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McConnon, AÌine. "Weight management on the web : evaluation of an internet-based weight control resource." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.424233.
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Tabak, Melanie A. "Weight based stigma the impact of perceived controllability of weight on social support /." [Kent, Ohio] : Kent State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=kent1222807014.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Kent State University, 2008.Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Nov. 2, 2009). Advisor: Kristin Mickelson. Keywords: social support; stigma; controllability. Includes bibliographical references (p. 74-88).
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Tabak, Melanie Ann. "Weight Based Stigma: The Impact of Perceived Controllability of Weight on Social Support." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1222807014.
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Coombs, Dana Joseph. "Design of User-Weight-based Exercise Machines." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/36761.
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This thesis describes the process of designing exercise machines that raise the weight of the user as the primary source of resistance.
Most strength training machines use weight stacks or springs as the source of resistance. While such machines are highly evolved and provide an excellent workout, they typically have a number of disadvantages including high cost, and large size and weight. A user weight-based exercise design will reduce the cost, size, and weight of the machine.
The design process considers some important issues. Parallelogram linkages are implemented to provide non-rotary motion without the disadvantage of linear bearings. The user input is located with respect to the user providing correct relative motion for the exercise. The design also considers proper resistance curves during the design process.
Specific examples are given for each step of the design process. These examples include the evolution of ideas and the creation and use of kinematic and automatic tools.Master of Science
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Bordieri, Michael J. "Generating sustainable weight loss : investigating the efficacy of a behavioral based weight loss intervention /." Available to subscribers only, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1885431361&sid=3&Fmt=2&clientId=1509&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Bordieri, Michael James. "Generating Sustainable Weight Loss: Investigating the Efficacy of a Behavioral Based Weight Loss Intervention." OpenSIUC, 2009. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/42.
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Two thirds of Americans are overweight or obese. Traditional obesity interventions (e.g. drug therapy, diets, behavior therapy) generate moderate short-term weight loss but have little evidence of long-term weight maintenance. The cultural phenomenon of "yo-yo dieting" mirrors empirical findings which suggest that weight loss, albeit demanding, is a far easier process to target than weight maintenance. The present study sought to evaluate the efficacy of an acceptance based behavioral intervention designed to generate improvements in psychological health and quality of life in obese and overweight adults as well as encourage gradual and sustainable weight loss. The therapy package combined the traditional behavioral interventions of self-monitoring and goal setting with an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) protocol across eight weekly individual therapy sessions. While no significant immediate weight loss was observed following the intervention, significant improvements in general psychological health, reductions in anxiety and escape maintained eating, and increases in weight related acceptance and action were found in the treatment group (n = 9) compared to a wait list control group (n = 10). These findings suggest that an acceptance based intervention targeting wide band outcomes might serve as a viable alternative to traditional approaches targeting only immediate weight loss.
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Sherrington, Anna. "Evaluation of an internet based weight loss intervention." Thesis, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10443/2840.
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Introduction: The increasing obesity epidemic requires investigation of the effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and scalability of alternative delivery methods for weight loss interventions, such as via the internet. Aims/objectives: To examine characteristics, feedback format, engagement levels, behaviour change techniques used and effectiveness of individualised feedback within internet based weight loss interventions to refine a pre-existing private sector web-based platform ‘My dietitian online’. To pilot test this refined platform, to investigate its feasibility and acceptability of this refined platform for delivery in primary care and to inform the design and conduct of a future definitive RCT. To describe website use and explore health professionals’ and participants’ views and perceptions of the intervention in terms of acceptability, feasibility and usability. Methods: (i) Systematic review of the components and effectiveness of individualised feedback within internet based weight loss interventions. (ii) A 12-month rehearsal pilot randomised controlled trial (RCT) of an internet based dietary and physical activity intervention in two population groups, with collection of data on anthropometric measures, diet, physical activity, quality of life and predictors of behaviour change. The main focus of the trial was on feasibility, including recruitment and retention rates. (iii) A mixed-methods qualitative process evaluation conducted alongside the pilot RCT comprising analysis of website usage and semi-structured interviews with participants and healthcare professionals to explore their experience of the intervention. Results The systematic review identified 14 studies. Interventions with individualised feedback led to more weight loss than those with no feedback. Studies examining different modalities of weight loss intervention were very limited. In the pilot trial 61 men with diabetes and 16 post-partum women were recruited. At 12 months retention rates for men were 61% in the intervention arm, 53% in the control arm, and for women were 53% in the intervention arm and 54% in the control arm. Website usage varied greatly between intervention participants, with 49% and 57% of men and women ii respectively ever using the website. The semi-structured interviews revealed that participants and health professionals saw an internet based intervention as an appropriate method to implement within the NHS for weight loss, with the suggestions made for integration with current services. Conclusion High attrition rates along with low adherence to the intervention were identified. Possible refinements to the website were suggested to reduce the burden and time requirements for users.
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Hagan, Mary Leslie. "CatalogIt a light-weight Java-based e-catalog manager /." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2002. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE1001149.
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Seiber, Andrew. "Examination of Perceptions of Weight Loss and Weight Loss Methods." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2020. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3699.
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The purpose of this study was to examine individuals’ perceptions of weight loss and weight loss methods. Respondents were employees and customers attending health/wellness events at local supermarkets in June, July, and August 2019. Participants completed a survey to assess their understanding and perceptions of weight loss and methods used to achieve weight loss. The majority of participants were white females, 60 years or older with a college degree and a Body Mass Index (BMI) classified as overweight or obese. Data revealed most participants had a variety of misconceptions relating to weight loss and weight loss methods that were obscure and fad-diet oriented, including low-carbohydrate diets. Participants did understand benefits of weight loss but expressed maintaining weight loss was a challenge. These findings suggest that fad diets are alluring to individuals and individuals did not incorporate evidence-based behavior changes to promote or sustain weight loss.
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Shivkumar, Sushmita. "A fetal weight reference for twins based on ultrasound measurements." Thesis, McGill University, 2012. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=106242.
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Background and ObjectiveFetal growth and size are known indicators of perinatal health, although the etiology of this relationship is unclear, and twins are known to differ from singletons with respect to fetal growth trajectories over the course of pregnancy. With a lack of research on ultrasound-based fetal weight references in twin populations, this study aimed to construct ultrasound-based in utero fetal weight references for each gestational age for a twin population.MethodsTwins delivered at a tertiary care hospital in Montreal were used in this study. Fetal weight was calculated using a published formula that was validated in this population. Fetal growth was then modeled in twins using serial ultrasound measurements of fetal weight, and adjusting for sex and chorionicity. Linear mixed models were used to adjust for the correlation between twins from the same pregnancy, and for the use of multiple ultrasound measurements for each fetus. Restricted cubic splines were used to account for the non-linear growth of fetuses over the course of pregnancy. Predictions were made from this regression model for the 1st, 10th, 50th, 90th and 99th fetal weight percentiles for the gestational period between weeks 22 and 37.ResultsMedian gestational age at birth was 37 weeks, with a predicted median birth weight of 2686 g. The rate of change in fetal weight was observed to be S-shaped over the course of pregnancy, with a period of accelerated growth in the second trimester, and slower growth in the third trimester. Ultrasound-based fetal weight references constructed from this population corroborated other published ultrasound-based fetal weight references in twin populations. As expected, fetal weight in twins was consistently lower than singletons over the course of pregnancy, when compared with other published fetal weight references.ConclusionsThe ultrasound-based fetal weight reference and predicts fetal weight at each gestational age, estimates which could be used to assess fetal size at each gestational age in twin pregnancies. This study additionally validates the use of formulae to estimate fetal weight in a twin population, and adds to literature published in this field.Considérations préliminaires et objectifLa croissance in utero des jumeaux diffère de celle des enfants uniques. La croissance et la taille foetale sont des indicateurs communs de santé périnatale, bien que la nature exacte du lien de causalité soit encore incertaine. La surveillance de la taille foetale s'inscrit naturellement dans le suivi des grossesses. L'imagerie par ultrasons a permis l'élaboration de normes pondérales ultrasonographiques in utero pour les enfants uniques. Moins d'efforts ont été déployés pour quantifier les variations de taille des jumeaux au cours de la grossesse. Le présent ouvrage cherche à proposer une norme pondérale in utero pour les jumeaux.MéthodeLe poids foetal a été estimé grâce à une formule validée pour la population retenue. La croissance intrautérine des jumeaux a été modélisée à l'aide d'estimés pondéraux ultrasonographiques prenant compte du sexe et de la chorionicité. Des splines cubiques naturels ont été utilisés pour rendre compte de la non-linéarité de la croissance foetale. Le modèle de régression a permis d'obtenir des prédictions pour les 1er, 10e, 50e, 90e et 99e centiles du poids foetal de la 22e à la 37e semaine de grossesse. RésultatsLa norme pondérale ultrasonographique élaborée à partir de la population retenue était compatible avec des normes de même nature publiées précédemment. Tel que prévu, le modèle a révélé que le poids in utero des jumeaux était systématiquement plus bas que celui des enfants uniques, les valeurs de référence pour ce dernier étant tirées d'une norme pondérale reconnue. ConclusionLa norme pondérale ultrasonographique in utero pour les jumeaux tirée de cette étude complémente la littérature traitant de la croissance intrautérine des jumeaux, peu étoffée en comparaison avec celle portant sur la croissance intrautérine des enfants uniques. Après validation externe, elle pourrait se révéler utile en pratique clinique.
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Murphy, N. A. D. "Analytical wing weight prediction/estimation using computer based design techniques." Thesis, Cranfield University, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1826/3379.
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Yang, Hao. "Synthesis and characterization of sugar based low molecular weight gelators." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2012. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1496.
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Low molecular weight gelators (LMWGs) have gained great attention over the past two decades. These compounds form self-assembled fibrous networks like micelles, cylindrical, sheets, fibers, layers and so on. The fibrous network entraps the solvent and form gel. LMWGs are interesting compounds with many potential applications in material and biomedical sciences.
Many different structures have been found to be good LMWGs. Our interests focus on the carbohydrate based LMWGs. Previously, we have found that several ester derivatives of methyl 4, 6-O-benzylidene-α-D-glucopyranoside are good gelators for organic solvents and aqueous solutions. In this study, in order to understand the structure requirement, we systematically investigated the influence of sugar head groups and the attached hydrophobic tails towards gelation. The design, synthesis and gel properties of esters, amides, ureas, carbamates which derived from sugar head groups show above will be discussed in chapter II, III, IV.
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Kantu, Dieudonne Kabongo. "Robustness analysis based on weight restrictions in data envelopment analysis." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11829.
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Includes bibliographical references.Evaluating the performance of organisations is essential to good planning and control. Part of this process is monitoring the performance of organisations against their goals. The comparative efficiency of organizations using common inputs and outputs makes it possible for organizations to improve their performance so that can operate as the most efficient organizations. Resources and outputs can be very diversified in nature and it is complex to assess organizations using such resources and outputs. Data Envelopment Analysis models are designed to facilitate this of assessment and aim to evaluate the relative efficiency of organisations. Chapter 2 is dedicated to the basic Data Envelopment Analysis. We present the following: * A review of the Data Envelopment Analysis models; * The properties and particularities of each model. In chapter 3, we present our literature survey on restrictions. Data Envelopment Analysis is a value-free frontier which has the of yielding more objective efficiency measures. However, the complete freedom in the determination of weights for the factors and products) relevant to the assessment of organisations has led to some problems such as: zero-weights and lack of discrimination between efficient organizations. Weight restriction methods were introduced in order to tackle these problems. The first part of chapter 3 in detail the motivations for weight restrictions while the second part presents the actual weight restriction rnethods.
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Bouhaidar, Claudia. "Text Messaging as Adjunct to Community Based Weight Management Program." VCU Scholars Compass, 2012. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/444.
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Obesity ascending rates are still a public health priority. The primary aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of tailored text messages on body weight change in overweight and obese adults in a community based weight management program. A secondary aim was to detect behavioral changes in the same population. The study design was quasi-experimental with pre and posttest analysis, conducted over 12 weeks. A total of 28 participants were included in the analysis. Body weight, eating behaviors, exercise and nutrition self-efficacy, attitude toward mobile technology, social support and physical activity were assessed at baseline and at 12 weeks. Text messages were sent biweekly to the intervention but not to the control group. At 12 weeks, the intervention group had lost significant weight as compared to the control group. There was a trend toward an improvement in eating behaviors, exercise and nutrition self-efficacy in the intervention group, with no significant difference between groups. A total of 79% of participants stated that text messages helped in adopting healthy behaviors. Tailored text messages appear to enhance weight loss in a weight management program at a community setting. Large scale and long term intervention studies are needed to confirm these findings.
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Gao, Karen Ging. "Photoresist removal using low molecular weight alcohols and IPA-based solutions." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/11875.
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Hellmund, Markus [Verfasser]. "High Molecular Weight Polyglycerol based Nanocarriers for Gene Delivery / Markus Hellmund." Berlin : Freie Universität Berlin, 2015. http://d-nb.info/1076775632/34.
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Setiawan, Stanley. "Design and Tests of a Biofeedback Based Weight Bearing Rehabilitation Device." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för kemi, bioteknologi och hälsa (CBH), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-262866.
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As upper-limb rehabilitation devices development continue to grow, lower limb rehabilitation devices have limited development. Thus a device that measures weight bearing of heel and forefoot during gait and also produces auditory feedback at certain thresholds were made in this project. The device was constructed based on an ARM-Core microcontroller and was supported by 5 force sensing resistor sensors for each foot. Communications between the modules and the computer as the GUI were established using an UART interface. For testing, sensors were placed beneath the foot using a stretchable cloth so each different subjects’ pressure points were correctly placed. The biofeedback used for this device was by enabling a buzzer and LED embedded to the designed board that turns on when heel strike or push off reached acertain threshold. Testing were divided into phase one and two. From phase one, it was concluded that both push off and heel strike event can have a reading exceeding 8.5% of the body weight. It was then used as a threshold for the biofeedback event. During the biofeedback tests, improvements in the subjects’ walking pattern and reading were noted. Results suggest that biofeedback can change the behavior of the subject.I takt med att utvecklingen av rehabilitationsapparater i övre extremiteterna fortsätter att växa, har rehabiliteringsanordningar för nedre extremiteterna begränsad utveckling. Således gjordes en anordning som mäter viktbearbetning av häl och framfot under gång och också ger hörselåterkoppling vid vissa trösklar i detta projekt. Enheten var konstruerad baserad på en ARM-Core mikrokontroller och stöds av 5 kraftsavkännande motståndssensorer för varje fot. Kommunikation mellan modulerna och datorn som GUI upprättades medhjälp av ett UART-gränssnitt. För testning placerades sensorer under foten meden töjbar duk så att varje olika försöks tryckpunkter placerades korrekt. Den biofeedback som användes för den här enheten var genom att aktivera en summer och LED inbäddad i det konstruerade kortet som slås på när hälslaget eller skjutstoppet nådde en viss tröskel. Testningen delades in i fas en och två. Frånfas ett drogs slutsatsen att både push off och hälstreffhändelse kan ha en avläsningsom överstiger 8.5% av kroppsvikt. Den användes sedan som en tröskelför biofeedback-händelsen. Under biofeedback-testen noterades förbättringar i försökspersonernas gångmönster och läsning. Resultaten tyder på att biofeedback kan förändra beteendet hos ämnet.
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Wessels, Mariette Christine. "A Grid-Based Approximation Algorithm for the Minimum Weight Triangulation Problem." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/77933.
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Given a set of n points on a plane, in the Minimum Weight Triangulation problem, we wish to find a triangulation that minimizes the sum of Euclidean lengths of its edges. The problem has been studied for more than four decades and is known to be incredibly challenging. In fact, the complexity status of this problem remained open until recently when it was shown to be NP-Hard. We present a novel polynomial-time algorithm that computes a 16-approximation of the minimum weight triangulation---a constant that is significantly smaller than what has been previously known.
To construct our candidate solution, our algorithm uses grids to partition edges into levels by increasing weights, so that edges with similar weights appear in the same level. We incrementally triangulate the point set by constructing a growing partial triangulation for each level, introducing edges in increasing order of level. At each level, we use a variant of the ring heuristic followed by a greedy heuristic to add edges, finally resulting in a complete triangulation of the point set. In our analysis, we reduce the problem of comparing the weight of the candidate and the optimal solutions to a comparison between the cardinality of the two underlying graphs. We develop a new technique to compare the cardinality of planar straight-line graphs, and in combination with properties due to the imposed grid structure, we bound the approximation ratio.Master of Science
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GHOSH, SWAROOP. "SCAN CHAIN FAULT IDENTIFICATION USING WEIGHT-BASED CODES FOR SoC CIRCUITS." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1085765670.
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Fox, Lesley Diana. "The Efficacy of a Maintenance-Oriented Weight Management Program in an Obese Population." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/26899.
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While weight loss programs over the past 30 years have proven to be effective in producing initial weight-loss, long-term weight maintenance has remained an elusive goal. Given the serious negative health consequences associated with obesity, new approaches to weight management are warranted. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a maintenance-oriented weight management program in producing changes in weight, body composition, fitness, blood lipids, physical activity, and strength following completion of the treatment program and at 3-month follow-up. Fifty overweight and obese men (n = 18) and women (n = 32), ages 27-55 (M = 40.52) who had low cardiorespiratory fitness (M = 20.87 ml/kg/min) and high total cholesterol (M = 223.36) were randomly assigned to one of three treatment conditions: 1] Behavioral Choice Treatment (BCT) with a theory-based maintenance-oriented program, moderate calorie goals, and the New Healthy Pyramid for nutrition recommendations; 2] a traditional exercise and nutrition education program (USDA) using the current Dietary Guidelines for Americans with the Food Guide Pyramid; and 3] a wait-list control group that was transitioned into BCT without the maintenance-oriented program (WLC/BCT w/o maintenance). All groups (during treatment) received a center-based strength and aerobic program utilizing short-duration, but prescriptive protocols aimed at increasing fitness and strength. Assessments were completed at baseline, 16 weeks, 28 weeks, and 40 weeks (WLC/BCT w/o maintenance only). Participants in BCT and USDA experienced significant health changes compared to WLC who experienced minimal weight gain and decreased fitness across the 4-month waiting period. Results comparing BCT, BCT w/o maintenance, and USDA revealed that participants in all treatment conditions significantly improved aerobic fitness, strength, and physical activity during treatment (pâ s < .05). Participants in the BCT groups experienced significant decreases in weight, total % body fat, waist and hip circumferences, BMI, and LDL-C (pâ s < .05), while participants in USDA did not. At 3-month follow-up, while participants in both BCT groups continued to make improvements on multiple health outcomes, only participants in BCT with maintenance group were able to maintain their fitness gains (p < .001). In addition, BCT with maintenance group showed a trend toward continued weight loss, maintenance of physical activity, and increased strength. Taken together, the data indicate that any BCT offers greater health outcomes compared to a more traditional educationally based program both at post-treatment and follow-up. Importantly, BCT with maintenance offered additional benefits including continued weight loss, continued decreased intra-abdominal fat, maintenance of fitness, physical activity, and strength compared to BCT w/o maintenance. In conclusion, given the limited scope of small center-based trials, future studies need to examine the effectiveness of this program in a more community-based setting where there is potential for greater public health impact.Ph. D.
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Gow, Rachel. "Preventing Weight Gain in First Year College Students: An Internet-based Intervention." VCU Scholars Compass, 2008. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1669.
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The transition to college has been identified as a critical period for increases in overweight status. Overweight college students are at-risk of becoming obese adults, thus prevention efforts targeting college age individuals might be one key to reducing adult obesity rates. The current study developed and implemented an intensive, 6-session, internet intervention. This intervention was evaluated with first year college students assigned randomly to one of four treatment conditions: 1) no treatment, 2) 6-week weight and caloric feedback only, 3) 6-week internet intervention, and 4) 6-week combined feedback and internet intervention. As expected, the combined intervention group had lower BMI at post-testing than the internet, feedback, and control groups. The combined intervention showed reduced snacking behaviors after dinner; however, other measures of eating and exercise behaviors and beliefs were not observed. Ethnic and gender differences were observed. African American participants had lower body dissatisfaction than White participants. Further, within the White subsample, the combined intervention group manifested reductions in binge eating symptoms and increased fiber intake compared to controls. Males reported more physical activity across all intervention arms than females. This study demonstrates the effectiveness and feasibility of an internet based intervention to prevent weight gain among college students. Future studies are needed to understand the mechanisms involved in preventing weight gain in this age group and to develop more culturally targeted interventions for diverse students.
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Benzo, Roberto Martín. "Acceptability and efficacy of a low intensity family-based weight loss intervention." Thesis, University of Iowa, 2015. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/1826.
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Prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity has tripled in the United States in the last 30 years, resulting in 31.8% of youth (ages 2-19 years of age) classified as overweight or obese.1,2 To date many high-intensity and medium-intensity programs have been developed and tested in efforts to ameliorate the high prevalence of childhood obesity, however there is a gap in the testing and implementation of low-intensity family-based treatments.3–7The Traffic Light Program is the only childhood obesity program that has published long-term outcomes and was developed by Epstein et. al., however it only includes children from ages 6-12. We developed an 8-week family based childhood obesity program (Healthy Hawkeye Program) to test the feasibility and efficacy of an adapted version (light intensity) of the Traffic Light Program in families of overweight and obese children. To our knowledge, this is the first study to test the efficacy of a low-intensity (21 hours) comprehensive family-based intervention specifically tailored for overweight and obese children from 6 to 17 years of age. Measures include body composition (weight, fat mass, lean body mass, body fat %, BMI, waist circumference), sedentary, light and moderate levels of physical activity (wrist-worn Generative Accelerometer), dietary quality (caloric intake, fruit/vegetable daily servings), measures of nutritional and physical activity self-efficacy, Lifestyle Behavior Checklist (LBC), Family Nutrition and Physical activity (FNPA) survey, Satisfaction with Life Scale, and the Healthy Hawkeye Program Evaluation Survey. We hypothesize that participants will improve in selected (1) health measures (weight, caloric intake, daily fruit intake, daily vegetable intake, sedentary, light, and moderate physical activity levels), (2) improve in selected theoretical constructs (self-efficacy, behaviors, environments), and (3) will find the Healthy Hawkeye Program acceptable and helpful. A total of five families were recruited and only 3 families (3 mothers, 2 male children, and 1 female child) completed the program (attended 6 of 8 weekly meetings). The very low sample size of only 3 families limited the statistical analysis. The results showed parents reduced their absolute weight by 5.6 lbs and children slightly increased by 0.1 lbs. Both parents and children decreased their daily sedentary time as well as increased their daily moderate activity. Various measures of self-efficacy, behaviors, nutrition improved among parents and children. Parents and children found the program to be acceptable and helpful.
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Lum, Lai-chun, and 林麗珍. "A weight management programme for obese children: parent-only family-based approach." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2009. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B43251444.
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Papila, Melih. "Accuracy of response surface approximations for weight equations based on structural optimization." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2001. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0000339.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Florida, 2001.Title from title page of source document. Document formatted into pages; contains xiv, 177 p.; also contains graphics. Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references.
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Lum, Lai-chun. "A weight management programme for obese children parent-only family-based approach /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2009. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B43251444.
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Solbrig, Linda. "Functional Imagery Training : a novel, theory-based motivational intervention for weight-loss." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/12300.
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This thesis investigates the acceptability and efficacy of Functional Imagery Training (FIT), a motivational intervention for weight-management. FIT is based on Elaborated Intrusion Theory, delivered in the style of Motivational interviewing (MI), and designed to promote sustained behaviour change and address cravings. It trains the habitual use of affective, goal-directed mental imagery of personal incentives, using imagery to plan behaviours, anticipate obstacles, and mentally try out solutions from previous successes. Participants are taught to update their imagery from their experience, and to generalise their imagery skills to new goals. In study 1, focus groups explored problems and wishes in regards to weight-management, including reactions to Functional Imagery Training (FIT) as a possible intervention. The issue of waning motivation and the desire for motivational app support was expressed in all groups. Participants were positive about FIT. Study 2 was an uncontrolled pilot trial of FIT. Eleven out of 17 participants (65%) lost 5% body weight or more by three months. Participants continued to lose weight during an unsupported 12-month period and experienced mean weight loss of 6kg (SD= 5.7; d=1.06) and mean waistline reduction of 11.5 cm (SD= 7.4; d=1.56) at 15 months. Study 3 compared the impact of FIT with MI on motivation and self-efficacy, over the first month of a randomised controlled trial (RCT) for weight-loss. Structured elicitation and training in goal-related imagery, i.e., FIT, increased motivation and self-efficacy for weight-loss relative to MI. Study 4 was the RCT for weight-loss, comparing FIT and MI over an intervention-supported six-month period, followed by six months unsupported. The FIT group achieved clinically meaningful weight-loss at 6 months (M kg-loss=4.11) and continued weight-loss at 12 months (M kg-loss=6.44); the MI group stabilised by 12 months (M kg-loss=.67), after minimal weight loss at 6 months (M kg-loss=.74). Study 5 qualitatively explored experiences of MI and FIT RCT participants, upon completing the 6-month intervention phase. MI participants wished for continued therapist- support and feared relapse. FIT participants described a mind-set-change and were confident they could maintain changes and overcome challenges using imagery techniques. Given the demonstrated benefit of motivational imagery in weight-control, FIT should be considered and further tested as an intervention for health behaviour change.
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Nesara, Paul. "Determinants of Low Birth Weight in a Population-Based Sample of Zimbabwe." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5577.
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Low birth weight (LBW) is a major public health concern globally. Despite its negative social and economic impact on the family and community at large, it has remained relatively unexplored at population level in Zimbabwe. The purpose of the study was to establish determinants of LBW using data from the 2015 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey. The socioecological model was the conceptual framework for the study. A secondary analysis was conducted on 4,227 mother-infant dyads. Independent variables were duration of pregnancy, number of births within the past 5-year period, exposure to mass media, type of fuel used for cooking in the household, and intimate partner violence. Covariates were maternal age at delivery, place of residence, anemia, marital status, education, wealth index, ever terminated pregnancy, infant sex, and alcohol consumption. For parsimony, statistical significance was set at p < 0.05 at the 95% confidence interval (CI). Multivariable logistic regression analysis showed that mild maternal anemia (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 1.83 CI 1.17-2.87 p = 0.01), moderate to severe anemia (aOR 1.80 CI 1.01-3.19 p = 0.05), and being a female neonate (aOR 1.48 CI 1.17-2.87 p = 0.008) had higher odds for LBW. Pregnancy duration of 8 months (aOR 0.01 CI 0.003-0.039 p < 0.001) and of 9 months (aOR 0.12 CI 0.04-0.33 p = 0.001) had lower odds for LBW. Birth of 2 infants within a 5-year period (aOR 2.40 CI 1.24-4.66 p = 0.01) was associated with LBW. Implications for positive social change include coming up with a health policy on the management of anemia during pregnancy and health promotion messages to promote optimal birth spacing, including strategies that reduce chances for preterm deliveries.
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Staley, Linda L. "Feature-based Designs to Increase the Reach of Effective Weight-loss Programs." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/78193.
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Because of the prevalence and associated health-care costs of obesity, it is widely recognized today as a serious public health issue. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) passed in 2010 includes provisions for all adults to be screened and behavioral intervention offered to those with a body mass index (BMI) of > 30 kg/m2. While the measure is intended to improve access to weight-loss resources for millions of Americans affected, it may not achieve its intended effect in part because of the inability of disadvantaged populations for whom the burden of obesity is the greatest to access ACA-supported services. The objectives of this study were to identify the characteristics that, paired with an evidence-based weight-loss intervention, will have the highest potential reach while achieving a clinically meaningful weight loss, and whether likely participation differs by gender, race, ethnicity or socioeconomic status. Using characteristics from the most effective adult weight-loss studies that use technology to expand reach, three alternative interventions were examined. Findings show that, while the majority of participants favor the traditional ACA face-to-face model, a program delivered completely online may appeal to racial and ethnic minority groups, which were more likely to choose alternative program structures. Alternative program structures should continue to be explored as an important next step toward developing viable referral options for primary care physicians and could have far-reaching impact toward reducing the disparity of obesity and obesity-related disease among disadvantaged populations.Master of Science
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Frey, Paul, Yong Gu Lee, Holly Paddock, Brian Erstad, and Sid Patanwala. "Continuous Intravenous Insulin Weight Based Dose-Related Hypoglycemia in Critically Ill Patients." The University of Arizona, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/614183.
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Class of 2014 AbstractSpecific Aims: To evaluate the association of weight-based insulin dose with hypoglycemia in critically ill patients receiving continuous intravenous insulin infuions. To determine whether higher weight-based doses of insulin were associated with a higher incidence of hypoglycemia Methods: This was a retrospective, case-control study conducted at a tertiary care, academic medical center. Adult (>18 years) patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) receiving intravenous (IV) regular insulin infusions for the management of hyperglycemia between 1 January 2008 and 30 March 2013 were included. Medical records were retrospectively reviewed. Each patient with hypoglycemia was matched with a non-hypoglycemic control subject, based on age range and sex. Laboratory data, patient demographics, hypoglycemic events, insulin infusion data, SOFA scores, length of hospital and ICU stay, and patient outcomes were collected and evaluated. Main Results: Sixty-one patients experienced a hypoglycemic event and were matched with 61 non-hypoglycemic control subjects for statistical analysis. With the exception of ethnicity (p = 0.041) as a demographic predictor of hypoglycemia; age, sex, weight, height, and BMI were not significant. The starting insulin infusion rate and the total number of insulin units per day administered were not found to be associated with hypoglycemia, p=0.107 and p=0.357, respectively. Conclusion: This study failed to show significance in the total units per day of insulin and the incidence of hypoglycemia. There was no statistical significance in BMI between case and control groups, thus no clear conclusion can be made associating hypoglycemia with weight-based insulin dosing.
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Sveinsdóttir, Berglind Ösp. "Pavement behaviour evaluation during spring thaw based on the falling weight deflectometer method." Thesis, KTH, Transportvetenskap, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-45981.
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The bearing capacity of a road decreases greatly during spring thaw, when the previously frozen road begins to thaw. The extent of this decrease can be evaluated by making Falling Weight Deflectomter (FWD) measurements on the road, measuring the deflection of the road when an impact load is applied to it. The bearing capacity of the road can then be evaluated by backcalculating the layer modules with backcalculation programs, or through more simple calculations based on the deflection basin indices. Both analyses were carried out in this thesis with data from FWD measurements which were carried out on county road Lv 126 in Southern Sweden during the year 2010. The temperature and moisture content of the road were monitored during the same time. The aim with the thesis was to compare the two ways of analyses, and to find out if there is some relationship between them and the measured environmental data. The results showed that the base course layer and subbase decreased in stiffness during spring thaw about 50% while the decrease in the subgrade was 20%, compared to the backcalculated summer and autumn value. The results of the simple calculations from the deflection basin indices were well comparable to the backcalculation results. By comparing the backcalculated stiffness values to the moisture content measurements it was stated that the stiffness decreased as the moisture content increased.
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Jouannet, Christopher. "Model based aircraft design : high angle of attack aerodynamics and weight estimation methods /." Linköping : Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Linköping University, 2005. http://www.bibl.liu.se/liupubl/disp/disp2005/tek968s.pdf.
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Luo, Chouping. "Finite elements based on the piece-wise linear weight functions in contact problems /." Luleå, 2004. http://epubl.luth.se/1402-1544/2004/46.
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Webber, Kelly Harmon Tate Deborah F. "Evaluating the efficacy of Internet based motivational interviewing group treatment for weight loss." Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007. http://dc.lib.unc.edu/u?/etd,1405.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007.Title from electronic title page (viewed Apr. 25, 2008). "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor or Philosophy in the Department of Nutrition in the Schools of Public Health and Medicine." Discipline: Nutrition; Department/School: Public Health; Medicine.
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Lin, Yao. "A Study of the Aging of Polyamide-11 Based on Molecular Weight Measurements." W&M ScholarWorks, 2000. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539626255.
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Taggart, Anna Elizabeth. "Uptake of a Wearable Activity Tracker in a Community-Based Weight Loss Program." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/80907.
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The purpose of this thesis was to determine the proportion of participants enrolled in a community-based weight loss program that would accept and use a wearable device (Fitbit) if included as part of the program. A sample of 526 newly enrolled, adult, female weight loss program participants (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 ) were recruited. Participants were randomized to either a Fitbit experimental condition or no-Fitbit control condition, and received emailed information on program features. The experimental condition email also included a free Fitbit offer. The full sample (n=526) was 44±12.6 years old with a BMI of 37±6.2 kg/m2. The proportion of experimental sample (n=266) that accepted and synced was 50% and 23%, respectively. Twenty-two participants in the control condition (8%) also independently obtained and synced a Fitbit. Ninety-nine percent passively declined (did not respond to request for Fitbit color and size information). Those that declined were older (46±13.4 vs. 42±11.3 years of age, p=.001) and weighed less (214±38.9lbs. vs. 231±41.3lbs., p=.01) than those who accepted. Those in the experimental sample who synced were younger (42±10.0 vs. 45±13.2 years of age, p=.012), and weighed more (237±45.2lbs. vs. 217±38.1lbs., p=.002) than those who accepted but did not sync. This thesis provides preliminary support that 23% of participants will accept and sync a free wearable device. These data can be used for decision making, combined with effectiveness and cost data, and research on wearable activity trackers and community, incentive, and web-based weight loss.Master of Science
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Woods, Jacqueline. "NOURISH-C: Implementing a Family Based Weight Loss Intervention In A Church Community." VCU Scholars Compass, 2015. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3977.
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Increasing rates of obesity across all race, ethnic, gender, and age groups over the past thirty years have generated significant public health concern. Black children face disproportionately higher risk for overweight and obesity compared with their White peers. Substantial evidence suggests that parent involvement improves pediatric obesity treatment outcomes. Moreover, churches are feasible and culturally congruent places to host health promotion interventions within the Black community. The current study examined the feasibility of disseminating an existing pediatric obesity intervention, NOURISH, in Black church communities. Twenty-five families participated in baseline assessment of the NOURISH-C. Five churches hosted the intervention and eight individuals were trained to lead the sessions. It was hypothesized that parent participation in NOURISH-C would be associated with improvements in child dietary intake, quality of life, and physical activity. Significant increases in quality of life were found, but no other hypotheses related to child health outcomes were supported. Nonetheless, this study offers a unique contribution to the pediatric obesity literature through its focus on implementing a community based intervention in a primarily Black sample. Outcomes from the primary aim, which assessed feasibility, provide important guidance for future research. Specifically, barriers to and facilitators of the implementation of NOURISH-C are reviewed to inform future church based health promotion interventions. Additionally, current findings provide a framework for future community based iterations of NOURISH.
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Shanks, Mangle L. "The Experiences of African American Women Participating in Church-based Weight Loss Programs." Thesis, Walden University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10619543.
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While obesity is a nationwide phenomenon, African Americans – especially women – continue to be more severely affected than any other ethnic group. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over 20% of African American women are obese compared to 15.6% of Caucasian women. The church is an important community center for many African Americans, and is often a site for health promotion programs, though little is known of the effectiveness of these programs. The purpose of this qualitative study was to study the experiences and attitudes of African American women who have gone through a church-based weight-loss program. Questions were asked about the cultural, environmental and social barriers to weight loss, and the components of effective church-based weight loss programs. Using a phenomenological approach, this study was designed to capture new data for the development of sustainable church-based weight-loss programs. The theory of social support was used as a theoretical framework. The major themes arising from the data concerned the importance of: (a) social support on all levels; (b) the involvement of the pastor, his spouse, or other church leadership; (c) the inclusion of weight-loss participants in program design; (d) a holistic program design to meet the needs of the entire family; and (e) a culturally sensitive program. The inclusion of all these elements is recommended for future programs. The social change implication is that these recommendations could be helpful in the design, development, and implementation of sustainable church-based weight-loss programs for African American women.
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Velaga, Nagendra R. "Development of a weight-based topological map-matching algorithm and an integrity method for location-based ITS services." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2010. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/6596.
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The main objective of this research is to enhance navigation modules of location-based Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) by developing a weight-based topological map-matching algorithm and a map-aided integrity monitoring process. Map-matching (MM) algorithms integrate positioning data from positioning sensors with spatial road network data to identify firstly, the road link on which a vehicle is travelling from a set of candidate links; and secondly, to determine the vehicle s location on that segment. A weight-based topological MM algorithm assigns weights for all candidate links based on different criteria such as the similarity in vehicle movement direction and link direction and the nearness of the positioning point to a link. The candidate link with the highest total weighting score is selected as the correct link. This type of map-matching algorithm is very popular due to its simplicity and speediness in identifying the correct links. Existing topological map-matching algorithms however have a number of limitations: (1) employing a number of thresholds that may not be transferable, (2) assigning arbitrary weighting coefficients to different weights, (3) not distinguishing among different operational environments (i.e., urban, suburban and rural) when determining the relative importance of different weights and (4) not taking into account all available data that could enhance the performance of a topological MM algorithm. In this research a novel weight-based topological map-matching algorithm is developed by addressing all the above limitations. The unique features of this algorithm are: introducing two new weights on turn restrictions and connectivity at junctions to improve the performance of map-matching; developing a more robust and reliable procedure for the initial map-matching process; performing two consistency checks to minimise mismatches and determining the relative importance of different weights for specific operational environments using an optimisation technique. Any error associated with either the raw positioning data (from positioning sensors) or spatial road network, or the MM process can lead to incorrect road link identification and inaccurate vehicle location estimation. Users should be notified when the navigation system performance is not reliable. This is referred to as an integrity monitoring process. In this thesis, a user-level map-aided integrity method that takes into account all error sources associated with the three components of a navigation system is developed. Again, the complexity of the road network is also considered. Errors associated with a spatial road map are given special attention. Two knowledge-based fuzzy inference systems are employed to measure the integrity scale, which provides the level of confidence in map-matching results. Performance of the new MM algorithm and the integrity method was examined using a real-world field data. The results suggest that both the algorithm and the integrity method have the potential to support a wide range of real-time location-based ITS services. The MM algorithm and integrity method developed in this research are simple, fast, efficient and easy to implement. In addition, the accuracy offered by the enhanced MM algorithm is found to be high; it is able to identify the correct links 97.8% of the time with an horizontal accuracy of 9.1 m. This implies that the developed algorithm has high potential to be implemented by industry for the purpose of supporting the navigation modules of location-based intelligent transport systems.
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Chin, Ya-Hsien, and 金雅祥. "Weight-Based Local Image Enhancement." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/32376124536975282066.
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碩士國立臺灣大學
電機工程學研究所
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Image enhancement ranges over numerous subjects. The most common application is digital photos taken in our daily life. Due to the different environmental conditions or the photographers, it frequently leads into too dark or bright images in local area. Either in certain Pattern Recognition(PR) system, by the way of pre-processing as known as image enhancement we could obtain more distinguishing features in order to classify them further precisely. As for some indoor surveillance systems, we fail to monitor efficiently because of the poor light source generating over dark areas in a few images. Thus, we will modify this through the technology of image enhancement. Hence we wish that we could make some proper local enhancements as to meet the demands of naked-eyed observations without destroying the rest parts. Owing to the higher sensitivity of human beings to luminance and RGB color space is higher correlated not easy to process, we usually transfer images to YCbCr color space then do certain adjustments in accordance with the luminance. Through increasing the weight of low contrast area and GA optimization for solution space, we could attain the proper transfer curve for enhancing local low contrast images. Together with a use of Spatial Diffusion Filter processing the boundary problems arising from two different transfer curves, we can achieve the goal of local enhancement without destroying the quality of rest areas in the meanwhile.
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"To weight or not to weight? Incorporating sampling designs into model-based analyses." CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, 2009. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3326665.
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Akay, Erdem. "Conceptual level FEM based wing weight estimation." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2010-08-1865.
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Weight and its estimation have a vital impact in the aircraft design process from the very early phases. When the conceptual design configuration of an aircraft has been created, it should ensure that the estimated weight is sufficiently accurate to meet the performance and cost requirements. The estimation of structural weight in early design stages is mostly performed using historical data; however, this approach does not provide reliable weight estimates for unconventional or unique designs or those that employ advanced materials. One solution for improving the accuracy of conceptual level weight estimation is to improve the fidelity of the methodology, geometry models, and loads through the use of Finite Element Methods (FEM). This thesis is intended to demonstrate an initial application of conceptual-level FEM based weight estimation to aircraft wing structure.text
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Li-Jen, Lin, and 林立人. "Based on Weight CMAC for Controller Design." Thesis, 2003. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/31523925980598177353.
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碩士國立臺灣師範大學
工業教育研究所
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The Cerebellar Mode Articulation Controller (CMAC), one kind of Neural Network, is well known of its simple architecture and easily developed algorithm. We found that the curve of error is oscillational, and its situation is not acceptable for real time control, but after the heavy oscillation, it goes steady for some time when CMAC applied simple iterative algorithm. The concept of weighted factor is hereby proposed in order to improve the curve of error in a smoother converging curve. This paper presents a novel WCMAC, weighted CMAC, to discuss whether or not that it can be suitably applied in the future. The following discussions are focuses on the 1) theory of WCMAC, 2) its learning ability for specific mathematical function and 3) experiment with WCMAC on Ball on Beam Control System. Firstly, the numbers of iterative applied by WCMAC can be reduced after concluding the result of experiment that is based on the criteria of mathematical condition number. Secondly, the responses of the WCMAC, when integrated with principle of residual are accurate as well as the other algorithms of CMAC based on the learning specific mathematical function that was adapted from the table from Sayil in 2002. Finally, this study chooses the Ball on Bean System, a well-known nonminimum phase system, as a tester. We designed a main controller using theory of quadratic optimal control for the purpose of implementing WCMAC as an auxiliary controller. The responses of results found that the control system worked well with WCMAC applied.
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Lee, Hsin-I., and 李信誼. "Weight-based Dispatching Algorithm for Queued Cloud Computing." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/61652429704999617672.
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碩士朝陽科技大學
資訊與通訊系碩士班
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Cloud computing is attractive for users having more demands on the Internet services because it can provide a variety of services. A huge amount of service demands can make the overloads of service nodes and the losses of tasks during transmission. Therefore, the reasonable architectures and fair dispatching algorithms that provide high performance under several distributions of tasks in cloud computing environment are considered. In this paper, we propose a novel cloud computing architecture including cloud task management (CTM) and cloud service cluster (CSC). The CTM uses the queues and dispatching algorithms to reduce the lost tasks and achieve fairness for resources. We analyze the waiting time of queues in the CSCs. Furthermore, we study the weight-based dispatching (WBD), random dispatching (RD), and round-robin dispatching (RRD) algorithms for the queued cloud computing architecture. The simulation results show that WBD provides high throughput under a variety of distribution patterns and more stable than others on the performance of queue waiting time.
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Wang, Chen-Ru, and 王晨儒. "Quad-Tree Based Weight Switching Impulse Noise Filter." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/21821035007402805847.
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碩士淡江大學
機械與機電工程學系碩士班
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This paper presents the tri-state median (TSM) filter with weight switching based on quad-tree decomposition. Quad-tree decomposition condition is based on standard deviation. Then, the smooth regions are separated by quad-tree decomposition and the complex regions are determined by histogram statistics. Finally, the TSM filter uses lower weights in the smooth regions and higher weights in the complex regions. In the experiment results, smooth and complex images in different noise ratios will have the well effect for removing the impulse noise.
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Huang, Yu-Lung, and 黃裕隆. "An Ontology-Based Weight Loss Diet Menu System." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/16486302778947888064.
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碩士義守大學
工業工程與管理學系碩士班
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In recent years, whether in developed or developing countries, overweight or obese has continued to rise in the proportion of the population. People in a busy life, often for efficiency and save time, Everyone for fast-food, it will not only result in obesity may also be nutritional imbalance, serious and even lead to cardiovascular disease, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, stroke disease and diabetes . Now many ways to lose weight, but many people are always heat for three day, often a way to lose weight, lasted less than three days to give up, most of them are way too difficult to achieve. so how can successfully get rid of fat effectively and while maintaining health, and convenience for the purpose of everyone, it Important lesson for us. The 7-11 convenience store will be currently on the market of food containing the nutrients and calories are used as a basis to design the menu, and by the United States Stanford University Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research Centre for research and development of the Protege knowledge management platform, based on analysis of the knowledge of the associated schema, to construct the domain ontology, showing the basics of food energy content of nutrients. In the expert system tools, rendering expert rule method of problem solving, the establishment of working knowledge of food calorie nutrients. Rules may be followed within the knowledge domain ontology to infer the relationship between concepts, the combination of the knowledge base to provide a complete framework for domain knowledge, and finally use this knowledge both to provide users with an effective weight loss, but also easy to obtain , also do not have to specifically consult nutritionists experts, you can easily reduce the incidence of obesity in the inquiry system.
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Chou, Wen-Pin, and 周文斌. "Establishing a Weight-based Software Quality Evaluation Model." Thesis, 2003. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/44477222384986727709.
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碩士國立臺灣科技大學
資訊管理系
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The software product evaluation is a necessary and important procedure for both the development and acquisition of high quality software. Two series of International Standards have been widely adopted all over the world. Firstly, the quality model defined by ISO/IEC 9126 helps to elicit the comprehensive quality requirement of a software product and to review it. Secondly, ISO/IEC 14598 has provided a framework of evaluation process and relevant guidelines to systematically evaluate a software product. For the above two standards-based software product quality evaluation model, measures can only show the measurement result of the low-level quality attributes in the model, but the quantities of higher-level quality attributes such as characteristics or sub-characteristics in the model cannot be identified. Therefore, such the software product quality evaluation model cannot reveal the overall quality of a software product. The objective of this thesis is to establish a weighted-based software product quality evaluation model based on the above two international standards. The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method is used to first prioritize the lowest-level evaluation items in the software product quality evaluation model, and then to quantify the values (weight) of the corresponding software quality sub-characteristic. By using the same procedure above, the weights of the software quality characteristics and further the overall quality of a software product can be obtained in our proposed model.
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O'Connor, Linda Kathleen. "Weight-based Stigma and Deficit Thinking about Obesity in Schools: How Neoliberal Conceptions of Obesity Are Contributing to Weight-based Stigma." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1807/30101.
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This thesis examines weight-based stigma in schools, and examines body size as an issue of difference, subject to discrimination, from within a critical democratic framework. I raise a paradox when it comes to dealing with the issue of obesity; we don’t want to say that weight is within individual control, however, we don’t want to say obesity is outside individual control and nothing can be done to affect it. Neoliberal conceptions of obesity in Western countries are highly individualistic, and blame obese individuals for failing to adhere to social norms. This leads to deficit thinking about obese individuals, wherein a group of students are seen as inherently deficient. Turning to Freire’s conception of ethics, which calls for respect for all students, it becomes clear that conceiving of a group of students as inherently deficient is unethical. This then renders the neoliberal conception of obesity unethical. I then offer pedagogically and ethically sound alternatives to current practices.
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Liang, Yen-Lun, and 梁晏綸. "Empirical studies on the online learning algorithms based on combining weight noise injection and weight decay." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/81560444116082287065.
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碩士國立中興大學
科技管理研究所
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While injecting weight noise during training have been widely adopted in attaining fault tolerant neural newtorks, theoretical and empirical studies on the online algorithms developed based on these strategies have yet to be complete. In this thesis, we will investigate two important aspects in regard to the online learning algorithms based on combining weight noise injection and weight decay. Multiplicative weight noise and additive weight noise are considered seperately. The convergence behaviors and the performance of those learning algorithms are investigated via intensive computer simulations. It is found that (i) the online learning algorithm based on purely multiplicative weight noise injection does not converge, (ii) the algorithms combining weight noise injection and weight decay exhibit better convergence behaviors than their pure weight noise injection counterparts, and (iii) the neural networks attained by these algorithms combining weight noise injection and weight decay showing better fault tolerance abilities than the neural networks attained by the pure weight noise injection-based algorithms. The contributions of these results are two folds. First, part of these empirical results complement the recent findings from Ho, Leung & Sum on the convergence behaviors of the weight noise injection-based learning algorithms. Second, another part of the results which is in regard to the fault tolerance ability are new in the area. Finally, one should note that the results presented in this thesis also bring out an important message adding weight decay during training. Weight decay is not just can improve the convergence of an algorithm, but also can improve the weight noise tolerance ability of a neural network that is attained by these online algorithms.
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Lin, Kuang-Chung, and 林光中. "Weight Loss Program Based on Telemedicine and Distance Learning." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/17679839212586359266.
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碩士臺北醫學大學
醫學資訊研究所
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Title of Thesis : Weight Loss Program Based on Telemedicine and Distance Learning Author : Kuang-Chung Lin Thesis advised by : Hung-Wen Chiu Ph.D. Professor Graduate Institute of Medical Informatics Taipei Medical University Most of the hospitals now have established anti-fat related out-patient diagnosis or programs in helping people to overcome obesity. For current practice patient enrolled in the program need to go to hospital at a specific timeframe to join the program for health review, diet consulting, or exercise training. With the realization of concepts of telemedicine together with distance learning, it could be more convenient for patients to participate in the programs without usual limitations of time and place availability. In this study, we implemented a system using current off-the-shelf information technologies of software and hardware, to set up a virtual classroom on the Internet for a weight-loss program. The purpose of this study was to prove that a weight-loss program based on telemedicine and distance learning could be as effective as the ordinary face-to face process which patients need to visit hospital periodically. In addition, protocols with this study investigated the limitations and possible improvements for setting up a Internet weight-loss program. Volunteers of this experiment were divided into two groups, virtual class and traditional class, without any baseline differences in body weight, BMI, body fat %, waist circumference, and hip circumference. After a 3-month weight-loss program, data had been collected for comparison between the 2 groups. The results, however, showed that the weight-loss program of the virtual class is acceptable and effective; improvements of the participants are slower than those of the traditional class. Members in virtual class had better interactions with the medical stuffs due to the features brought out by telemedicine and distance learning. On the other hand, inconsistency of enrollments were noted because of unavailability of direct monitoring, which was the key successful factor for a weight-loss program, either in a virtual or a traditional class. Key words : Telemedicine Distance learning Weight-loss program Body mass index
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Su, Yu-Wei, and 蘇昱瑋. "Weight Factors in Human Movement Analysis-Based on LMA." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/58007938650086545588.
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碩士國立臺北大學
資訊管理研究所
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The scale and output value of digital content industries are steadily on the increase. And digital content industries still has a very big growth space in Taiwan. Digital content includes a lot of material information that will be processed into digital format and give new types of applications. By the medical service and movement domain, further process will be done by the digitizing technology the material. Afterwards, it may be used to study how to reduce the bodily harm as well as the injury recovery process. In this study, based on the LMA(Laban Movement Analysis) theory , the scope of the study focuses on time analysis of the kinematics parameters by the unit interval/unit time (frame) computation. The purpose of the analysis is to observe the changes of the parameters by time change, to improve the displacement, the velocity, the acceleration, the angular variation, the angular velocity, the angular acceleration in the computation only used in the beginning and end times. After material computation, it then penetrates the statistical methods to pick up some movement characteristic parameters. We applied RDP smoothing algorithm to detect the threshold values, used statistical classification tree method to identify the most appropriate threshold and to find the movement characteristic parameters with suitable time classification. We then carried the analytical process on the decision-making criteria and domain value of movement factors to respective body parts/efforts, and the analytical results were stored into the movement effort database, which could be used to generate the digitized movement with specific efforts on some specific body parts. We also designed a framework for future generations to build the complete movement effort database.