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Climbing [PDF]

, 2020
Climbing has come a long way since its inception by Victorian mountaineers and local guides in the European Alps. This chapter provides more information on climbing as competitive sport and its popularity in Japan.
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Motion Analysis of the Wrist and Finger Joints in Sport Climbing

Bioengineering
Climbing is a fast-growing sport, with one of the most common injuries being a rupture of the finger flexor tendon pulley. The strain on pulleys increases as finger joints flex.
Gabriella Fischer, Micha Schneeberger, Stefan Andreas Petter, Anne-Gita Scheibler, Peter Wolf, Maurizio Calcagni, Andreas Schweizer, Lisa Reissner   +7 more
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Modified hill climbing MPPT algorithm with reduced steady‐state oscillation and improved tracking efficiency

Jurnal Engineering, 2018
To ensure the photovoltaic (PV) system can still output maximum power under changing environmental conditions, a modified hill climbing algorithm is proposed.
Weiwei Zhu, Li-qun Shang, Pengwei Li, Hangchen Guo   +3 more
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Commentary: Supporting Maternal Mental Health and Nurturing Care in Humanitarian Settings

Journal on Education in Emergencies, 2021
Bernadette Daelmans, Mahalakshmi Nair, Fahmy Hanna, Ornella Lincetto, Tarun Dua, Xanthe Hunt   +5 more
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Nutrition knowledge, weight loss practices, and supplement use in senior competition climbers

Frontiers in Nutrition
IntroductionSport climbing has gained increased scientific attention, including studies investigating the dietary habits and nutritional requirements of climbers; however, significant gaps in the literature remain. An assessment of nutritional knowledge,
Edward Gibson-Smith, Ryan Storey, Marisa Michael, Mayur Ranchordas   +3 more
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Mountains to Climb [PDF]

Nature Medicine, 2010
New medications to fight the altitude sickness suffered by mountain climbers promise to aid peak performance. But the same drugs could also yield new treatments for people with breathing disorders. Brendan Borrell meets one man at DARPA, the US Defense Department's research agency, who's trying to move mountains for a new therapy.
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The Role of Physical Props in VR Climbing Environments

International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2019
Dealing with fear of falling is a challenge in sport climbing. Virtual reality (VR) research suggests that using physical and reality-based interaction increases the presence in VR.
Peter Schulz, Dmitry Alexandrovsky, F. Putze, R. Malaka, Johannes Schöning   +4 more
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Acute Mountain Sickness: Symptoms, Diagnosis, Risk Factors, Prevention and Treatment

Quality in Sport
Introduction High mountain climbing has surged in popularity over the past few decades, attracting a diverse range of participants from professional athletes to even recreational enthusiasts, given that this sport has become commercial and more ...
AlicJa Śniatała, Agnieszka Adamowska, Damian Grubski, Filip Nadolny, Hanna Bartkowiak, Jędrzej Jabłoński, Kacper Ziarnik, Martyna Kania   +7 more
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Possible Value of Inhalation of Carbon Dioxide in Climbing Great Altitudes [PDF]

, 1935
Samuel B. Childs, Hannibal Hamlin, Yandell Henderson   +2 more
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Search Heuristics, Case-Based Reasoning and Software Project Effort Prediction [PDF]

, 2002
This paper reports on the use of search techniques to help optimise a case-based reasoning (CBR) system for predicting software project effort. A major problem, common to ML techniques in general, has been dealing with large numbers of case features ...
Hart, J, Kirsopp, C, Shepperd, M J
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