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NEUROMUSCULAR PREVENTION PROGRAM IN FEMALE BASKET PLAYERS
No full textNeuromuscular prevention program in female basketball players
Thesis of
Roberto Benis
Aim
The overall purpose of this thesis was to obtain knowledge about individualised program for prevention lower limbs injuries in female basketball players.
In this thesis we presented three studies, about here, with main purpose of the investigations.
Study I
To examine the incidence of ACL injury in elite Italian basketball league.
Study II
Bodyweight neuromuscular intervention could improve performances on YBT in female basketball players in order to postural stability
Study III
The effects the specific prevention injuries warm-up designed for female
basketball a
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe 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
Full text link“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
Full text linkWe 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
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe 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
Hand grip strength and characteristics in Italian female basketball teams
No full textAim: In basketball, a number of movements rely on the continuous use of upper extremity muscles and grip strength in catching, holding, shooting, throwing, and passing accuracy (Visnapuu & Jurimae 2007). Performance differences among players of different ability levels have been identified also in the body anthropometric characteristics (e.g. height, Ackland et al. 1997). There is, however, a lack of grip strength and anthropometric data collected in basketball female elite players, to facilitate talent identification approach. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of some hand and body dimensions on hand grip strength, to define a reference scale for talent identification. Methods: Body and hand anthropometric data and the maximal handgrip strength of 109 female Italian basketball National players (Under14-Seniores) were measured. Results: Handgrip strength and arm length trend increase, as well as age and sport level, raising the statistical significant differences only from 19 aged players (U20, Seniores) with respect to sub-elite groups (U14, U15) (p<0.05). Only Seniores showed an asymmetry, obtaining higher handgrip strength values in dominant side (+4 kgf) (p<0.001). Handgrip strength showed low positive correlations with height and BMI, whereas a positive relationships with arm length (r=0.5; p<0.001) was observed. Conclusions: Findings underline training and years of practice effects on handgrip strength increasing. Data show that to select female basketball players by arm length means to select by handgrip strength. Thus it is possible to suggest that in addition to height, also arm length could be considered an useful parameter in young female talent identification. References: Visnapuu M, Jurimae T (2007) Handgrip strength and hand dimensions in young handball and basketball players. J Strength Cond Res 21(3): 923-929. Ackland TR, Schreiner AB, Kerr DA (1997) Absolute size and proportionally characteristics of world championship female basketball players. J Sport Sci 15:485-490
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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