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Showing 1 to 20 of 54 for “"vest"”.
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A wireless communication system for a tactile vest
… for a tactile display called the Tactile Vest. The display consists of a 4x4 array of vibrating motors worn around the user's torso in direct contact with the skin. It allows an operator with a notebook computer to issue navigational commands wirelessly to units in the vicinity and receive …
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Exploration of Alerting Methods on Vest-Worn Systems
This thesis presents the design and analysis of a vest-worn alerting system with the purpose of warning those who wear it. The goal of this thesis has been shaped around roadside construction workers, people who endeavor to build and maintain the roadways in highly noisy and dangerous environments. …
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An evaluation of diver performance using different safety vest detonators
… and located on the middle portion of the vest.
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The Psychological Vest: Trauma, Resiliency, and Posttraumatic Growth Among Police Officers
… resilience, to shape a metaphoric psychological vest. In addition, a psychometrically sound measure of moral injury is needed to accurately identify such risk and resiliency factors. The current dissertation project first investigated the psychometric properties of the Moral Injury Assessment for …
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THE METABOLIC COST OF SLOW GRADED TREADMILL WALKING WITH A WEIGHTED VEST IN UNTRAINED FEMALES
… (RPE) are affected while using a weighted vest during slow inclined treadmill walking. Methods: Thirteen untrained women (37±11.2 yr, 69.1±14.4 kg, 30.6±7.4 %Body Fat) performed a standardized walking trial (4-min stages at 0, 5, 10, and 15% gradients) on a treadmill at a constant 1.12 m/s …
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The Effects of Wearing a Cooling Vest During the Warm-Up on Long Distance Interval Training
… effects that warming up, while wearing a cooling vest prior to an interval workout, had on Tc, and interval time in long-distance runners. <strong>Methods:</strong> Nineteen healthy male collegiate cross-country runners were recruited for this study. Each subject warmed up and exercised under two …
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THE EFFECT OF WEIGHTED VEST USE DURING DIETARY WEIGHT LOSS ON BONE HEALTH IN OBESE OLDER ADULTS
PURPOSE: To explore the effects of weighted vest use during dietary weight loss on bone density and turnover.
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A influência do uso do colete balístico nas patologias relacionadas a postura em policiais militares
… of these professionals regarding ballistic vest that is one of the personal protective equipment of the military. This is a descriptive study conducted with the police of the Chichi Rounds Tactics with Motorcycle Support (ROTAM) of the First Battalion of the city of João Pessoa - PB. The …
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A line-of-sight voice communication system with optoelectric fibers
… aimed to develop the electronic hardware for a vest-mounted voice communication system that could incorporate such fibers. In this thesis, I explored initial designs for a receiver circuit and fully developed a head-mounted infrared transmitter module. As optoelectric fibers with sufficient …
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Characterization of the mechanical properties of tactors used in tactile displays
… that inter-tactor spacing on a tactile vest should be at least 60 mm if the display is to be used for precise tactor localization. Finally, a GPS device was integrated into the tactile display. This allows appropriate navigational commands to be sent to the user through the tactile vest, …
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Measuring The Effect Of Weighted Devices On Exercise Enjoyment
… exercises while wearing a weighted device (vest or shorts) or using regular conventional exercise equipment (dumbbells). Participants completed the Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (PACES) after each condition. Three, paired-sampled t-tests with the Bonferroni Correction (.05 / 3 = .017) to …
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Effects of Varying Warmup Stimuli on Running Economy
… of two potentiating warm-up stimuli (weighted-vest strides and plyometrics) on running economy (RE) over short (5-10 minutes) and longer durations (30+ minutes) of exercise in trained distance runners. <strong>Methods</strong>: Five recreationally trained male runners were recruited to …
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Sound-to-Touch Sensory Substitution and Beyond
… device, The Versatile Extra-Sensory Transducer (VEST), has been developed for this thesis-work as a means for overcoming deafness. The device consists of a smartphone that takes sound from the environment and converts this information to patterns of vibration on the torso. This occurs via an …
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Protection of Standing and Seated Pedestrians Using Finite Element Analysis
… but seated pedestrian protection has not been investigated or regulated. To investigate standing pedestrian safety researchers use finite element models of the human body and simulate vehicle impacts. Finite element models can be useful but they are limited by their biofidelity, and often …
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Temporal orientation and political perspective
… the inner-structure of a social movement: the vest German Green Party. The data used in this study were obtained from a content analysis of articles found in the New York Times and the Washington Post from 1982 through 1985. Patterns of political/temporal perspectives, described by Mannheim, …
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Gold mining taxation in South Affrica : a discussion of the MPRDA, its amendments and whether internal inconsistencies exist in the mining legislation
… that have been made to it. The effect on investment, production, exploration and government taxation revenue of the MPRDA, specifically on gold mining taxation in South Africa, is discussed. An important objective of the Act is to deal with past injustices. The Act results in a change in the …
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Handling police misconduct in an ethical way
… in a manner consistent with the high trust we vest in this vocation; Justice, Truthfulness and Good Loyalty have been defined by the great philosophers throughout history and should all be incorporated into the decision-making process of police leaders. Six proposals are offered to achieve the …
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Design of e-textiles for acoutsic applications
… beamforming fabric and a speech-processing vest, are presented.
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Market Analysis of Cardiac Electrical Mapping Platform in the Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Market
… (ECGI) that consists of a disposable electrode vest and a bedside unit that displays 3-D images of the electrical activity of the heart’s surface in a beat by beat fashion. The device would be used in detecting abnormal electrical activity of the heart. The company intends to market the device …
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An optical system for line-of-sight communication
… is integrated inconspicuously into a military vest, allowing the wearer to communicate while on the field. In the working version of this system we use traditional semiconductor photodetectors and receivers. We also investigate the properties of optoelectronic fibers, novel semiconductor …
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