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Acta Periodica Duellatorum, 2020 Fight books can be defined as texts specialising in the theories of martial arts and the instruction of techniques (for future generations) based on actual experience of real fighting and training.
Bok Kyu Choi
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De Stupro: First Insights on Rape and Its Prosecution in Maltese Courts (1701–10)
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.Abstract This article constitutes a first in‐depth investigation of rape and the prosecution of this crime in early eighteenth‐century Malta. The research, which is based on sixteen rape accusations claimed at the secular courts in Malta between 1701 and 1710, has analysed cases categorized as ‘simple rape’, ‘violent rape’ and rape committed under the ...
Vanessa Buhagiar
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Martial arts as a mental health intervention for children? Evidence from the ECLS-K
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 2009 Background Martial arts studios for children market their services as providing mental health outcomes such as self-esteem, self-confidence, concentration, and self-discipline.
Strayhorn Joseph M, Strayhorn Jillian C
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Making Mining Licit: Gold, Commodification, and the Everyday Performance of Law in Colombia
American Anthropologist, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Ethnographies of resource‐making have shown that the extraction of resource value from objects is premised on obviating the emplaced lifeworlds that surrounded objects before they traveled to consumer markets. Much of this literature looks at such supply‐chain disentanglement from the viewpoint of corporate and formal regulatory practices ...
Jesse Jonkman
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Bilateral Supracondylar Process in a Subadult in the Late Antique Age: A Case Report
Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT During the excavation procedures for the railway trait Napoli‐Cancello, in the city of Afragola (Naples), several burials dating back to the Late Antique Age were found. One of them was an amphora burial (enchytrismòs) and contained the skeletal remains of a subadult individual affected by bilateral supracondylar process. Supracondylar process
Barbara Albanese +3 more
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British Journal of Educational Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Background Research based on embodied cognition has demonstrated that physical posture, particularly an upright seated posture, can influence emotions and cognition. However, although students spend most of the day sitting in classrooms, intervention research on upright seated postures suitable for learning environments is limited.
Yusuke Murakami +2 more
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The Organization and Regulation of Full Contact Martial Arts: A Case Study of Flanders
Societies, 2014 To date, martial arts involvement is often described in controversial terms. While some studies report increased anti-social behavior as a result of martial arts involvement, other findings refer to a more positive social and personal development.
Jikkemien Vertonghen +4 more
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‘Do You Realise People Are Dying There?!’: Ukrainian Adolescents Reflecting on Death During Wartime
Children &Society, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article explores how Ukrainian refugee adolescents in Romania think and speak about death and loss amid war and displacement. While contemporary Western societies display an unprecedented visibility of death, they continue to exclude children from genuine conversations about mortality, maintaining a protective silence.
Adriana Teodorescu, Alina Bărbuță
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The Globalization of Martial Arts: The Change of Rules for New Markets
Revista 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
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Frontiers in NeurologyBackgroundThis study aims to evaluate the effects of remote Baduanjin Qigong intervention on the quality of life and physical function in patients with mild to moderate Parkinson’s disease (PD) through a randomized controlled trial (RCT) and to compare ...
Jizhe Yu +6 more
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