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Analysis of goal scoring patterns and passing sequences between winning and losing teams in UEFA-EURO 2012 / Muhamad Safiq Saiful Annur
Full text linkBackground and purpose of study: The objective of current study is to investigate the differences of winning and losing teams in terms of goal scoring and passing sequences. Methods: Total of 31 matches from UEFA-EURO 2012 were analyzed and 5 matches were excluded from analysis due to matches end up drawn. There are three groups of variable used in the study, which are the goal scoring variable, passing sequences variable and other selected performance indicators. Data were analyzed using Mann Whitney-U Test with significant value set at p < 0.05. Results: Current study found the timing of goal scored was significantly higher for winning team at 1st half (Z- -3.595, p < 0.05) and 2nd half (Z=-3.277,p< 0.05). The scoring frequency was also found to be increase as time progressed and the last 15 minutes of the game was the time interval the most goals scored. The indicators that were significantly differences between winning and losing team were the goal scored (Z= -4.894, p < 0.05), the head (Z= -2.549,p < 0.05), the right foot (Z= -3.546, p< 0.05), comer (Z= -2.307, p < 0.05), open play (Z= -5.022, p < 0.05), inside the penalty box (Z= -5.394,/? < 0.05), attackers (Z= -3,280, p < 0.05) and also the midfielders (Z= -3.823,p< 0.05). Regarding the passing sequences, there are significant difference between both teams in short passing sequences (Z=-.4.899, p < 0.05) and long passing (Z=-.l .958,p < 0.05). The intercept (Z= -2.853, p < 0.05), corner (Z- - 2.307,p < 0.05), poor passing (Z= -2.137, p < 0.05), poor control (Z= -3.026, p < 0.05) and the goalkeeper distribution (Z= -2.329, p < 0.05) resulted in significant difference in how the possession was gained and the possession was significantly gained at 1st quarter (Z- -2.284, p < 0.05), 3rd quarter (Z= -2.941 ,p < 0.05), and 4th quarter (Z= -3.253,p < 0.05). The winning teams preferred to have 2 touches or less and they preferred to use driven shot, inside shot and volley shot in scoring goal (p< 0.05). Regarding the directions of the shot, more goals were scored at lower sections of the goals, either left or right. Conclusion: It can be concluded that the winning teams have significant higher performance indicators in goal scoring compared to losing teams. The data gathered in present study can be used by the coaches to construct detailed training program based on their objectives
Comparison on selected fitness indicator and golf performances among elite and non-elite university golfers
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Comparison on selected fitness indicator and golf performances among elite and non-elite university golfers / Muhamad Safiq Saiful Annur ...[et al.]
Full text linkThe purpose of the study was to investigate the differences of physical fitness between elite and non-elite golfers in the National Golf Academy, UUM. The two groups were compared based on their physical fitness (leg power, muscular endurance, muscular strength, cardiovascular endurance, balance and abdominal muscle performances) and golf performances (handicap, 5-iron ball speed, 5-iron clubhead speed, 5-iron carry distance, average score, greens in regulations, and putts per round). Significant differences were found on handicap and predicted Vo2max variables (p < 0.05). Significant differences were also found on non-dominant leg vertical jump (20.6 ± 4.5 vs. 14.7 ± 5, p < 0.05) and push up performances (27.9 ± 10.1 vs. 16.4 ± 11.2, p < 0.05) between the elite and non-elite groups. Elite golfers have better performances in static balance (both dominant and non-dominant leg) and abdominal muscle performance where the significant level was found to be less than 0.05. While for golf performances, the difference between those two groups were found on the 5-iron clubhead speed, 5-iron ball speed, 5-iron carrying distance and average score (p < 0.05). These results can be used for developing training programmemes, as well as for the development of talent identification programmemes
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
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
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