In competitive rowing, the fluctuations in boat velocity during the rowing cycle are associated with an increased water resistance of the boat as compared with a boat moving at a constant velocity. We aimed to quantify the influence of the increased water resistance on race time using a mathematical approximation, based on the increase in physiological power being proportional to the 2nd power ...

The main purpose of this study was to develop interdisciplinary project-based learning and investigate the process and effectiveness of project-based learning involving undergraduate students in the Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering in a college in Taiwan. The theme of this research project was “boat design and building.” This study used the revised PIPER (PIPER; Preparation / Implementa...

We tested whether respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) reactivity in response to each of three self-regulation tasks (bird and dragon; knock-tap; and gift wrap) would predict self-regulation performance in a sample of 101 preschool-age children (M age = 4.49, SD = .64). While controlling for baseline RSA, decreases in RSA from bird and dragon to knock-tap (but not from baseline to bird and dragon...

Modulation of Charge Trapping In article number 2208688, Xiaoguang Duan, Xi-Lin Wu, and co-workers show here the Chinese legend “Carp jumps over dragon gate”. The story is about a brave carp swimming upstream, jumping ‘dragon gate’, turning into powerful dragon. Their cover design based on this legend, where carriers one electron from g-C3N4 at bottom waterfall to single-atom Co catalyst under ...

In rowing, motor learning may be facilitated by augmented feedback that displays the ratio between actual mean boat velocity and maximal achievable mean boat velocity. To provide this ratio, the aim of this work was to develop and evaluate an algorithm calculating an individual maximal mean boat velocity. The algorithm optimised the horizontal oar movement under constraints such as the individu...

An overtopping model specifically suited for Wave Dragon is needed in order to improve the reliability of its performance estimates. The model shall be comprehensive of all relevant physical processes that affect overtopping and flexible to adapt to any local conditions and device configuration. An experimental investigation is carried out to update an existing formulation suited for 2D draft-l...

There are now so few areas of natural environment in the world that have not been subject to biological survey or disturbance so the discovery of new species in recent expeditions to some of these regions has been proving remarkable, although large 'new' vertebrates are now increasingly rare. However, a recent analysis of material collected from lizard specimens in the northern Philippines has ...