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Clinical Characteristics, Mechanism, and Outcome of Humeral Shaft Fractures Sustained during Arm Wrestling in Young Men: A Retrospective Study

Orthopaedic Surgery, 2023
Objective Humeral fractures are common in arm wrestling and other sports and military activities requiring similar movements; however, the precise mechanism is poorly understood.
Junjie Shen, Pei Yu, Renhao Yang, Gen Li, Qi Sun, Ming Cai, Xianyou Zheng, Lei Wang   +7 more
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Investigating the welfare and conservation implications of alligator wrestling for American Alligators (Alligator mississippiensis).

PLoS ONE, 2020
Wildlife tourism attractions (WTA) are popular in the United States, but they may be harmful to the individual animals involved and we question whether they provide benefits to environmental conservation.
Casey Riordan, Jennifer Jacquet, Becca Franks   +2 more
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Culture, authenticity and sport : a study of event motivations at the Ulaanbaatar Naadam Festival, Mongolia [PDF]

, 2007
Drawing on the results of an empirical study, this chapter examines the case of the Ulaanbaatar Naadam within the framework of the literature on cultural authenticity and with reference to the contribution of sporting events and competitions to the ...
Matheson, Catherine M., Thompson, Karen
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Wrestling with Tradition: Revitalizing the Orkney Chair and Other Culturally Significant Crafts [PDF]

Design and Culture, 2017
Across the world, "culturally significant" designs, products, and practices – such as traditional crafts – have been pushed to the margins by the forces of modernization and globalization. Appreciation of the positive attributes of these traditions drive widespread revitalization initiatives, often involving designers.
Twigger Holroyd, A, Cassidy, T, Evans, M, Walker, S   +3 more
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Examining Cultural Tourism Attractions for Foreign Visitors: The Case of Camel Wrestling in Selçuk (Ephesus) [PDF]

Turizam, 2010
This study focuses on the Camel Wrestling Festival in Selçuk, which has gained importance with its tourist appeal among traditional camel wrestling organizations in Western Anatolia.
Vedat Çalışkan
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The Middle Way: East Asian masters students’ perceptions of critical argumentation in U.K. universities. [PDF]

, 2008
The paper explores the learning experiences of East Asian masters students in dealing with Western academic norms of critical thinking in classroom debate and assignment writing.
Bakhtin, M.M., Belenky, M.B., Bruner, J., Coward, F.L., Doi, T., Ennis, R.H., Ennis, R.H., Gao, G., Graves, D.H., Hall, E.T., Hampden-Turner, C., Hird, B., Jensen, J.V., Jin, L., Kathy Durkin, Morita, N., Nye, A., Orr, D., Park, K., Paul, R., Paul, R., Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education., Robinson, J., Ryan, J., Said, E.W., Sherlock, M., Siegel, H., Street, B.V., Tanaka, J., Tannen, D., Tannen, D., Thayer-Bacon, B., Ting-Toomey, S., Torkelson, K., Trompenaars, F., Woodward, K.   +35 more
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Are sport and traditional Inuit games identified as tools in current Inuit suicide prevention strategies?: A content analysis

International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2023
Eekeeluak Avalak, an 18-year-old Inuk wrestler who won the first-ever gold medal for Nunavut at the Canada Summer Games in 2022, dedicated his win to his late brother who died by suicide in 2015.
Hannah Frazer, Audrey R. Giles
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Spartan Daily, February 21, 2007 [PDF]

, 2005
Volume 128, Issue 16https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/10330/thumbnail ...
San Jose State University, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
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Strategic Management as an Introduction to the Development of Managerial Performance in the Lebanese Wrestling Federation

الرياضة المعاصرة, 2021
All business organizations in the current era, whether public or private, productive or service, face many challenges as a result of rapid and continuous scientific and technical changes and developments, and in the face of these challenges the ...
الدكتور فادي الكبي الدكتور ناجي حمود
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From traditional learning to modern education: Understanding the value of play in Africa’s childhood development

South African Journal of Education, 2020
Rhymes, poetry, stories, wrestling, music and dancing were essential cultural elements through which childhood play was promoted in traditional Africa. “Modernisation” brought about by colonialism led to distortion and decline in the use of traditional ...
F. Taiwo Ogunyemi, Elizabeth Henning
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