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Dominant leg strength and proficiency in cross-country skiing

Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine, 2013
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of cross-country skiing training on dominant leg strength. The study included fifteen junior and twelve youth cross country skiers, and fourteen sedentary male volunteers. Test data were obtained from
Ebru Cetin
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Mark Wooden: Contributions to Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, HILDA and Inter‐Disciplinary Research on Panel Data

Australian Economic Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article reviews Mark Wooden's contributions over the last 40 years to Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, the HILDA Survey, and inter‐disciplinary research relating to work, family and well‐being. He has had an extraordinary academic career, including 23 years as Director of the HILDA survey.
Peter Dawkins
wiley   +1 more source

CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING EQUIPMENT ANALYSIS [PDF]

, 2015
Cilj ovog rada bio je analizirati opremu za skijaško trčanje koja se koristi u zimskim i ljetnim uvjetima te utvrditi njihove sličnosti i razlike. Skijaško trčanje je nordijska disciplina čija se natjecanja provode u zimskim uvjetima na uređenim stazama ...
Fuček, Matko
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Predicting the Speed of Chinese Elite Cross-Country Skiers: A Neural Network Approach Based on the Measurement of Key Biomechanical and Physiological Parameters

Applied Sciences
This study aimed to identify key biomechanical and physiological parameters affecting cross-country skiing performance and develop a neural network model for predicting skiing speed.
Huijuan Shi, Xiaolan Zhu, Shuang Zhao, Hans-Christer Holmberg, Hui Liu   +4 more
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Climate Change and (Mal)Adaptation in Tourism‐Intensive Alpine Regions

The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Tourism, especially in winter, accounts for a large share of economic income in Alpine regions. At the same time, these regions are more severely affected by climate change, leading to shorter winter seasons and reduced snow cover. This presents a pressing issue for areas reliant on income from winter tourism through activities such as skiing.
Valentina Ausserladscheider
wiley   +1 more source

Dynamics of coordination in cross-country skiing.

, 2009
The aim of the present study was to identify modes of coordination in cross-country skiing from a dynamical systems perspective. Participants (N=8) skied on a treadmill using classical techniques with varying steepness (i.e., 0 degrees -7 degrees ...
Rouard, Annie, Rouard A., Cignetti F., Cignetti, F., Schena, F., Rouard, A., Zanone P. G., SCHENA, Federico, Zanone, Pier-Giorgio   +8 more
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Supplementary activities to cross-country skiing and application of cross-country skiing in athletes fitness

, 2023
Skijaško trčanje smatra se najstarijim načinom kretanja čovjeka na skijama. Nastalo je u skandinavskim zemljama koje su većim dijelom godine prekrivene snijegom.
Konjević, Aljoša
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Bonds, Bounds, and Borders: Crafting Hospitality with Unauthorized Migrants in Southern France

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article analyzes the everyday politics of migrant hospitality in rural Southern France. Drawing on four years of fieldwork alongside benevolent residents hosting unauthorized migrants at their home or volunteering in migrant shelters, I consider how residents attempted to make up for the state's abandonment of migrant lives, the ethical ...
Céline Eschenbrenner
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of classical time-trial performance and technique-specific physiological determinants in elite female cross-country skiers

Frontiers in Physiology, 2016
The present study investigated the contribution of performance on uphill, flat, and downhill sections to overall performance in an international 10-km classical time-trial in elite female cross-country skiers, as well as the relationships between ...
Øyvind Sandbakk, Thomas Losnegard, Øyvind Skattebo, Ann Magdalen Hegge, Espen Tønnessen, Espen Tønnessen, Jan Kocbach   +6 more
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Modelling Patterns of Past Inundation Processes Combining Geoarchaeology and Morphometric Hydrological Analysis in the Shashe‐Limpopo Basin, South Africa

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
wiley   +1 more source