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The Risks and Benefits of Skiing on Pregnancy

Quality in Sport
Background: Participating in skiing during pregnancy raises clinical concerns about maternal and fetal safety due to the physiological demands of endurance activity, environmental exposure, and potential injury risk.
Ewa Szplit, Adam Wolski, Wiktoria Michnowska, Paweł Pustuła, Andrii Bilyk, Patryk Hebda, Maria Król, Mikołaj Patalong, Katarzyna Więckowska, Natalia Bruska   +9 more
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Effectiveness of simulators in developing the technique of beginner skiers [PDF]

Физическое воспитание и студенческий спорт
The research is devoted to the study of effectiveness of the use of “SkyTec Interactive” simulators for the formation of technical skills among beginner skiers during the first year of training.
Markina, Irina V.
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Dartmouth and the Debate Over Ski Jumping in NCAA Competition [PDF]

, 2009
This essay details the issues that were raised in discussions about the wisdom of eliminating ski jumping from the order of events in NCAA championship competition, a discussion that culminated in 1980 when the NCAA Skiing Rules Committee voted ...
Gildea, Dennis
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Winning Legitimacy and Dodging Blame: How Government Communication Shapes Media Sentiments and Responsibility Attribution in Consensus Democracies

European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How do governments' discursive credit‐claiming and blame‐deflection strategies shape perceived policy legitimacy in times of crisis? Despite the importance of legitimacy in conflictual times, systematic analyses of officeholders' credit‐claiming and blame‐deflection strategies and their effect on perceived legitimacy are still rare.
Céline Honegger
wiley   +1 more source

The influence of ski helmets on sound perception and sound localisation on the ski slope

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2015
Objectives: The aim of the study was to investigate whether a ski helmet interferes with the sound localization and the time of sound perception in the frontal plane.
Lana Ružić, Anton Tudor, Ivan Radman, Mario Kasović, Vjekoslav Cigrovski   +4 more
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Ultrafast in‐memory computing and highly efficient deep neural networks driven by phase‐change memory materials with partially amorphous state transitions

InfoScience, EarlyView.
This work addresses challenges including the nonlinear weight‐conductance update and the trade‐off between increasing melting uniformity and reducing solid‐to‐liquid transition time. It utilizes all four melting states to create an integrated framework for attaining in‐memory computing and deep neural network applications. The framework achieves a near‐
Kian‐Guan Lim, Shao‐Xiang Go, Qiang Wang, Dong‐Gwan Kim, Chan‐Hwi Baek, Qishen Wang, Tae Hoon Lee, Desmond K. Loke   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

SnowMotion: A Wearable Sensor-Based Mobile Platform for Alpine Skiing Technique Assistance

Sensors
Skiing technique and performance improvements are crucial for athletes and enthusiasts alike. This study presents SnowMotion, a digital human motion training assistance platform that addresses the key challenges of reliability, real-time analysis ...
Weidi Tang, Xiang Suo, Xi Wang, Bo Shan, Lu Li, Yu Liu   +5 more
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Influence of Modern Cableways on the Development of Mountain Tourist Centres

Promet (Zagreb), 2005
The paper studies the problem of constructing cablewayswith advanced technology and their influence on the operationand development of cableway companies from several aspects.Modern cableways with detachable grips enable faster ca"iageof passengers. They
Sergej Težak, Ivan Mavrin, Ivo Jurić
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Economic Contributions of Winter Sports in a Changing Climate [PDF]

, 2018
In mountain towns across the United States that rely on winter tourism, snow is currency. For snow lovers and the winter sports industry, predictions of a future with warmer winters, reduced snowfall, and shorter snow seasons is inspiring them to ...
Burakowski, Elizabeth, Hagenstad Consulting, Inc., Hill, Rebecca   +2 more
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Severity of Compound Precipitation and Temperature Extreme Events Over Africa at 1.5°C and 2°C Global Warming Levels

International Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.
Results indicate that, an increase in global warming level from 1.5°C to 2°C is likely to induce on the one hand a 3‐fold increase in the frequency of occurrence of dry and warm compound events, and on the other hand a 2‐fold increase in their duration, over West, Central, South‐West, and South‐East Africa, intensifying droughts through reduced ...
Thierry C. Fotso‐Nguemo, Arona Diedhiou, Gabriel Fotso‐Kamga, Ibrahima Diba, Moctar Camara, Roméo S. Tanessong, Derbetini A. Vondou   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source