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Foodservice in hospital: development of a theoretical model for patient experience and satisfaction using one hospital in the UK National Health Service as a case study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Hospital foodservice does not operate in isolation but requires the cooperation and integration of several disciplines to provide the ultimate patient experience.
Audit Commission   +46 more
core   +1 more source

Career Choices and Moral Choices. Changing Tracks in the Trolley Problem

open access: yesStudies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric, 2019
Numerous authors indicate that the influence of academic education extends beyond the growth of specialized knowledge gained by the graduates. Scholars are trying to identify and examine the potential impact of higher learning on students’ attitudes and ...
Dzionek-Kozłowska Joanna, Rehman Sharaf
doaj   +1 more source

S. Kahn. Kant and the trolley / trans. from Engl. A. V. Nekhaev [PDF]

open access: yesОмский научный вестник: Серия "Общество. История. Современность"
The article explores the applicability of Kant’s ethics, which prohibited the use people as mere means, in solutions to various Trolley problem scenarios. Based on the distinction between notions ‘using as mere means’ and ‘treating as mere means’, the
A. V. Nekhaev
doaj   +1 more source

Moral Philosophy or The Sociology of Morals? Response to Cansu Canca

open access: yesSociologica, 2020
I make three points in my response. I begin by pointing out the differences between the sociological and philosophical approaches to moral questions.
Gil Eyal
doaj   +1 more source

Das Rettungsdilemma des Karneades und sein Nachleben im 20. und 21. Jahrhundert

open access: yesInternationale Zeitschrift für Kulturkomparatistik, 2022
This paper takes up the topic explored by Wolfgang G. Müller in this volume and discusses the various forms in which Carneades’ thought experiment was conceptualized and employed in philosophy, science, and law, as well as literature and film of the 20th
Dirk Vanderbeke
doaj   +1 more source

Single Smooth Waveform Command‐Shaping Control of Overhead Crane Systems Utilizing Two‐Stage Acceleration–Deceleration Profile for Short‐Moving Point‐to‐Point Maneuver

open access: yesInternational Journal of Mechanical System Dynamics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Modern industrial demand for efficient material handling in confined spaces has driven the need for overhead cranes capable of short‐distance point‐to‐point maneuvers without compromising payload stability. Conventional three‐stage shaper profiles, experiencing acceleration, cruising, and deceleration, become inefficient or infeasible for ...
Mohammed Alfares   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Alternative Transport in Mining [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Investigating the 2D-T 2-T 2-relaxation exchange of inter-stitial water in a packing of sedimented Stöber-silicate spheres, we come the conclusion that contrary to its behaviour in macro-pores, water confined in nano ...
Kechin, Maksim   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Moral dilemmas in self-driving cars

open access: yesRivista Internazionale di Filosofia e Psicologia, 2020
Autonomous driving systems promise important changes for future of transport, primarily through the reduction of road accidents. However, ethical concerns, in particular, two central issues, will be key to their successful development.
Chiara Lucifora   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Finding One's Place: ESL Teachers' Experiences of Language and Identity in the School Spaces of Quebec

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates how English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers navigate their professional and linguistic identities within Quebec's complex linguistic landscape. Drawing on critical approaches to conceptualizing space, we examine physical and metaphorical spaces in schools as sites of identity negotiation and community building. Data
Philippa Parks   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Research on Sintering Machine Axle Fault Detection Based on Wheel Swing Characteristics

open access: yesMachines
During the sintering process in iron production, wheel swing is a sign of sintering machine trolley axle faults, which may lead to the wheel falling off and affect the production operation of the sintering machine system in serious cases.
Bo Chen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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