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Much as the glider program has oftentimes been overlooked by popular culture since the end of the war, so too has the program been largely overlooked by many academic studies of the war. Only a handful of books have been devoted to the glider program and many of those books were memoirs written by the pilots themselves. When looking at the few books devoted entirely to the program, three historical questions come up when looking at the glider program....
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The search for mineral wealth in Colorado led to the exploration of isolated areas like Silver Lake Basin in the San Juan Mountains. As surface ores were exhausted, miners were forced to increase the depth of vertical shafts where they confronted increasingly complex ores that required sophisticated equipment and engineering expertise to extract. Remote communities like Silverton sought Eastern investment to provide the capital necessary for development,...
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The city of Denver has evolved from a humble pair of mining settlements to a large and booming metropolis. The city has experienced growth in industry and changes in generating its economic revenue. Denver began as a burgeoning settlement that relied heavily on the extraction and selling of natural resources such as silver and gold. After WWII, Denver began expanding into other industries and differentiated its ways to expand. What resulted the second...
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The purpose of the study was to determine whether a submaximal loading protocol or a super maximal loading protocol was the most effective postactivation potentiation method for improving a vertical jump test with Division II football and volleyball players. If there was a significant increase in vertical jump performance following the super maximal loading or submaximal loading protocol, it may be assumed that one of the protocols causes a greater...
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This study investigated the sportsmanship attitudes of coaches across the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC). Data analysis looked for significant differences between the mean scores of various demographics including gender, age, experience, title or position, gender of the team being coached and type of sport (contact or non-contact) coached. Subjects of the research (N=97) were RMAC coaches with various backgrounds, representing different...
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Due to the large amount of time coaches spend with their athletes it is surprising, emotions such as shame, humiliation, and embarrassment, can be felt by an athlete without a coach even realizing the impact that their behavior has on the athlete. For this reason, understanding the mechanism or causes for athletes' feelings of shame may help coaches become more aware of their behaviors. The purpose of this study is three fold (illustrated in Figure...
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Located on the Western Slope of Colorado, Silt is largely overlooked compared to its larger neighbors in Garfield County. While other towns in the county were founded for mining opportunities or as tourist destinations, Silt started as a crossroads for those working in agriculture. To many people that are unfamiliar to the area, the town is unique only for its quirky name, but the town has a rich history of growth and struggles that closely mirror...
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The recognition of the propulsion factor, which is the number of times the foot hits the ground combined with the ability of the leg, hip flexors and knees to propel the individual forward, has shown direct relations between leg muscle strength and speed. Weight training is one popular way to increase overall muscle strength, and this study supports the use of weight training as a means of increasing leg muscle strength in non-professional runners....
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The purpose of this study was to determine which type of physical education class activity helped sixth grade students best meet or exceed the goal of spending at least fifty percent of class time in the target heart rate zone.
Research Questions The research question asked which physical education class, aerobics, team sports, or student choice activities result in sixth grade students spending the largest percentage of class time in the target...
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The purpose of this study was to determine what factors affect female high school students' participation in sport activities. Factors such as parents, peers, glory, staying in shape, love and siblings all influence participation. For this study a sample of convince was used. Sixty high school female students, 28 athletes and 32 non-athletes, were surveyed using the The Participation Motivation Questionnaire, (PMQ). This questionnaire has been used...
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The purpose of the study was (1) to determine if core musculature strength gains were better with floor exercises or physioball exercises and (2) to determine if the number of non-contact lower extremity injuries would decrease with stronger core musculature in varsity women's volleyball and varsity women's and men's basketball players. Over 8 weeks of summer workouts, 20 female intercollegiate volleyball, 9 female and 16 male intercollegiate basketball...
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Motivation is one key factor backing the reason that any athlete begins to play. Intrinsic motivations are inherent characteristics that feed off one's internal drive to attain a goal or objective. Extrinsic motivation is outside influences or people that often result in compensation, social approval, or rewards (Bartle, 2006). The real question is what is motivation and how does one continue to keep it up throughout their career. If coaches can tap...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of six weeks of trunk-specific medicine ball training on instantaneous bat velocity in high school baseball players. This study served to establish whether or not medicine ball training has a value as a sport-specific training technique, as well as to add to the limited body of research examining the best way to prepare athletes for the highly sport-specific demands of baseball. The results...
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While there are many methods used by athletes to decrease muscle tightness and thus increase range of motion (heating, stretching, joint mobilizations), one of the newest and least studied methods is foam rolling. While purported to increase range of motion, decrease delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS), and increase athletic performance, there is very little scientific research to date on the validity of these claims, particularly increasing range...
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine if an application of kinesic tape
(KT) to the ankle is an effective measure in aiding balance using a dynamic measure of balance, the star excursion balance test (SEBT). A structured open-ended questionnaire was also administered to detem1ine if participants believed the KT actually worked or if it is merely a placebo effect. Methods: Twenty NCAA Division II collegiate men's and women's soccer,...
37) Scapes
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This body of visual work is not complete. It will be an ongoing investigation and self-realization process across a variety of mediums. The mediums I have chosen to re-present the idea of space within this current crystalized exhibition are; paint, poetry, and performance. All of which carry their own specific historic and purposeful meaning.
38) Land
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Infrared light is invisible to the human eye. I reveal this band of the spectrum by using filters that isolate infrared waves from visible light. Long exposures are necessary, bringing time into the process. Ripples in the water disappear and the leaves, grass and clouds blur, but the land remains solid and sharp. Using techniques that I have been developing over the last several years, I capture the essence of the surrounding landscapes. I finish...
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Historians of American religion have recently written about the existence of religious diversity, which was especially evident in the American South. Although many have tended to target their research on social issues and politics, denominational distinctiveness in theological beliefs and practices ought to be seen as yet another form of diversity. Roanoke, Virginia may not be as well known as other Southern cities, such as Richmond or Atlanta, but...
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For over four hundred years, colonial governments in the Northern Mariana Islands controlled resource development through the enforcement of land policy. While largely economic in nature, these land policies resulted in dramatic cultural changes for the native Chamorro people. However, as a self-determined United States territory, the indigenous government of the Northern Marianas has expropriated this framework of colonial land policy and transformed...
