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Acute muscle damage responses in elbow flexors following eccentric quasi-isometric exercise

Scientific Reports
This study aimed to compare acute muscle damage responses of the elbow flexors following eccentric quasi-isometric (EQI) and eccentric (ECC) exercise. Thirty healthy young men were randomly assigned to EQI or ECC (n = 15/group).
Yu-Chin Lin, Tsung-Lin Chiang, Shih-Hsuan Chan, Chih-Hsiang Hsu, Huey-June Wu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘I was treated as a deficit’: Immigrant teachers' career progression in Australia

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Immigrant teachers have long been recruited through skilled and employer‐sponsored migration schemes to address teacher shortages in Australia, yet their career trajectories remain constrained by systemic inequities that limit their integration and professional development opportunities.
Ching Ting Tany Kwee, Hoa Thi Mai Nguyen, Tony Loughland   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring interactions of the dimensions of agency through the experiences of aspiring school leaders in Scotland, UK

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Agency has increasingly become a central concept in educational leadership research, yet its application to those preparing to enter school leadership roles remains underexplored. Drawing on the conceptual framework of the ecological approach to teacher agency, we explored how and in what ways aspiring school leaders in Scotland (n = 21 ...
Romina Madrid Miranda, Andrea Priestley, Elizabeth A. C. Rushton   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Variable Versus Constant Resistance Squat Training for Lower-Limb Strength and Power: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Applied Sciences
The superiority of Variable Resistance Training (VRT) over traditional Constant Resistance Training (CRT) for enhancing lower-limb performance is debated, with previous meta-analyses limited by aggregating disparate exercises.
Zhijie Yan, Juncheng Wu, Shengfa Lin, Qi Li, Ruidong Liu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rising Strong: Cultivating Resilience in Edible City Entrepreneurship. Insights Into the Landscape of Urban Food Initiatives

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In response to growing global challenges, this study explores how social entrepreneurship within the Edible City movement contributes to building resilient, sustainable, and equitable urban food systems. Drawing on semistructured interviews with over 70 stakeholders across five cities—Berlin, Andernach, Oslo, Rotterdam, and Havana—we ...
Ina Säumel, Stephanie Ligan, Alice Bischof, Edi Emilov Ivanov, Laura Martinez‐Izquierdo, Sara Noémie Plassnig, Marisa Pettit   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mindfulness in coaching: A model for coaching practice

The Coaching Psychologist, 2017
This is the first in a series of papers to look at mindfulness coaching as an approach suitable for use with coaching clients. This paper presents a brief overview of mindfulness for readers who are less familiar with the approach and highlights other sources for a fuller account of mindfulness coaching. The paper sets the scene for a subsequent series
openaire   +1 more source

Comparative effects of flywheel and traditional resistance training on reactive strength and multidirectional COD in elite badminton players

Frontiers in Physiology
PurposeThis study compared the effects of flywheel resistance training (FRT) versus traditional resistance training (TRT) on reactive strength, dynamic balance, and sport-specific change-of-direction (COD) ability in elite badminton players.MethodsTwenty-
Shiwen Tan, Zepeng Lu, Shurui Yuan, Zijie Zhang, Yixuan Zou, Meiyi Zhang, Litian Zhang, Shuairan Li, Jin Dai   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Impact of Sustainability Orientation and Sustainability Challenges in SME Responses to Institutional Support

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT SMEs receive increasing institutional support to embed sustainability, yet they vary widely in their ability to translate such support into practice. This study addresses this gap by examining the internal cognitive and strategic mechanism (sustainability orientation) through which managers interpret institutional support and the contextual ...
Michael Zisuh Ngoasong, Aqueel Imtiaz Wahga, Sam Zisuh Njinyah, Yen‐Jung Tseng   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quality Coaching, Learning and Coach Development

Japanese Journal of Sport Education Studies, 2011
Performance coaches are the architects of the coaching environment and responsible for leading and managing the coach-athlete-performance relationship. The effectiveness of the coach in leading and managing this relationship is important for producing appropriate outcomes such as physical and psycho-social development as well as competition results ...
openaire   +4 more sources

Comparison of six-week flywheel and traditional resistance training on deceleration and dynamic balance in elite badminton players

Frontiers in Physiology
IntroductionThe aim of this study was to compare the effects of flywheel resistance training (FRT) and traditional resistance training (TRT) on deceleration and dynamic balance performance in elite badminton players.MethodsSeventeen elite male badminton ...
Shurui Yuan, Zepeng Lu, Shiwen Tan, Zijie Zhang, Shiwei Jing, Haoyang Liu, Zhihui Zhou, Dapeng Bao   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source