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The Dandy-Walker syndrome
The Dandy-Walker syndrome (DWS) has been defined as a congenital malformation of the structures of the posterior fossa characterised by cystic dilatation of the fourth ventricle, hypoplasia of the cerebellar vermis, enlargement of the posterior fossa, atresia of the foramina of Luschke and Magendie …
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James Alexander Walker: a biography
… J. Jackson. In the years before the Civil War, Walker worked as an engineer, teacher and lawyer. Settling in New Bern in southwest Virginia’s Pulaski County, Walker became a captain of the “Pulaski Guard.” During the war, Walker rose from captain of Company C of the 4th Virginia, to lieutenant …
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A business plan for iXa walker
… to determine the feasibility of the iXa Walker. The walker industry is about to enter a large growth due to the entry of millions of baby boomers into the durable medical equipment market. Using data from the United States Census, the industry databases Hoovers and Frost and Sullivan, and …
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Active Faulting in the Northern Walker Lane and Post-Earthquake Reconnaissance in the Central Walker Lane, Nevada and Eastern California
The Walker Lane is a region of diverse tectonic activity situated along the Pacific-North American plate boundary. Unmapped and under characterized faults within the northern Walker Lane are associated with large uncertainties in the location and frequency of potential earthquakes in the greater …
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William Walker and the Republic of Lower California
<p>Though Willam Walker has made the transition from the hottest news personality in America during the years preceding the Civil War, to a virtual unknown, he still remains a controversial figure. Perhaps, due to his tremulous ambitions arrl irrational behavior which set American Latin American …
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Design and Analysis of a Lift Assist Walker
<p>Walkers provided stability to the elderly but cannot assist a person from sitting to standing. The objective of this project is to present the design and analysis of a lift assist walker. This report discusses the design and analysis of a collapsible lift assist walker capable of lifting a …
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An optical positioning system for the Nano-Walker
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2000.
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Designing a new joint for the iXa walker
In the fall of 2009, the Purple team developed a walker which allows users to rise from a seated position by folding down to provide a set of handles which the user can push off of to aid in the standing process. The walker relies on a unique geometry and a joint that allows the walker to …
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Refocusing Ecocriticism: Going Deep with Walker Percy's The Moviegoer
… environment. To support this argument, I look to Walker Percy’s <em>The Moviegoer </em>and present Binx Bollings as an example of humanity’s reigning anthropocentric tendencies. Bollings’ pattern of observing his environment as a commodity to serve his needs prevents his being able to connect …
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The female quest in the novels of Alice Walker
… of the development of the quest motif in Alice Walker's novels, from a male quest in the first novel, The Third Life of Grange Copeland, to the female quests which supersede it in the two later novels, Meridian and The Color Purple. In this analysis, brief reference is made to Walker's poetry, …
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The finger walker : a method to navigate virtual environments
Thesis (S.B. and M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1998.
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Dual position locking joint design for a medical walker
… thesis we analyzed a joint created for a medical walker currently in the prototyping stage of development. The walker is designed to help a user stand up from a seated position. The joint holds two legs of the walker together in an 'x' shape. It must be able to lock in two positions and support …
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Alternatives to alienation in the novels of Walker Percy
Each of Walter Percy's three novels and many of his philosophical essays explore the alternatives to alienation chosen by modern man. These alternatives reflect Soren Kierkegaard's three stages of existence, and hence illustrate the influence Kierkegaard had on Percy's writings. The options chosen …
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The Humanity Strain: Diagnosing the Self in Walker Percy's Fiction
… to the different protagonists' development in Walker Percy's novels, they have focused more on Percy's Christian agenda than the medical healing that occurs in his fiction. Conversely, when scholars have observed the influence of Percy's medical background in his fiction, they often emphasize …
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