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Showing 1 to 20 of 169 for “"LBS"”.
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Der Einfluss einer LBS-Tenodese auf Ergebnis einer Rotatorenmanschettenrekonstruktion : eine Matched-Pair-Analyse von Patienten mit bzw. ohne LBS-Tenodese
… zusätzlich eine LBS-Tenodese erhielten. Diese Patienten wurden anhand der Defektlokalisation, d. h. isolierter SSP-, isolierter SSC-, kombinierter SSP+ISP-, kombinierter SSP+SSC-Defekt und kombinierter SSP+SSC+ISP-Defekt in fünf Gruppen eingeteilt. Für jede Gruppe …
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The working of 5668 lbs. third grade and 1147 lbs. 1st grade argentiferous galena ore from the Merrimac Mine, Newburyport, Mass., including crushing, washing, roasting, and smelting of the ore and refining the products obtained
Thesis: B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mining Engineering and Metallurgy, 1878
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Consumer Location Based Service Perceptions and Response: a focus on Location Based Services and Emerging Mobile Lifestyles
Location Based Services (LBS) and electronically mediated lifestyles (e-lifestyles) represent emergent new areas with approaches (e.g. apps and e-activities) billed to change customer experiences and responses. Marketers are confronted with a challenge of understanding how consumers engage with …
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Location privacy exchange behavior: development and testing of two proposed models
… privacy perceptions in Location-Based Services (LBS) have primarily focused on information disclosure decisions at the individual transaction level, weighing the benefits of LBS against the risks of a potential privacy breach. In contrast, two of the three essays in this dissertation use a …
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Physiological evaluation of sleep surfaces in healthy volunteers and patients with acute-upon-chronic lower back pain
… density, contoured, lumbar body support system (LBS) compared with a conventional flat innerspring mattress (CM). Accordingly the aim of this thesis was to measure the EMG activity, heart rate response, perception of comfort and pattern of pressure distribution after lying on a variety of …
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Alkaline durability tests for E-glass/vinyl ester-reinforced polymer with nanoclay
… an alkaline solution (pH = 13.2) with 3560N (800-lbs), 2225N (500-lbs) and 885N (200-lbs) of sustained load, which were 50%, 31% and 12.5% of the tensile strength, respectively. Time to failure or tensile strength reduction was measured and used to determine durability of the samples in terms of …
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Energy management of vehicle collision forces on automotive seats
… in these collisions is approximately 5,000 lbs. A resulting maximum load of up to 13,900 lbs is exerted on the damper. The damper is designed to dissipate half of this energy and operate at an average load of 6,642 lbs and a corresponding pressure of 4,550 psi. The result of this damper is a …
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OpenLS for indoor positioning : strategies for standardizing location based services for indoor use
… referred to as location-based services (LBS). However, despite GPS technology and the positioning capabilities of cellular network such as GSM, millions of square meters of indoor space are out of reach of these systems. A multitude of applications and services would also benefit from …
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Design of a tree moving and planting device
… are proposed. Testing with trees of 170 and 370 lbs determined that the current outrigger stabilizing mechanism needs modification. The current outriggers, which are stored inside the frame, sustained maximum loads of 29 lbs for the 170 lbs tree, and 46 lbs for the 370 lbs tree. A sketch model …
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Examining students’ attitudes toward blended learning in adult literacy and basic skills programs
Literacy and Basic Skills (LBS) programs offer adult learners, with low literacy and basic skills, opportunities to improve employment skills and pre-requisite courses for entrance into post-secondary education. Barriers to learning that students encounter in LBS programs might be reduced through a …
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Impact of the American Diet on Newly-Arrived International Students during their first three months at Virginia Tech
… a significant increase in average weight by 2.79 lbs from visit 1 (V1) to visit 3 (V3) (p=0.0082), Participants who gained weight (PGW; n=10) had an average increase by 9 lbs. Country wise, Chinese had a statistically significant average increase in their weights by 4.16 lbs (p=0.0077) whereas, …
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A Prevalence Study of Southeast Origin Sale Barn Beef Cattle, Comingled in Warren County, Kentucky, Persistently Infected with Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus, including the Effects of Season and Body Weight
… by weight range upon testing (300-399 lbs, 400-499 lbs, 500-599 lbs, and 600-699 lbs). Prevalence does show a dependence on weight, with a higher prevalence found in lower weight classes, especially 300-399 lb calves (P<0.001). A total of 24,423 were categorized by season at time of …
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PRIVACY PRESERVATION IN LOCATION-BASED PROXIMITY SERVICES
One of the most common location-based services (LBS) in the geo-aware social network market is the notification of friends geographically in proximity. In addition to the privacy threats related to the use of traditional LBS, there are other privacy threats specific to proximity services. Existing …
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Evaluation of regulated emissions from heavy-duty diesel vehicles in the South Coast Air Basin
… CRC E55/59 Phase I study was tested at 30,000 lbs. (Unladen) and 56,000 lbs. (Laden) on the HHDDT, except for one tanker truck that was tested at 45,000 lbs (Laden). Also, the first thirteen vehicles in the study were tested on Long Idle Modes (2 Idle Modes combined) and on the Long Creep Mode …
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Supporting Concept Extraction and Identifier Quality Improvement through Programmers' Lexicon Analysis
… available catalog of lexicon bad smells (LBS) and developed a suite of tools to automatically detect them. LBS indicate some potential lexicon construction problems that can be addressed through refactoring. The impact of LBS on concept location and the contribution they can give to fault …
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Fraction Instruction That Fosters Multiplicative Reasoning
… For example, in the problems $6 ÷ 2 lbs., $6 ÷ 1 1/2 lbs., and $3/4 ÷ 2/3 lb., the student must determine the cost of one pound. Little work has been done to develop models for such problems.
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Improved agronomic management of corn and soybean to increase productivity
… The standard management system received 180 lbs N acre-1 pre-plant with P and K fertilization based on soil test values, was at a plant density of 32,000 plants acre-1 in a 30-inch row spacing, and received no foliar fungicide. The intensive input system included 180 lbs N acre-1 at planting, …
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Design and fabrication of a device to characterize spindle performance as a function of bearing preload
… of measuring bearing preload up to 10,000 lbs with a linearity of 0.05% and radial error motion with an accuracy of +/-0.00012 in. (3 [mu]m). It can measure the radial stiffness of the spindle for applied loads up to 500 lbs and running torque up to 443 in-lbs (50 N-m). The fabrication and …
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Framework for developing and deploying location-based services in emerging economies
… general belief is that Location-Based Services (LBS) in emerging economies does not make much sense until there is widespread availability of geographic information system (GIS) data, broadband internet access, payment methods, infrastructure such as power, well developed advertising platform, …
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The Effects of Low Stress Cattle Handling and Weaning Training on Post-Weaning Weight Gain and Calf Activity
… the C calves averaged a gain of 4.38 lbs. and the LS calves averaged a gain of 16.94 lbs. One month post-weaning the C calves averaged a gain of 49.01 lbs., while the LS calves averaged a gain of 68.6 lbs. This showed a difference (p < 0.0001) between handling method for weight gain in …
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