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The Kingdom Falls
The Kingdom Falls is a novel in eighteen chapters that occurs from the point of view of eighteen different characters within a medieval kingdom over the course of three days. Beginning from the perspective of a peasant and ending with the perspective of the king, the novel progresses through …
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Cedar Falls Civil War
57 p. : ill.
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As the Curtain Falls
For the last century, architects have embraced the efficiencies of the curtain wall. As a technological solution that mediates between our interior desires and the realities of the outside world, these envelope systems have been liberally applied to buildings across the globe. Regardless of …
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TEST Blood Falls: A Novel
… a mysterious Antarctic glacier called Blood Falls, nothing is what it seems, and Richard and Julie find themselves pitted against each other in a conspiracy which could upend the global economy.
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Falls And Hospitalized Cancer Patients
<p>FALLS AND HOSPITALIZED CANCER PATIENTS</p> <p>by</p> <p>REBECCA ALLAN-GIBBS, MSN, RN, CNS-BC, AOCNS</p> <p>May 2014</p> <p>Advisor: Dr. Patricia Jarosz, PhD, RN</p> <p>Major: Nursing</p> <p>Degree: Doctor of Philosophy</p> <p>Problem: Many hospital fall prevention studies have shown that having …
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Partial bibliography of Niagara Falls
Made available in DSpace on 2017-11-30T22:46:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 5960828.pdf: 2615826 bytes, checksum: d21f2cfd3677ed710d52af1d2cbbf79b (MD5) license.txt: 4813 bytes, checksum: 715c4321821a960fa1a1e91d2ac7ebce (MD5) Previous issue date: 1902
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The Iowa Falls Remedial Reading Program
42 leaves
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Danish Cedar Falls : The immigrant experience
1 PDF file (vii, 70 pages)
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Mathematical modeling of lead climbing falls
… mathematical model for simulating dynamic falls in lead sport climbing, with an emphasis on physical realism and empirical validation. The system is modeled as a mass–spring–damper, incorporating gravity, nonlinear rope stiffness, internal damping, and Capstan-style friction at protection …
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Striding towards fewer falls: quantifying gait from flat and stair terrains to predict falls in older adults
Falls in older adults are a major problem; the current fall risk assessments used in fall prevention strategies suffer from a range of limitations. The use of wearable inertial sensors (IMUs) to quantitatively assess gait and predict falls can help fill these gaps. The aims of this research were …
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A retrospective descriptive analysis of fatal ground level falls and falls from a height: A 5-year review
Falls have been identified as the second leading cause of accidental deaths in the world and has become a public health issue. Depending on the manner and height at which the fall occurs, different injury patterns are observed, and these are useful for the determination of circumstances surrounding …
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Falls Program on an Acute Psychiatric Unit
… psychiatric unit there has been an increase in falls incidence as well as need for evaluation of the effectiveness of Schmid Fall Risk Assessment tool in its ability to properly identify those at risk. In the last fiscal year there were 45 falls among 28 patients on the acute psychiatric …
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The Application of a Falls Risk Index
<p>This study examined the prospective use of a falls risk index. The research question was: To what extent do the intrinsic factors identified in the Tinetti et al. falls risk index predict which patients are likely to experience a fall. Hogue's ecological model of falls in late life provided a …
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Red Lake Falls, Minnesota: A sociolinguistic survey
<p><p>From the introduction: "Despite the varied ancestry of the area's population, and a time span of more than a century for the mechanism of the American "melting pot" to have done its work, a relatively large number of people in the area still use the French language in their homes and describe …
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Participants' Perceptions of Factors in Preventing Falls
<p>Falls pose a serious threat to older adults, often resulting in physical, emotional, and financial consequences. The use of multifactorial fall prevention programs has provided community-dwelling older adults with strategies to decrease the risk of falling. Outcomes for these programs are …
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The association between musculoskeletal pain and physical activity, falls and psychological concerns related to falls in community dwelling older adults
… among older adults and may affect mobility and falls risk. Aims Investigate the relationship between CMP and physical activity/ sedentary behaviour, psychological concerns related to falls and falls in community dwelling older adults. Method A mixed method sequential explanatory approach was …
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Understanding Skeletal Injury Patterns in Falls From Heights
Data was collected at the San Francisco Medical Examiner's Office and included a sample of 81 individuals between the ages of 18 and 92 years that had a cause of death related to a fall. Demographic variables and information regarding the death event were collected to ensure a holistic framework …
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