Development of a biomechanically validated turf testing rig

The aim of this study was to develop an artificial turf testing rig that applied biomechanically validated vertical, shear and torque loads to the surface. Results of initial testing on 3rd generation artificial turf and natural grass soccer pitches are presented

Welfare and warfare an uneasy mix: personal experiences of and organisational responses to emotional and mental health issues in young ex-service personnel

'Shell-shock', which is now known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), was first identified during the First World War and since this time the mental health of service personnel has been an issue of concern, particularly during times of armed conflict. This is an exploratory piece of research, the purpose of which is to provide information from a range of stakeholders, primarily ex-service personnel but also their families and welfare staff about the mental health needs of young military personnel

The Habitat Preferences of Myotis Bats in Western North Dakota: Using Land Cover to Predict Distribution Patterns

http://www.gis.ku.edu/gisday/2012/studentcomp/Undergraduate student at Haskell Indian Nations UniversityPlatinum Sponsors Gold Sponsors KU Department of Geography KU Institute for Policy & Social Research KU Libraries GIS and Data Services State of Kansas Data Access and Support Center (DASC) Silver Sponsors Bartlett & West KansasView Kansas Biological Survey U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Bronze Sponsors AECOM Black & Veatch City of Lawrence - Utilities Department ESRI Global Information Systems KU Center for Global & International Studies KU Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS) KU Environmental Studies Program Lucity, Inc. Wilson & Company, Engineers and Architect

A re-evaluation of the skeletal abnormalities in frogs in the Adelaide Hills region

Shows that abnormal frogs representing ten species can be found in a range of habitats in the Mount Lofty Ranges, Flinders Ranges and the South East of South Australia. There appeared to be an increase in the incidence of abnormality in the polluted aquaria, but the rate of abnormality was lower than that recorded in the wild.Thesis (M.Sc.) -- University of Adelaide, Dept. of Environmental Biology, 2000

Oh, How He Loves Us

In lieu of an abstract, below is the essay\u27s first paragraph. ―Go to Hell. It\u27s a quote we\u27ve all heard, whether it\u27s been said to us or someone around us. I heard it the other day when it was said to someone wearing a Rays‘ jersey by a Red Sox fan. The Rays fan responded with, ―I can\u27t... God loves me

Appropriate Perspectives for Health Care Decisions

NICE uses cost-effectiveness analysis to compare the health benefits expected to be gained by using a technology with the health that is likely to be forgone due to additional costs falling on the health care budget and displacing other activities that improve health. This approach to informing decisions will be appropriate if the social objective is to improve health, the measure of health is adequate and the budget for health care can reasonably be regarded as fixed. If NICE were to recommend a broader =societal perspective‘, wider effects impacting on other areas of the public sector and the wider economy would be formally incorporated into analyses and decisions. The problem for policy is that, in the face of budgets legitimately set by government, it is not clear how or whether a societal perspective can be implemented, particularly if transfers between sectors are not possible. It poses the question of how the trade-offs between health, consumption and other social arguments, as well as the valuation of market and non market activities, ought to be undertaken.Perspective. Cost-effectiveness analysis. Economic evaluation.

Strategies of prevention: Extending the concept of preventive war and understanding its implications

This dissertation contributes to the literature on prevention in two specific ways. First, it broadens the concept of preventive war, developing the idea that dominant states have a choice when it comes to dealing with rising challengers. The choice is not a dichotomous variable of either war or no war. Instead, there is a range of choices that decision makers within the dominant state have at their disposal. This dissertation examines the relationship---over time---between two conflictual states, one in relative decline and the other in relative ascendance, and studies the response of the dominant but declining power. Second, I focus more than others have on the perceptions of decision makers and the workings of domestic politics in determining how dominant states respond to rising challengers. I use three broad historical case studies to empirically test my ideas about the extended concept of preventive action. Using components of the method of structured, focused comparison, I examine the internal domestic decision making processes of the cases. Finally, I utilize a foreign policy analysis approach and develop a model that illuminates nuances that have been largely overlooked in the scholarly literature

Relative volatility in the system 1-Butene - n-Butane

An apparatus suitable for the rapid collection of P-x data at constant T is described. Isothermal P-x data at 40, 70, 100, 130, and 160 degrees Fahrenheit at the extremes of the composition range for the 1-butene - n-butane system are presented as a demonstration of the suitability of the device for its intended purpose. Limiting values of the relative volatility for the binary are presented. The relative volatilities were calculated using limiting forms of the general coexistence equation which are given in the literature. Several recommendations are given for improvements of the equipment and experimental technique --Abstract, page ii

The Straggling Green\u27s Function Method for Ion Transport

For many years work has been conducted on developing a concise theory and method for HZE ion transport capable of being validated in the laboratory. Previous attempts have ignored dispersion and energy downshift associated with nuclear fragmentation and energy and range straggling. Here we present a Green\u27s function approach to ion transport that incorporates these missing elements. This work forms the basis for a new version of GRNTRN, a Green\u27s function transport code. Comparisons of GRNTRN predictions and laboratory results for an 56Fe ion beam with average energy at the target of one GeV/amu or more are presented for various targets. Quantities compared are the energy deposited spectra for an Aluminum target and Graphite-Epoxy mix target, the fraction of primary beam surviving and track average LET for these and various other targets