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CeleST: computer vision software for quantitative analysis of C. elegans swim behavior reveals novel features of locomotion. [PDF]
PLoS Computational Biology, 2014 In the effort to define genes and specific neuronal circuits that control behavior and plasticity, the capacity for high-precision automated analysis of behavior is essential.
Christophe Restif +5 more
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Effects of 12 weeks high-intensity & reduced-volume training in elite athletes. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 It was investigated if high-intensity interval training (HIT) at the expense of total training volume improves performance, maximal oxygen uptake and swimming economy. 41 elite swimmers were randomly allocated to a control (CON) or HIT group.
Anders Kilen +5 more
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'The show must go on': Event dramaturgy as consolidation of community [PDF]
, 2012 Event dramaturgy and cultural performance have not been examined in the literature from a strategic standpoint of fostering the social value of events. Thus, the purpose of this study was to explore the case of the Water Carnival, a celebratory event in ...
Berg B. L. +20 more
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Assessment of an international breaststroke swimmer using a race readiness test [PDF]
, 2009 Competitive swimmers routinely undertake a 7 x 200-m incremental step test to evaluate their fitness and readiness to compete.An exercise protocol more closely replicating competition swimming speeds may provide further insight into the swimmer’s ...
Garland, Stephen, Thompson, Kevin
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Revista Brasileira de Educação Física e Esporte : RBEFE, 2011 Ao contrário do que ocorre em provas de piscina, competições em águas abertas estão sujeitas as condições ambientais, sendo uma delas as baixas temperaturas. Em determinadas circunstâncias é permitido o uso de roupas especiais para evitar hipotermia.
Karini Borges dos Santos +2 more
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Impact of Airbnb on customers' behaviour in the UK hotel industry [PDF]
, 2019 Airbnb is one of the sectors of the sharing economy that is disrupting the hotel industries. In order to find approaches for hotels to mitigate the threat from Airbnb, this research will focus on the major elements influencing customers to choose Airbnb ...
Li, Luqi, Tabari, Saloomeh
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Frustrations of fur-farmed mink [PDF]
, 2001 Captive animals may suffer if strongly motivated to perform activities that their housing does not allow. We investigated this experimentally for caged mink, and found that they would pay high costs to perform a range of natural behaviours, and release ...
Catherine Clarebrough +10 more
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Tourist attitudes towards water use in the developing world: A comparative analysis [PDF]
, 2014 This paper examines tourists' attitudes towards water use based on comparative data from interviews with tourists in Zanzibar, The Gambia and Dominican Republic.
Arbués +44 more
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Platinum City and the New South African Dream [PDF]
, 2012 Much has been written about the persistence of economic apartheid inscribed on the geography of South Africa’s cities. This has intensified fragmentation, producing spatial configurations that are at once reminiscent of the old order of segregation, and
Barnes +13 more
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Analysis of null sets (zero catch) made by the Mexican tuna purse seine fleet (2000–2013)
Ciencias Marinas, 2015 The world tuna fishing fleet is dominated by purse seine boats. Purse seine sets are sometimes unsuccessful in capturing fish; these unsuccessful attempts are known as null sets.
Michel J Dreyfus-León +2 more
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