The effects of hypnosis on flow states and three-point shooting performance in basketball players.

This study examined the effects of hypnosis on flow states and three-point shooting performance in 5 collegiate basketball players. The investigation uti- lized an ideographic single-subject multiple baselines across subjects design combined with a procedure that monitors the internal experience of the par- ticipants (Wollman, 1986). The method of intervention utilized in this study involved relaxation, imagery, hypnotic induction, hypnotic regression, and trigger control procedures. The results indicated that all five participants in- creased both their mean basketball three-point shooting performance and their mean flow scores from baseline to intervention. There were no overlapping data points between the baseline and intervention for either performance or flow state. Additionally, each participant indicated that they had felt the inter- vention was useful in keeping them confident, relaxed, and calm. These re- sults support the hypothesis that a hypnosis intervention can improve three- point shooting performance in basketball players and increase feelings and cognitions that are associated with flow

The essential factor in the causation of angina pectoris

The object of the following thesis is to discuss, and if possible determine more exactly than has hitherto been done) the essential cause of cardiac pain; with a view to doing so I propose relating as shortly as possible what we already know, and the theories that have been evolved by various writers on the subject, of the conditions frequently associated with this symptom; drawing especial attention to that degree of cardiac pain which originally attracted the attention of Heberden and which he named Angina Pectoris. I approach the sub- ject with considerable diffidence knowing as I do the work that has already been done by so many of the ablest physicians, both those of the past and those no less distinguished who are still adding to our knowledge of the subject, such as Powel, Fraser, Gibson, Morison, Russel, Mackenzie etc., in this country and others in America and on the continent.I do not propose reporting a series of cases and then discussing them, nor going into the question of treatment except in so far as it may help us to elucidate the cause or causes of this comparatively rare but par- ticularly interesting disease; but will give a general account of the History, Anatomy, Physiology, Aetiology and Symptomatology of the affection with mention of my own observations concluding with the conclusions which seem to me to result from this study of the subject

The teaching and learning research programme (TLRP) in Wales: research evidence for educational policy and practice in Wales

Alex Morgan and Jane Waters, Swansea University; Jane Williams

Bio-Inspired, Odor-Based Navigation

The ability of moths to locate a member of the opposite sex, by tracking a wind-borne plume of odor molecules, is an amazing reality. Numerous scenarios exist where having this capability embedded into ground-based or aerial vehicles would be invaluable. The main crux of this thesis investigation is the development of a navigation algorithm which gives a UAV the ability to track a chemical plume to its source. Inspiration from the male moth\u27s, in particular Manduca sexta, ability to successfully track a female\u27s pheromone plume was used in the design of both 2-D and 3-D navigation algorithms. The algorithms were developed to guide autonomous vehicles to the source of a chemical plume. The algorithms were implemented using a variety of fuzzy controllers and ad hoc engineering approaches. The fuzzy controller was developed to estimate the location of a vehicle relative to the plume: coming into the plume, in the plume, exiting the plume, or out of the plume. The 2-D algorithm had a 60% to 90% success rate in reaching the source while certain versions of 3-D algorithm had success rates from 50% to 100%

Public Personnel Update

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