Wagner, Manuela

Previous studies from laboratory experiments and a similar process at a plant in Switzerland, led to the pilot plant project at Renova AB, which will be described in this master thesis. In cooperation with Götaverken Miljö AB it was investigated if fly ash, produced at the Renova Waste-to-Energy plant in Gothenburg, could be treated with own scrubber liquids in order to recover zinc. If successful, Renova might build this tested pilot process in to a big scale. The pilot plant has a scale of 16 ...

Skoglund, Daniel

Syftet med denna rapport har varit att författa en förstudie åt Bromma flygplats, förstudien har inletts med en nulägesanalys av Bromma flygplats nuvarande organisation och flygoperativa process. Detta för att utreda hur Bromma flygplats nuvarande rutiner och organisation ser ut. Därefter har en genomgång av Bromma flygplats informationsdelning rutiner gjorts. En sammanfattning har även gjorts av Eurocontrols implementeringsmanual, en tidigare implementeringsstudie av A-CDM samt en intervju geno...

Ivanova, Alexandra

3D seismic time-lapse surveys (“4D seismics”) are an essential tool for large scale reservoir characterization. The target reservoir of the Ketzin pilot project for CO2 storage is a saline aquifer of the heterogeneous Stuttgart Formation (Upper Triassic) in the Northeast German Basin. The focus of this project is on testing and further developing monitoring CO2 storage technologies. For time-lapse seismic monitoring, three seismic surface sources were characterized with respect to S/N (signal to...

Gingras-Hill, Cédric

La majorité des problèmes de genoux nécessitant une arthroplastie totale du genou (ATG) résulte de la présence d'arthrose. En effet, l'arthrose induit de la douleur et affecte la mobilité de cette articulation, limitant donc la sphère de mobilité des patients. On estime que le nombre d'ATG va croître de façon exponentielle d'ici quelques années. Toutefois, les effets de cette chirurgie sur la vie quotidienne des patients demeurent méconnus. En outre, il est difficile d'évaluer son impact en rais...

Thankappan, K. R., Mini, G. K., Daivadanam, Meena, Vijayakumar, G., Sarma, P. S., Nichter, Mark

BACKGROUND:India has the second largest diabetic population (61 million) and tobacco users (275 million) in the world. Data on smoking cessation among diabetic patients are limited in low and middle income countries. The objective of the study was to document the effectiveness of diabetic specific smoking cessation counseling by a non-doctor health professional in addition to a cessation advice to quit, delivered by doctors.METHODS:In our parallel-group randomized controlled trial, we selected 2...

Kligler, Benjamin, Koithan, Mary, Maizes, Victoria, Hayes, Meg, Schneider, Craig, Lebensohn, Patricia, Hadley, Susan

BACKGROUND:As more integrative medicine educational content is integrated into conventional family medicine teaching, the need for effective evaluation strategies grows. Through the Integrative Family Medicine program, a six site pilot program of a four year residency training model combining integrative medicine and family medicine training, we have developed and tested a set of competency-based evaluation tools to assess residents' skills in integrative medicine history-taking and treatment pl...

Fordyce, Samuel W.

International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 18-20, 1977 / Hyatt House Hotel, Los Angeles, California / NASA conducted a Pilot Project during 1975 and 1976 to determine the extent that teleconferencing could replace travel to meetings. The network consists of approximately 34 teleconference rooms and 50 fast facsimile machines, all interconnected on private lines to a master switchboard in Huntsville, Alabama. In addition, portable conference telephones augmented the voice network...

Bendelin, Nina

Relapse prevention after pain management is a neglected area and Internet-based interventions have the potential to partly fill this gap. A challenge in designing effective relapse prevention program is how to motivate patients to persist throughout the full length of treatment. Following a regular pain management program, 29 participants underwent a 20 week long Internet–based relapse prevention program based on acceptance-oriented CBT. Qualitative analyses showed changes in attitudes towards t...

Kleinfehn, Andrew David

<p> At a time of increased use and competitiveness amongst U.S. regional airlines, and the growing pilot shortage, regional air carriers and pilots alike lack proper understanding how pilot commutes by airplane affect satisfaction with life. There are numerous studies on how commuting by vehicle, bicycle, mass transit system, or walking (traditional commute) to and from work affects one&rsquo;s satisfaction with life. There are no identified studies which investigate regional airline pilots&rsqu...

Roodt, Liana

Background: Today, the majority of medical graduates in South Africa and internationally, are female. Current literature suggests that the surgical workforce does not reflect this gender integration. This trend, as well as a decrease in the popularity of general surgery as career choice, has been investigated internationally. It is postulated that gender plays a significant role in specialty choice. In the midst of the gender debate, there are also generational shifts in preferences around work ...

Mulvanerty, Noreen R.

<p> The purpose of this study was to increase the knowledge level and change self-reported behavioral intent among a sample of healthcare providers regarding safe sleep messaging. From 1995 through 2015 in New York City, an average of one infant died every week from unsafe sleeping conditions. One agency in New York City experienced four unsafe sleep infant deaths within two months in 2010. In 2011, the city provided case managers with training on infant safety. Before this training, up to s...

Brockman, Tira C.

<p> A pilot study on the effects of mentoring on ninth-grade at-risk African American males was completed with 25 students. This study was conducted during one calendar school year. The purpose was to use mentoring as an added intervention in support of some struggling students, males in particular, who were at-risk of dropping out of school before graduation. This study was meaningful, because these students were consistently failing, and the school was looking for innovative ways to academical...

Fahrenholz, Adam Charles

Doctor of Philosophy / Department of Grain Science and Industry / Keith C. Behnke / A series of experiments was conducted to compare methods used to evaluate the durability of animal feed pellets, as well as to investigate the potential for modeling the effects of formulation and processing factors on both pellet durability index (PDI) and pelleting energy consumption, measured in kilowatt hours per ton (kWh/ton). Seven different factors, including ground corn particle size, added fat level, inc...

Escalante De Leon, Lazaro Samuel

Master of Science / Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering / Noel Schulz / New applications are continuously emerging in the ever-changing field of power systems in the United States and throughout the world, consequently causing new pressures on grid performance. Because power system protection is a fundamental aspect of the system, their operation must be addressed when a system is under high stress or when a high demand of energy is required. An extreme example is the transmission ...

Talley, Mary Katherine

Master of Science / Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering / Stacy L. Hutchinson / Coal-fired generation accounts for 45% of the United States electricity and generates harmful emissions, such as sulfur dioxide. With the implementation of Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD) systems, sulfur dioxide is removed as an air pollutant and becomes a water pollutant. Basic physical/chemical wastewater treatment can be used to treat FGD wastewater, but increased regulations of effluent water q...

Ugur, Lauren Kate

Twenty years post-apartheid South Africa continues to face unrelentingly high levels of violence throughout the country. Despite progressive policies influenced by international best practice and the recognition of violence as a complex social problem requiring holistic solutions, the implementation of integrated prevention policy remains weak. Through the employment of a qualitative research approach, this thesis explores the dynamic and complex interrelations between policies and practice that...

Sohl, Anja

For the uplink of future mobile radio systems, Interleaved Frequency Division Multiple Access (IFDMA) is a promising multiple access scheme as, in comparison to other multiple access schemes, IFDMA offers several advantageous properties that are of special interest for uplink transmission. For example, due to the precoding of the data symbols and the allocation of distributed subcarriers to a user under consideration, the IFDMA transmission is most reliable as it provides high frequency diversit...

Ballinger, Julie Ann

Mindfulness-based practices are associated with increased attentional qualities, improved self-focus styles, enhanced empathic understanding, and strengthened self-compassion, making these practices a viable addition to counselor training programs. However, current mindfulness training models are primarily designed for relief of psychological distress, stress reduction, and increased well-being rather than focused on enhancing therapeutic skills and require intensive time commitments that may p...

Meuwese, Tamara Gien

A dissertation presented in partial compliance with the requirements for the Master's Degree in Technology: Chiropractic, Durban Institute of Technology, 2005. / The paucity of clinical research into the cause of canine hip dysplasia, efficacy and effects of the different treatment protocols available for the management of symptoms, as well as the differing presentations, has led to a continued variation in standardized care for this condition. The aim of this study was to contribute further inf...

Tatalias, Janet Anne

Mini-dissertation submitted in partial compliance with the requirements for the Masters Degree in Technology: Homoeopathy, Durban Institute of Technology, 2006. / Globally, complementary and alternative medicine is a rapidly expanding sector of which homeopathy and the sale of ‘over-the-counter’ homeopathic medicines is an integral part. In South Africa, the sale of homeopathic products in 2003 increased by 16.4% over figures for 2000. The sale of homeopathic medicines specifically, increased by...

Clifton, Jessica

Infertility is a frequently occurring chronic health condition, which often persists throughout the reproductive years. Heightened anxiety symptoms often are comorbid with infertility diagnoses. Women experiencing infertility, and particularly those with anxiety symptoms, characterize an emerging population that deserves special attention. However, women experiencing infertility have identified barriers to seeking psychotherapy (e.g., fears of being dismissed from fertility treatment and/or stig...

Garner, Christian A.

Rapidly initiated at the national, regional, and local levels, the American glider pilot training program came about due to a perceived need after successful German operations at the outset of World War II. Although the national program successfully produced the required number of pilots to facilitate combat operations, numerous changes and improvisation came to characterize the program. Like other American military initiatives in the twentieth century, the War Department applied massive amoun...

Wang, Qian

High precision data from household travel survey (HTS) is extremely important for the transportation research, traffic models and policy formulation. Traditional methods of data collection were imprecise because they relied on people’s memories of trip information, such as date and location, and the remainder data had to be obtained by certain supplemental tools. The traditional methods suffered from intensive labor, large time consumption, and unsatisfactory data precision. Recent research tren...

Josefson, Lina

The consequences of war and conflict on mental health remain long after the events are over. Several publications and reports highlight the need for effective and cost-effective treatments targeting mental ill-health in war affected low-income countries. This study investigated the effects of a two-session Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) intervention on quality of life, psychological flexibility and Steps taken in valued direction. Participants were women (N=6) seeking help for HIV, Pain...

Huang, Fei

3D time-lapse seismics, also known as 4D seismics, have great potential for monitoring the migration of CO2 at underground storage sites. This thesis focuses on time-lapse analysis of 3D seismic reflection data acquired at the Ketzin CO2 geological storage site in order to improve understanding of the reservoir and how CO2 migrates within it. Four 3D seismic surveys have been acquired to date at the site, one baseline survey in 2005 prior to injection, two repeat surveys in 2009 and 2012 during ...

Barnard, Marilize

Background: Workers in a platinum group metals (PGMs) refinery are potentially exposed to various precious metals (iridium, osmium, palladium, platinum, rhodium and ruthenium) and their metal-salt compounds which may cause rhinitis, asthma, contact urticaria and conjunctivitis. Some cases revealed that sensitisation occurred in employees where it was not possible to detect any airborne soluble platinum or where the respiratory soluble platinum exposure was below the occupational exposure limit. ...

Tsai, Sun

<p> This pilot study examined the impact of Christian meditation and biofeedback on levels of stress, anxiety, and depression of seminary students in Southern California. Participants were randomly assigned to practice Christian meditation or biofeedback for 4 weeks, three times per day, and to keep a log of their practice times.The study included 20 seminary students all of whom were theology students and who were recruited from two seminary campuses in Southern California. The participants wer...

Chikwema, S., Wotela, K.

Published in: Journal of Public Administration and Development Alternatives. Vol. 1, No.1, July 2016, 150-170. / Oversight and accountability of the executive to the legislature are cardinal to good governance and ultimately democracy and political development. Conflating legislative and executive functions limits oversight, effectiveness of governance arrangements, accountability, and public participation. The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) has stresse...

Khezri, Mohammadreza

Learning and memorizing vocabularies of a new language is regarded as an important factor ingaining mastery over a new language while it is a tedious and challenging task. Learners feel reluctant to learn new words by heart and, in most cases, they fail to do so. The aim of this studyis to propose a pleasurable teaching methodology by using music as a variable to enhance and tofacilitate the learning process and to bring joy to the language learning environment.

Bakibinga, Stella

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Westland, Austin

<p> <i><b>Context:</b></i> Evidence supports education initiatives to improve knowledge of sport-related concussion (SRC) in active children and adolescents, as well as improve attitudes towards reporting concussion events to a supervising adult with the ultimate goal of early diagnosis and management. Most evidence focuses on urban and suburban children&rsquo;s SRC knowledge and attitudes; however, little is known regarding knowledge and attitudes of children participating in sport in rural env...

Rowe, Scott Christian

<p> The direct capture of solar heat is now commercial for electrical generation at 550 &deg;C (1000 &deg;F), which has provoked interest in solar driven approaches to commodity and fuels production at higher temperatures. However, conventional commodity and fuels facilities often operate continuously regardless of weather and nighttime conditions. Conversely, direct sunlight is immediately lost upon shading by clouds and sunset. Beyond inconvenience, this intermittency has the potential to dest...

Prasad, Veena

<p> Using a biopsychosocial framework, I examined whether an intervention of an electronic app <i>VeedaMom</i>, specifically designed to mitigate depression, is effective in reducing depression, improving well-being, and in providing a sense of social support. This study examined the mitigation of postpartum depressive symptoms and sense of well-being in two groups over three weeks. The first group (23 women) was provided an electronic app for iPhone called the <i>VeedaMom</i> app, and the secon...

Elsner, Bernhard, Schweder, Simon, Mehrholz, Jan

Objectives This randomized controlled trial evaluates the effects of two different rest periods between as set of balance exercises after stroke during inpatient rehabilitation. Results Twenty patients after stroke [11 males; mean (SD) age 65.4 (11.5) years; duration of illness 5.3 (3.4) weeks; 16 (80%) left-sided strokes] were randomly allocated into two groups of either a full rest (FR) of 4 min (n = 10) or a short rest (SR) of 1 min between exercise sets (n = 10). Patients improved from bas...

Nieskens, Liesa

Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradatin (REDD+) is a market-based approachto address tropical deforestation as a key driver of anthropogenic climate change. In Tanzania, participatory forest management (PFM) was used as a vehicle for the institutionalisation of REDD+and implementation of pilot initiatives. With the lens of political ecology, this thesis analyses the effects of the REDD+ pilot project ‘Advancing REDD+ in the Kolo Hills Forests’ (ARKFor) inKondoa District, Tanz...

Siversten, Otilia

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Miller, Laura

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abstract: Low income, pregnant adolescents have an increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, such as preterm birth, delivery of low birth weight babies and excessive gestational weight gain that increases the risk of postpartum overweight and obesity. Inadequate dietary intake is a modifiable risk factor that may differentially impact maternal health and fetal outcomes for pregnant adults and adolescents. To evaluate the effectiveness of a social media intervention on improving prenatal heal...

abstract: Introduction: Less than half of U.S. adults meet the aerobic physical activity guidelines to exercise at least 150 minutes a week. An individual's decision to be physically active is influenced by their perceptions of physical activity. To address perceptions, interventions need to be implemented where adults spend one third of their day; the workplace. A number of physical activity interventions have been conducted and few have been successful at improving physical activity; therefore...

abstract: Dietary protein is known to increase postprandial thermogenesis more so than carbohydrates or fats, probably related to the fact that amino acids have no immediate form of storage in the body and can become toxic if not readily incorporated into body tissues or excreted. It is also well documented that subjects report greater satiety on high- versus low-protein diets and that subject compliance tends to be greater on high-protein diets, thus contributing to their popularity. What is no...

abstract: In the future electrical distribution system, it can be predicted that local power generators such as photovoltaic panels or wind turbines will play an important role in local distribution network. The local energy generation and local energy storage device can cause indeterminable power flow, and this could cause severe protection problems to existing simple overcurrent coordinated distribution protection system. An accurate, fast and reliable protection system based on pilot protecti...

abstract: To address sustainability issues in wastewater treatment (WWT), Siemens Water Technologies (SWT) has designed a "hybrid" process that couples common activated sludge (AS) and anaerobic digestion (AD) technologies with the novel concepts of AD sludge recycle and biosorption. At least 85% of the hybrid's AD sludge is recycled to the AS process, providing additional sorbent for influent particulate chemical oxygen demand (PCOD) biosorption in contact tanks. Biosorbed PCOD is transported t...

abstract: The population of older adults and the percentage of people living in urban areas are both increasing in the U.S. Finding ways to enhance city-dwelling, older adults' social integration, cognitive vitality, and connectedness to nature were conceptualized as critical pathways to maximizing their subjective well-being (SWB) and overall health. Past research has found that gardening is associated with increased social contact and reduced risk of dementia, and that higher levels of social ...

Ramberg, J. (Juhani)

This thesis studies how the changes to the flotation process caused by adjusting pH and the dosage of the flotation reagents affect the electrical conductivity of the froth flotation froth in different parts of the froth. The measurements in the experimental part were done in Oulu Mining School’s continuous minipilot beneficiation plant at the University of Oulu in March and May of 2015. The conductivity of the froth was measured with Outotec’s ERT (Electrical Resistance Tomography) based test p...

Khan, Hetty

<p> Women who undergo immediate mastectomy for breast cancer experience tremendous anxiety when faced with breast reconstruction and are often conflicted regarding which type of breast reconstruction to choose. This pilot study aimed to analyze the impact of a decision aid, adapted from Stanford University Breast Center, on decisional conflict in women with newly diagnosed breast cancer seeking breast reconstruction. Twenty newly-diagnosed breast cancer patients seeking breast reconstruction at ...

Ma, Charlie

Pressurised entrained‐flow gasification (PEFG) of sustainable woody biomass offers the opportunity for envi-ronmentally benign production of syngas that is suitable for synthesis of fuels and other chemicals. During the PEFG process, ash-forming matter in the fuel undergoes transformations. Slag formation is an important form of ash transformation that occurs inside a PEFG reactor. In most industrial-scale PEFG of coal, the ash-forming matter becomes predominately molten and flows down the side ...

De Jager, Debbie

Thesis submitted in the requirements for the degree Doctor Technologiae: Chemical Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering at the CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, 2013 / To date, limited information has been published on textile wastewater treatment, for re-use, in South Africa (SA), with treatment processes focusing on conventional wastewater treatment methods. A large contributor to the contamination of water within textile industries is from dyehouse processes. A major concern in tex...

Morrill, Kristin E., Aceves, Benjamin, Valdez, Luis A., Thomson, Cynthia A., Hakim, Iman A., Bell, Melanie L., Martinez, Jessica A., Garcia, David O.

Background: In the U.S., Hispanics have among the highest rates of overweight and obesity when compared to other racial/ethnic groups placing them at a greater risk for obesity-related disease. Identifying intervention strategies to reduce caloric intake and/or improve cardiometabolic health in Hispanics is critical to reducing morbidity and mortality among this large and growing population. Evidence exists to support diet-specific behavioral interventions, including beverage modifications, in r...

Bell, Melanie L, Whitehead, Amy L, Julious, Steven A

Background: A pilot study can be an important step in the assessment of an intervention by providing information to design the future definitive trial. Pilot studies can be used to estimate the recruitment and retention rates and population variance and to provide preliminary evidence of efficacy potential. However, estimation is poor because pilot studies are small, so sensitivity analyses for the main trial's sample size calculations should be undertaken. Methods: We demonstrate how to carry o...

Smith, Marie Emily Brobeck, Smith, Marie Emily Brobeck

Background: Prenatal exposure to opioids, cocaine, and methamphetamine is associated with alterations in fetal brain that lead to structural changes in the brain postnatally, contributing to developmental and behavioral effects seen throughout childhood. Opioid exposure is associated with withdrawal in newborns, effects on somatic growth of infants, difficulty with executive functions and a tendency towards externalizing behaviors in older children. Cocaine and methamphetamine exposure are assoc...