Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Jaipur"”.
-
Design analysis of the four-bar Jaipur-Stanford prosthetic knee for Developing countries
… a partnership with a Stanford design course, the Jaipur-Stanford Knee, a novel prosthetic knee incorporating a four-bar design, was born. This knee design has become widely popular amongst amputees and was named one of the top 50 best inventions in 2009 by Time Magazine. However, despite the …
-
Partnerships for Change: A Collaboration for Global Wellbeing
… their ultimate potential, PFC partnered with Jaipur foot, world's largest organization for prosthetic devices, to network Jaipur Foot to innovators and funders. They have also started the building of a health clinic in Johnsonville, Liberia due to inadequate medical support for individuals …
-
Ghumar: Historical Narratives and Gendered Practices of Dholis in Modern Rajasthan.
… in two contemporary locations in Rajasthan: Jaipur, the capital city of Rajasthan, and Jasol, a small town in the Barmer district of Rajasthan. I argue that, in the performance and historical narratives of Ghumar, Dholi communities in both Jaipur and Jasol claim professional, ritual, and …
-
Optimization of vacuum pump device for use in rapid fitment of prosthetic limbs
… Prosthetics NGO has been in contact with the Jaipur Foot Organization in order to create a human powered vacuum pump for a new technique in prosthetic fitment. The new technique would provide mobility to fitment camps due to the non-reliance of an electrical grid. The design however would need …
-
The Spatialization of Knowledge and Power at the Astronomical Observatories of Sawai Jai Singh II, c. 1721-1743 CE
… under the patronage of the Maharaja Dhiraja of Jaipur and Amer, Sawai Jai Singh II, this project is an analysis of the relationship between patron, architecture, and space, and as such, represents an alternative history of observatories, one that is underpinned by motion, exchange, adaptation, …
-
Experimental validation of the Lower Leg Trajectory Error, an optimization metric for prosthetic feet
… Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS, the Jaipur Foot organization), in Jaipur, India. Through a novel, quantitative method called Lower Leg Trajectory Error (LLTE) which maps the mechanical design of a prosthetic foot to its biomechanical performance, we can optimize the compliance and …
-
Design and testing of a low-cost exoskeletal trans-femoral prosthetic knee device for use in developing countries
… developed at MIT and tested on patients at the Jaipur Foot Organization in Delhi, India. By using kinematic models of the knee, information was gathered on the feasibility of incorporating a stance-flex knee flexion mechanism in the design. Results show an increase in the flexion torque required …
-
Reading context in design
… a design exercise on a site in the city of Jaipur in India has been chosen. The focus of the study lies in the way in which the natural and built environment of the site might relate to the larger urban context and its extensive systems and tightly controlled parts. It attempts to extract …
-
Design and evaluation of a cantilever beam-type prosthetic foot for Indian persons with amputations
… Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS), in Jaipur, India. In order to be adopted, the foot must cost less than $10 USD, be mass-manufacturable, and meet or exceed the performance of the Jaipur Foot, BMVSS' current prosthetic foot. This thesis investigates different metrics that are used to …
-
Identification of design requirements for a high-performance, low-cost, passive prosthetic knee through user analysis and dynamic simulation
… Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS, a.k.a., Jaipur Foot) to design a high-performance, low-cost, passive prosthetic knee for transfemoral amputees in India. The knee was primarily intended to improve the walking gait of amputees relative to existing low-cost devices. This thesis aimed to …
-
Knowledge, attitudes and practices: A study on multiple concurrent sexual partners among members of 262 Battalion, Mpacha base, Katima Mulilo, Namibia
… which is about 20 km from Katima Mulilo. The Jaipur Paradigm was used as the study‟s theoretical framework and was used to explore the vulnerability and susceptibility of the members of 262 Battalion by investigating the soldiers‟ attitudes and practices with regard to condom and contraceptive …
-
Village Doctors and Vulnerable Bodies: Gender, Medicine, and Risk in North India
… observations, and travel in urban and rural Jaipur district, I explore the meanings of urban and rural spaces as well as contested understandings of what role doctors should play in the health of the population. I found that rural spaces were discursively marked as particularly dangerous for …
-
Mechatronic design of an ISO 22675 prosthetic foot tester
… prosthetic foot in India, known as the Jaipur Foot. By developing an ISO 22675 prosthetic foot life cycle tester, researchers in GEAR Lab can test the durability of the prosthetic designs and fulfill the life cycle requirements. This thesis explores the mechatronic design of an ISO 22675 …
-
Tailor Made in India: Jaipur's Masters of Cloth, Doctors of Clothing
<p>This dissertation is about Jaipur’s tailors, making custom-crafted clothing for individual customers in a rapidly changing and globally fashion-informed India. Indian-crafted clothing and textiles are a source of pride domestically and have long been used and admired throughout the world. So how …
-
Vision, movement and landscape experience in Princely Town Amber, India
… of historic Amber fort and town, located in Jaipur district, India. Amber Fort Complex along with six other hill forts in the state of Rajasthan was recently added to the tentative list of World Heritage Sites. It was India’s World Heritage Site nomination in the cultural category in 2012. …
-
Essays in development economics
… market for local autorickshaw transportation in Jaipur, India, using data I collected over 2008-2009. Chapter 2 carries out the first comparison of production function parameters estimated by structural techniques with those estimated via randomized instrumental variables using a unique dataset …
-
Development and Validation of a Passive Prosthetic Foot Design Framework based on Lower Leg Dynamics
… foot compared to their daily-use prosthesis, the Jaipur foot, and commented on the reduced effort of walking. The rugged foot endured one million cycles of fatigue testing, and the wear and tear of daily living without alterations in its mechanical performance. This mass-manufacturable, …
-
Frugal Innovation in Healthcare: Aligning Systematic Review, Patterns, and Factors for Diffusion in Developing Economies
… product innovation and one process innovation (Jaipur Foot and Narayana Hurdayalaya Heart Hospital). Interviews from experts in the field of cardiology and orthopedics were conducted in Pakistan from January 2018 to March 2018. The study was exploratory; therefore, thematic qualitative text …