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Hollands, Kristen. "Whole body coordination during turning while walking in stroke survivors." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2010. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/1312/.
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This body of work sought to explore kinematic impairments which may underlie falls incidences during turning following stroke and review the evidence for the effectiveness of interventions aimed at improving aspects of locomotor coordination which are key to controlling turning. A systematic review of the literature identified insufficient homogeneity of high quality evidence to determine if task specific locomotor practice interventions are effective in improving aspects of gait coordination which are key to the controlling turning. The review highlighted a need for a better understanding of the nature of coordination deficits in functional walking tasks, such as turning, after stroke. In order to provide a base of knowledge regarding abnormalities in the coordination of locomotor patterns during turning while walking, two experimental studies were undertaken. The studies employed analysis of full-body kinematics during turns made under pre-planned and reactive conditions as well as turns of different magnitudes and those made by participants with and without a falls history. Findings from Study 1 showed a strong trend for participants with stroke (in particular those with lesions involving the basal ganglia) to initiate pre-planned turns later than their age-match counterpart. Turns made in response to an external cue were made in a similar manner to healthy controls. Results from study 2 indicate that while participants with stroke and falls history took significantly longer to turn, all other aspects of the movement pattern were similar to healthy controls and non-fallers. Therefore, incidences of falls during turning following stroke may not be due to impaired movement patterns alone. On this basis, we suggest that rehabilitation efforts and further studies should address the interplay of impaired movement production with other factors such as attention.
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Lopez, Mark W. "Whole building commissioning." Thesis, Springfield, Va. : Available from National Technical Information Service, 2000. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA379392.
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Xiu, Pingping. "Whole-book recognition." LEHIGH UNIVERSITY, 2011. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3439862.
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Sturman, David Joel. "Whole-hand input." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/68270.
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Sturniolo, Rebecca Lynn. "A Layered Whole." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/93286.
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a series of sectional graphics are created to represent the architectural whole. this thesis is about how a three dimensional architecture is seen and perceived through use of two dimensional graphics. it is about understanding a finished work [the whole] by viewing its individual sectional layers [the parts]. a whole does not exist without its parts, just as architecture would not exist without section. in this case, the section is raised above all other things in order to see the potential of the whole.Master of Architecture
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Coley, F. J. S. "Exploring whole system design." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2008. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/3808.
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The emergence of increasingly complex problems, combined with growing concerns for the environment, is fuelling the demand for more innovative and sustainable products, services and systems. Whole system design is one approach that aims to integrate social, economic and environmental phenomena into a comprehensive design solution. The approach encourages the development of partnerships between actors from a variety of different backgrounds, disciplines and sectors to develop an innovative, sustainable and optimised solution at a whole system level. However, there is limited research concerning the integrative process that actors are required to follow in order to reach such a solution. The aim of this study was to gain improved knowledge and understanding surrounding the process of whole system design and to identify those factors that influence its success. This was achieved in two phases; firstly a longitudinal case study was undertaken which followed the process of whole system design from beginning to end. 22 design and progress meetings were observed, 18 interviews were carried out and a multitude of relevant documentation was analysed. This resulted in the identification of 10 themes. The second phase of the research aimed to validate initial findings by conducting 5 smaller cases and interviewing 11 individually selected experts. The study ultimately produced 8 confirmed themes, 68 individual findings and 37 factors that enable and inhibit the process of whole system design. As a result of this study, an improved knowledge and understanding surrounding the process of whole system design has been presented. In particular, findings have been provided concerning: the development of partnerships, the pertinence of human and non-human interaction, the requirement of individual characteristics, enhanced understanding of purpose and process, the necessary alignment of individual and organisational motivation, the necessity of sense making activities, the role of a facilitator and the need for integration, each of these within the context of whole system design. The framework of these findings provides a novel contribution to knowledge within the context of whole system design.
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Noronha, Lisete Fernandes de. "Whole life health insurance." Master's thesis, FCT - UNL, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/2362.
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Dissertação apresentada na Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa para obtenção do Grau de mestre em Matemática e AplicaçõesThe health insurance has become complementary to the National Health Care system in Portugal. In the last years, the increase of this insurance has been considerable. Despite the health concerns of Portuguese citizens, related to better life quality, medical technology and others, the ageing of Portuguese population is a reality to be well thought-out. Regarding this fact, the whole life health insurance is an important product to be developed. In this dissertation, it is presented an approach to the calculation of the level premiums for the whole life health insurance in order to fulfil the Portuguese insurer’s market requests. A private health insurance company with a historical data of ten years provided the statistics used for this calculation. The levelled insurance premiums were calculated on the basis of the risk involved and according to the principle of equivalence. This means that regarding the period insured, the total of premiums should match the total of the benefits.
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Potros, Benjamin. "Whole Body Cryotherapy och träningsvärk : Vad har Whole Body Cryotherapy för effekt på träningsvärk." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Idrottsvetenskap, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-24268.
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Intensiv träning resulterar iskada i skelettmuskulaturen. Symptomen som idrottare uppvisar efter träning är svullnad, smärta och nedsatt muskelfunktion. Användningen av Whole Body Cryotherapy(WBC) har uppmärksammats och används för att återhämta sig från de symptom som orsakas vid Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness(DOMS). Syftet med denna litteraturstudie var att se vilken effekt WBC har på DOMS. Litteratursökningen ägde rum i PubMed, Cinahl och Google Scholars databaser. Utfallsvariabler som testade för DOMS var smärta registrerat med Visual Analog Scale(VAS), Maximal genererad kraftkapacitet(MKK) och blodprover som testade för inflammatoriska ämnen CreatinCinase(CK) och inflammatoriska cytokiner. Litteratursökningen resulterade i nio artiklar. Fem av de totalt nio studierna som hade smärta som en utfallsvariabel visade en minskad smärta för WBC-guppen jämfört med kontrollgruppen. Studier som undersökte MKK var motsägelsefulla. Tre av sex studier som undersökte MKK visade en signifikant skillnad på WBC gruppen, samtidigt visade de tre resterande studierna ingen effekt alls. Studier som haft CK och inflammatoriska cytokiner som utfallsvariabel visade ingen effekt. Sammanfattningsvis visade det sig att WBC har liten och ingen effekt på DOMS. Området saknar fortfarande forskning och detta område behöver undersökas mer innan WBC kan rekommenderas som en effektiv återhämtningsmetod mot DOMS, och hittills har metoden visar liten eller ingen effekt på dessa utfallsvariabler
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Cockayne, William R. "Two-hand, whole-hand interaction." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1998. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA356098.
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Thesis (M.S. in Computer Science) Naval Postgraduate School, September 1998."September 1998." Thesis advisor(s): Michael Zyda, Rudy Darken. Includes bibliographical references (p. 43-48). Also available online.
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Burgess-Wilson, Michael Edward. "Platelet aggregation in whole blood." Maastricht : Maastricht : Universitaire Pers Maastricht ; University Library, Maastricht University [Host], 1996. http://arno.unimaas.nl/show.cgi?fid=7393.
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Bryan, Matthew. "The Whole Headlight-Colored Night." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2009. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/3874.
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This collection of short fiction probes the lives of characters trying to make their home in the flat, unchanging landscape of the small towns that make up central Florida. The largely static environment reflects the rigid patterns of behavior and domesticity the characters find themselves so easily falling into. Seemingly ordinary items-a shotgun, a t-shirt, a paper bag-and the small moments that make up everyday life are imbued with significance as men and women painfully aware of their own ordinariness struggle to hold onto those fragile instances of connection, happiness, or even their own self-constructed sense of identity. The struggle becomes one of opposing forces: as characters yearn to connect to the people, places, and objects around them, they find themselves more and more attracted to the idea of escaping their own lives, even if for just a moment. Stories range from two pages to over twenty and introduce the reader to a diverse population of characters, from an out of work construction worker cum wannabe philosopher to an amateur historian writing a history nobody cares about to the one man who actually did escape-a cockfight organizer who made it big in Georgia before blowing himself up at a gas station. Characters fight over toothbrushes, puzzle out whether a father is just drunk or beautiful, and look for space stations they may or may not be able to see at all. As in life, in these stories, it's the small, quiet moments that come to define who these people are and demonstrate their pursuit of something bigger and more important, even if they don't have any idea what that may be.M.F.A.
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Fujimoto, Masaki Stanley. "Graph-Based Whole Genome Phylogenomics." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2020. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/8461.
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Understanding others is a deeply human urge basic in our existential quest. It requires knowing where someone has come from and where they sit amongst peers. Phylogenetic analysis and genome wide association studies seek to tell us where we’ve come from and where we are relative to one another through evolutionary history and genetic makeup. Current methods do not address the computational complexity caused by new forms of genomic data, namely long-read DNA sequencing and increased abundances of assembled genomes, that are becoming evermore abundant. To address this, we explore specialized data structures for storing and comparing genomic information. This work resulted in the creation of novel data structures for storing multiple genomes that can be used for identifying structural variations and other types of polymorphisms. Using these methods we illuminate the genetic history of organisms in our efforts to understand the world around us.
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Hahn, Jens. "From Parts to the Whole." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/21522.
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Die Durchführung von Experimenten und das mathematische Modellieren von zellulären Prozessen gehören in der Systembiologie untrennbar zusammen. Das gemeinsame Ziel ist die Aufklärung des Zusammenspiels intrazellulärer Prozesse wie Metabolismus, Genexpression oder Signaltransduktion. Während sich molekularbiologische Untersuchungen mit den molekularen Mechanismen einzelner isolierter Systeme beschäftigen, zielt die Systembiologie auf die Aufklärung der Zusammenhänge ganzer Prozesse und schließlich auch ganzer Zellen ab. Die Verfügbarkeit von umfangreichen Datensätzen und die steigenden Möglichkeiten im Bereich der Computersimulation haben in den letzten Jahren den Weg geebnet, um auch Ganzzellsimulationen nicht mehr unmöglich erscheinen zu lassen. Diese Arbeit stellt das erste eukaryotische Ganzzellmodell der Bäckerhefe Saccharomyces cerevisiae vor. Hefe als eukaryotischer Modellorganismus ist hierbei der perfekte Kandidat für die Erstellung eines solchen Modells. Er bietet, als wohl meist erforschter eukaryotischer Einzeller in Verbindung mit der Verfügbarkeit einer großen Menge experimenteller Daten, beste Voraussetzungen zur Erstellung eines solchen Modells. Das Projekt ist hierbei in drei Teile gegliedert: i) Die Erstellung eines modularen Ganzzellmodells das alle zellulären Funktionen wie Zellzyklus, Genexpression, Metabolismus, Transport und Wachstum abbildet. ii) Die Implementation einer spezialisierten Simulationsumgebung in Verbindung mit einer Datenbank, um die Erstellung, Simulation und Parametrisierung von Modulen zu ermöglichen. iii) Die Durchführung von Experimenten, um einen ganzheitlichen Datensatz zu erlangen, der Wachstum, Genexpression und Metabolismus abbildet. Die hier vorgestellte Arbeit liefert nicht nur ein mathematisches Modell, sondern benennt auch die Herausforderungen, die während der Arbeit an einem Ganzzellmodell auftreten und stellt mögliche Lösungsansätze vor.In systems biology experiments and mathematical modeling are going hand in hand to gain and increase understanding of cellular processes like metabolism, gene expression, or signaling pathways. While molecular biology investigates single isolated parts and molecular mechanisms of cellular processes, systems biology aims at unraveling the whole process and ultimately whole organisms. Today the availability of comprehensive high-throughput data and computational power paved the way to increase the size of analyzed systems to reach the cellular level. This thesis presents the first whole-cell model (WCM) of a eukaryotic cell, the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. This established model organism is the perfect candidate for the implementation of a holistic model based on the available experimental data and the accumulated biological knowledge. The project is split into three parts: i) The creation of a modular functional-complete whole-cell model, combining the processes cell cycle, gene expression, metabolism, transport, and growth. ii) The implementation of a specialized simulation environment and a database to support module creation, simulation, and parameterization. iii) The elicitation of experimental data by conducting an experiment to achieve a comprehensive data set for parameterization, combining growth, metabolic, proteomic, and transcriptomic data. The presented work provides not only a simple mathematical model but also addresses challenges occurring during the development of whole-cell models and names possible solutions and new methodologies required for the creation of WCMs.
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MCGUIER, JOSEPH A. "A WHOLE IN THE WALL." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1148315585.
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Leong, Colin D. "Whole-Lake Primary Production Calculator." Wright State University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1452795206.
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Hongu, Nobuko, Kiah J. Farr, Asuka Suzuki, and Valeria Grijalva. "Whole Grains on Your Plate." College of Agriculture, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/335836.
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5 pp.Studies have shown the integration of whole grains into daily diet correlates with a reduced risk of many chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, and cancer. This article outlines the daily dietary nutritional benefits of whole grains, as well as the positive long-term health effects associated with consistent whole grain intake in diet. Also, this article provides how to find, prepare, and utilize whole grains in everyday dietary choices. Whole grain alternative cooking recipes are introduced using relatively new whole grains (quinoa, whole wheat couscous) in typical American diets.
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Rodriguez, Janel. "Ethnography: Understanding the Whole Child." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2019. https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgu_etd/125.
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Three students were picked to be the focus students for this ethnography. The criteria used to pick the three focus students are: focus student one has to be an English language learner, focus student two student has to have an IEP or a 504 plan, and focus student three has to have had a significant life experience. Included in the ethnography are student works, analysis of assessments, and interviews with students and families. I used scholarly resources to support data, such as How to be an Effective Teacher by Harry K. Wong (2009). I discuss the effectiveness of my action plan by discussing the results of the students progression, or the need to amend the action plan. The purpose of ethnography is to get to know the student as a whole, and not through assessments. I describe students’ interests, likes and dislikes, and family life. In addition to getting to know the students, there is an in depth look at the educator, and her motivations.
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Meyers, Robert H. "Moving into whole language practices." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1993. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/714.
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Baptista, João Paulo Fonseca. "Efeito da “Whole-Body Cryotherapy” na recuperação física pós exercício: revisão de bibliografia." Bachelor's thesis, [s.n.], 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10284/7085.
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Projeto de Graduação apresentado à Universidade Fernando Pessoa como parte dos requisitos para obtenção do grau de Licenciado em FisioterapiaObjetivo: esta revisão da literatura teve como foco perceber de que forma e em que variáveis, o uso da whole-body cryotherapy (WBC) pode ter impacto na recuperação física após o exercício. Metodologia: foi realizada uma pesquisa computorizada nas bases de dados PubMed e Science Direct, utilizando as palavras-chave: “whole-body cryotherapy” OR “whole-body cryostimulation” AND “recovery”. Os critérios de inclusão foram: estudos randomizados controlados, publicados na língua inglesa, que falassem só na WBC, que incluíssem atletas e não atletas. Como critérios de exclusão foram utilizados: artigos focados marcadores inflamatórios e artigos que não contemplassem variáveis relacionadas com fisioterapia. Resultados: foram incluídos 7 estudos randomizados controlados. Os artigos incluídos apresentaram uma média 6,43 de na escala PEDro. Dos artigos analisados, os 7 abordaram o impacto da WBC na performance desportiva bem como nas sensações subjetivas, 4 abordaram também o impacto da técnica sobre a creatina quinase e apenas 1 avaliou o impacto sobre a qualidade do sono. Conclusão: podemos concluir que a WBC poderá ter lugar como modalidade de recuperação física no âmbito do exercício. No entanto, pelo facto dos estudos sobre esta recente modalidade não serem consensuais, maior investigação será necessária.
Objective: This review of the literature aimed to understand how and in what variables, the use of whole-body cryotherapy could impact physical recovery after exercise. Methodology: A computerized search was performed based on PubMed and Science Direct databases, using the keywords: “whole-body cryotherapy” OR “whole-body cryostimulation” AND “recovery”. The inclusion criteria were: randomized control trials, published in the English language, highlighting only WBC, that involved athletes or non-athletes. The exclusion criteria were studies focused on inflammatory markers and studies that didn´t approach physiotherapy related variables. Results: 7 randomized control trials were included. The articles had an average of 6,43 on the PEDro scale. All 7 articles analyzed assessed sport performance and subjective sensations, 4 also assessed the impact of WBC on creatine kinase and only 1 assessed the impact of the technique on sleep quality. Conclusion: We can conclude that WBC could have a place as a recovery modality regarding exercise. However, because not all trials were consensual, more investigation on the matter is necessary.
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Dovi, Koya Ange Pamela. "Whole grain sorghum and whole grain cowpea biscuits as a complementary food for improved child nutrition." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/43320.
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Protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) among children remains a huge burden in Africa. Due to poverty, such children rely on the same starchy staples, such as sorghum, consumed in the household, as both their source of energy and protein. However, sorghum has a low protein quality, particularly with respect to the indispensable amino acid lysine and also protein digestibility. Local pulses such as cowpea are important vehicles to address PEM. Biscuits are favoured as means of fortification because they are palatable, nutrient-dense, in ready-to-eat form and have a long shelf-life. Therefore, the objectives of this study were to develop and evaluate the effect of fortifying whole grain sorghum with whole grain cowpea on the nutritional quality, instrumental, sensory characteristics and consumer evaluation of the biscuits.
Composite biscuits were produced from two types of whole grain sorghums, white tan-plant, non-tannin (WTP) and red non-tannin (RNT) composited with whole grain cowpea at 60:40 ratio. These were compared with commercial economic wheat biscuits.
Sorghum-cowpea biscuits had 50-60% higher protein content than 100% sorghum biscuits but were the same as that of wheat biscuits. The mineral content of sorghum-cowpea biscuits was 27-29% and 37% higher than that of 100% sorghum and wheat biscuits, respectively. The pepsin in-vitro protein digestibility (IVPD) of the sorghum-cowpea biscuits was 71-81% higher than that of 100% biscuits due to inclusion of the more digestible cowpea globulin proteins. However, the average pepsin IVPD of the sorghum and sorghum-cowpea biscuits was 211% and 76% lower than that of wheat biscuits, respectively. There was no trypsin inhibitor activity in the sorghum-cowpea biscuits due to the dilution of the trypsin inhibitors in cowpea. The total phenolic content of the sorghum-cowpea biscuits was 30-45% and 70% higher than that of 100% sorghum and wheat biscuits, respectively.
Sorghum-cowpea biscuits were stronger than 100% sorghum biscuits due to water soluble-globulin proteins from cowpea. Correspondence analysis (CA) revealed that 64% of the variation in terms of texture and flavour of the biscuits was due to type of cereal (sorghum or wheat) and 23% was due to the presence of cowpea in biscuits, respectively. Standard wheat biscuits were the most liked. However, using cluster analysis, individual overall liking of consumers varied and four different clusters of consumers with similar liking of the biscuits were identified. Two clusters with substantial percentage of consumers (41%) liked the sorghum-cowpea biscuits. These findings suggest that sorghum-cowpea composite biscuits could well serve as an acceptable high quality protein-rich complementary food to alleviate PEM, and generate income for smallholder farmers in rural areas of Africa where sorghum and cowpea are produced and consumed as staples.Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2013.
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Niemiec, Emilia <1987>. "Ethical, legal and social issues related to the offer of whole exome and whole genome sequencing." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2018. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/8295/1/NIEMIEC_EMILIA_tesi.pdf.
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Whole genome and exome sequencing (WGS and WES) raise numerous ethical, legal and social issues (ELSI), such as related to informed consent and usage of sequencing data in research. These concerns may be amplified when genomic sequencing is offered direct-to-consumer (DTC) bypassing the traditional heathcare system. This thesis discusses ELSI related to WES/WGS and DTC genetic testing, provides an overview of current DTC genetic testing market, and analyses the impact of the recently adopted Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on in vitro diagnostic medical devices on DTC genetic testing.
To provide insights into how ethical issues are addressed in DTC offer of WES/WGS, content analysis of websites of relevant DTC companies was conducted; the results were compared to relevant recommendations of expert groups. The analysis revealed the following concerns: lack of pre-test counselling, inadequate informed consent documents for genetic testing and/or for research activities on consumers’ samples and data, lack of relevant information and/or presence of potentially misleading descriptions in some of the companies studied. Consequently, consumers might not be aware of all the implications of undergoing WGS/WES, and their informed consent may be compromised.
Another study presented in this thesis evaluated readability of informed consent forms for clinical WGS and WES using the SMOG and the Flesch-Kincaid formulas. All 36 forms studied failed to meet the average recommended reading grade level for informed consent forms, indicating that the content of the forms may not be comprehensible to many patients.
In order to respect patients/consumers, the compliance with ethical standards when offering genetic testing should be strived for, also in the commercial DTC offer of WES and WGS. The findings presented herein indicate specific areas in which practices should be improved and provide reference and guidance for well-informed and potentially policy-relevant discussions between various stakeholders.
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Dunne, Trudy Anne. "At the heart of school change: the experience of participation in a whole-school revitalisation project." University of Southern Queensland, Faculty of Education, 2008. http://eprints.usq.edu.au/archive/00004078/.
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[Abstract]: What is at the heart of whole school change? The focus of this research is how a whole school revitalisation process impacted on the professional community, professional learnings and professional practices in a secondary Catholic College in regional southeast Queensland. It identifies the factors within the school context that impacted on the progress of the project.A review of literature provides support for each of the dimensions of the focus of the research, the research-based framework of the revitalisation project and the factors relevant to a whole school change process. The research paradigm involves interpretivist inquiry, the methodology is case study and a narrative method is used to interpret and present the study. Multiple sources of data are employed: three sets of semi-structured interviews conducted over a three year period from 2004 to 2006; the researcher’s journal; and school documents.Some evidence indicates that the revitalisation project had some impact upon the development of a shared vision and improved whole school collaboration and professional dialogue. The implementation of the change process led to an increase in whole school professional development which impacted on teachers’ shared understandings of pedagogical principles and further there is some evidence of perceived change in teachers’ professional practices as a result of engagement in the project.The study identifies cultural and other factors existing in the school which hindered the progress of the change process. These include teachers’ resistance to change, a culture of ‘blame’, and a lack of teacher leadership and of collaborative decision making on the part of the school leadership team. One outcome of the study was the construction of a set of recommendations to assist a school in overcoming the impact of these identified hindrances to the change process.A model of effective change is developed as a second key outcome of the study. The model is consistent with the key “school change” literature, but its significance lies in the unique context from which it was drawn.
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Cheong, Seay-Peng. "Functional briefing for whole life performance." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2004. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/27370.
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Briefing as the earliest stage of a development is fundamentally important to understand the client's aims and needs. The skills employed at this stage significantly affect the success of the project in meeting the client's requirements. It is therefore crucial to ensure clients' needs are met, yet existing methodologies for capturing client's requirements are· neither comprehensive nor adequate. Collaborative decision-making and documenting client's requirements to incorporate in the detailed design are important tasks in this regard. Existing approaches are limited in their ability to fully capture the client's requirements. In particular, the integration of whole life performance issues into the briefing process is very limited and results in poor client satisfaction. A methodology for capturing client's requirements during briefing is essential to avoid unnecessary conflict during the development. The development of a methodology for accomplishing this involved reviewing the current briefing practices, as well as various guidelines used to define the client's needs. There is still a lack of a systematic and flexible methodology that is applicable for different clients with different needs. Appropriately integrating whole life performance issues during functional briefing will ensure client's needs are tackled and discussed before formulating a detailed design. One of the contributions of this study is the development of a general tool for improving the briefing process. The automated Whole Life Performance Assessment Tool (WLPAT) is specifically designed to facilitate functional briefing. The tool is used to assess the extent to which the brief accurately captures client's requirements for the expected lifetime performance of the facility. This includes the operation and maintenance of the facility during its life span. The tool was developed using MS Excel and produces a graphical report to indicate the issues that need further attention. The flexibility of the tool in encapsulating varying client requirements for different developments, makes it generic (i.e. not limited to specific construction type or procurement method). This prototype system was evaluated by construction practitioners using three different .approaches by different groups of participants. It was done through presentations and demonstrations of WLPAT. Selected professionals also conducted hands-on practical tests of the system. The system implementation reveals that early capture of client requirements will reduce time spent in making amendments at later stages of the development. Early warning is crucial for the project to be completed within the time frame and subsequently reduces unnecessary conflicts. Whole life performance was selected to assess the quality of brief confirmed that the system does offer many benefits in facilitating the briefing process. In conclusion the tool represents a unique and innovative approach to integrate WLP issues into the briefing stage of a project. The automated assessment tool has good potential in providing a quality brief that considers future performance of the expected development. It not only contributes to the briefing process in construction, but also represents a substantial advance over existing approaches.
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Parry, Huw Gareth Michael. "Spectrochemical analysis of whole powdered coal." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/1778.
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The analysis of coal without sample dissolution was investigated by introducing coal slurries, into a variety of atom cells including electrothermal atomisation atomic absorption spectroscopy (ETAAAS), inductively coupled plasmas and direct current plasmas for atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES, DCP-AES) and inductively coupled mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS). All the analyses were calibrated using aqueous standards. Slurries were injected into an electrothermal atomiser. The effects of furnace programme, background correction and air ashing were investigated. As, Se, Cd and Sb were successfully determined in a variety of certified reference material coals. For As the coal was slurried in nickel nitrate, magnesium nitrate, nitric acid and ethanol. Continuiun source and Smith-Hiefije background correction were compared for correction of a broadened Al line interference at the As (193.7 nm) line. Only the latter was effective. Smaller Se signals were obtained from coal compared to aqueous solutions. Iron coal produced structured background and hence overcorrection. The successful method introduced air into the ash stage. Both DCP and ICP techniques yielded good agreement with certificate values provided that the particle size was reduced to below 16 um and 10 um respectively. Simplex optimisation identified the critical parameters for aluminium determinations as being high injector flow rate and low observation height. Preliminary investigations of slurry atomisation using ICP-MS and 0.2% m/v slurried coal gave no blocking. Contamination from zirconia grinding elements used to comminute coal was investigated using laser ablation ICP-MS. Excitation temperature (Texc), ionisation temperature (Tion) rotational temperature (Trot) and electron number density (ng), were measured for different slurry concentrations (1-30% m/v) in the ICP. Depending on themometric species used, Texc may decrease with slurry concentration, but there were no similar decreases in Tion, T(rot) and ng. Observed decreases in analyte emission with increased sample loadings (> 10%) were shown to be caused by transport effects.
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Green, Lilian. "Dynamic simulation for whole life appraisal." Thesis, University of Reading, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.325206.
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Carolan, Niall John. "Partition studies in whole broth extraction." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.247348.
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Mulliah, Devianee. "Functional briefing for whole life performance." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.416179.
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Hsiao, Kaijen. "Imitation learning of whole-body grasps." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/33761.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2005.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 152-154).
Humans often learn to manipulate objects by observing other people. In much the same way, robots can use imitation learning to pick up useful skills. A system is demonstrated here for using imitation learning to teach a robot to grasp objects using both hand and whole-body grasps, which use the arms and torso as well as hands. Demonstration grasp trajectories are created by teleoperating a simulated robot to pick up simulated objects, and stored as sequences of keyframes in which contacts with the object are gained or lost. When presented with a new object, the system compares it against the objects in a stored database to pick a demonstrated grasp used on a similar object. Both objects are modeled as a combination of primitives-boxes, cylinders, and spheres-and the primitives for each object are grouped into 'functional groups' that geometrically match parts of the new object with similar parts of the demonstration object. These functional groups are then used to map contact points from the demonstration object to the new object, and the resulting adapted keyframes are adjusted and checked for feasibility. Finally, a trajectory is found that moves among the keyframes in the adapted grasp sequence, and the full trajectory is tested for feasibility by executing it in the simulation. The system successfully uses this method to pick up 92 out of 100 randomly generated test objects in simulation.
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Eberman, Brian Scott. "Whole-arm manipulation : kinematics and control." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/14428.
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Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1989.Includes bibliographical references.
Support provided in part by the Office of Naval Research University Initiative Program under the Office of Naval Research. N00014-86-K-0685 Support provided in part by the Advanced Research Projects Agency of the Department of Defense under Office of Naval Research. N00014-85-K-0124
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Spillett, Dominique Jane. "Baboon whole genome radiation hybrid mapping." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.624810.
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Lutz, Jill. "Enzymatic hydrolysis of whole grain amaranth." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/18691.
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Master of ScienceDepartment of Food Science
Jon Faubion
There is evolving evidence that intake of whole grains protects against development of chronic diseases. Increasing the appeal of whole grain products proves difficult as they often have poor organoleptic properties attributed to the high water holding capacity, viscosity, and insolubility of components of the bran. Amaranth is a promising grain that is naturally gluten-free and has received much attention in recent years because of its excellent nutritional profile. Studies have shown encouraging approaches to modify the molecular makeup of amaranth by enzymatic hydrolysis. This approach suggests an increase in processability and incorporation of whole grain amaranth into processed foods by ameliorating the challenges inherent in the use of whole grain flours, thereby expanding consumer acceptance and intake of whole grains. This research investigates the effects of a two-level factorial design on the enzymatic hydrolysis of whole grain amaranth with enzymes alpha-amylase, cellulase, xylanase, and protease maintaining constant pH of 6 and temperature, 50°C. The main effects show decreased viscosity and water holding capacity, and increased solubility of whole grain amaranth. The most notable findings show enzymatic treatment decreases viscosity, with alpha-amylase having the most significant impact (P < 0.0001) 21,363-59± 244 cPs. Protease was eliminated from further testing as bitterness was generated with its hydrolysate. To solubilize insoluble components, a second two-level factorial design was employed analyzing pH (4.5 and 7.5) and temperature (50°C-70°C) with the same enzyme dosage as the first design. The main effects of the second design revealed alkaline conditions significantly increase soluble fiber (P < 0.0001) 3.01-5.05% ± 0.3%. Subsequent investigation proposes a response surface design with alpha-amylase in optimizing the effects of reaction time and alkaline conditions.
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Riemer, F. "Quantitative whole brain sodium (²³Na) imaging." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2015. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1469279/.
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In this thesis, the challenges of establishing the very first human in vivo 23Na magnetic resonance imaging in the United Kingdom are presented. A comprehensive framework for quantitative human in vivo studies is established and translated for clinical research imaging. Quantitative measures to obtain the sodium bioscale using external calibrants are discussed and results from a scan re-scan reproducibility study on five healthy volunteers are presented. The protocol was subsequently used in a clinical research study and published by a clinical collaborator in a high impact journal. Improvements in acquisition are achieved by implementation and 23Na adapt- ation of the state of the art 3D-Cones pulse sequence. For evaluation, it is compared against more established 3D-radial k-space sampling schemes featuring cylindrical stack-of-stars (SOS) and 3D-spokes kooshball trajectories on five healthy volunteers in a clinical setting and numerical phantoms. Signal- to-noise ratio (SNR) as a measurement of sequence performance was compared between the sequences and the results are presented. The results were published in a special issue on X-nuclei imaging in the journal of Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine. The work was subsequently shortlisted and presented for the Young Investigator Awards at the annual meeting of the European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology. Reconstruction improvements by means of sophisticated k-space weighting schemes are presented on numerical and in vivo data and its effects on image appearance, SNR and total tissue sodium concentration estimates are discussed. The work is currently in peer review for journal publication. A protocol for clinically feasible in vivo 23Na relaxometry measurements of the transverse relaxation time constant T2 is established and results for a range of anatomical white and grey matter locations is presented using both a bi-exponential two-component fit and an unrestricted continuous distribution model. The implications of the results on the underlying tissue sodium environment are discussed. This work has subsequently been presented at international conferences of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology and has been submitted for peer review as a journal publication. As a conclusion I discuss how the methods presented here can be used to obtain unprecedented spatial and temporal resolution in in vivo 23Na imaging at 3T. Preliminary results are presented.
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Bin, Hammam Ghassan Mohammed. "Whole-Body Motion Retargeting for Humanoids." The Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1408367811.
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Devereux, David. "Control strategies for whole arm grasping." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2010. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/control-strategies-for-whole-arm-grasping(02ddb06c-3264-46e1-818a-8632b1bb05c4).html.
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Grasping is a useful ability that allows manipulators to restrain objects to a desired location or trajectory. Whole arm grasps are grasps that use the entire surface of the manipulator to apply contacts to an object. The problem of determining the shape of an object and planning a grasp for that object with a snake-like robot are considered in this work. Existing algorithms that attempt to allow robots to plan and perform whole arm grasps are lacking, they either use restrictive assumptions or have unrealistic demands in terms of required hardware. The work presented here allows even the most basic of robots to plan grasps on unknown objects whilst using a minimum of assumptions.The new developed Octograsp algorithm is a method of gaining information regarding the shape of the object to be grasped through tactile information alone. This contact information is processed using an inverse convex hull algorithm to build a model of the object's shape and position. The performance of the algorithms are examined using both simulations and experimental hardware, it is shown that accuracy errors as low as 3.1% can be obtained. The accuracy of the model depends upon factors such as the complexity of the object and the suitability of the robot. Manipulators consisting of a large number of small links with relaxed rotational constraints outperform other configurations. It is also shown that the accuracy can be improved by between 11% and 17% by contacting the object from multiple orientations, whilst also encircling from multiple positions can provide a very large improvement of between 56% to 86%. These methods allow even the coarse contact information provided by the experimental equipment to attain a model with an accuracy error of only 26%.A second novel algorithm is described that uses the information provided from the first algorithm to plan strong grasps over the desired object. The algorithm takes, on average, 25.1 seconds to plan the grasp. The mean strength of the planned grasps is 0.3816 using the wrench ball measure, this is firmly in the very good region. Several robotic configurations, as well as objects, are used to test the performance of the algorithm. The optimal parameters of the algorithm are investigated by using the results of 51030 different tests. It is again shown that robots that consist of a large number of small links and with high rotational ability perform the best.
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Eisenberg, Emma. "This is not the whole story." Diss., Connect to the thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10066/3703.
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Krishnan, Nitya. "Multispectral segmentation of whole brain MRI." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2004. https://etd.wvu.edu/etd/controller.jsp?moduleName=documentdata&jsp%5FetdId=3753.
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Sandrussi, Emily. "The whole field of Human Knowledge." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/15881.
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This research paper examines the shifting role of the Encyclopaedia Britannica as a politicised, Western, gendered (male) account of history. This paper considers the encyclopaedia’s problematic status as a “holy” book or monument to human achievement, and explores destructive abstraction as a method by which this status can be challenged. The paper outlines the conceptual and practical development of my creative work in three distinct chapters. Chapter one explores the shifting role the encyclopaedia has played within culture, as well as the various ways it has been interrogated and challenged in contemporary art practice, with a particular focus on the work of Simryn Gill, Idris Khan, and John Latham. Chapter two examines works by Ann Hamilton, On Kawara, and Titarubi to explore the function reading serves in society and religious practices. Chapter three explores the act of destruction as a form of abstraction in the work of Ann Hamilton, Michelle Nikou, and Simryn Gill.
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Nickel, Luke. "Whole beauty now lies in memory." Thesis, McGill University, 2013. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=119717.
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This thesis comprises a score for symphonic wind ensemble and solo soprano, whole beauty now lies in memory (2012) and an analytic text. The analytic text's introduction provides insight into the topic of reorganization and musical borrowing, upon which the work is based. Subsequent chapters discussing the following parameters are included: pitch, rhythm, form, and orchestration. Further investigations into each chapter topic relate each back to the initial concept of reorganization, and discuss the composer's methodology.Cette thèse comprend une partition pour un ensemble à vent symphonique et une soprano, whole beauty now lies in memory (2012) ainsi qu'une analyse de cette ouvre. L'introduction de ce texte détaille les méthodes de la réorganisation et de l'emprunt musicaux, à partir desquelles cette œuvre a été composée. Les chapitres suivants discutent successivement des aspects de la tonalité, du rythme, de la forme et de l'orchestration. Chaque chapitre s'attache à montrer comment le concept de réorganisation est appliqué suivant l'aspect respectivement étudié et développe ainsi la méthodologie du compositeur.
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Anson, Eric Lance. "Algorithms for whole genome shotgun sequencing." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/289091.
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A monumental achievement in the history of science, the sequencing of the entire human genome, will soon be reached. The Human Genome Project (HGP) has been working toward this goal since 1990 using a two-tiered strategy. Recently it was proposed that using a whole-genome shotgun approach to sequence the genome would be faster and less costly. This thesis expands on that proposal by presenting two algorithms that can be used in whole-genome shotgun sequencing. These algorithms were implemented and tested on simulated data. Essential to this approach is the availability of pairs of short, unique sequence markers at a roughly estimated distance from each other. Determining the sequence of the genome can then be broken into a series of inter-marker assembly problems that determine the sequence between a pair of markers. Unfortunately, marker pairs are not always correct and repeats can greatly confound the assembly. This motivates the first problem of rapidly finding a set of linked contigs, called a scaffold, between a pair of markers that confirms the marker pair and the ability to traverse the region between them. Then an inter-marker assembly algorithm that determines the unique sequence segments between a marker pair is presented. Both algorithms are evaluated with respect to a simulation that can model various types of repeats and for which our only information about the presence of repeats is excessive coverage and the ability to detect their boundaries. Simulation results show that at 10x coverage one can find and assemble the unique sequence between markers more than 99.9% of the time for many of the repeat models. Events in this field have been moving rapidly. Recently a new company called Celera Genomics announced its intention to sequence the human genome before the HGP by using the whole-genome shotgun approach. We end this thesis by briefly discussing Celera's approach, and relating it to the algorithms presented here.
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Deng, Lingzhu. "Whole-Wheat Flour Milling and the Effect of Durum Genotypes and Traits on Whole-Wheat Pasta Quality." Diss., North Dakota State University, 2017. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/26737.
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An ultra-centrifugal mill was evaluated by determining the effect of mill configuration and seed conditioning on particle size distribution and quality of whole-wheat (WW) flour. Ultra-centrifugal mill configured with rotor speed of 12,000 rpm, screen aperture of 250 ?m, and seed conditioning moisture of 9% resulted in a fine WW flour where 82% of particles were <150 ?m, starch damage was 5.9%, and flour temperature was below 35?C. The single-pass and multi-pass milling systems were evaluated by comparing the quality of WW flour and the subsequent WW spaghetti they produced. Two single-pass mill configurations for an ultra-centrifugal mill were used (fine grind: 15,000 rpm with 250 ?m mill screen aperture and coarse grind: 12,000 rpm with 1,000 ?m mill screen aperture) to direct grind durum grain or to regrind millstreams from roller milling to make WW flour and WW spaghetti. Particle size, starch damage, and pasting properties were similar for direct fine grind WW flour and multi-pass reconstituted flour:fine bran blend and for direct coarse grind WW flour and multi-pass reconstituted semolina:coarse bran blend. Semolna:fine bran or semolina:coarse bran blends made spaghetti with high cooked firmness, while spaghetti made from direct coarse grind or from semolina:fine bran or coarse bran blends had low cooking loss. Nineteen durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. var. durum) cultivars and 17 breeding lines grown at 19 environments in North Dakota were evaluated for physical and cooking qualities of WW and traditional spaghetti. Of the 36 genotypes evaluated, 21 and 3 genotypes produced good and poor qualities of WW and traditional spaghettis, respectively, while other 12 genotypes produced good traditional spaghetti but produced poor quality WW spaghetti. These data indicate the need to select genotypes specifically for their WW pasta quality. Raw material traits (grain, semolina and WW flour characteristics) were evaluated to identify raw material traits capable of predicting WW spaghetti quality. Grain protein content had significant positive correlation with cooking quality of WW spaghetti. Stepwise multiple regressions showed grain protein content and mixogram break-time and wet gluten were the predominant characteristics in predicting cooking quality of WW spaghetti.
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Devylder, Simon. "The PART-WHOLE Schema We Live Through : a Cognitive Linguistic Analysis of Part-Whole Expressions of the Self." Thesis, Lyon, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016LYSE3028.
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Bien que le Self soit une abstraction omniprésente de notre quotidien, il demeure complexe à définir. L'immense majorité des cultures du monde fait appel aux relations parties-tout afin de conceptualiser cette abstraction intime: nous catégorisons nos corps en tant que touts faits de parties, et réifions beaucoup d'aspects intangibles du Self au travers de l'image schéma PARTIE-TOUT (ex: "J'ai perdu une partie de moi ce jour là"; "je me sens entier"). Le Self et les relations parties-tout ont fait l'objet de nombreuses recherche à ce jour. Il convient donc, dans un premier temps, d'établir l'état de l'art en se focalisant sur un certain nombre de contributions influentes à ce sujet, qui nous permettront d'introduire les concepts et notions clés à partir desquels nous établirons notre hypothèse. Nous proposons une définition étroite de la relation partie-tout, puis, en accord avec le cadre théorique de la linguistique cognitive, nous proposerons que nous pouvons en apprendre sur la conceptualisation du Self en étudiant les expressions linguistiques qui y réfère. En effet, du point de vue de la linguistique cognitive, le sens et la conceptualisation ne font qu'un, et nous analysons donc les mécanismes conceptuels à l’œuvre dans les expressions partie-tout du Self. La linguistique cognitive a réconcilié la pensée et le corps en démontrant que la pensée était incarnée. Nous proposons ainsi d'analyser les expressions partie-tout que les anglophones utilisent pour conceptualiser le Self incarné. Nous montrons que l'anglais a des stratégies syntaxiques encodant la conceptualisation du corps en tant que tout fait de parties de manière très précises. Nous proposerons ensuite d'analyser les stratégies linguistiques que les anglophones utilisent pour faire référence à leur Self intangible. Nous soutenons que le schéma PARTIE-TOUT est omniprésent dans la conceptualisation du Self aussi bien dans ses aspects tangibles, qu'intangibles. Nous soutenons que ce schéma est un modèle récurrent hérité de notre expérience sensorimotrice au travers duquel nous vivons, et que ce système de conceptualisation est très précisément capturé par la langue que nous parlonsThe Self is a ubiquitous abstraction of our daily lives, and yet remains complex to define. The vast majority of the world’s cultures recruit a part-whole conceptualizing process to give shape to this intimate abstraction: we categorize our bodies as wholes made of parts, and we reify many aspects of our intangible Self through the PART-WHOLE schema (e.g. “I lost a part of me that can never be replaced”; “I feel whole”). The Self and part-whole relations have both received a considerable amount of attention. I first review influential contributions to both domains of investigation to introduce the theoretical background and key concepts, upon which I build my argument, and also raise some issues, which I propose to address throughout this dissertation. I propose a narrow definition for the part-whole relation, and following the cognitive linguistic literature, I argue that we can learn more about the way we conceptualize our Self by analyzing the linguistic expressions that refer to it. Indeed, from the standpoint of Cognitive Linguistics, meaning is conceptualization, and I thus analyze the conceptual mechanisms at work in part-whole expressions of the Self. Cognitive Linguistics has put back together the long divorced mind and body in Western culture by demonstrating that the mind is embodied. Accordingly, I first propose to analyze part-whole expressions that English speakers use to conceptualize the Embodied Self. I show that English has syntactic strategies that encode the conceptualization of the body as a whole made of parts at a fine level of granularity. I then propose to analyze linguistic strategies English speakers use to refer to their Intangible Self. In both tangible and intangible aspects of the Self I argue that the PART-WHOLE schema is a pervasive recurring pattern of our sensorimotor experience that we live through, and that this complex conceptual system is precisely encoded in language
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Lu, Ning. "Efficient algorithms for optimizing whole genome alignment." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2004. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B30732153.
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Cederberg, Erik. "Adipose tissue segmentation in whole-body MRI." Thesis, Linköping University, Linköping University, Medical Informatics, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-57465.
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Pfeifer, Bastian [Verfasser]. "Whole-genome population genomic analyses / Bastian Pfeifer." Düsseldorf : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, 2015. http://d-nb.info/1065803222/34.
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Cross, Peter Garnet. "Plyometric treatment and whole-body movement times." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/mq24824.pdf.
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Klock, Julia Cathy. "Rapid whole-body hypothermia : analysis and modeling /." View online ; access limited to URI, 2007. http://0-digitalcommons.uri.edu.helin.uri.edu/dissertations/AAI3276989.
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Gotterbarm, Götz. "Evaluation of whole soybeans in swine diets." Thesis, McGill University, 1991. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=61172.
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A laboratory assessment and three in vivo trials were conducted to measure the nutritive value of whole soybeans subjected to various methods of heat treatment. No significant differences were found for ADG and feed conversion ratio. There was a significant reduced proportion of saturated-to unsaturated fatty acids in the loin eye area of pigs fed whole soybean products, when compared to soybean meal control. Extruded whole soybeans resulted in a lower degree of unsaturation than the other heat treated whole soybeans. Whole soybean products were evaluated for their digestibility in weanling (21 days) piglets. Feces were collected daily during two 5-day periods. It was found that the ether extractable portion of extruded whole soybeans has a higher digestibility than that of the remaining four soybean treatments. It was also found that CP is more digestible in animals at 6 weeks of age than in animals at 4 weeks of age. In conclusion: heat treated whole soybeans do not adversly affect the performance of weaners nor that of growing and finishing pigs, even at high dietary levels (25%). Feeding whole soybeans results in a higher degree of unsaturation in the carcass. The EE fraction of extruded whole soybeans is more digestible than whole soybeans of other heat treatments. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
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Shockley, Jordan Murphy. "WHOLE FARM MODELING OF PRECISION AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGIES." UKnowledge, 2010. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_diss/105.
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This dissertation investigated farm management concerns faced by grain producers due to the acquisition of various precision agriculture technologies. The technologies evaluated in the three manuscripts included 1) auto-steer navigation, 2) automatic section control, and 3) autonomous machinery. Each manuscript utilized a multifaceted economic model in a whole-farm decision-making framework to determine the impact of precision agriculture technology on machinery management, production management, and risk management. This approach allowed for a thorough investigation into various precision agriculture technologies which helped address the relative dearth of economic studies of precision agriculture and farm management. Moreover, the research conducted on the above technologies provided a wide array of economic insight and information for researchers and developers to aid in the advancement of precision agriculture technologies. Such information included the risk management potential of auto-steer navigation and automatic section control, and the impact the technologies had on optimal production strategies. This dissertation was also able to provided information to guide engineers in the development of autonomous machinery by identifying critical characteristics and isolating the most influential operating machine. The inferences from this dissertation intend to be employed in an extension setting with the purpose of educating grain producers on the impacts of implementing such technologies.
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Lu, Ning, and 陸宁. "Efficient algorithms for optimizing whole genome alignment." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B30732153.
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Chan, Yee-wah, and 陳綺華. "School self-evaluation: a whole school approach." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B30227392.
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