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State Integration and Violence at the Margins: The Logic of Police Raids in Rio de Janeiro's Favelas
The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates police raids in Rio de Janeiro's favelas through a property rights framework, exploring their organisational structure, motivations and implications. Using data from police reports, academic studies, NGOs and news sources, it examines why and how the state intervenes in these contested spaces.
Joseph Bouchard
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The use of coaching to enhance students' learning, self‐efficacy and performance in endodontics
International Endodontic Journal, EarlyView.Abstract The positive effects of coaching on enhancing performance and development within sport have been well recognized over the past 40 years. More recently, the beneficial effects of utilizing a coaching approach upon learning have been recognized in the commercial world and, increasingly, in education.
Kathryn Fox, Fadi Jarad, Annemarie Baaij
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Journal of Coaching and Sports ScienceBackground: A racket's performance in controlling trajectory and manipulating the speed of the ball is greatly influenced by its structural characteristics and materials.
Wachid Sugiharto +6 more
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, 2014 Over the last few months I have been exploring the Racket language for its potential as a language for computational science, and it's time to summarize my first impressions. Why Racket? There are essentially two reasons for learning a programing language: (1) getting acquainted with a new tool that promises to get some job done better than ...
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International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.Abstract In this contribution to a book symposium on Gregory of Nyssa’s On the Human Image, Morwenna Ludlow reflects on John Behr’s attention to the literary structure and argumentative flow of the book, its interplay with the similarly structured Timaeus of Plato and the difficulties of translating a work of such rhetorical and pastoral sophistication
Morwenna Ludlow
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A Study of Racket Weight Adaptation in Advanced and Beginner Badminton Players
Applied Bionics and BiomechanicsThe jump smash is the most aggressive manoeuvre in badminton. Racket parameters may be the key factor affecting the performance of jump smash. Previous studies have focused only on the biomechanical characteristics of athletes or on racket parameters in ...
Zhengye Pan +3 more
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A Conversation With David Bellhouse
International Statistical Review, EarlyView.Summary David Richard Bellhouse was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on 19 July 1948. He studied actuarial mathematics and statistics at the University of Manitoba (BA, 1970; MA, 1972) and completed his PhD at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, in 1975. After being an Assistant Professor for 1 year at his alma mater, he joined the University of Western ...
Christian Genest
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‘It's Like a Horror Movie That You Walk Through’: Experiencing Horror Through Immersive Recreation
The Journal of American Culture, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Horror stories have provided enjoyable forms of leisure for centuries. Over the past five decades, however, these experiences have evolved into increasingly immersive forms of popular culture. What once involved constructing the narrative world internally through reading has expanded into sensory engagement through visual and auditory media ...
Susan Weidmann
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The Influence of Racket Sports on Longevity and Comprehensive Health Benefits
Quality in SportIntroduction and aim: Physical activity is one of the key components of human life, essential for maintaining health. Racket sports, which emphasize endurance and coordination while engaging a larger number of participants, are increasing in ...
Adrianna Dylik +8 more
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The Philosophical QuarterlyAbstract Protection rackets are used by criminal organizations to secure power, wherein “protection” is offered to individuals for threats coming from the criminal organization itself. In this paper, I put forth the concept of a moral racket as a type of structural racket wherein social dominants exploit moral reputation to perpetuate ...
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