555 research outputs found
Development and evaluation of occupational therapy - Mahidol Clinic System (OT-MCS) for post-stroke rehabiliation in Thailand
No full textIn 2011 it was estimated that in Thailand there were 498,800 stroke survivors of both sexes but most were over the age of 65. They were served by only 625 occupational therapists (OTs). Occupational therapy (OT) plays a key role in the rehabilitation service for stroke patients, in particular, by enabling stroke survivors to reengage with activities of daily living and to resume work or family tasks. OT needs to be culturally appropriate and relevant to the therapists, stroke patients and their families. The Occupational Therapy Mahidol Clinic System (OT-MCS) has been designed to be culturally relevant and is based on collaborative teamwork which can better address the needs of the stroke patients.
OT-MCS was introduced in 6 regional OT clinics. This study compared perceptions of stroke clients who took part in the new approach 8 weeks before and during the rehabilitation. One hundred and twenty stroke participants were divided into 2 functional groups (slow and fast stream rehabilitation). Stroke participants (N=120) and OTs (N=60) explored the arrangement of activity items into domains for creating a new activity card sort (ACS). Sixty stroke participants
(slow stream rehabilitation) and 60 OTs were surveyed to investigate the attitudes of “satisfaction” and “importance” via 40 therapeutic activities. Sixty stroke participants (fast stream rehabilitation) evaluated the levels of their activity engagement in diverse cultural-therapeutic
activities. Lastly, 23 stroke participants (slow and fast stream rehabilitation) were interviewed in order to ascertain their lived experiences after the use of OT-MCS and the data were analysed using thematic analysis.
The integrated analysis demonstrated strong satisfaction and engagement with OT-MCS. The use of the activity catalogue met with positive attitudes from the stroke participants and in particular the collaborative approach of OTs and participants gave meaning to the activities and a sense of
self management. In addition in the fast stream rehabilitation participants reported satisfaction
with the transferability of the activities to the home and external environment and their relevance to supporting family life.
The OT-MCS for Thai stroke rehabilitation is a comprehensive OT service, which improves the perception of benefit in stroke clients enabling them to perform meaningful and purposeful activities based on their local and regional lifestyles. This culturally appropriate approach helps stroke clients to re-develop their life-skills. Through the use of meaningful and relevant activities which meet their specific needs, stroke clients can lead more satisfying and fulfilling lives
IND-MCS - Solution Repository
No full textThis repository presents the entire set of solutions obtained by the IND-MCS tool for the RTS-WIND and BSS-WIND systems.THIS DATASET IS ARCHIVED AT DANS/EASY, BUT NOT ACCESSIBLE HERE. TO VIEW A LIST OF FILES AND ACCESS THE FILES IN THIS DATASET CLICK ON THE DOI-LINK ABOV
Dynamics of MCS mesohighs and wake lows
No full textSpring 1998.Also issued as author's dissertation (Ph.D.) -- Colorado State University, 1998.MCS mesohighs and wake lows were simulated using a simple dynamical system in which the only forcing was the lower-tropospheric cooling associated with stratiform precipitation, and the response consisted entirely of buoyancy waves. The simulated mesohighs and wake lows resemble those observed in nature-their thermodynamic and kinematic structures, their positions relative to the forcing, and their life cycles are all realistic. When the forcing was steady and moved at a constant speed the mesohigh-wake- low response quickly approached a steady state. The steady-state response to the stratiform forcing is shown to be more intense than that associated with convective forcing, because the buoyancy-wave speed of the former is closer to the speed at which MCS's move. I conclude that MCS mesohighs and wake lows are a quasi-steady-state buoyancy-wave response to the lower-tropospheric cooling associated with stratiform precipitation.Sponsored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NA67RJ0152 and NA37RJ0202
Doppler radar observations of an asymmetric MCS and associated vortex couplet
No full textOctober 1994.Also issued as author's thesis (M.S.) -- Colorado State University, 566.A study of the 28 May 1985 "asymmetric" mesoscale convective system (MCS) observed during PRE-STORM (Preliminary Regional Experiment for Storm scale Operational and Research Meteorology) is presented. Radar documented the evolution of this MCS from a linear squall line, to asymmetric MCS with a trailing stratiform region, to an asymmetric MCS. Before the transition to the asymmetric stage, shallow, counterrotating circulations were observed below the melting level in the trailing stratiform region of the system. With time, the anticyclonic circulation in the southern portion of the stratiform cloud began to weaken and migrate toward the convective line, while the northern, cyclonic circulation rapidly intensified, creating a asymmetric precipitation pattern. At maximum extent, the closed cyclonic circulation had horizontal dimensions of 80 km and a depth of 7 km. Retrieved horizontal pressure perturbations depict a pressure minimum in the center of the cyclonic circulation, suggesting the presence of quasibalanced flow within the vortex. A strong and deep rear inflow jet was closely linked to the amplification and maintenance of the cyclonic vortex. A similar sequence of mesoscale flow evolution has been documented in recent modeling studies.Sponsored by the National Science Foundation under grant ATM-9015485 and ATM-9321361
Pega Visão: o protagonismo dos jovens rimadores em batalhas de MCs em Salvador
No full textAo longo dos últimos quarenta anos, o movimento hip-hop conquistou uma grande fatia no mercado fonográfico, com a consagração de seus atores, rappers, MCs (Mestre de Cerimônia), disk-joqueis (DJs) e grafiteiros. A partir do final dos anos 2000, uma prática cultural sonora ocupa espaços públicos, como praças, parques, calçadas e arredores de metrôs, protagonizado por jovens. Surge uma manifestação peculiar associado às batalhas de rimas improvisadas, as quais moldam uma nova estética dentro do hip-hop. Desse movimento, alcançaram maior visibilidade artistas como Emicida, Criolo, Bárbara Sweet, Flora Matos, Projota, Rashid, Baco Exu do Blues, dentre outros. Este projeto visa estabelecer uma sistematização das batalhas de MCs inseridas dentro do movimento hip-hop, na cidade de Salvador, a partir do seu surgimento, em 2007. O objetivo desta pesquisa é compreender de que forma as batalhas de rimas improvisadas se configuram enquanto espaços territoriais de resistência da arte urbana. Busca-se traçar um histórico do hip-hop em Salvador entre a década de 1980 até os dias atuais. A partir de “experiências etnográficas” realizadas nas batalhas de MCs, analisaremos como esses ambientes se transformam em pedaços do hip-hop (conceito formulado pelo antropólogo José Guilherme Magnani), ou seja, espaços ocupados pelos jovens rimadores onde desenvolvem-se redes de sociabilidade. Nesse sentido, as batalhas de rimas são compreendidas como semeadoras do protagonismo juvenil.Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado da Bahi
A Novel MCS Selection Criterion for VOIP in LTE
No full textThis paper presents a novel modulation and coding scheme (MCS) selection method to optimize the performance of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) semi-persistent scheduling in Long Term Evolution (LTE) downlink. In VoIP traffic, the packet length little changes during a certain period and the cost of resource for the packet is related to this length. We exploit the characteristics and propose to select a more reliable MCS with the same amount of resource to be allocated. This method can reduce the block error ratio (BLER) at the same time satisfy VoIP Quality-of-Service (QoS) requirements. Through system level simulations, the proposed MCS selection criterion is proved to yield nearly 15% capacity gain in LTE VoIP system compared with the conventional method.http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000305092100047&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=8e1609b174ce4e31116a60747a720701Computer Science, Hardware & ArchitectureEngineering, Electrical & ElectronicTelecommunicationsEICPCI-S(ISTP)
Kinematics and thermodynamics of a midlatitude, continental mesoscale convective system and its mesoscale vortex
No full textAlso issued as author's dissertation (Ph.D.) -- Colorado State University, 2001.The author examines a mesoscale convective system (MCS) and the mesoscale convective vortex (MCV) it generated. The MCS, which comprised a leading convective line and trailing stratiform region, traversed Kansas and Oklahoma on 1 August 1996, passing through the NOAA Wind Profiler Network, as well as four sites from which soundings were being taken every three hours during a field project. The unusually rich data set permitted study of the MCS and MCV over nine hours on scales between those of operational rawinsondes and Doppler radars. The author used a spatial bandpass filter to divide observed wind into synoptic and mesoscale components. The environment-relative, mesoscale wind contained an up- and downdraft and divergent outflows in the lower and upper troposphere. The mesoscale wind was asymmetric about the MCS, consistent with studies of gravity waves generated by heating typical of that in many MCSs. According to a scale-discriminating vorticity budget, both the synoptic and mesoscale winds contributed to the prominent resolved sources of vorticity in the MCV: tilting and convergence. Unresolved sources were also large. The author speculates that an abrupt change in the main source of vorticity in an MCV may appear as an abrupt change in its altitude of maximum vorticity. Distributions of temperature and humidity in the MCS were consistent with its mesoscale circulations. In the terminus of the mesoscale downdraft, advection of drier, potentially warmer air exceeded humidifying and cooling from rain, so profiles of temperature and dewpoint exhibit onion and double-onion patterns. The mesoscale updraft was approximately saturated with a moist adiabatic lapse rate. Mesoscale drafts. and convective drafts vertically mixed the troposphere, partially homogenizing equivalent potential temperature. The MCV contained a column of high potential vorticity in the middle troposphere, with a cold core below the freezing level and a warm core above-a pattern characteristic of profiles of heating by stratiform regions. The cold core was 2 km too shall w to be in pure gradient balance with wind in the MCV. Ongoing forcing during the observed lifetime of the MCV may have prevented it from achieving balance, even if that was its tendency.Sponsored by the National Science Foundation under grants ATM-0071371 and ATM-9618684; and NASA grant NCCS-288
IN2020_V01 - Multichannel Seismic Reflection (MCS) dataset
No full textProgress Code: completedStatement: Note for the user: they should rely on the CDPs rather than shotpoints for considerations regarding the horizontal scale.<b>Purpose</b><br/>This MCS dataset has been acquired for the investigation of tectonic, magmatic, and geodynamic processes regulating the rift evolution of William's Ridge (Central Kerguelen Plateau) and Broken Ridge.
The geophysical dataset is important for the collaboration with Geoscience Australia, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), and the Attorney-General's Department (AGD) on preparing an anticipated submission for William's Ridge Extended Continental Shelf (ECS) to be considered by the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).The Multichannel Seismic Reflection (MCS) dataset has been collected during RV Investigator voyage IN2020_V01 (Development of William's Ridge, Kerguelen Plateau: tectonics, hotspot magmatism, microcontinents, and Australia's Extended Continental Shelf). <br/><br/>The geophysical dataset images the upper crustal structure of William's Ridge (Profiles 0001-0004) and Broken Ridge (Profiles 0005-0009).<br/><br/>The SEG-Y format is a standard file format for storing geophysical data like multichannel/single channel seismic reflection profiles. An open source software commonly used for the visualization of the SEG-Y file is SeiSee (https://seisee.software.informer.com/).<br/><br/>The vertical scale is displayed in Two-Way Travel Time (TWT - seconds/milliseconds)<br/>The spatial coordinates are UTM (Easting - Northing) - Common Depth Point (CDP
Multi-scale evolution of a derecho-producing MCS
No full textSeptember 10, 1997.Also issued as author's dissertation (Ph.D.) -- Colorado State University, 1997.In this dissertation we address one type of severe weather: strong straight-line winds. In particular, we focus on derechos, a type of wind storm caused by a convective system and characterized by its long duration and by the large area it covers. One interesting characteristic of these storms is that they develop at night, on the cold side of a thermal boundary. This region is not characterized by large convective instability. In fact, surface parcels are generally stable with respect to vertical displacements. To gain understanding of the physical processes involved in these storms, we focused on the case of a MCS that developed in eastern Colorado on 12-13 May, 1985. The system formed in the afternoon, was active until early morning, and caused strong winds during the night. A multi-scale full physics simulation of this case was performed using a non-hydrostatic mesoscale model. Four telescopically nested grids covering from the synoptic scale down to cloud scale circulations were used. A Lagrangian model was used to follow trajectories of parcels that took part in the updraft and in the downdraft, and balance of forces were computed along the trajectories. Our results show that the synoptic and mesoscale environment of the storm largely influences convective organization and cloud-scale circulations. During the day, when the boundary layer is well mixed, the source of air for the clouds is located within the boundary layer. A night, when the boundary layer becomes stable, the source of air shifts to the top of the boundary layer. It is composed of warm, moist air that is brought by the nocturnal low-level jet. The downdraft structure also changes from day to night. During the day, parcels acquire negative buoyancy because of cooling due to evaporation and melting. As they sink, they remain colder than the environment, and end up at the surface constituting the cold pool. During the night, downdrafts are stronger, generating the strong surface winds. The most important branch of the downdraft has an "up-down" trajectory. Parcels start close to the ground, are lifted up by a strong pressure gradient force, and become colder than their surroundings as they ascend in a stable environment. Then, as they go through the precipitation shaft, they sink due to negative buoyancy enhanced by condensate loading. The upward pressure gradient force is partially related to mid-level rotation in the storm, which has characteristics of a high-precipitation supercell.Sponsored by Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, Brazil National Science Foundation un grant ATM-9420045
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