82 research outputs found
Knife Thrower
No full textAlissa Nutting received her MFA in fiction from the University of Alabama, where she was editor of The Black Warrior Review literary magazine. She is currently a Schaeffer Fellow in fiction at UNLV and an editor for BMI’s literary magazine, Witness. Alissa\u27s stories have been published in Tin House, Fence, The Southeast Review, Mid-American Review, and other journals. Her collection of stories, Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls, was selected by Ben Marcus as winner of the 6th Starcherone Prize and will appear from the press in October 2010.
In this podcast, Nutting gives a reading from Knife Thrower
Knife Thrower
No full textAlissa Nutting received her MFA in fiction from the University of Alabama, where she was editor of The Black Warrior Review literary magazine. She is currently a Schaeffer Fellow in fiction at UNLV and an editor for BMI’s literary magazine, Witness. Alissa\u27s stories have been published in Tin House, Fence, The Southeast Review, Mid-American Review, and other journals. Her collection of stories, Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls, was selected by Ben Marcus as winner of the 6th Starcherone Prize and will appear from the press in October 2010.
In this podcast, Nutting gives a reading from Knife Thrower
Searching for Flow: A Performance Optimization Intervention with a Professional Dart Thrower
No full textWe report on a case study of an elite international-level dart thrower who reached out to the first author with hopes of decreasing his somatic anxiety symptoms and increasing his chances of experiencing flow during high-stakes competitions. Specifically, we described the intake, need analysis, case formulation, and intervention delivery process and evaluation. The intervention program helped the client improve his performance (i.e., average points per game), experience more micro-flows, and decrease his somatic anxiety (i.e., handshaking) symptoms. Proactive interventions and ongoing psychological skills training are recommended for professional athletes immersed in high-competitive settings
Young Sleuth and the Corsican knife thrower; or, The mystery of the murdered actress / by the author of "Young Sleuth."
No full textAppel à articles : Dossier "The Rebel", Middle East – Topics & Arguments (META) Journal — LIMITE : 15/06/2015
No full textThe peer-reviewed online journal “Middle East – Topics & Arguments” (META) is calling for submissions for its sixth issue, which will be entitled The Rebel. Over-thrower of old orders, the rebel stands out as a positive and romanticized figure of European political avant-garde. As Tunis’s and Cairo’s youth took to the streets to challenge the Ben Ali and Moubarak regimes, they were rapidly framed in European representations, seen as leading their own “springtime of the people”. However, the a..
A grounded theory model of auditor-client negotiations
No full textThe central research question addressed in this paper is 'How do companies and their auditors resolve important audit issues?' In-depth interviews are conducted with the audit partners and finance directors of a varied group of six major UK listed companies who had recently experienced audit interactions involving 22 significant accounting issues. A grounded theory model is developed of the negotiation process and the factors that influence the nature of the outcome of interactions. This model identifies, as principal analytical categories, a range of general relationship factors and specific accounting issue factors that influence aspects of the negotiation process. These aspects include the parties involved, the strategies adopted, the quality of the financial reporting outcome and the ease with which it is achieved. A secondary outcome of the research is that distinct categories of audit engagement partner are identified, termed the crusader, the safe pair of hands, the accommodator and the truster
[[alternative]]BIOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF JUDO HARAIGOSHI TECHNIQUE DURING THE KAKE
No full text[[abstract]]BIOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF JUDO HARAIGOSHI TECHNIQUE DURING THE KAKE
Lin Shir Hsin
Advisor：Huang Chen Fu
ABSTRACT
According to the techniques used by judoists in 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games and 1997 Judo Word Cup. Haraigoshi was one of most used techniques by different levels of judoist to win the game. However, although its basic skill does not change, the different movements will be developed according to the judoists body type, experiences, native intelligence, and coaching style. For this reason, the purpose of this study is to investigate the kinetics and kinematics differences when the position of support leg of thrower were at 60 degrees, 90 degrees, and 120 degrees with thrown.
Eight judoists participated in this study. Two JVC 9800 digital cameras（60Hz） and one Kistler 9287（600Hz）force platform were used to collect the kinematic and kinetic data..
The results of this study were as followed:
1. The greater the support leg angles, the shorter the movement time.
2. No difference was found on thrown maximum center of gravity（C.G）velocity and thrower maximum C.G vertical displacement and maximum attack leg C.G velocity on different support leg angles.
3. The minimum angles of knee joint and the minimum body angle had significant difference between support leg at 90 degrees and 60 degrees.
4. Maximum vertical ground reaction force（GRF）of thrower was observed near 0.1 second after thrown both feet off ground. No difference on maximum GRF was found on three angles.
5. This study showed that the angle 90 degrees was the best angle between three position.
Keyword：Judo、Biomechanics、Haraigoshi、Kinematics、Kinetics
Image Processing for an Autonomous Throwing Arm and Smart Catching System
No full textabstract: In this paper, we propose an autonomous throwing and catching system to be developed as a preliminary step towards the refinement of a robotic arm capable of improving strength and motor function in the limb. This will be accomplished by first autonomizing simpler movements, such as throwing a ball. In this system, an autonomous thrower will detect a desired target through the use of image processing. The launch angle and direction necessary to hit the target will then be calculated, followed by the launching of the ball. The smart catcher will then detect the ball as it is in the air, calculate its expected landing location based on its initial trajectory, and adjust its position so that the ball lands in the center of the target. The thrower will then proceed to compare the actual landing position with the position where it expected the ball to land, and adjust its calculations accordingly for the next throw. By utilizing this method of feedback, the throwing arm will be able to automatically correct itself. This means that the thrower will ideally be able to hit the target exactly in the center within a few throws, regardless of any additional uncertainty in the system. This project will focus of the controller and image processing components necessary for the autonomous throwing arm to be able to detect the position of the target at which it will be aiming, and for the smart catcher to be able to detect the position of the projectile and estimate its final landing position by tracking its current trajectory
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