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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"skater"”.
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The competitive female skater: what motivates her?
… The hypothesis used was that competitive skaters, with more demands on their time and finances, would more often exhibit an avoidance of failure motivation when participating in sport. This hypothesis was chosen to address the high burnout rates that are exhibited by child athletes at the …
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Governance strategies towards organising for action sports: A national structure for New Zealand skateboarding
… Skateboarding New Zealand (i.e. SBNZ, a new skater-led organisation), New Zealand Federation of Roller Sports (Skate NZ), New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC), Sport New Zealand (Sport NZ), regional skateboarding associations, skate schools, and skateboarding event owners/organisers. The …
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Nonverbal behavior of national figure skating coaches: effects upon female athletes differing in age and athletic maturity levels
… to three judges who viewed one tape of each skater (randomly selected). Judges recorded the specific behaviors and frequency of these displays seen on each tape. An average frequency of display for the behaviors shown throughout the three tapes was calculated for each skater. A 2 (gender) X 3 …
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Investigating the Effects of Shoe Upper Panel Stiffness on Biomechanics
… altered contact time during the lateral skater jump with the stiffest shoe having the shortest contact time compared to the other two shoe stiffness conditions (p=0.020-0.046). Shoe upper panel stiffness significantly changed peak concentric power in the anterior-posterior drill where the …
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Children and computers: collected works (1995–2014)
… description and analysis of my 2009 project The Skater and a description of what I perceive as my own contribution to new knowledge, which includes the impact of my work on the understanding of the representation for the child in photography and also its implied critique of the impact of the …
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Studies on Corrosion, Fouling and Durability of Advanced Functional Nonwetting Surfaces
… of natural surfaces such as lotus leaves, pond skater legs, butterfly wings, and Nepenthes pitcher plant. This dissertation focuses on fabrication and in depth study of bioinspired functional metallic surfaces for applications such as power plant condensers and marine applications. Toward that, …
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Pressure-Based Interaction Techniques for Supporting Feedback Strategies in Sports
… time performance training aid with roller derby skaters. Pressure input and vibrotactile feedback was shown to allow users to effectively request comparative lap time information. Allowing the skater to manually request feedback, rather than automatically at the end of every lap, was shown to …
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Significados e experiências de lazer no contexto da prática do skate vivenciada por jovens na cidade de Natal/RN/Brasil
… general categories created were: skate spots and skaters' relationship with Natal's urban space; leisure experiences while skateboarding; meanings, sensations, and lifestyles in the construction of skaters' identities. The conclusion is that risk-taking plays an important role in the construction …
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Aggro Duality
<p>Aggro Duality features sculptures inspired by skateboarding and custom–automobile cultures. This body of work is inspired by the manufacturing process, physicality of materials, individual aesthetic, and attention to craft. Each sculpture in Aggro Duality is created through intensive …
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Deep play, urban space, adolescent place: a multi-sited study of the effects of settings on adolescent risk/reward behavior
<p>The extant literature on the play behavior of youth normalizes adolescent behavior in public space as transgressional, resistant, and in need of social control. The dissertation counters this trend by looking to see if physical qualities, peer effects, and neighborhood context of settings play a …