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Using Webinars To Teach Extension Audiences: A Rubric To Evaluate And Improve, Kari Robideau, Karen Matthes Jun 2021

Using Webinars To Teach Extension Audiences: A Rubric To Evaluate And Improve, Kari Robideau, Karen Matthes

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension

Cooperative Extension professionals are using webinar technologies to accommodate time constraints, travel distances, and limited budgets as well as to reach a broader audience. Although checklists and planning worksheets are readily available, there is a lack of resources to intentionally utilize reflective teaching practice and measure high-quality standards that go beyond general webinar set-up, participant experience, and content learning. This article describes the Webinar Evaluation Rubric for Extension Teaching that facilitates reflective practice and sets webinar teaching standards. The rubric provides a standard for professional development taught through webinars that strengthens the participant experience and enables high-quality learning across Cooperative …

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Examining The Feasibility Of Partnering With Cooperative Extension To Advance Statewide Physical Education Policies In Oregon, Nina Taylor, Thomas Packebush, Tammy Winfield, Kathy Gunter Jun 2021

Examining The Feasibility Of Partnering With Cooperative Extension To Advance Statewide Physical Education Policies In Oregon, Nina Taylor, Thomas Packebush, Tammy Winfield, Kathy Gunter

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension

Optimizing physical education (PE) is a proven approach to increase children’s physical activity. Oregon law requires elementary schools to provide PE for > 150 minutes/week. One strategy to meet the required minutes is for classroom teachers to deliver PE, which is permissible using curricula aligned to national PE standards. Be Physically Active 2Day (BEPA 2.0) is a unique classroom-based physical activity brain break curriculum aligned to PE standards. We evaluated the effectiveness of training school faculty to use BEPA 2.0 via a unique partnership with Cooperative Extension. Extension trainers (ET) were trained by a BEPA 2.0 Master Trainer (MT). School faculty …

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A Process Evaluation Of The Happyhealthy Social Marketing Campaign, Laura H. Downey, Kristy Terp, Sylvia H. Byrd Jun 2021

A Process Evaluation Of The Happyhealthy Social Marketing Campaign, Laura H. Downey, Kristy Terp, Sylvia H. Byrd

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension

Social marketing campaigns are effective in promoting health behavior changes in individuals and communities. Mississippi State University Extension Service’s (MSU Extension) Office of Nutrition Education launched a statewide social marketing campaign branded HappyHealthy to target nutrition and healthy lifestyle-related behaviors of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-eligible individuals and families. In this study, a process evaluation was conducted with MSU Extension staff to assess perceptions of the campaign’s relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, trialability, and observability. In the early stages of the campaign, external evaluators conducted in-depth interviews with MSU Extension staff members (n = 17). After the campaign had been active for …

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A Qualitative Analysis Of Young Adults’ Health And Wellness Perceptions, Behaviors, And Information Seeking, Heejae Lee, Sheri Worthy Jun 2021

A Qualitative Analysis Of Young Adults’ Health And Wellness Perceptions, Behaviors, And Information Seeking, Heejae Lee, Sheri Worthy

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension

Access to health- and wellness-related resources is unprecedented, and the desire to attain and use that information is high. However, the information is not always accurate, and individuals may be selectively choosing the information they read and follow. Additionally, although Americans have access to more health and wellness information than ever before, rates of obesity, hypertension, and sedentary lifestyles are still high. This study investigated information seeking for health and wellness-related resources by healthy, educated, young adults and their health and wellness perceptions and behaviors. Five focus groups were conducted with 35 young adults to gather information about diet, exercise, …

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The Food Factor: Relating Brand Viewership To Behavior And Behavioral Intention, Mckayla Brubaker Nichols, Quisto Settle, Alisha Hardman, Laura Downey Jun 2021

The Food Factor: Relating Brand Viewership To Behavior And Behavioral Intention, Mckayla Brubaker Nichols, Quisto Settle, Alisha Hardman, Laura Downey

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension

Mississippi residents (n = 404) were surveyed to determine how The Food Factor brand viewership impacted their behavior and behavioral intention. The Food Factor is a weekly Extension mass media program that communicates research-based information about food, nutrition, and healthy lifestyles. A researcher-developed instrument was used to collect information about behavior and behavioral intent, as well as perceptions of The Food Factor using Qualtrics from a representative sample. Respondents were split into viewer and non-viewer categories. Viewers were asked about their viewing frequency and their nutrition-related behaviors and behavioral intention to create a behavioral score. Non-viewers were also asked about …

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A Qualitative Study: Small Business Merchandising Strategies In Rural Minnesota, Jacqueline Parr, Marilyn Bruin Jun 2021

A Qualitative Study: Small Business Merchandising Strategies In Rural Minnesota, Jacqueline Parr, Marilyn Bruin

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension

This study was motivated by a desire to develop strategic guidelines tailored to solve the unique problems small, rural retailers face in today’s competitive retail environment. Because there is limited understanding of the actual experience of rural retailers’ operations and experiences, it was necessary to explore and accurately capture the experience from participants’ perspectives. The objective of the study was to provide an in-depth understanding of the rural small retailer’s perceptions of the business environment, merchandising strategies, challenges, and opportunities. In-depth interviews were conducted with eight small business owners from a rural county in Minnesota. A criterion-based sampling approach was …

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Exploring Early Career Extension Agents’ Perceptions Of Their Mentors, Best Liked Coworkers, And Organizational Commitment, Amy Harder, Lendel K. Narine, Matt Benge, Marina Denny, Kristi Farner Jun 2021

Exploring Early Career Extension Agents’ Perceptions Of Their Mentors, Best Liked Coworkers, And Organizational Commitment, Amy Harder, Lendel K. Narine, Matt Benge, Marina Denny, Kristi Farner

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension

Forming positive relationships is an important part of the onboarding process for new Extension professionals. Often, formal mentors are assigned to new employees, but they also develop relationships with other colleagues in the organization. Past studies have found quality relationships with mentors and coworkers can positively influence job outcomes such as employee turnover, organizational performance, and organizational commitment. This study examined the perceptions that early career Extension agents in Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi had of their formal mentors and best-liked coworkers using a causal-comparative design and online survey. Results showed early career Extension agents tended to have marginally positive views …

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Expansion Of A Financial Education And Family Asset Protection Program For Latinos In Rural Minnesota, Antonio Alba-Meraz, Aysegul Baltaci, Carolina De La Rosa Mateo, Gabriela Burk, Jose Lamas, Francisca Mendoza, Monica Cruz-Zorrilla, Oswaldo Cabrera-Vidal Jun 2021

Expansion Of A Financial Education And Family Asset Protection Program For Latinos In Rural Minnesota, Antonio Alba-Meraz, Aysegul Baltaci, Carolina De La Rosa Mateo, Gabriela Burk, Jose Lamas, Francisca Mendoza, Monica Cruz-Zorrilla, Oswaldo Cabrera-Vidal

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension

The University of Minnesota Extension, in partnership with the Consulate of Mexico in Saint Paul, Minnesota, expanded the Ventanilla de Asesoría Financiera -Financial Education and Family Asset Protection Program to serve families in rural areas. The financial education services were expanded to 25 rural counties in Minnesota during 2017 and 2018. Participants were primarily low-income Latino families of Mexican ancestry. The program consisted of financial literacy education workshops and one-to-one meetings to build and protect participant assets. Participants reported an increase in their confidence in five financial core topics. Conditions for the success of this program were (a) the existing …

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Examining Volunteer Management Needs And Preferred Professional Development Delivery Methods Among Extension Educators, Suzanna Windon, Mariah Stollar, Rama Radhakrishna Jun 2021

Examining Volunteer Management Needs And Preferred Professional Development Delivery Methods Among Extension Educators, Suzanna Windon, Mariah Stollar, Rama Radhakrishna

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension

The purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate Penn State Extension educators’ volunteer management needs and desirable professional development delivery methods. The participants were 92 Extension educators who participated in the online survey. The response rate was 47.4%. We found that the top five most preferable volunteer management content area needs among educators were volunteer communication, motivation, training, risk management, and coaching. The most desirable delivery methods of volunteer management content were webinars, one-time in-service training, factsheets, and series of workshops. The point-biserial correlation coefficient was used to show the correlation between specific volunteer management content area and professional …

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“Making Time To Make A Difference”: Program Effects Of A Cultural Competency Training, Anna P. Whitehall, Mary Katherine Deen, Louise A. Parker, Laura G. Hill Jun 2021

“Making Time To Make A Difference”: Program Effects Of A Cultural Competency Training, Anna P. Whitehall, Mary Katherine Deen, Louise A. Parker, Laura G. Hill

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension

By the year 2044, more than half the United States population will be non-white. Extension is faced with the challenge of being inclusive in our multicultural world; thus, it is important that Extension educators receive cultural competency training. Cultural competency training based on and informed by intercultural theory and practice leads to increased awareness and knowledge and changes in professional practices. This paper presents qualitative evaluation results to document outcomes of an 18-hour cultural competency training for Extension and outreach professionals. The study focused on two research questions: Does cultural competency training impact professional practice of Extension and outreach professionals? …

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Barriers And Facilitators To Implementing Healthy Food Retail Programs: Extension Agents’ Perceptions, Kristin Riggsbee, Alexandra Nussbaumer Gardner, Elizabeth L. Hall, Elizabeth Anderson-Steeves, Christopher T. Sneed, Janie Burney, Sarah Colby Jun 2021

Barriers And Facilitators To Implementing Healthy Food Retail Programs: Extension Agents’ Perceptions, Kristin Riggsbee, Alexandra Nussbaumer Gardner, Elizabeth L. Hall, Elizabeth Anderson-Steeves, Christopher T. Sneed, Janie Burney, Sarah Colby

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension

The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to understand the perceptions Extension professionals have about healthy food retail programs (HFRPs). Family and Consumer Science (FCS) agents from one state in the southeastern United States were interviewed about their definitions of HFRPs, what challenges and benefits existed, and strategies for successful HFRP implementation. Participants reported that HFRPs would bring immense benefits to their communities, including expanding the recognition of Extension. However, one specific suggestion that was identified was hands-on training needed before initiating HFRPs, particularly on strategies for relationship development with retail store owners.

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Full Issue, Volume 9, Number 2, Donna J. Peterson, Kathleen Kelsey, Scott Cummings Jun 2021

Full Issue, Volume 9, Number 2, Donna J. Peterson, Kathleen Kelsey, Scott Cummings

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension

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Move More, Sit Less: Applying The Physical Activity Guidelines For Americans To Extension Programs, Laura E. Balis, Hannah F. Fuerniss, Drew T. Brown, Chance Marshall, Samantha M. Harden Jun 2021

Move More, Sit Less: Applying The Physical Activity Guidelines For Americans To Extension Programs, Laura E. Balis, Hannah F. Fuerniss, Drew T. Brown, Chance Marshall, Samantha M. Harden

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension

Extension enhances the lives of Americans by translating research-based information related to existing needs into programming that is practical and accessible to the general public. Evidence clearly indicates that physical activity is correlated to positive health outcomes, but despite this conclusion, the majority of Americans do not meet the recommendations for physical activity. The 2nd Edition of the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans provides guidance for Extension professionals to implement physical activity interventions. We recommend training and technical assistance strategies based on the Interactive Systems Framework to integrate physical activity promotion into all Extension areas.

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Reconsidering Extension: Defining Urban Extension In Kentucky, Kristina Hains, Jeff Young, Addie Reinhard, Bryan Hains Jun 2021

Reconsidering Extension: Defining Urban Extension In Kentucky, Kristina Hains, Jeff Young, Addie Reinhard, Bryan Hains

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension

As the vast majority of the population in the United States shifts to dwelling within large population centers, it is necessary to examine the responsibility and role that Cooperative Extension has to serve urban communities. Throughout its history, the land-grant system, through Cooperative Extension, has demonstrated the ability to impact the lives of individual citizens and communities positively. Within this theoretical discussion, we illuminate Cooperative Extension’s responsibility to serve urban communities in the 21st Century and highlight essential milestones in the development of urban Extension throughout the past 100 years. Also, we explore the foundations and relevance of recently developed …

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The Theoretical Influence Of Praise Given To Teen Leaders At 4-H Camp On Their Feelings Of Contribution And Motivation, Ruth E. Wallace Jun 2021

The Theoretical Influence Of Praise Given To Teen Leaders At 4-H Camp On Their Feelings Of Contribution And Motivation, Ruth E. Wallace

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension

Praise in the context of behavior-specific encouragement, positive reinforcement, and recognition may provide a linkage in positive youth development to teen leaders’ feelings of contribution and motivation at 4-H Camp. Existing literature on praise in academic settings, combined with literature related to positive youth development, organized camping programs, and 4-H, lends credibility to the theory that there is an influence on teen attitudes and participation regarding contributing to their community at 4-H Camp. Practical implications are presented, along with suggestions for future research.

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June 2021 Cvm Library Newsletter, Mississippi State University Jun 2021

June 2021 Cvm Library Newsletter, Mississippi State University

CVM Library Newsletters

Newsletter of the College of Veterinary Medicine Library at Mississippi State University.

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Foundational Rhythms For Drum Circles, Robert J. Damm Jun 2021

Foundational Rhythms For Drum Circles, Robert J. Damm

CoE Publications

Many drum circle facilitators use foundational rhythms to start a jam, establish a groove, and provide a structure within which other participants can improvise in a relatively freestyle manner. Twenty drum circle facilitators shared a sampling of foundational patterns drawn from universal drum rhythms, culturally specific drum styles, and speech rhythms.

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Identifying Rural Salience In The 2020 Whippoorwill Book Award Winners, Jennifer Sanders, Jill Bindewald, Devon Brenner, Karen Eppley, Kate Kedley, Nick Kleese, Natalie Newsom, Stephanie Short May 2021

Identifying Rural Salience In The 2020 Whippoorwill Book Award Winners, Jennifer Sanders, Jill Bindewald, Devon Brenner, Karen Eppley, Kate Kedley, Nick Kleese, Natalie Newsom, Stephanie Short

The Rural Educator

About the winners of the 2020 Whipporwill Award.

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“My Language Learners Seemed Like Ghosts”: A Rural Teacher’S Transformational Journey Implementing The Seal Of Biliteracy, Nidza Marichal, Arelis Rosario Roldán, Maria Coady May 2021

“My Language Learners Seemed Like Ghosts”: A Rural Teacher’S Transformational Journey Implementing The Seal Of Biliteracy, Nidza Marichal, Arelis Rosario Roldán, Maria Coady

The Rural Educator

This paper describes the personal and professional journey taken by one secondary Spanish teacher to implement the Seal of Biliteracy (SoBL) for English learners (ELs) in a rural Florida school district. The teacher’s goal was to promote bilingual pride among her ELs and to validate their bilingual abilities, which had been frequently unrecognized in the community. This promising practice in a rural Florida district demonstrated two important transformations: first was the teacher’s personal views about bilingualism as an asset rather than a deficit, and second was the instructional practices she employed and fierce advocacy for the ELs in her rural …

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“We Acted Because It's What Needs To Be Done: An Interview With West Virginia Teachers, Erin Mchenry-Sorber, Jay O'Neal, Sam Nelson May 2021

“We Acted Because It's What Needs To Be Done: An Interview With West Virginia Teachers, Erin Mchenry-Sorber, Jay O'Neal, Sam Nelson

The Rural Educator

In 2018, West Virginia teachers staged a statewide strike which lasted almost two weeks and included schools across all 55 countywide districts. The main reported strike issues for West Virginia teachers included cuts to their healthcare coverage by the state and relatively low salaries. Prior to the strike, West Virginia teachers ranked 48th in the nation in terms of pay. The West Virginia strike sparked a year-long wave of teacher labor protests across the country, in both predominately rural states and large urban centers. In 2019, West Virginia teachers went on strike again, bringing the movement full circle. In November, …

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An Inspired Approach To Promising Practices, Amy Price Azano May 2021

An Inspired Approach To Promising Practices, Amy Price Azano

The Rural Educator

No abstract provided.

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#Black Boy Joy: The College Aspirations Of Rural Black Male Students, Loni Crumb, Crystal R. Chambers, Jessica Chittum May 2021

#Black Boy Joy: The College Aspirations Of Rural Black Male Students, Loni Crumb, Crystal R. Chambers, Jessica Chittum

The Rural Educator

Too often research on Black boys emanate from deficit orientations and take a problem centered approach which overemphasizes stereotypes or pathologizes Black male students, overlooking their aspirations and successes. Utilizing the High School Longitudinal Survey of 2009 (HSLS: 09), we examine the postsecondary goals of Black male ninth graders as well as the relationships among their educational aspirations, college knowledge, and supportive school personnel using Community Cultural Wealth as the conceptual framework. We found that the educational aspirations of Black male ninth graders are high; however, their knowledge of college falls short of their educational aspirations and their relationships with …

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Unscripted Possibilities, Tom Fox, Rachel Bear May 2021

Unscripted Possibilities, Tom Fox, Rachel Bear

The Rural Educator

Abstract “Unscripted Possibilities” examines the potential for change that emerges in rural environments that are affected by poverty and educational reforms that ignore the specific contexts of rural schools. Using a National Writing Project program, the College, Career, and Community Writers Program as case, we argue that professional learning relationships that are characterized by mutuality and indeterminacy create changes in teacher practice and school culture. Our analysis adapts concepts from Anna Tsing’s (2015)The Mushroom at the End of the World to uncover hopeful possibilities in damaged school environments.

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Spending Floors In Gifted Education Services, Jaret Hodges, Jessica Ottwein May 2021

Spending Floors In Gifted Education Services, Jaret Hodges, Jessica Ottwein

The Rural Educator

For nearly two decades, the state of Texas mandated gifted education services and provided funding to public school districts. One policy that was unique to the state is the mandatory minimum spending. This research examines how these mandatory minimum spending floors influence spending in public school districts within the state and how that influence varies across locales. Our findings provide evidence that rural public school districts in Texas were more likely to operate near to the mandatory state minimum spending for gifted education than non-rural public school districts. In particular, rural public school districts allocated 50% of the funds towards …

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How Professional Development In Co-Teaching Impacts Self-Efficacy Among Rural High School Teachers, Tori Colson, Yajuan Xiang, Moriah Smothers May 2021

How Professional Development In Co-Teaching Impacts Self-Efficacy Among Rural High School Teachers, Tori Colson, Yajuan Xiang, Moriah Smothers

The Rural Educator

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of professional development in co-teaching on teacher self-efficacy among general and special education rural high school teachers. A causal-comparative research design was used to survey 256 rural high school teachers from the South and Midwest regions of the U.S. to measure their self-efficacy in student engagement, instructional practices, and classroom management. One-way analysis and independent samples t-test was used to analyze these data using SPSS statistical software. The results indicated a significant difference between teachers with and without experience in a co-teaching classroom regarding their efficacy in using instructional practices. …

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May 2021 Cvm Library Newsletter, Mississippi State University May 2021

May 2021 Cvm Library Newsletter, Mississippi State University

CVM Library Newsletters

Newsletter of the College of Veterinary Medicine Library at Mississippi State University.

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A N-E-W (Nutrient-Energy-Water) Synergy In A Bioelectrochemical Nitritation Anammox Process, Umesh Ghimire Apr 2021

A N-E-W (Nutrient-Energy-Water) Synergy In A Bioelectrochemical Nitritation Anammox Process, Umesh Ghimire

Theses and Dissertations

Partial nitritation combined with the anaerobic ammonium oxidation (Anammox) process offers a way of replacing the conventional nitrogen removal process of nitrification-denitrification, lowering the need for oxygen and chemical input, as well as reducing the production of sludge. However, as a by-product of the biochemical reaction driven by anammox bacteria, it produces nitrate-nitrogen (NO3- - N) (16-26% nitrogen removed), which is problematic. Microbial desalination cells (MDCs) are a promising technology capable of converting biodegradable organics into electricity (by electroactive bacteria), providing for simultaneous desalination, and wastewater treatment. Despite being a promising technology, MDCs have limitations. The first-proof of-concept of MDC …

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Self-Consistent Modeling Of Slip-Twin Interactions In Hcp Structures, Mukti Patel Apr 2021

Self-Consistent Modeling Of Slip-Twin Interactions In Hcp Structures, Mukti Patel

Theses and Dissertations

Parsing the effect of slip-twin interactions on the strain rate and thermal sensitivities of Magnesium (Mg) alloys has been a challenging endeavor for scientists preoccupied with the mechanical behavior of hexagonal close-packed alloys, especially those with great latent economic potential such as Mg. One of the main barriers is the travail entailed in fitting the various stress-strain behaviors at different temperatures, strain rates, loading directions applied to different starting textures. Taking on this task for two different Mg alloys presenting different textures and as such various levels of slip-twin interactions were modeled using VPSC code. A recently developed routine that …

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Radio Frequency Dataset Collection System Development For Location And Device Fingerprinting, Nicholas G. Smith Apr 2021

Radio Frequency Dataset Collection System Development For Location And Device Fingerprinting, Nicholas G. Smith

Theses and Dissertations

Radio-frequency (RF) fingerprinting is a process that uses the minute inconsistencies among manufactured radio transmitters to identify wireless devices. Coupled with location fingerprinting, which is a machine learning technique to locate devices based on their radio signals, it can uniquely identify and locate both trusted and rogue wireless devices transmitting over the air. This can have wide-ranging applications for the Internet of Things, security, and networking fields. To contribute to this effort, this research first builds a software-defined radio (SDR) testbed to collect an RF dataset over LTE and WiFi channels. The developed testbed consists of both hardware which are …

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Design And And Validation Of An Improved Wearable Foot-Ankle Motion Capture Device Using Soft Robotic Sensors, William O. Carroll Apr 2021

Design And And Validation Of An Improved Wearable Foot-Ankle Motion Capture Device Using Soft Robotic Sensors, William O. Carroll

Theses and Dissertations

Soft robotic sensors (SRSs) are a class of pliable, passive sensors which vary by some electrical characteristic in response to changes in geometry. The properties of SRSs make them excellent candidates for use in wearable motion analysis technology. Wearable technology is a fast-growing industry, and the improvement of existing human motion analysis tools is needed. Prior research has proven the viability of SRSs as a tool for capturing motion of the foot-ankle complex; this work covers extensive effort to improve and ruggedize a lab tool utilizing this technology. The improved lab tool is validated against a camera-based motion capture system …

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