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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Intra and Inter-Rater Reliability of a Novel Isometric Test of Neck Strength.

McBride, L., James, Rob S., Alsop, S., Oxford, S.W. 23 January 2023 (has links)
Yes / There is no single, universally accepted method of measuring isometric neck strength to inform exercise prescription and injury risk prediction. This study aimed to establish the inter- and intra-rater reliability of a commercially available fixed frame dynamometer in measuring peak isometric neck strength. A convenience sample of male (n = 16) and female (n = 20) university students performed maximal isometric contractions for flexion (Flex), extension (Ext), left- (LSF) and right-side flexion (RSF) in a quadruped position over three sessions. The intra-rater reliability results were good-to-excellent for both males (ICC = 0.83–0.90) and females (ICC = 0.86–0.94) and acceptable (CV < 15%) across all directions for both males and females. The inter-rater reliability results were excellent (ICC = 0.96–0.97) and acceptable (CV < 11.1%) across all directions. Findings demonstrated a significant effect for sex (p ≤ 0.05): males were stronger in all four directions, and a significant effect for direction (p ≤ 0.05): Ext tested stronger (193 N) than Flex (176 N), LSF (130 N) and RSF (125 N). The findings show that the VALD fixed frame dynamometer can reliably assess isometric neck strength and can provides reference values for healthy males and females.
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Banque de cornée : 10 ans d’innovations en contrôle qualité du greffon cornéen et projets d’avenir / Eye bank : 10 years of innovation in corneal quality control and new perspectives

Laverne-Acquart, Sophie 17 October 2013 (has links)
Le contrôle qualité réalisé sur les cornées en organoculture dans les banques de cornées est primordial pour l'évaluation de la qualité des greffons. Dans une première partie, nous avons montré, sur 505 cornées en routine, que les paramètres mesurés avec notre analyseur d'images Sambacornea (CV de taille et hexagonalité cellulaire endothéliale) étaient tout à fait cohérents avec ceux mesurés en microscopie spéculaire in vivo chez les patients. Notre dispositif fournit une méthode fiable, validée pour la mesure de la densité cellulaire endothéliale DCE et de la morphométrie cellulaire. Dans une deuxième partie, nous avons analysé les erreurs inhérentes à la méthode de comptage à cadre fixe (grille calibrée ou réticule) lors de la mesure de la DCE par les banques de cornées. Nous avons mesuré sur 3000 zones, la DCE de 20 mosaïques cornéennes gravées, en utilisant des grilles dont la maille variait de 50 à 300 µm. La méthode était répétable avec des grilles de 200 µm à condition de considérer la moyenne sur 10 comptages et présentait une variabilité résiduelle de 5 % vs la DCE réelle. Les grilles classiques de 100 µm utilisées en comptage manuel devraient être abandonnées et remplacées par des grilles de 200 µm. L'analyse d'images numériques demeure cependant la meilleure solution. Dans une troisième partie, le développement d'un dispositif de mesure de la transparence et des diamètres utiles en greffe de cornée (cornée claire et diamètre total) est décrit. La transparence est appréciée via la mesure de la fonction de modulation de transfert à travers la cornée sur une mire originale dessinée dans notre laboratoire. Les mesures étaient reproductibles. D’après l’analyse de 358 cornées en routine, la transparence n'était pas corrélée à l’âge du donneur, ni à la DCE, et baissait au fil de la conservation. Ce dispositif simple et objectif permet de standardiser la «transparence» ; il devra être redéployé sur notre bioréacteur, et pourrait mener à la définition d'un seuil de transparence / The corneal quality control (QC) in eye banks is essential for the assessment of the quality of grafts. In the first part, we showed on 505 consecutive corneas, that the parameters measured by our image analyzer Sambacornea (size CV and hexagonality of endothelial cells) were entirely consistent with those measured by specular microscopy in vivo in patients. Our device provides a reliable validated method for the measurement of the Endothelial Cell Density ECD and cell morphometry. In a second part, we analyzed the inherent errors of the fixed-frame counting method (calibrated grid or graticule) for corneal ECD in eye banks. We measured in 3000 areas, the 20 corneal mosaic ECD using grids ranged from 50 to 300 µm. The method was repeatable with 200 µm long grids if the average of 10 counts were used: it showed a residual variability of 5 % vs the real ECD. Conventional 100 µm long grids used in manual counting should be abandoned and replaced by 200 µm grids. The digital image analysis, however, is the best solution. In the third part, the development of a device for measuring the transparency and effective diameters in corneal transplantation (clear cornea and total diameter) is described. Transparency is assessed by measuring the modulation transfer function through the cornea on an original pattern designed in our laboratory. The measurements were reproducible. Based on the analysis of 358 corneas routine, transparency was not correlated with donor age, or the ECD, and decreased with duration of stockage. This simple and objective device standardizes the QC "transparency" and it should be used with our bioreactor, and could lead to the definition of a level for transparency
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Pevnostní analýza formy pro vysokotlaké odlévání / Strength analysis of mold for high-pressure casting

Ferenc, Filip January 2019 (has links)
This master thesis had been created at the instigation of Skoda Auto. a.s. tool design department, which designed a new concept of the diecast mold. For this new concept of construction mold was requested to describe its strain-stress behaviour. The main goal of this thesis was to run s-s analysis. According to results of s-s analysis the potentially risky location had been found and the recommendation of the design improvement had been made. The problem has been solved by Finite Element Method in software ANSYS Workbench. The output of the work is mainly used as a basis for the design of high-pressure casting molds of S. A. a.s.

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