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From 3D scan to body pressure of compression garments [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Human bodies come under loads in sports. For safety or other purposes, athletes wear compression garments to help avoid wrong postures or movement. We assessed anthropometrics of elite rowers, and found significant differences with the general population,
Cools, Joris   +4 more
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UCanWBGT: urban street canyon heat stress calculation for weather and climate models

open access: yesQuarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, EarlyView.
This work introduces UCanWBGT, a new model to calculate wet‐bulb globe temperature in an urban environment, suitable for use with weather and climate model data. We present the model, then verify its performance against observations made in the streets of Paris during heatwave conditions.
Jonathan K. P. Shonk   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advocating individual-based profiles of elite athletes to capture the multifactorial nature of elite sports performance

open access: yesScientific Reports
Elite athletes are high-performance outliers within their specific sports. Even though science seeks to understand the nature of expertise and elite performance, much knowledge remains compartmentalized within subdisciplines.
K. Zentgraf   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Psychological support for elite athletes Perspective from sports psychology in Japan

open access: yesSports Psychiatry
: Introduction and Methods: The author provides an overview of the history and future prospects of psychological support for elite athletes in Japan. Results: The 1964 Tokyo Olympics was the starting point for the psychological support of these athletes.
Yasuhisa Tachiya
doaj   +1 more source

The effects of elite sports participation on later job success [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This paper analyses the income effect of the participation in elite sports using a unique dataset on former German top-level athletes. To quantify the average treatment effect we use covariate nearestneighbour matching. While our treatment group consists
Dewenter, Ralf, Giessing, Leonie
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A department of methodology can coordinate transdisciplinary sport science support [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
In the current sporting landscape, it is not uncommon for professional sport teams and organizations to employ multidisciplinary sport science support teams.
Davids, Keith   +6 more
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Identity Play: Middle School Youths' Provisional Self‐Making in Horizon‐Expanding STEM Spaces

open access: yesScience Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study introduces identity play as an analytic construct for science education to explore improvisational dimensions of middle school students' STEM identity development in multiple out‐of‐school learning experiences focused on environmental problem‐solving.
Heidi B. Carlone, Alison K. Mercier
wiley   +1 more source

Asian Games Success 2018 : Policy Elite Athlete Development and Development Indonesia

open access: diamond, 2021
Adi Rahadian   +3 more
openalex   +1 more source

The effects of morning preconditioning protocols on testosterone, cortisol and afternoon sprint cycling performance [conference presentation] [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Opportunities exist for athletes to undertake morning exercise protocols in an attempt to potentate afternoon performance. Four sub elite track sprint cyclists completed a morning cycling (Cyc) or weights-based protocol (WP) prior to an afternoon cycling
Maulder, Peter S, McDonald, Kerin
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