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Evolution of the Olympic Movement: Adapting to Contemporary Global Challenges

Social Sciences
This paper explores the diverse impact of the Olympic Movement on society, emphasizing core values like ‘excellence’, ‘friendship’, and ‘respect’. Traditionally, the Olympic Movement actively promotes global sport through initiatives such as Olympic ...
Yannis Theodorakis, Konstantinos Georgiadis, Mary Hassandra   +2 more
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Building Successful Team Interaction in Online Team Coaching Process: A Case Study

Knowledge and Process Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the post‐COVID‐19 era, work has expanded to multiple locations with teams operating increasingly online, where successful team interaction between colleagues is a more challenging task. Thus, this study explores factors in online team coaching that build successful team interaction.
Eija‐Liisa Heikka, Eeva‐Liisa Oikarinen   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Regeneration Games: Commodities, Gifts and the Economics of London 2012 [PDF]

, 2008
This paper considers contradictions between two concurrent and tacit conceptions of the Olympic ‘legacy’, setting out one conception that understands the games and their legacies as gifts alongside and as counterpoint to the prevailing discourse, which ...
Amin A., Auge Mark, Barney R., Boddy M., Booth D., Bowyer M., Burbank M., Chappelet J.-L., Donovan P., Evans G., Frow J., Frow J., Furrer P., Gavin Poynter, Gold John, Gregory Chris, Hamnett C., Hopsicker Peter, Hyde L., Iain Macrury, Komter A., Lee M., London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG), Malinowski B., Mauss M., Mayor of London, National Audit Office, National Audit Office, Newham Council, Offer A., Parkinson M., Philostratus, Polanyi K., Polanyi Karl, Poynter G., Poynter G., Putnam Robert, Roche M., Sahlins M., Sennett R., Young Kevin   +40 more
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The Rise of Human–Computer Integration in Marketing: A Theory Synthesis

Psychology &Marketing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Human–computer integration (HCInt) technologies, which merge human bodily, cognitive, and sensory functions with computational processes, are reshaping the foundations of consumer experience. Unlike traditional human–computer interaction, HCInt entails adaptive and reciprocal coupling through AI‐driven augmentation, wearables, muscle–computer ...
Carlos Velasco, Kosuke Motoki, Olivia Petit, Aram Nikolai Andersen, Marzieh Alaei, Anders Gustafsson   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

OLYMPIC VALUES: The Real Gridiron Gang [PDF]

, 2011
There is perhaps no greater embodiment of the mythical quality of sport to uplift, inspire and lead than that of the sports film genre. The Olympic spirit is just one version of the same story; that sport can make better men and women of all of ...
Elesa Argent
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Representations of sport in the revolutionary socialist press in Britain, 1988–2012 [PDF]

, 2013
This paper considers how sport presents a dualism to those on the far left of the political spectrum. A long-standing, passionate debate has existed on the contradictory role played by sport, polarised between those who reject it as a bourgeois ...
Abid F, Allison L, Bambery C, Bambery C, Basketter S, Beamish R, Birchall I, Bishop R, Blain N, Blair G, Boykoff J, Brohm J-M, Cardwell J, Carrington B, Chomsky N, Cliff T, Cliff T, Cliff T, Cliff T, Collins T, Collins T, David M, Drake B, Drake B, Evans T, Fairclough N, Fanning J, Foot J, Foot P, Frolich P, Gechtman R, Giulianotti R, Grant N, Grimshaw A, Gruneau R, Gumbrecht HU, Hardt M, Hargreaves J, Hawkley I, Hoch P, Hogsbjerg C, Hunt T, James CLR, Jhally S, Jonathan Dart, Jones J, Jones S, Keenan J, Knobloch B, Kruger A, Kuhn G, Lavalette M, Lockhart RB, Margulies R, Marqusee M, Marqusee M, McCann E, McDonald I, McRae D, Molyneux J, Morgan WJ, Nitsch F, Nork T, Olende K, Pearlman M, Renton D, Richardson B, Richardson B, Rigauer B, Riordan J, Riordan J, Rowe D, Ryan J, Scott A, Sewell D, Sibler I, Silverman D, Simon R, Slorach R, Socialist Worker, Socialist Worker, Socialist Worker, Socialist Worker, Stack P, Stack P, Stack P, Stack P, Stack P, Stack P, Stemple G, Tomlinson A, Trotsky L, Trotsky L, Trotsky L, Walker T, Wanta W, Wenner L, Whannel G, Wheen F, Zirin D, Zirin D, Zirin D, Zirin D, Zirin D   +103 more
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High Relative Accuracy Computations With Covariance Matrices of Order Statistics

Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In many statistical applications, numerical computations with covariance matrices need to be performed. The error made when performing such numerical computations increases with the condition number of the covariance matrix, which is related to the number of variables and the strength of the correlation between the variables. In a recent work,
Juan Baz, Pedro Alonso, Juan Manuel Peña, Raúl Pérez‐Fernández   +3 more
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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Reflections on Comparative Teaching in Public Administration

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article integrates our scholarly experience of teaching comparative public administration. In doing so, we offer a unique perspective as the co‐authors carry several diverse attributes, among them their countries of origin, current country in which they are teaching, and their academic experience.
Kim Moloney, Kohei Suzuki, Mehmet Demircioglu, Cristina Stanica, Srinivas Yerramsetti, Aroon P. Manoharan, James L. Perry   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association of arthritis and total joint arthroplasty with self‐reported function in former professional American‐style football players

PM&R, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Participation in American‐style football (ASF) results in trauma‐related concerns including joint injuries. Limited work has described arthritis and knee and hip total joint arthroplasty (TJA) in this population. The association of these conditions to pain interference and physical and mental function has not been well described ...
Michelle M. Bruneau, Rachel Grashow, Michael Leung, Alicia J. Whittington, Herman A. Taylor, Marc G. Weisskopf, Frank E. Speizer, Ross Zafonte, Adam S. Tenforde   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source