Women Climbing Pant Prototype

Women rock climbing participation has been growing and while studies are limited similar needs are seen worldwide (Jung & Chun, 2013; Michaelson, 2015; Outdoor Foundation, 2016; Suh, 2013). Needs were better fit, mobility, durability, protection, and performance stretch textiles. This prototype seeks to address these needs and include four different textiles to address stretch, breathability, wicking, and abrasion. This pant features a higher waistline that doesn\u27t fall before the harness, an interior adjustable waistband, an elongated gusset, two-piece front pant leg for flexibility along with a reinforced knee, pockets that are accessible while climbing, and adjustable pant length. Fit tests and wear trials showed an increase in fit satisfaction, mobility, and comfort along with an aesthetic appreciation for the pant. While this prototype sought to address women climbers pant needs it can also inform outdoor/sport designers that climbing pants should include functional design, performance stretch textiles, along with fit/wear trials

A Selkie’s View

Have you ever imagined what it must feel like to gaze at the shore while underwater? The oceans currents move your body as the sun’s rays play with your vision; you feel weightless. Impishly, you envision yourself as a mythical sea creature swimming curiously along the shoreline – a selkie

Modelling DNA Response to THz Radiation

Collective response of DNA to THz electric fields is studied in a simple pair bond model. We confirm, with some caveats, a previous observation of destabilising DNA breather modes and explore the parameter-dependence of these modes. It is shown that breather modes are eliminated under reasonable physical conditions and that thermal effects are significant.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures. version to appear in Phys. Rev.

Biochemical evidence that acetylcholine release from cholinergic nerve terminals is mostly vesicular

AbstractThe nature of the intraterminal compartments from which acetylcholine (ACh) is released following presynaptic stimulation was investigated. This was pursued by examining the effects of the anticholinergic drug 2-(4-phenylpiperidino)cyclohexanol (AH5183) on the release of newly synthesized [3H]ACh and of endogenous ACh from purified cholinergic nerve terminals (synaptosomes) which were isolated from the electric organs of Torpedo. Preincubation of the synaptosomes, with AH5183 (1–10 μM), does not affect either the intraterminal synthesis of [3H]ACh or the uptake of its precursors, but results in a marked inhibition (85%) of the release of the newly synthesized [3H]ACh. However, when AH5183 is added following the accumulation of [3H]ACh in the nerve terminals, it does not affect [3H]ACh release. AH5183 also has no effect on the release of preformed endogenous ACh. These findings, together with the previous in vitro demonstrations that AH5183 is a potent inhibitor of ACh uptake into isolated cholinergic vesicles, suggest that most of the synaptosomal ACh is secreted by a vesicular mechanism

CORPORATIONS--CORPORATE POLICY, THE CURE-ALL FOR PROXY SOLICITATION AILMENTS

All too often lawyers and students of law are inclined to assume that some principle or formula· has become so deeply rooted in the law that it has acquired a sanctity which gives it an all-embracive effect, a cure-all, as it were, for legal ailments. This has been the usual approach when the question has arisen of the propriety of spending corporate funds to solicit proxies. The ever-faithful panacea has been to say, quite automatically, that where the intra-corporate contest is concerned with matters of policy as distinguished from personnel of management, then corporate funds may be used to inform the stockholders of the policy issues and to secure their support of the views advocated by the management. While there has been an occasional case which would seem to reject this approach, the policy formula as a justification for corporate expenditures has enjoyed some popularity. A statement of the Delaware court indicates that the formula may have even grown beyond the point of being a judicial cure accepted primarily because of its supposed virtues. The Delaware court has said, Moreover, for good or evil, the incumbent board of directors of a Delaware corporation may look to the corporation for payment of expenses incurred by them in soliciting proxies where a question of policy is involved

Apparel design for zero waste: Exploring aesthetic preferences and purchase intentions as a function of zero waste design typicality and zero waste concept

This study investigated the individual and interaction effects of typicality and the ZW design concept on the aesthetic preference and purchase intentions for ZW designed apparel, providing critical insights for ZW designers to better understand consumer preferences. The study employed a 2 x 2 x 2 mixed factorial experimental design. A total of 152 participants completed the online survey. Participants preferred typical ZW dresses (long and short) aesthetically over atypical dresses. Further, the ZW design concept did not make a difference to this typicality-based preference or purchase intention for ZW dresses. Purchase intentions for typical ZW long dresses were greater than atypical. The main take-away for designers of ZW apparel is the critical role that typicality plays in consumer\u27s aesthetic preferences and purchase intentions for ZW apparel

Active learning in an apparel production management course: Student perceptions, instructor training, and learning outcomes

Active learning environment was introduced to an apparel production management course. Class format was perceived as a good learning environment. Students were engaged in class material and able to understand its application to the apparel industry while gaining an increased depth of knowledge for the course content. Peer-to-peer interaction improved their learning experience in class as they shared knowledge when completing the assignment. Instructor training in active learning did have an impact on students\u27 perceptions of active learning so additional training may increase student perceptions. Learning outcomes did not increase but maintained a mean scores of 88

Policing on American Indian Reservations

This study had two principal goals. The first was to take a broad look at policing in Indian Country in order to better understand the many arrangements for administering reservation police departments, develop an initial assessment of the challenges facing Indian policing, and identify policing strategies and approaches that might be successful in responding to the growing crime problem in Indian Country. The second was to evaluate the prospects for community policing in Indian Country. Could this strategy, which grew out of the experience of police departments in urban settings, be usefully applied to the strikingly different cultural, geographic, and demographic features typical of Indian reservations? This study is a first effort to characterize the variety of arrangements for reservation policing combined with a more comprehensive effort to better understand the operations of a limited set of representative departments and their tribal contexts