BIOMECHANICAL SPORT ANALYSIS THROUGH DATA INTEGRATION

This project consisted of the utilisation of a synchronised time base data software program (Ariel APASview), capable of dynamically integrating video, kinematic, kinetic, EMG, and force plate data for the analysis of selected sports under different competitive conditions (practice, Olympic and collegiate competitions). Biomechanical analysis through data integration was performed on discus throwing, basketball free throw shooting, and high jumping. Visual records from multiple perspectives and quantitative feedback were provided to the coaches and athletes for effective evaluation of their sport performance

BIOMECHANICAL DATA INTEGRATION AS A METHOD FOR COMPARATIVE STUDIES

Technological advances have made it possible to integrate, synchronise, and simultaneously display video records, kinematic, kinetic, EMG, and force plate data of human movement. The APAS view software is an effective integrated multimedia presentation tool for quantitative and qualitative biomechanical analyses of clinical, sport performance, and industrial applications

Universal Baxterization for Z\mathbb{Z}-graded Hopf algebras

We present a method for Baxterizing solutions of the constant Yang-Baxter equation associated with $\mathbb{Z}$-graded Hopf algebras. To demonstrate the approach, we provide examples for the Taft algebras and the quantum group $U_q[sl(2)]$.Comment: 8 page

No More Scandals: A Simple Model For Valuing Employee Stock Options

The escalating size of compensation packages to senior managers and investor disillusionment have resulted in growing calls for the expensing of employee stock options (ESO).  While initially slow to respond, the FASB has now mandated the expensing of ESO.  The two primary methods used to value ESO, the Black-Scholes closed form equation and the lattice model, suffer from several deficiencies  .A Simple model for valuing ESO that marks the option expense to market in succeeding financial statement dates and allows for the staggered exercise dates of option holders is available. The model is easy to understand, would have a low cost of implementation, and offers a superior estimate of the true cash flow effects associated with the opportunity cost to shareholders of ESO exercise

Integrated street design in high-volume junctions: The case study of London’s Oxford Circus

While traditional street design relied upon segregating vehicles and pedestrians in urban areas to ensure smooth traffic flow, urban planners and traffic engineers are gradually moving away from it. Instead, under the more modern concept of integrated street design, more space and freedom of action is provided to pedestrians, the needs of whom were previously omitted. An example space to have undergone redevelopment to a more pedestrian-oriented design is London’s Oxford Circus junction. Comparing with the results of a study pre-redevelopment, the present study aims at identifying the shift in the perceptions of the pedestrians when using the space post-implementation of the new design at Oxford Circus, but also at drawing generic conclusions on the perceptions of the pedestrians towards such schemes. A questionnaire is developed and data is collected through on-street interviews with pedestrians at Oxford Circus. The results show that integrated street design offers improved way-finding, better perceived safety and more pleasant environments for pedestrians

More efficient Bell inequalities for Werner states

In this paper we study the nonlocal properties of two-qubit Werner states parameterized by the visibility parameter 0<p<1. New family of Bell inequalities are constructed which prove the two-qubit Werner states to be nonlocal for the parameter range 0.7056<p<1. This is slightly wider than the range 0.7071<p<1, corresponding to the violation of the Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt (CHSH) inequality. This answers a question posed by Gisin in the positive, i.e., there exist Bell inequalities which are more efficient than the CHSH inequality in the sense that they are violated by a wider range of two-qubit Werner states.Comment: 7 pages, 1 figur