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Showing 1 to 20 of 56 for “"FFS"”.
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Shock attenuation during heel-strike, forefoot-strike, and spring-boot running
… (SA) during heel-strike (HS), forefoot strike (FFS), and spring-boot (SB) running; Participants (n = 10) ran at 3.83 m·s-1 while head and leg impact acceleration, SA, and ankle and knee energy absorption were recorded and analyzed across the impact phase during HS, FFS, and SB conditions; …
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Studying viral-like particles using fluorescence fluctuation spectroscopy
… Fluorescence fluctuation spectroscopy (FFS) is a promising experimental technique that determines the interactions of proteins and other biomolecules from fluorescence signal fluctuations with single molecule sensitivity. FFS can directly quantify protein interactions inside a living …
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Adoption of Integrated Pest Management Technologies: A Case Study of Potato Farmers in Carchi, Ecuador
… Ecuador that included 30 Farmer Field School (FFS) participants, 28 farmers who had been exposed to FFS-participants, and 51 randomly selected farmers. Using an ordered probit model, the data were analyzed to identify determinants and constraints of adoption. Access to information through FFS …
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Advancing Fluorescence Fluctuation Microscopy in Living Cells: From Non-stationary Signals to Ternary Protein Interactions
Fluorescence fluctuation spectroscopy (FFS) is a powerful method for quantifying protein interactions. By exploiting the brightness of fluorescence intensity fluctuations we are able to measure the stoichiometry of protein complexes. FFS is particularly valuable because it allows real-time …
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Reducing the effect of network delay on tightly-coupled interaction
… called Feedback-Feedthrough Synchronization (FFS). FFS causes visual feedback from an action to occur at approximately the same time for both the local and the remote person, preventing one person from getting ahead of the other in the coordinated interaction. I tested the effects of FFS on …
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Effects Of Managed Care On The Health And Health-Care Of The Non-Elderly With Diabetes
… with traditional fee-for-service plans, or FFS) on the health outcome and health care use of patients with diabetes. As the number of diabetics is growing rapidly with many of them are relying on managed care plans, knowing better the effects of different plans on health status and health …
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National food consumption surveys: micronutrient intakes and the role of fortified foods in the diets of Irish pre-school children and adults
… (18-64 years) and the role that fortified foods (FFs) play in the diets of these population groups. Dietary intake data were collected as part of the National Pre-school Nutrition Survey (NPNS) (2010-2011) and the National Adult Nutrition Survey (NANS) (2008-2010) using 4-day food and beverage …
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How Does Ontario Primary Care Perform? Effectiveness, Costs and Efficiency
… primary care models – enhanced fee-for-service (FFS), blended capitation, and interdisciplinary teams - compared to the traditional FFS model. The effectiveness, costs and efficiency are reviewed separately in three distinct studies. The study about effectiveness aims to measure the risk of …
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Health Status, Goal Attainment, and Number of Visits of Knee Impaired Physical Therapy Patients: A Comparison of HMO vs Fee-For Service Insurance Plans
… organizations (HMOs) and fee-for-service (FFS) plans. The purpose of this retrospective study was to describe differences between HMO and FFS patients in the knee impaired population, on three parameters: (1) attainment of physical therapy goals, as determined by the physical therapist, (2) …
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Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Extension Methods and Programs: The Case of Bangladesh
… visits from agents. A "farmer field school" (FFS) is considered a more intense type of training method. The study evaluates the effectiveness of these IPM diffusion methods based on a number of criteria such as a methods ability to reach the greatest number of farmers with a given budget, …
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Organizational and physician characteristics predicting practice style: A study of outpatient care in a large group practice
… the outpatient resources used for HMO vs. FFS patients during episodes of acute illness when the HMO and FFS patients being compared were treated by the same physicians. I also examined whether the setting--a free-standing branch clinic or the hospital-based main clinic--where physicians …
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Phosphorus Retention and Transformation in Floodplain Forests of the Southeastern United States
… in rivers and streams and their associated FFs in the Atlantic Coastal Plain of the southeastern US (VA, NC, SC, GA).;To assess the nature of P removal during flooding events, I conducted a detailed study of DP and PP forms (inorganic, Pi and organic, Po) in waters from alluvial (AL) and …
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Quantitative Fluorescence Studies in Living Cells: Extending Fluorescence Fluctuation Spectroscopy to Peripheral Membrane Proteins
… extending fluorescence fluctuation spectroscopy (FFS) to simultaneously measure the oligomeric state of peripheral membrane proteins in the cytoplasm and at the plasma membrane. We developed a new method based on z-scan FFS that accounts for the fluorescence contributions from cytoplasmic and …
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Experimental and numerical studies of flows over forward facing steps in pressure gradients
… numbers on flows over forward facing steps (FFS). For the experimental work, particle image velocimetry was used to conduct velocity measurements at several locations downstream of the FFS. Proper orthogonal decomposition and two-point correlation were applied to the experimental data to …
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MEASUREMENTS OF TRANSVERSE SPIN DEPENDENT DI-PION AZIMUTHAL CORRELATION ASYMMETRY AND UNPOLARIZED DI-PION CROSS-SECTION IN PROTON-PROTON COLLISIONS AT A CENTER-OF-MASS ENERGY OF 200 GeV AT STAR
… measurements relies on the knowledge of dihadron FFs, namely the unpolarized dihadron FFs, $D_1^{h_1h_2/q(g)}$ for quarks, \emph{q} (gluons, \emph{g}). Extraction of these FFs requires measurements of the unpolarized dihadron cross-section in $pp$ collisions, which are urgently needed. In $pp$ …
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The Effects of Gait Retraining in Runners With Patellofemoral Pain
… from rearfoot strike (RFS) to forefoot strike (FFS) reduces PFP and improves associated biomechanical measures, and whether the modification results in increased risk of ankle injuries. METHODS: Sixteen subjects (n=16) received clearance to participate by a licensed physical therapist, and were …
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The Use of Virtual Reality Training Environments for Procedural Training in Fourth-Generation Airliners
… technicians, which used a Full Flight Simulator (FFS) to deliver and assess training, differed from the same training delivered using a Virtual Reality (VR) device.</p> <p>The study used an experimental design with three groups and two within-group measures of training effectiveness. The control …
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Predicting the Hydration Free Energy of Small Alkanes and Alcohols from Custom, Electronic Structure-Based Force Fields
… for developing custom, QM-based force fields (FFs) by Adaptive Force Matching are described, including specific details for FFs of aqueous methane, ethane, methanol, and ethanol. These FFs are used to predict HFEs and other properties in good agreement with experiments. </p> <p>These projects …
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Exploring fast food consumption behaviours and social influence.
… a single eating occasion. The Fast Food Survey (FFS) was developed and administered to two samples to collect information – including the item/s eaten and any social, environmental or demographic influences that surrounded the consumption – on participants’ most recent visit to one of the large …
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Health disparities in infant mortality: Examining at-risk and low risk black women
… Statistics (NCHS), the Fragile Families Study (FFS), and the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG). The research hypothesis guiding this study is that Black women have higher IMRs because they experience stressors that negatively influence health birth outcomes. This dissertation includes five …
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