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Kasten, Peggy. "Projects: Building Regional Capacity." Mathematics Teacher 93, no. 6 (2000): 536–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.5951/mt.93.6.0536.
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Building Regional Capacity (BRC) is an NSF-funded professional development institute for grades 7—12 mathematics teachers, department heads, mathematics coordinators, and other present or future teacher leaders from around New England. Its chief focus is leadership in designing and delivering quality professional development. BRC was developed at the Education Development Center (EDC) and is a collaboration among EDC, the University of Massachusetts Lowell (UMass Lowell), and the Eastern Massachusetts Association of Mathematics Department Heads.
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HIRATA, Yuji. "Lectures on Japan by Yoshisaburo Okakura at Lowell Institute." Historical English Studies in Japan 1999, no. 31 (1998): 97–110. http://dx.doi.org/10.5024/jeigakushi.1999.97.
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Hash, Phillip M. "George F. Root’s Normal Musical Institute, 1853–1885." Journal of Research in Music Education 60, no. 3 (2012): 267–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022429412455202.
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George F. Root, Lowell Mason, and William B. Bradbury opened the New York Normal Musical Institute in April of 1853 in New York City. Each term lasted about three months and provided the first long-term preparation program for singing-school masters, church choir directors, private instructors, and school music teachers in the United States. Students at the institute studied pedagogy, voice culture, music theory, and choral literature and had the opportunity to take private lessons with prominent musicians and teachers. The Normal Musical Institute relocated to North Reading, Massachusetts, in 1856 and, in 1860, began meeting in various cities throughout the country. In 1872, the school became the National Normal Musical Institute and continued under this name until its final season in Elmira, New York, in 1885. This study was designed to examine the history of this institution in relation to its origin, details of operation, pedagogy and curriculum, prominent students and faculty, and influence on music education. Data included articles from music periodicals and newspapers, pamphlets and catalogs from the institution, biographies of prominent participants, and other primary and secondary sources.
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Gautam, Ramraj, Karen Devereaux Melillo, and Andrew Hostetler. "Age-Friendly University Inventory: Process and Outcome from UMass Lowell Campus." Innovation in Aging 4, Supplement_1 (2020): 537. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.1741.
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Abstract The UMass Lowell Center for Gerontology Research and Partnerships (CGRP) has been on the Age-Friendly University (AFU) trajectory since April 2018. In April 2019, at the CGRP-sponsored 5th Annual Healthy Aging Living Well Forum, qualitative analysis of table-top discussions identified themes related to the AFU Principles: Accessibility, care, communication community education, flexibility, finances/money, recreation, inclusive society, technology and transportation. In September 2019, in collaboration with the UMass President’s Office and UMass Boston’s Gerontology Institute, we launched the AFU Climate Survey to faculty, staff, and students on the UML campus. This was followed by the AFU Inventory assessments of 12 key campus leaders and offices. Three CGRP members solicited input via email, follow-up telephone communication and information from the University website. The results presented will focus on how other educational institutions might consider proceeding with this process and how to adapt the Inventory to meet other unique campus characteristics.
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Trulli, Susan, Craig Armiento, Christopher Laighton, Elicia Harper, Mahdi Haghzadeh, and Alkim Akyurtlu. "Additive Packaging for Microwave Applications." International Symposium on Microelectronics 2017, no. 1 (2017): 000768–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.4071/isom-2017-thp53_148.
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Abstract This paper describes efforts to apply Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies to microelectronic packaging of devices and subsystems for RF and microwave applications. This work, which was conducted at the Raytheon-University of Massachusetts Lowell Research Institute (RURI), is directed at a variety of applications such as 2D and 3D phased array antennas and tunable frequency selective surfaces (FSS). This paper will describe research on device modeling/simulation, formulation of novel functional inks, development of process/printing technologies and new material characterization techniques. Important elements of the additive packaging efforts include the integration of active die with printed components, replacement of wire bonds with printed chip interconnects and the development of integrated, printed connectors. Research on printed, tunable microwave components, such as varactors and phase shifters, are also discussed.
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Duran, Kevin. "Reviewer Acknowledgements for International Business Research, Vol. 11, No. 3." International Business Research 11, no. 3 (2018): 195. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ibr.v11n3p195.
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International Business Research wishes to acknowledge the following individuals for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Their help and contributions in maintaining the quality of the journal are greatly appreciated.International Business Research is recruiting reviewers for the journal. If you are interested in becoming a reviewer, we welcome you to join us. Please find the application form and details at http://recruitment.ccsenet.org and e-mail the completed application form to ibr@ccsenet.org.Reviewers for Volume 11, Number 3 Alireza Athari, Eastern Mediterranean University, IranAnna Paola Micheli, Univrtsity of Cassino and Southern Lazio, ItalyAntônio André Cunha Callado, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernmabuco, BrazilAtallah Ahmad Alhosban, Aqaba University of Technology , JordanAurelija Burinskiene, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, LithuaniaClaudia Isac, University of Petrosani, RomaniaEunju Lee, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USAFederica Caboni, University of Cagliari, ItalyFlorin Ionita, The Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, RomaniaGiuseppe Granata, University of Cassino and Southen Lazio, ItalyGuillaume Marceau, University of Aix-Marseille, FranceHanna Trojanowska, Warsaw University of Technology, PolandHerald Monis, Milagres College, IndiaHung-Che Wu, Nanfang College of Sun Yat-sen University, ChinaImran Riaz Malik, IQRA University, PakistanIsam Saleh, Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan, JordanKaren Gulliver, Argosy University, Twin Cities, USALadislav Mura, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, SlovakiaMarcelino José Jorge, Evandro Chagas Clinical Research Institute of Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, BrazilMichaela Maria Schaffhauser-Linzatti, University of Vienna, AustriaModar Abdullatif, Middle East University, JordanMohamed Abdel Rahman Salih, Taibah University, Saudi ArabiaMohsen Malekalketab Khiabani, University Technology Malaysia, MalaysiaMuath Eleswed, American University of Kuwait, USAOnur Köprülü, Mersin University, TurkeyÖzcan IŞIK, Cumhuriyet University, TurkeyPascal Stiefenhofer, University of Brighton, UKRaphaël Dornier, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, FranceRiccardo Cimini, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, ItalyRoberto Campos da Rocha Miranda, University Center Iesb, BrazilSumathisri Bhoopalan, SASTRA Deemed to be University, IndiaValerija Botric, The Institute of Economics, Zagreb, CroatiaYan Lu, University of Central Florida, USA
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Duran, Kevin. "Reviewer Acknowledgements for International Business Research, Vol. 11, No. 7." International Business Research 11, no. 7 (2018): 159. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ibr.v11n7p159.
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International Business Research wishes to acknowledge the following individuals for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Their help and contributions in maintaining the quality of the journal are greatly appreciated.International Business Research is recruiting reviewers for the journal. If you are interested in becoming a reviewer, we welcome you to join us. Please find the application form and details at http://recruitment.ccsenet.org and e-mail the completed application form to ibr@ccsenet.org.Reviewers for Volume 11, Number 7 Alireza Athari, Eastern Mediterranean University, IranBenjamin James Inyang, University of Calabar, NigeriaBruno Ferreira Frascaroli, Federal University of Paraiba, BrazilBrazil,Carlo Alberto Magni, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, ItalyChemah Tamby Chik, Universiti Teknologi Mara (Uitm), MalaysiaChokri Kooli, International Center for Basic Research applied, Paris, CanadaDonghun Yoon, Seoul Center, Korea Basic Science Institute, Republic of KoreaEjindu Iwelu MacDonald Morah, University of Westminster, London, UKEunju Lee, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USAFevzi Esen, Istanbul Medeniyet University, TurkeyFoued Hamouda, Ecole Supérieure de Commerce, TunisiaGianluca Ginesti, University of Naples “FEDERICO II”, ItalyGuo Zi-Yi, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., USAHsiao-Ching Kuo, Washington and Jefferson College, USAIonela-Corina Chersan, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University from Iași, RomaniaJoanna Katarzyna Blach, University of Economics in Katowice, PolandMaria Teresa Bianchi, University of Rome “LA SAPIENZA”, ItalyMaria-Madela Abrudan, University of ORADEA, RomaniaMichaela Maria Schaffhauser-Linzatti, University of Vienna, AustriaMiriam Jankalová, University of Zilina, SlovakiaMithat Turhan, Mersin University, TurkeyModar Abdullatif, Middle East University, JordanMuath Eleswed, American University of Kuwait, USAOzgur Demirtas, Turkish Air Force Academy, TurkeyPascal Stiefenhofer, University of Brighton, UKRafiuddin Ahmed, James Cook University, AustraliaRoberto Campos da Rocha Miranda, University Center Iesb, BrazilRomana Korez Vide, University of Maribor, SloveniaRoxanne Helm Stevens, Azusa Pacific University, USASerhii Kozlovskiy, Donetsk National University, UkraineSumathisri Bhoopalan, SASTRA Deemed to be University, IndiaVassili JOANNIDES de LAUTOUR, Grenoble École de Management (France) and Queensland University of Technology School of Accountancy (Australia), France
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Duran, Kevin. "Reviewer Acknowledgements for International Business Research, Vol. 11, No. 10." International Business Research 11, no. 10 (2018): 174. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ibr.v11n10p174.
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International Business Research wishes to acknowledge the following individuals for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Their help and contributions in maintaining the quality of the journal are greatly appreciated.
 
 International Business Research is recruiting reviewers for the journal. If you are interested in becoming a reviewer, we welcome you to join us. Please find the application form and details at http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ibr/editor/recruitment and e-mail the completed application form to ibr@ccsenet.org. 
 
 Reviewers for Volume 11, Number 10
 
  
 
 Andrea Carosi, University of Sassari, Italy
 
 Anna Paola Micheli, Univrtsity of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Italy
 
 Antônio André Cunha Callado, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernmabuco, Brazil
 
 Ashford C Chea, Benedict College, USA
 
 Aurelija Burinskiene, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania
 
 Benjamin James Inyang, University of Calabar, Nigeria
 
 Bruno Ferreira Frascaroli, Federal University of Paraiba, BrazilBrazil, 
 
 Celina Maria Olszak, University of Economics in Katowice, Poland
 
 Cheng Jing, eBay, Inc. / University of Rochester, USA
 
 Chokri Kooli, International Center for Basic Research applied, Paris, Canada
 
 Claudia Isac, University of Petrosani, Romania
 
 Dea’a Al-Deen Al-Sraheen, Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan , Jordan 
 
 Eunju Lee, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA
 
 Federica De Santis , University of Pisa , Italy
 
 Foued Hamouda, Ecole Supérieure de Commerce, Tunisia
 
 Francesco Ciampi, Florence University, Italy
 
 Gilberto Marquez-Illescas , University of Rhode Island, USA
 
 Giuseppe Granata, University of Cassino and Southen Lazio, Italy
 
 Giuseppe Russo, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Italy
 
 Guo Zi-Yi, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., USA
 
 Imran Riaz Malik, IQRA University, Pakistan
 
 Janusz Wielki, Opole University of Technology, Poland
 
 Jerome Kueh, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia
 
 Joseph Lok-Man Lee, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
 
 Ladislav Mura, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Slovakia
 
 Luisa Pinto, University of Porto School of Economics, Portugal
 
 Manuel A. R. da Fonseca, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil
 
 Manuela Rozalia Gabor, “Petru Maior” University of Tîrgu Mureş, Romania
 
 Marcelino José Jorge, Evandro Chagas Clinical Research Institute of Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil
 
 Maria-Madela Abrudan, University of ORADEA, Romania
 
 Maryam Ebrahimi, Azad University, Iran
 
 Mithat Turhan, Mersin University, Turkey
 
 Modar Abdullatif, Middle East University, Jordan
 
 Mohamed Abdel Rahman Salih, Taibah University, Saudi Arabia
 
 Ozgur Demirtas, Turkish Air Force Academy, Turkey
 
 Pascal Stiefenhofer, University of Brighton, UK
 
 Rafiuddin Ahmed, James Cook University, Australia
 
 Riaz Ahsan, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan
 
 Sumathisri Bhoopalan, SASTRA Deemed to be University, India
 
 Valeria Stefanelli, University of Salento, Italy
 
 Valerija Botric, The Institute of Economics, Zagreb, Croatia
 
 Wanmo Koo, Western Illinois University, USA
 
 Wejdene Yangui, Institute of High Business Studies of Sfax _ Tunisia (IHEC), Tunisia
 
 Yasmin Tahira, Al Ain University of Science and Technology, Al Ain, UAE
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Duran, Kevin. "Reviewer Acknowledgements for International Business Research, Vol. 11, No. 2." International Business Research 11, no. 2 (2018): 246. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ibr.v11n2p246.
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International Business Research wishes to acknowledge the following individuals for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Their help and contributions in maintaining the quality of the journal are greatly appreciated.International Business Research is recruiting reviewers for the journal. If you are interested in becoming a reviewer, we welcome you to join us. Please find the application form and details at http://recruitment.ccsenet.org and e-mail the completed application form to ibr@ccsenet.org.Reviewers for Volume 11, Number 2 Ahmad Mahmoud Ahmad Zamil, King Saud University RCC, JordanAlina Badulescu, University of Oradea, RomaniaAlireza Athari, Eastern Mediterranean University, IranAtallah Ahmad Alhosban , Aqaba University of Technology , JordanBadar Alam Iqbal, Aligarh Muslim University, SwitzerlandBenjamin James Inyang, University of Calabar, NigeriaBrian Sheehan, Thaksin University, ThailandBruno Ferreira Frascaroli, Federal University of Paraiba, BrazilCarlo Alberto Magni, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, ItalyCheng Jing, eBay, Inc. / University of Rochester, USACristian Marian Barbu, “ARTIFEX” University, RomaniaEunju Lee, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USAFederica De Santis , University of Pisa , ItalyFilomena Izzo, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, ItalyFlorin Ionita, The Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, RomaniaGianluca Ginesti, University of Naples “FEDERICO II”, ItalyGilberto Marquez-Illescas, Clarkson University, USAGuo Zi-Yi, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., USAHanna Trojanowska, Warsaw University of Technology, PolandHongliang Qiu, Tourism College of Zhejiang, ChinaHsiao-Ching Kuo, Washington and Jefferson College, USAHung-Che Wu, Nanfang College of Sun Yat-sen University, ChinaIonela-Corina Chersan, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University from Iași, RomaniaIsam Saleh, Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan, JordanJolita Vveinhardt, Vytautas Magnus University, LithuaniaKaren Gulliver, Argosy University, Twin Cities, USALadislav Mura, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, SlovakiaM. Muzamil Naqshbandi, University of Dubai, UAEMarcelino José Jorge, Evandro Chagas Clinical Research Institute of Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, BrazilMaria Teresa Bianchi, University of Rome “LA SAPIENZA”, ItalyMaria-Madela Abrudan, University of ORADEA, RomaniaMichaela Maria Schaffhauser-Linzatti, University of Vienna, AustriaMiriam Jankalová, University of Zilina, SlovakiaMohsen Malekalketab Khiabani, University Technology Malaysia, MalaysiaMurat Akin, Omer Halisdemir University FEAS – NIGDE, TurkeyOnur Köprülü, Mersin University, TurkeyOzgur Demirtas, Turkish Air Force Academy, TurkeyRadoslav Jankal, University of Zilina, SlovakiaRafiuddin Ahmed, James Cook University, AustraliaRosa Lombardi, Sapienza University of Rome, ItalyRoxanne Helm Stevens, Azusa Pacific University, USAShun Mun Helen Wong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong KongSumathisri Bhoopalan, SASTRA Deemed to be University, IndiaTariq Tawfeeq Yousif Alabdullah, University of Basrah, IraqValeria Stefanelli, University of Salento, ItalyVassili JOANNIDES de LAUTOUR, Grenoble École de Management (France) and Queensland University of Technology School of Accountancy (Australia), FranceYan Lu, University of Central Florida, USA
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Hart, Lowell L., James Reeves, Stacey Garofalo, and William Amick. "Abstract 2565: Vitamin D deficiency and outcomes in prostate cancer patients: A real-world database." Cancer Research 84, no. 6_Supplement (2024): 2565. http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1538-7445.am2024-2565.
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Abstract Introduction: Vitamin D is essential for many bodily functions, including bone health and the prevention of osteoporosis and rickets. In recent years, the importance of vitamin D metabolism in immune system regulation and cancer prevention has been studied with increased focus. With the advent of cancer immunotherapies this has become more important. Multiple recent publications document that vitamin D deficiency is prevalent in cancer patients. This has also been observed specifically in prostate cancer patients, with a high percentage of these deficient patients being of African- American ancestry. It has been theorized that high levels of vitamin D deficiency among African American prostate cancer patients could contribute to worse cancer outcomes and increased health disparities. However, routine vitamin D testing has not been commonly performed in the oncologic community. We hypothesized that deficient levels of vitamin D could lead to inferior prostate cancer outcomes in men with a wide range of ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds. In this project we recorded vitamin D levels in prostate cancer patients at a large community oncology group and evaluated them by stage, pathologic data, survival, race/ethnicity, and other clinical features. Methods: This study is a retrospective, observational study of the data from the electronic medical records of patients with prostate cancer who received vitamin D level testing at Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute from 2008- 2023, throughout the state of Florida. All data used in this study will constitute secondary data, it will have been collected originally for clinical use in the general oncology practice setting. No date parameters or patient limits will be applied to this study, and all eligible patients are included. Results: 451 patients with prostate cancer had determination of vitamin D levels, out of a total of 27,772 prostate cancer patients in the database. 38% of the prostate cancer patients analyzed had low 25-OH vitamin D levels (<32 ng/ml). Patients with low vitamin D levels had an average Gleason score of 7.46. Patients with low vitamin D levels who died had an average survival of 144 months. Patients with low vitamin D levels who presented with localized disease had a 35% chance of eventually developing castrate-resistant disease. 45% of the low vitamin D group developed metastatic disease during their course of treatment. Further comparisons of vitamin D levels with pathologic data, survival/longevity, race/ethnicity, and clinical course will be evaluated and presented. Citation Format: Lowell L. Hart, James Reeves, Stacey Garofalo, William Amick. Vitamin D deficiency and outcomes in prostate cancer patients: A real-world database [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2024; Part 1 (Regular Abstracts); 2024 Apr 5-10; San Diego, CA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2024;84(6_Suppl):Abstract nr 2565.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Lowell Institute"
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Hassler, Deborah Renee 1961. "Plume-lithosphere interaction : geochemical evidence from upper mantle and lower crustal xenoliths from the Kerguelen Islands." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/54434.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Joint Program in Oceanography (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences; and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), 1999.<br>Includes bibliographical references.<br>This study is a geochemical investigation of the evolution of the Kerguelen plume, on the basis of upper mantle and lower crustal xenoliths. Ultramafic xenoliths include harzburgites predominant, a lherzolite, dunites and pyroxenites, whereas lower crustal xenoliths are cumulate gabbros recrystallized under granulite facies conditions. On the basis of the whole rock major element characteristics and trace element abundance patterns in clinopyroxenes, the harzburgites were found to be residues of extensive melting at high pressures within the Kerguelen plume. These were then recrystallized at low pressures and metasomatized by plume generated melts. Details of the metasomatic process were determined from trace element variations in clinopyroxene in connection to texture. This demonstrated that meltrock reaction and the precipitation of new clinopyroxenes occurred by metasomatic carbonatitic melts. It was also found that some of the harzburgites had distinctly unradiogenic Os isotopic compositions and were identified as originating from the sub-Gondwanaland lithosphere. On the basis of major and trace element compositions, the granulite xenoliths were found to be originally gabbroic cumulates formed from plume-derived basaltic melts emplaced at the base of the crust by underplating and subsequently recrystallized isobarically under granulite conditions. The Sr, Nd and Os isotopic compositions of the peridotite and granulite xenoliths demonstrate that the Kerguelen plume is isotopically heterogeneous and displays a temporal progression toward more enriched Sr and Nd isotopic compositions from the Ninetyeast Ridge to granulite xenoliths to Kerguelen basalts and Heard Island basalts.<br>by Deborah Renee Hassler.<br>Ph.D.
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Horn, Hannalize. "The effect of anthropometric parameters, biomechanical malalignments and flexibility of the lower extremities on the prevalence of Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome in rugby players of the North-West University Rugby Institute / H. Horn." Thesis, North-West University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/6405.
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With the general increase in Rugby union's popularity the past decade, there has been an increase in sport injuries, both from acute and overuse trauma. Approximately half of all sport injuries may be attributed to overuse or repetitive micro trauma rather than a single traumatic event. Although very few overuse injuries have an established aetiology, the fact that over 80% of these injuries occurs at or below the knee suggests that there may be some common mechanisms in the aetiology. It could only be stated with certainty that the aetiology of these injuries is multifactorial and diverse, with both extrinsic and intrinsic factors contributing.
Many intrinsic factors (personal) predispose athletes to develop overuse injuries. Intervention of intrinsic injury risk factors is more problematic, as intrinsic risk factors are often difficult to examine and even more difficult to rehabilitate than external factors. Extrinsic risk factors (environmental) that are independent of the injured person can be influenced through the intervention of the extrinsic factors. Main attention should be paid not to the treatment of the site of injury but to the possible cause of the symptoms. It is therefore vital that coaches and medical teams have a complete understanding of the incidence, nature, severity, and causes of injuries in order to review the adequacy of their injury prevention, treatment and rehabilitation.
The objectives of this study were to determine the effect of selected anthropometric parameters, biomechanical malalignment and flexibility on the prevalence of Medial tibial stress syndrome (MTSS) in U/19 university rugby players of the 2006 season of the North-West University (NWU) Rugby Institute (RI). A prospective once-off subject availability study was performed that included U/19 rugby union players of the RI of the NWU (n=91). Selected biomechanical and anthropometrical assessments were made. Biomechanical and anthropometrical assessments were preformed on all subjects before the start of the season. All existing injuries were recorded by means of an injury history questionnaire. Descriptive statistics (e.g. mean and standard deviations) and contingency tables were used to analyse the data. Effect sizes were used to decide on the practical significance of the findings. A cut-off point of 0.8 (large effect) was set for practical significance of differences between means.
Players with MTSS had a wider Bi-iliocristal width than those without MTSS. There were leg length differences for both players with and without MTSS for Hiospinale, Trochanterion-Tibiale lateral and Tibial lateral length. Iliospinale- and Trochanterion-Tibiale lateral length differences presented with the largest length difference. Iliospinale, Trochanterion-Tibiale lateral and Tibial lateral length difference had a small effect. Only Bi-iliocristal width presented with a medium effect.
Hamstrings, Gastrocnemius and Plantaris as well as Soleus and Popliteus flexibility of players without MTSS were tighter than those of players who suffered from MTSS. Only Hamstring tightness had a small effect. Gastrocnemius and Plantaris as well as Soleus and Popliteus presented with a medium effect. Players without MTSS had a more flexible TFL on their right side. All the other flexibility measurements of the Thomas test presented that players without MTSS had a more inflexible profile. Effect size was not analysed because of the small sample sizes in some of the cells. Players without MTSS presented with an overall more inflexible profile than those with MTSS.
More players without MTSS supinated at heel contact on both their feet, compared to the players with MTSS. Players without MTSS supinated more on both their feet during mid stance. A small percentage of players with and without MTSS supinated during the propulsion phase. More players without MTSS had a neutral right foot mid stance compared to players with MTSS who had a more neutral mid stance on their right foot. Players with MTSS pronated more with both their feet during propulsion. Players with MTSS pronated mostly during the propulsion phase and mostly had flatter and higher arched feet than players without MTSS. More players with MTSS had a light flat foot, flat foot as well as a high arched foot than players without MTSS. Most of the players with MTSS had normal right arched foot type. None of the players with MTSS had either a light high right foot or a high arched left foot.<br>Thesis (M.A. (Human Movement Science))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2009.
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Weaver, Timothy Bruce. "Deep Drainage and Leaching of Salts, Nutrients and Organochlorine Pesticides in Irrigated Vertosols." Thesis, Griffith University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367980.
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In the past, it was widely assumed that deep drainage and the resultant movement of salts, nutrients and organochlorine pesticides was negligible in Vertosols (self-mulching grey and brown clays, and black earths) of the Lower Namoi Valley, New South Wales, Australia. Recent research however has shown that in fact deep drainage does occur. The main concern, therefore, is their movement beyond the reach of crop roots. Groundwater systems in the Lower Namoi Valley have been reported to be declining, suggesting that deep drainage is not reaching groundwater. Accumulation of salts, nutrients and organochlorine pesticides (OCP’s) may, therefore, be occurring below the root zone in particular regions of the Lower Namoi Valley. The objective of this study was to estimate deep drainage using chloride mass balance models and quantify the salt, nutrient and OCP movement under selected management systems in irrigated Vertosols sown with cotton. Four experimental sites were established to study deep drainage and the movement of salts, nutrients and OCP’s in irrigated Vertosols; one at the Australian Cotton Research Institute (ACRI) Myall Vale, another near Wee Waa, a third at Merah North, which has a sodic sub-soil, and a fourth near Narrabri, which is irrigated with treated sewage effluent.<br>Thesis (PhD Doctorate)<br>Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)<br>Griffith School of Environment<br>Science, Environment, Engineering and Technology<br>Full Text
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Novotná, Markéta. "Lenní institut na statcích českého krále v raném novověku." Doctoral thesis, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-349667.
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Markéta Novotná Abstract - The Feudo-vassal System on Royal Estates in Early Modern Bohemia The study is devoted to the topic of feudo-vassal relations in early modern Bohemia presented on a sample of specific royal and chamber domains at the castle Karlštejn. The first part of the thesis describes how the feudo-vassal tenures were treated in Czech and European historical studies, using impulses from the philosophy and sociology. The others chapters are dedicated to the main object of this analysis - to the Karlštejn vassal system - a group of small-sized estates connected to castle Karlštejn through feudo-vassal bonds. The second chapter of the thesis deals with the problem of historical consciousness, where the castle Karlštejn is imagined as the site of "the national memory", which strongly effected the interpretation of the Karlštejn vassal system. The third (main) part of the thesis presents the factual analysis of the Karlštejn vassal system from the last third of sixteenth century to the turn of the seventies and the eighties of the next century. At the end of the study the analysis of four chosen vassal estates is added. Key words: Karlštejn, historiography, vassals, feudal system, domain, chamber, lower nobility
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Kroupová, Anna. "Židovské instituce v Dolním Slezsku v 50. a 60. letech 20. století." Master's thesis, 2019. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-405042.
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This diploma thesis deals with Jewish institutions in Lower Silesia during the period of 50's and 60's of the 20th century. The area of focus is the Socio-Cultural Association of Jews (Towarzystwo Spoleczno-Kulturalne Zydów), which was historically the only Jewish association in Poland that was allowed to exist. The main aim of this thesis is to track down and analyse relationship of the representatives of the group with the communist party and its ideology in detail, since the party was not particularly inclined towards Jewish culture due to Israel's affinity with the West. Furthermore, after the introduction and analysis of the main sources and literature, the thesis briefly introduces a topic related to the restoration of life within the Jewish community after the World War II. After that, it concentrates on the formation and development of institutions and it follows the way members were educated in the spirit of socialism as well as how the Jewish culture was formed. The fundamental sources necessary for the study of this problematic are primarily files that came into existence as a result of certain activities of institutions, such as meetings of their bodies, documents informing about social life (invitations to events), repatriation records of the USSR saved in Archive of The Jewish...
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Lu-Yuan-Hsiung and 陸元雄. "Research on teachers from public high school or lower institutes for the feasibility and relevant factors of term-in-office system." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/54246924851538140350.
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碩士<br>國立新竹教育大學<br>人資處教育行政碩士專班<br>100<br>Research on teachers from public high school or lower institutes for the feasibility and relevant factors of term-in-office system
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This research is to investigate the opinions on the possibility to setup a term of office for teachers from public high school or lower public educational institutes, to understand teachers’ thoughts on the feasibility and the influence factors of term-of-office system. The research methods used are: FGD (Focus Group Discuss), analytical questionnaires, and interviews.
For FGD there were two group discussions, questionnaire is to collect responses from teachers of public elementary schools, junior high schools, and high schools of Taiwan region. As of questionnaires, there were 2,600 questionnaires sent, collective rate is 66.15%, 1122 effective samples. After collecting effective samples, statistical analysis such as: factor analysis, reliability analysis, descriptive statistics, independent sample t-test, and product-moment relationship, were applied. Interviews were completed with 2 school principals, 2 school administrative staffs, 2 teachers, and 1 parent. According to analyzed and summarized data, the study concludes as follows:
1. The agreeability of educational personnel on term-of-office system is low to moderate.
2. Educational personnel highly emphasize on the satisfaction of basic needs.
3. Educational personnel highly agree that the term-of-office system can “help to balance quality of rural and urban teachers”, and have low agreement on how term-of-office system can “improve overall teachers’ quality” and “improve academic performance of students”.
4. Male, age 51 years or older, years of service 26 years or more, school size 12 classes or smaller, school principals and school directors from faraway regions, have the highest recognition on teacher term-of-office system.
5. When promoting term-of-office system, the more teachers emphasize on their personal basic needs, more disadvantageous on academic development follows.
6. When promoting term-of-office system, the more teachers emphasize on their personal basic needs, the less balance for teachers’ quality of the region follows.
7. The most recognized advantage of term-of-office system is “to broad teachers’ life experience”, 55.8%.
8. Over 70% of educational personnel recognized disadvantages of term-of-office system as “frequent movements for educational personnel”, “less sense of belonging to school”.
9. Over 67.3% of educational personnel believed that “family issue” is the most important supportive steps if to apply term-of-office system.
10. Among all factors to be considered with term-of-office system, “teachers’ will” is the highest recognized with 80.2% of approval.
11. More than 40% of educational personnel recognize that the area of rotation is best among “counties” and “towns”.
12. The rotation time of “8 years” has the highest approval of teachers by 45%.
13. In principle, the term-of-office system is feasible, but should reduce impacts on educational personnel.
14. To overcome barriers to implementation, supportive steps need to be taken.
This study concludes based on summarized and analyzed data, gives advices to educational administrative institutions, teacher education institutions, and all people who’s interested on research for educational study.
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Edmunds, Brett. "Lower respiratory tract disorders and thoracic spine pain and dysfunction in subjects presenting to the Durban Institute of Technology Chiropractic Day Clinic : a retrospective clinical survey." Thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10321/361.
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Thesis (M.Tech.: Chiropractic)-Dept. of Chiropractic, Durban Institute of Technology, 2003. x, 101 leaves<br>Anecdotal evidence and some developmental theory suggest that lower respiratory tract pathologies may be associated with thoracic spine pain and dysfunction. This hypothetical association may be better described either as respiratory conditions occurring as a result of musculoskeletal dysfunction of the thoracic spine, or as respiratory conditions causing thoracic musculoskeletal dysfunction.
Optimal function of the lungs and the process of ventilation is dependant on the normal function of the thoracic spine and the rib cage. Disturbances of the musculoskeletal components of the thoracic spine may lead to increased respiratory efforts, decreased lung function and in turn affect bronchopulmonary function. Obstructive respiratory diseases such as asthma, bronchitis and emphysema place an increased demand on the musculoskeletal components involved in expiration, as air has to be forcefully expired.
The purpose of this quantitative, non experimental, demographic retrospective clinical survey was to retrospectively describe lower respiratory tract disorders and thoracic spine pain and dysfunction in subjects presenting to the Durban Institute of Technology Chiropractic Day Clinic, in terms of the prevalence of lower respiratory tract disorders as well as any association between the presenting respiratory conditions and their vertebral distribution in the thoracic spine.
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O'Bryan, Steven. "Effect of Changes in the Force-generating Capacity of the Knee Extensors on Lower-limb Power Production during Cycling Exercises." Thesis, 2017. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/36965/.
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Overview.
Neuromuscular fatigue is defined as a reversible exercise-induced reduction in the ability to produce maximal voluntary force or power, originating from central (upper and lower motoneurons) and peripheral (skeletal muscle) sources. It is a symptom that can reduce exercise performance, diminish quality of life, and impair activities of daily living across a wide range of populations. In the lower-limb, the knee extensor muscles are of particular importance as they largely contribute to the execution of functional motor tasks (e.g. locomotion, sit to stand, climbing stairs). Therefore, fatigue of this muscle group is likely to have a large negative impact on the ability of the lower-limbs to generate power.
General methodology.
Within this thesis, a series of three experiments were conducted to investigate the effect of neuromuscular fatigue in the knee extensor muscles on lower-limb power production. Neuromuscular fatigue of the knee extensor muscles was assessed via changes in isometric maximal voluntary force (IMVF), voluntary activation (VA), maximal evoked resting twitch forces (RT), maximal muscle compound action potentials (M-wave) and voluntary surface electromyography (EMG) amplitude normalized to M-wave (EMG.M-wave-1). Lower-limb power production was measured on a stationary cycle ergometer. Motor command was investigated during cycling exercises via changes in: EMG activity of individual lower-limb muscles [vastus lateralis and vastus medialis (VAS), rectus femoris (RF), gluteus maximus (GMAX), biceps femoris and semitendinosus (hamstrings: HAM), medial and lateral gastrocnemius (GAS) and soleus (SOL) (ankle plantar flexors: APF) and tibialis anterior (TA)]; co-activation indices (CAI) of various muscle pairs [VAS/APF, VAS/HAM, GMAX,RF, GMAX/APF]; and muscle activation variability via the variance ratio (VR).
Chapter 3 - study one.
Introduction: Neuromuscular fatigue of the knee extensors develops during prolonged high-intensity submaximal exercise and is thought to limit lower-limb power production during subsequent maximal exercise. Aims: The first aim was to investigate the association between changes in EMG activity of VAS muscles during prolonged high intensity cycling exercise and the development of knee extensor fatigue. The second aim was to investigate the effect of knee extensor fatigue developed during prolonged high intensity cycling exercise on lower-limb power production and movement control during a subsequent maximal 30-s cycling exercise. Method: Seven physically active participants volunteered for the study. On one day, a maximal 30-s cycling exercise was completed. On the second day, a maximal 30-s cycling exercise was completed after 10-min of high-intensity cycling. Results: Over the course of high-intensity cycling, VAS EMG and GMAX/RF co-activation increased (P ≤ 0.05). The increase in VAS EMG (range from 6% to 14%) was negatively correlated with the reduction in IMVF following high-intensity exercise (from -2% to -36%; r = 0.791, P ≤ 0.05). During the 30-s maximal effort completed following high-intensity cycling, a positive correlation (r = 0.757, P ≤ 0.05) was seen between changes in IMVF and the changes in maximal lower-limb power production (from 0% to -27%). EMG reduced for all muscles, especially GMAX (-21 ± 8%) and VAS (-16 ± 13%) (P ≤ 0.05). Co-activation reduced for GMAX/RF and VAS/HAM (both P ≤ 0.05), but did not change for VAS/GAS (P > 0.05). Discussion: Larger increases in VAS EMG during prolonged high-intensity cycling exercise were associated with greater levels of knee extensor fatigue, which subsequently decreased maximal power generated by the lower-limbs. The increase in co-activation for GMAX/RF during high intensity exercise and maintained co-activation for VAS/GAS during maximal exercise, suggests that movement control was adjusted to limit fatigue occurrence in the knee extensor muscles and to maximise lower-limb power production. Conclusion: Knee extensor fatigue developed during prolonged high-intensity exercise decreases maximal lower-limb power production during subsequent maximal exercise.
Chapter 4 - study two.
Introduction: Fatigue is likely to accumulate in the lower-limb muscles during cycling exercises, making it difficult to isolate the effect of knee extensor fatigue on power production. Knee extensor fatigue may also induce movement variability and effect maximal activation of other lower-limb muscles. Aims: The first aim was to investigate if the level of fatigue induced by a pre-fatiguing knee extension exercise determines the level of reduction in power output during the extension and flexion phases of maximal cycling exercise. The second aim was to investigate how motor command during maximal cycling is affected by pre-fatigue of the knee extensors. Method: Ten physically active participants volunteered for this study. On one day, participants completed a 30-s maximal cycling exercise. On the second day, the same participants completed a 30-s maximal cycling exercise following a pre-fatiguing bilateral knee extension exercise. Results: Pre-fatiguing knee extension exercise decreased IMVF by -52 ± 23% (P ≤ 0.05). No association was reported between reductions in knee extensor IMVF following pre-fatiguing exercise (range = -18% to -82%, P ≤ 0.05) and reductions in leg extension power during maximal cycling (range = -8% to -31%, P ≤ 0.05) (r = 0.19). Large reductions were observed for VAS EMG (-15%) GMAX EMG (-12%) and VAS/APF co-activation (-15%) (all P ≤ 0.05). For the primary flexion phase muscles, large reductions were observed for HAM EMG (-15%), TA EMG (-15%) and RF EMG (-11%) (all P ≤ 0.05). Inter-individual variability increased for all crank forces and EMG activity for VAS, RF, HAM and TA (all P ≤ 0.05). Discussion: Overall, the results indicate that knee extensor fatigue developed during pre-fatiguing exercise does not determine reductions in power output during maximal cycling exercise. Alterations in motor command likely explain this result, evidenced via large reductions in EMG of local and non-local muscles, and increased inter-individual variability in crank forces and muscle activation patterns. Conclusion: The level of isolated fatigue observed in the knee extensors does not determine the level of reduction in leg extension power during maximal cycling exercises, presumably due to increased movement variability.
Chapter 5 - study three.
Introduction: Reducing the complexity of the cycling movement to a unilateral leg extension exercise would potentially reduce the degree of freedom and decrease variability in motor command. In this way, it is possible that knee extensor fatigue would determine the reduction in power output during the extension phase of maximal cycling. Knee extensor fatigue measurements are typically obtained post-exercise and within a time delay of 40-s to 5-min, although it remains unknown if such assessments provide an accurate measure of knee extensor fatigue developed during cycling exercise. Aims: The first aim was to compare the rate of fatigue occurrence in the knee extensors between an isolated knee extension exercise and a modified cycling exercise consisting of the leg extension phase only. The second aim was to investigate any differences in knee extensor fatigue measured post-exercise and the maximum time delays for which fatigue responses could be accurately assessed. Method: On separate days, 16 physically active participants completed 60 maximal knee extensions on an isokinetic dynamometer or 60 maximal leg extensions on an isokinetic cycle ergometer. A mechanical goniometer verified identical knee joint range of motion (~ 120° - 30° flexion, 0° = full extension) and angular velocity (~80°.s-1). Electrical stimulation of the femoral nerve was automated during exercise at a consistent knee joint angle of 90°. Average measures of maximal torque, M-wave and VAS EMG.M-wave-1 were calculated at the
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start (contraction 2 - 4), middle (contraction 29 - 31) and end (contraction 58-60). IMVF, VA, RT100 HZ and RT10:100 HZ were measured pre-exercise, and again at 5-s, 20-s, 40-s, 1-min, 1.5-min, 2-min, 3-min, 4-min and 5-min post-exercise Results: Intra-individual reductions in maximal torque during knee extension were positively correlated to torque reduction during leg extension exercise at the middle (-45 ± 11% vs. -23 ± 12%, r = 0.79, P ≤ 0.05) and end (-59 ± 10% vs. -37 ± 13%, r = 0.86, P ≤ 0.05). Greater reductions during knee extension were shown for RF EMG (middle: -17 ± 15% vs -2 ± 20%; end: -34 ± 16% vs. -4 ± 22%) and VAS EMG.M-wave-1 (end: -21 ± 16% vs. -14 ± 17%) (all P ≤ 0.05). IMVF reduction measured 5-s post knee extension (-32 ± 12%) partially recovered within 2-min (P > 0.05), whereas the reduction in RT100 (-28 ± 18%) and RT10:100 (-17 ± 15%) partially recovered within 20-s and 40-s, respectively (P > 0.05). Discussion: The level of fatigue developed in the knee extensors determines the reduction in maximal torque during leg extension exercise. This is likely due to the removal of the leg flexion phase and contribution of the contralateral leg during exercise. The longest time delay for accurate assessment of isometric maximal voluntary force of the knee extensors post-exercise was 1.5-min. To avoid underestimating high and low frequency peripheral fatigue, assessment must be conducted within less than 20-s and 40-s post-exercise, whereas reductions in central fatigue measurements were greatest between 20-s and 2-min post-exercise. Conclusion: Fatigue resistance in the knee extensors may predict the ability to maintain high levels of power during the extension phase of maximal cycling.
Summary:
Study one revealed that VAS EMG increase during high-intensity cycling exercise (6% to 14%) is associated to IMVF decrease (-2% to -36%), and that IMVF decrease is associated to reductions in maximal lower-limb power (0% to -27%) (r = 0.76). However, fatigue development was likely in other lower-limb muscles during high-intensity cycling, making it difficult to isolate the effects of knee extensor fatigue on lower-limb power production. Therefore, study two sought to isolate fatigue in the knee extensors prior to a maximal cycling effort, with the results from this study revealing no clear association between an isolated reduction in knee extensor IMVF (-18% to -82%) and reductions in maximal leg extension power (-8% to -31%) (r = 0.1), presumably due to alterations in movement control. Study three aimed compare the rate of fatigue occurrence in the knee extensors between an isolated knee extension exercise and a modified cycling exercise consisting of the leg extension phase only. The novel finding from this study was that torque reduction during knee extension was strongly associated to torque reduction
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during leg extension from the start to middle (r = 0.79), middle to end (r = 0.67) and start to end periods of the exercise (r = 0.86). The results also highlighted the need to assess peripheral muscle fatigue within 20-s post-exercise, and isometric force within 1.5-min post-exercise, if accurate measures of the exercise-induced changes are to be obtained.
Practical implications and importance:
Collectively, the results from all studies suggest that individuals with a greater capacity to resist fatigue development in their knee extensors may have a greater capacity to maintain high levels of power during maximal cycling exercises. However, severe levels of knee extensor fatigue may lead some individuals to adopt a wider range of movement strategies to generate crank power. This information may be used by sport scientists and coaches to improve exercise prescription and performance outcomes.
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Zaroug, Abdelrahman. "Machine Learning Model for the Prediction of Human Movement Biomechanics." Thesis, 2021. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/42489/.
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An increasingly useful application of machine learning (ML) is in predicting features of human actions. If it can be shown that algorithm inputs related to actual movement mechanics can predict a limb or limb segment’s future trajectory, a range of apparently intractable problems in movement science could be solved. The forecasting of lower limb trajectories can anticipate movement characteristics that may predict the risk of tripping, slipping or balance loss. Particularly in the design of human augmentation technology such as the exoskeleton, human movement prediction will improve the synchronisation between the user and the device greatly enhancing its efficacy.
Long Short Term Memory (LSTM) neural neworks are a subset of ML algoithms that proven a wide success in modelling the human movement data. The aim of this thesis was to examine four LSTM neural nework architectures (Vanilla, Stacked, Bidirectional and Autoencoders) in predicting the future trajectories of lower limb kinematics, i.e. Angular Velocity (AV) and Linear Acceleration (LA). This work also aims to investigate whether linear statistical methods such as the Linear Regression (LR) is enough to predict the trajectories of lower limb kinematics. Kinematics data (LA and AV) of foot, shank and thigh were collected from 13 male and 3 female participants (28 ± 4 years old, 1.72 ± 0.07 m in height, 66 ± 10 kg in mass) who walked for 10 minutes at 4 different walking speeds on a 0% gradient treadmill. Walking
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15.4% ± 7.6% faster), slower speed (-20% PWS 3.59 ± 0.47 km.h-1) and faster speed (+20% PWS 5.26 ± 0.53 km.h-1). The sliding window technique was adopted for training and testing the LSTM models with total kinematics time-series data of 17,638 strides for all trials.
The aim and findings of this work were carried out in 3 studies. Study 1 confirmed the possibility of predicting the future trajectories of human lower limb kinematics using LSTM autoencoders (ED-LSTM) and the LR during an imposed walking speed (5km.h-1). Both models achieved satisfactory predicted trajectories up to 0.06s. A prediction horizon of 0.06s can be used to compensate for delays in an exoskeleton’s feed-forward controller to better estimate the human motions and synchronise with intended movement trajectories. Study 2 (Chapter 4) indicated that the LR model is not suitable for the prediction of future lower limb kinematics at PWS. The LSTM perfromace results suggested that the ED-LSTM and the Stacked LSTM are more accurate to predict the future lower limb kinematics up to 0.1s at PWS and imposed walking speed (5km.h-1). The average duration for a gait cycle rages between 0.98-1.07s, and a prediction horizon of 0.1 accounts for about 10% of the gait cycle. Such a forecast may assist users in anticipating a low foot clearance to develop early countermeasures such as slowing down or stopping. Study 3 (Chapter 5) have shown that at +20% PWS the LSTM models’ performance obtained better predictions compared to all tested walking speed conditions (i.e. PWS, -20% PWS and 5km.h-1). While at -20% PWS, results indicated that at slower walking speeds all of the LSTM architectures obtained weaker predictions compared to all tested walking speeds (i.e. PWS, +20% PWS and 5km.h-1). In addition to the applications of a known future trajectories at the PWS mentioned in study 1 and 2, the prediction at fast and slow walking speeds familiarise the developed ML models with changes in human walking speed which are known to have large effects on lower limb kinematics. When intelligent ML methods are familiarised with the degree of kinematic changes due to speed variations, it could be used to improve human-machine interface in bionics design for various walking speeds
The key finding of the three studies is that the ED-LSTM was found to be the most accurate
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model to predict and adapt to the human motion kinematics at PWS, ±20% PWS and 5km.h up to 0.1s. The ability to predict future lower limb motions may have a wide range of applications including the design and control of bionics allowing better human-machine interface and mitigating the risk of tripping and balance loss.
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Wood, Lewis. "An investigation into the effects of a posterior-to-anterior lumbar mobilisation technique on neurodynamic mobility in the lower limb. A research project submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Osteopathy at Unitec Institute of Technology [i.e. Unitec New Zealand] /." Diss., 2008. http://www.coda.ac.nz/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=unitec_hs_di.
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Becker, Monica. Toxics Use Reduction Institute research program: 1990-1997. Toxics Use Reduction Institute, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 1997.
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K, Moore Howard, ed. Exploding Wires: Volume 2 Proceedings of the Second Conference on the Exploding Wire Phenomenon, Held at Boston, November 13-15, 1961, under the Sponsorship of the Geophysics Research Directorate, Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Office of Aerospace Research, with the Cooperation of the Lowell Technological Institute Research Foundation. Springer US, 1995.
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Bunnāk, Khrư̄ačhit. Kānsưksā čhētkhati tō̜ phlēng phư̄nbān ʻĪsān khō̜ng naksưksā sathāban rātchaphat Phāk Tawanʻō̜k Chīang Nư̄a nai khēt ʻĪsān tai: Folk songs in the North-eastern part of Thailand : a critical study with special reference to the attitude of students in lower North-eastern rajabhat institute. Khana Manutsayasāt læ Sangkhommasāt, Sathāban Rātchaphat Surin, 1998.
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Lamson, Wolffe And Company. History of the Lowell Institute. Creative Media Partners, LLC, 2023.
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Hopkins, Mark. Lectures Before the Lowell Institute, January 1844. HardPress, 2020.
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Park, Charles F. History of the Lowell Institute School, 1903-1928. Harvard University Press, 2013.
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English composition: Eight lectures given at the Lowell Institute. Copp, Clark, 1997.
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Park, Charles F. A History of the Lowell Institute School, 1903-1928. Harvard University Press, 2014.
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Ripley, William Zebina. Races of Europe; a Sociological Study (Lowell Institute Lectures). Creative Media Partners, LLC, 2018.
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Frost, Mark. "Louis Agassiz, Twelve Lectures on Comparative Anatomy Delivered before the Lowell Institute in Boston, December and January 1848–9,, Edition Enlarged." In Environment and Ecology in the Long Nineteenth-Century. Routledge, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429355653-46.
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Low, Mark G. "Chi-square lower bounds." In Institute of Mathematical Statistics Collections. Institute of Mathematical Statistics, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/10-imscoll602.
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Munk, Axel, and Johannes Schmidt-Hieber. "Lower bounds for volatility estimation in microstructure noise models." In Institute of Mathematical Statistics Collections. Institute of Mathematical Statistics, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/10-imscoll604.
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Houston, Mark C., and Lee Bell. "The Hypertension Institute Program to Lower Your Blood Pressure." In Controlling High Blood through Nutrition Nutritional Supplements Lifestyle and Drugs. CRC Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003129196-2.
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Kuperberg, Krystyna. "A Lower Bound for the Number of Fixed Points of Orientation Reversing Homeomorphisms." In Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Publications. Springer US, 1991. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9725-0_12.
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Masur, Howard. "Lower bounds for the number of saddle connections and closed trajectories of a quadratic differential." In Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Publications. Springer US, 1988. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9602-4_20.
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Kotz, S., and J. P. Seeger. "Lower bounds on multivariate distributions with preassigned marginals." In Institute of Mathematical Statistics Lecture Notes - Monograph Series. Institute of Mathematical Statistics, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/lnms/1215461953.
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Li, Mingran, Yuan Xu, Yanli Gao, Jidong Feng, and Guangchao Jin. "Lower Limb Posture Capture Using Quaternion Kalman Filter." In Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18123-8_55.
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Hung, Lun-Ping, Chih-Wei Yang, Li-Hui Lee, and Chien-Liang Chen. "Constructing a Violence Recognition Technique for Elderly Patients with Lower Limb Disability." In Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20398-5_3.
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Asmare, Getachew, and Mengiste Abate. "Morphological Changes in the Lower Reach of Megech River, Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia." In Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering. Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15357-1_3.
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Kyselka, Mojmir. "Regional Plan of Integration of South Moravian and Lower Austrian Border Regions." In 1995 ACSA International Conference. ACSA Press, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.35483/acsa.intl.1995.15.
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This transborder regional plan represents the final result of the collaboration of three universities: Faculty of Architecture, Technical University of Bmo – Czech Republic, Institutes of Regional and Landscape Planning TU Vienna – Austria and the Institute of Regional and Environmental Planning, University of Kaiserslautern – Germany. All the participants, students and teachers, architects, urban and regional planners enjoyed the four common workshops – both on the Czech and on the Austrian territory, which was divided till 1989 by the “iron curtain”. They compared the differences of the local culture in architecture, urban and landscape structure, but found the majority of similar ways of life. This was what created the idea of the transborder zone.
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Allahvirdi-Zadeh, Amir, Ahmed El-Mowafy, and Kan Wang. "Leveraging Future LEO Constellations for the Precise Orbit Determination of Lower Small Satellites." In 2024 International Technical Meeting of The Institute of Navigation. Institute of Navigation, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.33012/2024.19485.
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Land, Lewis. "Rollalong Resistivity Surveys Reveal Karstic Paleotopography Developed on Near-Surface Gypsum Bedrock: Lower Pecos Valley, Southeastern New Mexico." In National Cave and Karst Research Institute Symposium 5. University of South Florida Tampa Library, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/9780991000951.1006.
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Hasebe, Kazuki. "Quantum matrix geometry in the lowest Landau level and higher Landau levels." In Corfu Summer Institute 2021 "School and Workshops on Elementary Particle Physics and Gravity". Sissa Medialab, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.22323/1.406.0239.
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Sasano, Yasuhiro, Hideaki Nakane, and Nobuo Sugimoto. "Atmospheric Remote Sensing Studies at the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Japan." In Optical Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere. Optica Publishing Group, 1993. http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/orsa.1993.md.1.
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In the middle of 1970's, we began lidar studies at NIES with constructing a mobile Mie lidar for application to lower atmospheric structure studies in relation to air pollution phenomena. A large-scale lidar was built in 1979 for the purpose of developing measurement techniques for aerosol distribution over a wide-area. The large lidar was also used for studies on atmospheric structures such as mixed layer and sea-breeze front.
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Grundhöfer, Lars, Nis Meinert, Filippo Giacomo Rizzi, and Stefan Gewies. "Calculating Lower Bounds within the PyTorch Framework." In 35th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS+ 2022). Institute of Navigation, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.33012/2022.18388.
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Jokinen, Altti, Ali Pirsiavash, Marco Mendonca, et al. "Allystar Lowest Power and Size Single-chip Dual-frequency RTK." In 33rd International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS+ 2020). Institute of Navigation, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.33012/2020.17547.
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Blocher, Michael, and Anne-Laure Aulich. "Flutter Susceptibility Approximation via Curve Fitting and MAC-Analysis in an Automated Optimization Design Process." In ASME Turbo Expo 2013: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/gt2013-94577.
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At present, several institutes of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) jointly work on the design of a counter rotating fan made of carbon fiber reinforced material. To generate blades with superior aerodynamic properties, a multidimensional optimization tool developed by the Institute of Propulsion Technology is used. Since aeroelastic problems often arise during late design stages and are inevitably very expensive to solve, the goal is to include aeroelastic estimations into this optimization tool which is used in the early design phase. Assuming that rotors generally show a relatively sinusoidal behavior of the damping-over-IBPA-diagram at operating points sufficiently far away from the surge line, not all IBPAs need to be investigated in order to determine the lowest aerodynamic damping. An algorithm was implemented that predicts the IBPA with the lowest damping value from three already calculated IBPAs through which a sine curve is fitted. It was established that this algorithm is valid for damping-vs-IBPA-curves that possess a roughly sinusoidal shape. A further investigation of the possibilities of time reduction in the automated design process revealed that flow solutions and structural properties do not change significantly during one optimization run. Consequently, a method was found to measure the similarity of two different cases. For very similar cases it can be assumed that the aeroelastic properties do not change significantly. Therefore, just the IBPA with the predictably lowest aerodynamic damping value needs to be calculated. An introduction to the theory of these approaches is presented and examples arising during the design of the counter rotating fan are given.
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Sazonov, A. D. "WATER QUALITY IN THE TUZLOV RIVER BASIN IN THE MODERN PERIOD (TRIBUTARY OF THE LOWER DON RIVER, RUSSIA)." In Современные проблемы регионального развития. ИКАРП ДВО РАН, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.31433/978-5-904121-41-9-2024-36-38.
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This report presents information on spatial and temporal variability of water quality in the basin of the small Tuzlov River in the modern period (2000–2019). The work is based on data from the Hydrochemical Institute of Roshydromet.
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Jia, Hongyun, Shuopeng Wang, Bohong Zhang, and Lina Hao. "Experimental Study of Lower Extremity Exoskeleton Robot." In 2020 10th Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers International Conference on Cyber Technology in Automation, Control, and Intelligent Systems (CYBER). IEEE, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/cyber50695.2020.9279168.
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Humpage, Sarah D. Benefits and Costs of Electronic Medical Records: The Experience of Mexico's Social Security Institute. Inter-American Development Bank, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0008829.
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Electronic medical record (EMR) systems are increasingly used in developing countries to improve quality of care while increasing efficiency. There is little systematic evidence, however, regarding EMRs' benefits and costs. This case study documents the implementation and use of an EMR system at the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS). Three EMR systems are now in operation for primary care, outpatient and inpatient hospital care. The evidence suggests that the primary care system has improved efficiency of care delivery and human resources management, and may have decreased incidence of fraud. The hospital systems, however, have lower coverage and are less popular among staff. The greater success of the primary care system may be due to greater investment, a participatory development process, an open workplace culture, and software appropriately tailored to the workflow. Moving forward, efforts should be made to exploit data housed in EMRs for medical and policy research.
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Knepper, Lisa, Darwyyn Deyo, Kyle Sweetland, Jason Tiezzi, and Alec Mena. License to Work: A National Study of Burdens from Occupational Licensing. Edited by Ángel Carrión-Tavárez. Institute for Justice, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.53095/13583001.
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This document is a compendium of License to Work: A National Study of Burdens from Occupational Licensing, 3rd Edition published by the Institute for Justice. License to Work provides an updated snapshot of licensing’s breadth and burdens for 102 lower-income occupations across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and, in a first for this edition, Puerto Rico. It also presents an overview of major changes in licensing requirements for the 102 occupations that have been tracked since the 2017 edition. The compendium is focused on Puerto Rico and features all the information on occupational licenses on the Island included in the report. The purpose is to provide readers with a quick reference guide on the situation of occupational licenses in Puerto Rico.
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Reichmuth, David, Matthew Beyer, Román Partida-López, and Ashley Gerrity. Cleaner Cars, Cleaner Air. Union of Concerned Scientists, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.47923/2023.15101.
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Gasoline- and diesel-powered vehicles 20 years old or older expose Californians to significant harmful air pollution even though they represent a relatively small fraction of the passenger vehicles on the road. Moreover, the harm falls disproportionately on Latino and Black Californians, lower-income households, and communities the state designates as disadvantaged. To ensure that all Californians have access to cleaner transportation options, UCS and the Greenlining Institute recommend the following changes in state policies and programs: • Prioritize existing incentive programs, such as Clean Cars 4 All and the Clean Vehicle Assistance Program, toward priority populations owning old cars. • Target outreach and education to households in areas with high concentrations of old cars and limited uptake of zero-emissions vehicles. • Provide transportation solutions that go beyond private passenger vehicles. • Evaluate and adjust incentive programs based on changing conditions in the electric vehicle market
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Wilcox. PR-015-09209-R01 Test Facility for Pump Performance Characterization in Viscous Fluids - Phase I. Pipeline Research Council International, Inc. (PRCI), 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.55274/r0010713.
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In the liquids pipeline industry, large horsepower and flow pumps are used to transport liquid along the pipeline. When these pumps are purchased, they are performance tested with water. Performance tests are also sometimes conducted after a pump has been in operation for some time. The performance of a pump is different with water than with a viscous fluid (crude oil). Therefore, the performance results with water are corrected for viscosity. The Hydraulic Institute (HI) developed viscosity correction factors which are used to correct the pipeline pump performance results. These correction factors are based on test results with pump head and flows up to 430 ft and 1140 gpm, respectively. Pipeline size pumps easily have flows in the range of 10,000 to 50,000 gpm. The correction factors used for pipeline size pumps were derived from the HI lower flow and head correction factors. Therefore, the correction factors have an unknown error for larger flow and head pumps.
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Fee, Kyle D. Does Job Quality Affect Occupational Mobility? Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.26509/frbc-cd-20220804.
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Job quality, a well-known topic in workforce development circles, is an underutilized but useful lens with which to examine labor market conditions. The Aspen Institute (2020), a long-time advocate for job quality, defines it as “a range of attributes that drive worker experiences: wages, benefits, scheduling, legal rights, equity and inclusion, opportunity to build skills and advance, supportive work environment, and worker voice.” Given the record number of resignations and available job openings, especially in the lower-paid industry sectors, along with popular labor market narratives around the Great R’s (Resignation, Renegotiation, Reshuffle), I wonder to what extent job quality plays a role in the occupational mobility of workers. Occupational mobility includes all potential outcomes an individual has when holding a job. For instance, in addition to the option of changing to another occupation, an individual can remain in that occupation, become unemployed, or leave the labor force. Occupational mobility metrics are an appealing way to explore labor market conditions because they provide a dynamic perspective, while traditional metrics such as unemployment and labor force participation rates tend to be static observations.
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Pradhan, Nawa Raj, Charles Wayne Downer, and Sergey Marchenko. User guidelines on catchment hydrological modeling with soil thermal dynamics in Gridded Surface Subsurface Hydrologic Analysis (GSSHA). Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.), 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.21079/11681/48331.
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Climate warming is expected to degrade permafrost in many regions of the world. Degradation of permafrost has the potential to affect soil thermal, hydrological, and vegetation regimes. Projections of long-term effects of climate warming on high-latitude ecosystems require a coupled representation of soil thermal state and hydrological dynamics. Such a coupled framework was developed to explicitly simulate the soil moisture effects of soil thermal conductivity and heat capacity and its effects on hydrological response. In the coupled framework, the Geophysical Institute Permafrost Laboratory (GIPL) model is coupled with the Gridded Surface Subsurface Hydrologic Analysis (GSSHA) model. The new permafrost heat transfer in GSSHA is computed with the GIPL scheme that simulates soil temperature dynamics and the depth of seasonal freezing and thawing by numerically solving a one-dimensional quasilinear heat equation with phase change. All the GIPL input and output parameters and the state variables are set up to be consistent with the GSSHA input-output format and grid distribution data input requirements. Test-case simulated results showed that freezing temperatures reduced soil storage capacity, thereby producing higher peak and lower base flow. The report details the functions and format of required input variables and cards, as a guideline, in GSSHA hydrothermal analysis of frozen soils in permafrost-active areas.
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Coulson, Wendy, Tom McGrath, and James McCarthy. PR-312-16202-R03 Methane Emissions from Transmission and Storage Subpart W Sources. Pipeline Research Council International, Inc. (PRCI), 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.55274/r0011619.
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A 2018 PRCI report evaluated related emissions from compressor seals, isolation valves, and blowdown valves based on direct measurements required by Subpart W of the GHG Reporting Program. This report presents the methane emissions data from 2011 - 2016 for the balance of the Subpart W emission sources, including: facility leaks (other than from compressor isolation valves and blowdown valves), pneumatic controller venting, condensate tank dump valve leakage, and blowdown emissions from stations. Transmission pipeline blowdown emission reporting was added to the EPA regulation in late 2015, and 2016 and 2017 pipeline blowdown data are presented in this report. The objective of the project is to evaluate and analyze the dataset, and compare methane emission estimates from these sources to historical data used by EPA, primarily the emission factors (EFs) from the mid-1990s EPA/Gas Research Institute (GRI) study used by EPA in its annual GHG inventory (GHGi) report. The results and related EFs and analysis of relative contribution from different sources can be used: (1) as an alternative to GHGi EFs for estimating methane emissions for Transmission and Storage (T and S) operations; (2) to document the relative contribution of different T and S methane emission sources; and (3) to identify reductions relative to historical estimates and support more efficient methane mitigation strategies. The Subpart W data for leaks and pneumatic devices are consistently lower than GHGi estimates, and blowdown emissions from compressor stations and transmission pipelines are similar in magnitude to GHGi estimates.
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Schulte, Jillian, Megan Schmidt-Sane, Elizabeth Benninger, Tabitha Hrynick, and Santiago Ripoll. COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among Minoritised Youth in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. SSHAP, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/sshap.2022.009.
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Despite progress in COVID-19 vaccination rates overall in Cleveland, vaccine inequity persists as young people from minoritised communities are often less likely to be vaccinated. Despite being over-represented in COVID-19 case counts and fatalities, Black residents were under-represented in COVID-19 vaccination during the first year and half of the pandemic. In Ohio, while roughly 60% of Cuyahoga County residents are fully vaccinated, just 45% of Cleveland residents are fully vaccinated. Lower-income, majority Black, east side neighbourhoods have markedly lower vaccination rates compared to higher-income, mostly white neighbourhoods. Young people ages 16-40 became eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine on March 29th, 2021, and individuals aged 12 and above were able to get vaccinated from May 2021 onward. However, large disparities exist based age, race, and zip code. This brief illustrates underlying reasons shaping COVID-19 vaccine attitudes among minority (especially Black and Latinx) youth (ages 12-18) and offers key considerations for how young people can be better engaged within Cleveland, Ohio. This brief is based on research, including in-depth interviews and focus group discussions with 61 young people across 16 neighbourhoods through a Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) approach in Cleveland to contextualise youth perspectives of COVID-19 vaccination and highlight areas of hesitancy and confidence. In this brief, we share findings from the study and key considerations for addressing youth ‘vaccine hesitancy’ around the COVID-19 vaccine are presented. This brief was authored by Jillian Schulte (Case Western Reserve University), Megan Schmidt-Sane (IDS), Elizabeth Benninger (Cleveland State University), Tabitha Hrynick (IDS), and Santiago Ripoll (IDS), and includes contributions from Elizabeth Davies (Cleveland State University), Diane Mastnardo, Brenda Pryor (MyCom), Brinda Athreya (Case Western Reserve University), Ivis Maldonado (MyCom) and reviews from Elizabeth Storer (LSE) and Annie Wilkinson (IDS). The research was funded through the British Academy COVID-19 Recovery: USA and UK fund (CRUSA210022). Research was based at the Institute of Development Studies. This brief is the responsibility of SSHAP.
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Smith, Paul N., David R. J. Gill, Michael J. McAuliffe, et al. Mortality Following Primary Hip and Knee Arthroplasty: Supplementary Report. Australian Orthopaedic Association, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.25310/irjq4670.
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Mortality information has been obtained by matching all procedures reported to the Registry up to and including 31 December 2022 with the National Death Index (NDI). The NDI is the national mortality database maintained by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). The Registry was granted access to this data following a formal ethics application to AIHW. Adjusted mortality is obtained after direct standardisation of the crude cumulative mortality data by 5 year age intervals and gender to the Estimated Resident Population Status based on the 2001 census. As the total population has a younger age structure than the population of the Registry, the adjusted mortality is substantially lower than the crude mortality. By minimising the effects of age and gender differences within groups, the adjusted measure may be used to compare the mortality of different procedures and is useful when comparing mortality over time. The rate per 100 person years has been calculated from the date of the first joint procedure to either the date of death or 31 December 2022. This provides a true rate. This Report is one of 16 supplementary reports to complete the AOANJRR Annual Report for 2023. Information on the background, purpose, aims, benefits and governance of the Registry can be found in the Introductory chapter of the 2023 Hip, Knee and Shoulder Arthroplasty Annual Report. The Registry data quality processes including data collection, validation and outcomes assessment, are provided in detail in the Data Quality section of the introductory chapter of the 2023 Hip, Knee and Shoulder Arthroplasty Annual Report: https://aoanjrr.sahmri.com/annual-reports-2023.
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Blakeley, John. Development of Engineering Qualifications in New Zealand: A Brief History. Unitec ePress, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.34074/ocds.027.
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Post 1840, New Zealand’s early engineers had mainly trained in Britain prior to emigrating. The need for educating and training young engineers was soon recognised. This was initially done by means of a young engineer working under the close supervision of an older, experienced engineer, usually in a cadetship arrangement. Correspondence courses from the British engineering institutions became available from 1897. Several technical colleges in New Zealand implemented night classes to assist students who were preparing for the associated examinations. The first School of Engineering was established at Canterbury University College in 1887. Teaching of engineering, initially within a School of Mines, commenced at Auckland University College in 1906. Engineering degrees did not become available from other universities in New Zealand until the late 1960s. The New Zealand Certificate in Engineering (NZCE) was introduced as a lower level of engineering qualification in the late 1950s and was replaced by a variety of two-year Diploma in Engineering qualifications from 2000, now consolidated together and known as the New Zealand Diploma in Engineering (NZDE) and taught at fifteen institutions throughout New Zealand from 2011. At an intermediate level, the three-year Bachelor of Engineering Technology degree qualification (BEngTech) was also introduced from 2000 and is now taught at seven institutes of technology and polytechnics, and the Auckland University of Technology.