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Sister M. Caroline Ann Gimpl, B.A., M.A., The Correspondant and the Founding of the French Third Republic, 1959
No full textMolette Charles. Sister M. Caroline Ann Gimpl, B.A., M.A., The Correspondant and the Founding of the French Third Republic, 1959. In: Revue des Sciences Religieuses, tome 35, fascicule 2, 1961. pp. 207-213
Skeletal muscle remodeling in response to alpine skiing training in older individuals
No full textThis study investigated whether regular alpine skiing could reverse sarcopenia and muscle weakness in older individuals. Twenty-two older men and women (67 ± 2 yr) underwent 12 weeks of recreational skiing, 2-3 times a week, each session lasting ~3.5 hours. An age-matched, inactive group (n = 20, 67 ± 4 yr) served as control (CTRL). Before and after the training period, knee extensors muscle thickness (Tm),
pennation angle () and fascicle length (Lf) of the vastus lateralis muscle, were measured by ultrasound. Maximum isokinetic knee extensor torque (MIT) at an angular velocity of 60 deg/s was measured by dynamometry. After the training, Tm increased by 7.1% (P<0.001), Lf by 5.4% (P<0.02) and by 3.4% (P<0.05). The increase in Tm was matched by a significant gain in MIT (13.3%, P<0.001). No
significant changes, except for a decrease in (2.1%, P<0.02) were found in the CTRL group. The gain in Tm in the training group significantly correlated with an increase in focal adhesion kinase (FAK) content, pointing to a primary role of this mechano-sensitive protein in sarcomere remodeling with muscle hypertrophy. Overall, the results show that alpine skiing is an effective intervention for combating sarcopenia and weakness in old age
Dr. Duane M. Jackson, Morehouse College, July 2011
No full textThis video is a conversation with Dr. Duane M. Jackson. Dr. Jackson talks about his paper, "Recall and the Serial Position Effect: The Role of Primacy and Recency on Accounting Students' Performance." Jackie Daniel, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer
Effect of alpine skiing training on tendon mechanical properties in older men and women
No full textStrain is one of the parameters determining tendon adaptation to mechanical stimuli. The aim of this study was to test whether the patellar tendon strain induced during recreational alpine skiing would affect tendon mechanical properties in older individuals. Twenty-two older males and females (67 ± 2 years) were assigned to a 12-week guided skiing programe (IG) and 20 aged-matched volunteers served as controls (CG). Patellar tendon mechanical properties and cross-sectional area (CSA) were measured before and after training, with combined dynamometry and ultrasonography scanning. None of the variables changed significantly in the CG after training. In the IG, tendon stiffness and Young's modulus were increased (respectively, 14% and 12%, P<0.01), without any significant change in tendon CSA. In addition, changes in tendon stiffness were blunted in women (9%) compared with men (19%). Serum IGF-1 concentration tended to be lower in women (-19%, P=0.07). These results demonstrate that the mechanical stimulus induced by alpine skiing is sufficient to elicit adaptive changes in patellar tendon mechanical and material properties in older subjects. Furthermore, the present sex-specific adaptations are consistent with previous reports of lower collagen metabolic responsiveness in women and may be underpinned by anthropometric and metabolic differences. © 2011 John Wiley & Sons A/S
"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States" By M. Carey.
No full text"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States: containing bried sketches of the moral and political character of those states.
By M. Carey, member of the American philosophical, and of the American Antiquarian Society, and author of The Olive Branch, Cindiciae Hibernicae, essays on banking, on political economy, and on internal improvement.
To which are now added the English editor's comments on the subject; together with Important Advice to Emigrants, and Cautions Against Impositions Practiced in the Outports
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Dr. Glendon Swarthout
No full textHosted by Roger M. Busfield, MSU Assistant Professor of Speech and Theater, Meet the Author is designed to introduce a general audience to a contemporary author and their work through in-depth interviews. This episode features a conversation between Dr. Glendon Swarthout, prolific author and English professor at MSU, and assistant professors Sam S. Baskett and Theodore B. Strandness
Simulation of thermal plant optimization and hydraulic aspects of thermal distribution loops for large campuses
No full textFollowing an introduction, the author describes Texas A&M University and its utilities system. After that, the author presents how to construct simulation models for chilled water and heating hot water distribution systems. The simulation model was used in a $2.3 million Ross Street chilled water pipe replacement project at Texas A&M University. A second project conducted at the University of Texas at San Antonio was used as an example to demonstrate how to identify and design an optimal distribution system by using a simulation model. The author found that the minor losses of these closed loop thermal distribution systems are significantly higher than potable water distribution systems. In the second part of the report, the author presents the latest development of software called the Plant Optimization Program, which can simulate cogeneration plant operation, estimate its operation cost and provide optimized operation suggestions. The author also developed detailed simulation models for a gas turbine and heat recovery steam generator and identified significant potential savings. Finally, the author also used a steam turbine as an example to present a multi-regression method on constructing simulation models by using basic statistics and optimization algorithms. This report presents a survey of the author??s working experience at the Energy Systems Laboratory (ESL) at Texas A&M University during the period of January 2002 through March 2004. The purpose of the above work was to allow the author to become familiar with the practice of engineering. The result is that the author knows how to complete a project from start to finish and understands how both technical and nontechnical aspects of a project need to be considered in order to ensure a quality deliverable and bring a project to successful completion. This report concludes that the objectives of the internship were successfully accomplished and that the requirements for the degree of Degree of Engineering have been satisfied
Load-sensitive adhesion factor expression in the elderly with skiing: relation to fiber type and muscle strength
No full textWe hypothesized that 3-months of downhill skiing mitigates functional deficits of knee extensor muscles in elderly subjects due to specific recruitment of fast motor
units during forceful turns on the slope.
Downhill skiing lead to a 1.4-fold increase in mean cross sectional area of slow (p=0.04) and fast (p=0.08) type muscle fibres. Fold changes in the structural
component of focal adhesions, gamma-vinculin, correlated with alterations in concentric force (r=0.64). Hypertrophy of fast fibres was more important in women than in men (1.7 vs. 1.1). Gender specific structural-functional adjustments of
extensor muscle and attached patellar tendon were reflected by altered expression of pro- vs. de-adhesive proteins and a number of correlations. The de-adhesive protein tenascin-C was selectively increased in women compared to men (1.7 vs. 1.1) while the content of the adhesive collagen XII was specifically reduced by 39% in women. The pro-adhesive focal adhesion kinase showed a specific increase in men (1.9 vs. 1.1). Our findings identify that quantitatively matched adaptations in slow and fast motor units underlie the preventive effect of skiing against sarcopenia and support that
hypertrophy and reinforcement of fibre adhesion in extensor muscle are two myocellular strategies which operate in the improvement of muscle strength
Intern experience at CH���M Hill, Inc.: an internship report
No full textIncludes author's vita"Submitted to the College of Engineering of Texas A&M University in partial
fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Doctor of Engineering."Includes bibliographical referencesA review of the author's internship experience with CH���M HILL, Inc.
during the period September 1975 through May 1976 is presented. During this nine month
internship the author worked as an Engineer II in the Industrial Processes discipline of this
large consulting engineering firm... The author's prime responsibility was as one of three
lead design engineers on the design of a large wastewater treatment facility for a pulp mill
in Hoquiam, Washington owned by ITT Rayonier Inc. The work generally consisted of the design
of individual treatment units and associated piping and pumping. The purpose of the project
was to provide wastewater treatment capabilities that would satisfy the effluent limitations
(standards) imposed upon the mill by the State of Washington Department of Ecology and the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The author's assignment also entailed necessary
interaction with the project manager and other CH���M HILL design engineers and support staff
members, the client's representatives, and representatives of two other consulting engineering
firms working on the project. Thus, the internship position at CH���M HILL provided considerable
experience coordinating the author's work with the work of other engineers, guiding the design
and administrative efforts of a support staff, and interacting regularly with the client and
other consulting firms. This broad exposure to a variety of engineering and organizational
problems provided a valuable educational experience
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