Two methods for the identification of coherent structures in fluid flows are studied for possible combination in a hybrid method providing deeper insight and greater efficiency. One method uses wavelet transforms to partition the field into coherent and incoherent portions using a thresholding of the wavelet coefficients. The other method is based on the stability analysis of trajectories throu...

2006-2007 Discrete Probability Instructor: Abra Brisbin (CAM) The first few days introduced set theory and combinatorics. After that, they turned to probability distributions, expected value, and independence. In the second half of the course, they worked on conditional probability, Bayes’ Theorem, the Monte Carlo method, and Markov chains. Throughout the course, they tackled questions involvin...

BACKGROUND Falls are the leading cause of injury death in older adults and present a significant public health problem and a major burden to healthcare. Although there is sufficient evidence from randomized controlled trials to indicate that exercise can prevent falls in older people, few effective, evidence-based fall prevention programs exist in community practice. Thus, there is a pressing n...

There has been numerous studies designed to assess the effects of religion on the psychological well-being of older adults. However, reviewing the literature reveals that currently the empirical work is inconsistent and often contradictory on this issue. The current study is designed to examine the effects of religiosity on psychological well-being in older adults. Psychological well-being will...

I found just the place for me...even though one doesn’t accomplish great things. But we know what we want. We chose this...We aren’t going to give in to power, staying home. It’s good for us to be out in the street, doing something, awakening the recognition of folks. It’s tied to the solidarity of others with you... It comes from my father and sharing a plate of food, and the neighbours...You ...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effects of a 12-week therapeutic yoga program on gait speed, postural control, and mobility in community-dwelling older adults. DESIGN Quasi-experimental study with a pretest/post-test design. Researchers evaluated changes over time (pretest to post-test) in all outcome measures. Paired t-tests were used to analyze normal and fast gait speed, Timed Up and Go test, and...