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Showing 1 to 20 of 106 for “"Physical attributes"”.
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Anthropometric characteristics, physical attributes, and relative age effect of elite youth soccer players: comparison between Iceland and Norway
… sports. Performance in soccer is dependent on physical, technical, tactical, and mental factors. In youth soccer, performing a testing battery is key to monitor progress and load, as well as developing training plans and seeing its effect. Objectives: To analyse and compare anthropometric …
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An exploratory Internet study: the relationship between men's self-reported physical attributes, body image, self-esteem, and Internet dating
… in the area of body image, evaluations of physical appearances, and implications of eating disorders, has largely focused on women. In the late 80s, some researchers challenged the conceptualisation of body image dissatisfaction as a uni-gender problem and pioneered a series of studies, …
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EFFECT OF HIGH-PRESSURE HOMOGENIZATION AND THERMAL PRETREATMENT ON THE RHEOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES OF AUTUMN CRISP APPLE PUREE
… processed from fresh apples. The physicochemical attributes of apple puree are mainly affected by the processing operation. High pressure homogenization (HPH) is an innovative non-thermal technology that can be applied to puree production to make smoother, drinkable foods, and was selected for the …
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Khoe, San, Coloured, controvert or conform: Physical attributes influencing the formation of cultural identity in ""Coloured"" women of the Western and Northern Cape
This study sets out to investigate how physical attributes such as hair texture, the colour of your skin and even body structure, influences one's sense of self and ultimately, how this informs cultural identity formulation. The focus of the study was on women from the Northern and the Western Cape …
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The influence of sleep-wake behaviour and chronotype on the match-play and physical performance of tennis players
… Chapter two of this thesis explores the many physical attributes and tennis skills that influence tennis performance. It is well established that tennis skills, such as serves and groundstrokes, are the most important factor for successful tennis performance. While discordant, superior …
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An investigation into temperament, production, and their physical indicators in Bos taurus beef and Holstein dairy cattle
… productivity and temperament, temperament and physical indicators (attributes) and, productivity and physical indicators. Physical attributes examined were facial hair whorl characteristics, and cannon bone measurements. Three separate groups of cattle were used to evaluate the possible …
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Using images to present stated preference information: an application to the built environment.
… techniques used to determine trade-offs between attributes. The choice experiment investigated how changes to the configuration of physical attributes affected preferences for the layout of a town square. Respondents chose their most preferred layout within each choice set. The survey was …
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Atributos físicos e biológicos do solo sob diferentes condições de uso nas várzeas de Sousa (PB)
… of this study was to evaluate biological and physical attributes of the soil under different usage conditions in Várzeas de Sousa, in the state of Paraíba. Sample collections were taken from Chromic Vertisol under different conditions of use (Tifton grass cultivation, pomegranate cultivation, …
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Enhanced β-galctosidase activity in probiotics for improved bioconversion of soy isoflavones in dairy and soy-based yoghurt
… on the growth of selected organisms and on the physical attributes of yogurt and sogurt. The study also investigated the role of β-gal produced by LB and BB12 in biotransformation of isoflavone glycosides (IGs) to aglycones (IAs).
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Labor dynamics in Finnish dairy farming: workforce composition, employment patterns & generational shifts – panel data analysis (2000-2020)
… and its dynamics, along with transitions in farm physical attributes and impact of generational succession on labor input. By utilizing longitudinal data from the Agricultural Census, the study analyses the population of 22,913 dairy farms in Finland and depict periodic shifts in production …
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Music Theory Pedagogy for the Violin: Cognitive Philosophy and Three Model Curricula
… designs a pedagogy that employs the violin’s physical attributes to provide the beginning through advanced player with a deeper understanding of music theory. The thesis suggests pairing of physical learning and musical theory at each stage of a violinist’s musical education. Chapter 1 surveys …
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Evaluating the Importance of Strength, Power, and Performance Tests in an NCAA Division I Football Program
… speculation and discussion about the physical attributes of Division I football players and their playing status. The purpose of this study was to determine what influence strength, power, and performance tests scores have on an individual's playing status. The Skill group results …
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Physical characteristics of male and female high school varsity soccer players
… of high school soccer players by measuring physical attributes, abilities, and skills in players competing in interscholastic soccer in Las Vegas. Seventy-two male and sixty-nine female varsity players completed a soccer history questionnaire and fourteen physical and skill characteristics …
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Effects of Distractor Problems and Hints on Transfer and Classification by Young Children (Learning, Preschool, Interference)
… relational information in the face of competing physical attributes, the target problems were embedded in a sequence with distractor problems. The distractors shared the surface features of one of the target problems, but involved a different goal and solution.
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The managerial and organisational approaches for marketing imported fruit and vegetables within the UK
… branded and promoted products coupled with the physical attributes of fresh produce in terms of perishability, seasonality and the difficulty to differentiate as between sources of supply. (iii) Both wholesale and retail markets are dominated by large sized- companies. (2) Overseas marketing …
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Influence of social closeness on children’s trust in testimony
… one of whom matched their preferences and physical attributes. Children were encouraged to request novel objects’ names from either informant, after which both informants provided conflicting labels for the unfamiliar objects. Physical and psychological commonalities with an informant …
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Predicting Starting Status: Factors Contributing to the Success of Collegiate Football Players
… coaches are experts in the identification of physical attributes needed for success, they may lack the ability to identify psychological skills. Niednagel (2004) would contend that in addition to psychological and physical factors, environmental factors also contribute to the ability to …
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Force-Canceling Mixer Algorithm for Vehicles with Fully-Articulated Radially Symmetric Thruster Arrays
… or no throttle authority. After defining the physical attributes of the new vehicle, a flight control mixer algorithm is defined and presented. This mixer is an input/output abstraction that grants a flight control system (or pilot) full authority of the vehicle's position and orientation by …
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A study of bush encroachment in Hluhluwe National Park, using aerial photographs within a GIS framework
… vegetation were converted into polygons, and the physical attributes of the areas that had been encroached Upon were extracted from the GIS database that exists for the area. Classification trees were used for the analysis of landscape correlates of encroachment. Fire frequency and the area of …
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