Recreation programs have become important resources on college campuses. They can provide important benefits to students and to the university. Students benefit from the opportunity to participate in leisure activities, which helps them develop a healthy lifestyle. The university benefits from the assistance in retaining students who might otherwise terminate their enrollment. This study presents information regarding intramural programs at colleges and universities in 1997. The following questions were researched: 1) What activities are currently being offered for intramural competition in universities that are institutional members of the NIRSA and list a student population between 10,001 and 30,000? 2) How many teams compete in these events? 3) What percent of the university community participates in intramural sports? The study surveyed those colleges and universities who were institutional members of the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) in 1997, and had a listed student population between 10,001-30,000. A total of 150 institutions met the criteria and wereincluded in the study. These 150 institutions were grouped into three population categories (10,001-15,000; 15,001-20,000; 20,001-30,000). They were also grouped into six regional categories, as defined by the NIRSA. A survey return rate of 71% was achieved. Survey respondents were asked to list the activities offered in their intramural programs, and the number of teams entered in those activities. Respondents were also asked to identify the percent of the university community that participates in intramural sports. Over 50% of respondents indicated that 11-40% of their campus community participates in intramural sports. It is difficult to draw comparisons in any given activity. The number of teams entered varied significantly from one institution to another. Recreation professionals can use this study to identify new activities to add to their intramural programs. The information can assist in identifying intramural activities that might be of interest to students on their campus. Activities that draw a large number of teams at other institutions might be successful on many campuses. Activities that do not attract many entries may not be of interest to students, and are therefore less likely to be successful on other campuses. / School of Physical Education

The purpose of this study is to develop plans for an intramural program for boys in the Paschal High School, Fort Worth, Texas.

Thesis (M.A.)-- Brigham Young University. Dept. of Recreation Management and Youth Leadership. / Bibliography: leaves 74-77.

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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2007. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vii, 118 p. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references.

It was the purpose of this study (1) to investigate many senior high school programs and to incorporate good qualities of these programs into one recommend intramural sports program; (2) to compare these existing intramural sports programs with those recommended by authorities who have published books and periodicals on the subject, toward molding a complete intramural sports program for boys of all senior high schools, large or small; (3) to interest those schools who do not possess an intramural sports program in organizing a program in their institution; and (4) to give impetus and new ideas to those schools already possessing and intramural sports program.

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L'ablation par radiofréquence constitue un des traitements des tachycardies ventriculaires, en association avec les drogues anti-arythmiques et l’implantation d'un défibrillateur. L’objectif principal de cette thèse est de mieux comprendre le substrat arythmogène non seulement à l’aide d'imagerie cardiaque (IRM et scanner) de haute résolution et de cartographie de haute densité, en utilisant des cathéters multipolaires. Cela nous permettra d'analyser la relation structure-fonction. Nous avons étudié cette relation sur différents types de substrats (ICM, NICM, DAVD, et myocardites). Nous avons ainsi prouvé la supériorité de la cartographie de haute densité obtenue à partir de cathéters multipolaires, comparativement aux données recueillies par l’imagerie, dans l’identification de la cicatrice arythmogène et la détection des LAVA. La deuxième partie de cette thèse concerne l’étude du substrat arythmogène épicardique. Nous avons ainsi décrit la technique de cartographie par voie percutanée antérieure, puis démontré l'efficacité des procédures uniquement avec abord épicardique. La segmentation du nerf phrénique et des artères coronaires ont permis de diminuer le taux de complications théoriquement liés à cet abord. Nous avons poursuivi ce travail avec l’analyse des sites d'intérêt de l'ablation des TV: les LAVA. Après une description de la stratégie d’élimination des LAVA, nous avons tenté de trouver des prédicteurs permettant de localiser les sites de LAVA, à partir des données d'imagerie. Quand l'imagerie montre une cicatrice intraseptale ou intramurale, les LAVA ne peuvent pas être enregistrés avec la cartographie et des alternative techniques d'ablation sont nécessaires comme une ablation bipolaire, l'alcoolisation intra coronaire et l'ablation avec l'aiguille irriguée. Le dernier chapitre est une revue sur le futur de l'imagerie, de la cartographie et de l’ablation des tachycardies ventriculaires. Une meilleure compréhension du substrat arythmogène pourrait améliorer l'efficacité et la sécurité des ablations de tachycardie ventriculaire. / Radiofrequency (RF) catheter ablation is an effective treatment strategy for scar-related ventricular tachycardia (VT), resistant to anti-arrhythmic drugs and intracardiac defibrillator (ICD) placement. The goal of this thesis was to better understand and characterize the arrhythmogenic VT substrate in different cardiomyopathic processes: ischaemic cardiomyopathy (ICM), non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy (NICM), arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) and myocarditis. For this purpose, we combined high resolution imaging including different modalities and high resolution electrical mapping to better understand the structure-function relationship. We focused on multiple different aspects of VT ablation as outlined below. The first part of this thesis focuses on the role of multipolar mapping catheters and imaging to analyze their structural and functional relationship. We demonstrated superiority of high density mapping with multipolar mapping on conventional mapping in detection of scar, channels, local abnormal ventricular activity (LAVA) and sensitivity for near field signals. The second part of this thesis focuses on ablation of epicardial VT substrate. We demonstrated the efficacy and safety of epicardial only procedures in a highly selected population. We used imaging to have access to the exact anatomy of the heart, to image the substrate but also to increase the safety of ablation procedures by imaging the phrenic nerve and the coronary artery system. The third part of this thesis focuses on analysis of the mapping and ablation of potential targets for scar-related VT ablation. Within this context, we identified predictors of interesting ablation (LAVA) sites based on preprocedural imaging. We also analyzed the role of alternative strategies such as bipolar ablation, ethanol ablation and irrigated needle ablation to ablate intramural and intraseptal substrate, 18 often resistant ablation targets. Overall, we demonstrate that novel imaging, mapping and ablation techniques potentially improve the outcome of VT ablation.

This thesis is the result of an examination of a recently added intramural sports program at Brackenridge High School in San Antonio, Texas. Value and benefits are explored while, also, describing the planning and implementation of the program.