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Careers in Sports Science
No full textThis book is aimed at students who are currently studying sports science at undergraduate level or studying BTECs in sport or sport and exercise science. The purpose of the book is to answer the big question:
What do you do with a sports science degree?
It is common that students know that they want to work in sport and work with people but are not sure exactly what they can do. This can affect their motivation while they study as they have no clear goal to work towards.
Based on interviews with 20 people who work in sports related occupations this is designed to provide direction and guidance to enable students to make informed decisions about what they could do with their qualification. The case studies include people who work to support performance athletes, such as a sports nutritionist, sport psychologist, sports analyst, exercise physiologist and a strength and conditioning coach. Also included are cases studies of sports coaches, personal trainers and teachers as well as broader career options such as sports massage therapy, sports development and sports journalism and broadcasting. Many of the people chosen as case studies work with Olympic or professional athletes.
As part of the case studies the importance of developing personal skills needed to work with athletes and other people are discussed. These discussions form the basis of a key chapter about the personal skills needed to work in sporting environments that are often unpredictable, complex and challenging. There is also important advice on how personal skills can be developed whilst studying and what else you should do during your studies to make yourself more employable.
There is an introductory chapter on the options for students who want to study sports science, or similar courses, at degree level with a focus on whether A-level or BTEC qualifications will be more beneficial to them. This chapter also assesses the value of degree level study to an individual’s career. There is a concluding chapter that examines how to apply for jobs and prepare for interviews once you have gained your qualification.
The author, Simon Rea, has worked as a performance coach and personal trainer as well as teaching in both higher and further education for over 25 years. He is a senior fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has written or contributed significantly to 14 books related to sports science
Homotopy types of Spin <sup>c</sup>(n) -gauge groups over S<sup>4</sup>
No full textThe gauge group of a principal G-bundle P over a space X is the group of G-equivariant homeomorphisms of P that cover the identity on X. We consider the gauge groups of bundles over S4 with Spin c(n) , the complex spin group, as structure group and show how the study of their homotopy types reduces to that of Spin (n) -gauge groups over S4 . We then advance on what is known by providing a partial classification for Spin (7) - and Spin (8) -gauge groups over S4 .</p
Homotopy types of gauge groups of PU (p) -bundles over spheres
No full textWe examine the relation between the gauge groups of SU (n) - and PU (n) -bundles over S2i, with 2 ≤ i≤ n, particularly when n is a prime. As special cases, for PU (5 ) -bundles over S4, we show that there is a rational or p-local equivalence G2,k≃ (p)G2,l for any prime p if, and only if, (120 , k) = (120 , l) , while for PU (3 ) -bundles over S6 there is an integral equivalence G3,k≃ G3,l if, and only if, (120 , k) = (120 , l).</p
Rea A.,Tripier M. — Sociologie de l'immigration
No full textKateb Kamel, Simon Patrick. Rea A.,Tripier M. — Sociologie de l'immigration. In: Population, 59ᵉ année, n°3-4, 2004. pp. 623-624
Homotopy types of gauge groups of principal bundles with certain non-simply connected structure groups
No full textThe gauge group of a principal G-bundle P over a space X is the group of G-equivariant homeomorphisms of P that cover the identity on X. To date, the study of the homotopy theory of gauge groups has been focused primarily on principal bundles whose structure groups are simply-connected, mainly due to the inherent complexity of the case of non-simply-connected structure groups.In this thesis, we carry out a systematic study of the homotopy types of gauge groups of principal bundles with two families of non-simply connected structure groups: namely, the projective unitary groups PU(n), particularly with n prime, and the complex spin groups Spinc(n). These are defined as quotients of U(n) by its centre, and of the product Spin(n) U(1) by the diagonal action, respectively.We examine the relation between the gauge groups of SU(n)- and PU(n)-bundles over the even dimensional sphere S2i, with 2 i n. As special cases, for U(5)-bundles over S4, we show that there is a rational or p-local equivalence G2;k '(p) G2;l for any prime p if, and only if, (120; k) = (120; l), while for PU(3)-bundles over S6 there is an integral equivalence G3;k ' G3;l if, and only if, (120; k) = (120; l).We also study the gauge groups of bundles over S4 with Spinc(n) as structure group and show that there is a decomposition Gk(Spinc(n)) ' S1 Gk(Spin(n)). This implies that the homotopy theory of Spinc(n)-gauge groups reduces to that of Spin(n)-gauge groups over S4. We then advance on what is known by providing a partial classification for Spin(7)- and Spin(8)-gauge groups over S4
sj-docx-1-rea-10.1177_17470161231176932 – Supplemental material for Reshaping consent so we might improve participant choice (II) – helping people decide
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-rea-10.1177_17470161231176932 for Reshaping consent so we might improve participant choice (II) – helping people decide by Hugh Davies, Rosie Munday, Maeve O’Reilly, Catriona Gilmour Hamilton, Arzhang Ardahan, Simon E Kolstoe and Katie Gillies in Research Ethics</p
REA analysis of SAP HCM; some initial findings
No full textThis paper explores further the claim that the Transaction-Oriented Architecture (TOA) based on the principles of Resources, Events, Agents (REA) can enhance Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems by providing a principled theoretical basis that can underpin ERP business process implementations. We provide details of some of our initial findings of the REA/TOA analysis which we carried out on the SAP Human Capital Management (HCM) module. Given that SAP is recognized as the dominant ERP system with over 50% of the market share, this technology is viewed as the representative case study technology for exploring the theory of REA in actual ERP systems. In particular O’Leary’s and Dunn et al.’s works are expanded upon, substantiating O’Leary’s findings that SAP was found to be consistent with REA in its database, semantic and structure orientations. Using SAP’s HCM module as the exemplar, two notable discoveries are made. These are namely (i) identifying that several anomalies exist in the underlying data model, and (ii) that there are many more REA entities than previously discovered by Dunn et al. Through the SAP HCM exemplar it is shown that REA adds value to modelling business processes in ERP systems
sj-docx-1-rea-10.1177_17470161241235910 – Supplemental material for Reshaping consent so we might improve participant choice (III) – How is the research participant’s understanding currently checked and how might we improve this process?
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-rea-10.1177_17470161241235910 for Reshaping consent so we might improve participant choice (III) – How is the research participant’s understanding currently checked and how might we improve this process? by Hugh Davies, Simon E Kolstoe and Anthony Lockett in Research Ethics</p
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Introduction to Optimising Female Athletic Performance
No full textFrom our own research into the field of female athletic performance we have concluded that there is an increasing demand for greater knowledge and understanding of the multidimensional influences on the performance of female athletes. Throughout their lives females will go through significant lifecycle changes. These changes commence during childhood as they move through puberty, into their adolescent years, onto adulthood and potentially motherhood. Following that, they move into their menopausal and postmenopausal stages. Each stage of the lifecycle brings with it specific physical, psychological, and social challenges that can affect women’s performance, their attitudes towards physical activity and the amount of time that they can invest in it. While there is existing research in this area more knowledge is required to construct a comprehensive understanding of female athletes and assess the specific support they may need at different stages of their athletic development
Automated REA (AREA): a software toolset for a machine-readable resource-event-agent (REA) ontology specification
No full textThis paper demonstrates a toolset developed by the authors to enable a machine-readable REA ontology specification. Information modelling tech-niques are used to provide a unified enterprise ontology by capturing the busi-ness semantics using Conceptual Graphs (CGs) using Common Logic (CL) and the Conceptual Graph Interchange Format (CGIF) dialect for information ex-change and transmission. Formal Concept Analysis (FCA) is used for model verification, knowledge discovery and extraction. The enterprise design follows the Open Groups definition of the TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM) to define the system architecture and subsequently provide a method for defining and automating the (REA) design models for; Business Architecture, Information System Architecture and Technology Architecture
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