Influence of Traditional and Nontraditional Entries on Figure Skating Jumps

The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not adding a non-traditional jump entry into a routine is more beneficial to the skater or if there is more value in performing the same jump with a traditional entry. Specifically, the study examined the kinematics of a non-traditional verses a traditional jump entry by looking at the angles of the hip, knee, and ankle joints at take-off and landing. Maximum jump height, airtime, and horizontal displacement were also examined. It was hypothesized that non-traditional entries would change jump kinematics when compared to the same jumps performed from traditional entries. Ten skilled figure skaters volunteered to participate in the study and each was videotaped performing five trails of either a double salchow or a double toe loop using a traditional entry and five trials of the same jump using a non-traditional entry. The collected data were analyzed with DartFish and a series of paired samples t-tests compared the ankle, knee and hip angles at take-off and at landing, maximum jump height, air time, and horizontal displacement between traditional and non-traditional entries. The significance level of .05 was adjusted using a Bonferonni correction. It was determined that the significant findings were that maximum jump height increased from 0.36 + 0.14 m in the traditional entry to 0.44 + 0.15 m in the non-traditional entry and the ankle demonstrated more plantar flexion at landing (90.5o+ 8.6o) in the nontraditional jump than in the traditional jump (85.7o+ 12.9o). These findings indicate that greater jump height may be a by-product of performing jumps with a more difficult take-off position and the non-traditional jump landing is different when compared to the traditional landing of those jumps because of the greater plantar flexion. Future research should be directed towards studying different aspects of jump difficulty to gain a better understanding of the influence of traditional versus non-traditional entries jumps as a whole

The Influence of Vertical Advection Discretization in WRF-ARW Model on Capping Inversion Representation in Warm-Season, Thunderstorm Supporting Environments

This study evaluates forecasts of capping inversions and thermodynamic variables for believed areas of possible deep, moist convection initiation during the warm-season using the Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF) with the Advanced Research core (WRF-ARW). WRF-ARW was configured nearly identical to the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) version of WRF (NSSL-WRF). WRF-ARW\u27s default third-order-accurate vertical advection scheme, which is an odd-order-accurate scheme, is known to introduce implicit damping which acts to dampen short wavelength features (Skamarock et al. 2008), such as capping inversions. It is hypothesized that by increasing WRF-ARW\u27s vertical advection to the next higher, even-order-accurate vertical advection scheme, this would remove the associated implicit dampening, thus improving WRF-ARW\u27s handling of capping inversion representation. After computing Student\u27s t tests on the bias of each weather and thermodynamic variable, it was deemed that the fourth-order-accurate vertical advection scheme did not improve WRF-ARW\u27s representation of capping inversion or other thermodynamic variables. Despite the rejected hypothesis, this study does confirm that the Mellor-Yamada-Janjić (MYJ) planetary boundary layer (PBL) parametrization has a cool and moist bias near the surface, as also found by Coniglio et al. (2013), Burlingame et al. (2017), Cohen et al. (2015) , Clark et al. (2012), among others. It is likely that the poor representation of capping inversions in WRF-ARW is from other numerics in the model, which is beyond the scope of this study

Sources of Dignity for Persons: Capacities, Friendship, Love and Subjectivity

Many people seem to understand the term \u27dignity\u27 as applying to all human persons regardless of their race, creed, sex, or religious beliefs. As to what the concept \u27dignity\u27 means is a difficult and complex problem. Is the concept \u27dignity\u27 an empty concept, void of meaning? What does it mean when we say that this or that person has dignity? Most of the current philosophical literature has very little to say as to what dignity is. I will argue that what we need to find is a concept of dignity that accounts for both the infinite and the irreplaceable value of the human person. Following Kant and Linda Zagzebski, we can say that to be irreplaceable is to be above all comparison and to be of infinite value is to be above all price. This paper will explore how to understand the two aspects of dignity; infinite and irreplaceable value as being necessary components in understanding our intuitions that we have about human persons having \u27dignity\u27. To show how both aspects of dignity are necessary, this paper will explore intuitions of the irreplaceability and infinite value of human persons by looking at the concrete experiences that we have of friendship and love. We will look at Gabriel Marcel\u27s definition of the human person and methodology to see if we can better understand the irreplaceable aspect of the human person. In the last few pages of this thesis we will see how to metaphysically tie the knot between these two aspects

THE FIRST PRIDE WAS A RIOT: How Queer Activism Has Partnered with Police to Hurt the Community’s Most Vulnerable

Summarizing the history and development of queer rights activism in San Francisco, this article reflects upon the legal goals of the queer community in San Francisco from 1960 to the present, observing a movement away from law enforcement resistance and towards collaboration and placing the community’s most vulnerable, queer people of color, at risk. The author outlines and problematizes three potential legal goals for the queer community moving forward: a constitutional claim of police misconduct, hate crime legislation, and police reform tactics

Reading in the Kindergarten: a Comparative Study of Opposing Views

It was the purpose of this study to attempt to bring together differing opinions and research concerning the teaching of formal reading skills to children of kindergarten age. In order to establish evidence relevant to the problem, the following question was considered: Should the teaching of formal reading skills be a part of the kindergarten curriculum? In view of the question, this paper attempted to study from the literature whether formal reading skills should be taught to children in kindergarten classes

Berlin Dada and Hannah Hoch

Professional paper.1983 Spring.Includes bibliographic references (page 24)

Art and function

Concentration research paper.1982 Fall.Includes bibliographic references (page 14)

Hidden places

1983 Spring.Supplemental zip file includes 10 slides of artwork.The objective of this thesis is to create paintings of an organic flowing quality that are emotionally expressive. Art that is not representational has more possibilities for interpretation and leaves more room for an open-ended expression of feeling. Concern lies with eye movement through the painting by the placement of line, shape, color, and texture. The process and product are equally important as no final ideas are established before a painting is begun, but rather a burgeoning idea of composition. As a painting proceeds, spaces are pushed and pulled to facilitate flow and desired arrangements. Often figurative shapes or colors are used as points of departure. Serious color considerations are made concerning value and temperature where a dynamic quality may be achieved. Juxtaposition of line and shape, active and inactive areas, hard and soft edges, impasto and transparent areas are employed with balance in mind. These and other rational and intuitive thought and decision making processes proceed as the painting is developed

Influence of Traditional and Nontraditional Entries on Figure Skating Jumps

The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not adding a non-traditional jump entry into a routine is more beneficial to the skater or if there is more value in performing the same jump with a traditional entry. Specifically, the study examined the kinematics of a non-traditional verses a traditional jump entry by looking at the angles of the hip, knee, and ankle joints at take-off and landing. Maximum jump height, airtime, and horizontal displacement were also examined. It was hypothesized that non-traditional entries would change jump kinematics when compared to the same jumps performed from traditional entries. Ten skilled figure skaters volunteered to participate in the study and each was videotaped performing five trails of either a double salchow or a double toe loop using a traditional entry and five trials of the same jump using a non-traditional entry. The collected data were analyzed with DartFish and a series of paired samples t-tests compared the ankle, knee and hip angles at take-off and at landing, maximum jump height, air time, and horizontal displacement between traditional and non-traditional entries. The significance level of .05 was adjusted using a Bonferonni correction. It was determined that the significant findings were that maximum jump height increased from 0.36 + 0.14 m in the traditional entry to 0.44 + 0.15 m in the non-traditional entry and the ankle demonstrated more plantar flexion at landing (90.5o+ 8.6o) in the nontraditional jump than in the traditional jump (85.7o+ 12.9o). These findings indicate that greater jump height may be a by-product of performing jumps with a more difficult take-off position and the non-traditional jump landing is different when compared to the traditional landing of those jumps because of the greater plantar flexion. Future research should be directed towards studying different aspects of jump difficulty to gain a better understanding of the influence of traditional versus non-traditional entries jumps as a whole

Influence of Traditional and Nontraditional Entries on Figure Skating Jumps

The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not adding a non-traditional jump entry into a routine is more beneficial to the skater or if there is more value in performing the same jump with a traditional entry. Specifically, the study examined the kinematics of a non-traditional verses a traditional jump entry by looking at the angles of the hip, knee, and ankle joints at take-off and landing. Maximum jump height, airtime, and horizontal displacement were also examined. It was hypothesized that non-traditional entries would change jump kinematics when compared to the same jumps performed from traditional entries. Ten skilled figure skaters volunteered to participate in the study and each was videotaped performing five trails of either a double salchow or a double toe loop using a traditional entry and five trials of the same jump using a non-traditional entry. The collected data were analyzed with DartFish and a series of paired samples t-tests compared the ankle, knee and hip angles at take-off and at landing, maximum jump height, air time, and horizontal displacement between traditional and non-traditional entries. The significance level of .05 was adjusted using a Bonferonni correction. It was determined that the significant findings were that maximum jump height increased from 0.36 + 0.14 m in the traditional entry to 0.44 + 0.15 m in the non-traditional entry and the ankle demonstrated more plantar flexion at landing (90.5o+ 8.6o) in the nontraditional jump than in the traditional jump (85.7o+ 12.9o). These findings indicate that greater jump height may be a by-product of performing jumps with a more difficult take-off position and the non-traditional jump landing is different when compared to the traditional landing of those jumps because of the greater plantar flexion. Future research should be directed towards studying different aspects of jump difficulty to gain a better understanding of the influence of traditional versus non-traditional entries jumps as a whole