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Padel: A quantitative study of the shots and movements in the high-performance
2013
Padel is a sport that has increasing its importance in recent years. Despite this evolution, there is a lack of scientific papers analyzing padel aspects, specifically about the quantification of movements and shots during match. The purpose of this study was to perform quantitative analyses of movements and shots in padel in order to establish the importance of each type. Twenty male professional players were recorded with a video during ten matches and movements (lateral, head-on and backward displacement, split-steps, jump for a smash, and turns pivoting on the right or left foot) and shots (direct and indirect drive, backhand, smash and lob, and direct volley) were identified, quantifie…
Retained pieces of wood in the retromaxillary space: a case report.
1995
Detection and operative removal of wood as a foreign body in the cranio-maxillary area has received frequent attention in the literature. However, as a rule, most of the cases described are related to the orbit or the orbito-neurocranial space. Almost no literature exists on the detection and treatment of wooden foreign bodies in the retromaxillary space. The authors present an unusual case of long-term retained wood in this area in a child. The case inspires discussion of the general problem of detecting retained retromaxillary wood, even using modern diagnostic tools in this area and the question of the operative therapy, especially the most favourable surgical access.
Quantifying Intermodal Distraction by Emotion During Math Performance: An Electrophysiological Approach
2019
Emotionally engaging stimuli are powerful competitors for limited attention capacity. In the cognitive neuroscience laboratory, the presence of task-irrelevant emotionally arousing visual distractors prompts decreased performance and attenuated brain responses measured in concurrent visual tasks. The extent to which distraction effects occur across different sensory modalities is not yet established, however. Here, we examined the extent and time course of competition between a naturalistic distractor sound and a visual task stimulus, using dense-array electroencephalography (EEG) recordings from 20 college students. Steady-state visual evoked potentials (ssVEPs) were quantified from EEG, e…
Merit, Competition, Distinction
2018
The article presents a critique of competition by introducing a concept called 'distinction'. Competition is thought to work as a guarantee of the fairness of meritocratic procedures (merit-based recruiting in the job market or e.g. entrance examinations). However, fairness created by competition is, even at its best, only relative. This critique is then used a part of a larger critique of the role of merit in society.
Research data of an article: "Application of high resolution melting assay (HMR) to study temperature dependent infraspecific competition in an patho…
2017
Studies on species’ responses to climate change have focused largely on the direct effect of abiotic factors and in particular temperature, neglecting the effects of biotic interactions in determining the outcome of climate change projections. Many microbes rely on strong interference competition; hence the fitness of many pathogenic bacteria could be a function of both their growth properties and intraspecific competition. However, due to technical challenges in distinguishing and tracking individual strains, experimental evidence on intraspecific competition has been limited so far. Here, we developed a robust application of the high-resolution melting (HRM) assay to study head-to-head co…
Effect of Sitting Posture on Sit-Skiing Economy in Non-disabled Athletes
2020
This study focused on resolving the differences in economy between two common sit-skiing postures used by disabled athletes, suspected to be the most and least effective. Ten experienced non-disabled male cross-country skiers went through an incremental testing protocol with an ergometer simulating double poling in two sitting postures “kneeing” and “knee-high.” The protocol consisted of 3 × 4 min steady-state stages (13, 22, and 34% of maximal sprint power output). Subjects' respiratory gases and heart rate were measured and blood lactate concentrations were determined. In addition, pulling forces and motion capture recordings were collected. Oxygen consumption was 15.5% (p < 0.01) higher …
Inter and intra-guild interactions in egg parasitoid species of the soybean stink bug complex
2002
Abstract – The objective of this research was to evaluate the parasitism behavior of Telenomus podisiAshmead, Trissolcus basalis (Wollaston) e Trissolcus urichi Crawford (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) oneggs of Nezara viridula L., Euschistus heros F., Piezodorus guildinii Westwood and Acrosternumaseadum Rolston (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), in no choice and multiple choice experiments. For allparasitoid species, the results demonstrated the existence of a main host species that maximizes thereproductive success. The competitive interactions among the parasitoid species were investigated inexperiments of sequential and simultaneous release of different combinations of parasitoid pairs on thehosts…
Dominējošā stāvokļa ļaunprātīga izmantošana gadījumos, kad tirgus dalībnieks rīkojas likumiski.
2021
Maģistra darbā “Dominējošā stāvokļa ļaunprātīga izmantošana gadījumos, kad tirgus dalībnieks rīkojas likumiski” ir analizēti gadījumi, kad pārklājas nozaru regulējums un konkurences tiesības, regulējošo iestāžu un konkurences iestāžu kompetence, kā arī attaisnojums gadījumos, kad pirmšķietami tirgus dalībnieks pārkāpj dominējošā stāvokļa ļaunprātīgas izmantošanas aizliegumu, lai gan patiesībā to uz konkrētu rīcību piespiež normatīvais regulējums, piemēram, nosakot noteiktus tarifus. Darba rezultātā izvirzīti secinājumi par aktuāliem jautājumiem, kas skar darba tēmu, tai skaitā, par dubultās nesodīšanas principu, konkurences un regulatoru kompetenču pārklāšanos, kā arī standartu, kas nepieci…
Preču zīmes pārkāpums kā negodīgas konkurences izpausme Latvijā.
2018
Maģistra darba Autore pētījusi preču zīmes pārkāpumu kā negodīgas konkurences izpausmi Latvijā. Darbā tiek analizēts negodīgas konkurences jēdziens, preču zīmes pārkāpuma jēdziens, kā arī kritēriji un to saturs, lai konkrēto preču zīmes pārkāpumu atzītu par negodīgas konkurences izpausmi. Maģistra darba mērķis ir noteikt, kādiem kritērijiem ir jāizpildās, lai konkrēto preču zīmju pārkāpumu tiesa varētu atzīt par negodīgas konkurences pārkāpuma izpausmi. Maģistra darba uzdevumi ir: Izpētīt negodīgas konkurences, kā arī preču zīmes jēdzienu un saturu; Analizēt preču zīmes pārkāpuma jēdzienu un veidus; Noskaidrot, preču zīmes kā negodīgas konkurences izpausmes konstatēšanas priekšnoteikumus un…
The Use of Online Training Tools in Competition Cyclists During COVID-19 Confinement in Spain
2021
COVID-19 confinement has supposed a challenge to the whole wide world, especially in athletes that have frustrated their expectations about training programs and competitions. Specifically, competition cyclists during confinement had lot of difficulties to train due to the need to train outside their homes. However, the increase of online training sessions, or virtual training tools could help to overcome training difficulties due to confinement although there are not studies that analyse the effects of using these types of tools in cyclists. This study aims to test how the use of online training tools in competition cyclists during confinement is related to training frequency and duration,…