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Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity, 2021 As the title makes it clear, this article concerns the anthropological issue involving the figures of an Olympic athlete and a Himalayan climber. On a broader, philosophical level, I consider and explain the differences between Olympism and Himalaism, as
Andrzej Pawłucki
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The Olympic Village and the Olympic Urbanism: Perception and Expectations of Olympic Specialists
Bollettino della Società Geografica Italiana, 2023 The editions of the Olympic Games (OG) created a major urban transformation, which allowed for a new critical perspective on the new urban dimension of the Mega-Event, especially in the construction of the three main physical elements built: the athletics stadium, the swimming pool facilities and, above all, the “Olympic Village”.
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Politicising pandemics: Evidence from US media coverage of the World Health Organisation
Global Policy, Volume 14, Issue 2, Page 247-259, May 2023., 2023 Abstract During the COVID‐19 pandemic, the World Health Organisation (WHO) was politicised in the United States (US) by Donald Trump in an effort to deflect blame as the virus spread. In this paper, we empirically investigate media coverage of the WHO in the US to better understand how negative evaluations of international organisations (IOs) spread ...
Jeffrey King, Andrew Lugg
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Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, Volume 111, Issue 2, Page 158-169, February 2023., 2023 Abstract Lung cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers, and surgical resection is the optimal choice for the primary lung tumor. But for the secondary lung cancer, chemotherapy and combined radiotherapy still are the main strategies. To realize the combined treatment for non‐small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), in this work, a nanoplatform based
Jian Xu +3 more
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The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 2021 Participation in physical activity, Physical Education (PE) and sport has been recognised as a powerful learning tool for education, providing a universal language for contributing to valuable life principles. Values-based education implies that learners
Cherese F. Jones, Charl J. Roux
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Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 8, Issue 4, Page 1578-1593, July 2022., 2022 In the absence of evidence‐based findings for Saxonian chickens (SaChi) and German Langshan bantams (GLB), which are indigenous endangered German fancy chicken breeds, the objective of the present study was to characterize the rearing traits in an extensive free‐range system.
Markus Freick +6 more
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Chrześcijańska tożsamość olimpijskiego motta citius – altius – fortius [PDF]
Język. Religia. Tożsamość, 2023 In this article, the author will attempt to show the Christian identity of the citius-altius-fortius motto, which is the basic motto of Olympism. It was introduced during the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896 by its creator Pierre de Coubertin.
Jolanta E. Kowalska
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Journal of Sensors, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022 The Olympic Games is a comprehensive social and cultural activity with the most complicated system and the largest scale. With the development of the Olympic Games, the ecological problems brought by the Olympic Games have attracted increasing attention, and the sustainable development of the Olympic Games has been put on the agenda.
Bin Zhang, YuFeng Liu, Yuan Li
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Jurnal Pendidikan Jasmani dan Olahraga, 2020 The basic principle of Olympism aims to make sport as a harmonious human development tool to create a peaceful society and to respect human dignity. The purpose of this study was to investigate the Olympism values in the context of a positive development
Alen Rismayadi +3 more
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British Journal of General Practice, 2011 It was with surprise that I read Mike’s Fitzpatrick’s assertion that exercise is ‘deemed virtuous but has no proven value in relation to health’.1 Skimming through over 40 references in the Department of Health Lets Get Moving commissioning guidance2 made me feel that Mike needs to spell out the reasoning for his claim a little more robustly.
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