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Sports Medicine - OpenBackground Open-skill and closed-skill agility attributes are pivotal for achieving success in basketball. However, systematic synthesis of evidence regarding the effectiveness of different basketball-specific training methods on agility performance is ...
Mingxiang Zhang +5 more
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How wildlife respond to tropical cyclones: short‐term tactics and long‐term impacts
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT From butterflies to lizards and from sharks to seabirds, wildlife exhibit tactics to survive the impacts of tropical cyclones, also known as hurricanes, cyclones, or typhoons depending on where they occur. Some species seek refuge during the storm by moving, some remain in place and ride it out, and others move longer distances, avoiding the ...
Erin L. Koen +15 more
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BMC Sports Science, Medicine and RehabilitationBackground Exercise-induced fatigue is a physiological state characterized by performance decline. The Visual Analog Scale (VAS) is one of the most commonly used subjective methods for evaluating exercise-induced fatigue.
Jianyu Gan +6 more
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Is Self-Sufficiency for Womens Collegiate Athletics a Hoop Dream?: Willingness to Pay for Mens and Womens Basketball Tickets [PDF]
Universities spend almost $2 billion subsidizing their collegiate sports programs. Even the most popular women’s sport, basketball, fails to break even.
Orazem, Peter, Rosas, Juan (Francisco)
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The costs of extra‐pair behaviours in birds
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Extra‐pair behaviours – reproductive behaviours, including those related to copulation and paternity of offspring, amongst animals outside of a social pair bond – have long intrigued behavioural ecologists, particularly from the female animal's perspective.
Jørgen S. Søraker, Jamie Dunning
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, 2018 Philosopher-novelist Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, writing in Jewish Jocks: An Unorthodox Hall of Fame, describes Barney Tiny Sedran, born Bernard Sedransky on the Lower East Side of New York, as a quintessential Jewish basketball player: manically ...
Ryan, Jack
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Deep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.An analytical framework delivers a closed‐form stress solution for lined compressed air energy storage chambers, enabling the determination of the minimum safe burial depth. The solution quantitatively evaluates lining support effectiveness, offering a reliable tool for chamber design and optimization.
Zeyuan Sun +3 more
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A Meta‐Analysis and Systematic Review of Single‐Session Interventions for Eating Disorders
International Journal of Eating Disorders, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background There is a critical gap between the need for eating disorder (ED) treatment and provider availability. Single‐Session Interventions (SSIs) are structured programs intentionally designed for a single client encounter and show promise for filling ED‐treatment and prevention gaps by enhancing accessibility of evidence‐based ...
Sonakshi Negi +3 more
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Fab five: pioneering sociocultural influence within the culture of basketball and American society
Frontiers in Sports and Active LivingDating back to when the inventor of the game, James Naismith, developed a mentoring relationship with John McClendon one of the African American pioneers in basketball (founder of the “fast-break”), there are countless examples of these intersections ...
M. Fennell +9 more
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Effect of Static and Dynamic Stretching on Knee Muscle Strength in Trained Players
Bagcilar Medical Bulletin, 2020 Objective:The study examined the effects of two different stretching exercises on knee muscle strength in basketball players in order to determine the most appropriate pre-competition protocols for basketball conditioning.Method:Thirty-two basketball ...
Chasan Mola Ali +4 more
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