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Pontryagin's maximum principle and optimization of the flight phase in ski jumping [Pontrjaginův princip maxima a optimalizace stylu letu ve skoku na lyžích]

Acta Universitatis Palackianae Olomucensis. Gymnica, 2009
BACKGROUND: There are several factors (the initial ski jumper's body position and its changes at the transition to the flight phase, the magnitude and the direction of the velocity vector of the jumper's center of mass, the magnitude of the aerodynamic ...
Radim Uhlář, Miroslav Janura
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Assessment of a Baited Remote Underwater Video Method to Evaluate American Lobster (Homarus americanus) Response to Baits in Nature

Fisheries Management and Ecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The American Lobster (Homarus americanus) is the target of an extensive fishery in the Northwest Atlantic, yet there is no systematic method for evaluating relative performance of baits for the fishery. We used Baited Remote Underwater Video (BRUV) to assess lobster attraction to commercial baits versus natural prey.
L. Grace Walls, Rachel Webber, Laura Brady, Michelle Hodgson, Iain J. McGaw, Russell C. Wyeth   +5 more
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Stacja Narciarska „Wierchomla” – lokalny ośrodek aktywizacji gospodarczej,

Przedsiębiorczość - Edukacja, 2007
The article examines the influence of the Ski Station “Wierchomla” on the local developmentby creating new vacancies and cooperation with local enterprises. The time frame covers theyears between 1998 and 2006.
Sławomir Dorocki
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Japan: Internal migration and population decline

The Geographical Journal, EarlyView.
Short Abstract Examining the interdependencies between internal migration and national population decline in Japan, this paper begins by analysing the impacts of internal migration on national fertility decline, for example, through the early post‐World War II flows from high‐fertility countrysides to low‐fertility cities. It then focuses on the way in
Tony Fielding
wiley   +1 more source

“I Have to Work So Hard to Make Sure I'm Likeable While Getting the Job Done”: Examining the Politically Astute Negotiation of a Gendered Career by High‐Profile Female Sport Broadcasters

Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite a rise in established, high‐profile female sport broadcasters, enduring and significant challenges remain for women pursuing sport broadcasting careers. Climbing the career ladder to high‐status positions requires more than just confidence and technical expertise; it necessitates strategic social skills that help female broadcasters ...
Abigail Smith, Paul Potrac, Mark McCutcheon, Zoë Avner, Laura Hill, Liviu Cristea, Edward T. Hall   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Common milkweed gardens increase occupancy by monarch butterflies and other specialist herbivores towards an urban centre

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
We surveyed 119 stands of common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) across an urbanisation gradient to investigate how restored garden habitat might ameliorate the negative effects of urbanisation on specialist herbivores. Surprisingly, we found most herbivores (including the monarch butterfly) had greater occupancy on common milkweed towards an urban centre.
Graydon J. Gillies, Rishona Vemulapalli, Christopher G. Eckert   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Circular economy business strategies and public schemes: a game theory‐based survey

International Transactions in Operational Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper develops a selected survey based on game theory in circular economy (CE) by complementing two perspectives: the CE business strategies and the public schemes (PS) available to implement CE systems. These perspectives are concentrated in six CE business strategies (circular inputs, sharing platforms, product‐as‐a‐service (PaaS ...
Vinay Ramani, Pietro De Giovanni
wiley   +1 more source

Who Cares: Why the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict Matters (More) to Some EU Member States

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract What drives the salience of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict amongst EU member states? This article employs domestic foreign policy theories to explain the factors underlying variation in salience, estimated analysing all country statements made at the United Nations General Assembly between 1993 and 2017.
Valerio Vignoli, Michal Onderco, Irena Kalhousová   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence and risk factors for metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease in Sweden: Insights from the SCAPIS cohort

Journal of Internal Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and Aims Metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is the most common chronic liver disease globally, but its prevalence and severity remain poorly characterized in the general population. Our aim was to estimate the prevalence of MASLD and the risk of advanced fibrosis in a large Swedish general population ...
Oumarou Nabi, Jonas Spaak, Göran Bergström, Gunnar Engström, Carl Johan Östgren, Andrei Malinovschi, Joel Kullberg, Anders Blomberg, Tomas Jernberg, Daniel P. Andersson, Hannes Hagström   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Unbecoming’ a Professional: The Role of Memory during Field Transitions in Japan and the USA

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Existing scholarship documents how, in becoming a professional, such as a partner in a professional services firm (PSF), one's habitus comes into alignment with field expectations. Less understood, however, is what happens to habitus and, relatedly, to professionals' accumulated cultural, social, and economic capitals, as individuals ‘unbecome’
Ricardo Azambuja, Lisa Baudot, Saori Matsubara, Takahiro Endo, Dana Wallace   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source