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Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Riverine and valley systems across the globe have been central to the development of past urban centres. By AD 900, the Shashe and Limpopo Rivers seem to have facilitated the interaction and integration of early farming communities in southern Africa. This paper focuses on the application of geoarchaeological perspectives made available by the
B. S. Nxumalo
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Effectiveness of Using Compression Garments in Winter Racing Sports: A Narrative Review
Frontiers in Physiology, 2020 Nowadays, compression garments (CGs) are widely used in winter racing sports, such as speed skating, short-track speed skating, alpine skiing, and cross-country skiing.
Chenhao Yang +5 more
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Story2Board: A Training‐Free Approach for Expressive Visual Storytelling
Computer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.Abstract We present Story2Board, a training‐free framework for expressive storyboard generation from natural language. Existing methods narrowly focus on subject identity, overlooking key aspects of visual storytelling such as spatial composition, background evolution, and narrative pacing.
D. Dinkevich +4 more
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Cardiovascular Adaptations to Four Months Training in Middle-Aged Amateur Long-Distance Skiers
Diagnostics, 2020 Cross-country skiing has a positive effect on health. However, without an individual, thoughtful, and professional plan, it can cause irreversible health problems from overload and injury.
Natalia Grzebisz
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Children &Society, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines how James and the Giant Peach with Taika and Friends (JGPTF) (2020) challenges the colonial logics embedded in Roald Dahl's construction of the universal white child. Through collaborative digital play, humour and Māori relational epistemologies, Taika Waititi unsettles James's position as the normative child of futurity,
Diana Sandars
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A simulation of cross-country skiing on varying terrain by using a mathematical power balance model
Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine, 2013 John F Moxnes,1 Øyvind Sandbakk,2 Kjell Hausken31Department for Protection, Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, Kjeller, Norway; 2Human Movement Science Program, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway; 3Faculty of ...
Moxnes JF +2 more
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Identification of Cross-Country Skiing Movement Patterns Using Micro-Sensors
Sensors, 2012 This study investigated the potential of micro-sensors for use in the identification of the main movement patterns used in cross-country skiing. Data were collected from four elite international and four Australian athletes in Europe and in Australia ...
Dale Chapman +5 more
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Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.Consensus habitat‐suitability maps identify current hotspots of species richness across the Inner Western Anatolian mountain systems. Late‐century projections (2081–2100) under SSP2‐4.5 and SSP5‐8.5 show range shifts and changing richness patterns, intensifying at higher elevations.
Muhammed Arif Demir, Mahmut Kabalak
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First Steps from Walking in Snow to Cross-Country Skiing
Akademisk Kvarter, 2019 This article investigates the ways in which a young child learns to sense and move through a transient environment while learning to walk on skis. Audiovisual recordings were made of a parent instructing a child on how to walk on snow and to start moving
Paul McIlvenny
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Advancing Nurse Mentors' Development Through a Mentoring Intervention: A Mixed Methods Study
Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Mentoring in nursing is crucial for supporting newly qualified nurses, enhancing retention and promoting professional development. Despite its significance, limited research has explored nurse mentors' perspectives and their own development through mentoring.
Stina Kallerhult Hermansson +4 more
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