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Riding Through Norms: Creating and Performing Athletic Femininity at American Ladies’ Equestrian Exhibitions, 1850–1890

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT During the nineteenth century, American agricultural fairs often featured ladies’ equestrian exhibitions. At these events, women constructed an athletic femininity based on skill and competitiveness that challenged traditional ideals of womanhood.
Gabrielle McCoy
wiley   +1 more source

Antibacterial Efficiency of Quaternary Ammonium Silane-Coated Shoe Insoles Using the Sol-Gel Technique

open access: yesTurkish Journal of Bioscience and Collections
Objective: Foot microbial infections are a common concern, particularly among individuals with diabetes, athletes, and those with compromised immune systems.
İbrahim İsa Koire   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cuttings, Combings, Fettlings and Flock: Gender and Australian Wool ‘Waste’, 1900–1950

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As Australia's wool industry produced vast amounts of fine fleece from the nineteenth century, the wool processing and clothes manufacturing industries generated waste – products like cuttings, combings, fettlings and flock. Salvaged and then sold to waste merchants, these and other materials had a second life.
Lorinda Cramer
wiley   +1 more source

The Unintended Consequences of German Deterrence

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Germany's evolving deterrence posture boils down to continued participation in NATO nuclear sharing and an ambitious conventional rearmament program. Due to its non‐nuclear status and a result of decades of underinvestment, Germany prioritizes modern conventional weapons.
Ulrich Kühn
wiley   +1 more source

The prevalence and risks of injury for masters athletes : current findings [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
textRegular physical activity and exercise are important clinical tools that can be used to improve our health. This is especially true due to the prolonged lifespan of the average adult and the declines in physical function that are attributed to ...
Baker, Jeffrey Robinson
core   +1 more source

Spectacle and Spy Stories: The 1954 Royal Commission on Espionage

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Menzies government's 1954 royal commission, established to investigate Soviet espionage in Australia, is well known as the backdrop to the Labor Party split. It saw opposition leader H.V. Evatt's demise and ushered in an almost 20‐year period of Liberal Party governance.
Ebony Nilsson
wiley   +1 more source

COMPARISON OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOMETRIC AND MOTOR CHARACTERISTICS OF 12-14 YEARS GROUP HANDBALL AND TENNIS PERFORMANCE SPORTS [PDF]

open access: yesSportif Bakış Spor ve Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi, 2018
The purpose of the study is to compare the physical anthropometric and motoric characteristics of handball and tennis performance athletes aged 12-14 years.
Berat Koçyiğit   +2 more
doaj  

Back to the Future for Dermatophyte Genomics

open access: yesmBio, 2012
Dermatophytes are a uniquely pathogenic group of fungi that cause most common fungal infections globally. The major cause of athlete’s foot is Trichophyton rubrum, a pathogen of human skin.
Zeyana S. Rivera   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Preseason Lower Extremity Functional Test Scores Are Not Associated With Lower Quadrant Injury - A Validation Study With Normative Data on 395 Division III Athletes

open access: yes, 2018
Background: Preseason performance on the lower extremity functional test (LEFT), a timed series of agility drills, has been previously reported to be associated with future risk of lower quadrant (LQ = low back and lower extremities) injury in Division ...
Brumitt, Jason   +5 more
core  

The Problem of Doping [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
In this Essay, we examine Professor Michael J. Sandel and Judge Richard A. Posner\u27s thoughts on how to draw the line between substances and techniques that are fair game and those that constitute doping; whether there is a difference between sport and
Coleman, Doriane Lambelet   +1 more
core   +1 more source

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