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Strengthening urban resilience in China through underground infrastructures management: Addressing global climate challenges with technological solutions

Deep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.
This paper explores how climate‐resilient technologies, such as smart grids, digital twins, and self‐healing materials, can enhance urban resilience. It highlights the urgent need for proactive planning, public‐private collaboration, and data‐driven innovation to future‐proof underground infrastructure amid accelerating climate and urban pressures ...
Kai Chen Goh, Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan, Christia Meidiana, Abdelkader Anouzla, Faissal Aziz, Imran Ali, Joan Cecilia C. Casila, M. Imran Khan, Dongdong Zhang, Meihui Jiang, Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan Othman, Md Munir Hayet Khan, Kasun Kumara Dissanayake   +12 more
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Health promotion programs related to the Athens 2004 Olympic and Para Olympic games

BMC Public Health, 2006
Background The Olympic Games constitute a first-class opportunity to promote athleticism and health messages. Little is known, however on the impact of Olympic Games on the development of health-promotion programs for the general population.
Hadjichristodoulou Christos, Soteriades Elpidoforos S, Kremastinou Jeni, Chelvatzoglou Fotini C, Minogiannis Panagiotis S, Falagas Matthew E   +5 more
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Sport governing bodies and the prioritization of human rights: a conceptual analysis of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) dispute with Russia

Sport, Ethics and Philosophy
This article addresses the moral and legal difficulties sport governing bodies encounter as human rights promoters. The case presented here is the 2023 decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to allow athletes from Russia and Belarus to ...
Hans Erik Næss
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Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty is associated with greater patient preference but higher revision rates than total knee arthroplasty in the same patient: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose Despite the high prevalence of isolated knee compartment disease, unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) is often avoided in patients with a contralateral total knee arthroplasty (TKA). The present study aimed to evaluate the impact of a contralateral TKA on functional outcomes, patient preference and long‐term survivorship following
Randa Elsheikh, Nina Burgert, Arthur Kievit, Peter A. J. de Leeuw, Michael T. Hirschmann, Jari Dahmen   +5 more
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Olympic education in all Greek schools: adoption and abandonment

Acta Universitatis Carolinae Kinanthropologica, 2016
Prior to the Olympic Games of 2004, Greece incorporated Olympic Education into the curriculum of its national educational system for one session per week in every grade from the ages of 6 to 18. The main forces behind this were: the International Olympic
Costas Mountakis
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Towards a Model of Olympic Social Capital: Theory and Early Evidence

Current Issues in Sport Science, 2020
Social capital in sports has become an increasingly studied topic. In particular, it has been argued that social capital is created by value-based cultural practices and social exchanges with respect to sport participation and sporting events.
Nathalie Prüschenk, Markus Kurscheidt
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Psychometric analysis of the International Olympic Committee's Sport Mental Health Assessment Triage Tool among non-elite amateur adult athletes

International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
Background The International Olympic Committee developed the Sport Mental Health Assessment Tool-1, encompassing the Athlete Psychological Strain Questionnaire (APSQ) – used for initial screening of mental ill-being symptoms and risk in elite athletes ...
S. Shannon, M. Shevlin, N. Brick, Paul Donnelly, P. Horgan, G. Breslin   +5 more
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Women's Career Pathways to Nonprofit Leadership Positions

Nonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines women's leadership career pathways in nonprofit sport organizations. Drawing on a narrative approach and reflexive thematic analysis of 22 semi‐structured interviews with Finnish women leaders, we identify four career types—Progressive Growth Career, Mission Enthusiast, Externally Catalyzed Career, and Chance‐Driven Growth ...
Marjukka Mikkonen, Päivikki Kuoppakangas   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modern Olympic sport: economic mechanism of self-development [PDF]

Pedagogìka, Psihologìâ ta Mediko-bìologìčnì Problemi Fìzičnogo Vihovannâ ì Sportu, 2011
The paper presents characteristics of the Olympic movement as a real self-sufficient socio-economic phenomenon, with its inherent internal mechanism of self-development.
Bubka S.N.
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Reflections on Comparative Teaching in Public Administration

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article integrates our scholarly experience of teaching comparative public administration. In doing so, we offer a unique perspective as the co‐authors carry several diverse attributes, among them their countries of origin, current country in which they are teaching, and their academic experience.
Kim Moloney, Kohei Suzuki, Mehmet Demircioglu, Cristina Stanica, Srinivas Yerramsetti, Aroon P. Manoharan, James L. Perry   +6 more
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