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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"independent mobility"”.
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Smart technologies and beyond: exploring how a smart band can assist in monitoring children’s independent mobility & well-being
… focuses of this study which are (i) Children’s Independent Mobility (ii) Physical activity for children (iii) Emotions of a child (iv) Smart Technologies and (v) Children’s smart wearables. This will allow a review of the problem in detail and how technology can help the health sector, …
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Non-motorised school travel planning: development, demonstration and evaluation of a 'walking bus' initiative at selected schools in Cape Town
… in the context of concerns over declining child independent mobility. 'Walking buses' were identified as the most appropriate intervention to address the child mobility concerns identified in the city. A 'walking bus' is a group of children who walk to school along a set route, supervised by …
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School Travel for Families Living with Childhood Disability
The rise of automobility during the past century has contributed to children becoming more sedentary and isolated from public life and, correspondingly, exhibiting reduced independent mobility and a troubling range of chronic health problems. Concern over these issues has led to an increase in …
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Reactive Balance Control after Stroke: Towards Enhanced Clinical Understanding and Assessment
Safe and independent mobility is a primary rehabilitation goal for those with stroke, of which balance control is a key determinant. The risk of falls post-stroke is high and fall rates rise dramatically soon after discharge from the hospital. Previous research has revealed the essential role that …
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Theoretical and practical aspects of linear and nonlinear model order reduction techniques
… to be advantageous over the common approach of independently approximating the controllability and observability gramians, as such independent approximation methods can be inefficient when the gramians do not share a common dominant eigenspace. Third, we present a graph-based method for …
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Astronaut-centric analysis of a jetpack with integrated control-moment gyroscopes for enhanced extravehicular activity performance
… encountered on such missions would limit the independent mobility of astronauts, a maneuvering unit that offers counter reaction forces and torques during movements and tasks will likely be required. The next-generation maneuvering and stability system proposed in this research incorporates …
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An Investigation into Children’s Out-of-School Physical Activity
… self-reported PA was positively associated with independent mobility. Study 2 confirmed that the weekend was a period of low moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA), and revealed that raw PA levels derived from the wrist-worn GENEActiv are not comparable with hip-worn ActiGraph. Agreement between the …
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Phenomenal Landscapes: exploring children’s neighbourhood mobility and their experiences within three east London neighbourhoods
This study explores children’s neighbourhood mobility and their experiences within their neighbourhoods at different times of the year, focussing on their use of the public places and spaces within these both for travel and play. It takes a child-centred approach to the research, working with a …
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China Twenty Years After: Substance Use Under Rapid Social Changes
… Second, another chapter examines how social mobility (i.e. changes in a person’s social position in society) contributes to substance use. And finally, I have tested the impact of economic and social modernization on substance use, and considered the social disorganization aspects of …
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Re-evaporation nuclei and evaporation in a Wilson cloud chamber
… the drop contaminant(s) can be determined and an independent measurement of size can be made.</p> <p>An independent mobility measurement was attempted, but yielded null results. These results are consistent with the existence of an insoluble surface layer on the drop. Such a layer is consistent …
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Monitoring educational participation in children with severe to profound intellectual disability in rural districts of the Western Cape: A descriptive analytical study
… Age, language concordance, medical conditions, independent mobility, effective communication, comprehensive support and individual intervention from Western Cape Education Department team members did not emerge as significant indicators of change in participation ability of this study …
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Motorcars and magic highways: the automobile and communication in twentieth-century American literature and film
… standardization and regulation of American auto-mobility. Throughout this process, however, authors and filmmakers continued to turn to the automobile as a vehicle of social critique and resistance. Chapter one, “Off the Rails: Potentials of Automobility in Edith Wharton, Theodore Dreiser, and …