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    Fluid balance during swim training
    (2006-08) Butlion, Mornay Saul
    During a typical swimming training session, the volume of fluid lost via sweat is not evident which may contribute to a swimmer not replacing fluid loss effectively. This study investigates fluid balance during a typical swim training session. The physiological responses measured included fluid loss, fluid gain and plasma lactate concentrations
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    Evolution of anistropy in charged fluids
    (2008-02-28T07:29:33Z) Alderton, Dale Wayne
    Abstract A computer program has been written to simulate the conditions of the early uni- verse and to test a new idea in the mechanism of structure formation observed in our universe today. The model utilises Newtonian hydrodynamic equations includ- ing gravitational and electromagnetic forces in two spatial dimensions. It is proposed that augmenting gravitational forces with plasma forces will complement the prob- lematic Big Bang theory of structure formation which relies on gravity alone. Two sets of initial conditions are tested and the products of the simulation are analysed in a statistical way using power spectra and the two-point correlation function. Differ- ences in the initial conditions were not seen to produce significantly different results. The results show that the Hubble expansion term significantly reduces power in the gravity models but plasma forces can retain power better than similar gravitation- only models. Initial velocity perturbations significantly modify the power spectrum gradient in the higher modes. Some power spectra displayed a definite bend in gra- dient at a scale which is verified by galaxy survey observations. Plasma forces also appear to cluster matter on smaller scales more efficiently than gravity alone. Thus, this simulation lays a foundation for a more detailed and realistic model that may be compared with real matter distribution observations.