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Ithaca College resumes in-person campus tours
No full textProspective students are once again able to visit the Ithaca College campus as the college resumes in-person campus tours.https://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/covid19/1013/thumbnail.jp
Training of Perceptual-Cognitivie Skills Using 360º Videos in Volleyball Athletes
No full textSuperior athletic performance is rooted in the excellence of execution of various physical and psychological skills (PCS) (Panchuk et al., 2018). Recent research has focused intensively on PCS as an important factor for athletic excellence (Fleddermann et al., 2019). With the rapid advancement of technology, the training of PCS via computerized methods in athletics has received increased attention. New devices permit the display of realistic visual scenes in immersive contexts (e.g., 3D visualization, virtual reality). While the availability of products to train PCS have increased, evidence of its effectiveness is still developing (see Harris et al., 2018; Zentgraf et al., 2017). According to Hadlow and colleagues (2018) Modified Perceptual Training Framework (MPTF), the effectiveness of perceptual training may be dependent on targeted perceptual function, stimulus correspondence, and response correspondence to the targeted athletic activity. As such, training with general cognitive training tools should be less effective compared to immersive modalities.
The design of this project includes two different studies. The purpose of study one was to create and validate a 360° video battery with volleyball athletes. Participants for study one included 30, female undergraduate and graduate students. Fifteen participants were considered expert athletes and were all members on NCAA DIII volleyball athletes [Years of Experience: M = 9.73 (2.43)]. Fifteen participants were considered novice athletes with a minimum of one year of high school volleyball experience but were not members of any collegiate sport team [Years of Experience: M = 5.73 (3.41)]. Athletes were shown a 360-degree video battery and asked to make sport specific decisions based off what they saw in the video. Results from the study demonstrated that expert athletes made significantly fewer errors on both the middle blocker and outside hitter contexts than their novice counterparts.
The purpose of the second study was to compare the training of perceptual skills with immersive training (i.e., 360° video) to general cognitive modalities (i.e., NeuroTracker™, FITLIGHT®). Participants included 15 NCAA DIII volleyball athletes. Athletes completed an 11-week perceptual cognitive training (PCT) intervention. Athletes were assigned a training group, either virtual reality or general cognitive training group. Athletes trained for four weeks and then switched training modalities for a crossover study design. For the middle blocker context, athletes training in the VR group made significantly fewer errors than their general cognitive training counterparts. However, for the outside hitter context there was no significant difference. Results demonstrate for both far transfer measures, athletes improved their decision-making regardless of training group over the course of the 11-week training period. Results from this study point to the usability of 360-degree video for perceptual-cognitive trainin
Communication Methods to Improve Adherence for a Patient Who Only Speaks Spanish: A Case Report
Get PDFCrowding-out lower-level authorities: Interactions and transformations of higher and lower-level authorities in Kenya\u27s polycentric fisheries
No full text© 2021 Elsevier Ltd Polycentric governance has gained prominence in the environmental sector because of the potential for multiple, overlapping decision centers to address complex, multiscale socio-ecological challenges. These decision centers may interact with each other through cooperation, conflict and conflict-resolution, competition, co-existence, and may result in transformations such as consolidation/fusion, and replacement. However, not all of the interactions among decision centers and transformations have been investigated. This study examines the interactions and transformations of higher and lower-level authorities in Lake Victoria\u27s polycentric fisheries in Kenya using the Government Impacts Framework through qualitative research methods. We find that confusion over framing of fisheries and fishing drives functional and geographic overlaps between higher and lower levels. Higher-levels drive overlaps to replace lower-level functions. Lower-levels drive overlaps to resist the higher-level\u27s intrusion in their jurisdiction, leading to conflicts. Lower-levels also resist attempts at conflict-resolution. Resource scarcities and a complex bureaucracy prevent information-sharing between higher and lower-level authorities. Finally, cooperative overlaps between higher-level authorities increase oversight over lower-level authorities. In combination, these interactions and transformations, driven by overlaps, crowd-out lower-level authorities from fisheries management to concentrate policy development and implementation with higher-level authorities, even as illegal and overfishing continue. We conclude by identifying questions on drivers and functions of overlaps for future research on polycentric systems