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Showing 1 to 20 of 568 for “"Trail"”.
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Describing Trail Cultures through Studying Trail Stakeholders and Analyzing their Tweets
… other can help in engaging stakeholders of the trail. This is an important step toward finding ways to encourage environmentally friendly outdoor recreation practices and developing hiker-approved (and environmentally conscious) technologies to use on the trail. We explored these cultures by …
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TRAIL mediated apoptosis in arthritis.
… provides important information regarding the TRAIL mediated pathway of apoptosis and possible factors that modulate the ability of this pathway to induce apoptosis in RA.
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Erosion and Trail Building: A Case Study of the East Tennessee State University Trail System.
<p>Natural and accelerated erosion from trail users affects the sustainability of trail systems. Designing and building sustainable trail systems will greatly decrease the effect that erosion has on a trail. Trails that allow multiple types of users, such as hiking and mountain biking, must be able …
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Hiker Trash and Trail Dogs: An Ethnographic Inquiry into Human Nature in the Trail Space
In the face of declining trail maintenance budgets and increasing recreational use, we must develop a critical understanding of trail culture, including the motivations, perspectives, and experiences of various users and how they intersect with one another. Trail use on National Scenic Trails …
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Differences between rail-trail users and general trail users of the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area
… research has emphasized the importance of rail-trails for various activity experiences and economic benefits. Past research has not, however, examined rail-trail opportunities with other trail opportunities in order to understand whether specific management efforts are needed for this type of …
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Trail runners: Neuromuscular and biomechanical insights
… for the emergence and growing interest in, trail or 'off-road’ running. Research investigating road running has been well-described, whereas the impact of regular running on natural, dynamic trail surfaces on the musculoskeletal system has yet to be fully considered. Thus, this thesis sought …
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Perceptions of a guided wilderness trail
… factors in a successful guided wilderness trail. Using postal questionnaires, guides and members of the Wilderness Leadership School were asked to rank nine trail scenarios. The technique of conjoint analysis yielded the relative importance, as perceived by the guides and trialists, of each …
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Incorporating User Data in Cross Boundary Trail Mangement: A case study of the foothills trail systemnear Wenatchee, WA
… effective recreation management. The Foothills trail system is a nonmotorized, day use trail system adjacent to the city of Wenatchee, Washington that crosses public and private properties. This thesis obtained data on user demographics, use characteristics, user perceptions, and spatial use …
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Sulforaphane sensitizes TRAIL-resistant hepatoma cells to TRAIL-induced apoptosis through reactive oxygen species-mediated upregulation of DR5
… factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) in combination with subtoxic doses of SFN significantly induces rapid apoptosis in TRAIL-resistant hepatoma cells. Neither TNF-α- nor Fas-mediated apoptosis was sensitized in hepatoma cells by cotreatment with SFN, suggesting that SFN can …
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A Sustainability Assessment of the Harte Trail
The Harte Trail is a 6.5-kilometre urban parcel of land located within the neighbourhood of Charleswood in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Harte Trail is significant to the community’s leisure needs while supplying benefits of active transportation, environmental education, and biodiversity preservation. …
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Attributes contributing to the travel behaviour of trail runners
… weather conditions and diverse landscapes. Trail running can be described as an endurance sport that offers a unique experience derived from the authenticity of the landscape and the simplicity of enjoying nature while also challenging one's mind and body. Trail running has become very …
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Corrections from the Fox Hills Formation Trail City Member
… occur as fairly continuous horizons in the Trail City Member of the Fox Hills Formation. These horizons are used as stratigraphic markers for correlation of the formation. </p><p>Two general types of concretions are found. The first is sandstone which occurs either as spherical or lenticular …
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Political Authenticity and Cynicism on the 2016 Campaign trail
This project elucidates the relationship between political authenticity and cynicism in the context of the 2016 presidential nominating process. Rhetorical criticism and fieldwork provide perspectives for the analysis of candidate announcement addresses, political campaign events in New Hampshire, …
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Technology on the Trail: Using Cultural Probes to Understand Hikers
… technology, and discussion of technology and trails often revolves around smartphones and GPS systems. However, a wide variety of hiking gear has benefited from precise engineering and product design. Even with more digital products hitting the shelves, many hikers go out on the trail to get …
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Formation of branching angles at bifurcations of ant trail networks
Ants form dendritic trail networks around the nest to search for and exploit food sources located at the periphery of the network. Studies found these trail networks to be very efficient for the ants in terms of time and energy, which later was found stored in the bifurcation angle ([theta]) of the …
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Influence of Human Papillomavirus 16 E6 on TRAIL-Mediated Apoptosis
… study, we examined the influence of HPV 16 E6 on TRAIL-induced FADD-dependent and -independent pathways in two cellular models: HCT116 colon carcinoma cells and U2OS osteosarcoma cells. We show that transfection of the HPV 16 E6 oncogene into HCT116 cells provides protection from TRAIL-mediated …
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Die Wirksamkeit TRAIL-induzierter Nekroptose gegenüber Tumorstammzellen und zellzyklusarretierten Tumorzellen
… Arbeit konnte nachgewiesen werden, dass TRAIL-induzierte Nekroptose gegenüber nicht-zirkulierenden Krebszellen, sowie gegenüber Holo-, Mero-, und Paraklonen effektiv ist. Diese Klone weisen einen erhöhten (Holoklone), mittleren (Meroklone), oder geringen Anteil von Zellen mit …
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