An Earth Orbiting Satellite Service and Repair Facility

A conceptual design was produced for the Geosynchronous Satellite Servicing Platform (GSSP), an orbital facility capable of repairing and servicing satellites in geosynchronous orbit. The GSSP is a man-tended platform, which consists of a habitation module, operations module, service bay and truss assembly. This design review includes an analysis of life support systems, thermal and power requirements, robotic and automated systems, control methods and navigation, and communications systems. The GSSP will utilize existing technology available at the time of construction, focusing mainly on modifying and integrating existing systems. The entire facility, along with two satellite retrieval vehicles (SRV), will be placed in geosynchronous orbit by the Advanced Launch System. The SRV will be used to ferry satellites to and from the GSSP. Technicians will be transferred from Earth to the GSSP and back in an Apollo-derived Crew Transfer Capsule (CTC). These missions will use advanced telerobotic equipment to inspect and service satellites. Four of these missions are tentatively scheduled per year. At this rate, the GSSP will service over 650 satelites during the projected 25 year lifespan

Facilitating Cross-Cultural Online Discussion Groups: Issues and Challenges

This action research identifies the issues and challenges experienced by facilitators who moderated cross-cultural group discussion activities in an online environment. This study found that in a cross-cultural online environment, the challenges of the facilitator expand beyond the currently identified range of problems for online discussion

The Grizzly, April 14, 1997

Student Art Collection to be Exhibited at Berman Museum • Author Lee Gutkind Speaks • Ursinus Jazz Ensemble Performs • Opinion: Ursinus Needs a Foreign Revolution; Common Sense; Let\u27s Get Things Nice and Clear • Letter: Thanks to Volunteers • Shakespeare\u27s Two Noble Kinsmen Visit Ursinus • College Choir to Perform Sacred Service • Right On, My Sister! • Women\u27s Lacrosse Deals Rowan a Defeat • Guenther Named New Football Coach • Women\u27s Tennis Team Transformed • Haverford Pounds Bears • Men\u27s Tennis Falls to Widener • Softball Team Drops Eight of Last Ninehttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1402/thumbnail.jp

The Grizzly, November 18, 1996

Bears Beat Dickinson, Make NCAA Playoffs • Security and RLO Work Through Changes • Opinion: Question of Security; An Insider Throwing out a Line; One of Four Seasons; It\u27s All in Your Head • Concert and Jazz Bands to Perform • Jude: Hardy\u27s Novel Arrives in the Flesh • Bears Win Conference Championship To Make NCAA Playoffs!!! • Getz and Finnegan Receive Post-Season Honorshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1392/thumbnail.jp

The Grizzly, November 25, 1996

Honors Pilot Program a Success • Pass-Fail Forum Set for Dec. 4 • Opinion: What About Easter?; It Hurts; Jesus is Dead?; Thanksgiving; Is Ursinus a Disposable Society?; Never-Never Land • Final Exam Schedule • Bears Suffer 31-24 Defeat in NCAA Playoffs • Men\u27s Basketball Opens with an Overtime Win • Bears Place Nine On All-Conference Team • Wrestling Opens with Two Winshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1393/thumbnail.jp

The Grizzly, February 3, 1997

Alumni Donate $1 Million for Renovation of Pfahler Hall • Ursinus Faculty Members Publish Books / Articles • Gender Studies to be Considered • Meistersingers Perform • Changes in Study Abroad Aim to Ease Students\u27 Minds and Pockets: Part I of II • Diversity Week • Opinion: Return to Never-Never Land; 2 Steps 2 Save; Theatre as we Like it; A Question of Security, Take Two; Todd-onics; Seven Steps to a Better Opinions Article • Sigma Chi Delta Extends Invitation for New Members • Hinckle Named to AP Little America First Team • Coach Gilbert: The Man, The Myth, The Legend • Ursinus to Host International Wrestling Match • Men\u27s Basketball Team Loses to Washington and Falls to 4-13 • Whelan and Knothe Score Individual Wins for UC Swim Teams • Wrestling Bears Roar to 14-1 Mark • Gymnasts Set Team Scoring Record • Lady Bears Continue Winning Wayshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1395/thumbnail.jp

The Grizzly, April 28, 1997

Student Art Exhibit Opens at Berman • Student Research Conference Held at Ursinus • Spirit Week at Ursinus • Opinion: Some Final Thoughts; More Inaccuracies Uncovered; The Ceremony of Innocence; Is Servitude the American Way? • Letter: SERV Denied Drill • Letters from Great Britain • Understanding One Another: Students to Present Projects on Identity and Diversity • Medieval Sports Fest Celebrates Tenth Year • Spring Service Success • A World of Learning at Musser and Beyond • Softball Splits Doubleheader • Golf Team Wins Four Matches • Women\u27s Tennis Jumps Record to 5-3 • Women\u27s Lacrosse Downs Haverford • Baseball Team Pounded by College of New Jerseyhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1404/thumbnail.jp

The Grizzly, November 11, 1996

Ursinus Celebrates Unity Day • Professors Nominated • Ursinus Explores Pass-Fail Option • On Election Day, Ursinus Forged the Atlantic • Opinion: What a Friend; Diversity\u27s Downfall Through Apathy; Intellectual Maturity not Just for Breakfast Any More!; The Outsider Survives; On Our Growing Computer Dependency • Letters from Ireland • Adding Variety to Your Exercise Program • Summer Research in Germany: A Cultural and Educational Experience • A Rose by any Other Name...? • Spotlight: Rocco Iacullo • My Favorite Curses • Previewing the Weekend Game • Men\u27s Soccer Ends Season with Loss • Field Hockey Finishes Season at 2-16 • Centennial Conference Football Standingshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1391/thumbnail.jp

The Grizzly, February 17, 1997

Window Shopping Without the Glass • Ursinus Celebrates Diversity Week • Students Benefit from Internships • Study Abroad: They Don\u27t Call \u27Em Deadlines For Nothing • Campus Apathy on the Issue of Diversity • And the Spirit Moved Them • Caplan Addresses Ethical Issues • Dr. Scott Landis\u27 Resignation Announced • So This is What Security Does: Ursinus\u27 Security Log Returns • Opinion: Greek Speaks Out; Read This if you Think Pledging is Dumb; Come Catch a Square; Perspective from Scotland; Faces of Silence • Defend Yourself! • Keep the Tutorial Program Alive! • Wrestling Bears Win Conference Championship • Women\u27s Basketball Nets Three More Wins • Men\u27s Basketball Drops Two • Gymnasts Leap to Two More Winshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1397/thumbnail.jp

Effect of cadence on locomotor–respiratory coupling during upper-body exercise

Introduction: Asynchronous arm-cranking performed at high cadences elicits greater cardiorespiratory responses compared to low cadences. This has been attributed to increased postural demand and locomotor–respiratory coupling (LRC), and yet, this has not been empirically tested. This study aimed to assess the effects of cadence on cardiorespiratory responses and LRC during upper-body exercise. Methods: Eight recreationally-active men performed arm-cranking exercise at moderate and severe intensities that were separated by 10 min of rest. At each intensity, participants exercised for 4 min at each of three cadences (50, 70, and 90 rev min−1) in a random order, with 4 min rest-periods applied in-between cadences. Exercise measures included LRC via whole- and half-integer ratios, cardiorespiratory function, perceptions of effort (RPE and dyspnoea), and diaphragm EMG using an oesophageal catheter. Results: The prevalence of LRC during moderate exercise was highest at 70 vs. 50 rev min−1 (27 ± 10 vs. 13 ± 9%, p = 0.000) and during severe exercise at 90 vs. 50 rev min−1 (24 ± 7 vs. 18 ± 5%, p = 0.034), with a shorter inspiratory time and higher mean inspiratory flow (p < 0.05) at higher cadences. During moderate exercise, (Formula presented.) and fC were higher at 90 rev min−1 (p < 0.05) relative to 70 and 50 rev min−1 ((Formula presented.) 1.19 ± 0.25 vs. 1.05 ± 0.21 vs. 0.97 ± 0.24 L min−1; fC 116 ± 11 vs. 101 ± 13 vs. 101 ± 12 b min−1), with concomitantly elevated dyspnoea. There were no discernible cadence-mediated effects on diaphragm EMG. Conclusion: Participants engage in LRC to a greater extent at moderate-high cadences which, in turn, increase respiratory airflow. Cadence rate should be carefully considered when designing aerobic training programmes involving the upper-limbs