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Showing 1 to 20 of 71 for “"Sporting Events"”.
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Exploring the signalling potential of mega-sporting events : an analysis of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa
Mega-sporting events such as the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa and the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil have been observed to serve as highly influential tools for the promotion of positive media impressions surrounding the host destination. Drawing from the …
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Trauma Unit volumes: Is there a relationship with weather, sporting events and week/month-end times? An audit at an urban tertiary trauma unit in Cape Town
Background: The Trauma Unit at Groote Schuur Hospital is a mature, tertiary, high-volume trauma referral centre. The number of patients being treated in the unit at any given time can vary greatly. There is evidence to suggest that these fluctuations may be related to external and environmental …
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Integrating sustainability into sports event management and planning: A case study of athletics in New Zealand : A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Environmental Management with Honours
… is gaining momentum, especially in mega or major sporting events. The use of sport as a tool for environmental stewardship is very powerful. Large scale mega or major events have been recognised as a means to showcase "best practice" when it comes to the integration of sustainability into event …
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The dynamic competitive balance ratio as a new method of understanding competitive balance and fan attendance
… of outcome in attracting spectators to live sporting events. In examining the economics of sport leagues, both researchers came upon this “the uncertainty of outcome hypothesis” (UOH), which is the general premise that fans would rather see a contest in which teams are evenly paired with one …
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Differences in Levels of Sports Team Identification and Sports Fan Motivation Among American Indian and Caucasian University of North Dakota Students
… also predicted that motivation for attending UND sporting events would differ between Caucasian and American Indian students. It was hypothesized that Caucasian students would score higher on all SFMS subscales including: eustress, entertainment, family, self-esteem, group affiliation, economic, …
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An Ugly Side to the Beautiful Game? An Analysis of Broadcast Commentary of FIFA World Cup and FIFA Women's World Cup Final Matches
Previous research into sporting events and broadcast commentary have been consistent in showing that there are clear differences in prevalence of commentary topics when a commentator is describing a male athlete and a female athlete. Among these differences are sexualized and ambivalent language …
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Mega Sport and the Gentrification of Public Space
… of free market economy by which they do so. Mega sporting events, like the Olympics, are integral to establishing strong footholds of economic prosperity that they bring to the multinational corporations. My goal is to link the underlying factors that cause the reconstruction of urban space and to …
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A presença feminina na cobertura jornalística de eventos esportivos no brasil: desigualdades e resistências
… their professions, especially in the context of sporting events. The literature reviewed indicated that, during the trajectory of women in sports journalism, the relationships were marked by wage inequalities, difficulties in career advancement, and gender harassment in a hostile work …
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Patient presentations during the 2010 FIFA World Cup: Cape Town, South Africa's public emergency centres
… presentation to emergency centres during major sporting events, as well as their significance, if any. The primary aim of the study is to determine what impact the 2010 FIFA World Cup South AfricaTM had on emergency centre presentations. The objective of the study is to conduct a retrospective, …
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The genetic basis of human athletic performance
… hypertrophy and performance in power associated sporting events. The nitric oxide synthase (ecNOS) G894T polymorphism is associated with endurance training induced decreased submaximal diastolic blood pressure and nitric oxide is a direct modulator of ACE activity.
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LA PARTITA DEGLI SPALTI. RELAZIONI TRA TIFOSERIE E CRIMINALITA' ORGANIZZATA NEL CALCIO MODERNO.
… and the broader urban context in which sporting events and fan activities take place.
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A study of the issues and effectiveness of sponsorship in sport
… sponsorship process. From why companies sponsor sporting events, how they select which events to sponsor, how the sponsorship is managed, sponsorship evaluation to why some sponsorships fail, the report provides an overall review of the sports sponsorship business. The sponsorship roles and …
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A DIGITALIZATION OF SPORTS FAN’S EXPERIENCE: A CASE STUDY OF THE WNBA
… professional sport organizations to cancel live sporting events, requiring sport organizations to engage consumers primarily through social media. This research uses the Sports Experience Design (SX) framework to explore how social media influenced the WNBA fan experiences in the 2020 season. In …
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Sport, crisis, and Canadian identity in 1988: A cultural analysis
… of a series of political, economic and cultural events led some people to suggest that 1988 constituted ""a year of crisis in Canadian identity"". Among those events were the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement and its ultimate parliamentary contestation: the Canadian Federal Election. …
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Impact of rim weight and torque in discus performance
The discus throw is one of the oldest sporting events in track and field. Despite this, there has not been very much dynamic analysis on the throw and the ability of an athlete to apply the proper forces and torques to the discus. This paper looks at measuring the ability of the athlete to create …
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Double play : athletes' use of sport video games to enhance athletic performance
… in life-like representations of actual sporting events. The relation between playing sport video games and actual physical performance has not yet been established. Drawing on data from interviews and observations of elite athletes playing sport video games, this thesis explores why …
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