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

, 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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Embracing Complexity in HRM Research: A Call for System and Process Perspectives

Human Resource Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Human resource management (HRM) is inherently complex. It involves systems of principles, practices, and activities operating at individual, group, organizational, and macro levels, which are interlinked through complex processes. Yet, empirical research has not kept pace with this conceptual richness.
Rebecca Hewett, Madleen Meier‐Barthold
wiley   +1 more source

Title IX and the Global 1970s: Women's Sports Activism in International Perspective

Historia Social y de la Educación, 2013
Title IX, a piece of federal legislation passed in 1972, spurred dramatic growth in the opportunities for women and girls to participate in sports and athletics in the United States, especially in the 1970s.
Susan Ware
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The Microbial Olympics [PDF]

Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2012
Every four years, the Olympic Games plays host to competitors who have built on their natural talent by training for many years to become the best in their chosen discipline. Similar spirit and endeavour can be found throughout the microbial world, in which every day is a competition to survive and thrive.
Youle, M, Rohwer, F, Stacy, A, Whiteley, M, Steel, B, Delalez, N, Nord, A, Berry, R, Armitage, J, Kamoun, S, Hogenhout, S, Diggle, S, Gurney, J, Pollitt, E, Boetius, A, Cary, S   +15 more
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Olympic Landscapes: A Global Event on a Local Landscape [PDF]

, 2012
Recently, cities around the globe have become involved in a competition for obtaining the title of the most “powerful” city in the world. Hosting mega-events, like the Olympics allow for these cities to restructure the entire floor plan of their ...
Silva, Krista
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Structural design and property regulation of organic polymers for photocatalytic synthesis of H2O2

InfoScience, EarlyView.
Photocatalytic synthesis of H2O2 offers a sustainable approach. Photocatalytic efficiency depends critically on interfacial electron transfer kinetics and spatial charge separation. Herein, we systematically analyze key factors governing photogenerated carrier dynamics and propose engineered strategies to optimize performance, thereby providing design ...
Mingyang Xu, Rongchen Shen, Yingyin Mo, Guijie Liang, Shijie Li, Peng Zhang, Xiaobo Chen, Youji Li, Xin Li   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

MRI-Detected Knee Ligament Sprains and Associated Internal Derangement in Athletes Competing at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Summer Olympics

Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine, 2021
Andrew Kompel,1 Prashanth H Haran,1 Akira M Murakami,1 Lars Engebretsen,2– 4 Mohamed Jarraya,1,5 Frank Roemer,1,6,* Ali Guermazi1,7,* 1Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA; 2Medical and Scientific ...
Kompel A, Haran PH, Murakami AM, Engebretsen L, Jarraya M, Roemer F, Guermazi A   +6 more
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What is event led regeneration? Are we confusing terminology or will London 2012 be the first Games to truly benefit the local existing population? [PDF]

, 2010
The term regeneration means keeping the locality available for the same social classes and improving the infrastructure for their benefit, however examination of previous games including Barcelona 1992 and Sydney 2000 has shown evidence of renaissance ...
Sadd, Deborah
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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

Olympism through the Eyes of Coaches: Metaphorical Texture and Colors of Sport

Spor Bilimleri Araştırmaları Dergisi
In the third issue of the ninth volume of the Journal of Sport Sciences Research, the article "Makaracı, M., Ceylan Acar, G., amp; Bayrakdar, A. (2024). Olympism through the Eyes of Coaches: Metaphorical Texture and Colors of Sport.
Melek Makaracı, Gizem Ceylan, Akan Bayrakdar   +2 more
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