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Contrast baths: A systematic review of the effects of contrast baths on edema
… based research on the effectiveness of contrast baths as a treatment modality for edema management. Method. A search of several databases for research articles dating back 25 years. The American Occupational Therapy Association Guidelines for Systematic Review was used to guide the process. …
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Out of antiquity : Umayyad baths in context
This dissertation explores the relationship between the art and architecture of the early Islamic period to those of pre-Islamic Bilad al-Sham (the region encompassing the modem-day countries of Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Israel), and focuses on the Umayyad bathhouse as a paradigm …
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Form generation through filmed references : Charles River Baths
Thesis. 1977. M.Arch.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture.
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Baths and Public Bathing Culture in Late Antiquity, 300-700
… activity involving all classes of Roman society. Baths dotted the landscapes of cities across the empire, and even villages, military forts, monasteries, and villas contained public (or semi-public) baths. After an introductory chapter, chapter two provides an introduction to the rich bathing …
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A Comparison of the Effectiveness of two Cooling Baths for Reducing Fever in Children
<p>The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relative effectiveness of two methods of administration of the cooling bath for reducing fever due to infection. Fifteen infants and children age six months to three years with rectal temperatures of 101 degrees Fahrenheit or over were included in …
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A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Contrast Baths to Cryotherapy in Patients with a Wrist Fracture
<p>Cryotherapy and contrast baths are common modalities used to treat edema. Despite the fact that many hand therapists report using contrast baths with their patients, there is still little evidence on the effectiveness of them. A Randomized Controlled Trial-Repeated Measures Design was employed …
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Riverine flood risk reduction in the Western Cape: a case study of the Baths River
Globally, floods are viewed as the most destructive of all naturally triggered disasters. This is indicated by reported flood losses that exceed one third of the estimated total cost associated with all disaster events triggered by natural hazards. Additionally, flood events account for two thirds …
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Thermal Baths in Isfahan in pursuit of a beautiful silence in the heart of tradition
… no longer at that place. a complex of thermal baths in the city of isfahan, iran, a city rich in culture, made this exploration of mine pursuable and possible.
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Environmentally friendly baths for Cu-Sn co-electrodeposition: cyanide-free aqueous bath and deep eutectic solvents
… to be rather different from that in conventional baths. In summary, operation parameters including temperature, salt concentration, anode material and supporting electrolytes influence the resultant properties of deposits in great extent. Deposit quality from both solvents can be improved by using …
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Life under the desert sun : dust storms, steam baths and outhouses for the unencumbered desert dweller
Yesterday's desert is today your new home, is tomorrow's strip mall. The West remains the American 'way out' a chance to reinvent oneself, 'to make it'. Yet, the desert landscape is fraught with the politics of displacement, exploitation, and imposition, carrying with it a socio-political …
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Preliminary study of basic open-hearth slag characteristics and the correlation between them and the corresponding baths, A
Includes bibliographical references.
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The participatory potential of early cinema: a reexamination of early projected films
… and Frederick Blechynden in 1897 titled Lurline Baths, Sutro Baths, and Sutro Baths, No. 1. It argues that the standard readings of early films posited by Tom Gunning and Charles Musser do not fully account for the self-reflexive materiality of the actualities under consideration. Working through …
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Tactility and architecture : Peter Zumthor's Thermal baths in Vals and the hybridization of the two motifs of tactility-materiality and movement
… Zumthor's architecture, particularly his Thermal Baths in Vals (1986-96), Switzerland, successfully hybridizes these two spatial languages and thus the two motifs of tactility as well.
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Building Roman Britons The Use of Novel Construction Materials in the Development of Roman Bath
… from the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Roman Baths at Bath, UK. Ceramic building materials from much of Roman Britain are understudied, yet our knowledge of the brick and tile from Bath is not limited solely by a paucity of research, rather than by a lack of synthesis between academic, …
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Some problems on macroscopic quantum phenomena and josephson junctions
… dynamics of a general particle in fermionic heat baths is considerd. In contrast to the existing work in the literature, we employ a path. integral formalism with fermions being treated in Grassmann algebra. Working on this formalism, we are able to investigate many interesting systems. Our main …
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Simulation Studies of Biological Ion Channels
… as they move through the channel and in baths attached to each end. The techniques for setting boundary conditions which maintain ion concentrations in the baths and provide a driving potential are tested. Provided the bath size is large enough, all boundary conditions studied yield the …
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Simulation Studies of Biological Ion Channels
… as they move through the channel and in baths attached to each end. The techniques for setting boundary conditions which maintain ion concentrations in the baths and provide a driving potential are tested. Provided the bath size is large enough, all boundary conditions studied yield the …
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Some Physiological Effects of the Bed Bath on the Cardiovascular System of Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients
… of the following: recommendations for giving bed baths to patients with myocardial infarction; trends towards aggressive management of myocardial infarction; the Valsalva Maneuver; and the diving reflex.</p> <p>The null hypothesis was: Bed baths given to acute myocardial infarction patients will …
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Women's functional swimwear, 1860-1920
… travel, drownings, life preservers, and public baths;Initial findings supported the thesis that women's bathing garments followed the dominant outerwear silhouette of the era. Visual data indicated women generally adopted the tank suit by 1915, while men and children adopted the style much …
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