Jump Training Analysis: An Application in Strength and Conditioning

Force development is a crucial part of sports performance. Jumping is a mechanical movement used in various sports to analyze force production. Strength and Conditioning coaches work with athletes on improving sports performance through a variety of exercises. The mechanical principles utilized in jump training will help coaches train athletes to excel. Research has analyzed the various components of jumping that could substantially improve the rate of force development. Studies about the mechanisms of jumping will consist of devices used to measure force, phases of the jump, neuromuscular control of jumping and exercises to help athletes improve. The following thesis will include a review of jumping as well as an application strength and conditioning coach’s use in the weight room

Forget Me Not: Revolutionizing the Way We Second-Hand Shop Online

The Forget Me Not team finished first place at the University of South Dakota\u27s Hult Prize Competition in early December. Our team has advanced to the Regional Summit in Boston where we will present in March of 2020. Our team proved to have a business initiative that is in line with the United Nation\u27s Sustainable Development Goals and is national Hult Prize caliber. Our business proposal will be analyzed in depth and critiqued as though it were a legitimate business by an impressive panel of judges. We have created a business plan that has won numerous awards at the University of South Dakota, and now we want to share it with the student body. We want to share our research and show how our team wants to revolutionize second-hand shopping. We will do this by shaping the industry to be more sustainable, economical and accountable in the future. The fashion industry is the world\u27s second biggest polluter. Fast fashion waste is steadily growing. We want to shed light onto the social inequalities and unethical labor practices taking place in clothing factories around the world. Not only is second-hand shopping one of the most sustainable ways to tackle the problems within fashion, our team believes that there is a business opportunity in fashion resale. It is projected to grow from a 22-billion-dollar industry to a 64-billion-dollar industry in the next 10 years. Our app, Forget Me Not, will revolutionize the fashion industry for sustainable change by easily connecting online thrift stores to customers. We want to make shopping sustainable fashion, specifically through online thrifting, accessible, affordable and enjoyable to the consumer. Clothes deserve to be loved more than once. Shop second hand. Shop Forget Me Not

Long-Term Effects of Single-Dose Cephalosporin or Macrolide Use on the Prevalence of AmpC and Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase Producing <i>Escherichia coli</i> in the Feces of Beef Cattle

Extended-spectrum-β-lactamase (ESBL) and AmpC-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae are serious public health threats. Due to an increasing number of reports of ESBL and AmpC producing Escherichia coli in agricultural settings, it is critical to understand the relationship between the use of two of the highest priority critically important human antibiotics (e.g., third generation cephalosporins [3GC] and macrolides) in food animals and their potential contribution to the selection of ESBL/AmpC E. coli. The objective of our randomized controlled feedlot trial was to measure the effects of ceftiofur crystalline-free acid and tulathromycin on 3GC resistant fecal E. coli populations in cattle before and at various time points after treatment up to and including at slaughter. Multi-level mixed-effects linear regression showed no effect of ceftiofur and tulathromycin on 3GC E. coli CFU counts at slaughter (Day 99); however, a significant (p E. coli immediately after ceftiofur administration (Day 7). Among 799 fecal samples screened using selective media, 17.7% were ESBL/AmpC E. coli positive, which were further tested for phenotypic antibiotic susceptibility. The majority of the isolates from these plates were multidrug-resistant (94.3%) and expressed either AmpC (78.1%) or ESBL (28.1%) phenotype. A subset of isolates was whole-genome sequenced (n = 20) and identified to harbor chromosomal and/or plasmidal bla genes such as CMY-2, CTX-M, and TEM. Our findings show a time-dependent selection of antibiotics on 3GC-resistant E. coli. High prevalence of multidrug-resistant ESBL/AmpC E. coli found in cattle feces highlights the importance of prudent use of antibiotics in livestock