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London Calling: Devolution and the London Living Wage Campaign
Industrial Relations Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines the role of devolution in shaping employment relations through a case study of the Living Wage in London. Drawing on a mixed methods approach it explores the rationale and methods by which the Greater London Authority has promoted fair pay despite possessing limited direct legislative power.
Deborah Hann, David Nash
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Influence of Chronotype on Cycling Performance in Simulated 20‐km Time Trials—A Pilot Study
Journal of Sleep Research, EarlyView.Evening‐type athletes show improved cycling performance later in the day, whilst morning types peak earlier. These differences appear linked to variations in mental readiness and sleepiness, highlighting the importance of considering chronotype in performance planning.
Sabrina Forster +6 more
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ORIGIN OF THE OLYMPIC IDEA IN THE KINGDOM OF SERBIA AND ITS REALIZATION AT THE END OF 19th AND BEGINNING OF THE 20th CENTURY [PDF]
Sport Mont, 2008 Although the idea of revival of the Ancient Olympic Games had appeared in the works of the humanists starting from the 15th century, from Dover’s Olympic games - Cotswold games (1604); Leopold Frederic’s festivals similar to the Ancient Olympic Games ...
Slađana Mijatović, Violeta Šiljak
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Kyklos, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We study the effect of royal status—a historically rooted legal privilege enjoyed by hereditary monarchs and their families—on human longevity, a proxy of individuals' health capital. We disentangle the effect of royal status that encompassed serving as heads of state from that of other royal family members and compare it to their contemporary
Alberto Batinti +2 more
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Medical Education, EarlyView.Abstract Phenomenon Sexual and/or gender minority‐identifying (SGM) medical students report lower levels of belonging and heightened discrimination in medical schools, especially among those who hold intersecting identities that are underrepresented in medicine (URM). Role modelling has been identified as a tool to combat this phenomenon.
Antony P. Zacharias +2 more
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, 2014 Nadine (Ingersoll) Kincaid \u2776 shares stories of her experience serving as a volunteer at four Olympic ...
Kincaid, Nadine Ingersoll, \u2776
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Multiculturalism, Nationalism and Depolarisation
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT It has been suggested that multiculturalism has contributed to majority anxieties and thereby to the current polarisation. This article focuses on how to tackle and lessen this polarisation, which is fostering mutual distrust and threatening the national, democratic citizenships upon which any multiculturalist, egalitarian and unifying project
Tariq Modood
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Hong Kong\u27s dual identities and sporting mega-event policy
, 2013 Since Hong Kong\u27s reversion to China in 1997, the Special Administrative Region\u27s government and its people have grappled with the problem of trying to pursue dual objectives at the same time. Firstly, to adjust to being a \u27new\u27 part of China
BRIDGES, Brian
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Olympic Landscapes: A Global Event on a Local Landscape [PDF]
, 2012 Recently, cities around the globe have become involved in a competition for obtaining the title of the most “powerful” city in the world. Hosting mega-events, like the Olympics allow for these cities to restructure the entire floor plan of their ...
Silva, Krista
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