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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"coffee shops"”.
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Precarious Empowerments: Sexual Labor in the Coffee Shops of Santiago, Chile
… account of the everyday lives of five coffee shops that fit into the lower status ‘tinted cafes’ where sexual labor is common, this thesis examines sex workers’ experiences at the intersection of class, racial, and gender hierarchies. From an intersectional perspective, my study …
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Grande Wi-Fi : understanding what Wi-Fi users are doing in coffee-shops
The relationship between coffee-shops and Internet has recently been highlighted by the launch of wireless "hotspots" which provides e-access through Wi-Fi technology, in coffee-shops and several other public places in America. This thesis explores the social implications of introduction of Wi-Fi …
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The urban coffee shop
… thesis is an investigation of the role of the coffee shop in the urban environment throughout history. Coffee shops spread from the Arab world to Europe and then to the U.S. at the end of the seventeenth century. Coffee shops always had an integral relationship with the public space and they …
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Coffee shop, environmental behavior, and design (How does social behavior and interaction influence coffee shop design?)
Re-thinking the concept of coffee shop as “a third place between home and work (Oldenburg, 1989)” and its conventional seating layout, this thesis studied characteristics that encourage social behaviors and the meaning of coffee shops in modern U.S. society. The study was qualitative that included …
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Negotiating a curriculum balance: Perceptions of special education teachers and administrators regarding alternate assessments in Oklahoma
… individually in non-school settings, usually coffee shops. Teachers and administrators work diligently each day to support the students and meet their academic, social, emotional and physical needs.
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Holiday town
… than shop assistants and waitresses. There are coffee shops and art galleries in Betty's Bay, restaurants and a confectioner. There is a beach with warmer water than the beaches in Cape Town and there is the Harold Porter Botanical Garden. There are three lakes in Betty's Bay.
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INVESTIGATION OF THE RISE EVALUATION SYSTEM IN MONTESSORI SCHOOLS
… were administered in personal offices, coffee shops, and at my personal office. All interviews(except one) were tape recorded and transcribed by me. The transcribed interviews were coded to create an item analysis.
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The food retail environment surrounding Canadian schools and its impact on overweight and obesity
… restaurants, fast food restaurants, sub/sandwich shops, donut/coffee shops, convenience stores, and grocery stores. Results: Objective 1. Nearly 75% of schools had at least one food retailer within 1 km of schools, and over 90% had at least one food retailer within 5 km. Exposure to the different …
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Guidelines for outdoors WiFi space design
… was collected about observations made in coffee shops about Wi-Fi use, and extended by case studies that focused on the State Library in Queensland and Bryant Park in New York. The thesis analyzes how Wi-Fi’s limited range can be efficiently supported in site selection, function design, …
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A contemporary teashop design based on Chinese traditions
… developments, along with the recent growth in coffeehouses/shops, indicate a potential for similar success for teashops. The purpose of this study was to design a contemporary teashop deriving design inspiration from traditional Chinese culture and teahouse design. An existing site in a …
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The relationship between employee turnover and customer service quality in casino restaurants
… The restaurants were buffets, steakhouses, and coffee shops in casinos in three geographic locations. The study uses both cross-sectional and time-series data in a linkage model. It then analyzes the nature of this relationship on both a concurrent and consecutive periods over ten months. The …
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Open space : theater and public life on the Central Artery
… of the city dawned -- hotels, clubs, coffee shops, public promenades, restaurants, theaters, and pubs- to create spaces for socializing within the city. Social interaction is discursive, based on communicating, instead of being a visual relationship. The goal of the design is to create …
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Collective innovation spaces in Shanghai : spatial patterns and social life/
… companies, universities, restaurants, bars and coffee shops have a positive relationship with CIS clusters. However, housing developments and parks have a negative relationship with CIS clusters. Development of CIS and the thriving third places, which are privatized social spaces other than home …
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Toward Open and Programmable Wireless Network Edge
… and enterprises but in public venues such as coffee shops, hospitals, and airports. However, most of the publicly and privately available wireless networks are proprietary and closed in operation. Also, there is little effort from industries to move forward on a path to greater openness for …
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Exploring the role of AI in enhancing sustainability within New Zealand's hospitality industry: A study on knowledge, applicability, and perception in reducing food waste
… cause of FW in catering services and cafes/coffee shops, while portion control and plate waste are cited as the main causes of FW in fine-dining restaurants and pubs. A lack of FW awareness is the leading cause of FW in hotels/resorts and fast-food outlets. The diverse range of challenges …
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Local Interactions Between Firms And Consumers
… reorganize their trips to grocery stores and coffee shops after they become online grocery shoppers. To do so, I use new, detailed data on the daily online and offline transactions of millions of anonymized customers. My results show that consumer behaviors can create positive …
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Exploring student perceptions of the role of the learning commons in academic success : a qualitative, exploratory single case study at a midsize community college.
… support services such as tutoring, and coffee shops or cafés beginning in the 1990s. While these models were credited with bringing more students into the library space, it was unclear whether students perceive the changes as beneficial to their academic success. As Bennett (2015) …
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The Effects of Government Legislation and Regulation in the 20th Century on the Evolution of Commercial Real Estate as an Investment Vehicle
… things we call houses, offices, shopping malls, coffee shops, restaurants, warehouses and apartments with their basic creation arising from a mere need, throughout history, to serve their principal purpose; provide a space to live, work and play. An evolution of the creation of these spaces …
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Aging Alone, Together: Older Adult ICT Use, Health, and Place during the COVID-19 Pandemic
… the closure of third places (e.g., libraries, coffee shops) and increased risk of serious illness. Information and communication technology (ICT) was widely adopted during this time to facilitate daily activities and social connection, but the extent to which it was able to replace the …
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Behind the silence: A critical exploration of the sexual harassment of women in the hospitality workplace
… hotels, resorts, restaurants, pubs, and coffee shops, were included within the sample, and work experience in both operational and managerial roles was represented. The findings are delineated into three main themes: being harassed in the workplace, the perceived impact of workplace …
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