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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"canoe"”.
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Applied performance analysis in canoe slalom
A needs analysis of canoe slalom (coach and athlete led) resulted in a reliable performance analysis system for training and competition. This was achieved using a procedure recommended by O’Donoghue & Longville (2004). Reliability tests concluded that errors for split-times and upstream analyses …
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The nutritive ecology of Lac la Plonge and Canoe Lake
… of the nutritive ecology of Lac la Plonge and Canoe Lake would provide useful information regarding their relative productivities. Because fish production is of major economic importance, this study concentrated on the feeding habits and growth rates of the fish, the quantity and quality of the …
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Evidence of the Chumash plank canoe at Ca-Sba52, Santa Barbara County, California
The Chumash plank canoe or tomol, was an important part of the maritime subsistence pattern of the Chumash as well as an important element in the maintenance of a complex heirarchical socio-political structure. The placement in time of the origin of the tomol is critical to many models of culture …
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The epidemiology of injuries sustained by canoeists during the 2006 Isuzu Berg River canoe marathon
Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 53-59).
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Wilderness, A Spiritual Antidote to the Everyday: A Phenomenology of Spiritual Experiences in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
… was focused on overnight visitors traveling by canoe in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of northeastern Minnesota. Data from thirty-two semi-structured interviews was used to question, update, and improve understanding of the phenomena. Phenomenological interviews (interviews that …
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Wilderness, A Spiritual Antidote to the Everyday: A Phenomenology of Spiritual Experiences in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
… was focused on overnight visitors traveling by canoe in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of northeastern Minnesota. Data from thirty-two semi-structured interviews was used to question, update, and improve understanding of the phenomena. Phenomenological interviews (interviews that …
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Impacts of multiple fires and wind disturbance on forest community composition, succession and diversity in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
Under a warming climate, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) of Northern MN is expected to see an increase in the frequency of disturbances including wildfires and severe windstorms. While boreal forests such as those of the BWCAW are generally considered disturbance adapted, it is …
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An Investigation of a Highly Successful Team Environment: The Case of the Male French National Whitewater Slalom Single Canoe and Kayak Team
… The case of the male French whitewater slalom canoe and kayak team was chosen because of the success of the team at World Championships and Olympic Games. The purpose of the present case study was to investigate how the coaches and athletes of this highly successful team worked together in …
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Fecal Coliform as an Indicator of Water Quality and Recreational Carrying Capacity At Ozark National Scenic Riverways
… a postive relationship between levels of canoe use and fecal coliform densities. Water quality data were collected at seven locations on the Current and Jacks Fork Rivers during the summer of 1985. Water quality tests performed were dissolved oxygen, conductivity, nitrates, pH, …
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Molekulare und funktionelle Analyse der p21-aktivierten Kinase Mbt (mushroom bodies tiny) in der Augen- und Pilzkörperentwicklung von Drosophila melanogaster
… In einem genetischen Screen wurden Mutationen in canoe als Verstärker und Mutationen in eip75b als Suppressor des mbtP3-Augenphänotyps gefunden. Eip75B ist ein putativer Steroidhormonrezeptor und wird während der Verpuppung exprimiert, also zu dem Zeitpunkt, wenn sich der mbt-Phänotyp ausbildet. …
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Hardware and software considerations for monocular SLAM in a riverine environment
… measurements to estimate the location of a canoe and a map of a river simultaneously using an extended Kalman filter. The algorithm exploits the reflections of map landmarks in the river in order to obtain a depth estimate from a single view. Landmark reflections are found by using the state …
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Paddle grip : handgrip size ratio and associated factors contributing to the development of lateral elbow tendinosis and DeQuervains tenosynovitis in K1 marathon paddlers during the 2006 Berg River Canoe Marathon
Aim: To determine the relationship between the paddle grip: handgrip size ratio and associated factors contributing to the development of lateral elbow tendinosis and DeQuervains tenosynovitis in K1 marathon paddlers.
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Visual-inertial curve SLAM
… SLAM algorithm to a river setting to localize a canoe and create a sparse structured map of the border of a river. To accomplish this task, the dissertation presents a novel vision-based algorithm that identifies the boundary separating water from land in a river environment containing specular …
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Diabetes Camp
… ages of seven and fifteen run, play, hike, and canoe. It's the pretty standard summer camp fair, but there is something that makes a week at Camp Hopewell different. Every child that comes to camp has been diagnosed with Type I Diabetes. Some have had it for years and consider camp their second …
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Seasonal population levels, breeding and hunting of waterfowl on the New River, Virginia
… 15 mile portion of the New River was censused by canoe 33 times over a 1 year period. Species and number of waterfowl were recorded for each operation. A total of 16 species were observed, including 8 species of diving ducks, 7 species of dabbling ducks and 1 species of goose. Species diversity …
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Mississippi Dugout Canoes: An Ethnohistorical and Archaeological Analysis From 1538-1900s
… of increased size and frequency of birchbark canoes after French contact in response to market pressures. Frenchmen depended on native birchbark canoes to the extent that Natives began building canoes to supply the market for this demand. This thesis investigated southeastern ethnohistoric …
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Spectral Identification of Wild Rice (Zizania palustris L.) Using Indigenous Knowledge and Landsat Multispectral Data
… who have traditionally harvested wild rice by canoe for centuries, was utilized to build training data polygons for a supervised classification. By testing several supervised classification algorithms, it was hypothesized that wild rice could be delineated from other aquatic vegetation, but the …
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Spectral Identification of Wild Rice (Zizania palustris L.) Using Indigenous Knowledge and Landsat Multispectral Data
… who have traditionally harvested wild rice by canoe for centuries, was utilized to build training data polygons for a supervised classification. By testing several supervised classification algorithms, it was hypothesized that wild rice could be delineated from other aquatic vegetation, but the …
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The Spectacle of Neoclassical Economics: The Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development Project and Exploitation in the Niger Delta and the Chad Basin
… of Nigeria from slave trade with dynastic canoe houses through petroleum production at the time of nominal independence. Second, Watts’ examination of petroleum exploitation through the lens of the oil complex and the petrostate provides detailed analysis of the “ungovernable …
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The art of Kula : an analysis of the Vakutan artistic system and the rituals of Kula
… and painted boards which decorate the Kula canoe. By analysing the formal elements which are utilised in their construction, together with the system of representation and colour associations, layers of encoded meaning are revealed. I argue that the graphic system communicates meaning at …
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