Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1967. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A. in English)--Vanderbilt University, Aug. 2006. / Title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references.

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This thesis takes as its focus the relation between particular constructions of filmic time and the resulting affective and emotional experiences these temporalities produce on a spectatorial level. This connection between time and affect is thought through more specifically here in relation to an idea of the everyday not only as a thematic concern with the minutia of routine daily existence but also as distinct, and yet shifting, conceptions of filmic and viewing time. While film studies has often approached the temporal construction of the quotidian through the rubric of ???real time,??? I explore different articulations of the everyday in a number of film practices through the writings of Henri Lefebvre. As a sociologist and philosopher preoccupied with the revolutionary quality of everyday time in both material reality and art practices including film, Lefebvre???s work enables this thesis to approach film as an especially potent and significant site for affective experiences of time and of the everyday. Beginning with John Cassavetes??? Faces (1968) and an analysis of an affective everyday temporality that film is able to produce as a temporal medium, this thesis goes on to consider the quotidian through photography and stillness in Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975), dying and witnessing via Silverlake Life: The View from Here (Tom Joslin and Peter Friedman, 1993), and finally melodrama and unrequited love in Wong Kar-wai???s In the Mood for Love (Huayang Nianhua, 2000). In the analysis of these films and videos, this thesis draws on film debates explicitly concerned with time as well as focusing on those places in philosophy and critical theory where a promising and productive articulation of film and its inscription of time and affect can be found and conceptualised. In this investigation, the everyday as both a temporal construction and a spectatorial affective experience is a means to reflect on the cinema as a continually shifting and dynamic affective site.

Syfte: Beskriva hur arbetstidsfördelning och arbetssituation ser ut för sjuksköterskan på en hjärtavdelning. Metod: Strukturerad observationsstudie av deskriptiv design med kvantitativ ansats. 14 sjuksköterskor observerades under 18 arbetspass. Ett kategoriseringsschema användes som mätinstrument. Data bearbetades med en kvantitativ analysmetod. Huvudresultat: Sjuksköterskan lade en betydande del av arbetstiden på direkt patientkontakt, därefter en stor del på administrativa arbetsuppgifter. Ytterst liten del av tiden lades på arbetsuppgifter som kan utföras av annan personal. Arbetstidsfördelningen följde ett liknande mönster för A- och C-tur. Under C-tur avsatte sjuksköterskan betydligt mindre tid till rond och mer tid till rapportering och läkemedelshantering jämfört med A-tur. Sjuksköterskan avbröts var 12:e minut under A-tur och var 9:e minut under C-tur. Sjuksköterskan avbröts på rasten vid 5 av 18 observationer. Vid 15 av 18 observationer tog sjuksköterskan rasten hon/han hade rätt till. Sjuksköterskan arbetade utöver schemalagd arbetstid vid 10 av 18 observationer och slutade tidigare vid 5 av 18 observationer. Slutsats: En betydande del av sjuksköterskans arbetstid på hjärtavdelningen utgjordes av direkt patientkontakt och en ytterst liten del utgjordes av arbetsuppgifter som kan utföras av annan personal. Det finns dock rutiner som kan ses över. Tiden för rond under C-tur var nästan obefintlig och det höga antalet avbrott som sjuksköterskan utsattes för borde beaktas då det påverkar sjuksköterskans arbetssituation. / Aim: To describe the work situation and the distribution of working hours for the nurse at a cardiac department. Method: A structured observational study of descriptive design with a quantitative approach. 14 nurses were observed during 18 sessions. An activity schedule with categories was set up to collect data and then analyzed by a quantitative method. Main result: The nurse spent a considerable amount of time in direct contact with the patients. The second most time consuming activity was administration. The time spent on ”non-nursing duties” was insignificant. The distribution of working hours followed a similar pattern during the morning shift and the evening shift. More time was spent on reporting and handling medicines but significantly less doing rounds during the evening shift compared with the morning shift. The nurse was interrupted every 12 minutes during the morning shift and every 9 minutes during the evening shift. When having break disturbances occurred in 5 of 18 observations. In 15 of the 18 observations, the nurse was able to take her/his planned breaks. 10 of 18 observations meant work after scheduled time and in 5 of 18 observations the nurse was able to finish before scheduled time. Conclusion: The nurse in the cardiac department spends a considerable amount of time in direct contact with the patients, but almost none in ”non-nursing duties”. Though, there are routines, which should be improved. Routines to consider are the rounds during the evening shift, when almost insignificant time was spent, and the high number of interruptions affecting the nurse´s work situation.

This thesis outlines the development of a standard methodology for performing a time and motion study in a lean healthcare environment. Time and motion studies have been used in healthcare environments in the past, however they have nearly all been exclusive to a particular healthcare enterprise. To develop the time and motion study methodology, a study was designed to examine how resident doctors spend their time. This study was performed in response to coming changes in the work hours for all residents. Once the methodology was developed, trial observations were conducted. The data from these observations was analyzed to determine the effectiveness of both the time and motion study methodology and its usefulness for process improvement activities.

This thesis takes as its focus the relation between particular constructions of filmic time and the resulting affective and emotional experiences these temporalities produce on a spectatorial level. This connection between time and affect is thought through more specifically here in relation to an idea of the everyday not only as a thematic concern with the minutia of routine daily existence but also as distinct, and yet shifting, conceptions of filmic and viewing time. While film studies has often approached the temporal construction of the quotidian through the rubric of ???real time,??? I explore different articulations of the everyday in a number of film practices through the writings of Henri Lefebvre. As a sociologist and philosopher preoccupied with the revolutionary quality of everyday time in both material reality and art practices including film, Lefebvre???s work enables this thesis to approach film as an especially potent and significant site for affective experiences of time and of the everyday. Beginning with John Cassavetes??? Faces (1968) and an analysis of an affective everyday temporality that film is able to produce as a temporal medium, this thesis goes on to consider the quotidian through photography and stillness in Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975), dying and witnessing via Silverlake Life: The View from Here (Tom Joslin and Peter Friedman, 1993), and finally melodrama and unrequited love in Wong Kar-wai???s In the Mood for Love (Huayang Nianhua, 2000). In the analysis of these films and videos, this thesis draws on film debates explicitly concerned with time as well as focusing on those places in philosophy and critical theory where a promising and productive articulation of film and its inscription of time and affect can be found and conceptualised. In this investigation, the everyday as both a temporal construction and a spectatorial affective experience is a means to reflect on the cinema as a continually shifting and dynamic affective site.

Thesis (Ph. D. in English)--Vanderbilt University, Aug. 2008. / Title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references.

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This project investigated the effects of process capability, line station operation efficiency, and line balance on the product throughput of a wooden door manufacturing process using time-and-motion study and simulation methods. The problem-solving approach DMAIC was used to identify root causes to the problems and implemented the process improvements for the production line efficiency and throughput based on lean manufacturing concepts. The investigation results indicated that the main operation of the wooden door manufacturing process was based on manual and semi-automatic operations. The process capability of whole operation before implementing process improvements was around 600 doors monthly. The coefficient of variation of process time for manual operation ranged from 12% to 23%. The semi-automatic operation ranged from 2% to 20%. The average station efficiency and throughput was 31% and 20 doors per day respectively. After implementing the removal of obvious motion waste, the processing time of the whole process reduced 22.9%. The reduced process time variation for manual operation ranged from 9% to 14%, and the semi-automatic operations ranged from 3% to 7%. The final product output had a 200% increase and the total process efficiency had 100% improvement after implementing the improved process flow design. Meanwhile, the average station efficiency and output increased to 61% and 65 doors per day, respectively.