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Wearable Conductive Fiber Sensors for Multi-Axis Human Joint Angle Measurements
No full textBackground: The practice of continuous, long-term monitoring of human joint motion is one that finds many applications, especially in the medical and rehabilitation fields. There is a lack of acceptable devices available to perform such measurements in the field in a reliable and non-intrusive way over a long period of time. The purpose of this study was therefore to develop such a wearable joint monitoring sensor capable of continuous, day-to-day monitoring. Methods: A novel technique of incorporating conductive fibers into flexible, skin-tight fabrics surrounding a joint is developed. Resistance changes across these conductive fibers are measured, and directly related to specific single or multi-axis joint angles through the use of a non-linear predictor after an initial, one-time calibration. Because these sensors are intended for multiple uses, an automated registration algorithm has been devised using a sensitivity template matched to an array of sensors spanning the joints of interest. In this way, a sensor array can be taken off and put back on an individual for multiple uses, with the sensors automatically calibrating themselves each time. Results: The wearable sensors designed are comfortable, and acceptable for long-term wear in everyday settings. Results have shown the feasibility of this type of sensor, with accurate measurements of joint motion for both a single-axis knee joint and a double axis hip joint when compared to a standard goniometer used to measure joint angles. Self-registration of the sensors was found to be possible with only a few simple motions by the patient. Conclusion: After preliminary experiments involving a pants sensing garment for lower body monitoring, it has been seen that this methodology is effective for monitoring joint motion of the hip and knee. This design therefore produces a robust, comfortable, truly wearable joint monitoring device.National Science Foundation (Grant: NSF 0097700
Taxonomic notes on some Canry Island an North African species of Cytisus and Genista
No full textTaxonomic and nomenclatural notes are given for several species within the Cytisus- Genista alliance. The application of the name Genista tenera (Jacq. ex Murray) Kuntze is clarified; a new combination Genista segonnei (Maire) P. Gibbs is proposed; the following combinations are validated: Teline osyroides (Svent.) P. Gibbs & Dingwall, T. linifolia subsp. teneriffae P. Gibbs & Dingwall and T. linifolia subsp. gomerae P. Gibbs & Dingwall. Attention is drawn to the anomalous nodal anatomy of Cytisus battanderi MaireSe estudian en este trabajo algunos taxones canarios y norteafricanos de situación incierta, proponiéndose la siguiente combinación: Genista segonnei (Maire) P. Gibbs, comb. nov. Se validan asimismo los siguientes nombres: Teline osyroides (Svent.) P. Gibbs & Dingwall, T. linifolia subsp. teneriffae P. Gibbs & Dingwall y T. linifolia subsp. gomerae P. Gibbs & Dingwall. Se presta especial interés al estudio de la anómala anatomía foliar de Cytisus battanderi Mair
Jesus Remembered in 1 Peter? Early Jesus Traditions, Isaiah 53, and 1 Pet 2.21-25
No full textThis is the accepted version of the chapter. Please cite the published version which is available via http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/james-1-2-peter-and-early-jesus-traditions-9780567420534.First presented as a paper at SBL, this chapter argues that 1 Pet 2.21-25 reflects knowledge of various traditions concerning Jesus' trial, suffering, and death, though the lack of specific verbal overlaps does not indicate literary dependence on the Synoptic Passion Narratives. Through the extensive use of Isa 53, the author in effect "scripturalizes" the Passion narrative in ways that would, of course, prove highly influential and significant
Boltzmann, Gibbs and the Concept of Equilibrium
No full textThe Boltzmann and Gibbs approaches to statistical mechanics have very different definitions of equilibrium and entropy. The problems associated with this are discussed and it is suggested that they can be resolved, to produce a version of statistical mechanics incorporating both approaches, by redefining equilibrium not as a binary property (being/not being in equilibrium) but as a continuous property (degrees of equilibrium) measured by the Boltzmann entropy and by introducing the idea of thermodynamic-like behaviour for the Boltzmann entropy. The Kac ring model is used as an example to test the proposals
Methodological issues in testing the marginal productivity theory with co-author Peter T. Gottschalk
No full textPeter Catalanotto 1994 Library Program Pictures
No full textChildren's literature author and illustrator, Peter Catalanotto visits T-SPL for a children's program and demonstrates his drawing skills
Bayesian inference for a software reliability model using metrics information.
No full textIn this paper, we are concerned with predicting the number of faults N and the time to next failure of a piece of software. Information in the form of software metrics data is used to estimate the prior distribution of N via a Poisson regression model. Given failure time data, and a well known model for software failures, we show how to sample the posterior distribution using Gibbs sampling, as implemented in the package "WinBugs". The approach is illustrated with a practical example
The Royal Academy of Arts In North Yorkshire:Curated by Norman Ackroyd RA, at the Zillah Bell Gallery, Thirsk
No full textTwo wood engravings exhibited: In the Grass & In the Room Fellow exhibitors: Gillian Ayers, Trevor Banthorpe, Mychael Barratt, Christiane Baumgarter, Elizabeth Blackadder, Louisa Boyd, Frea Buckler, John Carter, Stephen Chambers, Gordon Cheung, Niamh Clancy, Michael Craig-Martin, Ian Davenport, Martin Davidson, Anne Desmet, John Duffin, Stephen Farthing, Peter Freeth, Stephen Gibbs, Jane Glynn, Paul Hawdon, Steven Hubbard, Albert Irwin, Bill Jacklin, Allen Jones, Mark Jones, Miles Lauterwasser, Emma Lawrenson, Sasa Marinkov, Toni Martina, Flora McLachlan, Johanna Melvin, Mali Morris, Chris Orr, Dettmer Otto, Cornelia Parker, T Pateman, Andrew Pavitt, Hilary Paynter, Tom Phillips, Howard Phipps, Sioban Piercy, Neil Pittaway, Barbara Rae, Tamsin Reilly, Ian Ritchie, Richard Spare, Joe Tilson
Zechariah 9-14 as the substructure of 1 Peter’s eschatological program
No full textThe principal aim of this study is to discern what has shaped the author of 1 Peter to regard Christian suffering as a necessary (1.6) and to-be-expected (4.12) component of faithful allegiance to Jesus Christ. Most research regarding suffering in 1 Peter has limited the scope of inquiry to two particular aspects—its cause and nature, and the strategies that the author of 1 Peter employs in order to enable his addressees to respond in faithfulness. There remains, however, the need for a comprehensive explanation for the source that has generated 1 Peter’s theology of Christian suffering. If Jesus truly is the Christ, God’s chosen redemptive agent who has come to restore God’s people, then how can it be that Christian suffering is a necessary part of discipleship after his coming, death and resurrection? What led the author of 1 Peter to such a startling conclusion, which seems to runs against the grain of the eschatological hopes and expectations of Jewish restoration ideology?
This thesis analyzes the appropriation of shepherd and fiery trials imagery,
and argues that the author of 1 Peter is dependent upon Zechariah 9-14 for his
theology of Christian suffering. Said in another way, the eschatological program of
Zechariah 9-14, read through the lens of the Gospel, functions as the substructure
for 1 Peter’s eschatology and thus its theology of Christian suffering.
In support of this hypothesis, this study highlights the fact that Zechariah 9-
14 was available and appropriated in early Christianity, in particular in the Passion
Narrative tradition; that the shepherd imagery of 1 Pet 2.25 is best understood
within the milieu of the Passion Narrative tradition, and that it alludes to the
eschatological program of Zechariah 9-14; that the fiery trials imagery found in 1
Peter 1.6-7 and 1 Pet 4.12 is distinct from that which we find in Greco-Roman and OT
wisdom sources, and that it shares exclusive parallels with some unique features of
the eschatological program of Zechariah 9-14; that Zechariah 9-14 offers a more
satisfying explanation for the modification of Isa 11.2 in 1 Pet 4.14, the transition
from 4.12-19 to 5.1-4, why Peter has oriented his letter with the term διασπορά,
and why he has described his addresses as οἶκος τοῦ θεοῦ; and finally that 1 Peter
contains an implicit foundational narrative that shares distinct parallels with the
eschatological program of Zechariah 9-14.
We can conclude that 1 Peter offers a unique vista into the way in which at
least one early Christian witness came to understand and to communicate the fact
that Christian suffering was a necessary feature of faithful allegiance to Jesus Christ
On estimating production functions with six or more factors with co-author Peter T. Gottschalk wit two versions of the article, (the original version and revision 1)
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