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Defining the Influence of Age and Gender on Key Performance Metrics in Badminton
Physical Education Theory and MethodologyBackground. Badminton, a racquet sport that has gained global popularity, demands technical precision, tactical awareness, and exceptional physical fitness. Skills such as smashing, footwork, and minimizing errors are critical to success.
Titis Pambudi +5 more
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Forehand and Backhand Tennis Exercises: Study Literature Review
Indonesian Journal of Physical Education and Sport Science, 2023 Study purpose. The sport of tennis is one of the most popular branches globally and there are various techniques in hitting tennis. The purpose of this article review is to find out about exercises to improve groundstroke ability in tennis in Indonesia ...
Rices Jatra, Alnedral, Kamal Firdaus
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Erving Goffman at 100: A Chameleon Seen as a Rorschach Test within a Kaleidoscope
Symbolic Interaction, Volume 49, Issue 1, Page 3-47, February 2026.The 100th anniversary of Erving Goffman's birth was in 2022. Drawing on his work, the Goffman archives, the secondary literature, and personal experiences with him and those in his university of Chicago cohort, I reflect on some implications of his work and life, and the inseparable issues of understanding society.
Gary T. Marx
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Olympic Ice Sports: A Narrative Review and Perspectives Toward Milano‐Cortina 2026
Scandinavian Journal of Medicine &Science in Sports, Volume 36, Issue 2, February 2026.ABSTRACT As the Milano‐Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics approach, a consolidated understanding of performance determinants across the diverse spectrum of ice sports is crucial, yet the scientific literature remains unevenly distributed. This structured narrative review synthesizes available evidence on key performance‐determining factors and contemporary ...
Billy Sperlich +7 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, Volume 36, Issue 4, 12 January 2026.Inspired by cat vibrissae, biomimetic biomass PHFs/SA aerogels (BFAs) are developed via precursor‐assisted in situ polymerization and freeze‐synergistic assembly. These ultralight, porous pressure sensors exhibit high sensitivity and excellent durability, enabling pulse detection, handwriting recognition, Morse code transmission, and notably real‐time ...
Dandan Xie +6 more
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TaiChi‐AQA: A Dataset and Framework for Action Quality Assessment and Visual Analysis
IET Computer Vision, Volume 20, Issue 1, January/December 2026.This article presents a novel deep learning‐based framework for video action quality assessment in the context of computer vision. We utilise the I3D neural network to extract spatiotemporal features from videos and introduce a new feature enhancement module to improve the accuracy of action quality evaluation.
Dejin Wang +3 more
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TECHNIQUE AND METHODOLOGY OF TRAINING IN SWIMMING CRAWL [PDF]
Sport Mont, 2013 The paper shows the technique and methodology training crawl swimming. Developed: the position of the head and body, footwork, hand movements, exercises for training footwork training drills and exercises for improving coordination technique on dry land ...
Selim Alili
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Flèche versus Lunge as the Optimal Footwork Technique in Fencing [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019 The objective of the study reported in this paper involved identifying the fencing attack (flèche versus lunge) that provides greater effectiveness in a real competition. Two hypotheses are presented in the study. The first hypothesis involves the greater effectiveness of the flèche with regard to bioelectric muscular tension, and the second hypothesis
Borysiuk, Zbigniew +7 more
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Rebel responses to disasters in conflict zones: a case study of Cyclone Mocha in Myanmar
Disasters, Volume 50, Issue 1, January 2026.Abstract Populations in conflict‐affected contexts face overlapping drivers of disaster risk. This article explores the intersection of disasters and armed conflict through an analysis of the role of non‐state armed groups, focusing on the Arakan Army (AA)'s response to Cyclone Mocha in Myanmar's Rakhine State in 2023.
Kyungmee Kim
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International Journal of Energy Research, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.Basketball is one of the most widely participated team sports and has important value for physical fitness, social interaction, and psychological well‐being. However, long‐term real‐time monitoring in basketball is constrained by the energy cost of continuous sensing, wireless transmission, multisensor fusion, and ondevice or edge‐based intelligent ...
Dongfang Chen, Hao Zhang, Cheng Du
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