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In addition to the infectious context, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought many complications to social life. Fear, anxiety, misinformation, and loneliness associated with isolation, as well as uncertainty about the days ahead, have already caused psychological and emotional changes in many people. Many social groups, such as cancer patients, the elderly, schoolchildren, and people with disabilities, were particularly vulnerable to the psychosocial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. In light of current data, even the WHO suggests that the psychological context of the pandemic may have caused more psychological damage than World War II. Some researchers also infer the existence already of a post...
The increase in the prevalence of diet-related diseases in the female population since the second half of the 20th century is likely the result of increasing life expectancy combined with increased exposure to environmental factors, including lifestyle. To date, the exact mechanism for the development of many nutrition-related diseases remains unknown. Mainly because of the multifactorial etiology. It is often forgotten that human biology and pathophysiology are regulated at the level of gene expression. "Genetics loads the gun, but the environment pulls the trigger" by Judith Stern illustrates the complex relationship between diseases and environmental factors. The analogy accurately conveys that disease phenotypes are not only the result of interactions between different genes but also between genes and environmental determinants.
In December 1935, Zdenek Koubek, one of the most famous sprinters in European women’s sports, declared he was now living as a man. Around the same time, the celebrated British field athlete Mark Weston, also assigned female at birth, announced that he, too, was a man. Periodicals and radio programs across the world carried the news; both became global celebrities. A few decades later, they were all but forgotten. And in the wake of their transitions, what could have been a push toward equality became instead, through a confluence of bureaucracy, war, and sheer happenstance, the exact opposite: the now all-too-familiar panic around trans, intersex, and gender nonconforming athletes. In The ...
Investigates the literary, linguistic, historical, epigraphic, and other contexts of Hellenistic epigrams in themed chapters through analyses of individual epigrams.
Consumer Behaviour in Sport and Events emphasises the role of consumer behaviour in sport marketing. Given the social, economic, and environmental benefits of sport events, the challenge for marketers is to understand the complexity of sport and event participation. Through a heightened understanding of consumer behaviour, marketers are able to develop communication strategies to enhance the experience, while identifying key elements of the consumer’s decision-making process. This book provides students and industry professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to meet the current marketing challenges facing professionals working in the sport and event industries. This comprehensiv...
Książka zawiera orzecznictwo Sądu Najwyższego z lat 1920–2021 oraz piśmiennictwo z lat 1872–2021, dotyczące artykułów Kodeksu rodzinnego i opiekuńczego lub zachowujące ścisły związek z jego przepisami. img src= "https://static.profinfo.pl/file/core_files/2017/6/20/abb6a0de6f593344efcd8c3abe756249/Ico_Gray_17.gif" alt="Ico_Gray_17.gif [486 B]" width="40" Na publikację składa się część bogatych zbiorów bibliograficznych autora, obejmujących prawie 100 000 pozycji. Liczy ona ok. 2000 orzeczeń przypisanych do poszczególnych artykułów Kodeksu oraz ok. 3500 pozycji piśmiennictwa. W zbiorze umieszczono wszystkie orzeczenia opublikowane – ze wskazaniem opracowanych do...
A comprehensive study of how and why athletic contests, a characteristic feature of ancient Greek culture, disappeared in late antiquity.
Coubertin's main contribution to the founding of the modern Olympics was the zeal he brought to transforming an idea that had evolved over decades into the reality of Olympiad I and all the Olympic Games held thereafter.
The book contains recent research about physiology, psychology, nutrition and training aspects of Marathon Running of different age, gender and performance level. The basic knowledge of marathon running with explanations of the physiological and psychological mechanisms induced by marathon training with the associated adaptations and subsequent improved physiological capacities are presented in a reader friendly format for researchers and practitioners. The book includes a full range of useful practical knowledge, as well as trainings principles to guide the reader to run marathon faster. After reading the book the reader is able to develop training plans and owns the knowledge about up-to-date scientific results in the fields of physiology, psychology, nutrition in marathon running.
This is the first academic text to examine the role of volunteers in sport, linking theory and research to provide clear guidelines for successful volunteer management. The authors are well known for their research in this subject and cover the key issues.