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Media Narratives on the relation between body and olympic games in the 1890s and 1900s

Revista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença, 2016
The olympic games featured themselves to the inhabitant of Rio de Janeiro of the 1890s and 1900s as something beyond sport. Circus, theater and cinema were cultural spaces where those events could be enjoyed, as the newspapers of the time announced. The
Fausto Amaro (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, UERJ – Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil)
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The role of Alexey Butovsky in the development of physical education, sport and Olympic Movement. [PDF]

Pedagogìka, Psihologìâ ta Mediko-bìologìčnì Problemi Fìzičnogo Vihovannâ ì Sportu, 2012
Presents is an analysis of role of activity of A.D. Butovsky, his labours and ideas in development in Russia of physical education, sport and Olympic Movement at the end of XIX - at the beginning of XX centuries. The contribution of A.D.
Bubka S.N.
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Healthy lifestyle interventions in general practice: Part 15: Lifestyle and lower back pain

South African Family Practice, 2011
Lower back pain (LBP) is one of the most common medical problems in the adult population. LBP can be defined as pain, muscle tension or stiffness that is localised below the costal margin (inferior rib cage) and above the inferior gluteal folds and that ...
M.P. Schwellnus, D.N. Patel, C. Nossel, S. Whitesman, E.W. Derman   +4 more
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FINANCIALIZED GREEN STATE ENTREPRENEURIALISM AND THE URBANIZATION OF MOUNTAINS: Chongli’s Consumption‐based Territorial Business Model for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article develops the concept of a territorial business model (TBM) to renew the analysis of the production of the urban built environment beyond established urban cores. Based on the case of Chongli, a site for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, this article provides a double decentering of the ways in which a mountain region was urbanized
Thierry Theurillat, Mengke Zhang
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Madrid 2012 project evaluation under a market perspective: An exploration of possibilities and opportunities for improvement

Management Letters/Cuadernos de Gestión, 2004
Madrid has never been so close to the organization of the Olympic Games since April 24, 1966 when Madrid lose against Munich to organize the Olympic Games of 1972.
RICARDO GIMENO NOGUÉS, RUTH MATEOS DE CABO   +1 more
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AN URBAN MARKETPLACE UNDER PRESSURE: The Steady Gentrification Process of Porta Palazzo (Turin) Through the Eyes of Market Sellers and Policy Makers

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Marketplaces, crucial sites for low‐income populations as sources of affordable goods and social interaction, are at a critical juncture. They are experiencing decline due to the rise of shopping centres and neglect by public authorities, while at the same time being rediscovered as tourist attractions, sources of profit and tools for urban ...
Francesca Ru
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International Olympic Committee consensus statement on pain management in elite athletes

British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2017
Pain is a common problem among elite athletes and is frequently associated with sport injury. Both pain and injury interfere with the performance of elite athletes. There are currently no evidence-based or consensus-based guidelines for the management of
B. Hainline, W. Derman, A. Vernec, R. Budgett, M. Deie, J. Dvořák, Christopher A. Harle, S. Herring, M. McNamee, W. Meeuwisse, G. Lorimer Moseley, B. Omololu, J. Orchard, A. Pipe, B. Pluim, J. Ræder, C. Siebert, Mike Stewart, Mark Stuart, J. Turner, M. Ware, D. Zideman, L. Engebretsen   +22 more
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The Coloniality of Data: Police Databases and the Rationalization of Surveillance from Colonial Vietnam to the Modern Carceral State

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tracing the early adoption of computer gang databases by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and the Los Angeles Police Department in the 1980s to the deployment of computationally‐assisted surveillance during the Vietnam War, this paper uses a genealogical approach to compare surveillance technologies developed across the arc of ...
Christina Hughes
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Gender, Families, and Wealth Accumulation Among the One‐Child Generation

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Prior literature on gender and wealth accumulation largely examines the role of families in reproducing inequalities. However, less attention has been paid to families without sons, a significant demographic, particularly within China's one‐child generation, that challenges conventional understandings of familial wealth dynamics.
Ye Liu
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Towards the Amplification of Children’s Rights within Olympic Discourses

Eracle
The intersection of Mega-Sport Events (MSEs) and human rights has given rise to considerable academic commentary over the last number of years. However, within this literature, the treatment of, and engagement with, children’s rights law, has been ...
Seamus Byrne
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