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Early specialisation of children in sports
No full textBērnu agrīnā specializācija sportā ir bieži pieminēta tēma pasaules bērnu un jaunatnes sportā. Par tās nepieciešamību un izpausmēm sporta pētnieku viedokļi dalās, taču ir skaidras negatīvās iezīmes, ko tā var veicināt – agrāku bērnu aiziešanu no sporta, paaugstinātu traumu iespējamības risku u.c. problēmas. Pētījuma mērķis ir izpētīt to, kā bērnu agrīnā specializācija izpaužas Latvijas bērnu un jaunatnes sportā, izmantojot basketbola piemēru. Latvijā dažādi sporta veidi un sporta skolas konkurē savā starpā par bērnu piesaistīšanu sportam. Šī konkurence un bērnu un jauniešu organizētās sporta sistēmas nosaka to, ka Latvijā sporta skolas uzņem bērnus basketbolā sākot no sešu un septiņu gadu vecuma. Pēc tam tās drīz uzsāk apmācību konkrētajā sporta veidā, domājot par labāku rezultātu sasniegšanu, bet nereti aizmirstot par iespējamajiem ar to saistītajiem riskiem.Early specialization of children in sport is an often mentioned issue in global youth sport. Sport researchers share opinions about its necessity and manifestations, but there are evident negative features that can be caused by it – early children drop-out from sports, higher injury risk and other problems. The aim of the research is to explore, how early specialization of children expresses itself in Latvian youth sport by using an example of basketball milieu. There are different sports schools that are competing for earlier attraction of children in youth sport. This competition and organized youth sport systems determine that Latvian youth sport schools attract children starting from the age of six and seven. Soon after they start to train them in particular sport with an idea of better results in future, but quite often forget about the possible risks that are tied to that
Personal valve impact on physical activity habits in LU and LBTU students
No full textBakalaura darba nosaukums ir “ Personīgo vērtību ietekme uz fizisko aktivitāšu paradumiem LU un LBTU studentu vidū ”. Problēma un darba aktualitāte ir tajā, ka mūsdienās ir manāma tendence, ka jaunieši aizvien mazāk nodarbojas ar fiziskām aktivitātēm. Mērķis ir izpētīt un analizēt, kādas varētu būt personīgās vērtības un kā tās ietekmē Latvijas Universitātes un Latvijas Biozinātņu un tehnoloģiju universitātes studentu fizisko aktivitāšu paradumus. Tika izvirzītas 5 hipotēzes. Hipotēžu pārbaudīšanai tika veikta interneta aptauja, kur vērtības tika identificētas un mērītas caur Švarca vērtību teoriju un tajās iedalītajām 10 universālajām vērtībām. Autors var secināt, ka starp vērtībām un fizisko aktivitāšu paradumiem pastāv lielākoties vāja korelācija, studenti ar izteiktu stimulācijas, varas un sasniegumu vērtību pārsvaru fiziskām aktivitātēm piešķir ikdienā salīdzinoši lielāku nozīmi.The title of the bachelor's thesis is " Personal valve impact on physical activity habbits in LU and LBTU students." The problem and relevance of the work lie in the noticeable trend that young people are increasingly engaging less in physical activities. The objective is to investigate and analyze what personal values might be and how they influence the physical activity habits of students at the University of Latvia and the Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies. Five hypotheses were proposed. To test the hypotheses, an online survey was conducted, where values were identified and measured through Schwartz's theory of basic values and its ten universal values. The author concludes that there is mostly a weak correlation between values and physical activity habits. Students who predominantly value stimulation, power, and achievement assign relatively greater importance to physical activities in their daily lives
Church’s Response to the Ecological Crisis in a Small Country – the Case of the Roman Catholic Church in Latvia
Get PDFDue to historical and contextual factors explained in this article, the Latvian Roman Catholic Church currently does not play any significant role in environmental protection or ecological crisis awareness building in the country. However, being called by Pope Francis in his encyclical Laudato si’, recently more of the reflection was given to the call for ecological conversion. Considering Church resources based on publicly available data, the authors describe the limitations and opportunities to strengthen the Church current response to the ecological crisis.Due to historical and contextual factors explained in this article, the Latvian Roman Catholic Church currently does not play any significant role in environmental protection or ecological crisis awareness building in the country. However, being called by Pope Francis in his encyclical Laudato si’, recently more of the reflection was given to the call for ecological conversion. Considering Church resources based on publicly available data, the authors describe the limitations and opportunities to strengthen the Church current response to the ecological crisis.Czynniki historyczne i kontekstowe zaprezentowane w tym artykule potwierdzają, że Kościół rzymskokatolicki na Łotwie nie odgrywa znaczącej roli w ochronie środowiska ani w budowaniu świadomości ekologicznej w tym kraju. Jednak wezwany przez papieża Franciszka w encyklice Laudato si’, poświęca obecnie więcej refleksji kwestii nawrócenia ekologicznego. Biorąc pod uwagę publicznie dostępne dane na temat zasobów Kościoła katolickiego na Łotwie autorzy opisują ograniczenia i możliwości wzmocnienia reakcji Kościoła na kryzys ekologiczny.Due to historical and contextual factors explained in this article, the Latvian Roman Catholic Church currently does not play any significant role in environmental protection or ecological crisis awareness building in the country. However, being called by Pope Francis in his encyclical Laudato si’, recently more of the reflection was given to the call for ecological conversion. Considering Church resources based on publicly available data, the authors describe the limitations and opportunities to strengthen the Church current response to the ecological crisis
Coverage and responsible reporting of suicides in Latvian internet news portals
No full textBakalaura darbā analizēts pašnāvību atspoguļojums un atbildīga ziņošana par pašnāvībām Latvijas interneta ziņu portālos “delfi.lv”, “tvnet.lv”, “jauns.lv”, “lsm.lv” un “la.lv” laika posmā no 2018. gada līdz 2021. gadam. Darba mērķis ir izpētīt un analizēt interneta ziņu portālu “delfi.lv”, “tvnet.lv”, “jauns.lv”, “lsm.lv” un “la.lv” publikāciju saturu laika posmā no 2018. gada līdz 2021. gadam, noskaidrojot, kā tajā atspoguļotas pašnāvības un vai publikācijās ievēroti atbildīgas ziņošanas par pašnāvībām principi. Galvenie darbā izmantotie teorētiskie ietvari ir Emīla Dirkema “Pašnāvība”, simboliskais interakcionisms un Ērvinga Gofmaņa rāmējuma teorija, kā arī Vertera un Papageno efekta, pētījumu par atbildīgu mediju ziņošanu par pašnāvībām un atbildīgas ziņošanas par pašnāvībām principu apraksts. Pētījumā pielietota kvantitatīvā kontentanalīze. Tika atlasīta 221 publikācija. Publikācijas visbiežāk bija par dzīvesstāstu, kas saistīts ar pašnāvību. Rakstos par konkrētu pašnāvības gadījumu visvairāk ziņots par slavenību pašnāvībām, un tajos nav ievērota atbildīga ziņošana par pašnāvībām - klātesošs bija vismaz viens pārkāpums. Izplatītākais pārkāpums bija tas, ka nav norādīta informācija, kur un/vai kā meklēt palīdzību.Bachelor work is devoted to the analysis of the coverage and responsible reporting of suicides in Latvian internet news portals “delfi.lv”, “tvnet.lv”, “jauns.lv”, “lsm.lv” and “la.lv” in the period from 2018 until 2021. The aim of the paper is to study and analyze the content of publications about suicides in internet news portals “delfi.lv”, “tvnet.lv”, “jauns.lv”, “lsm.lv” and “la.lv” in the period from 2018 until 2021, analyzing how suicides are covered and assessing whether publications comply with the principles of responsible reporting of suicide. The main theoretical frameworks are Emile Durkheim’s “Suicide”, symbolic interactionism, and Erving Goffman’s framing theory, as well as the description of the Werther effect and the Papageno effect, research on responsible media reporting of suicide and the principles of responsible reporting of suicide. Quantitative content analysis was used in the study. 221 publications were identified. The publications were most often about suicide-related life stories. In articles about a specific suicide, celebrity suicides were the most reported. All articles about a specific suicide case failed to comply with at least one of the guidelines for the responsible reporting of suicide. Failure to mention information about where and / or how to seek help was the most breached guideline
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Church’s Response to the Ecological Crisis in a Small Country – the Case of the Roman Catholic Church in Latvia
Get PDFDue to historical and contextual factors explained in this article, the Latvian Roman Catholic Church currently does not play any significant role in environmental protection or ecological crisis awareness building in the country. However, being called by Pope Francis in his encyclical Laudato si’, recently more of the reflection was given to the call for ecological conversion. Considering Church resources based on publicly available data, the authors describe the limitations and opportunities to strengthen the Church current response to the ecological crisis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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