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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"N870 - Recreation & leisure studies"”.
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Leisure, patriarchy and policy: an examination of processes and ideologies in the local state
… constructed and contested within and through the leisure policy process. Drawing on structuration theory, socialist feminism and malestream critical sociological analyses, a methodology was developed for examining the situated practices of leisure professionals and local politicians in the local …
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An investigation of the biomechanical efficacy and clinical effectiveness of patello-‐femoral taping in elite and experienced cyclists
Abstract Please write a brief description of your work, or copy an abstract you have included in the Thesis Considering that Patello-Femoral Pain (PFP) is responsible for over 25% of all road cycling related injury and over 65% of injuries in the lower limb, alongside trauma related pain it remains …
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Tourist Photography and the Tourist Gaze: An empirical study of Chinese tourists in the UK
… autoethnography is employed during two field studies with Chinese tourists in the UK. More precisely, a first field study was based on a seven-day package tour undertaken with eighteen Chinese tourists, visiting a total of thirteen destinations around British destinations. The second field …
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A comparison of the standard barbell bench press and novel BandBell bench press
The purpose of this study was to compare the kinematics and whole body sEMG of the barbell with the Bandbell bench press. Twelve subjects with at least five years of resistance training experience volunteered to take part in the study (height, 190 ± 7 cm; bodyweight, 107 ± 16kg). All subjects were …
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Lifestyle and Service Quality: An Analysis of Family Run Hotels in Chiangmai Province, Thailand
Globally, the provision of accommodation is dominated by family run businesses (Getz and Carlsen, 2005). Family businesses in the tourism and hospitality industry are significant in terms of numbers, economic value, and longevity. The visions and goals of the owners are different from those of …
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The Applicability of the Human Sigma Model to Service Quality Management in the UK Tourism Industry: an operational analysis
… in service quality has been acknowledged, few studies have actually identified the factors linked to the service encounter from the perspective of both the provider and customer. In practice, the role of front-line employees in service firms tends to be underappreciated, with the lowest paid, …
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Exploring Stakeholder Coherence in an Effective Talent Identification and Development Environment.
… in coach-parent relationships. The different studies were based primarily in the UK and in one sport, but cultural differences suggest that the findings of this thesis may not pertain to other sports and nations. To this end, the final study compared TID systems and coach- parent coherence in …
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Critical considerations of Level 4 coach education in the UK: A theoretical and empirical study
Within the last half a century the developments within the sporting landscape have been coupled with changes in the political sphere and - most recently - the successful bid to host the London 2012 Olympics Games. An incidental effect of such changes emphasised the fundamental role of coach …
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The Workload Demands of Mixed Martial Arts
A two part study, which firstly demonstrates the reliability of the Catapult Minimax x3 in measuring the external workload of isolated mixed martial arts movements and then uses this technology alongside video based time motion analysis and capillary blood sampling to determine the workload demands …
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Sport, Museums and Cultural Policy
Britain is widely considered to be the birth place of modern sport. Given this fact, it could be expected that the representation of sport within British museums would be extensive. However, the discussion of sport in museums within the existing literature is limited at best and, where it does …
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Residents’ Perceptions of Dark Tourism Development: The Case of L’Aquila, Italy
… wider application within the field of tourism studies and contemporary theory of host-tourist perceptions. Subsequently, the formal literature review explores critically contemporary approaches to theorising disasters, the disaster recovery process and disaster tourism, as well as broader …
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The Effectiveness Of The Package Travel Regulations 1992 In Protecting Consumers-With Particular Reference To Regulation 15
This thesis examines how effective the Package Travel Regulations generally are in providing consumers with rights whilst on a package holiday and in particular how regulation 15 holds organisers liable for the proper performance of the contract or improper performance by themselves or their …
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Learning to Make the ‘Right’ Decisions - the Epistemological Chain in Action: An Investigation and Guide for Elite Golf Practice.
… of the EC’s wider impact on DM, a series of studies were undertaken, this time examining the EC at the coach-player, inter-coach, and organisational level. Findings from these studies demonstrated that the EC did exist, as did many potential benefits for its implementation. To further test …
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Crisis Management, Tourism and the Three Gorges Dam, China
Within the tourism literature, studies of crisis and disaster management in the tourism industry are relatively numerous. However, not only are most research case studies based on a Western-oriented paradigm, but also relatively few studies pay attention to tourists’ perceptions in relation to …
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The effects of dressage competition on the mechanical properties of a synthetic equestrian arena surface
Properties of equestrian surfaces such as hardness, traction and resistance to penetration may change during competition. A surface itself has a direct impact upon an athlete since it is the primary point of contact, therefore any changes which occur could affect performance or the possibility of …