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Oneida College Lacrosse Players’ Perspectives of the Sacred Game of Lacrosse
<p>Oneida college lacrosse players have an important perspective on the sacred game of lacrosse that needs to be heard. The Oneida are one of six tribes of the Haudenosaunee, or also known as, the Iroquois. Lacrosse is one of the fastest growing sports in the world and the style played today is …
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A materials approach to the redesign of Lacrosse helmets
Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, 1988.
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A Game That Cannot Be Won: Media Framing of the Duke Lacrosse Rape Scandal
… 2006 in Durham, North Carolina, some of the Duke lacrosse players decided to throw a party. For this particular party, a group of Duke players decided to hire some strippers. Although the night started out harmless enough, the end result was two angry African American women leaving the house of …
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An Ecological, Molecular, and Biochemical Comparison of Aedes Triseriatus (Say), the Vector of LaCrosse Virus, With Its Sibling Species, Aedes Hendersoni Cockerell
Aedes triseriatus (Say) is the primary vector of LaCrosse virus (LAC virus) that causes encephalitis in humans and especially young children. Aedes hendersoni Cockerell, a sibling species of Ae. triseriatus, is generally unable to transmit the virus because of a salivary gland escape barrier. …
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SEX DIFFERENCES IN HEAD IMPACT BIOMECHANICS AND QUANTITATIVE FUNCTIONAL DEFICITS DUE TO REPETITIVE LOADING IN HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
… adolescent male and female soccer, basketball, lacrosse, and field hockey athletes (Aim 2, Chapter 3). The effects of repeated soccer heading were assessed using a comprehensive suite of clinical and objective measures of neurophysiological function (Aim 3, Chapter 4). Global kinematics from two …
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Relationship of Body Attitude and Personality Characteristics to Dietary Intake in Female Collegiate Athletes
… characteristics between female college age lacrosse athletes, dance team members and controls. The subjects were 27 lacrosse players (mean age = 19.4 ± 1.1 y), 20 dance team members (mean age = 19.5 ± 1.4 y) and 64 non- athlete controls (mean age = 20.6 ± 1.5 y). Participants were …
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A Values-Affirmation Model for Higher Education Crisis Communication
… (UVa), when fourth-year student and women's lacrosse player Yeardley Love was found dead in her off-campus apartment. Hours later, her ex-boyfriend and fellow UVa lacrosse player George Huguely V was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. This incident—the high-profile murder of …
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Newspaper framing of indicted U.S. athletes: Evaluating orientation, prominence and proximity
… of three members of the Duke University lacrosse team, and the 2004 assault indictment of professional basketball player Ron Artest, who contributed to a brawl between fans and players during a National Basketball Association game between the Detroit Pistons and the Indiana Pacers.The …
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Development of a biomechanical surrogate for the evaluation of commotio cordis protection
… cardiac cycle. Impacts were conducted with a lacrosse ball at four speeds that have been proven effective to induce CC in a porcine model (30, 40, 50, and 60mph). Ten injury criteria were evaluated, and impact force proved to be the most effective injury criterion (Somer's D = 0.52). </p> …
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The effect of stress on female collegiate athletes' alcohol consumption
… Results showed a significant difference between lacrosse players and golf players and stress, and between Divisions and stress. Implications for future research and alternative directions for research are discussed.</p>
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A ranking model for two women's team sports
… field hockey, basketball, soccer, volleyball, lacrosse, and softball. Associated with each of these sports are polling procedures conducted to indicate national rankings in terms of quality of performance. These polls generally are referred to as "Top Twenty Polls." Questionnaires were designed …
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Trauma fractures and the brutality of sport: exploring evidence of gaming in the Mississippian southeast
… game that was the foundation for modern-day lacrosse. The Mississippian skeletal assemblages from Moundville and Koger's Island have different frequency rates of fractures. This research examines these inter-site frequencies by focusing on the relationship between site size and warfare and …
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Brothers in Blood: the Significance of Land and Loss in the Creation of Jewish and Native American Ethnic and Religious identity
… and Haudenosaunee culture - food, humor, lacrosse, art, ceremony, government, education etc. Throughout my tenure at Onondaga I have used comparison as the backdrop for my experiences collaborating with Native peoples as well as the methodological backbone for this dissertation project. …
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Measurement of baseball glove and hand dynamics
An apparatus was developed that provides a dynamic representation of the hand-glove interaction inside a baseball glove during catching situations. Until recent history, baseball manufacturers relied primarily upon player input and practical necessity to develop their technology; the use of …
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Cognitive and emotional effects of one season of head impact exposure in high school contact sport athletes
… on brain function in high school football, boys lacrosse, and boys and girls soccer versus a comparison group of noncontact athletes. This study is the first to assess the effects of one season of RHI exposure on traditional and novel cognitive measures as well as self-reported emotion, sleep and …
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