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A preliminary study of the thermal strain experienced by dive support boat personnel

open access: yesInternational Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2023
Anecdotal evidence indicated some British military dive support boat personnel suffer from uncomfortably cold hands and feet, which could impair their performance and be associated with reductions in core body temperature.
Samantha Saunders   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding Anti-performance: The performative division of experience and the standpoint of the non-performer [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Performance theorists have long been drawn to the potential of performance to subvert established institutions. The results of performance are never fully determined in advance; performances subject established images to reinterpretation; they take place
Joseph Grim Feinberg   +1 more
core   +1 more source

SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE SUN: Interrogations of performance of flicker [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Flicker is a coordinated beat which can be superimposed on the brain’s alpha rhythm, through a flickering light source, and is associated with hallucinatory or visionary states of mind.
Blum, Sonja
core   +1 more source

Low-stress and high-stress singing have contrasting effects on glucocorticoid response

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2015
Performing music in public is widely recognised as a potentially stress-inducing activity. However, despite the interest in music performance as an acute psychosocial stressor, there has been relatively little research on the effects of public ...
Daisy eFancourt   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Science Performance of JWST as Characterized in Commissioning [PDF]

open access: yesPublications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2023
Abstract This paper characterizes the actual science performance of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), as determined from the six month commissioning period. We summarize the performance of the spacecraft, telescope, science instruments, and ground system, with an emphasis on differences from pre-launch expectations.
Jane Rigby   +299 more
openaire   +11 more sources

Kinetic and Kinematic Characteristics of Setting Motions in Female Volleyball Players

open access: yesBiomechanics, 2022
While being an integral part of both the offensive and defensive segments of the game, the biomechanical parameters of setting motions remain understudied in the scientific literature.
Damjana V. Cabarkapa   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Vertical Jump Neuromuscular Performance Characteristics Determining On-Court Contribution in Male and Female NCAA Division 1 Basketball Players

open access: yesSports, 2023
While various quantifiable physical attributes have been found to contribute to athletes’ performance, there is a lack of scientific literature focused on examining how they relate to success during competition performance.
Nicolas M. Philipp   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Control of blood pressure in the cold: differentiation of skin and skeletal muscle vascular resistance

open access: yesExperimental Physiology, 2023
The primary aim of this investigation was to determine the individual contribution of the cutaneous and skeletal muscle circulations to the cold‐induced pressor response.
Hendrik Mugele   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Expressive coupling and textural dissociation in classical piano performance: evidence from the ASAP dataset

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology
Performance science needs empirical methods that can connect musical interpretation with measurable behavior while preserving the musical meaning of skilled performance.
Mengjiao Yan
doaj   +1 more source

The effects of soluble corn fibre and isomaltooligosacharides on blood glucose, insulin, digestion and fermentation in healthy young males and females

open access: yesJournal of Metabolic Health, 2018
Dietary fibre refers to nutrients in the diet that gastrointestinal enzymes do not digest. If properly labelled, dietary fibres should not significantly elevate blood glucose or insulin and should ferment in the large intestine.
Ryan P. Lowery   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

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