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The Globalization of Martial Arts: The Change of Rules for New Markets

open access: yesRevista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas, 2012
The rapid growth of the martial arts industry warrants a deeper understanding of the globalization process of martial arts. There is very little known about martial arts as a global consumer product and its diffusion process to date. In this article, the
Yong Jae Ko, Jin Bang Yang
doaj  

An empirical study on smart city construction to enhance residents’ participation in physical activity

open access: yesScientific Reports
Smart city construction, as a new model of urban development, has become a crucial means to encourage residents’ participation in physical exercise. However, there is still a lack of systematic exploration regarding the mechanisms by which smart city ...
Feng-Wei Dong   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Biomechanical Analysis of 3D Printed and Thermoformed EVA Custom‐Made Mouthguard: Experimental and Finite Element Analyses

open access: yesDental Traumatology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objective 3D printed materials have been evaluated for fabricating mouthguards; however, little is known about their biomechanical performance in preventing dental trauma. This study aimed to compare two 3D printed polymers and three ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) sheets used for mouthguard fabrication regarding their mechanical ...
Airin Karelys Avendaño Rondon   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sports CEOs and Corporate Innovation

open access: yesEuropean Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a hand‐collected data set, we find that firms led by CEOs who were student‐athletes in college exhibit significantly superior innovation outcomes, as measured by patent numbers, citation counts, and the economic value of patents. Evidence from CEO turnover analysis supports a CEO imprinting interpretation.
Jaideep Chowdhury   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

ANALISIS BIOMEKANIKA TENDANGAN SABIT ANTARA SKILL DAN UNSKILL DALAM OLAHRAGA PENCAK SILAT [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Kita ketahui bahwa menendang adalah suatu pembelajaran motorik dasar manusia. Sejak kecil manusia sudah memperlajari motorik dasar seperti berjalan, berlari, menendang, memukul, dan lain-lain.
Akbar, Maliki
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Once an “Ideal Worker,” Always an “Ideal Worker”: The Impervious Status of Police Who Become Fathers

open access: yesGender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research chronicles the ways in which women police who are mothers are seen as being unfit for police work and promotional opportunities, as they navigate the male‐centric workplace and carry the bulk of domestic labor and childcare responsibilities at home.
Danielle E. Thompson, Debra Langan
wiley   +1 more source

THE NAITŌ HYPOSTASIS: NAITŌ KONAN (1866–1934) AND THE JAPANESE IMPERIALIST LEGACY IN THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF MIDDLE‐PERIOD CHINA (800–1400 CE)

open access: yesHistory and Theory, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 1955, Hisayuki Miyakawa published an article that sought to introduce American and European scholars to the work of the Japanese Sinologist Naitō Konan (1866–1934). Miyakawa drew particular attention to what he called the “Naitō hypothesis”—that is, Naitō’s argument that China became modern during the Song dynasty (960–1279).
CHRISTIAN DE PEE
wiley   +1 more source

What drives Europeans to Syria, and to IS? Insights from the Belgian case. Egmont Paper No. 75, March 2015 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
‘A bizarre phenomenon,’ Der Spiegel concluded, after trying to figure out why youngsters left Germany to become foreign fighters in Syria. The magazine painted a portrait of two thirty-somethings with similar background and the same hobby – martial arts.
Coolsaet, Rik
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Problematising ‘Vulnerability’ in Women's Prisons

open access: yesThe Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT ‘Vulnerability’ is a commonly used but little understood term in the field of social policy and beyond. The refocusing of our criminal justice system around notions of ‘vulnerability’ has had wide‐reaching consequences which often escape both academic and political attention.
Sarah Waite, Danica Darley
wiley   +1 more source

Geopolitics with European characteristics: An essay on pragmatic idealism, equality, and strategy. Egmont Paper 82, March 2016 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
‘A bizarre phenomenon,’ Der Spiegel concluded, after trying to figure out why young people left Germany to become foreign fighters in Syria. The magazine painted a portrait of two thirty-somethings with similar backgrounds and the same hobby – martial ...
Biscop, Sven.
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