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Showing 1 to 20 of 124 for “"Cricket"”.
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The Cricket indoor location system
… describes the design and implementation of the Cricket indoor location system that provides accurate location in the form of user space, position and orientation to mobile and sensor network applications. Cricket consists of location beacons that are attached to the ceiling of a building, and …
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Autonomous cricket biosensors for acoustic localization
… this project was to design networked arrays of cricket biosensors capable of localizing sources such as footsteps within dangerous environments, with a possible application to earthquake detection. We utilize the cricket's natural ability to localize low frequency (5 Hz - 600 Hz) acoustic …
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The Aerodynamics of Cricket Ball Swing
… of swing bowling is used in the sport of cricket to gain an advantage over the batter, and improve a team’s chance of winning a match. The current best practice for swing bowling is based on anecdotal evidence, with little consensus on the optimal strategies. Bowling technique, the …
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The batting backlift technique in cricket
The batting technique in cricket consists of various elements such as the grip, stance, backlift, downswing, impact with the ball and follow through. Whilst there has been an extensive amount of research into these batting elements, there is little research specifically on the backlift technique. …
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Sound devices for the Cricket Bus System
Thesis (S.B. and M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1999.
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A History of English Women’s Cricket, 1880-1939
This thesis is a study of the history of women’s cricket from the 1880s until 1939. Although the primary focus of this thesis is the interwar years, it explores the earliest forms of women’s cricket to provide context for the motivation of individuals to promote the game as acceptable for women, …
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Three-dimensional biomechanical analysis of fast bowling in cricket
… of a bowler delivering a ball. Bowling in cricket is a unique method of propelling a ball at high speed so that it reaches a batter 20 m away after having bounced once off the pitch. Fast bowlers reduce the time available for the batsman to execute the correct stroke, and therefore increase …
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Governing Social Bodies: Affect and Number in Contemporary Cricket
… and operations research, have worked to reshape cricket. Liberalization and the consequent large flows of money into the game have resulted in a transformation in how the game is regulated, coached, and played. In this dissertation, I have focused on how cricket is now being produced through an …
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An analysis of phonotactic behaviour in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus
… of substrate texture on walking performance in crickets. Substrate texture is found to play an essential role in the phonotactic responses of G. bimaculatus. Smooth substrate texture has a detrimental effect due to slipping, whereas a rough texture results in optimal walking performance due to …
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The dynamics of change in a complex sporting environment : Australian cricket
During the period 1995 to 2005, Australian cricket was considered by most of their opponents to be the world leader in the sport in terms of innovation, strategy and tactics. The expertise on and off the field was chiefly responsible for this success. However, this was insufficient to ensure its …
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Bone stress injuries in the lower back of cricket fast bowlers
Bibliography: leaves 86-99.
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Is it cricket? : an ethical evaluation of race qoutas in sport
The paper begins by distinguishing the most common justifications for affirmative action and situating the use of quotas within that framework. It is suggested that the arguments evaluated in the paper are useful in attempting to justify not only the quota system, but also other policies which make …
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Sequential data inference via matrix estimation : causal inference, cricket and retail
… retail locations; trajectories of scores across cricket games; and annual tobacco consumption across the United States over a period of decades. A key component of our work is the latent variable model (LVM) which views the sequential data as a matrix where the rows correspond to multiple …
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Injury surveillance in community cricket and the exploration of insurance claims systems
… injury causes, trends and burden in community cricket and 2) To examine the Cricket Australia National Club Risk Protection Program (NCRPP) insurance scheme for suitability as an injury surveillance tool for community cricket. This thesis sought to identify and understand the injury profile of …
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The art and science of winning: professional cricket coaching as transdisciplinary practice
… to win across multiple formats in professional cricket. Examining and reflecting on the process of how this took place: the campaigns, the engagement with the team and performer, with the ultimate goal of optimizing (designing) team performance to win leagues and championships. To do this, I …
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An ecological study of the cricket frog, Acris crepitans, in northeastern Kansas
The cricket frog, Acris crepitans, is a useful subject for population studies since it is generally present in large numbers throughout most of the year near permanent and semipermanent bodies of water and tends to form separate and distinct populations. Populations of this species were studied in …
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Effect of age on female choice in the field cricket, Gryllus interger
Female choice is an important element of sexual selection that may vary among females of the same species. Few researchers have investigated the causes of variation in selectivity with respect to potential mates and overall level of motivation toward a stimulus source representative of a mate. This …
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A socio-historical analysis of the development of cricket in England since 1800.
… in this case to the particular example of cricket. An in depth study was conducted of the history of the game and its developments. Chapter Two deals with the game from its folk beginnings until 1870, Chapter Three with the years 1870 to 1945, and Chapter Four with the post World War II …
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