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Proof-carrying data
… invariants. We propose a new approach, proof-carrying data (PCD), which sidesteps the threat of faults and leakage by reasoning about properties of a computation's output data, regardless of the process that produced it. In PCD, the system designer prescribes the desired properties of a …
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Carrying and Loading of the Spine
The risk that carrying poses for the spine has not yet been fully explored. Previous studies have either examined carrying’s effect on physiologic measures or have examined vary narrow sections of the spine using biomechanical models. Additionally, most studies have tested a limited selection of …
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Combination rail-highway freight carrying units
Thesis: B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Sanitary Engineering, 1943
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Carrying Out a Practical Investigation:The Student-Experienced Curriculum
… for the NCEA Science Achievement Standard 1.1 Carrying out a practical investigation with direction. These findings indicate that the achievement standard is exerting a strong influence over the nature of student learning, with students experiencing purposeful and focused learning within a …
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Underactuated Exoskeletons for Lifting, Carrying, and Walking Assistance
… (HeavyLC Exo) is capable of safely lifting and carrying loads up to 36 kg (80 lbs) while minimizing the number of actuators to reduce weight and complexity. The HeavyLC Exo allows the user to direct the object, pause and hold the object steady mid-lift, and follow the natural kinematics of …
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Academic Consequences of Legal Handgun Carrying on College Campuses
… was to determine whether knowledge of someone carrying a concealed handgun in class would affect students’ ability to perform well on an exam. Across two studies, evidence and theoretical rationale suggested that knowledge of someone carrying a concealed handgun in class negatively impacted …
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Probabilistic on-line transportation problems with carrying-capacity constraints
… of a fleet of transport vehicles with limited carrying capacity, where new transportation demands enter the system in real time. The study extends an existing probabilistic framework which has provided numerous insights about vehicle scheduling and routing problems since its inception. …
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Estimation and Determination of Carrying Capacity in Loblolly Pine
Stand carrying capacity is the maximum size of population for a species under given environmental conditions. Site resources limit the maximum volume or biomass that can be sustained in forest stands. This study was aimed at estimating and determining the carrying capacity in loblolly pine. Maximum …
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Card Carrying Christians: Credit, Debt, and Believing in Emerging Colombia
This dissertation addresses the entanglements of Christianity and financializing capitalism in Colombia, South America. At its most empirical, this dissertation details ethnographically the debt upon which the Gospel of Prosperity rests. The ethnographic research, collected over two and a half …
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Tensorial spacetime geometries carrying predictive, interpretable and quantizable matter dynamics
Which tensor fields G on a smooth manifold M can serve as a spacetime structure? In the first part of this thesis, it is found that only a severely restricted class of tensor fields can provide classical spacetime geometries, namely those that can carry predictive, interpretable and quantizable …
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An assessment of recreational carrying capacity at Infanta, South Cape
… are made. An assessment of recreational carrying capacity indicates in broad terms what levels of use are acceptable for the different recreational activities pursued in the area. At the present population pressure these levels are already attained or exceeded for most activities. Major …
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The Effect of Backpack Carrying on the Gait of Young Children
1 PDF file (89 leaves)
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Carrying the torch: Five faculty members’ experiences as champions of assessment
This phenomenological study examined the lived experience of community college faculty champions of learning outcomes assessment. This study sought to elucidate the experiences of faculty champions of assessment by exploring both what the participants experienced as well as how they experienced …
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Quantifying China's carrying capacity : using optimization to explore sustainable food production
… region for given natural resources and diet (the carrying capacity). A quantitative assessment of carrying capacity provides insight into the food security of the study region as well as the stress on the environmental system; in addition, this methodology can be used to assess the carrying …
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Acoustic propagation in nonuniform circular ducts carrying near sonic mean flows
… hard-walled and lined nonuniform circular ducts carrying near sonic mean flows. This method is valid for large as well as small axial variations, as long as the mean flow does not separate. The wave-envelope technique is based on solving for the envelopes of the quasiparallel acoustic modes that …
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Psychophysical assessment of load-carrying in internal and external-frame backpacks
The psychophysical method of adjustment was used to determine whether slight changes in load position and comfort could have significant effects on the maximum backpack load acceptable to subjects. Four males and four females, who were accustomed to walking with backpacks, were given 15 minutes to …
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School Nurse Perceptions and Decisions about Children Self-Carrying Inhalers in School
… of this practice. Students’ ability to self-carrying rescue inhalers in the school setting has been impacted by school nurse perceptions and decision-making. This study addressed the questions: (a) What are school nurse perceptions and attitudes in regard to children self-carrying inhalers in …
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Evaluation of environmental carrying capacity and application of the sustainability target method
The environmental carrying capacity (CC) is defined as the capacity of the earth to absorb or tolerate potentially stressful burdens imparted at various scales and locations, that is, to accommodate the ecological stresses without showing permanent damage. The CC can be used as a reference dataset …
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Biomimetic design for an under-actuated leg exoskeleton for load-carrying augmentation
… that there is a metabolic cost associated with carrying a load (Griffin et al, 2003). Further studies have shown that by applying forward propulsive forces a person can walk with a reduced metabolic rate (Farley & McMahon, 1992 and Gottschall & Kram, 2003). Previous work on exoskeleton design …
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