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Environmental sustainability in sport federations: a Swiss case study of environmental policy genesis
Since national sport federations (NSFs) represent sport clubs and engage in sport policy issues, they could play a crucial role in establishing...
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Anxiety in Sport
Although many different emotions colour our experience of sport, on and off the pitch, anxiety sticks out because of its ubiquitous presence....
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Azores Archipelago: Sport Tourism Development Toward Sustainability
Sport tourism, and particularly nature sport tourism, is a strategic sector for the Azores archipelago. Despite all, few studies analyzed the...
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The Role of Variability in Monoamine Transporter Genes in Sport Physiology
AbstractMonoamine transporters (MATs) are responsible for the reuptake of dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine, modulating concentrations of these...
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Leaving elite sport, abandoning athletic identity? Development and predictors of athletic identity post-retirement
The purpose of this study was to examine how athletic identity develops beyond a career in elite sport and which factors contribute to this...
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Computer Science in Sport Modeling, Simulation, Data Analysis and Visualization of Sports-Related Data
In recent years, computer science in sport has grown extremely, mainly because more and more new data has become available. Computer science tools in...
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Emotions in Sport
Emotions play an important role in sport. This chapter provides a timely overview of research on emotions from both sport psychology and general...
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Personality Development Through Sport
The postulate in sport pedagogy that sport promotes personality development in a positive sense has a long tradition in physical education and in...
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Embarking on a journey: a bibliometric analysis of the relative age effect in sport science
The early identification and development of talented athletes has become increasingly popular in youth sport. However, such approaches may lead to...
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The role of the body in electronic sport: a sco** review
The popularity of competitive computer and videogaming, also known as electronic sport (esport), has been rising rapidly during the past decades....
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From buds to shoots: insights into grapevine development from the Witch’s Broom bud sport
BackgroundBud sports occur spontaneously in plants when new growth exhibits a distinct phenotype from the rest of the parent plant. The Witch’s Broom...
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Can learning to move foster sustainable development? A systematic literature review examining the potential of sport and physical activity in the context of environmental and sustainability education
In order to move forward the agenda of sustainable development through Environmental and Sustainability Education (ESE), there is a need for learning...
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Just a stopgap for ‘real’ sports? Experiences with digital sport and exercise activities during the COVID-19 pandemic
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to an increase of digitally supported home-based sport and exercise activities. This paper...
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Talent Identification and Development in Sport
The sustainable success of associations and clubs in sport is based on effective talent promotion. Based on definitions for fundamental concepts...
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Madeira Archipelago: Paths to a Sustainable Nature Sport Tourism Destination
The Autonomous Region of Madeira presents itself as a territory of natural and cultural diversity, awarded and valued by many. With these quality...
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Sport and Tourism: Tahiti (Polynesia) as Case Study
This chapter investigates the relationship between sport and tourism in Tahiti and the Society Islands (French Polynesia). In other words, it sets...
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Insights on the stem elongation of spur-type bud sport mutant of ‘Red Delicious’ apple
Main conclusionThe decreased capacity of auxin-, CTK-, and BR-mediated cell division and cell enlargement pathways, combined with the enhanced...
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Cultural intelligence in sport: An examination of football coaches’ cross-cultural training needs
Cultural intelligence is the capability of a person to adapt effectively to different cultures. This capability has been investigated in areas such...
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Asymmetry in information acquisition—Exploring the principal–agent dyad of sport organizations and sport management higher education institutions
This study is based on a metaphorical contract in sport management, whereby sport organizations (the principal) engage sport management higher...
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The Self in Sport and Exercise
The multidimensional and hierarchical nature of conceptualizations of self-concept and self-esteem has been extensively examined in sport and...