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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"archery"”.
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Archery in Archaic Greece
… society, and several other related areas, archery in Archaic Greece has managed to escape comprehensive study for half a century. Scholarship on the subject stands in urgent need of update and revision. Certain erroneous beliefs about archery have become canonical and are dangerous …
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Alternative design for the compound archery bow
Thesis: B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 1992
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1999 South Dakota Archery and Muzzleloader Deer Hunter Surveys
I conducted South Dakota archery and muzzleloader deer hunter surveys to gain a better understanding of opinions and equipment use of these hunting groups. The objectives of this study were to measure satisfaction and attitudes towards current seasons and regulations; identify types of …
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Characteristics and Success of South Dakota Archery Deer Hunters
Two mail questionnaires were sent to South Dakota archery deer hunters after the 1981 archery deer season. One questionnaire was sent to a random sample of all bowhunters, and the second was sent to a sample of bowhunters failing to return the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks …
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Building an artifact : an Olympic archery venue for Williamsburg, NYC
… design an artifact for the community using the archery venue as a programmatic generator.
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The Impact of Expertise in Archery on the Attentional Biases of Perceptual and Representational Pseudoneglect
… suggest that the attainment of expert level in archery is associated with reduced perceptual pseudoneglect. Archers showed a trend towards reduced representational pseudoneglect but this was non-significant. Results are discussed in line with theoretical frameworks of visual attention, …
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The Medieval English Longbow: Characteristics and Origin
… The question remains, why was the state of archery permitted to decline to such depths that it was abandoned. Hodgkin believes "laziness and the restless inventions of men's minds were the twin causes" of the decline of English archery. The decline of English archery began at the moment of …
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The Power of a Tourney: Physical Competitions in Heian Japan
… I use are sumo wrestling, horse racing, and archery. I describe the unique facets of each competition individually as well as the greater conclusions made from their congruous impact. Some individual examples include the relationship between the Annual Sumo Tournament and the capitulation of …
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A computational bow-spring model
… in industry. Principally, they are used in archery. In addition, they have found some use in a compression-spring mode in the field of biomechatronics, to emulate elastic human legs. The mechanical behavior (characterized by deflected shape and deformation force) is difficult to model, …
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ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF WHITE-TAILED DEER IN AN AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE: ANALYSES OF HUNTER EFFICIENCY, SURVEY METHODS, AND ECOLOGY
… harvest on daily harvest of white-tailed deer by archery, and individual hunter variables (e.g., age, weapon preference, preference of hunting method) on individual hunter efficiency and success in 2 regions of Illinois (i.e., east-central and southern Illinois); 2) estimate white-tailed deer …
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Management of a central Illinois deer herd
… The deer management program (2004-2010) utilized archery and shotgun hunting combined with an initial 2 years of culling via sharp shooting. Hunters were required to volunteer 40 hours of service to the park, pass a target-proficiency test, comply with an earn-a-buck program (harvest a doe first), …
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Lifestyle and mood factors in sport performance
… of eight individual Olympic recognized sports (archery, fencing, gymnastics, ice skating, swimming, track and field, weightlifting and wrestling) took part in the study. Age and sex of subjects were not controlled. Subjects were given the 'How Healthy a Life do you Lead?', the 'Profile of Mood …
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Kinematics of beam flexure four-bar linkages with applications in a compound bow
… form for prescribed force generation. A compound archery bow that incorporates four-bar linkages has been developed as an example. This design relies on the non-linear mechanical advantage of the four-bar linkage and the bow mechanics to provide a resistance curve that is more compatible with the …
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Wrapping CAM mechanisms
… displacement functions, applications exist in archery, counter-balancing mechanisms, exercise equipment, clamping and locking mechanisms, and process machines.
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Improving the Structural Dynamics of Slender Beam-like Structures
… finish and slower machining times, whereas for archery causes reduced accuracy. The choice of the particular problems to demonstrate the effectiveness of the technique is due to the current research interests and available expertise in this area in the School of the Built Environment at Victoria …
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Managing common mental disorders and PTSD in the community.
… series of three pilot studies (angling, falconry/archery and equine intervention) are carried out to explore the validity of a proposed new intervention to reduce PTSD symptomology, Peer Outdoor Exposure Therapy (POET). To extrapolate the learning achieved through the pilot studies a Random …
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Survival, Home Range and Spatial Relationships of Virginia's Exploited Black Bear Population
… harvested in the deer firearm season, the deer archery season, and the bear firearm season, respectively. Twenty-three cubs were equipped with expandable radio collars (11M,10F) or transmitters implanted subcutaneously (2M,0F) in 1995-1996. Six cubs (4M, 2F) died, 6 (3M,3F) survived their first …
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Middle School Students' Perceptions of and Responses to the Inclusion of Culturally Relevant Units in the Physical Education Curriculum
… perceived and responded to the inclusion of archery, mountain biking, and slacklining in PE. Methods: A mixed methods design was employed, in which the results of an initial quantitative phase served to identify LPA and MPA students to participate in a subsequent qualitative inquiry. Twelve …
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Influence of Opening Weekend and Weather on White-tailed Deer Harvests at Milan Army Ammunition Plant, Tennessee
… Administration. Three hunt types, either-sex archery (AES), either-sex muzzleloader (MES), and buck-only gun (GBO), were compared using data from the first week of each season or the first 2 weeks of each season (GBO and AES only). The data was analyzed using ANOVAs and mixed effect …
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The Growth and Development of Sport in Co. Tipperary, 1840-1880
… evident in summer time recreations most notably archery, lawn tennis and cricket. Cricket was the one sport which was quickly diffused throughout the sporting community of Tipperary as it became, in the 1870s, the most prolific team sport in the county and played by all classes. Sport took place …
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