Players Processes And Perspectives

Author : Richard Elliott,John Harris
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-19
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781317810476

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Football and Migration by Richard Elliott,John Harris Pdf

Football is an incredibly powerful case study of globalization and an extremely useful lens through which to study and understand contemporary processes of international migration. This is the first book to focus on the increasingly complex series of migratory processes that contour the contemporary game, drawing on multi-disciplinary approaches from sociology, history, geography and anthropology to explore migration in football in established, emerging and transitional contexts. The book examines shifting migration patterns over time and across space, and analyses the sociological dynamics that drive and influence those patterns. It presents in-depth case studies of migration in elite men’s football, exploring the role of established leagues in Europe and South America as well as important emerging leagues on football's frontier in North America and Asia. The final section of the book analyses the movement of groups who have rarely been the focus of migration research before, including female professional players, elite youth players, amateur players and players’ families, drawing on important new research in Ghana, England, Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Few other sports have such a global reach and therefore few other sports are such an important location for cross-cultural research and insight across the social sciences. This book is engaging reading for any student or scholar with an interest in sport, sociology, human geography, migration, international labour flows, globalization, development or post-colonial studies.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781848881617

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Cultural Perspectives of Video Games: From Desiger to Player by Anonim Pdf

Understanding that video games are a fundamentally human creation, in this volume international scholars, designers, developers, and most importantly gamers, share with us their common connection though video game culture.

Author : Bishop, Jonathan
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781466650725

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Gamification for Human Factors Integration: Social, Education, and Psychological Issues by Bishop, Jonathan Pdf

With the popularity and ease-of-access to internet technologies, especially social networking, a number of human-centered issues has developed including internet addiction and cyber bullying. In an effort to encourage positive behavior, it is believed that applying gaming principles to non-gaming environments through gamification can assist in improving human interaction online. Gamification for Human Factors Integration: Social, Educational, and Psychological Issues presents information and best practices for promoting positive behavior online through gamification applications in social, educational, and psychological contexts. Through up-to-date research and practical applications, educators, academicians, information technology professionals, and psychologists will gain valuable insight into human-internet interaction and a possible solution for improving the relationship between society and technology.

Author : Ebenezer Appiah-Denkyira,Christopher H. Herbst,Agnes Soucat,Christophe Lemiere,Karima Saleh
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780821396681

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Toward Interventions in Human Resources for Health in Ghana by Ebenezer Appiah-Denkyira,Christopher H. Herbst,Agnes Soucat,Christophe Lemiere,Karima Saleh Pdf

This book was produced to support the development of Ghana s Human Resources for Health (HRH) Strategy. It discusses the current picture on stock, distribution and performance of HRH, evidence based policy options, as well as fiscal and political challenges to be taken into consideration in developing policies or programs on HRH.

Author : Valerio Magnaghi,Giulia Puja
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-01
Category : Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
ISBN : 9782889195558

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New Perspectives in Neurosteroids action: a Special Player Allopregnanolone by Valerio Magnaghi,Giulia Puja Pdf

Early in the 80’s date the first observations on the existence of hormonal steroids that may be synthesized and act in the nervous system. In order to refer to these endogenous steroids, proved important to control both central and peripheral nervous system, it was proposed the term “neurosteroids” (NSs). Over the years, their importance in regulating the physiological functions of neuronal and glial cells increased progressively. These steroids can be involved in several pathophysiological conditions such as depression, anxiety, premenstrual syndrome (PMS), schizophrenia and Alzheimer disease. Among the different classes of NSs, the progestagens revealed particularly important. The progesterone metabolite 5a-pregnan-3a-ol-20-one, also named tetrahydroprogesterone or allopregnanolone (ALLO) was one of the first most important steroid that was originally shown to act as neurosteroid. ALLO is synthesized through the action of the 5aR-3a-HSD, which converts P into DHP and subsequently, via a bidirectional reaction, into ALLO. NSs exert complex effects in the nervous system through ‘classic’, genomic, and ‘non-classic’, non-genomic actions. ALLO displays a rapid ‘non-genomic’ effect, which mainly involves the potent modulation of the GABA type A (GABA-A) receptor function. Recently a membrane receptor has been identified as target for ALLO effects, i.e. the membrane progesterone receptors (mPRs) that are able to activate a signalling cascade through G protein dependent mechanisms. By these ways, ALLO is able to modulate several cell functions, acting as neurogenic molecule on neural progenitor cells, as well as by activating proliferation and differentiation of glial cells in the central and peripheral nervous system. In this topic, we review the most recent acquisitions in the field of neurosteroids, focusing our attention on ALLO because its effects on the physiology of neurons and glial cells of the central and peripheral nervous system are intriguing and could potentially lead to the development of new strategies for neuroprotection and/or regeneration of injured nervous tissues and for the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders.

Author : John A. Torres
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780766081383

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Critical Perspectives on Minors Playing High-Contact Sports by John A. Torres Pdf

Playing team sports has many benefits, and yet high-contact sports such as football and rugby have also been linked to serious injuries, including concussions, and a higher risk of dementia, depression, and Parkinson’s disease. How can we weigh the potential benefits of contact sports with their potentially serious risks? This text provides primary source evidence from doctors, scientists, and experts in the field of sports medicine, as well as ordinary people’s viewpoints, in order to help students reach their own conclusions about the risks related to high-contact sports.

Author : Steven Van de Walle,Sandra Groeneveld
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781780521114

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New Steering Concepts in Public Management by Steven Van de Walle,Sandra Groeneveld Pdf

Multifaceted social problems such as safety, social inclusion, poverty, mobility, rural development, city regeneration, or labour market integration require integrated approaches to steering. This book looks at various organisational arrangements and mechanisms, including whole-of-government, collaborative governance, and outcome steering.

Author : Uwe Becker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134647033

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The BRICs and Emerging Economies in Comparative Perspective by Uwe Becker Pdf

In the past ten to twenty years the global political economy picture has dramatically changed with the emergence of the economies of Brazil, Russia, India and, notably, China (BRICs) as big players and competitors of the advanced economies in the West and Eastern Asia. The book comparatively analyses institutional change in the BRICs. This book examines the BRICs by analysing their institutional development, their main continuities and changes, and their differences. It provides a comparative analysis of the political economies of the BRICs, but also considers South Africa and Turkey. The contributors provide a systematic comparison of the state-economy and the capital-labour relationships and explore whether they liberalized or followed a specific trajectory. The book also addresses debates on the varieties of capitalism and explores whether the emerging economies fit into the dichotomous construction of liberal and coordinated capitalism or whether they require a more differentiated typological approach. Moving away from rigid conceptions and the static classification of political economies as either liberal or coordinated and presenting a more open approach, The BRICs and Emerging Economies in Comparative Perspective will be vital reading for students and scholars of comparative political economy, international relations, capitalism, the BRICs, emerging markets and the role of the state in the economy.

Author : United States. Patent and Trademark Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1218 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Patents
ISBN : PSU:000043004317

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Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office by United States. Patent and Trademark Office Pdf

Author : Weimin Toh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781351184755

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A Multimodal Approach to Video Games and the Player Experience by Weimin Toh Pdf

This volume puts forth an original theoretical framework, the ludonarrative model, for studying video games which foregrounds the empirical study of the player experience. The book provides a comprehensive introduction to and description of the model, which draws on theoretical frameworks from multimodal discourse analysis, game studies, and social semiotics, and its development out of participant observation and qualitative interviews from the empirical study of a group of players. The volume then applies this approach to shed light on how players’ experiences in a game influence how they understand and make use of game components in order to progress its narrative. The book concludes with a frame by frame analysis of a popular game to demonstrate the model’s principles in action and its subsequent broader applicability to analyzing video game interaction and design. Offering a new way forward for video game research, this volume is key reading for students and scholars in multimodality, discourse analysis, game studies, interactive storytelling, and new media.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Education
ISBN : PSU:000007899720

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Perspectives on Academic Gaming & Simulation by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anita Schroven
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789201901

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Playing the Marginality Game by Anita Schroven Pdf

In Guinea, situated against the background of central government struggles, rural elites use identity politics through contemporary political reforms to maintain their privileges and perpetuate a generations-old local social contract that bridges ethnic and religious divides. Simultaneously, administrative reform and national unrest lead to the creative re-combination of sources of authority and practices of legitimate rule. Past periods of colonization, socialism and authoritarian regime are reflected in contemporary struggles to make sense of participatory democracy and the future of the embattled Guinean national state.

Author : Friedman, Robert S.,Roberts, Desiree M.,Linton, Jonathan D.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2008-09-30
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781605660394

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Principle Concepts of Technology and Innovation Management: Critical Research Models by Friedman, Robert S.,Roberts, Desiree M.,Linton, Jonathan D. Pdf

"This book is a reference guide to the theory and research supporting the field of Technology and Innovation Management"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Michael Khachay,Yury Kochetov,Panos Pardalos
Publisher : Springer
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-12
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783030226299

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Mathematical Optimization Theory and Operations Research by Michael Khachay,Yury Kochetov,Panos Pardalos Pdf

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Mathematical Optimization Theory and Operations Research, MOTOR 2019, held in Ekaterinburg, Russia, in July 2019. The 48 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 170 submissions. MOTOR 2019 is a successor of the well-known International and All-Russian conference series, which were organized in Ural, Siberia, and the Far East for a long time. The selected papers are organized in the following topical sections: mathematical programming; bi-level optimization; integer programming; combinatorial optimization; optimal control and approximation; data mining and computational geometry; games and mathematical economics.

Author : Jan W. Bouwman,Hans P. Noppen,International Association of Dredging Companies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Dredging
ISBN : UCR:31210024817478

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Players, Processes and Perspectives by Jan W. Bouwman,Hans P. Noppen,International Association of Dredging Companies Pdf