than the control group and that endorsement of negative stereotypes is associated with social rejection.

This research explores the lives and experiences of female exotic dancers with the aim of gaining an empathic understanding of their involvement in the stripping industry. The stereotypes and generalizations of exotic dancers and the stripping industry undermine the exotic dancer's ability to be seen as an individual with her own story and her own experiences. The participants of this research were selected through convenience sampling and consist of three female exotic dancers. The researcher interviewed the participants using a semi-structured interview format and focused on the dancer's experience within the exotic dancing industry, her family history, her relationships, and personal life. The data was analysed using thematic network analysis. The thematic networks are often contradictory and inconsistent with the common stereotypes and ideas held about exotic dancers. The results indicate that some exotic dancers experience meaning, healing, gratification, and power within their work and live responsible, productive lives. / Psychology / M.A. (Clinical Psychology)

This research explores the lives and experiences of female exotic dancers with the aim of gaining an empathic understanding of their involvement in the stripping industry. The stereotypes and generalizations of exotic dancers and the stripping industry undermine the exotic dancer's ability to be seen as an individual with her own story and her own experiences. The participants of this research were selected through convenience sampling and consist of three female exotic dancers. The researcher interviewed the participants using a semi-structured interview format and focused on the dancer's experience within the exotic dancing industry, her family history, her relationships, and personal life. The data was analysed using thematic network analysis. The thematic networks are often contradictory and inconsistent with the common stereotypes and ideas held about exotic dancers. The results indicate that some exotic dancers experience meaning, healing, gratification, and power within their work and live responsible, productive lives. / Psychology / M.A. (Clinical Psychology)

"Mama's Boy" is a book of fiction and nonfiction by Jamie Berger. It deals with mothers and sons and feminism and pornography and poker and love and New York and San Francisco and Western Massachusetts.