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Plan of Prince George British Columbia on Main Line of Grand Trunk Pacific Railway.
No full textGrand Trunk Pacific Development Co. Ltd
Plateau and valley lands in British Columbia : general information for the intending settler
No full textissued by Passenger Traffic Department, Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Head and trunk movement strategies in quiet stance : from the deficit of vestibular loss to the expertise of tightrope walkers via prosthetic feedback
No full textIs the head more locked to the trunk or stabilised in space during quite stance? Does prosthetic vestibular feedback have a positive impact on movement strategies and muscle synergies of those with vestibular loss? Does training in tandem stance lead to improved movement strategies and/or reweighting of sensory inputs? These questions have not been answered to date. This thesis attempted to answer these questions with appropriate, but new, techniques. The coordination of the head with respect to the trunk and pelvis during quiet, feet side by side, stance in normal and vestibular loss subjects was examined as well as the effect of prosthetic feedback on the strategies and synergies used by vestibular loss subjects. Changes in movement strategies and sensory feedback in tight-rope walkers with considerable training in tandem stance (one foot before the other), were also investigated.
Subjects performed the stance tasks under different sensory conditions: with eyes open or closed, and on either a firm or foam surface. Stance was either side by side stance or tandem stance. For one experiment, vibrotactile and auditory balance feedback of trunk sway was used in addition. Subject groups were bilateral vestibular loss (BVL) patients, trained tightrope walkers and age matched controls. Two further groups of young and elderly healthy subjects were used to characterise differences in head movements with aging. In all studies roll and pitch angular velocities were recorded with six body-worn gyroscopes; a set of two worn at the upper trunk, an identical set at the hips and another lighter set worn on a head band. In one study with BVL subjects, another of the lighter gyroscopes was strapped onto the lower leg. For the balance feedback study surface EMGs were recorded from pairs of antagonistic muscles at the lower leg, trunk and upper arm. Data from all experiments was analysed in both time and frequency domains. For the analysis of tandem stance an estimate of centre of mass movement was calculated as well as its time to reach a virtual stability boundary.
The results indicated that under most sensory conditions, two legged, feet side by side stance conditions, head sway at the head for both the roll and pitch direction is greater than at the upper trunk and the pelvis. For low and mid-frequencies (<0.3 Hz) the head is locked to the trunk i.e. there is a tendency for the head and trunk to move as one unit but the head movement is always more than expected from a pure inverted pendulum movement mode. For the BVL subjects the head on trunk locking is more rigid and characterized by higher resonant frequencies. Prosthetic feedback reduced pelvis sway angle displacements in BVL subjects to values of age-matched healthy controls for all stance tasks. Movement strategies in BVL subjects were reduced in amplitudes with feedback but otherwise not changed. Reduced amplitudes are achieved with improved antagonistic muscle synergies. As we observed with feet side by side stance, tandem stance is also multisegmental. Keeping balance while standing on a tightrope appears to require similar intersegmental movement strategies for the head, trunk and pelvis to those used with other, less difficult tandem stance tasks. The difference with respect to untrained normal subjects is that faster trunk movements are used by tightrope walkers as they explore the limits of the base of support. At the same time they reduce relative head and pelvis movements to those of the trunk via changed proprioceptive weightings
Plan of Prince George, British Columbia on Main Line of Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (Annotated)
No full textPrince Rupert, British Columbia : the Pacific Coast terminus of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway.
No full textFolded col. maps attached inside front and back covers
Map of Prince Rupert, British Columbia : section no. 8.
No full textissued by The Grand Trunk Pacific Town and Development Co.March 22, 1909
Map of Prince Rupert, British Columbia.
No full textIssued by The Grand Trunk Pacific Town and Development Co.Scale [ca. 1:4815]. 1 in. : 400 ft. March 22, 190
The effect of Core Stability Exercises (CSE) on trunk sagittal acceleration
No full textThis thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate Core Stability Exercise (CSE) induced changes in trunk sagittal acceleration as a measure of performance in participants following an acute onset of non-specific low back pain (LBP). Methodology:
A Lumbar Motion Monitor (LMM) was used to measure trunk sagittal acceleration. The LMM was demonstrated to be reliable [Intra-Class Correlation (ICC) for average sagittal acceleration (0.96, 95% CI 0.90-0.98) and peak sagittal acceleration (0.89, 95% CI 0.75-0.96) with a 95% limit of agreement for the repeated measure of between -100.64 and +59.84 Deg/s2 ]. Pain was measured using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and disability was measured with the Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ). Results:
Differences in mean trunk sagittal acceleration between control and experimental groups at time points were assessed using a regression analysis (ratio of geometric means [95%CI]) and demonstrated to be not statistically significant (3 weeks (20%) 1.2 [0.9 to 1.6], p=0.2; 6 weeks (10%) 1.1 [0.8 to 1.5], p=0.7; 3 months (20%) 1.2 [0.8 to 1.9], p=0.9). Similarly, differences in mean pain score (3 weeks (30%) 1.3 [0.8-2.2], p= 0.3); 6 weeks (20%) 1.2 [0.7-2.0], p=0.6; 3 months (0%) 1.0 [0.5-1.9], p=1.0) and difference in mean disability score (6 weeks (0%) 1.0 [0.7-1.5], p= 1.0, 3 months (30%) 1.3 [0.8-1.9], p= 0.3) between groups were also not statistically significant. Conclusions: This work does not infer that CSE are definitively effective in reducing pain, improving subjective disability and improving trunk performance after an onset acute of non-specific LBP. However, there is a suggestion of clinical importance and a possible mechanism by which they may work. Further investigation into this mechanism may provide future effective management strategies for intervention of acute non-specific low back pain with optimistic cost implications for healthcare delivery in general and Physiotherapy in particular
The Meaning and the Message of the Attributes (tools) of the Selected Saints
No full textV diplomsko seminarskem delu z naslovom Pomen in sporočilo atributov (orodij) izbranih svetnikov avtorica opredeli, kaj so to znamenja, kakšen je njihov pomen in vloga v vsakdanjem življenju ter zakaj pogosto prihaja do njihovih nerazumevanj. Predstavi tudi pomembna znamenja, ki se odvijajo pri bogoslužnem obredu (stojo, kretnjo klečanja, ležanje na tleh, sedenje, kretnje rok, tihoto, kretnjo umivanja rok, kretnjo trkanja na prsi, poklekovanje, priklanjanje, bogoslužni poljub, obred pokaditve, prihod k oltarju, pokropitev, obhajilo, procesijo, prinašanje darov in romanje). Poleg vseh naštetih znamenj poda tudi kratke opise in njihovo vlogo ter zakaj so tako pomembna. V nadaljevanju avtorica predstavi sedemindvajset svetnikov, ki so razdeljeni v pet skupin glede na svoje atribute ‒ orodja. Poda njihove ključne življenjske podatke in podrobno opiše, zakaj ima vsak svetnik določen ikonografski atribut. Predstavi tudi njihovo duhovno sporočilo. Na koncu se osredotoči še na izraz Božje lepote in njegove povezanosti z umetnostjo, kjer nakaže, zakaj sta v teološkem smislu ta dva izraza tako pomembna. Avtorica je pri svojem delu uporabila različne raziskovalne metode, in sicer deskriptivno metodo, metodo klasifikacije ter metodi sinteze in analize. Z njimi je dosegla naslednje cilječim bolj natančno opredelitev znamenj, atributov svetnikov, predstavitev orodij izbranih svetnikov ter na koncu še njihovo sporočilo in njihov pomen.In the graduation seminar entitled The Meaning and the Message of Attributes (tools) of the Selected Saints, the author defines, what signs are, what their significance and role in everyday life is, and why they are often misunderstood. She also presents important postures, and gestures which occur during the liturgical ritual (standing, kneeling, prostration, sitting, movements of the hands, silence, hand washing gesture, striking the breast, genuflection, bowing, the Holy Kiss, the Incense ritual, approaching the altar, the Rite of Sprinkling, The Holy Communion, the procession, the bringing of gifts and the pilgrimage). Additionally, all of the mentioned postures and gestures are described and their role and their importance are mentioned. Furthermore, the author presents twenty-seven saints, divided into five groups according to their attributes ‒ the tools. Their key life information is presented and the reason, why each saint has a certain iconographic attribute is explained in detail. Their spiritual message is also presented. Finally, the author focuses on the expression of God\u27s beauty and its connection to art, and indicates why these two terms are so important in the theological sense. In her work, the author used various research methods: descriptive method, classification method, and the synthesis and analysis methods. As a result, the following goals were achieved: the most precise definition of signs and attributes of saints, presentation of the tools of the selected saints, and finally, their message and significance
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