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Moments and memories: football and state narratives in Algeria
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Routledge
, 2019 , Article)
A Nation’s memory is selective and sheds light only on a selection of narratives of memory and process of memorizing that serves a nation’s interests. At the core of the Algerian state formation, the question of memory and ...
First Physical Activity Report Card for Children and Youth in Lebanon
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Human Kinetics
, 2019 , Article)
Evidence on physical activity (PA) indicators for children and youth at a national level is necessary to improve multilevel support for PA behaviors. Lebanon's first Physical Activity Report Card for children and youth ...
Results from Lebanon's 2018 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth
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Human Kinetics
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
The prevalence of childhood obesity in Lebanon nearly doubled between 1997 and 2009.1 This shift in population health is extremely alarming, given that obesity is associated with a host of chronic diseases (eg, cardiovascular ...
Adolescence surveillance system for obesity prevention (ASSO) in EUROPE: A pioneering project to prevent obesity using e-technology
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IGI Global
, 2018 , Book chapter)
Adolescents' obesity is a major concern in our modern life that could lead to significant increase in the rate of obese future generations and consequently in the health budget. The ASSO (Adolescence Surveillance System ...
Limiting the Rise in Core Temperature During a Rugby Sevens Warm-up With an Ice Vest.
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Human Kinetics
, 2019 , Article)
Determine how a cooling vest worn during a warm-up could influence selected performance [counter movement jump (CMJ)], physical (GPS metrics) and psycho-physiological (body temperature and perceptual) variables. In a ...
Mixed-methods pre-match cooling improves simulated soccer performance in the heat.
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Taylor & Francis
, 2019 , Article)
This investigation examined the effects of three pre-match and half-time cooling manoeuvres on physical performance and associated physiological and perceptual responses in eight University soccer players during a non-motorised ...
BlockTag: Design and applications of a tagging system for blockchain analysis
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Springer New York LLC
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
Annotating blockchains with auxiliary data is useful for many applications. For example, criminal investigation of darknet marketplaces, such as Silk Road and Agora, typically involves linking Bitcoin addresses, from which ...
Predicting academic success in health professions training and education: Insights from a data mining analysis
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Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
, 2016 , Book chapter)
Dropping-out is a very common phenomenon among students enrolled in Health Professions degree courses. For this reason, it would be extremely useful to have a model with the main variables that can predict, with a certain ...
Comparison of a combined strength and handball-specific training vs. Isolated strength training in handball players studying physical education
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Georg Thieme Verlag
, 2019 , Article)
Objectives The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of combined resistance training including handball-specific drill (CRT) with resistance training excluding handball-specific drill training (NSDT). Materials ...
Differences in player position running velocity at lactate thresholds among male professional German soccer players
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Frontiers Media S.A.
, 2019 , Article)
This study investigated the differences in running velocities at specific lactate thresholds among male German soccer players. One hundred fifty-two professional (3rd league: n = 78; 4th league: n = 74) male soccer players ...