Browsing Sport Sciences (pre 2023) by Type "Book chapter"
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28 Sport communication and the politics of identity in the MENA region
( De Gruyter Mouton , 2021 , Book chapter)This chapter examines the sporting context in the MENA region, and the role of media coverage in mobilizing narratives around sport performance, in the construction of collective imagination framed around national unity, ... -
Adolescence surveillance system for obesity prevention (ASSO) in EUROPE: A pioneering project to prevent obesity using e-technology
( 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 ... -
Algeria
( Springer International Publishing , 2018 , Book chapter)[No abstract available] -
Autoimmune Diseases of the GI Tract Part I: Etiology and Pathophysiology
( IntechOpen , 2022 , Book chapter)Autoimmune diseases have emerged as a pandemic in our modern societies, especially after World War II. There are currently more than 80 autoimmune diseases that compromise the lives of millions of patients around the world. ... -
Autoimmune Diseases of the GI Tract Part II: Emergence of Diagnostic Tools and Treatments
( IntechOpen , 2022 , Book chapter)Autoimmune diseases (AD) have emerged as a pandemic in our modern societies, especially after the World War II. In part I, we have reviewed five main diseases and shed light on different aspects from introducing the concept ... -
Characteristics of preferred gait patterns: considerations for exercise prescription - Chapter 7
( Nova Science Publishers, Inc. , 2016 , Book chapter)Gait patterns have been widely studied in different fields of science for their particular characteristics. A dynamic approach of human locomotion considers walking and running as two stable behaviours adopted spontaneously ... -
Charactertistics of preferred gait patterns: Considerations for exercise prescription
( Nova Science Publishers, Inc. , 2016 , Book chapter)Gait patterns have been widely studied in different fields of science for their particular characteristics. A dynamic approach of human locomotion considers walking and running as two stable behaviours adopted spontaneously ... -
Culture and the World Cup: The Case of Qatar
( Taylor and Francis Group , 2022 , Book chapter)The hosting of the World Cup is certainly a monumental achievement by the state of Qatar. Not only it brings the country to more international exposure, and helps it rip the potential economic benefits, but also it offers ... -
Islam and Leisure
( Palgrave Macmillan , 2017 , Book chapter)[No abstract available] -
Islamic sport marketing or sport marketing in Muslim cultures and communities
( Taylor and Francis Group , 2015 , Book chapter)As naming is categorising and, in turn, categorising is excluding, there have been many discussions about the respective definitions of marketing and sport marketing, their differences, their communalities, their practices, ... -
Place and Space of Global Sport in the Gulf Region: Promotion, Development and Identity Narratives
( Springer , 2021 , Book chapter)The reorganisation (or regeneration) of the urban space around the sport theme in cities such as Doha, Dubai and Manama, aims to offer citizens and residents a “spectacular” sporting experience. Furthermore, it offers ... -
Predicting academic success in health professions training and education: Insights from a data mining analysis
( 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 ... -
Research on sport and Islam: The way forward
( Taylor & Francis Group , 2015 , Book chapter)[No abstract available] -
Sport and development in Qatar: International and regional dynamics of sport mega-events
( Taylor & Francis , 2021 , Book chapter)Since winning the bid to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Qatar has been under the spotlight, responding to criticism regarding the working conditions of workers involved in the construction of football stadia and other ... -
Sport and international relations in North Africa
( Taylor and Francis Group , 2018 , Book chapter)Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia share the same history of French colonial presence. While Algeria was simply annexed to become part of the French territory and divided into three provinces, Tunisia and Morocco were under the ... -
Sport and Muslims or Muslims in sport, post-9/11
( Taylor and Francis Group , 2016 , Book chapter)This chapter organizes three aspects: hijab and the ‘Islamization’ of sport; Arab-Muslim investment in sport as a means for ‘soft power’; and sport and the question of integration of Muslims as a challenge to citizenship ... -
Sport and political transition in Tunisia: Another terrain of competition between Islamists and seculars
( Taylor and Francis Group , 2015 , Book chapter)This chapter reports on a research project that focused on how policy makers perceived and responded to the sporting needs of Muslim communities in Norway. A unique trait of Norwegian sport policy is that sport organizations ... -
Sport and politics in the Arab world
( Taylor and Francis , 2016 , Book chapter)This chapter examines the interaction between sport and politics in the Arab World. In post-independence, in the 1950s and 1960s, sport was an arena for the consolidation of national unity, at least the way it was dened ... -
Sport and the ‘question’ of Islam in Europe
( Taylor and Francis Group , 2020 , Book chapter)The aim of this chapter is to examine how the debate about Islam in Europe is affecting the discourse on sport and Islam and Muslim communities. Recent sources of tensions occurred around the question of Islam including ... -
Sport at Home, Sport in the World: Evaluating Qatar’s Sports Strategy from Above and Below
( Springer , 2021 , Book chapter)This piece is an overview of actors and policies concerning sport in the nation of Qatar. In recent years, sports have been given high priority in government attempts to raise exposure of the nation internationally. Many ...
