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Balance training to reduce visual reliance: A pilot study

16 participants participated in a 4 week (12 session) balance training protocol. Pre and post-testing used a gait assessment to examine margin of stability and center of pressure. Senaptec sensory station was used to examine the relationship between variables of interest and visual skills. 4 groups were distinguished by stable and unstable surfaces and eyes open and eyes closed. There was no relationship between variables of interest and surface type or visual condition.Master of Art

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Minimum Retroreflectivity Requirements for Traffic Signs

DTFH61-87-00008Currently, national guidelines regarding the nighttime visibility of signs are limited to the stipulation in the "Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways (MUTCD)" that all warning and regulatory signs be illuminated or reflectorized to show the same color and shape by day or night. There are no objective measures that can be used to determine when a sign has reached the end of its service life and needs to be replaced. This study seeks to fill that need by establishing minimum retroreflectivity requirements for traffic signs. Given the wide range of visual, cognitive, and psychomotor capabilities of the driving population and the complexity of the relationships between the driver, the vehicle, the sign, and the roadway, a mathematical modeling approach was selected. The model determines the distance at which a driver needs to see a sign, uses this distance to determine the luminance required, and then calculates the coefficient of retroreflection at standard measurement angles. This model is called Computer Analysis of Retroreflectance of Traffic Signs (CARTS). The CARTS model was executed for each sign in the MUTCD at various vehicle speeds, sign sizes, and sign placements. The results are summarized and presented in a format that can be implemented by practitioners. Retroreflectivity values are given for both yellow and orange warning signs, white on red regulatory signs, white regulatory signs, and white on green guide signs

A CASE FOR STATE AND LOCAL INTEGRATION OF THE SEPARATE FEDERAL RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM

This thesis provides an overview and policy options analysis of offsite radiological emergency preparedness and response protocols for commercial nuclear power plants. This program is developed by the federal government and implemented by state and local government emergency management as the Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program (REPP). The capabilities built under the separate REPP, if integrated within the wider emergency preparedness enterprise, could be properly accounted for and included in a community-wide assessment of its aggregate capabilities within its existing all-hazards program. The research question for this thesis addresses which benefits, shortfalls, and challenges emerge from the integration of the hazard-specific emergency preparedness and response program established under REPP with the all-hazards core capabilities and the National Preparedness System doctrine. The research design utilizes a logic model framework to facilitate the process of evaluating different policy options and approaches to an emergency preparedness and response program for nuclear power plants in the United States. The conclusion of the research is to augment the existing REPP protocol with a robust means to measure capability and performance, which is modeled as a policy proposal to use an oversight framework and measurable site-specific performance indicators tied to probabilistic risk assessment.http://archive.org/details/acaseforstateand1094564183Civilian, Arizona Department of Emergency and Military AffairsApproved for public release; distribution is unlimited

The crossroads of empire: The 1817 liberation and occupation of Amelia Island, East Florida

Situated north of St. Augustine, Florida, Amelia Island lay at the frontier of the growing United States, the collapsing Spanish Empire, and the emerging nations of Latin America. In June 1817 privateers commissioned by representatives of insurgent governments in Latin America seized the island and proclaimed the independence of La República de las Floridas. Secretary of State John Quincy Adams saw the privateers as a threat to U.S. neutrality and to his negotiations with Spain defining the boundaries of the Louisiana Purchase. At Adams\u27s suggestion, President James Monroe ordered U.S. troops to invade and occupy the island. A combination of U.S. naval and military forces took the island peacefully on December 22, 1817, bringing La República de las Floridas to an end. Debate over the U.S. invasion dominated public discussions in the first months of 1818, fueling a battle between Congress and the executive that shaped the structure of foreign policymaking in the early United States.^ Amelia Island lay at a crossroads of empires in the early nineteenth century, where different histories converged. A close study of this event offers scholars a chance to understand better how the United States established its position in the Atlantic world, how it created a continental empire, and how it justified later efforts to dominate the Western Hemisphere. La República de las Floridas generated a controversial vision of a multi-racial republic that thrived on porous international boundaries and open economies. Monroe and Adams believed that the general disorder produced in this smuggling entrepot would spread greater chaos along the borders of the southern United States. Spain could no longer control the borderlands, so the United States would. In the long run, the U.S. reaction to this challenge along its southern boundary would limit the scope of republican revolution, denying the legitimacy of the Spanish American revolutions and justifying U.S. expansion into those territories.

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Nancy Spears, libarian at Piedmont Elementary School

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Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Judy and Ron Brown show off some their crafts on sale at the Calico Goose Christmas Boutique..

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Beulah and Ernest Jech celebrate 50 years of marriage.

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Piedmont principal Royce Pennington, left, congratulates senior Charlie Hutson.