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The Use Of Uniaxial And Triaxial Accelerometers To Measure Children's "Free-Play" Physical Activity, Alise E. Ott, Russell R. Pate, Stewart G. Trost, Dianne S. Ward, Ruth P. Saunders

Faculty Publications

In order to effectively measure the physical activity of children, objective monitoring devices must be able to quantify the intermittent and nonlinear movement of free play. The purpose of this study was to investigate the validity of the Computer Science and Applications (CSA) uniaxial accelerometer and the TriTrac-R3D triaxial accelerometer with respect to their ability to measure 8 "free-play" activities of different intensity. The activities ranged from light to very vigorous in intensity and included activities such as throwing and catching, hopscotch, and basketball. Twenty-eight children, ages 9 to 11, wore a CSA and a heart rate monitor while performing …

Journal Of Actuarial Practice, Volume 8, Nos. 1 And 2 (2000) -- Masthead & Contents, Colin Ramsay , Editor

Journal of Actuarial Practice (1993–2006)

Contents

Editorial Policy: Topics suitable for this journal include AIDS, annuity products, asset-liability matching, cash-flow testing, casualty rate making, credibility theory, credit insurance, disability insurance, expense analysis, experience studies, FASB issues, financial reporting, group insurance, health insurance, individual risk taking, insurance regulations, international issues, investments, liability insurance, loss reserves, marketing, pensions, pricing issues, product development, reinsurance, reserving issues, risk-based capital, risk theory, social insurance, solvency issues, taxation, valuation issues, and workers' compensation

Review Process

Editor - Colin Ramsay, University of Nebraska

Associate Editors: Robert Brown, University of Waterloo ○ Cecil Bykerk, Mutual of Omaha ○ Ruy Cardoso, …

Unm News Minute 11/1/2000, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department

UNM News Minute 2000

No abstract provided.

The Missouri Miner, November 01, 2000

The Missouri Miner Newspaper

No abstract provided.

The Florida Department Of Transportation Statewide Transit Training Program, Cutr

Research Reports

CUTR provided survey instruments to Florida-based transit agencies and assisted with managment and productivity skills through a workshop.

End Matter

Swiss American Historical Society Review

No abstract provided.

News Items, Ruth Gassmann

Swiss American Historical Society Review

She has a right to smile, the main winner of the Youth competition, that was initiated by Migros on the occasion of its 75th anniversary in cooperation with the SBB (Swiss Federal Railway) and Mobility. The first price includes a month of free travel for two people on the Interrail, sFr. 7500 travel money, and membership for a year in Mobility in addition to free mileage.

Memories Of World War Two, Alice Schelbert

Swiss American Historical Society Review

Each family was obligated to get a plot of land in order to grow vegetables, potatoes, and Indian corn. I abhorred working in field and garden, but luckily my younger sister enjoyed such tasks. Therefore I did the household chores, mended clothes and, for instance, spent hours undoing the runs in nylon stockings with a special hair-thin hook. The stockings were so expensive, so special, and so dearly beloved, yet one was not to wear them with runs.

Assortative Mating Of The Halloween Butterfly Dryadula Phaetusa (Nymphalidae, Heliconiinae), November 2000, Darin Reynaud

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Possible size-assortative mating was investigated in a captive population of the butterfly, Dryadula phaetusa (Nymphalidae) by comparing the forewing sizes of individuals of mating pairs to the average size of forewings in the whole population. It was postulated that females would prefer larger males because they deposit larger spermatophores, and females would thereby increase their fitness. Males would also prefer larger females because larger females have a better chance of fighting off predators and thus higher fitness. Individuals that were feeding or courting were also measured to document size variation and investigate size-dependent behaviors. There was no evidence for positive …

Diversity, Abundance, Richness, And Composition Of Avian Communities And Avian Foraging Behavior At Ficus Pertusa, November 2000, Heather Whelpley

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

This study investigated differences in success between fruiting Ficus pertusa trees in a single pasture in Monteverde, Costa Rica. Success was qualitatively measured by the abundance, richness and diversity of avian dispersers and the total number of seeds dispersed (as measured by the number of visits by birds that swallow fruits). Each of the four sites was observed for five days from 7:00am – 11:00 am. Significant differences in diversity were found in five of seven comparisons between the sites, but neither diversity nor number of bird visits was related to dbh or crop size of the tree. Significant differences …

Effects Of Microhabitat On Morphological Adaptations Of Pleurothallis Sanchoi (Orchidaceae), November 2000, B. J. Labay

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

An abiotic gradient of wind, moisture and sun across a tree may directly affect morphological traits adapted for water conservation. In this study, Pleurothallis sanchoi was examined in a pasture near the Estación Biológica Monteverde, Costa Rica. I looked at how microhabitats affect morphological adaptations, including leaf thickness, toughness and stomata density. I tested two predictions of my hypothesis that individuals living in harsher conditions would show more adaptations for water conservation. The first is that individuals in a abiotic gradient along a tree will show variance in water conservation adaptations. The second is that in two distinct habitats, full …

The Influence Of Leaf Shape Of Passiflora Biflora In Heliconius Spp. Butterfly Oviposition, November 2000, Sarah M. Dempsey

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Between species the leaf morphology of Passiflora (Passifloraceae) differ greatly in leaf shape. These differences may be attributed to the presence of Heliconius larvae, who feed exclusively on Passiflora. Adult females may use leaf shape as an oviposition cue, thus the importance of the changing leaf morphology. This study was conducted in an enclosure in the Monteverde Butterfly Garden where I studied three species of Heliconius butterflies: Heliconius hecale, H. charitonius and H. erato. I studied the oviposition behavior on Passiflora biflora due to the varying leaf shapes present, which are two and three lobed leaves. Egg placement showed that …

Pollinia Removal And Visitation In Epidendrum Radicans (Orchidaceae) And Asclepias Curassavica (Asclepiadaceae), November 2000, Nicholas J. Deacon

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

The possibility of a floral mimicry complex between Lantana camara, Asclepias curassavica, and Epidendrum radicans sounds appealing based on their similarity in flower color and overlapping ranges in Central America. The pollinia removal in E. radicans and A. curassavica was observed under different conditions of scale and proximity. The conditions for increased pollinia removal in E. radicans are to have a large inflorescence, close proximity to A. curassavica or L. camara in a patch, isolation from other E. radicans, occurrence in less dense patches, and avoidance of patches that contain L. camara. Asclepias curassavica benefits when alone more than when …

Preferred Sucrose Concentration In Nectarivorous Bats, November 2000, Jeremy C. Sullivan

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Pollinators and plants are involved in a mutualism, where pollination takes place in exchange for some payment, usually in the form of nectar. One might assume that these nectar rewards would closely match a pollinator’s preference, but flowers may conserve energy by offering an unfavorable, but still suitable nectar reward. Bat pollinated flowers have been found to offer nectar of an 18% sucrose concentration, on average, over a range of 3%-51% (Baker 1998). Where in this range of sucrose concentrations do bat preferences lie? To find out, sucrose concentration preferences of a community of Neotropical bats were studied at the …

Sugar Preferences Of Nectarivorous Bats, November 2000, Kristina L. Keppel

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Groups of flowers pollinated by the same subset of species will have general characteristics in common. These characteristics, when considered together, are called flower syndromes. For example, flowers that are bat pollinated open at night and are often drab, pale, and green with a musty odor, and contain hexose-rich nectar. Baker and Baker (1983) findings demonstrate that all bat-pollinated flowers have hexose-rich or hexose-dominated nectar. Four feeders were hung outside of the Hummingbird Gallery in the Monteverde Reserve. Each feeder contained a different type of sugar solution: one of fructose, one of glucose, the third of honey (a mixture of …

Crystallization And Preliminary X-Ray Diffraction Studies On The Dna-Binding Domain Of The Multidrug Transporter Activation Protein (Mtan) From Bacillus Subtilis, M. H. Godsey, N. N. Baranova, A. A. Neyfakh, R. G. Brennan

CUP Faculty Research

The N-terminal DNA-binding domain of the multidrug transporter activation protein (MtaN) was crystallized by the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method using lithium chloride as a precipitant. The crystals are orthorhombic and belong to the space group I2₁2₁2₁, with unit-cell parameters a = 49.4, b = 67.8, c = 115.0 Å. Diffraction data have been collected at 100 K to 2.75 Å resolution at a synchrotron-radiation source.

0477-Amended Colorado Legislator's Handbook: Senate Rules As Amended Through February 2002, Colorado Legislative Council

All Publications (Colorado Legislative Council)

No abstract provided.

Local Government Law, R. Perry Sentell Jr.

Mercer Law Review

The arresting officer established the case and the Defendant, sensing the inevitability of his plight, entered a plea of guilty. The City Court Judge, a compassionate man, ... began his routine of delivering a short lecture on the evils of alcohol .... "Now you see, John, this... is a perfect example of what happens when you start drinking. You go out, you get drunk, you get behind the wheel, and here you are severely injured. By the way, what's your prognosis?" It was apparent ... that [the Defendant] considered the Judge's question to be of utmost importance. However, it was …

The Knight Volume 11: Issue 5, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Fish & Wildlife News: November/December 2000

Fish and Wildlife News

Contents:

Jones Named Deputy Director 2
New Guidelines Announced for Federal Aid 3
Landmark Legislation for Refuge System 4
Maine Salmon Given ESA Protection 7
Service a Presence in Fisheries Society 11
Information Portal Makes Life Easy 13
Region 5 Invests in People 15
New Refuge Dedicated in Montana 16
U.S. and Russia Sign Polar Bear Treaty 18
Fighting the War on Weeds 22
Mexican Students Flock to Alaska 28
Fish and Wildlife...In Brief 35

Wpa News 63 (2000), World Pheasant Association

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Newsletters

WPA News (November 2000), number 63

Published by the World Pheasant Association

Measuring Absorptive Capacity: An Antecedent To Time-Based Manufacturing Practices, Qiang Tu, Mark A. Vonderembse, T.S. Ragu-Nathan

Presentations and other scholarship

This study defines absorptive capacity, develops valid and reliable instruments to measure it, describes a framework to examine its impact on time-based manufacturing practices, and test the relationships between these variables.

Proposed Design Modifications To Reduce Risk Of Operating Rotary Field Mowers, Katie L. White, Larry G. Wells, Scott A. Shearer, Larry R. Piercy

Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Faculty Publications

The primary objective of this project was to reduce risk of injury associated with operating a rotary mower driven by a tractor power take-off (PTO) by developing and evaluating design improvements and determining their economic feasibility. Researchers have concluded that alteration of machinery design has a greater impact on the reduction of accidents than safety training. Implementation of an Operator Presence Sensing System (OPSS) and removal of the PTO are the two injury-reducing, engineering modifications evaluated by this research. Hydraulic power allows this to occur by providing dynamic braking, few moving parts (removal of the PTO), and controllable power. A …

News You Can Use, University Of Texas At Arlington Library

News You Can Use

No abstract provided.

Web Schemas In Whoweda, Sourav S. Bhowmick, Wee Keong Ng, Sanjay Kumar Madria

Computer Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

The term schema denotes whatever way a data model chooses to model its data. In this paper we discuss schemas of a set of HTML or XML documents retrieved from the Web in the context of our web warehousing system called WHOWEDA (Warehouse of Web Data). Web schemas are used to bind a web table that contains a collection of interlinked web documents called web tuples. These schemas specify some of the metadata, content and structural properties (in the form of predicates) shared by some of the Web documents and hyperlinks in the web table. They also summarize the hyperlink …

Fibergramme Vol.24 No. 6, Weavers Of Orlando

Text Materials of Central Florida

FIBERGRAMME is published in September, November, January, March and May.

Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 28, No. 2, November 2000, Paul Nelson

Cave Research Foundation Newsletter

Contents: Message from the Editor -- President's Message: Home at Last -- The Ice Cavity at Merrill Ice Cave -- Hamilton Valley Building Project Supporters -- Hamilton Valley Readied for October Expedition -- Regional Expedition Reports -- Make Freeman Pay! -- Bats in the Belfry Disturbed -- Cave Books -- Calendar

Wright State University Men's Basketball Media Guide 2000-2001, Wright State University Athletics

Athletics Publications

A media guide for Wright State University's 2000-2001 Men's Basketball team. This guide includes photographs, player stats, game results, and records.

The Expected Wet Period Of Finite Dam With Exponential Inputs, Eui Yong Lee, Kimberly Kinateder

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications

We use martingale methods to obtain an explicit formula for the expected wet period of the finite dam of capacity V, where the amounts of inputs are i.i.d exponential random variables and the output rate is one, when the reservoir is not empty. As a consequence, we obtain an explicit formula for the expected hitting time of either 0 or V and a new expression for the distribution of the number of overflows during the wet period, both without the use of complex analysis.

Combined Effects Of Screening And Band Gap Renormalization On The Energy Of Optical Transitions In Zno And Gan, D. C. Reynolds, David C. Look, B. Jogai

Physics Faculty Publications

The energy positions of the optical transitions in both GaN and ZnO were investigated when the samples were excited simultaneously with a HeCd laser and an Ar⁺ ion laser. The increased number of free electrons excited by the Ar⁺ ion laser will effectively screen both the free exciton and bound exciton transitions, resulting in a blueshift. The increased number of free electrons also produces many-body effects, which lead to a reduction of the band gap energy and thus a redshift. The resultant of screening and renormalization results in a redshift of the optical transitions in ZnO but a …