Costuming The Trojan Women , Produced at West Virginia University

This thesis describes the development of the design from the initial reaction to the script, meetings with the director and other designers, research, execution and final evaluation for West Virginia University School of Theatre & Dance\u27s production of The Trojan Women. Additional support includes sketches, research images, renderings, paperwork and production photos.;Euripides\u27 The Trojan Women adapted by Gwendolyn MacEwen depicts a moment in the lives of victims of the Trojan War. This version of the Greek Tragedy utilizes contemporary poetic language paired with a stylized design approach.;From the start, the director intended for this production to be stylized. That is, instead of realistic bruised and tattered women, he wanted to convey some sense of beauty through the telling of this horrific story. The costumes, scenery, and lighting needed to be stunning while still supporting the tragic storyline. Everything would look as poetic as the words sounded.;Creating a look that would feel timeless meant finding a balance between Greek and contemporary clothing. The research for this production had a wide span; I used ancient artifacts, modern refugee women and art as inspiration for the costumes. After the approval of final designs, my responsibility shifted to overseeing the build process in the costume shop.;After designs were discussed and budgeted, I then moved forward in organizing paperwork, purchasing and organizing fittings. Though the costume shop worked smoothly with only a few minor setbacks, everything was finished properly and on time.;Throughout this process I learned the importance of troubleshooting and how to better express my opinions when issues arise. These are lessons I will continue to apply as I move forward in my career

Disaster medicine: the caring contradiction

The nature of mankind is a concern for those in need. Disasters, both natural and manmade, have been with us since the beginning of recorded history but media coverage of them is a relatively new phenomenon. When these factors come together, there is great potential to both identify and serve the sick and injured. However, the mass media by its nature tends to enhance the humanistic aspect of rescue while minimizing the practical problems involved. We describe a recent scenario in Haiti that puts some of these complications into a practical perspective

’5A – Vores bus ’ Intelligente køreplaner og aktiv trafikstyring på linje 5A

Trafikselskabet Movia og busoperatøren Nettbuss har, med støtte fra Trafikstyrelsen, siden januar 2012 samarbejdet om et projekt, for at skabe en passagerfremgang på linje 5A. Linje 5A er Nordeuropas travleste buslinje med næsten ligeså mange kunder som lufthavnen i Kastrup. De mange kunder sætter sit præg på linjen, så busserne bliver nemt meget fyldte og ind- og udstigningstiden er lang, hvilket for en højfrekvent bus som 5A, kan betyde at busserne klumper sammen frem for at være fordelt som perler på en snor. Denne positive udfordring forsøger projektet ’5A – Vores bus’ at finde løsninger på. Formålet er at styrke linjens regularitet og tilpasse kapaciteten til passagermængden, til gavn for kundernes oplevelse af linjen. For at fastholde nuværende kunder og opnå en passagerfremgang er det vigtigt at passagerne oplever, at 5A har plads, kører regelmæssigt, kommer sikkert frem til korrekt tid og er let at bruge. Projekt ’5A – Vores bus’ består af to delprojekter, det ene er en afprøvning af variabel køreplan, der tilpasses passagermængden, og det andet delprojekt er et forsøg med folk på gaden, såkaldte busværter der hjælper med at fordele busserne og kunderne i busserne

Evaluering af Mobility Management kampagnen ”Få din del af kagen”

I efteråret 2012 igangsatte Movia en målrettet markedsføringsindsats for at motivere pendlere på større virksomheder til at overveje kollektiv trafik som alternativ til bilen. Projektet blev igangsat som et led i incitamentssamarbejdet mellem Region Hovedstaden, Nobina Danmark og Movia. Formålet med samarbejdet er at skabe et fælles grundlag for at få flere passagerer på linje 330E, 300S, 400 og 400S, og ved at målrette en kampagne mod erhvervsområderne langs linjerne, var målet at få flere flyttet fra bilen til bussen og øvrige kollektive transportformer. Den overordnede kampagne bestod af en ”privatdel” og en ”erhvervsdel”. Førstnævnte lagde sig i forlængelse af den igangværende overordnede S-bus kampagne som havde til formål at ramme ”light-users” af den kollektive trafik med information om det at tage bussen til oplevelser (shopping, fodboldkampen, biografen, etc.). Den ”private” del var målrettet større virksomheder langs linjerne og nærværende dokument indeholder en evaluering af denne del af kampagnen. Evalueringen indeholder en generel beskrivelse af projektet, et metodisk baggrundsafsnit, en evaluering af passagereffekter samt en beskrivelse af virkninger og effekter som kampagnen ligeledes har resulteret i. Slutteligt beskrives fremtiden for lignende tiltag. Movias arbejde med Mobility Management er ligeledes kort introduceret

Effect on health-related quality of life of the X-Bolt dynamic plating system versus the sliding hip screw for the fixation of trochanteric fractures of the hip in adults: the WHiTE Four randomized clinical trial

Aims Surgical treatment of hip fracture is challenging; the bone is porotic and fixation failure can be catastrophic. Novel implants are available which may yield superior clinical outcomes. This study compared the clinical effectiveness of the novel X-Bolt Hip System (XHS) with the sliding hip screw (SHS) for the treatment of fragility hip fractures. Methods We conducted a multicentre, superiority, randomized controlled trial. Patients aged 60 years and older with a trochanteric hip fracture were recruited in ten acute UK NHS hospitals. Participants were randomly allocated to fixation of their fracture with XHS or SHS. A total of 1,128 participants were randomized with 564 participants allocated to each group. Participants and outcome assessors were blind to treatment allocation. The primary outcome was the EuroQol five-dimension five-level health status (EQ-5D-5L) utility at four months. The minimum clinically important difference in utility was pre-specified at 0.075. Secondary outcomes were EQ-5D-5L utility at 12 months, mortality, residential status, mobility, revision surgery, and radiological measures. Results Overall, 437 and 443 participants were analyzed in the primary intention-to-treat analysis in XHS and SHS treatment groups respectively. There was a mean difference of 0.029 in adjusted utility index in favour of XHS with no evidence of a difference between treatment groups (95% confidence interval -0.013 to 0.070; p = 0.175). There was no evidence of any differences between treatment groups in any of the secondary outcomes. The pattern and overall risk of adverse events associated with both treatments was similar. Conclusion Any difference in four-month health-related quality of life between the XHS and SHS is small and not clinically important. There was no evidence of a difference in the safety profile of the two treatments; both were associated with lower risks of revision surgery than previously reported

The Warwick Hip Trauma Evaluation One - an abridged protocol for the WHiTE One Study AN EMBEDDED RANDOMISED TRIAL COMPARING THE X-BOLT WITH SLIDING HIP SCREW FIXATION IN EXTRACAPSULAR HIP FRACTURES

Fractures of the proximal femur are one of the greatest challenges facing the medical community, constituting a heavy socioeconomic burden worldwide. Controversy exists regarding the optimal treatment for patients with unstable trochanteric proximal femoral fractures. The recognised treatment alternatives are extramedullary fixation usually with a sliding hip screw and intramedullary fixation with a cephalomedullary nail. Current evidence suggests that best results and lowest complication rates occur using a sliding hip screw. Complications in these difficult fractures are relatively common regardless of type of treatment. We believe that a novel device, the X-Bolt dynamic plating system, may offer superior fixation over a sliding hip screw with lower reoperation risk and better function. We therefore propose to investigate the clinical effectiveness of the X-bolt dynamic plating system compared with standard sliding hip screw fixation within the framework of a the larger WHiTE (Warwick Hip Trauma Evaluation) Comprehensive Cohort Study. Cite this article: Bone Joint Res 2013;2:206–9

Evolution of nano-pores during annealing of technically pure molybdenum sheet produced from different sintered formats

Molybdenum is a refractory metal with no phase transformation in the solid state and a high melting point. It is therefore an excellent structural material for various high temperature applications. Especially in this field of operation, significant creep resistance is essential. To achieve this, a microstructure with grains in the range of millimeters is desired. However, as demonstrated in the present study, the onset temperature for secondary recrystallization, which would lead to a beneficial grain size, is among other things dependent on the initial dimensions of the sintered part. One possible reason for the different microstructural evolutions is the influence of residual pores in sub-micrometer size. Sheets were thus fabricated via three different production routes employing the same initial Mo powder to exclude chemical variation as an influencing factor. The samples were investigated by in-situ small-angle X-ray scattering at a synchrotron radiation source with two different heating rates. Additionally, selected annealed samples were studied ex-situ with high energy X-rays. The apparent volume fraction of pores is compared to a volatilization model for the vaporization of typical accompanying elements and the induced thermal expansion

Exploring the mechanical character of molybdenum grain boundaries via nanoindentation and three-point-bending

The interactions of interfaces with dislocations have been extensively studied in the past. Still, there is a lack of high throughput methods, which can potentially be used for systematic studies to cover a wide range of grain boundary types. Nanoindentation offers the opportunity to combine a high spatial resolution with high effectiveness, thus enabling to obtain comprehensive mechanical data in the vicinity of grain boundaries. The present study on coarse-grained molybdenum will show results of mechanical property mapping near grain boundaries. Here, for the first time also the indenter tip rotation angle with respect to the loading axis as well as the grain orientation are considered. Results will show that neglecting these parameters can bias interpretations of the interface/dislocation interactions, as the localized deformation paths around the indentation are thereby significantly changed. Systematic experiments on commercially pure, recrystallized molybdenum have been performed to investigate the dependence of the hardness increase near grain boundaries with respect to the boundary misorientation angle. As a complementary method, three-point-bending is applied on mm-sized specimens until individual grain boundaries delaminate, which in turn will be identified and cross-checked with findings of the nanoindentation tests. Doping molybdenum with elements like carbon and/or boron is known to suppress intercrystalline failure. For this reason, the presented grain boundary characterization methods will be applied to extract mechanical changes caused by these doping elements