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UCanWBGT: urban street canyon heat stress calculation for weather and climate models
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, EarlyView.This work introduces UCanWBGT, a new model to calculate wet‐bulb globe temperature in an urban environment, suitable for use with weather and climate model data. We present the model, then verify its performance against observations made in the streets of Paris during heatwave conditions.
Jonathan K. P. Shonk +4 more
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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 +5 more
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Maia Agerup Brings Olympic Experience to RWU Sailing [PDF]
, 2016 On the heels of fierce competition in the Rio Olympics, the freshman starts her RWU Sailing season this ...
William, Nicholas
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Sports Performance and Shaping International Image of a China: Towards Beijing 2008 Olympic Games [PDF]
, 2017 China is a country that has been using sport in order to reach political goals for many years. Lately such political exploitation of sport is directed at shaping the desirable international image of this country.
Kobierecki, Michał Marcin
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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
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Effects of Cold War Politics Reflected on Sports
Sportif Bakış Spor ve Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi, 2022 The concept of sports and politics is an event that has occupied the world's economic and political agenda for many years. The social power of sports spreading to large masses has always attracted the attention of political elements.
Seçkin DOĞANER, Velittin BALCI
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Looking back and ahead: lessons from the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games [PDF]
, 2012 Hyun Bang Shin looks back at the Beijing Olympics to derive some indication of the what the legacy of the London Games might be. He warns that diversion of national resources may pose additional development opportunities for host cities, but constraints ...
Shin, Hyun Bang
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Perinatal Post‐Anoxic Spinal Cord Injury: A Barrier to Pallidal Neuromodulation? About 2 Cases
Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Marylou Grasso +4 more
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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 +2 more
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The social responsibility of the Olympic Games: Olympic women. [PDF]
, 2017 This paper will review the history of women’s involvement in the Olympic Games, how gender is socially (re)constructed through these events, current issues facing women who compete at the Olympic/Paralympic level, and what social responsibility the ...
Pike, Elizabeth
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