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Showing 1 to 20 of 131 for “"Olympics"”.
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Flexible stadium design in the context of Olympics and Post-Olympics usage
… for major sport events on the scale of the Olympics or World Cup. Emphasising design with a focus towards post-Olympics usage, the London Olympic Stadium through features like a demountable second seating tier, reclaimed steel elements, and structurally isolated fagade, set a strong …
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Hearing Health in Utah Special Olympics Athletes Compared to Special Olympics Athletes Worldwide: A Prevalence Study in Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities
The Special Olympics Healthy Athletes initiative promotes wellness of the athletes with intellectual disabilities and education for medical professionals. Healthy Athletes has created a hearing screening program, Healthy Hearing, to help athletes with intellectual disabilities get the otological …
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An area realignment survey of Virginia Special Olympics, Inc.
… to gather responses from key Virginia Special Olympics' volunteers about their perceptions of several issues and concerns relating to the realignment of their current geographical areas of service. The study was done in two parts. Part one consisted of a survey which was sent to 222 key …
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Playing the Nation: 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics and Japanese Identity
… identity surrounding the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics. This event marked an important psychological turning point for many Japanese, who saw it as marking their reemergence into the world community. National identity is often hidden in the daily assumptions and practices of members of the …
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Playing the Nation: 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics and Japanese Identity
… identity surrounding the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics. This event marked an important psychological turning point for many Japanese, who saw it as marking their reemergence into the world community. National identity is often hidden in the daily assumptions and practices of members of the …
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The Beijing Olympics political impact and implications for soft power politics
… were used as an example of the power of the Olympics to change a nation. Aside from Korea and China being located within the same region, there are few similarities between the two nations. In order to assess the lack of positive political change resulting from the Beijing Games, this thesis …
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Determinants of Sports Performance: Case Studies on Olympics & Major League Soccer
… between the performance by a country at the Olympics, measured by number of medals obtained, and a country's health indicators. We want to examine the relationship that improved sanitation access has on Olympic performance. The data sources are from the Olympic Committee, World Development …
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Joint Task Force Olympics : monitoring potential terrorists behavior via deceptive computer means
… be a supportive tool for the Joint Task Force Olympics. In actuality, it will be used to collect various data from those who attempt to access the site. The goal is not to implement a secure, impenetrable computer site or to capture hackers. On the contrary, the preference is to entice …
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Identifying instructional practices employed by Massachusetts Special Olympics Hall of Fame coaches
Special Olympics athletes may experience unique learning needs not seen among many mainstream athletes. Consequently, research-based coaching practices recommended for coaches of mainstream teams may not be appropriate for Special Olympics coaches. With this in mind, the importance of establishing …
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Choices and benefits : alternative access and venue sites for Ä°stanbul Olympics
This thesis is based on the idea that the Olympics, a global mega-project that interrupts and re-channels the forces of urban evolution in its host city, can be planned in ways that bring long-term benefits to that city. It is inspired by the urban regeneration of Barcelona in 1992 and the …
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Is measuring best? Evaluating report derived body mass index in Special Olympics participants
To determine the proportion of overweight/obesity, studies save time and money by using reported height and weight for the calculation of body mass index (BMI). However, no studies have reported the validity of self and proxy-reported height and weight in persons with intellectual disabilities …
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Garfield County resident perceptions of the indirect effects of the 2002 Winter Olympics
… of them; It is anticipated that the 2002 Winter Olympics will have some impact on Garfield County, Utah. Using social exchange theory, the study sought to better understand public sentiment regarding the upcoming mega-event. Certain resident values were examined in relation to tourism; The …
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Indiana Special Olympics and Its Portrayals of People with Intellectual Disabilities, 1969-1989
… 20, 1968, the first-ever International Special Olympics Games took place in Chicago, Illinois. The following year, two Indiana State University (ISU) professors established Indiana Special Olympics (ISO) and took on the task of not only planning an annual competition, but also developing …
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Sex Trafficking and State Intervention: Conflicts and Contradictions during the 2012 London Olympics
… prevention policies adopted for the 2012 London Olympics using mixed methods including participation-observation, qualitative interviews, theoretical analysis and policy evaluation. I was invited to observe the Human Trafficking Network and London 2012, the Mayor of London’s official response to …
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The Olympics as a social opportunity : Integrated social housing in Rio de Janeiro
… the course in all cities that have hosted the Olympics, but it is something especially detrimental in Rio. The rich have largely walled themselves of from the city within their gated communities and the low income citizens are relegated to building on top of each other. This creates a spatial …
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A dynamic framework for transportation policy design : the case of the Boston Olympics
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1994.
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