6th Annual Focus on Creative Inquiry Poster Forum Program

The poster forum today displays a few of the more than 400 projects initiated by Clemson University Creative Inquiry teams. What is Creative Inquiry? It is small-group learning for all students. It is the imaginative combination of engaged learning and undergraduate research. Ultimately, it is the creation of an Ah-ha! Moment - and it is unique to Clemson University. Creative Inquiry establishes small teams of undergraduate students that work with faculty mentors to take on problems that spring from their own curiosity, from a professor\u27s challenge, or from the pressing needs of the world around them. Students take ownership of their projects. They ask questions, they take risks, and they get answers

The Development of a Novel Pitching Assessment Tool

Posture based ergonomic assessment tools are widely used to evaluate posture and injury risk for many workplace/occupational tasks. To date, there is no validated equivalent that can be used to assess the posture of a pitcher during baseball pitching. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to develop an inexpensive tool which can allow for the rapid assessment of a pitcher’s posture at lead foot strike, and establish the inter- and intra- rater reliability of the tool. For this study, 11 participants threw 30 pitches (15 fastballs, 15 curveballs) off an indoor pitching. Full body 3D kinematics were measured using reflective markers attached to anatomical landmarks and rigid bodies attached to body segments using a 10-camera Vicon Motion Capture system along with two high-speed video cameras (rear and side view) to record each pitch during the experimental trials. The kinematic data was analyzed, after which the highest velocity fastball of each of the 11 pitchers was selected for further analysis. A Pitching Mechanics Tool was designed to evaluate 16 different parameters at lead foot strike. Each of the 16 parameters had posture ranges or categories established based on scientific literature. Six evaluators with at least five years of experience working with adult pitchers completed the Pitching Mechanics Tool. Findings showed moderate to good levels of repeatability across multiple sessions as well as across multiple evaluators. Additionally, PMT results suggested that 2D qualitative analysis is a viable alternative to 3D motion capture

10th Annual Focus on Creative Inquiry Poster Forum Program

The 2015 Focus on Creative Inquiry Poster Forum displays a selection of the projects accomplished by Clemson University students in their Creative Inquiry teams. What is Creative Inquiry? It is small-group learning for all students, in all disciplines. It is the imaginative combination of engaged learning and undergraduate research – and it is unique to Clemson University

Aerospace Medicine and Biology: A continuing bibliography with indexes supplement 201

This bibliography lists 191 reports, articles, and other documents introduced into the NASA scientific and technical information system in December 1979

Pametne uredske stolice sa senzorima za otkrivanje položaja i navika sjedenja – pregled literature

The health consequences of prolonged sitting in the office and other work chairs have recently been tried to be alleviated or prevented by the application of modern technologies. Smart technologies and sensors are installed in different parts of office chairs, which enables monitoring of seating patterns and prevents positions that potentially endanger the health of users. The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of previous research in the field of the application of smart technologies and sensors built into office and other types of chairs in order to prevent diseases. The articles published in the period 2010-2020 and indexed in WoS CC, Scopus, and IEEE Xplore databases, with the keywords “smart chair” and “sensor chair” were analysed. 15 articles were processed, with their research being based on the use of different types of sensors that determine the contact pressures between the user’s body and stool parts and recognise different body positions when sitting, which can prevent negative health consequences. Analysed papers prove that the use of smart technology and a better understanding of sitting, using various sensors and applications that read body pressure and determine the current body position, can act as preventive health care by detecting proper heart rate and beats per minute, the activity of individual muscle groups, proper breathing and estimates of blood oxygen levels. In the future research, it is necessary to compare different types of sensors, methods used and the results obtained in order to determine which of them are most suitable for the future development of seating furniture for work.Posljedice dugotrajnog sjedenja na uredskim i drugim radnim stolicama u posljednje se vrijeme pokušavaju ublažiti ili spriječiti primjenom suvremenih tehnologija. U različite dijelove uredskih stolica ugrađuju se pametne tehnologije i senzori, što omogućuje praćenje rasporeda sjedenja i izbjegavanje položaja koji potencijalno ugrožavaju zdravlje korisnika. Cilj ovog rada jest davanje pregleda dosadašnjih istraživanja u području primjene suvremenih pametnih tehnologija i senzora ugrađenih u uredske i ostale vrste stolica radi prevencije obolijevanja korisnika. Analizirani su članci objavljeni u razdoblju od 2010. do 2020. i indeksirani su u bazama podataka WoS CC, Scopus i IEEE Xplore, a izdvojeni su prema ključnim riječima pametna stolica i senzorska stolica. Obrađeno je 15 članaka u kojima su se istraživanja temeljila na primjeni različitih vrsta senzora koji određuju kontaktne tlakove između korisnikova tijela i dijelova stolice te raspoznaju različite položaje tijela pri sjedenju, čime se mogu prevenirati negativne posljedice za zdravlje. U analiziranim istraživanjima autori su dokazali da primjena pametne tehnologije i bolje razumijevanje sjedenja uporabom različitih senzora i aplikacija kojima se očitava pritisak tijela i određuje njegov trenutačni položaj može preventivno djelovati zahvaljujući praćenju rada srca i broja otkucaja u minuti, aktivnosti pojedinih mišićnih skupina, pravilnog disanja, procjene razine kisika u krvi i sl. U budućim istraživanjima potrebno je usporediti različite tipove senzora, primijenjene metode i dobivene rezultate kako bi se uočilo koji su od njih najprikladniji za budući razvoj radnog namještaja za sjedenje

8th Annual Focus on Creative Inquiry Poster Forum Program

The poster forum today displays a few of the more than 400 projects initiated by Clemson University Creative Inquiry teams. What is Creative Inquiry? It is small-group learning for all students. It is the imaginative combination of engaged learning and undergraduate research. Ultimately, it is the creation of an Ah-ha! Moment — and it is unique to Clemson University. Creative Inquiry establishes small teams of undergraduate students that work with faculty mentors to take on problems that spring from their own curiosity, from a professor’s challenge, or from the pressing needs of the world around them. Students take ownership of their projects. They ask questions, they take risks, and they get answers

Student Research Colloquium Proceedings 2009

2009 Student Research Colloquium proceedings include the following: a schedule of the day\u27s events, acknowledgement of research sponsors, the day\u27s program, conference presentation abstracts, student presenter index, research sponsor index, planning committee, poster and paper presentation judges, registration desk, sponsors, and donors, map of Atwood Memorial Center. Keynote address on greenhouse gases, global demand for energy, and tomrorow\u27s technology to address these issues given by Dr. Sean Garrick, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota. Sustainability Panel Discussion panelists: Dr. Anthony Akubue, Professor, Environmental and Technological Studies, St. Cloud State University; Dr. Sean Garrick, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota; Valerie Knopp, Assistant Director of Financial Aid, Offices of Scholarships and Financial Aid, St Cloud State University; Teresa A. Lamo-Nelson, Doctoral Candidate, Higher Education Administration, St. Cloud State University; Angela Olson, Assistant Professor, Aviation, St. Cloud State University; Dr. Tracy E. Ore, Associate Professor/Coordinator, Sociology and Anthropology/St Cloud State University Community Garden, Dr. Mitch Bender (Moderator), Associate Professor, Environmental and Technological Studies, St Cloud State University

9th Annual Focus on Creative Inquiry Poster Forum Program

The 2014 Focus on Creative Inquiry Poster Forum displays a selection of the projects accomplished by Clemson University students in their Creative Inquiry teams. What is Creative Inquiry? It is small-group learning for all students, in all disciplines. It is the imaginative combination of engaged learning and undergraduate research – and it is unique to Clemson University. In Creative inquiry, small teams of undergraduate students work with faculty mentors to take on problems that spring from their own curiosity, a professor’s challenge, or the pressing needs of the world around them. Students take ownership of their projects. They ask questions, they take risks, and they get answers

The Effects of Transcutaneous Electrical Neurostimulation on Analgesia and Peripheral Perfusion

Peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAOD) affects 8 to 12 million Americans over the age of 50. As the disease progresses, arterial occlusions arising from atherosclerotic lesions inhibit normal metabolic vasodilation in the peripheries, resulting in limb ischemia and claudication. Pharmacological and surgical treatments currently used to treat both the hemodynamic and pain symptoms associated with PAOD can involve adverse and potentially life-threatening side effects. Thus, there is a need for additional innovative therapies for PAOD. Neurostimulation has a known analgesic effect on both acute and chronic pain. Although the exact mechanisms remain under investigation, local vascular tone may be modulated by neurostimulation in addition to pain modulation. The Gate Control Theory proposes that electrical activation of mechanoreceptive afferent somatosensory nerves, specifically Aβ fibers, inhibits pain signaling to the brain by activating an inhibitory interneuron in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord which dampens signaling from afferent, C type peripheral nociceptor nerves. Interestingly, Aβ fiber activation may also inhibit norepinephrine release from sympathetic nerve terminals on efferent neurons by activating α-2 adrenergic receptors along the same dermatome, resulting in localized vasodilation in both limbs. Ultimately, electrical stimulation may decrease mean blood pressure and increase local blood flow. The focus of this study was to optimize protocols and perform a small scale clinical study to investigate hemodynamic and analgesic responses to neurostimulation during acute ischemia. We hypothesized that ganglial transcutaneous electrical neurostimulation (TENS) and interferential current (IFC) treatments would decrease pain perception and vascular resistance in the periphery in young, healthy subjects. We further hypothesized that IFC may have a greater hyperemic and analgesic effect on acute ischemia than TENS as its current waveform may be more efficient at overcoming skin impedance. Interestingly, we found trends suggesting that TENS and IFC may increase vascular resistance (VR) and have no noticeable analgesic effect, though TENS may have a slightly lower increase in VR associated with an increase in pain. Further work characterizing the hemodynamic effects of different stimulus waveforms is needed to inform future research into possible neuromodulation therapies for ischemic disease