Preface to the Proceedings of the Department of Anthropology’s National Science Foundation (NSF) Summer Research Methods Program in Anthropology at the University of North Texas

The purpose of this study was to identify prevalence rates of medical problems among flautists. The Flute Health Survey (FHS), a questionnaire with items regarding musculoskeletal and nonmusculoskeletal problems, was distributed at the 1999 National Flute Association annual meeting (n = 40). This questionnaire was pilot tested at the 1999 Texas Flute Festival, which is hosted by the Texas Flute Society. The University of North Texas has posted on the Internet a similar questionnaire regarding the medical problems of all musicians. Responses from the University of North Texas Musician Health Survey (UNT-MHS) were filtered to include only those respondents who denoted flute as their primary instruments (n = 328). Data sets from both surveys were then processed using comparative statistics. Findings show that there was no significant difference between the demographics of the two populations. Only one musculoskeletal site, the left hand, was found to be statistically significant between the two groups. Four nonmusculoskeletal items, depression, earache, headache, and sleep disturbances, were found to be different between the two groups. The overall findings of this comparison show that there are many medical problems facing the flute playing community. Further investigation and observations of this population are necessary.

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Thermally Stable Homogeneous Catalysts for Alkane Dehydrogenation S.O. thanks the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for financing a research stay with W.C.K. in the USA. This work was supported by the National Science Foundation (CHE 9800184 to M.B.H.), by the University of California Energy Institute and University of California Santa Barbara (to W.C.K.), and by the German Research Association (DFG, to M.W.H). We thank Dr. R. Mynott and Mrs. C. Wirtz, MPI für Kohlenforschung, for NMR spectroscopic investigations.

Angewandte Chemie International Edition ◽

10.1002/1521-3773(20011001)40:19<3596::aid-anie3596>3.0.co;2-c ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 40 (19) ◽

pp. 3596 ◽

Cited By ~ 110

Author(s):

Matthias W. Haenel ◽

Stephan Oevers ◽

Klaus Angermund ◽

William C. Kaska ◽

Hua-Jun Fan ◽

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Keyword(s):

National Science Foundation ◽

University Of California ◽

Research Association ◽

Santa Barbara ◽

Academic Exchange ◽

National Science ◽

German Research ◽

The Usa ◽

The University ◽

German Research Association

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Senior Designs to Aid the Disabled: The UAB Experience

10.1115/imece1999-0481 ◽

1999 ◽

Author(s):

Alan W. Eberhardt ◽

Laura K. Vogtle ◽

Gary Edwards

Keyword(s):

National Science Foundation ◽

Engineering Students ◽

Low Cost ◽

Life Sciences ◽

University Of Alabama ◽

Persons With Disabilities ◽

Senior Design ◽

National Science ◽

The Disabled ◽

The University

Abstract This paper presents a review of two years experience regarding senior design projects to aid persons with disabilities, for mechanical engineering students at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). The efforts are funded by the National Science Foundation and are aimed at developing alternative, low cost, custom devices to aid specific disabled individuals or targeted groups. A collaboration has been established with UAB Occupational Therapy and United Cerebral Palsy of Birmingham (UCP), who have provided projects which combine depth in both engineering and life sciences. The “UAB experience” described in the following includes project selection, development, student advising and overall significance. Completed designs are listed, along with efforts to bring the products to a marketable level.

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