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Motives for adult participation in physical activity: type of activity, age, and gender [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Background In recent years, there has been a decline in physical activity among adults. Motivation has been shown to be a crucial factor in maintaining physical activity.
Khoo, S, Molanorouzi, K, Morris, Tony
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The Limits of Regulatory Capture: Explaining the UK Payment Protection Insurance Mis‐Selling Scandal

open access: yesPublic Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT To what extent does regulatory agencies' failure to protect the public from harm result from undue industry influence? We argue that “regulatory capture” is invoked too easily to explain regulatory failure. To re‐examine the relationship between regulatory capture and regulatory failure, we use process‐tracing to study UK regulatory decision ...
Eva Heims
wiley   +1 more source

The effect of push frequency and stroke time on wheelchair maneuverability among wheelchair tennis athletes on hard tennis court

open access: yesScientific Reports
Wheelchair propulsion is a fundamental skill in wheelchair sports, particularly in wheelchair tennis. To achieve optimal mobility during wheelchair athletic performance, it is essential to consider propulsion techniques. This study examines the effect of
Ajitkumar Esak   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Influence of the tactical formation on serve and follow-through parameters in professional padel

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Human Movement
The aim were to analyse the effect of the tactical formation of the serving pair on serving and follow-through parameters in professional padel. 1089 points distributed in 217  men's matches (19 sets), corresponding to 8 matches of the World Padel Tour ...
Iván Martín-Miguel   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Throwing enhances humeral shaft cortical bone properties in pre-pubertal baseball players: a 12-month longitudinal pilot study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Objectives: To explore throwing athletes as a prospective, within-subject controlled model for studying the response of the skeleton to exercise. Methods: Male pre-pubertal throwing athletes (n=12; age=10.3±0.6 yrs) had distal humerus cortical ...
Warden, Stuart J.   +1 more
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When Business Breaks the Rules: The Value of a Criminology‐Informed “Organizational” Perspective for the Regulation of White‐Collar and Corporate Crimes

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article argues that if the aspiration is to enhance regulatory and governance responses to white‐collar and corporate crimes, consideration of the organization of these offending behaviors must be central to the scholarly, practice, and policy discussion.
Nicholas Lord, Michael Levi
wiley   +1 more source

PREVALENCE OF MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURIES IN TABLE TENNIS PLAYERS (IN SPANISH)

open access: yesRevista Ciencias Biomédicas, 2014
Introduction: table tennis is a complex sport, in which velocity, reflexes, instantaneous decision and the management of the effects and the technique are important.
Correa-Mesa Juan Felipe   +1 more
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Sensitivity to fine-grained and coarse visual information: The effect of blurring on anticipation skill [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Copyright @ 2009 Edizione l PozziWe examined skilled tennis players’ ability to perceive fine and coarse information by assessing their ability to predict serve direction under three levels of visual blur.
Abernethy, B, Jackson, RC, Wernhart, S
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The chatbot's real self: On the archaeology of artificial personas Le vrai soi du chatbot: vers une archéologie des personnes artificielles

open access: yesJournal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 1, May 2026.
Abstract From the beginning of widespread public interactions with ChatGPT and other large language models, some users have seen the disfluencies of chatbots as opportunities for them to go on an archaeological search for an unfettered chatbot persona that they need to jailbreak. These are not claims of sentience, but rather of personhood.
Courtney Handman
wiley   +1 more source

Spartan Daily, May 24, 1938 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1937
Volume 26, Issue 141https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/2778/thumbnail ...
San Jose State University, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
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