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Owning Home, Finding Belonging: Relational Meanings of Homeownership for Migrant Healthcare Workers in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Migrant healthcare workers in Australia find themselves at the centre of three intersecting concerns, often presented as ‘crises’ in contemporary discourse: the ‘care crisis’, the ‘housing crisis’ and the ‘migration crisis.’ Yet their own perspectives on these issues are rarely foregrounded. This paper explores the role of homeownership in the
Leah Williams Veazey
wiley   +1 more source

The Economics of Discrimination: Evidence from Basketball [PDF]

This Chapter reviews evidence on discrimination in basketball, primarily examining studies on race but with some discussion of gender as well. I focus on discrimination in pay, hiring, and retention against black NBA players and coaches and pay ...
Kahn, Lawrence M.
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Effects of Reasoning Ability on Field Goal Shooting Skills of Female Basketball Players

Annals of Applied Sport Science, 2014
In the present study, field goal shooting skills of female basketball players were assessed in the background to their reasoning ability. The sample consists of 100 female intercollegiate basketball players (age = 21.05±1.67 yrs.).
Virendra Kumar Singh, C. D. Agashe
doaj  

Expectations and Reality: The Lived Experiences of Australians With Psychosocial Disability Within the NDIS

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was founded on principles of choice and control, for people with significant mental health challenges (what the NDIS calls ‘psychosocial disability’) these ideals often remain elusive. Support systems continue to be fractured and in the context of ongoing policy reforms, it is vital
Joel Hollier, Jennifer Smith‐Merry
wiley   +1 more source

Intramuscular haemangioma of the thigh in a basketball player [PDF]

British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2004
Haemangioma is a common benign soft tissue tumour. Intramuscular haemangiomas may present as a perceived sporting injury. Magnetic resonance imaging is the investigation of choice. Intramuscular haemangioma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of unexplained pain and swelling in a muscle.
R A, Brown, K, Crichton, G M, Malouf
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Getting (un)wasted: How planning failures generate consumer waste across resources: Time, money, goods, and energy

Consumer Psychology Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Past research suggests that people exhibit robust waste aversion. However, many consumers routinely feel that they waste not only goods but also time, money, energy, and emotion and would be hard‐pressed to imagine their lives otherwise. Why does consumer waste persist? In this paper, we first propose a definition for consumer waste.
Marissa A. Sharif, Cait Lamberton
wiley   +1 more source

Accuracy of basketball shots by student basketball players

Sports games
Effective shooting is the main and determining element of the effectiveness of competitive activity in basketball. The team is tasked with showing the highest possible shot efficiency in each game, as each shot can determine the score and victory in the match. The knowledge of the level of accuracy of throwing the ball into the basket allows coaches to
Viktor Bondarenko, Oleksandr Sukach, Iryna Olkhovikova, Natalііa Chucha, Natalia Pashchenko   +4 more
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Factors associated with deep tissue injury in male wheelchair basketball players of a Japanese national team

Asia-Pacific Journal of Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy, Rehabilitation and Technology, 2014
Maintenance of the sporting activity of elite athletes in adapted sports can be difficult if a secondary disorder, such as a pressure ulcer, occurs. Pressure ulcers result from deep tissue injuries by external pressure.
Hirotaka Mutsuzaki, Kaori Tachibana, Yukiyo Shimizu, Kazushi Hotta, Takashi Fukaya, Mikio Karasawa, Eiji Ikeda, Yasuyoshi Wadano   +7 more
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High Rate of Return to Sport in Competitive Athletes Undergoing Periacetabular Osteotomy With Concomitant Hip Arthroscopy

Arthroscopy, EarlyView.
Purpose To report the return‐to‐sport rate of competitive athletes with hip dysplasia, in relation to their preoperative level of competition, who underwent hip arthroscopy with concomitant periacetabular osteotomy (HA + PAO). Methods Patients participating in competitive sports who underwent HA + PAO for the correction of hip dysplasia between January
Alfred Mansour, Nicole Lemaster, Jacob Jelmini, Philip Sheedy, Anota Adekunle, Alexis Aboulafia   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Arthroscopic Bankart Repair With a 6 o’Clock Anchor Reduces Recurrence and Improves Clinical Outcomes in Recurrent Anterior Instability

Arthroscopy, EarlyView.
Purpose To evaluate the clinical effectiveness of placing the most inferior suture anchor at the 6 o'clock position during arthroscopic Bankart repair compared with non‐6 o'clock anchor repair for recurrent anterior shoulder instability. Methods From January 2012 to December 2022, this retrospective study included patients with recurrent anterior ...
Jin Hyeok Lee, Kyosun Hwang, Chang Min Song, Woong Kyo Jeong   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source