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Interaktīvās prozas lasītāju – spēlētāju kategoriju analīze

2016

Interaktīvā proza un tās lasītājs-spēlētājs ir samērā jauna tehnokultūras parādība, tāpēc līdz šim maz pētīta. Bakalaura darbā analizēta sešpadsmit lasītāju-spēlētāju identificēšanās ar interaktīvās prozas Viņa Majestātes kuģis “Straujais” autoru vai varoni ar mērķi noteikt sakarību starp lasītāju-spēlētāju identificēšanās tipu un viņu dzimumu, vecumu un interesēm saistībā ar datorspēlēm un literatūru. Lielākā daļa lasītāju-spēlētāju biežāk ir identificējušies ar interaktīvās prozas varoni, savukārt viena vecākās paaudzes lasītāja ar interesi par literatūru galvenokārt ir identificējusies ar interaktīvās prozas autoru.

Analisi dei fattori di prevenzione del "jumper's knee" nella pallavolo

2005

Interpersonal dynamics in 2-vs-1 contexts of football: the effects of field location and player roles

2019

This study analyzed the spatial-temporal interactions that sustained 2-vs-1 contexts in football at different field locations near the goal. Fifteen male players (under 15 years, age 13.2 ± 1.03 years, years of practice 4.2 ± 1.10 years), 5 defenders, 7 midfielders, and 3 attackers, participated in the study. Each participant performed a game to simulate a 2-vs-1 sub-phase as a ball carrier, second attacker, and defender at three different field locations, resulting in a total number of 142 trials. The movements of participants in each trial were recorded and digitized with TACTO software. Values of interpersonal distance between the ball carrier and defender and interpersonal angles betwee…

Tratamiento cognitivo-conductual de la adicción a videojuegos de rol online: fundamentos de propuesta de tratamiento y estudio de caso

2014

Resumen: El proposito de este trabajo es presentar una propuesta de tratamiento cognitivo-conductual para la intervencion en la adiccion a videojuegos. Se presenta el caso de un varon de 21 anos con problemas con el uso de los videojuegos. Se expone el procedimiento en cada una de las fases de las que consta el tratamiento, asi como los resultados de su eficacia en un estudio de caso. Despues de trece semanas de intervencion se aprecian importantes cambios en el nivel de dependencia. Los resultados muestran una disminucion significativa del tiempo de uso del ordenador y de juego, asi como una mejoria del funcionamiento personal y social del paciente. Palabras clave: Adiccion a videojuegos; …

The Hyperreal Gambler : On the Visual Construction of Men in Online Poker Ads

2017

Online poker, like gambling in general, is predominantly a male activity. Thus, poker ads most often depict men as their protagonists. According to Jean Baudrillard, advertising can be seen as a ‘plebiscite whereby mass consumer society wages a perpetual campaign of self- endorsement.’ Ads often use stereotypical imagery for establishing a shared experience of identification with the consumer, and since their role is to sell rather than to portray the realities of life, they often have an exaggerated and monolithic – or, hyperreal – way of representing gender. This article offers an analysis of the ways in which men are portrayed in the ads of Poker Magazine Finland in the volume of 2009 (a…

External Load Variables Affect Recovery Markers up to 72 h After Semiprofessional Football Matches.

2019

Background: Player tracking devices are commonly used to monitor external load from training and matches in team sports. Yet, how the derived external load variables relate to fatigue and recovery post-training or post-match is scarcely researched. The objective was, therefore, to investigate how external load variables affect recovery markers up to 72 h post-match. Methods: Semiprofessional players from six teams wore tracking devices during three experimental football matches. External load variables including individual playing duration, total distance, PlayerLoad™, high-intensity running, and high-intensity events were derived from the tracking devices, and blood samples and performance…

Online Guided ACT Intervention for Enhancing the Psychological Well-being of Female Soccer Players in Pre-season

2022

This study investigated whether an internet-based intervention aimed at enhancing the psychological well-being of female soccer players before the competitive season could be effective approach to meet the needs of the players. Players (n= 43; 17–26 years old)on the four separated teams in Finland’shighest league were assigned to either a guided six-week online Acceptance and Commitment Therapy intervention (ACTi) or to a control condition (CON). A between-groups pre–post (ACTi vs. CON) design was implemented before the competitive season. Players in the ACTi were offered three group sessions, performed internet-based tasks, and were individually supported by a guide. The results demonstrat…

Relative age and perceptions of soccer specific skills among elite youth players in Norway

2019

One common feature among the selected players in talent development programs are the well-known relative age effect (RAE), characterized by a skewed birth distribution among selected players with an over-representation of players born early in the selection year. The aim of the present study was to examine potential differences in soccer-specific skills between players selected for national talent program born in the first half of the year compared to the players born in the second half of the year. A total of 753 elite male U 14 (N = 363) and U 13 players (N = 390) from 16 of 18 soccer regions in Norway participated. The results showed players born early in the selection year considered th…

The importance of coaches' autonomy support in the leisure experience and well-being of young footballers

2018

Drawing on the self-determination framework, the study examined the effect of coaches' autonomy support on the leisure experience of young male football players. Specifically, a model was tested analyzing the long-term predictive power of the players' perceptions of the coaches' autonomy support at the beginning of the season on the subjective vitality of young football players at the end of the season, through needs satisfaction and intrinsic motivation (IM). Moreover, we tested whether the effects of coaches' autonomy support on the aforementioned variables (needs satisfaction, IM, and subjective vitality) at the end of the season remained at the beginning of the following season. Because…

PLAYING-RELATED MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS IN WOODWIND, BRASS AND PERCUSSION PLAYERS: A REVIEW

2010

Performing Arts Medicine is a broad field that includes the study of medical conditions and injuries incurred by dancers, instrument musicians and vocalists. Musicians' playing-related health problems have focused more and more the interest of scientists, researchers, physicians, physiotherapists and, in generally, of health care professionals during the last decades. The most relevant Performing Arts Medicine's literature of approximately the past twenty years has been summarized. Special attention has been given to studies concerning playing-related musculoskeletal conditions of musicians. Overuse syndrome is the most reported diagnosis among instrumental musicians suffering from playing-…