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Cut points matter : differences in estimates of physical activity engagement using accelerometer data
Purpose: Accelerometers are used to assess physical activity intensity levels and durations across populations. This is done by dividing the device output into categories that correspond to light, moderate, and vigorous ... -
Bimanual control differs between force increment and force decrement
Background: Everyday bimanual activities require increasing and decreasing forces to manipulate objects, for example, buttoning a shirt or tying a shoelace. Optimal coordination of increasing and decreasing bimanual forces ... -
Different anisotropic biomechanical behavior of left and right ventricles in adult sheep
Ventricular dysfunction contributes significantly to mortality and morbidity in modern society and is the most common cause of heart failure. In the present study, we compared the fundamental biaxial mechanical behavior ... -
Quantitative assessment of floodplain functionality using an index of integrity
Floodplain integrity can be defined as the ability of a floodplain to support essential functions that maintain biodiversity and ecosystem services. This ongoing research involves developing a novel framework to quantitatively ... -
Engineering brightness : hundrED top 100 global educational innovations 2018
Engineering Brightness: Building A Global Network of Social Entrepreneurs builds on a successful local initiative that has the dual foci of designing, building and distributing personal lights for those without and impacting ... -
Carbon nanotube reinforced batteries : towards larger capacities and longer lifetimes
Next generation rechargeable battery materials will need to exhibit improved energy storage capacities and cycle lifetimes to enable the electrification of transportation and the use of renewable power sources. While many ... -
Effect of topical diclofenac 0.1% ophthalmic solution on tear production in normal research beagles when administered SID, BID, TID & QID for 5 days
Purpose. Topical Diclofenac is commonly used for ocular inflammatory diseases in veterinary ophthalmology but no studies have examined the effect of this drug on tear production in dogs. The purpose of this study was to ... -
Practical application of business education through administrative fellowship
The CSU Health Network Administrative Fellowship seeks to mirror the model of the approximately 75+ other such programs in the United States. Administrative fellowships are found in many health systems and hospitals, ... -
Hell in the Promised Land : environment and the Mountain Meadow Massacre
In Mid-September 1857, a wagon train of 120 men, women, and children headed to California were killed by Mormon Militiamen in southwestern Utah. The Militiamen spared none except several small children. The discussion on ... -
Fracture characterization via computed tomography in Thoroughbred racehorses
Fractures of the third metacarpal/tarsal bone remain the most common injuries of the Thoroughbred racehorse. There are currently no data exploring the trabecular bone mineral density relative to the propagating fracture ... -
Access Solar : venture proposal
Community solar expands solar energy access by providing homeowners, renters, and businesses equal access to the economic and environmental benefits of solar energy. However, within the industry customer acquisition is a ... -
Graduate Student Showcase, 2018 : celebrating research and creativity : program and abstracts
This is the program and abstracts of the 2018 Graduate Student Showcase, held on November 13, 2018 in the Lory Student Center, Colorado State University. -
Giving dollar$ & $en$e
Consumers are faced with a plethora of goods and services to drive their own satisfaction, yet many consciously choose to give their resources away philanthropically. Economists disagree regarding relevant variables for ... -
Legacies of precipitation change alter ecosystem responses to extreme drought
Global climate change is causing more extreme droughts, as well as subtler chronic changes in precipitation patterns. Both chronic and extreme precipitation change can alter ecosystem structure and function, and these ... -
Associations between motor cortex inhibition & gait variability
Motor cortex inhibition is significantly associated with complex bimanual control of the upper extremities. It remains unclear whether this same relationship exists for the lower extremities. We utilized transcranial ... -
Don’t lose focus : critical repeat photography of CSU's campus
Repeat photography is an effective way to analyze the built and natural environments in terms of time and space. Not only does critical repeat photography allow for historical analysis, it also requires keeping meticulous ... -
Educational psychology : teacher-student rapport in the secondary music ensemble
Critical topics related to the evaluation of secondary music teachers continue to undergo philosophical evolution as perspectives are introduced by experts both in and out of the field. One concern is the role of the ... -
Match me if you can! : plant-insect interactions in common cow parsnip Heracleum maximum (Apiaceae)
Anthropogenic climate change is altering the ecology of habitats and the life histories of species that live within it. Not only does climate change influence phenologies and geographic ranges of individual species, but ... -
Identifying a common data model approach for veterinary medical records
Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership (OMOP) and Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine (SNOMED) are common clinical terminologies used to encode human electronic medical records and allow for modeling of diseases and ... -
Kyle V Singer - drawing and new media
I highlight the importance of flaws, trauma, and repression by evoking concepts of “the unconscious” through surrealist methodologies. Considering all that is suppressed/repressed within my psyche to form the culturally ...
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