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Take Action: 2008 and Beyond [PDF]

, 2007
The Organizing Committee for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games issued the "Beijing Olympic Action Plan," which laid out guiding principles and a series of promises as part of Beijing's preparations to be host city.In 2003,Human Rights in China (HRIC ...
Carol Wang, Charlie McAteer, Elisabeth Wickeri   +2 more
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From Rating System to Thought Leadership: The Evolution of the Canada Green Building Council

Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Green Building Social Movement Organizations encourage the adoption of green buildings, primarily by promoting sustainability rating tools. While numerous papers have explored the market impact of these sustainability rating tools, very few have examined either the lengthy and protracted process of their selection and enrollment by ...
J. J. McArthur, Stephen Dunne, Sarah Birrell Ivory   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Olympic absurdities [PDF]

British Journal of General Practice, 2012
openaire   +2 more sources

Mapping networks of influence: tracking Twitter conversations through time and space [PDF]

, 2015
The increasing use of social media around global news events, such as the London Olympics in 2012, raises questions for international broadcasters about how to engage with users via social media in order to best achieve their individual missions. Twitter
Fisher, Ali, Lvov, Ilia, Willis, Alistair   +2 more
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Informing the Design of Inclusive Post‐Secondary Education: A Qualitative Exploration of the Perspectives of Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities

British Journal of Learning Disabilities, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To explore the perspectives of individuals with intellectual disabilities on post‐secondary education. Background Education is a fundamental human right that encourages personal growth, inclusion, and access to meaningful opportunities.
Thérèse Hennessy, Jennifer McMahon, Owen Doody   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Olympic talent [PDF]

Nature, 2007
openaire   +2 more sources

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

, 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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Physical Activity, Sleep and Sedentary Behaviour of Adults With Intellectual Disabilities, Family Caregivers and Service Providers During COVID‐19 Pandemic Recovery

British Journal of Learning Disabilities, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Guidelines outline recommended amounts of physical activity (PA), sleep and sedentary time for optimal health. Research suggests that adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) often do not meet recommendations and that engagement in healthy behaviours is impacted by those around them. The COVID‐19 pandemic amplified these concerns.
Laura C. Koch, Yona Lunsky, Kathleen Tremells, Tiziana Volpe, Anupam Thakur, Johanna Lake, Laura St. John   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Medals and likes: A methodology for big data image dataset analysis of Olympic athletic beauty on Instagram

Studies in Communication Sciences
This article seeks to understand how the Cultural Analytics’ methodological approach and computational tools help interpret large image datasets. A set of 87 730 images of 389 Olympic athletes was collected from Instagram and analyzed, featuring a ...
Carlos Roberto Gaspar Teixeira, Roberto Tietzmann   +1 more
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Democratising Multi‐Projector Displays

Computer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.
Spatially augmented reality (SAR) transforms large, surround, collaborative experiences out of VR/AR headsets to the real world by merging content from projectors with the physical environment. This detailed state‐of‐the‐art survey reports on the advancements in multi‐projector aggregation and hardware technologies used to achieve SAR and build ...
Aditi Majumder, Muhammad Twaha Ibrahim
wiley   +1 more source