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Apr 13, 2018Open AccessArticle
Introduction: Sexual abuse
is a global public health problem that cuts across social class, cultures,
tribes etc. and has permeated the fabrics of tertiary institutions and many
work places as long as humans have reasons to interact. Aim: To determine the
prevalence, pattern and determinants of sexual abuse among undergraduates in
tertiary institutions in Imo State, Nigeria. Methodology: This study was a
descrip ...
Mar 15, 2018Open AccessArticle
In the current penalty shootout system of soccer,
the team going second has to play catch-up. This possibly carries a bias in
favor of the team going first. We consider this hypothesis by taking data from
both soccer penalty shootouts and tennis tie
breaks. We find the bias does exist in soccer, but not in tennis. This suggests the penalty shootout should adopt the
tennis tiebreak format to re ...
Feb 09, 2018Open AccessArticle
Cognitive skills and
executive function, in the last years become a golden reference to increase attention social skills
and sport success. In particular, soccer is an open skills sport that requires a constant demand of
cognitive skills and executive function because the unstable environment defines the decision making.
Thus, modern soccer trainer changes the
approach avoiding massive conditional exercises and introducin ...
Dec 07, 2017Open AccessArticle
People who work with children should be able to make
an appropriate environment analysis where children move. By doing this, they
could positively interfere and modify constraints, so that the detection (and
creation) of affordances for action could occur easily. Taking this for
granted, these children could, then, engage into motor problems resolution,
looking for the best solutions for each dilemma that they are confronted with. ...
Nov 24, 2017Open AccessArticle
This article aims to look
upon the guidelines regarding the preparation of facilities and risk management
of training activities for disable athlete. The facilities and appropriate
training activities are one of the vital entities to prepare them towards
better performance. Suitable facilities for every group will give advantages
toward any service provider; thus their facilities will always be users’
choice. However, special faci ...
Mar 23, 2017Open AccessArticle
Brazil received a large number of German immigrants in the late 19th century and in the first half of the 20th century. Their adaptation process involved both economic and social factors since they took part in several institutions, such as schools and sports clubs. This paper aims at describing the route taken by three immigrants (Joaquim Roderbourg, Klaus Hendriksen and Burkhard Cordes) who were born in Germany, took root in Sao ...
Mar 15, 2017Open AccessArticle
The Rate of Perceived Exertion scale was widely used in monitoring training session but the feasibility
of this approach was not verified in
skateboarding training or competition. Thus, the purpose of this brief report
was the assessment of a skateboarder using the Rate of Perceived Exertion. Nine
months of conditioning about a professional skater were collected after each session. The
Rate of Perceived Exertion was i ...
Mar 07, 2017Open AccessArticle
White water kayaking is
the fun sport on fast moving water, typically call white water river. The
element of fun and challenge has attracted many people to join this adventure
sports in Malaysia. This study examined the risk in adventure sport tourism by
white water kayakers in Malaysia. The objective of this study is to reveal the
injuries suffered by whitewater kayakers during activity. This 2013 survey will
be described using d ...
Dec 28, 2016Open AccessArticle
Data on self-reported frequency of exercising or
playing sport of adults aged 15 and above in 27 EU countries were collected, from the European Commission’s Special Eurobarometer. A
graphical output was obtained using classical a statistical methodology known as
metric Multidimensional Scaling method to better define the interrelationships between a large set of variables for
the data from the 27 European countries and “average” c ...
Nov 04, 2016Open AccessArticle
The juvenile obesity is
correlated to dietary and physical activity. Moreover, the rural or urban
context could affect other aspects like time available to practice sport or the
availability of sport facilities. Thus, this brief report investigated the
relationship between origin and food habits in children belonging to different
BMI categories. Over than 1400 p ...
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