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Showing 1 to 20 of 160 for “"Shoulders"”.
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GLASS SHOULDERS
<p><em>Glass Shoulders</em> is a collection of poems that embody events from my life which have served as catalysts in the process of integrating myself emotionally, psychologically, and spiritually. In the poetry, the speaker searches for spiritual knowledge, and is guided toward meditation of …
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On The Shoulders of Giants
… is a printed version of the web site “On the Shoulders of Giants.” It is an ongoing project on the Internet located at the following web addresses, http://<a href="http://www.womenofhistorv.com">www.womenofhistorv.com</a> and/or <a …
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Hydraulic design of pervious concrete highway shoulders
… the option of using pervious concrete in highway shoulders as a best management practice for stormwater management. Research focused on the hydraulic response of pervious concrete pavements exposed to sheet flowing water. Pervious concrete samples were placed in a hydraulic flume to determine …
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Searching for Head and Shoulders Bottom Patterns under Directional Changes
Head and Shoulder pattern is a well-known technical trading strategy. However, what exactly constitutes a Head and Shoulder pattern under time series is sometimes ambiguous. In this thesis, we show how this pattern can be rigorously defined by using Directional Change. Directional Change is a new …
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Structural Analysis and Design of Portland Cement Concrete Highway Shoulders
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-13T19:31:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7913600.pdf: 6885143 bytes, checksum: 30c59045289023ec243e8b2b0bb324e3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1978
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Three-dimensional analysis of shoulder movement patterns in shoulders with anterior instability: A comparison of kinematics with normal shoulders and the influence of stabilization surgery.
… the three dimensional kinematics of asymptomatic shoulders, shoulders with anterior instability and influence of surgical stabilization on kinematics. Materials and Methods: Kinematic data and clinical scores were obtained from nine asymptomatic individuals who served as the control group. Data …
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Shaking Big Shoulders: Music and Dance Culture in Chicago, 1910--1925
Part II discusses the dances themselves, focusing on the contrasting pair of the fox trot and shimmy, two dances that have previously received little scholarly attention. Chapter 4 discusses the development and dominance of the fox trot as the most popular dance of the era. Chapter 5 documents the …
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Standing on the shoulders of birth intergenerational mobility, inequality, and pro-social preferences
Poor outcomes arising from natural and social circumstances to which individuals are born, over which they have no control, are widely seen as normatively objectionable and potential obstacles for economic growth. Understanding the persistence and effects of circumstances of birth is crucial to …
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Anatomical Variations and Degenerative Features of the Coracoacromial Ligament (CAL) in Shoulders with Rotator Cuff Tears
… involved the dissection of 220 cadaveric shoulders in the Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification (CAHID) with a mean age of 82 years (range 53 to 102 years). The CAL was classified according to its morphology and composed band number. The rotator cuff tendons were inspected for tears …
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Heads, shoulders, knees and toes: Exploring bodies, body parts and personhood in late Neolithic Malta through funerary taphonomy
This research addresses the body and personhood in late Neolithic Malta (c. 3600–2300 cal BC) by reconstructing funerary practices at two collective burial sites: the Xemxija Tombs (Malta) and Xagħra Circle (Gozo). The range and sequence of funerary practices are identified through implementing …
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Standing on the shoulders of Chinese giants? : a study on international biases in the process of global scientific knowledge diffusion
Recent research has shown rapid growth in the number of Chinese-authored publications over the last decade. However, while the volume of publications has increased dramatically, the total number of citations - a popular measure of quality or impact - to such articles has risen at a decidedly slower …
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Effect of ractopamine hydrochloride (Paylean®) on fresh meat and further processing characteristics of muscles from the shoulders of finishing pigs
… of finishing pigs. Two hundred and forty shoulders originating from 120 carcasses (60 barrows and 60 gilts) were selected from a commercial population of pigs. This study was designed as a 2 x 2 factorial in a randomized complete design. Factors were RAC inclusion in the diet (0 mg/kg or …
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Technique and Performance Level Comparisons of Male and Female Hammer Throwers
… between sexes. The separation between the shoulders and hips and between the shoulders and the hammer at particular positions during the throw, radius changes at certain phases of the throw, and generation of large centripetal forces helped determine throwing distance. Performance would be …
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Side-to-Side Comparison of Total Shoulder Arthroplasty and Intact Function in Individuals
… were observed between TSA and healthy shoulders’ overall motion but that the scapula exhibits some compensation in elevation for TSA shoulders, especially in flexion. I/E implanted shoulder results additionally show a deficit compared to intact shoulders, with scapula retraction …
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Musculoskeletal disorders in demanding computer work - with air traffic control as a model
… intensity. Neck postures in females with neck/shoulders/upper back disorders were compared to those in healthy referents, but without significant differences. Musculoskeletal disorders in neck and upper limbs were assessed by standardised physical examinations in 148 air traffic controllers (71 …
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Performing overhead tasks with supernumerary robotic limbs
… to the workers due to the strain imposed on the shoulders. To reduce the risk of injury, a set of supernumerary robotic limbs (SRL) were designed to perform these overhead tasks. The SRL is designed with limits in the hardware and software to protect the human and prevent collisions between robot …
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Testing the profitability of technical analysis in Singapore and Malaysian stock markets
… The technical chart patterns tested are Head and Shoulders, Inverse Head and Shoulders, Broadening Tops and Bottoms, Triangle Tops and Bottoms, Rectangle Tops and Bottoms, Double Tops and Bottoms. This thesis also outlines a pattern recognition algorithm based on local polynomial regression to …
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Essays on the Production of Ideas
… to generate knowledge, innovators “stand on the shoulders of giants,” the great thinkers who came before, whose ideas serve as the foundation to build on. In this dissertation, I rely on rich empirical data in biomedical settings to identify factors that drive or hinder this cumulative process of …
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