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Examining Faculty Perspectives on the Role and Value of Intercollegiate Athletics

open access: yesJournal of Intercollegiate Sport
The uneasy marriage of higher education and athletics can be seen through the conceptual lenses of former institution and National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) President Myles Brand’s Standard or Integrated View.
Molly Harry, Daniel Springer
doaj   +1 more source

Restoring the Balance: Dollars, Values, and the Future of College Sports [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Recommends strengthening accountability for intercollegiate athletics by requiring more transparency and better comparisons of athletics and academic spending, rewarding practices that prioritize academic values, and treating college athletes as ...

core  

Learning Highly Dynamic Skills Transition for Quadruped Jumping Through Constrained Space

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A quadruped robot masters dynamic jumps through constrained spaces with animal‐inspired moves and intelligent vision control. This hierarchical learning approach combines imitation of biological agility with real‐time trajectory planning. Although legged animals are capable of performing explosive motions while traversing confined spaces, replicating ...
Zeren Luo   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integration of Athletics and Academics

open access: yesJournal of Intercollegiate Sport, 2011
The Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics (COIA), an alliance of 57 university faculty senates, was founded in 2002 to provide a faculty voice in the national discussion about how to best maintain academic integrity in big-time college sports.
John Spicer Nichols   +2 more
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Top‐Down Fabricated Wood‐Derived Pressure and Strain Sensors: A Review

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
This review focuses on wood‐derived pressure/strain sensors fabricated via top‐down strategies. It analyzes wood's structural composition, examines processing techniques, discusses sensor types and sensing mechanisms, and reviews existing research. The article concludes with future directions for enhancing performance and scalability.
Yi Ren   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effectiveness of Teaching Kids Athletics Program for Young Children in the Content of Physical Education Curricula in Sultanate of Oman from the point of view of Physical Education Teachers

open access: yesالتربية الرياضية, 2021
This study aimed to identify the effectiveness of teaching the athletics program for young children (Kids Athletics) in the content of school PE curricula for grades (1-4) in the Sultanate of Oman from the point of view of PE teachers.
Majid AL Busafi   +1 more
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RWU Athletics Announces Fourth Class of Athletics Hall of Fame [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Four athletes, one coach and one team to be inducted, another athlete to receive special recognition at ceremony on Oct ...
Public Affairs, Roger Williams University
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4D Printing of Magnetically Responsive Shape Memory Polymers: Toward Sustainable Solutions in Soft Robotics, Wearables, and Biomedical Devices

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Merging 4D printing with magneto‐responsive shape memory polymers opens new avenues for intelligent, reconfigurable systems. This review navigates cutting‐edge fabrication techniques, magnetic fillers, and smart polymer matrices, unveiling their potential in soft robotics, biomedical devices, and wearable tech.
Kiandokht Mirasadi   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characteristics of learning and training of elite athletics in Brazil: the perspective of experienced coaches

open access: yesRevista da Educação Física, 2020
The present study sought to verify the perspective of the coaches regarding the teaching, learning and training process in Brazilian Athletics. Semi-structured interviews were applied to six Brazilian athletics coaches with participation in the Olympic ...
André Felipe Caregnato   +3 more
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Epidemiology of Injury Complaints in Elite Sprinting Athletes in Athletics (Track and Field)

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2023
Objective: To describe the epidemiology of injury complaints related to the athletics activity in elite athletics (track and field) athletes practicing disciplines with sprints (i.e., sprints, hurdles, combined events, long jump, and triple jump ...
Pascal Edouard   +8 more
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