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1. Bringing psychological treatment to the psychiatric ward : Affecting patients, staff, and the milieu
Sammanfattning : The psychiatric ward is a complex setting. This has to do partly with the severity of the patients’ suffering. Often, they present with such diagnoses as psychosis, self-harm, substance abuse, and suicidality. In fact, they often present with a combination of these. LÄS MER
2. Risky alcohol consumption in the workplace : the feasibility of early detection and brief intervention as a part of routine health examinations
Sammanfattning : There are a number of reasons why workplaces should focus on problems related to alcohol use and misuse. These include the associated risk of greater ill-health, accidents leading to injury, absenteeism, and negative effects on the atmosphere in the workplace. LÄS MER
3. Existential design : revisiting the "dark side" of design thinking
Sammanfattning : This thesis aims to discuss ways of opening up the design brief when designing for extreme environments such as intensive care units and remand prisons. Focusing on “designials” (fundamental forms of design being), the methodology intends to illustrate the fact that objects may directly impinge upon certain “existentials” (fundamental forms of human being). LÄS MER
4. Scattering approach to time-dependent charge and energy transport in mesoscopic conductors
Sammanfattning : This thesis aims to contribute to the field of time controlled charge and energy transport in mesoscopic systems. In Chapter 1, Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 a short review of the scattering matrix theory is presented, including both charge and energy transport, useful to understand the mathematical landscape used in Papers I, II, III and IV. LÄS MER
5. Patterning the Dutch Compact City
Sammanfattning : A major challenge to town planners in Britain is to help fulfil current and future housing need in a sustainable manner and avoid excessive development land take.This thesis therefore establishes what future development models are currently under debate and undertakes extensive research into Governments preferred option the 'Compact City'. LÄS MER