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Development and implementation of an injury and illness surveillance system for team USA

Injury Epidemiology
Background The purpose of this report is to provide insight and details regarding the development and implementation of an injury and illness surveillance (IIS) system for the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC).
Eric G. Post, Travis Anderson, Olivia Samson, Alexis D. Gidley, Ashley N. Triplett, Amber T. Donaldson, Jonathan T. Finnoff, William M. Adams   +7 more
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Sensemaking and CSR Character in Multinational Corporations: A Comparative Study of Headquarters and Subsidiary Practices in the UAE

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While corporate social responsibility (CSR) scholarship assumes that organizational consistency signals effectiveness, there remains a knowledge gap about how MNCs navigate competing institutional logics between headquarters and subsidiaries. This study investigates how managerial sensemaking mediates the effects of institutional pressures on ...
Charles Antony Diab, Wendy Stubbs
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Permeability of granite from a shallow buried mountain pipe gallery tunnel under unloading confining pressure

Deep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.
Triaxial compression tests under unloading confining pressure conditions were conducted to systematically analyze the permeability behavior of granite retrieved from the different classification surrounding rocks. Abstract The rock mass within mountain tunnels undergoes complex changes in permeability, strength, and deformation during tunneling ...
Xiaoyan Zhang, Yonghua Ye, Jianping Zuo, Baojiang Han, Weigang Jiao   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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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Injury and illness: an analysis of team USA athletes at the 2024 winter youth olympic games

Injury Epidemiology
Background Injury and illness surveillance is essential for understanding the relative risks of sports participation to develop effective strategies to optimize athlete health, wellness, and performance.
Ashley N. Triplett, Eric G. Post, Travis Anderson, Olivia Samson, Alexis D. Gidley, Francisco Silva, Lea Thomann, Amber T. Donaldson, Jonathan T. Finnoff, Eric L. Dugan, Jeffrey S. Shilt, William M. Adams   +11 more
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IOC OLYMPIC SOLIDARITY PROGRAMS AND TURKISH NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEES’S (TMOK) IMPLEMENTATIONS [PDF]

Pamukkale Spor Bilimleri Dergisi, 2012
Under the supreme authority of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Olympic Movement encompasses organisations, athletes and other persons who agree to be guided by the Olympic Charter. IOC is regarded as the most authorized organ.
Pınar Güzel, Selhan Özbey
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Fish Scales: A Multifunctional Biomaterial from Nature

ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
Fish scales demonstrate nature's solution to impact protection through overlapping multilayered architecture. This biological design combines mineralized surfaces with collagen networks to achieve both flexibility and fracture resistance. The structural principles inspire advanced protective materials and biomedical implants, where damage tolerance ...
Liyao Dong, Xiaojie Sun, Xiguang Chen
wiley   +1 more source

Gene doping: Olympic genes for Olympic dreams [PDF]

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 2011
As we approach the London 2012 Olympics, sport finds itself facing a highly specific threat to its ethos of fair play. Defined by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) as ‘the non-therapeutic use of genes, genetic elements and/or cells that have the capacity to enhance athletic performance’,1 gene doping presents a range of challenges to those involved ...
Lucy, Battery, Andrew, Solomon, David, Gould   +2 more
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Psychological Contracts With Purpose: A Review and Path Forward

Journal of Organizational Behavior, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This review advances the understanding of psychological contracts (PCs) that include third‐party beneficiaries and transcend self‐interested goals, which we term “PCs with purpose.” PC theory has challenged the assumption that social exchange relies solely on balanced rewards and inducements, highlighting that individuals may wish to ...
Marjo‐Riitta Diehl, Anna Kevätsalo, Jacqueline Coyle‐Shapiro   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characterising City Scale Heat Climatology for Australian Climate Zones

International Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.
The Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect in Australian cities peaks at night, intensifying under dry conditions, clear skies, increased solar radiation, and low wind speeds. Long‐term observations show that nighttime temperatures in major cities have warmed faster than their rural surroundings and future climate projections fail to capture this disparity ...
Vihan C. N. Weeraratne, Nikhil Garg, Raymond C. Z. Cohen, Valentijn R. N. Pauwels, Mahesh Prakash   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source