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Postures
In our present image-laden environment that only seems to keep growing, the nature of how we see and interpret this visual information becomes highly relevant for me in my art. Spectacle, nostalgia, notions of portraiture, theatricality and other visual reflections of our present culture industry, …
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ArmTrak: tracking arm postures with a smartwatch
… around 9.2 cm of median error for free-form postures; the errors increase to 13.3 cm for a real-time version. We believe this is a step forward in posture tracking, and with some additional work, could become a generic underlay to various practical applications.
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Development of an ergonomic risk assessment tool for work postures
The most widely used method for assessing work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) is still the observational method, mainly because it is inexpensive and practical for use in a wide range of workplaces. However, there are no tools available that cover the wide range of physical risk factors …
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Maximizing leverage : explaining China's strategic force postures in limited wars
… in limited wars and how they select force postures for each of these weapons.
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A computer based method to record three-dimensional body postures
… to allow users to select and manipulate limb postures from one of six different views (left, right, front, back, top, and three-dimensional). The separate views are coordinated to force a consistent representation for later analysis or storage. Human factors concepts have been incorporated …
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L’identité de groupe chez les écrivains francophones : postures institutionnelles et pratiques littéraires
Résumé Cette thèse explore la problématique de l’identité de groupe dans la pratique esthétique et discursive des écrivains francophones. En effet, parmi les questions majeures posées par la littérature francophone contemporaine, on peut noter celle de l’identité et de sa problématisation. …
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Malcolm Lowry's design-governing postures : a rhetorical analysis of Under the volcano
… last chapter, "Malcolm Lowry's 'Design-Governing Postures, ," examines unifying structures which range the entire book and which thereby impose order on it. These designs include Lowry's use of the traditional unities, leitmotifs, parodies, symbolic structures, formal arrangements and "cyclic" …
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Procedural Postures: The Influence of Legal Change on Strategic Litigants and Judges
<p>A wealth of scholarship indicates that rational individuals should modify their actions to maximize benefits as conditions change. Participants in litigation are faced with a multitude of opportunities to make decisions regarding if and how they will engage the legal system. Despite this fact, …
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The impact of head and body postures on the acoustic speech signal
… stronger in what were deemed ‘less natural’, postures. That is, speakers were apparently less able to predict and compensate for the impact of prone body orientation on their speech than for that of the more natural supine orientation. In addition to the acoustic studies, a perception …
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Architectural Postures: A Proposed Education Center of Nature for Rock Creek Park
The human form becomes the bearer of my inspiration, revealing a cosmology within itself, appealing to the idea of understanding the body and implementing its essence into architecture. The lessons found in the tectonic of one's body will assist in discovering an integral logic that may translate …
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Down but not out : supine postures as facilitators of play in domestic dogs
Research has shown that unlike wolves, dogs do not form stable packs and so do not function within a social hierarchy (Bradshaw, 2011). Therefore it is not clear that rolling onto the back can be readily interpreted as submission in dogs. In order to discern the function of rolling over during play …
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Using wavelet and template analysis to classify hand postures in unsupervised daily activities
This project's goal was to identify determinants that characterize different types of activities an individual do in daily life, knowing the quality of hand function is essential to plan more effective rehabilitation therapies and treatments for upper limb movement disorders. The first part of the …
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In vitro Investigation of Carpal Tunnel Volume and Morphology Changes with Non-Neutral Wrist Postures
… palmar aspect of the wrist. Non-neutral wrist postures are a commonly reported risk factor for CTS, due to changes in the geometry of the carpal tunnel leading to median nerve impingement. This thesis investigates the effects of wrist posture on carpal tunnel volume (CTV) and morphology. …
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Working postures in dental practitioners and dental students: relationships between posture, seating, and muscle activity
The principal aim of this project is to examine posture and muscle activity when using an ergonomically designed saddle seat compared with a conventional seat during common dental procedures with the dental students and practising dentists. The study was conducted with practising dentists across …
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Effects of Adjustments to Wheelchair Seat to Back Support Angle on Head, Neck, and Shoulder Postures
<p>Background: People spend a long time in the sitting position may have poor alignment that leads to neck and back pain. A wheelchair represents mobility for people with cerebral palsy, who are unable to walk. They spend long periods of time sitting in their wheelchair. Opining the seat to back …
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Effects of cinematic factors on the perception of wrist postures when viewed on a video display
… of the wrist from video images. Deviated wrist postures, which are associated with the performance of many tasks, have been reported to play a role in hand and arm discomfort and in a variety of disorders. The goal of this study was to gain a better understanding of people’s performance in …
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An Investigation into the Influence of Athletic Taping on the Postures of Female Equine Riders During Sitting Trot.
… riders and the potential effects of asymmetric postures. Furthermore studies are yet to report on corrective methods such as taping in order to positively adjust asymmetric postures. A study of female riders postures whilst riding sitting trot initiated in the hope of understanding postural …
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