In 1 Corinthians 11:3-15, Paul writes that if a woman is to be so immodest as to wear her hair uncovered while praying or prophesying in a Christian assembly she might as well shave her head. Paul instructs the Corinthians that it is “one and the same” for a woman to have her head shaved and for her to unveil her hair. There is a large body of works cataloging the modesty standards in Hellenistic Greece but Paul’s reference to head-shaving remains obscure. This thesis looks to find the best explanation of Paul’s instructions. Research in this topic began as an investigation of a popular modern view. It can be found in conversation or a simple Google search, that women in Ancient Greece with their head shaved were prostitutes. Beyond being prostitutes, they were probably temple prostitutes. The evidence does not bear this out as there is no artwork depicting prostitutes, or indeed any women, with their heads shaved. Instead prostitutes are shown in Greek erotic art with both long and short hair, some with and some without head coverings. Literary sources do offer several different examples of women who had their hair cut off. There are examples of women shaving their hair off in Lucian’s The Syrian Goddess, Tacitus’ Germania, Plutarch’s Lycurgus and Roman Questions, several Talmudic sources, and On Fortune II, formerly attributed to Dio Chrysostom. By examining these sources in tandem with 1 Corinthians 11, the most probable impetus behind Paul’s writing relates to punishments for adultery.

This thesis explains the model-based design of a fork control system in a turret head operated Very Narrow Aisle forklift in order to evaluate and push the limits of the current hardware architecture. The turret head movement consists of two separate motions, traversing and rotation, which both are hydraulically actuated. The plant is thoroughly modeled in the Mathworks softwares Simulink/Simscape to assist in the design of the control system. The control system is designed in Simulink/Stateflow and code-generated to be evaluated in the actual forklift. Optimal control theory is used to generate a minimum-jerk trajectory for auto-rotation, that is simultaneous traversing and rotation with the load kept in centre. The new control system is able to control the system within the positioning requirements of +/- 10 mm and +/- 9 mrad for traversing and rotation, respectively. It also shows good overall performance in terms of robustness since it has been tested and validated with different loads and on different versions of the forklift. However, the study also shows that the non-linearities of the system, especially in the hydraulic proportional valves, causes problems in a closed-loop control system. The work serves as a proof of concept for model-based development at the company since the development time of the new control system was significantly lower than for the original control system.

In the present study, an anger management treatment program was compared to a pseudo-social skills training program (self-help group) and waiting list control group to determine its effectiveness in reducing irritable/angry behavior in head injured subjects. Subjects consisted of 28 adults with previous head injury trauma who had difficulty with excessive irritability and anger. Subjects averaged 35.4 years of age and had an average of 8.9 years post head injury. Treatment consisted of 10 group sessions over a five week period. Anger management training was designed to teach subjects self management skills aimed at reducing the frequency of angry acting out behavior. Training methods included role playing, relaxation training, assertiveness training and cognitive restructuring. The pseudo-social skills training group was a self-help group designed to encourage discussion of irritability problems without teaching specific coping techniques. To assure some degree of homogeneity in cognitive abilities among subjects, minimum eligibility scores were required on five subtests of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - Revised and the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test. Dependent measures were pre and posttreatment scores obtained from five categories of the Katz Adjustment Scale - Relative form: belligerence, negativity, general psychopathology, social obstreperousness, and social role functioning. In addition, pre and posttreatment recordings of observed angry/irritable behavior in the subjects were obtained from a significant other. Results failed to reveal statistically significant differences on the dependent measures between the three study groups. In addition, analysis failed to reveal any significant variables that predicted outcome. It is evident that much more organized research is needed to further investigate the possibilities of treatment for various problems encountered by those with head injuries.

A inserção de gotejadores em uma tubulação modifica as linhas de fluxo, provocando turbulência local, que resulta em perdas de carga adicionais maiores que as perdas contínuas na tubulação. Para avaliar a perda total de carga, ao longo da linha lateral de gotejadores, as perdas contínuas e as localizadas, devidas à presença dos emissores no tubo, devem ser consideradas. Este trabalho apresenta os resultados de um experimento conduzido para avaliar as perdas localizadas de carga em gotejadores coaxiais integrados em tubos de polietileno. A perda de carga para diferentes vazões foi determinada em quatro modelos de tubos gotejadores, com sete repetições. Cada segmento de tubo utilizado continha 11 gotejadores. Para cada vazão, a perda localizada de carga foi calculada pela diferença entre a perda de carga no tubo com emissor e a perda de carga continua no tubo uniforme, estimada pela equação de Darcy-Weisbach. Aproximações matemáticas foram sugeridas para calcular a perda de carga com base no coeficiente de carga cinética (K) e em um valor constante de comprimento equivalente (Le). Para cada modelo de tubo gotejador, o coeficiente K foi praticamente independente do número de Reynolds, para R > 10 000, sugerindo que cada gotejador pode ser caracterizado por um valor médio de K, obtido em função de um índice de obstrução. Em decorrência, propôs-se uma alternativa para calcular a perda localizada de carga, provocada por gotejadores coaxiais integrados a tubos de polietileno, em função de relações geométricas entre a área de escoamento através do gotejador e a da seção do tubo. Os resultados encontrados possibilitam concluir que: (a) maior variabilidade dos valores de K ocorreu para os gotejadores não-autocompensados e a maior perda localizada de carga para os autocompesados; (b) o aumento do grau de obstrução (1 - Ag/At) proporcionou o aumento na perda localizada de carga. Considerando a vazão de 20 x 10-5 m3 s-1, nos tubos gotejadores Amanco, observou-se que o aumento de 1,79 vez no grau de obstrução resultou no aumento de 3 vezes na perda localizada de carga; já nos gotejadores Naandan, o aumento de 2,2 vezes no grau de obstrução proporcionou o aumento de 8,9 vezes na perda de carga; (c) a consideração da perda localizada de carga é um critério relevante no dimensionamento de linhas laterais de gotejamento, especialmente quando se utilizam gotejadores autocompensados. A desconsideração da perda localizada de carga levou à superestimativa do comprimento máximo da linha lateral de até 25,7%, para os gotejadores autocompensados, e de 9,5%, para os não-autocompensados; (d) o cálculo da perda localizada de carga, utilizando o modelo potencial para estimar o valor de K em função do índice de obstrução, mostrou bons resultados, comparáveis àqueles obtidos com o valor de K ajustado pelos dados observados em laboratório, o que resultou em pequenas variações na estimativa do comprimento máximo da linha lateral por esses dois procedimentos. Considera-se, assim, que a perda localizada de carga em gotejadores coaxiais, pode ser calculada utilizando-se um coeficiente de carga cinética calculada em função do índice de obstrução. / The insert of the drip in a pipe modifies the flow line, causing local turbulance, which results in more additional head loss than the continued loss in pipes. In order to evaluate the local head loss, along the drip irrigation laterals, the continued and localized loss due the presence of these emitters inside the pipes must be considered. This work shows the results of an experiment carried out to evaluate the local head loss in coaxial drippers integrated to polyethylene pipes. The head loss for different discharges was determined using four drip pipe models, using seven repetitions. Each pipe segment contained 11 drips. For each discharge, the local head loss was calculated by the difference between head loss in the pipe with emitters and the continued head loss in the uniform pipe, estimated by Darcy-Weisbach equation. Mathematical approaches were proposed to calculate the head loss based on the kinetic head coefficient (k) and in a equivalent length of pipe constant value (le). For each drip pipe model, the k coefficient was considered independent from Reynolds number, R >10.000. It can be concluded that each drip can be characterized by an average k, obtained in function from a obstruction index. As a result, it was proposed an alternative to calculate the local head loss caused by coaxial drip integrated to polyethylene pipes, according to geometric relationship between the flow area through the drip and the pipe section. According to the results can be concluded that: (a) the not self-compensated pressure emitters showed more variability in k values and the self-compensated showed greater local head loss; (b) the obstruction index increase (1 ag/at) caused an increase in the total head loss. Considering a discharge 20 x 10 -5 m3 s-1, it was observed in Amanco drip that a 1,79 times increase in obstruction index, resulting in 3 times the head loss and in Naandan drip, it was observed that 2,2 times increase in obstruction index, resulting in 8,9 times the head loss; (c) the head loss is a relevant criterion in the drip laterals design, especially for self-compensated drips. The disregard of the local head loss resulted in a over-estimate of 25,7% in the maximum length lateral, for self-compensated drips, and until 9,5% for not self-compensated drips; (d) the calculation of the local head loss using the potential model to estimate k value, according to the obstruction index, showed good results when comparing to those obtained using k factor adjusted to the observed data in the laboratory. Resulting in few variations in the maximum length lateral estimation for both procedures. It is considered that the local head loss, caused by the integrated drip on drip lateral, can be calculated using kinetic head coefficient according to obstruction index.

Lee, Kar Ho Francis. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 148-163). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstract also in Chinese.

<p>Arbetsbelastningen för föraren i en engreppsskördare är stor. Vid aptering måste föraren fokusera om blicken för att läsa av information från en Head-Down Display (HDD) samtidigt som föraren måste ha kontroll på kranspetsen vilket bidrar till arbetsbelastningen.</p><p>Syftet med projektet var att undersöka om arbetsbelastningen i engreppsskördare reducerades med Head-Up Display (HUD) under aptering. Först testades fyra HUD-gränssnitt i en simulator, därefter omarbetades gränssnitten innan de slutligen testades i en engreppsskördare i fält. En HUD-demonstrator utvecklades för detta ändamål.</p><p>Resultatet visade att arbetsbelastningen samt apteringstiderna minskade i simulatortestet med HUD jämfört med HDD. I fältstudien förblev arbetsbelastningen oförändrad men apteringstiderna minskade.</p><p>Att arbetsbelastningen minskade med HUD jämfört med HDD kan bero på att HUD är bättre än HDD och/eller att konceptens gränssnitt är effektivare att arbeta med än Valmet Maxi gränssnittet.</p><p>En HUD-demonstrator som fungerar under ljusstarka förhållanden och som tål påfrestningarna i en skördare borde utvecklas för vidare tester.</p>

Arbetsbelastningen för föraren i en engreppsskördare är stor. Vid aptering måste föraren fokusera om blicken för att läsa av information från en Head-Down Display (HDD) samtidigt som föraren måste ha kontroll på kranspetsen vilket bidrar till arbetsbelastningen. Syftet med projektet var att undersöka om arbetsbelastningen i engreppsskördare reducerades med Head-Up Display (HUD) under aptering. Först testades fyra HUD-gränssnitt i en simulator, därefter omarbetades gränssnitten innan de slutligen testades i en engreppsskördare i fält. En HUD-demonstrator utvecklades för detta ändamål. Resultatet visade att arbetsbelastningen samt apteringstiderna minskade i simulatortestet med HUD jämfört med HDD. I fältstudien förblev arbetsbelastningen oförändrad men apteringstiderna minskade. Att arbetsbelastningen minskade med HUD jämfört med HDD kan bero på att HUD är bättre än HDD och/eller att konceptens gränssnitt är effektivare att arbeta med än Valmet Maxi gränssnittet. En HUD-demonstrator som fungerar under ljusstarka förhållanden och som tål påfrestningarna i en skördare borde utvecklas för vidare tester.

Three-dimensional movement analysis was used to evaluate head and neck movement in patients with neck pain and matched controls. The aims were to further develop biomechanical models of head and neck kinematics, to investigate differences between subjects with non-specific neck pain and whiplash associated disorders (WAD), and to evaluate the potential of objective movement analysis as a decision support during diagnosis and follow-up of patients with neck pain. Fast, repetitive head movements (flexion, extension, rotation to the side) were studied in a group of 59 subjects with WAD and 56 controls. A back propagation artificial neural network classified vectors of collected movement variables from each individual according to group membership with a predictivity of 89%. The helical axis for head movement were analyzed in two groups of neck pain patients (21 with non-specific neck pain and 22 with WAD) and 24 matched controls. A moving time window with a cut-off angle of 4° was used to calculate finite helical axes. The centre of rotation of the finite axes (CR) was derived as the 3D intersection point of the finite axes. A downward migration of the axis during flexion/extension and a change of axis direction towards the end of the movements were observed. CR was at its most superior position during side rotations and at its most inferior during ball catching. This could relate to that side rotation was mainly done in the upper spine, while all cervical vertebrae were recruited to stabilize the head in the more complex catching task. Changes in movement strategy were observed in the neck pain groups: Neck pain subjects had lower mean velocities and ranges of movements as compared with controls during ball catching, which could relate to a stiffer body position in neck pain patients in order to stabilize the neck. In addition, the WAD group had a displaced axis position during head repositioning after flexion, while CR was displaced during fast side rotations in the non-specific neck pain group. Pain intensity correlated with axis and CR position, and may be one reason for the movement strategy changes. Increased amount of irregularities in the trajectory of the axis was found in the WAD group during head repositioning, fast repetitive head movements and catching. This together with an increased constant repositioning error during repositioning after flexion indicated motor control disturbances. A higher group standard deviation in neck pain groups indicated heterogeneity among subjects in this disturbance. Wireless motion sensors and electro-oculography was used simultaneously, as an initial step towards a portable system and towards a method to quantify head-eye co-ordination deficits in individuals with WAD. Twenty asymptomatic control subjects and six WAD subjects with eye disturbances (e.g. dizziness and double vision) were studied. The trial-to-trial repeatability was moderate to high for all evaluated variables (single intraclass correlation coefficients &gt;0.4 in 28 of 32 variables). The WAD subjects demonstrated decreased head velocity, decreased range of head movement during gaze fixation and lowered head stability during head-eye co-ordination as possible deficits. In conclusion, kinematical analyses have a potential to be used as a support for physicians and physiotherapists for diagnosis and follow-up of neck pain patients. Specifically, the helical axis method gives information about how the movement is performed. However, a flexible motion capture system (for example based on wireless motion sensors) is needed. Combined analysis of several variables is preferable, as patients with different neck pain disorders seem to be a heterogeneous group.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karol. inst., 2005. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.

Thesis (M.A.)--Miami University, Dept. of Speech Pathology and Audiology, 2004. / Title from first page of PDF document. Includes bibliographical references (p. 54-59).