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Showing 1 to 20 of 98 for “"ATS"”.
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Oncology nurses' perceived knowledge, assessment, and recommendation of alternative therapies
Cancer patients use alternative therapies (ATs) frequently and often without the knowledge of their health care providers. The purpose of this study was to investigate oncology nurses' perceived knowledge of ATs, their level of assessment of the use of ATs by cancer patients, and what ATs they …
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An Examination of Athletic Directors' Perceptions of the Utilization of Athletic Trainers in the Secondary School Setting
… during sport participation. Athletic trainers (ATs) are qualified healthcare professionals that can fill this need. Barriers to hiring ATs within this setting have been identified, however important information from administrators is lacking on why secondary schools choose to utilize ATs. …
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Certified Athletic Trainers' Abilities to Identify and Refer Athletes with Psychological Symptoms
… by assessing certified athletic trainers' (ATs') skills in symptom identification, intended course of action, and intervention identification with athletes experiencing psychological distress. Using a web-based survey protocol, data were collected from 326 (191 female and 132 male) ATs using …
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Evaluation of Dose-Exposure-Response Relationships of Miltefosine and Discovery of Multicomponent Crystal Forms of Artesunate
… v adults) in clinical trials. Artesunate (ATS), a BCS class II drug widely used for anti-malaria therapy, exhibits not only poor solubility but also poor stability in aqueous solution. Aim: This study aimed to characterise the solid-state properties of miltefosine, attempt to synthesis its …
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Design and validation of active trailer steering systems for articulated heavy vehicles using driver-hardware-in-the-loop real-time simulation
… Vehicles (DTAHVs), an Active Trailer Steering (ATS) system has been designed. To date, investigations on ATS systems are mainly focused on numerical simulations. To advance this research towards real-world applications, a Driver-Hardware-In-the-Loop (DHIL) real-time simulation platform is …
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Design of robust active trailer steering controllers for multi-trailer articulated heavy vehicles using software/hardware-in-the-loop real-time simulations
… these issues, an Active Trailer Steering (ATS) system using two control techniques is proposed. In recent years, the Linear Quadratic Regular (LQR) technique has been applied to the design of controllers for ATS systems of Articulated Heavy Vehicles (AHVs). In the LQR-based controller …
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Effects of Grazers and Elevated Temperature on the Dynamics of a Wastewater Algal Treatment System
<p>Wastewater algal treatment systems (ATS) have been shown to effectively remove excessive nutrients from wastewater and prevent eutrophication. However, the performance of ATS could be strongly affected by environmental factors. This study examined (1) the effect of grazers on nutrient removal …
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Expectations and efficacy of new athletic trainers in prevention, recognition, and intervention of disordered eating in collegiate student athletes
… analyzed the expectations and efficacy of new ATs in the management of disordered eating and eating disorders. This was evaluated from the perspective of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Athletics Administrators, Athletic Training Education Program (ATEP) Directors, and new ATs. …
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CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSES TO ACUTE EXERCISE IN ANTHRACYCLINE TREATED CANCER SURVIVORS AND HEALTHY CONTROLS
… in anthracycline treated cancer survivors (ATS) and age-matched healthy controls (CON) to examine potential mechanisms of exercise intolerance. METHODS: Ten ATS, four males and six females, that were > 12 months post-anthracycline-treatment or are currently receiving treatment, were …
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The coach-athletic trainer relationship and its association with athletic trainers' job satisfaction
… if Division I Collegiate Athletic Trainers' (ATs') perceived.quality of their relationship, with a head coach, is associated with total job satisfaction. The study was driven by three questions: 1) Does a correlation exist between ATs' perceptions of the quality of the coach-AT relationship …
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Applied Thermoelectric Solutions
Applied Thermoelectric Solutions (ATS) is a Nevada based company created to utilize thermoelectric devices in advancing and aiding automotive power systems in the effort to reduce oil dependencies and harmful emissions. Amidst economic and global crisis, the need for renewable energy is an ever …
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A wireless communication based active safety system for articulated heavy vehicles
… presents a novel active trailer steering (ATS) system using wireless communication to exchange data among controllers and sensors allocated on the leading and trailing units of an articulated heavy vehicle (AHV). Conventionally, integrating the sensors, actuators, and controllers located on …
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Impact of assistive technologies in supporting people with dementia.
In recent decades, many Assistive Technologies (ATs) have been developed to promote independence among people with dementia (PWD). Although there is a high rate of AT abandonment, only a handful of studies have focused on AT usability evaluation from the user point of view. The aim of this thesis …
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Robust controller design for active trailer steering systems of articulated vehicles using multi-objective optimization
… controller design for active trailer steering (ATS) systems to increase the safety of articulated vehicles. By applying a multi-objective evolutionary algorithm (MOEA) to the design optimization of the robust ATS controller, a series of optimal gain values can be obtained in a single run. This …
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Pre-slaughter behaviour and beef quailty
… was allocated an activity / temperature scale (ATS, 1 = active; 5 = calm) based on the observer’s impression after half an hour and a dominance scale (DS, 1 = dominant; 5 = subordinate) as determined by two-way win: loss table. Ultimate pH (pHu), meat colour and fat colour was recorded 24 hr …
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Fault tolerant control of active trailer steering systems for multi-trailer articulated heavy vehicles
… particularly for Active Trailer Steering (ATS) systems. MTAHVs are vital to the trucking industry, and it is crucial to enhance their safety, reliability and usability. In this research, a 4-DOF linear yaw-plane model of a B-Train double is generated. The vehicle model is validated using …
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Design synthesis of articulated heavy vehicles with active trailer steering systems
… vehicles (AHVs) with an active trailer steering (ATS) system is examined and evaluated. Due to their heavy weights, large sizes, and complex configurations, AHVs have poor maneuverability at low speeds, and low lateral stability at high speeds. Various passive trailer steering and ATS systems have …
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Effect of COVID-Protocols on Athletic Training Burnout
… regarding the experiences of athletic trainers (ATs). <strong>PURPOSE:</strong> The purpose of our study was to investigate the association between burnout and COVID-19 related factors among ATs. <strong>METHODS:</strong> An electronic survey grouped by the Maslach Burnout Inventory – Human …
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New Data-Driven Approaches to Text Simplification
… problems in automatic text simplification (ATS) and proposing new data-driven approaches to solving them. We propose methods for learning sentence splitting and deletion decisions, built upon parallel corpora of original and manually simplified Spanish texts, which outperform the existing …
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Modelling text meta-properties in automated text scoring for non-native English writing
Automated text scoring (ATS) is the task of automatically scoring a text based on some given grading criteria. This thesis focuses on ATS in the context of free-text writing exams aimed at learners of English as a foreign language (EFL). The benefit of an ATS system is primarily to provide instant …
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