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Cross-country skiing

open access: yes, 2021
U završnom radu "Skijaško trčanje" opisan je sport skijaškog trčanja. Dan je pregled značajnih događaja iz povijesti navedenog sporta. Opisani su oblici natjecanja i postojeće discipline u skijaškom trčanju.
Pernjak, Tihana
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Functional Design Employing Miniaturized Electronics with Wireless Signal Provision to a Smartphone for a Strain-Based Measuring System for Ski Poles

open access: yesComputers, 2021
The individual monitoring of cross-country skiers’ technique-related parameters is crucial to identifying possible athlete-individual deficits that need to be corrected in order to optimize the athlete’s performance in competition.
Uwe Hentschel   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Unpacking the task of synthesis when weaving knowledge systems for biodiversity assessments

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The pivot towards evidence‐based conservation since 2000 has inspired global environmental assessments to gather evidence across multiple knowledge systems, including through co‐production with Indigenous Peoples and local communities. Knowledge co‐production is highlighted as a strategy for transformative change towards a just future that ...
Maria Tengö   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Choice of Pole and Ski Lengths Among Elite Cross-Country Skiers: The Influence of Sex and Performance Level

open access: yesFrontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2021
Cross-country (XC) skiers employ whole-body exercise to generate speed through poles and skis. The choice of optimal pole and ski lengths are therefore of high importance.
Per-Øyvind Torvik   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Characteristics, properties and limitations of per‐ or polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and fluoropolymers

open access: yesPolymer International, EarlyView.
An overview and categorization of man‐made per‐ or polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) including low‐molar‐mass and high‐molar‐mass fluorochemicals, and their international regulations is presented. Though certain PFASs are toxic, bioaccumulative and cross the human cellular membranes, others, such as fluoropolymers, are safe, reliable and involved in ...
Bruno Améduri
wiley   +1 more source

Adaptation of Finnish cross-country skiers to climate change

open access: yesFennia: International Journal of Geography, 2009
Cross-country skiing has a long history in Finland, and it is a part of the national identity of Finns. This study on cross-country skiers’ adaptation to changing climate describes groups of cross-country skiers with reference to their motives for skiing,
Mia Landauer   +2 more
doaj  

The analysis of the relationship between respiratory functions and body compositions of alpine discipline and cross-country skiing athletes

open access: yesTurkish Journal of Kinesiology
The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between respiratory functions and body compositions of elite athletes in alpine disciplines and cross-country skiing through their comparison.
Buket Sevindik Aktaş
doaj   +1 more source

Shifting standards due to social class? The role of social class background in CEO career outcomes

open access: yesStrategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary This study investigates how social class background shapes CEO career outcomes. Extending the shifting standards model to post‐appointment evaluation, we theorize that CEOs from lower‐class backgrounds face persistently high confirmatory standards, producing asymmetric consequences.
Michelle Lee, Shelby L. Gai
wiley   +1 more source

The Russians Are the Fastest in Marathon Cross-Country Skiing: The “Engadin Ski Marathon” [PDF]

open access: yesBioMed Research International, 2017
It is well known that athletes from a specific region or country are dominating certain sports disciplines such as marathon running or Ironman triathlon; however, little relevant information exists on cross-country skiing. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate the aspect of region and nationality in one of the largest cross-country
Nikolaidis, Pantelis Theodoros   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

The Responsibility of Zoos to Advance the Rights and Interests of Indigenous People

open access: yesZoo Biology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Earth is in its 6th mass extinction event, in 2022, in response to this crisis, 196 countries adopted the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), a legally binding international agreement that aims to halt and reverse the trajectory of biodiversity loss by 2030.
Jack Pascoe, Sally Sherwen
wiley   +1 more source

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