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Doing Gender on and off the Pitch: the World of Female Football Players [PDF]
The following paper looks at the experiences of female football (soccer) players at a College of Higher Education in the South of England. Association Football occupies a special place in English society where it has traditionally been linked to notions ...
John Harris
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Education and welfare in professional football academies and centres of excellence: A sociological study [PDF]
, 2012 A career as a professional footballer has long been regarded as a highly sought after occupation for many young males within the UK and, against this backdrop, since the 1970s increasing attention has come to be placed on the way young players are ...
Platts, Chris
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Anthropometric and physical characteristics of english academy rugby league players. [PDF]
, 2014 The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the anthropometric and physical characteristics of English academy rugby league players by annual-age category (under 16s-under 20s) and between backs and forwards.
Emmonds, S +11 more
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Green swans and blue skies: Climate change and insolvency risk for financial institutions
International Insolvency Review, EarlyView.Abstract This lecture in honour of the late Gabriel Moss QC and Ian Fletcher QC examines the challenge of climate‐related financial risk. Prudential regulators and central banks recognize that the systemic nature of climate‐related financial risk makes it an emerging vulnerability relevant to cross‐border insolvency resolution.
Janis Sarra
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DIFFERENCES IN ANTHROPOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS BETWEEN SENIOR OUT AND INDOOR FOOTBALL PLAYERS [PDF]
Sport Mont, 2011 Aim of this research was to determine if there were statistically significant differences in morphological characteristics between outdoor and indoor football players.
Borislav Samardžić, Paulina Soldat
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Stock Price Deviations From Fundamentals Levels: Mis‐Valuation due to Investor Overconfidence?
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We use the Residual Income Valuation Model to obtain fundamental values for sample stocks in six Eurozone markets. We then estimate the deviation between the fundamental values and actual stock prices. Subsequently, we examine whether these deviations can be systematically explained by business cycle trends, trends in local economic sentiment,
Stella N. Spilioti +1 more
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CANONIC RELATIONS OF ANTHROPOMETRIC AND MOTOR SPACE BETWEEN STUDENTS AS FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND NON FOOTBALL PLAYERS [PDF]
Sport Mont, 2015 Taking into account morphological and motor status of students as football players and non-football players of the same age is meant by certain basic system of anthropometric latent dimensions which are developed with the influence of endogenous and ...
Fitim Arifi +4 more
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Why Fun Aunties Matter: A Modest Account
Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this article, I offer a child‐centred account of the value of company‐keeping relationships between children and adults. These are relationships enjoyed by a child and an adult who is neither a mere acquaintance nor integrally involved in that child's care or upbringing.
Lesley Jamieson
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Migrating Football Players, Transfer Fees and Migration Controls [PDF]
Since the famous Bosman ruling by the European Court of Justice in 1995 transfer fees for football players after moving to another club have become suspect as they are considered as an obstacle to the free movement of workers. However, in an unrestricted
Harrie A. A Verbon
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JCPP Advances, EarlyView.Abstract Background Facets of decision‐making and risk‐taking are implicated in adolescent health risk behaviors; however, whether they may lead to adolescent engagement in substance use, gambling, and self‐harm is unknown. Methods We used the Millennium Cohort Study to test whether a task‐based measure of decision‐making and risk‐taking predicts ...
Nicole G. Hammond +4 more
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