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Projected Temperature and Precipitation Expand Modeled Distributions of Reynoutria spp. While Modeled Distribution Changes for Ludwigia spp. Are Scenario‐Dependent at Watershed Scales in the Pacific Northwest, USA

River Research and Applications, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Invasive species can fundamentally alter their introduced habitats by changing natural processes and harming native species crucial to functional ecosystems and human needs. Although the number of potential invasive species is large, the suitability of novel locations to support population establishment is limited by both physical and ...
Emily E. Smoot, Rebecca L. Flitcroft, Samuel S. Chan, Braeden Van Deynze, Sean Ewen, Sunny L. Jardine   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Historical Relative Performance Index over Interconnectedness of Badminton Athletes [PDF]

, 2007
The paper proposes the Historical Relative Performance Index in order to quantitatively extract information in the scores hit in the sets of head-to-head game in badminton tournaments.
Khanafiah, Deni, Mauludy, Rolan, Situngkir, Hokky   +2 more
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Sustainability: The Forgotten Arena of eSports Research—A Systematic Literature Review From an ESG Perspective

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the growth of eSports, the sector faces critical challenges related to its sustainability. This research analyzes these issues from an environmental, social, and governance (ESG) perspective. This paper consists of a systematic literature review on eSports and its implications for sustainability.
M. Ertz, C. Ouerghemmi, Y. Laghrib, M. Kordi, J. Bousquet, A. Kazemipour   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Combining local- and large-scale models to predict the distributions of invasive plant species [PDF]

, 2010
Habitat-distribution models are increasingly used to predict the potential distributions of invasive species and to inform monitoring. However, these models assume that species are in equilibrium with the environment, which is clearly not true for most ...
Acker, Steven A., Halpern, Charles B., Jones, Chad C.   +2 more
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Driving and sustaining culture change in professional sport performance teams: A grounded theory [PDF]

, 2015
Objectives As part of the recent upsurge of work on management and organizational factors in elite sports teams, researchers have focused on the team management-led creation and regulation of high performing cultures.
Andrew Cruickshank, Arnold, Bryant, By, Collins, Corbin, Cruickshank, Cruickshank, Cruickshank, Cruickshank, Cruickshank, Cruickshank, Dave Collins, du Gay, Fletcher, Fletcher, Giacobbi, Gilmore, Holt, League Managers Association, Lee, Morgan, Pettigrew, Pettigrew, Railo, Sorge, Strauss, Suddaby, Sue Minten, Theodoridis, Van de Ven, Wagstaff, Wagstaff, Wetzel   +33 more
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Climate Action Delay Discourses in the Sports Sector: Insights From Interviews With Athletes and Staff

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is a major contradiction between the current model of international elite sport and efforts to mitigate climate change. This study investigates climate action delay discourses within the sports sector by analyzing 28 semi‐structured interviews with athletes and sports federation employees.
Pascal Stegmann, Manuel Suter
wiley   +1 more source

The influence of the program of Olympic education on the level of somatic health and physical training of secondary schools scholars. [PDF]

Pedagogìka, Psihologìâ ta Mediko-bìologìčnì Problemi Fìzičnogo Vihovannâ ì Sportu, 2012
Influence of the program of Olympic education on the level of Olympic knowledge, somatic health and motive preparedness of schoolboys of middle ages was studied. In research 70 students took part 7 classes.
Navtykov A.E., Mutiev A.V., Syshko D.V.
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Toward a Sustainability Standard for Cultural Organizations: Borrowing From Tourism

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cultural organizations are increasingly engaging with sustainability, yet they lack a sector‐specific standard to guide and institutionalize efforts as long‐term strategies. This study reviews research papers on sustainability standards in the tourism sector, a field with greater experience with such tools, and horizontally borrows insights ...
Małgorzata Ćwikła, Leticia Labaronne
wiley   +1 more source

Olympic rings of steel: Constructing security for 2012 and beyond [PDF]

, 2011
Academic and political commentators have commonly sought to understand the Olympics as a cultural dynamic, a "spectacle" that motivates certain actors to project their relative interests in localized spaces and as well on a global scale (Hiller
Coaffee, J, Fussey, P
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The Pier Luigi Nervi's concrete structure of Palazzetto dello Sport: Modeling and dynamic characterization

Structural Concrete, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper presents a numerical and experimental study aimed at the modeling and dynamic characterization of the reinforced concrete structure of the Palazzetto dello Sport in Rome, designed and by Pier Luigi Nervi with Annibale Vitellozzi, and built by Nervi & Bartoli contractors in 1956‐57.
Jacopo Ciambella, Gianluca Ranzi, Francesco Romeo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source