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PACER and PHYSP: computer programs for chemical engineering calculations
Bibliography: pages 229-230.
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The Reliability and Validity of the Pacer for 3rd and 4th Grade Males
… FITNESSGRAM recommends the use of the PACER, a 20-meter shuttle run, to assess the aerobic ability of children in physical education classes.</p> <p>OBJECTIVES: To examine the reliability and validity of the PACER for 3rd and 4th grade males. In addition, the reliability and validity of …
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The School Health Environment and Student Outcomes Related to Childhood Overweight in Southwest Virginia
… student BMI percentile and fitness (mile run, PACER) measures were obtained from school data. The School Physical Activity and Nutrition questionnaire was used to measure student nutrition, PA behaviors and knowledge, and the home food environment was measured through a validated questionnaire. …
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How might active video gaming affect physical activity and physical fitness of students with intellectual disabilities?
… first and last day, each participant completed a Pacer 20m fitness test, and in between the two tests, the participants participated in two 10-minute active video gaming dance sessions each day for 10 school days. It was hypothesized that students with intellectual disabilities would show …
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Junior High Students' Perceptions of the Fitnessgram Fitness Test
… of motivation, and that students preferred the PACER over the mile run, enjoyed partner-based stations, but did not care for the body-fat assessment.</p>
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LncRNA discovery in the Listeria monocytogenes infection model
… have identified lncRNAs linc-Cox2, Lethe, PACER and THRIL as central players in host cell innate immune response against microbial infection. These discoveries and the vast numbers of uncharacterized lncRNAs identified by high-throughput nextgeneration transcriptome sequencing technologies, …
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Analysis of the Caloric Expenditure of Students in Middle School Physical Education Classes
… were no significant differences between the PACER, sit and reach, sit-up, and push-up fitness tests and caloric expenditure. There were significant differences in caloric expenditure and body mass index. Students with a higher body mass index burned significantly more calories. In addition, …
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Computer-Aided Design and Simulation of Chemical Plants: PEETPACK, a Non-Proprietary Flowsheeting Program
… analysis of three flowsheeting programs (PACER, GEMCS and CONCEPT) which helped in preparing this new program then describes in detail each of the six sections making up the PEETPACK package. The thesis concludes by presenting a new application of flowsheeting programs, that of actual …
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Supporting Teacher Peer Observations: A Qualitative Study of K–5 School Administrators' Associated Perceptions and Strategies
Administrators have an impact on teacher peer observations in their schools. The purpose of this research was to explore administrators' perceptions of and strategies for supporting peer observation practices among K–5 teachers at their schools. The two research questions were: What are Virginia …
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Mine the node association: Dig into the essence of graphs
… node association and our proposed model PaCEr can generate structural node embeddings from positional node embeddings. Moreover, we design a more powerful structural embedding algorithm TAWE, which generates better embeddings for structural node association tasks. At last, for …
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Economic evaluation of models of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV intervention for large scale implementation
… Safe Generations (Eswatini), MCH-ART and PACER (South Africa), using mixed bottom-up and top-down methodology. Outcomes of these studies were used to estimate the cost-effectiveness using an incremental cost effectiveness ratio (ICER, calculated by the difference in cost divided by the …
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The Effects of Fatigue on a Dual-Task Postural Control Measure
… The fatigue protocol included completion of the PACER test until self-reported, complete exhaustion. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Height, weight and age were used as descriptives to determine any differences between groups. Heart rate, RPE and vertical jump were used to determine level of fatigue …
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Genetic investigation of recurrent exertional rhabdomyolysis risk and performance in racehorses
… in the trotter subpopulation but not in the pacer subpopulation of STDBs. We also replicated results suggesting an association between RER and better racing performance in the Standardbred. This association between performance outcomes in horses with RER indicates that selective breeding for …
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INVESTIGATING INDICATOR ASSOCIATIONS AND USABILITY CHARACTERISTICS FOR MEASURING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RISK FACTORS IN CHILDREN
<p><strong><em>Purpose</em></strong>: This study examined the relationship between various indicators of CVD risk in children in order to determine the most efficient and useful set of measurements to characterize CVD risk. <strong><em>Method</em></strong>: A total of 354 children (193 girls and …
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Las nuevas tecnologías como herramienta para la promoción de la salud en escolares de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria de la CARM: efectos de las aplicaciones tecnológicas deportivas sobre la salud física y psicológica de los adolescentes
… las aplicaciones tecnológicas móviles (Strava, Pacer, MapMyWalk o Pokémon Go) que fueron elegidas por incluir un elevado número de técnicas para el cambio de comportamiento. La intervención tuvo una duración de 10 semanas, en las que los adolescentes utilizaron las aplicaciones móviles para …