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Getting the Swing of Surface Gravity

, 2012
Sports are a popular and effective way to illustrate physics principles. Baseball in particular presents a number of opportunities to motivate student interest and teach concepts. Several articles have appeared in this journal on this topic, illustrating
Adair Robert K., Brian C. Thomas, Matthew Quick   +2 more
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Does Perceived Geopolitical Risk Constrain Corporate Borrowing? Evidence From Korean Firms

Scottish Journal of Political Economy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates how geopolitical risk affects corporate borrowing using firm‐level data from Korea. We construct a novel perception‐based geopolitical risk index related to North Korea and estimate a dynamic panel model using a long‐difference instrumental‐variables approach.
Dooyeon Cho
wiley   +1 more source

Team performance and the optimal spread of talent [PDF]

Alex Bryson and colleagues use US baseball data to investigate whether performance suffers if there is too wide a gap between the skills of a team's stars and the rest.skill dispersion, baseball, firm ...
Alex Bryson, Kerry L. Papps, Rafael Gomez   +2 more
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Does Non‐Idealism Entail Particularism?

Journal of Social Philosophy, EarlyView.
John Lawless
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of baseball behavior recognition model based on Dual-GCN improved by motion weights

Scientific Reports
This research aims to address the poor performance in baseball behavior recognition, insufficient connection between characters, and low accuracy in baseball behavior recognition.
Ji Li
doaj   +1 more source

The Impact of Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback on Anxiety Reduction and Batting Performance Enhancement in Taiwan University Baseball Players

Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology
Background: A commonly observed phenomenon is that although the players in a baseball team have received the same training content and volume, their batting performance is quite different.
Yun-Ting Su, Po-Hsun Huang, Tzu-Chien Hsiao   +2 more
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Impact of Pitching on Infraspinatus Muscle Elasticity in High School Baseball Pitchers: A Continuous Shear Wave Elastography Study

Diagnostics
Background/Objectives: The repetitive overhead throwing of baseball stresses the posterior shoulder, including the rotator cuff and capsule, causing stiffness, tissue thickening, and dysfunction.
Hitoshi Shitara, Ren Koda, Tsuyoshi Tajika, Tsuyoshi Sasaki, Masataka Kamiyama, Ryosuke Miyamoto, Yuhei Hatori, Koichiro Yanai, Kurumi Nakase, Fukuhisa Ino, Takuma Kachi, Yoshiki Yamakoshi, Hirotaka Chikuda   +12 more
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The Effect of On-Field Success on Stock Prices: Evidence from Nippon Professional Baseball [PDF]

A growing literature examines the relationship between the on-field success of sports teams and prices of securities traded on stock exchanges. While much of the literature focuses on the effect of national teams on aggregate stock price measures, for ...
Brad R. Humphreys, Dennis Coates
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Recognizing excellence in peer review

Experimental Physiology, EarlyView.
Kim E. Barrett, Damian M. Bailey
wiley   +2 more sources

Dry Needling in Overhead Athletes with Myofascial Shoulder Pain: A Systematic Review

Sports
The treatment of myofascial pain in athletes requires a set of rehabilitation techniques that aim to be effective quickly. In this context, dry needling (DNY) has shown interesting results due to its ability to reduce pain in the short term.
Andrea Demeco, Alessandro de Sire, Antonello Salerno, Nicola Marotta, Stefano Palermi, Antonio Frizziero, Cosimo Costantino   +6 more
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