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Tremblay, Junior A., Jacques Ibarzabal, and Jean-Pierre L. Savard. "Foraging ecology of black-backed woodpeckers (Picoides arcticus) in unburned eastern boreal forest stands." Canadian Journal of Forest Research 40, no. 5 (May 2010): 991–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/x10-044.
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Managed coniferous forest dominates much of the black-backed woodpecker’s ( Picoides arcticus Swainson) breeding range. Despite this, little is known about the fine-scale foraging behaviour of this focal species in unburned managed forest stands in the absence of insect outbreaks. To investigate the foraging substrates used in such a habitat, we employed radio-telemetry to track a total of 27 black-backed woodpeckers. During two successive summers (2005–2006), 279 foraging observations were recorded, most of which were on dying trees, snags, and downed woody debris. Individuals frequently foraged by excavation, suggesting that in the absence of insect outbreaks the black-backed woodpecker forages mainly by drilling. The majority of foraging events occurred on recently dead snags with a mean dbh (±SE) of 18.3 ± 0.4 cm. Our results suggest that in unburned boreal forest stands, substrate diameter and decay class are important predictors of suitable foraging substrates for black-backed woodpeckers. We suggest that conservation efforts aimed at maintaining this dead-wood dependent cavity nesting species within the landscape, should endeavour to maintain 100 ha patches of old-growth coniferous forest. This would ensure the continuous production of a sufficient quantity of recently dead or dying trees to meet the foraging needs of this species.
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Abdulbaki, Khalid Kamil, Muhamad Suhaimi, Asmaa Alsaqqaf, and Wafa Jawad. "The Use of the Discussion Method at University: Enhancement of Teaching and Learning." International Journal of Higher Education 7, no. 6 (December 13, 2018): 118. http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/ijhe.v7n6p118.
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The current paper attempts to examine the various aspects of the discussion method of teaching at university and its role in enhancing students’ linguistic and academic skills as well as its shortcomings. In Oman, research on English language teaching at universities and colleges show that a considerable number of students who move from secondary schools and join higher education institutions would confront difficulties in using the English language to meet their personal, social, academic, and career needs efficiently and appropriately. The discussion method allows establishing a rapport with students, stimulating their critical thinking and articulating ideas clearly (McKeachie & Svinicki, 2006). It is relatively acceptable among university academics who use it to promote active learning and long-term retention of information (Bonwell, 2000). It could provide students with a platform to contribute to their own learning and would offer the lecturer an opportunity to check students’ understanding of the material (Craven & Hogan, 2001). Critics argue that some problems may show up such as that several participants dominate the discussion sessions while other students may remain passive, and often, resentful (Brookfield & Perskill, 2005). The discussion could also include other signs of limitation such as that it may get off track or that only few students may dominate it during the whole session (Howard, 2015). Hence, the objectives of this research study are to identify students’ views and opinions of the use of the discussion method in teaching English as well as its strengths and weaknesses. The findings showed that majority of respondents indicated that a good opportunity to interact is provided during the discussion and that the lecturer is not the sole authority in class. The implications of this research could be reflected on students’ learning through their participation in class discussion.
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Balogun, O. D., C. Nwachukwu, S. Grover, K. Schroeder, T. Sherertz, H. Brereton, J. Van Dyk, Y. Pipman, L. Shulman, and N. Chao. "Workforce Capacity and Capability Building Through Metrics-Based Mentoring Partnerships." Journal of Global Oncology 4, Supplement 2 (October 1, 2018): 60s. http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jgo.18.76700.
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Background: Globally, cancer is the second leading cause of death. Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) especially lack the sufficient healthcare and oncology workforces needed to screen, diagnose and treat individuals with cancer. While traditional academic and training programs designed to produce healthcare professionals in these countries fill a critical role, few programs exist that maintain, develop, and increase the knowledge, skills, and professional performance of current healthcare and oncology workforces. Mentoring partnerships and twinning programs can provide ongoing education and training that strengthen and build workforce capacity and capability for the full scope of cancer care. Aim: The goal is to achieve resource-appropriate multimodality cancer-care using guideline- and protocol-based education and training and also to develop the capability to conduct world quality research. The model utilizes in-person, in-country site visits lasting from several weeks to months and ongoing connectivity through weekly telemedicine video conferences. Methods: The International Cancer Expert Corps (ICEC) and partner organizations are establishing a network of global and multisectoral partnerships that builds human capacity and capability needed to establish sustainable cancer programs that function at world-class standards. The three-fold mentor-mentee approach ( www.iceccancer.org ) is built by 1) enlisting hubs of expertise to include academic medical centers/universities, private practices and an ICEC Central Hub, 2) enrolling the breadth of expert-mentors needed from a university, practice, professional society and interested individuals, and 3) identifying centers in LMICs - clinics/hospitals/and other care delivery sites in underserved areas, and associates - physicians/allied healthcare workers- seeking mentoring and education. Results: Recent implementation of the ICEC 5-Step Progression Plan provides guidance and serves as an assessment tool for measuring progress between the hubs-centers programs and expert-associate. Twinning programs (hubs-ICEC centers) have been established in multiple sites worldwide including in Africa, Asia and Eurasia. Conclusion: Implementation of the ICEC 5-Step Progression Plan provides a platform from which to track the current stages and progress of twinning mentor-mentee programs, and to evaluate new programs. This information guides the programs and also provides metric-based investment in global health. Critically as the skills in associates and ICEC centers grows, they achieve expert-mentor status and centers become hubs to serve the surrounding regions, thereby enabling geometric growth in cancer care to meet the needs of the growing global burden of cancer. The content is the personal opinion of the authors and not their organizations.
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Binczewski, George J. "Limited casting resources meet world class ingenuity." JOM 48, no. 11 (November 1996): 26–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf03223239.
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T, GopalaKrishnan, and P. Sengottuvelan. "A hybrid PSO with Naïve Bayes classifier for disengagement detection in online learning." Program 50, no. 2 (April 4, 2016): 215–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/prog-07-2015-0047.
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Purpose – The ultimate objective of the any e-Learning system is to meet the specific need of the online learners and provide them with various features to have efficacious learning experiences by understanding their complexities. Any e-Learning system could be much more improved by tracking students commitment and disengagement on that course, in turn, would allow system to have personalized involvements at appropriate times in order to re-engage learners. Motivations play a important role to get back the learners on the track could be done by analyzing of several attributes of the log files. This paper aims to analyze the multiple attributes which cause the learners to disengage from an online learning environment. Design/methodology/approach – For this improvisation, Web based learning system is researched using data mining techniques in education. There are various attributes characterized for the disengagement prediction using web log file analysis. Though, there have been several attempts to include motivating characteristics in e-Learning systems are adapted, presently influence on cognition is acknowledged mostly. Findings – Classification is one of the predictive data mining technique which makes prediction about values of data using known results found from different data sets. To find out the optimal solution for identifying disengaged learners in the online learning systems, Naive Bayesian (NB) classifier with Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm is used which will classify the data set and then perform the independent analysis. Originality/value – The experimental results shows that the use of unrelated variables in the class attributes will reduce the accuracy and reliability of a any classification model. However, the hybrid PSO algorithm is clearly more apt to find minor subsets of attributes than the PSO with NB classifier. The NB classifier combined with hybrid PSO feature selection method proves to be the best feature selection capability without degrading the classification accuracy. It is further proved to be an effective method for mining large structural data in much less computation time.
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McCarthy, Jim. "Strength Training for World-Class Long Track Speed Skating." Strength and Conditioning Journal 25, no. 1 (February 2003): 32–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1519/00126548-200302000-00008.
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Badawi, Ahmad Mousa. "Middle class transformations in the Arab World†." Contemporary Arab Affairs 7, no. 2 (April 1, 2014): 246–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17550912.2014.917884.
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The emergence of the middle class in the Arab world, was different from the emergence of this class in Europe. The difference was not limited to the beginning of this existence, but also extends to its transformations. In the wake of the Arab Spring revolutions, there was considerable debate on the role of the middle class in these revolutions, and this motivated the research on which this paper is based, during the period from February 2011 until May 2013. The paper aims to track civilizational transformations (economic, political, social and cultural) that affect the structure of the Arab middle class since independence until the present, with a focus on the past decade.
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Twite, Mark, and Wanda Miller-Hance. "The 2017 Seventh World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology & Cardiac Surgery: week in review: congenital cardiac anaesthesia." Cardiology in the Young 27, no. 10 (December 2017): 2012–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1047951117002190.
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AbstractThe seventh meeting of the World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery was an opportunity for healthcare professionals from around the world to meet and discuss current issues affecting patients with acquired and CHD. A dedicated anaesthesia track facilitated the exchange of ideas and fostered many new friendships. This review highlights the congenital cardiac anaesthesia track and the involvement of the Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society in the congress.
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Sigrist, Samuel, Thomas Maier, and Raphael Faiss. "Qualitative Video Analysis of Track-Cycling Team Pursuit in World-Class Athletes." International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance 12, no. 10 (November 1, 2017): 1305–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2016-0596.
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Context: Track-cycling team pursuit (TP) is a highly technical effort involving 4 athletes completing 4 km from a standing start, often in less than 240 s. Transitions between athletes leading the team are obviously of utmost importance. Purpose: To perform qualitative video analyses of transitions of world-class athletes in TP competitions. Methods: Videos captured at 100 Hz were recorded for 77 races (including 96 different athletes) in 5 international track-cycling competitions (eg, UCI World Cups and World Championships) and analyzed for the 12 best teams in the UCI Track Cycling TP Olympic ranking. During TP, 1013 transitions were evaluated individually to extract quantitative (eg, average lead time, transition number, length, duration, height in the curve) and qualitative (quality of transition start, quality of return at the back of the team, distance between third and returning rider score) variables. Determination of correlation coefficients between extracted variables and end time allowed assessment of relationships between variables and relevance of the video analyses. Results: Overall quality of transitions and end time were significantly correlated (r = .35, P = .002). Similarly, transition distance (r = .26, P = .02) and duration (r = .35, P = .002) were positively correlated with end time. Conversely, no relationship was observed between transition number, average lead time, or height reached in the curve and end time. Conclusion: Video analysis of TP races highlights the importance of quality transitions between riders, with preferably swift and short relays rather than longer lead times for faster race times.
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Haugen, Thomas A., Paul A. Solberg, Carl Foster, Ricardo Morán-Navarro, Felix Breitschädel, and Will G. Hopkins. "Peak Age and Performance Progression in World-Class Track-and-Field Athletes." International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance 13, no. 9 (October 1, 2018): 1122–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2017-0682.
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The aim of this study was to quantify peak age and improvements over the preceding years to peak age in elite athletic contestants according to athlete performance level, sex, and discipline. Individual season bests for world-ranked top 100 athletes from 2002 to 2016 (14,937 athletes and 57,049 individual results) were downloaded from the International Association of Athletics Federations’ website. Individual performance trends were generated by fitting a quadratic curve separately to each athlete’s performance and age data using a linear modeling procedure. Mean peak age was typically 25–27 y, but somewhat higher for marathon and male throwers (∼28–29 y). Women reached greater peak age than men in the hurdles and middle- and long-distance running events (mean difference, ±90% CL: 0.6, ±0.3 to 1.9, ±0.3 y: small to moderate). Male throwers had greater peak age than corresponding women (1.3, ±0.3 y: small). Throwers displayed the greatest performance improvements over the 5 y prior to peak age (mean [SD]: 7.0% [2.9%]), clearly ahead of jumpers, long-distance runners, hurdlers, middle-distance runners, and sprinters (3.4, ±0.2% to 5.2, ±0.2%; moderate to large). Similarly, top 10 athletes showed greater improvements than top 11–100 athletes in all events (1.0, ±0.9% to 1.8, ±1.1%; small) except throws. Women improved more than men in all events (0.4, ±0.2% to 2.9, ±0.4%) except sprints. This study provides novel insight on performance development in athletic contestants that are useful for practitioners when setting goals and evaluating strategies for achieving success.
Books on the topic "World Class Track Meet"
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Marion Jones: World-class runner = atleta de categoría internacional. New York: Rosen Publishing Group's PowerKids Press & Buenas Letras, 2002.
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United States Government Printing Office. The Future Digital System: A world class system of managing official government content, which will verify and track versions, assure authenticity, preserve content, and provide permanent access. [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. G.P.O., 2004.
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Inc, Game Counselor. Game Counselor's Answer Book for Nintendo Players. Redmond, USA: Microsoft Pr, 1991.
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Gifford, Clive. A World-Class Sprinter (The Making of a Champion). Heinemann, 2004.
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Gifford, Clive. A World-Class Sprinter (The Making of a Champion). Heinemann, 2004.
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Marion Jones Atleta De Categoria International/ World Class Runner (Superestrellas Del Deporte). Rosen Publishing Group, 2001.
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Bussel, Robert. “Apostles of a New Order”. University of Illinois Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/illinois/9780252039492.003.0003.
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This chapter examines the crucial experiences that boosted the self confidence and social awareness of Harold Gibbons and Ernest Calloway and gave them a budding sense of purpose and direction. Before they first met in Chicago in the summer of 1937, the education of Gibbons and Calloway continued on parallel tracks. Amid the profound social dislocation of the Great Depression, each of them experienced epiphanies that they subsequently credited with bolstering their determination to lift up the working class. This chapter first considers Gibbons and Calloway's life in Chicago before discussing how the city's overlapping circles of reform and radicalism made it a political cornucopia for the two men following their escape from the constricted world of their coal patch youths. It also looks at three mentors who introduced Gibbons to the concepts of a strong union movement, independent political action, and the importance of education for effective citizenship: Annetta Dieckmann, Lillian Herstein, and Paul Douglas. Finally, it describes Brookwood Labor College's influence on Calloway's thinking as well as his anti-communism.
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Inc, Game Counsellor, ed. The Game Counsellor's answer book for Nintendo Game players: Hundredsof questions -and answers - about more than 250 popular Nintendo Games. Redmond, Washington: Microsoft Press, 1991.
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Connell, Tula A. A Liberal in City Government. University of Illinois Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/illinois/9780252039904.003.0002.
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This chapter explores the immediate postwar economic, political, and cultural environment of Milwaukee, a city where decades of stasis were compounded by a changing demographic that included suburban flight and an increasingly lower-income urban core. The long municipal governance by socialist Mayor Daniel Hoan (1916–1940) and the city's high levels of unionization had fostered a strong middle class from the early decades of the century through World War II. But far more than most industrialized Midwestern cities, Milwaukee had seen little modernization since the 1920s, with brewery industrialists and other business leaders markedly absent from contributing to citywide improvement, unlike their peers in cities such as Pittsburgh. By war's end, the necessity to meet the growing and evolving needs of city residents, and generate a solid financial base to do so, created a crisis atmosphere recognized by political leaders and private-sector actors alike.
Book chapters on the topic "World Class Track Meet"
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Natu, Sadhana. "Disha: Building Bridges-Removing Barriers: Where Excluded and Privileged Young Adults Meet." In International Perspectives in Values-Based Mental Health Practice, 351–57. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47852-0_41.
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AbstractThe Chapter aims to detail out the need and process for setting up a Peer Support and Speak Out group in 1992 against the backdrop of early years of globalization in India. The chapter describes how the group has evolved, describing some of the activities and its outcomes. Case studies of Disha Coordinators (using narratives) place before the reader, both the challenges and vantage point views of student diversity. The coordinators are a mix from underprivileged and privileged backgrounds. In the last 27 years, Disha has managed to help students from diverse backgrounds (rural and urban poor, Dalit, Bahujan, urban upper middle class, international students) to come together and look at mental health issues from their varied locations of caste, class, gender, region and reconstitute their identities and look at life afresh. The chapter tries to document some of these rich insights and in doing so attempts to add to the value-based mental health practice from a small margin of the largest democracy in the world that is pushing and challenging the centre.
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Ojala, Hanna, and Ilkka Pietilä. "Class-based grandfathering practices in Finland." In Grandparenting Practices around the World, 171–88. Policy Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781447340645.003.0009.
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This chapter focuses on class-based features of grandfathering in the context of a Nordic welfare state. Based on interviews with 17 middle- and working-class Finnish grandfathers, the chapter shows that while men’s grandparenting practices are not limited to auxiliary roles to assist grandmothers, grandchildren’s age has an effect on how grandfathers spend time with their grandchildren. School-aged children received most attention, and working-class grandfathers tended to provide their grandchildren with practical skills, whereas middle-class were focused more on increasing their grandchildren’s social capital. Working-class grandfathering practices emphasised creating continuity between men’s generations and transferring masculine knowledge. In the middle-class, active grandfather role was explained by the pressures of working life among the middle generation. Day care services, provided by the welfare state, are not flexible enough to meet the needs of middle-class families whose work demands are set by global enterprises, and who thus need support from grandparents.
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Sultanow, Eldar, and Alina M. Chircu. "Improving Healthcare with Data-Driven Track-and-Trace Systems." In Big Data, 1229–46. IGI Global, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9840-6.ch055.
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This chapter illustrates the potential of data-driven track-and-trace technology for improving healthcare through efficient management of internal operations and better delivery of services to patients. Track-and-trace can help healthcare organizations meet government regulations, reduce cost, provide value-added services, and monitor and protect patients, equipment, and materials. Two real-world examples of commercially available track-and-trace systems based on RFID and sensors are discussed: a system for counterfeiting prevention and quality assurance in pharmaceutical supply chains and a monitoring system. The system-generated data (such as location, temperature, movement, etc.) about tracked entities (such as medication, patients, or staff) is “big data” (i.e. data with high volume, variety, velocity, and veracity). The chapter discusses the challenges related to data capture, storage, retrieval, and ultimately analysis in support of organizational objectives (such as lowering costs, increasing security, improving patient outcomes, etc.).
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Sultanow, Eldar, and Alina M. Chircu. "Improving Healthcare with Data-Driven Track-and-Trace Systems." In Strategic Data-Based Wisdom in the Big Data Era, 65–82. IGI Global, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8122-4.ch004.
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This chapter illustrates the potential of data-driven track-and-trace technology for improving healthcare through efficient management of internal operations and better delivery of services to patients. Track-and-trace can help healthcare organizations meet government regulations, reduce cost, provide value-added services, and monitor and protect patients, equipment, and materials. Two real-world examples of commercially available track-and-trace systems based on RFID and sensors are discussed: a system for counterfeiting prevention and quality assurance in pharmaceutical supply chains and a monitoring system. The system-generated data (such as location, temperature, movement, etc.) about tracked entities (such as medication, patients, or staff) is “big data” (i.e. data with high volume, variety, velocity, and veracity). The chapter discusses the challenges related to data capture, storage, retrieval, and ultimately analysis in support of organizational objectives (such as lowering costs, increasing security, improving patient outcomes, etc.).
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Livingstone, Daniel, Jeremy Kemp, Edmund Edgar, Chris Surridge, and Peter Bloomfield. "Multi-User Virtual Environments for Learning Meet Learning Management." In Games-Based Learning Advancements for Multi-Sensory Human Computer Interfaces, 34–50. IGI Global, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-360-9.ch003.
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Alongside the growth of interest in Games-Based Learning, there has been a notable explosion of interest in the use of 3D graphical multi-user virtual environments (MUVE) for learning. Platforms such as Second Life® or alternatives (Theresm, Active Worlds, OpenCroquet, and so on) have potential for online tuition in ways quite different from those offered by traditional Web-based Virtual Learning Environments (VLE, a.k.a. Learning Management System or LMS). The Sloodle project is working to integrate Second Life with the Moodle VLE – and to investigate how this might support learning and teaching with the Second Life platform. Second Life can be considered as a 3D client for Moodle learning activities, while a complimentary view is to consider Moodle as a back-end for Second Life learning activities – enabling virtual world learning activities integrated with Web-based class lists and grade books. The authors close by considering future directions and applications.
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Hai-Jew, Shalin. "The Better Part of Valor." In Advances in Human and Social Aspects of Technology, 142–56. IGI Global, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0891-7.ch010.
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The pervasiveness of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) in the modern world makes it near impossible to conduct the living of daily life without these technologies. People go online to meet a variety of human needs—for work, shopping, security, socializing and intercommunications, self-worth, entertainment, and personal life goals. In the framework of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, online spaces often provide for the meeting of physiological, safety, love/belonging, esteem, and self-actualization, and yet, their every action, search, information sharing, social interchange, and digital thought is recorded into digital perpetuity. Law enforcement has tools to profile and track individuals in the Web?sphere and even deep into the Invisible or Hidden Web. This chapter explores how people may meet their many current human needs in the present without shortchanging their options for the future. In particular, the human rights risks that are discussed include security and well-being, privacy, reputation (freedom from defamation), and the flexibility of future choices.
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Zalasiewicz, Jan. "To the rendezvous." In The Planet in a Pebble. Oxford University Press, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199569700.003.0010.
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Before any great expedition, there is a gathering of all of the forces—of the clans, the troops, the mercenaries—from near and far, by various routes. Once met, they will then travel en masse, their fortunes from then to be bound together, for good or ill. Sediment particles of the future pebble were gathering, around the shores of Avalonia, in the Silurian Period, for a journey that would take them to a resting place, one where they would not see the light of day for something over 400 million years. The grains of sand and flakes of mud, with all their variety and histories, were being washed into some long-vanished shoreline by Avalonian rivers, rivers that have not yet been discovered, or charted, or named, by modern-day explorer–geologists. Likely these rivers never will be charted, for in flowing they eroded themselves away, washing away their own tracks, as Avalonia was being dismantled, grain by grain, by the eternal, tireless action of the weather. All that is left is the freight they carried, the baggage of sand, mud and pebbles. The ancient shoreline lay not much more than 50 miles away from what is now our pebble beach in west Wales. It lay to the south, around what is now Pembrokeshire in South Wales. What did it look like, that ancient coastline? Well, it may even have resembled the rugged Pembrokeshire coastline of today, though it faced north rather than south, looking across an area of open sea that was later transformed into the Welsh mountains. For the pebble stuff, the passage across that coastline marked the entrance into a new realm. As the river waters entered the sea, their onrush slowed. The sediment grains, no longer driven by river flow, would have piled up around river mouths as deltas, or within silting-up estuaries. They would not have been stilled for long though, for coastlines are places where energy is exchanged. New forces acted on these sediment particles: wind and tides and waves, the forces that nowadays mariners need to respect, and understand, and predict.
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Fuentes, David, Heejung An, and Sandra Alon. "Mobile Devices and Classroom Management." In Student Engagement and Participation, 542–52. IGI Global, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2584-4.ch027.
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In this account of a fifth grade classroom teacher embarking with her class into the world of mobile learning, three university researchers collaborated to describe her first year experience using iPads in a one-to-one setting. As Ms. G set out to effectively infuse mobile devices into her classroom pedagogy, the authors detail some of the key decisions that led to her successfully managing the iPads while seamlessly adjusting her classroom management strategies to meet the needs of her students and classroom routines. The exploratory case study findings offer practicing educators and teacher educators, alike, helpful suggestions for introducing mobile devices into their classroom and begin a dialogue about the various practices and classroom management implications for a variety of uses of mobile devices in K-6 settings.
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Fuentes, David, Heejung An, and Sandra Alon. "Mobile Devices and Classroom Management." In Tablets in K-12 Education, 64–74. IGI Global, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6300-8.ch005.
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In this account of a fifth grade classroom teacher embarking with her class into the world of mobile learning, three university researchers collaborated to describe her first year experience using iPads in a one-to-one setting. As Ms. G set out to effectively infuse mobile devices into her classroom pedagogy, the authors detail some of the key decisions that led to her successfully managing the iPads while seamlessly adjusting her classroom management strategies to meet the needs of her students and classroom routines. The exploratory case study findings offer practicing educators and teacher educators, alike, helpful suggestions for introducing mobile devices into their classroom and begin a dialogue about the various practices and classroom management implications for a variety of uses of mobile devices in K-6 settings.
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Gütl, Christian. "The Support of Virtual 3D Worlds for Enhancing Collaboration in Learning Settings." In Techniques for Fostering Collaboration in Online Learning Communities, 278–99. IGI Global, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61692-898-8.ch016.
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Collaborative learning activities apply different approaches in-class or out-of-class, which range from classroom discussions to group-based assignments and can involve students more actively as well as stimulate social and interpersonal skills. Information and communication technology can support collaboration, however, a great number of pre-existing technologies and implementations have limitations in terms of the interpersonal communication perspective, limited shared activity awareness, and a lack of a sense of co-location. Virtual 3D worlds offer an opportunity to either mitigate or even overcome these issues. This book chapter focuses on how virtual 3D worlds can foster the collaboration both between instructors and students as well as between student peers in diverse learning settings. Literature review findings are complemented by the results of practical experiences on two case studies of collaborative learning in virtual 3D worlds: one on small group learning and one on physics education. Overall findings suggest that such learning environment’s advantages are a promising alternative to meet more easily and spontaneously; and that an integrated platform with a set of tools and a variety of communication channels provides real life world phenomena as well as different ones. On the negative side, there are usability issues in relation to the technical limitations of 3D world platforms and applications, which reduce the potential for learning in such collaborative virtual environments.
Conference papers on the topic "World Class Track Meet"
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Vellandi, Vikraman, Prasad Namani, Rajkumar Bhagate, and Madhu Chalumuru. "A Holistic Approach to Develop a Modern High-Power Density Diesel Engine to Meet Best-in-Class NVH Levels." In WCX SAE World Congress Experience. 400 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA, United States: SAE International, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4271/2020-01-0406.
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Yang, Yu. "Drawing on the World-Class Bay Area Endogenous Logic to Fully Integrate the Existing Resources Stand on the Track of the World-Class Bay Area." In Proceedings of the 2019 3rd International Conference on Education, Culture and Social Development (ICECSD 2019). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/icecsd-19.2019.36.
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Scanlan, Kirk M., Michael T. Hendry, and C. Derek Martin. "Evaluating the Equivalency Between Track Quality Indices and the Minimum Track Geometry Threshold Exceedances Along a Canadian Freight Railway." In 2016 Joint Rail Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/jrc2016-5748.
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Railway regulators require that track geometry measurements meet a specific set of minimum safety thresholds. A proper interpretation of track geometry survey data is fundamental for the detection of track exceeding these thresholds and in need of corrective maintenance. Irregular track geometry independent of the minimum safety thresholds can also be used as evidence of degradation in the railway foundation. Therefore, multiple evaluation methods must be applied to the track geometry survey data when assessing foundation degradation. In this study, we compare multiple track geometry evaluation methods in order to assess if they equally identify sections of irregular track geometry along a 335 kilometer section of a Canadian freight railway. The track geometry evaluation methods investigated are the Transport Canada Class 5 minimum safety threshold exceedances and three literature-suggested track quality indices; the Overall Track Geometry Index, the Polish J Index and the Swedish Q Index. Furthermore, this study also investigates the ability of the track quality indices to provide additional insight into track geometry variability in sections without a minimum safety threshold exceedance. The track under investigation is not a Class 5, however, Class 5 minimum safety thresholds were used to produce enough threshold exceedances to allow for the comparison to the track quality indices. The results of the analysis reveal that while the large-scale variability in the three track quality indices is similar, the individual equivalency with the occurrence of Class 5 threshold exceedances is highly variable. Furthermore, only the Overall Track Geometry Index demonstrates the potential to provide consistent additional track geometry variability information.
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Boyer, Keith M., Kurt P. Rouser, and Timothy J. Lawrence. "Development of an Aero-Thermodynamics Course to Aid an Undergraduate Propulsion Track." In ASME Turbo Expo 2005: Power for Land, Sea, and Air. ASMEDC, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/gt2005-68383.
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This paper describes the development and assessment of a sophomore-level, aero-thermodynamics class structured to meet the needs of both the Department of Aeronautics and Department of Astronautics at the United States Air Force Academy. The course was developed following ABET EC2000 guidelines. Because of the large core class requirement placed on students at the USAF Academy, this single course was developed as an alternative to students taking traditional separate thermodynamics and gas dynamics courses. Benefits and tradeoffs of this approach are presented. The general philosophy in developing the course was to provide solid foundations in thermodynamics and compressible gas dynamics while motivating and inspiring students to their chosen engineering profession. To that end, the course is loaded with practical applications and hands-on laboratories. Engineering rigor was maintained by inclusion of an unsteady, three-dimensional control volume formulation of the governing equations, emphasizing assumptions and their implications, and enforcing engineering analysis methods. Quantitative assessment of specific performance criteria demonstrates achievement of educational outcomes. Student course critique scores provided additional quantitative data. Finally, an initial assessment of course impact on two different undergraduate propulsion classes demonstrates the intended result — improved understanding of fundamentals allowing for expanded coverage in other areas. In short, the propulsion tracks in both departments appear to be improved.
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Voon, Chet Chie, Hiang Miang Goh, and Chuan Seng Koo. "Fast Tracking the Pulau Poh Cable-stayed Bridge." In IABSE Conference, Kuala Lumpur 2018: Engineering the Developing World. Zurich, Switzerland: International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.2749/kualalumpur.2018.0601.
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<p>The construction of the Pulau Poh cable-stayed bridge has been challenging both technically and environmentally. The curved pylon shape in two planes, with changing cross section and heavily congested reinforcement pose constructability concerns. Accurate geometry control and positioning of stay cable anchorages within the pylon is crucial to ensure the bridge meets its intended design life. Located in an area with high rainfall intensity presents additional environmental challenges, where working areas are constantly submerged. To address the challenges and meet the project deadline, innovative construction methodologies are being adopted. The bridge design was also revisited, taking into consideration the construction approach. This paper aims to explain the challenges faced and methods used to fast track the construction of the Pulau Poh cable-stayed bridge.</p>
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Selvik, Ørjan, Tor Einar Berg, and Dariusz Eirik Fathi. "Drifting Paths of Disabled Vessels." In ASME 2015 34th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/omae2015-41921.
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Many maritime emergency situations involve drifting vessels, and tools to predict drifting patterns have been developed by meteorology institutes, class societies and research companies. It is important to be able to predict a vessel’s drifting path and to estimate when it will drift into waters where grounding is a possible outcome. Such a prediction tool would provide valuable input to the planning of an emergency towing operation to prevent the vessel from grounding or to reduce the impact of the grounding. In this paper we present the outcomes of a study that investigated the drifting pattern of a vessel with an engine shut-down in the Barents Sea. As part of the ongoing A-Lex project [1], MARINTEK has prepared a VeSim [2] model to investigate the drifting path of a cargo vessel. The outcomes of the study will be used to draw up a technical specification for work to be done to develop an improved ship drift model in Norwegian Meteorological Institute’s (MET Norway’s, [3]) new Halo platform [4]. An improved model will be of great help to those planning emergency towing operations and for positioning of emergency preparedness units with respect to the traffic situation (especially tracks of vessels carrying dangerous goods) and weather forecasts.
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Dai, Gonglian, Meng Wang, Tianliang Zhao, and Wenshuo Liu. "Experimental Study on the Dynamic Deformation of Simply Supported Beam in Chinese High-speed Railway." In IABSE Conference, Kuala Lumpur 2018: Engineering the Developing World. Zurich, Switzerland: International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.2749/kualalumpur.2018.0637.
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<p>At present, Chinese high-speed railway operating mileage has exceeded 20 thousand km, and the proportion of the bridge is nearly 50%. Moreover, high-speed railway design speed is constantly improving. Therefore, controlling the deformation of the bridge structure strictly is particularly important to train speed-up as well as to ensure the smoothness of the line. This paper, based on the field test, shows the vertical and transverse absolute displacements of bridge structure by field collection. What’s more, resonance speed and dynamic coefficient of bridge were studied. The results show that: the horizontal and vertical stiffness of the bridge can meet the requirements of <b>Chinese “high-speed railway design specification” (HRDS)</b>, and the structure design can be optimized. However, the dynamic coefficient may be greater than the specification suggested value. And the simply supported beam with CRTSII ballastless track has second-order vertical resonance velocity 306km/h and third-order transverse resonance velocity 312km/h by test results, which are all coincide with the theoretical resonance velocity.</p>
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Marquis, Brian, Jon LeBlanc, and Ali Tajaddini. "Vehicle Track Interaction Safety Standards." In 2014 Joint Rail Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/jrc2014-3872.
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Vehicle/Track Interaction (VTI) Safety Standards aim to reduce the risk of derailments and other accidents attributable to the dynamic interaction between moving vehicles and the track over which they operate. On March 13, 2013, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) published a final rule titled “Vehicle/Track Interaction Safety Standards; High-Speed and High Cant Deficiency Operations” which amended the Track Safety Standards (49 CFR Part213) and the Passenger Equipment Safety Standards (49 CFR Part 238) in order to promote VTI safety under a variety of conditions at speeds up to 220 mph. Among its main accomplishments, the final rule revises standards for track geometry and enhances qualification procedures for demonstrating vehicle trackworthiness to take advantage of computer modeling. The Track Safety Standards provide safety limits for maximum allowable track geometry variations for all nine FRA Track Classes — i.e., safety “minimums.” These limits serve to identify conditions that require immediate attention because they may pose or create a potential safety hazard. While these conditions are generally infrequent, they define the worst conditions that can exist before a vehicle is required to slow down. To promote the safe interaction of rail vehicles with the track over which they operate (i.e. wheels stay on track, and vehicle dynamics do not overload the track structure, vehicle itself, or cause injury to passengers), these conditions must be considered in the design of suspension systems. In particular, rail vehicle suspensions must be designed to control the dynamic response such that wheel/rail forces and vehicle accelerations remain within prescribed thresholds (VTI safety limits) when traversing these more demanding track geometry conditions at all allowable speeds associated with at particular track class. To help understand the differences in performance requirements (design constraints) being placed on the design of passenger equipment suspensions throughout the world, comparisons have been made between FRA safety standards and similar standards used internationally (Europe, Japan, and China) in terms of both allowable track geometry deviations and the criteria that define acceptable vehicle performance (VTI safety limits). While the various factors that have influenced the development of each of the standards are not readily available or fully understood at this time (e.g., economic considerations, provide safety for unique operating conditions, promote interoperability by providing a railway infrastructure that supports a wide variety of rail vehicle types, etc.), this comparative study helps to explain in part why, in certain circumstances, equipment that has been designed for operation in other parts of the world has performed poorly, and in some cases had derailment problems when imported to the U.S. Furthermore, for specific equipment that is not specifically designed for operation in the U.S., it helps to identify areas that may need to be addressed with other appropriate action(s) to mitigate potential safety concerns, such as by ensuring that the track over which the equipment is operating is maintained to standards appropriate for the specific equipment type, or by placing operational restrictions on the equipment, or both. In addition to these comparisons, an overview of the new FRA qualification procedures which are used for demonstrating vehicle trackworthiness is provided in this paper. These procedures, which include use of simulations to demonstrate dynamic performance, are intended to give guidance to vehicle designers and provide a more comprehensive tool for safety assessment and verification of the suitability of a particular equipment design for the track conditions found in the U.S.
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Hronek, John W. "Innovative Design Solutions Speed Construction of Commuter Rail Corridor." In 2010 Joint Rail Conference. ASMEDC, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/jrc2010-36157.
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This paper will detail the design challenges and construction of the extension of the New Mexico Rail Runner commuter rail corridor from Bernalillo, NM to Santa Fe, NM. Numerous innovative solutions were implemented in the design and construction of the project to meet the aggressive schedule dictated by the client. The project was awarded to the design-build contractor in August 2007 and the line was opened to traffic in December 2008. This project was an important component of the New Mexico statewide transportation improvement project. Project final design and construction plans for the 18 mile extension were completed in five months. Construction started prior to completion of the final construction documents. The design was planned to provide a steady flow of Approved for Construction (AFC) documents to facilitate construction. Project highlights included eighteen miles of welded rail on concrete ties, six railroad bridges, one highway bridge overpass, two rail passing sidings, six concrete box rail crossings and 18 miles of new 136lb welded rail on concrete ties. The project is designed to meet the operating requirements of Class IV track and an operating speed of 79 mph. The major civil quantities included two million cubic yards of earthwork, 59,000 square feet of MSE retaining walls, 263,000 tons of ballast and subballast, 98,000 track feet of rail, and 50,000 concrete ties. The project team (NMDOT and Design-Build Consortium) collaborated by meeting weekly and reviewing plans and solutions, prior to acceptance for construction. Key to this effort was the use of the 3D design model created for the entire project leading to refining of the project quantities, reducing cost and allowing the NMDOT to remain within the budget established for this project.
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Abbad El Andaloussi, Hamza, Luc Mouton, Firas Sayed Ahmad, Stéphanie Mahérault-Mougin, Stéphane Paboeuf, and Xabier Errotabehere. "World First Fatigue S-N Curve for Bonded Reinforcements for FPSO Application." In ASME 2019 38th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/omae2019-96239.
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Abstract Steel is the most common construction material in the Oil & Gas industry, and it begins to rust the day it is cast. This observation raises several challenges for the asset integrity and life extension of all offshore units. Therefore, for the ageing FPSOs (>10 years), frequent and costly structural maintenance operations in hazardous environment may be required to repair their hull. While a standard ship can go to dry-dock for “crop and renew” maintenance operations through standard hot works techniques, a permanently moored asset has to be maintained in situ. The challenge is to perform these offshore structural maintenance operations with no production disruption while maximizing safety even for the most stressed areas such as a mid-ship deck plating. COLDSHIELD, a co-development between COLD PAD, TOTAL and IFP Energies nouvelles, has been set up to meet this very challenge. This innovative alternative to “crop and renew” is covered by approval certificate from Class. COLDSHIELD stops the corrosion and restores hull structural strength. Two industrial applications have been performed so far. Among the steps to be taken to demonstrate that such repair can be considered as permanent, it was mandatory to characterize the fatigue behavior of this reinforcement solution. While the fatigue behavior of steel has been an important research topic since the early eighties of the last century, its understanding for bonded composite materials is still at its infancy. Indeed, for the time being there is — to our knowledge — no S-N curve for structural bonded reinforcements. Full scale coupon specimen fatigue tests of the structural bonded reinforcements were conducted by COLD PAD, third-partied by Bureau Veritas and in collaboration with two laboratories (private and public) in order to study the adhesive fatigue. A statistical analysis was performed according to international standards. The resulting S-N curve is fit for industrial fatigue design. It demonstrates a comfortable fatigue strength (S-N curve presenting a slope of 9). This paper presents the results of a fatigue life assessment campaign of COLDSHIELD including the experimental setup, the fatigue test results, and the numerical analyses. It details the reason why the design is compatible with a stress-based approach. It also explains the conclusions that can be derived in terms of fatigue life for a deck repair campaign.