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OLYMPIC EDUCATION IN EXILE? [PDF]

open access: yesAnnals of the “Ştefan cel Mare” University: Physical Education and Sport Section - The Science and Art of Movement, 2019
Olympic education is not just a problem that concerns the Olympic family but a problem concerning education, sports, research, governments, and media with its huge role in creating a methodological environment that passes on information.
Juravle Mariana
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Branding the Games: Commercialism and the Olympic City [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This chapter examines the role of branding and sponsorship in the Olympic games - with particular reference to the urban. The chapter identifies tensions between Olympic values, branding activities and a projected legacy.
MacRury, Iain
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Too Complex to Choose? The Role of Heuristics in Shaping Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Income Stabilization Tool in Italy

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT European agriculture is increasingly exposed to economic instability driven by extreme weather events, market volatility, and geopolitical tensions. To manage these growing risks, farmers are encouraged to adopt innovative risk management strategies such as the Income Stabilization Tool (IST), which offers protection against severe income ...
Alice Stiletto   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Olympic education as an object of scientific analysis based on international scientometric databases Scopus and Web of Science

open access: yesСлобожанський науково-спортивний вісник
Background and Study Aim. Studying the history of the Olympic movement, one can be convinced that the ideals and values that underlie the Olympic Games of Ancient Greece are relevant today.
Daria Okun   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

THE ATTITUDE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS OF UKRAINE TO THE VALUES OF THE OLYMPIC SPORT

open access: yesФізичне виховання, спорт і культура здоров’я у сучасному суспільстві, 2017
Topicality.The modern Olympic Games are a school of education and upbringing, lifestyle and self-affirmation, a means of national identity and great politics, an arena of culture, everyday life and leisure. Task.
Oksana Vatzeba   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Blue Sky Olympics: Satellite Observations of Air Quality During the 2008 Beijing Olympics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
China has imposed short-term emission control regulations on industry and transportation to quickly improve air quality during certain events, including the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.
Butcher, Lincoln M.
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Interactive Prompt‐Guided Robotic Grasping for Arbitrary Objects Based on Promptable Segment Anything Model and Force‐Closure Analysis

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.
A laser pointer‐guided robotic grasping method for arbitrary objects based on promptable segment anything model and force‐closure analysis is presented. Grasp generation methods based on force‐closure analysis can calculate the optimal grasps for objects through their appearances. However, the limited visual perception ability makes robots difficult to
Yan Liu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Consuming the Olympics: the fan, the rights holder and the law [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The London Olympic Games and Paralympics Act 2006 (the Act) received its Royal Assent on 30 March 2006, well over six years before the Games themselves are due to begin.
James, MD, Osborn, G
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"We are GREAT Britain": British newspaper narratives during the London 2012 Olympic Games [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
British newspaper narratives were examined during the 2012 London Olympic Games to discern how the British press promoted specific “narratives of the nation.” For the London-based British press, the home Olympics became the ideal medium not only to sell ...
Billings, Andrew   +4 more
core   +1 more source

High‐elevation endemic plants predicted to lose habitat from changing climate in Washington State

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise High‐elevation plants face unique challenges from potential climate change impacts that will likely require upslope migration into increasingly smaller suitable habitat. This situation is particularly acute for endemic species that by definition occupy small geographic ranges.
Nicholas L. Gjording   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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