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The Relationship Between Ventilatory Threshold And Repeated-Sprint Ability In Hockey Players, Matthew Robert Lowery

Theses and Dissertations

The relationship between ventilatory threshold (VT1, VT2) and repeated-sprint ability (RSA) in competitive male ice-hockey players was investigated. Forty-three male ice-hockey players (age 20.0 ± 1.4 years; height 182.5 ± 6.3 cm; body mass 84.8 ± 6.5 kg; percent body fat 11.8 ± 2.8%; relative O2peak 55.0 ± 4.5 mL/kg/min) competing at the Division I, Division III, and Junior A level volunteered to participate in the study during the off-season. Participants first performed an incremental graded exercise test on a skate treadmill to determine their VO2peak, final stage completed, VT1, stage at VT1, VT2, and stage at VT2. Analysis of …

Friendship Is Manly: The Brony Fandom And The Challenge Of Masculinity, Samuel Miller

Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation examines the cultural phenomenon of Bronies, adult, mostly male, fans of the show My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. When large numbers of grown men like a show designed for little girls, how do they contend with the challenges presented by the culturally accepted norms of masculinity? Do these fans disclose their love of ponies to others, if at all? An online mixed methods survey conducted in 2014 looks at how Bronies interact with the show, other fans, and non fans. While some Bronies are cautious about disclosing their fondness for ponies due to potential harassment, there is …

Paul Scott's "The Jewel In The Crown": A Novelist's Philosophy Of History And The End Of The British Raj, Kathryn Ann Hughes Nedegaard

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis is a study of Paul Scott’s best-known novel The Jewel in the Crown,

published in 1966. Scott noted that much of the research and writing on the British

Raj that ended in 1947, lacked an adequate understanding of the union that had

endured for more than three centuries. Scott believed too that many interpretations

of why the Raj ended relied too heavily on monolithic categories of “us and them”

and that they over-emphasized the socio-political and economic influences of

empire. He also believed that many scholars of the Raj ignored the love that existed

among all the people …

The Development And Validation Of The Comprehensive Intellectual Humility Scale, Elizabeth J. Krumrei-Mancuso, Steven V. Rouse

All Faculty Open Access Publications

A series of studies was conducted to create the 22-item Comprehensive Intellectual Humility Scale on the basis of theoretical descriptions of intellectual humility, expert reviews, pilot studies, and exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. The scale measures 4 distinct but intercorrelated aspects of intellectual humility, including independence of intellect and ego, openness to revising one's viewpoint, respect for others' viewpoints, and lack of intellectual overconfidence. Internal consistency and test-retest analyses provided reliable scale and subscale scores within numerous independent samples. Validation data were obtained from multiple, independent samples, supporting appropriate levels of convergent, discriminant, and predictive validity. The analyses suggest that …

Illicit Trade As A Countervailing Effect: What The Fda Would Have To Know To Evaluate Tobacco Regulations, Mark Kleiman, James E. Prieger, Jonathan Kulick

All Faculty Open Access Publications

The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act [P.L. 111–31] gives the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the authority to regulate tobacco products, including placing restrictions on product composition, sale, and distribution. A complete accounting of the costs and benefits of any tobacco regulation includes harms from possible illicit trade in tobacco products (ITTP): costs of enforcement, violence, incarceration, etc. Indeed, the law instructs the FDA to take into account the “countervailing effects” of regulation on public health, “such as the creation of a significant demand for contraband or other tobacco products that do not meet the requirements.” While …

“On A La Liberté De Parler Comme On Veut”: Acadian Discourses Of Francophone Authenticity, Kelle L. Marshall

All Faculty Open Access Publications

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A Cacciopoli-Type Inequality To Prove Coercivity Of A Bilinear Form Associated With Spatial Hysteresis Internal Damping For An Euler-Bernoulli Beam, Bernd S.W. SchrÖder, Jonathan B. Walters, Katie A. Evans

Faculty Publications

We prove an inequality that resembles Cacciopoli inequalities in that it bounds the norm of the derivative of a function by using the norm of the function. Unlike in Cacciopoli inequalities, there is no restriction on the function, a fact made up for by adding an extra term to the norm of the function. The inequality arose in the proof that a bilinear form associated with spatial hysteresis internal damping for an Euler-Bernoulli beam is coercive.

Sphingosine 1-Phosphate Lyase Ablation Disrupts Presynaptic Architecture And Function Via An Ubiquitin- Proteasome Mediated Mechanism, Dn Mitroi, Au Deutschmann, M Raucamp, I Karunakaran, K Glebov, M Hans, J Walter, J Saba, M Gräler, D Ehninger, E Sopova, O Shupliakov, D Swandulla, Echten-Deckert G Van

Peninsula Medical School

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Functional Involvement Of Γ-Secretase In Signaling Of The Triggering Receptor Expressed On Myeloid Cells-2 (Trem2), K Glebov, P Wunderlich, I Karaca, J Walter

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.

Fall Risk In People With Ms: A Physiological Profile Assessment Study, Phu D. Hoang, Meryem Baysan, Hilary Gunn, Michelle Cameron, Jenny Freeman, Jennifer Nitz, Choy Nl Low, Stephen R. Lord

School of Health Professions

Introduction The Physiological Profile Assessment (PPA) is used in research and clinical practice for assessing fall risk. We compared PPA test performance between people with multiple sclerosis (MS) and healthy controls, determined the fall-risk profile for people with MS and developed a reference database for people with MS. Methods For this study, 416 ambulant people with MS (51.5 ± 12.0 years) and 352 controls (52.8 ± 12.2 years) underwent the PPA (tests of contrast sensitivity, proprioception, quadriceps strength, reaction time and sway) with composite fall-risk scores computed from these measures. MS participants were followed prospectively for falls for 3 months. …

Effects Of Pilates-Based Core Stability Training In Ambulant People With Multiple Sclerosis: Multicenter, Assessor-Blinded, Randomized Controlled Trial, Esther E. Fox, Alan D. Hough, Siobhan Creanor, Margaret Gear, Jennifer A. Freeman

School of Health Professions

Background Pilates exercise is often undertaken by people with multiple sclerosis (MS) who have balance and mobility difficulties. Objectives The primary aim of the study was to compare the effects of 12 weeks of Pilates exercises with relaxation on balance and mobility. Secondary aims were: (1) to compare standardized exercises with relaxation and (2) to compare Pilates exercises with standardized exercises. Methods A multicenter, assessor-blinded, randomized controlled trial was conducted. Participants with Expanded Disability Status Scale scores of 4.0 to 6.5 were randomly allocated to groups receiving 12 weeks of Pilates exercises, standardized exercises, or relaxation. Assessments were undertaken at …

Objectively Measured Physical Activity And Sedentary Behaviour Profiles Of People Moderately Affected By Multiple Sclerosis, Eh Coulter, J Freeman, L Miller, B Weller, A Mcconnachie, Pg Mattiosn, O Wu, L Paul

School of Health Professions

No abstract provided.

Semiautomatic Friction Stir Welding Of 38 Mm Od 6082-T6 Aluminium Tubes, Dg Hattingh, Welligh Lg Von, D Bernard, L Susmel, R Tovo, Mn James

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

This paper describes the development of a semi-automated friction stir welding (FSW) technique for joining 38 mm nominal outer diameter (OD) tubes of 6082-T6 aluminium alloy with 3.5 mm nominal wall thickness. The technique incorporates a retracting tool in order to avoid leaving a substantial hole in the joint line after extracting the tool at the end of the welding process. This is one of very first applications of FSW to small diameter tubular geometries to be reported in the open literature and the technique is capable of producing small-scale production runs (circa 100) of welded tube specimens with consistent …

Crack Path And Fracture Analysis In Fsw Of Small Diameter 6082-T6 Aluminium Tubes Under Tension-Torsion Loading, E Maggiolini, R Tovo, L Susmel, Mn James, Dg Hattingh

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

This paper reports part of the work done in a research project aimed at developing an optimised process to join 38 mm diameter tubes of 6082-T6 aluminium alloy using friction stir welding (FSW), and then to determine the fatigue performance under tension, torsion and tension–torsion loading conditions. The final outcome of the project is intended to be guidance for fatigue design of small diameter aluminium tubes joined by FSW, and this paper presents information on crack path and defects under the various loading conditions. Crack path analysis was performed using both low magnification stereo microscopy and scanning electron microscopy, in …

Imagining Circles – Empirical Data And A Perceptual Model For The Arc-Size Illusion, Gunnar Schmidtmann, Marouane Ouhnana, Gunter Loffler, Frederick A.A. Kingdom

School of Health Professions

No abstract provided.

Rejecting Probability Summation For Radial Frequency Patterns, Not So Quick!, Alex S. Baldwin, Gunnar Schmidtmann, Frederick A.A. Kingdom, Robert F. Hess

School of Health Professions

No abstract provided.

Hermeneutics, Margaret English De Alminana

Syllabus Repository

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Introduction To The Bible, Margaret Alminana

Syllabus Repository

No abstract provided.

New Testament Survey, Melissa Archer Dr.

Syllabus Repository

No abstract provided.

New Testament Survey, Melissa Archer

Syllabus Repository

No abstract provided.

I & Ii Corinthians, Lindsey L. Croston

Syllabus Repository

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Leadership, Followership, Teamwork, Steelman Library, Ric Rohm Dr.

Syllabus Repository

No abstract provided.

Western Art Appreciation, Steelman Library, Jon Seals

Syllabus Repository

No abstract provided.

Editor's Note, Marites Tiongco

DLSU Business & Economics Review

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The Contributors, Marites Tiongco

DLSU Business & Economics Review

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Day-Of-The-Week Effects In The Philippine Stock Exchange: Do They Exist Amid Modernization?, Cesar C. Rufino, Neriza M. Delfino

DLSU Business & Economics Review

Calendar seasonality in returns of financial markets represents interesting departure from their informational efficiency. This is especially true for the popular “day-of-the-week” effect often seen in the stock markets of even the most developed economies, when in certain days of the week, particularly Mondays, returns of equity assets appear to be lower as compared to other days of the week. As this anomaly presents a distinct challenge to the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH), which has been demonstrated in the Philippine Stock Exchange during its still ongoing modernization period, the present study attempts to determine if this challenge exists in the …

Audited Quarterly Accounts And Earnings Response Coefficients, Mazrah Malek, Saidatunur Fauzi Saidin, Mohammad Noor Hisham Osman

DLSU Business & Economics Review

The production of quarterly accounts has become a mandatory requirement for listed companies in many countries. However, these accounts are not required to be audited in many jurisdictions, which expose these accounts to the risk of errors and manipulations. The purpose of this study is to examine the investors’ response towards auditor’s involvement in quarterly accounts. Analysis is based on matched pair sample of 60 listed companies in Bursa Malaysia in the year 2012. The result of the OLS regression shows that the earnings response coefficients of quarterly accounts that have been audited are statistically higher than those not audited. …

Entrepreneurial Motivation And Business Performance Of Smes In The Suci Clothing Center, Bandung, Indonesia, Senen Machmud, Iwan Sidharta

DLSU Business & Economics Review

There is a gap in entrepreneurial motivation between psychological and external environment approach. In order to assess the relative importance of that gap, this study examined the entrepreneurial motivation, which defines both psychological variable and external environment, by measuring business performance level in Suci clothing center, Bandung. This study is valuable considering the limited number of empirical works previously done on the topic in question. Research method being used was multiple regression analysis. Purposive sampling was performed to 94 respondents which are owners of the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Suci clothing center, Bandung. The findings of this research …

Toward A Model Of Traditional Retailers And Sellers Empowerment In Improving Competitiveness Against Modern Markets In Banyumas Region, Indonesia, Eko Suyono, Omar Al Farooque, Riswan Riswan

DLSU Business & Economics Review

With the rapid expansion of modern markets (i.e., supermarkets and minimarkets), traditional retail businesses are facing huge challenges in the Banyumas region, Central Java, Indonesia to survive and continue doing businesses. While modern markets are supported by huge number of resources, including unlimited funding, modern infrastructures, professional human resources, global networking, and so forth, traditional retailers and sellers lack these resources to compete with the new supermarkets and minimarkets. To promote populist economic system, the government’s role in terms of policies, education and training, and funding assistance are very important in supporting the sustainable development of these traditional businesses. The …

From Characterising Three Years Of Hri To Methodology And Reporting Recommendations, P Baxter, J Kennedy, E Senft, S Lemaignan, T Belpaeme

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) research requires the integration and cooperation of multiple disciplines, technical and social, in order to make progress. In many cases using different motivations, each of these disciplines bring with them different assumptions and methodologies. We assess recent trends in the field of HRI by examining publications in the HRI conference over the past three years (over 100 full papers), and characterise them according to 14 categories. We focus primarily on aspects of methodology. From this, a series of practical recommendations based on rigorous guidelines from other research fields that have not yet become common practice in HRI …