Libellule et Demoisells (Insecta: Ordre des rdonates) by Seth Bybee

“…Les odonates sont appréciés par l'amateur aussi bien que par le professionnel notamment pour leurs grandes tailles, couleurs, ainsi que leurs comportements exceptionnellement charismatiques. …”
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Marching towards the Cruzada: Douglas Jerrold's road to nationalist Spain by F. Hale

“…Perhaps no English Catholic played a more central role in the almost daily war of words in the secular and religious press than Douglas Jerrold (1893-1964), a lay publicist, novelist, and amateur historian whose Tory sentiments and disillusionment with liberal democracy and the course of modern civilisation in general permeated his writing. …”
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Trabalho cultural no Recôncavo da Bahia: uma abordagem a partir da organização das classes criativas by Mariella Pitombo, Frederico Barbosa, Amanda Botelho

“…Moreover, the indicators have restrictions because they do not capture amateur or nonformal activities - a defining feature of the cultural dynamics of the Recôncavo, strongly shaped by expressions of popular culture. …”
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Effects of Repetitive Pitching on Trunk Muscle Endurance and Thoracic and Shoulder Kinematics by Takuya Aso, Yoshinori Kagaya

“… # Study design Cohort study # Methods Trunk muscle endurance was assessed in flexion, extension, and lateral flexion positions in 12 healthy amateur baseball players. The positions of stride foot contact (SFC) during the early cocking phase and maximal shoulder external rotation (MER) during the late cocking phase were used to compute the thoracic and shoulder kinematics in degrees. …”
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« Histoires perturbées, passés retrouvés », une introduction by Sian Sullivan, Michèle Baussant, Lindsey Dodd, Olivette Otele, Irène Dos Santos

“…Our aim has been to interrogate relationships between oral histories and amateur histories with more formal written archives and historiography in a series of disrupted settings: evictions in colonial and apartheid west Namibia (SULLIVAN); memories and historical interpretations of the Egyptian Jewish diaspora (BAUSSANT); the evacuation of children in Second World War France (DODD); recent maritime exodus of migrants from Africa (OTELE); and rupture from a hegemonic imperial-nostalgic narrative in Portugal (DOS SANTOS). …”
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Lower Limb Exercise-Based Injury Prevention Programs Are Effective in Improving Sprint Speed, Jumping, Agility and Balance: an Umbrella Review by Loïc Bel, Nicolas Mathieu, Vincent Ducrest, Mario Bizzini

“…Only articles that investigated multicomponent lower limb injury prevention programs and their effects on the performance criteria of strength, balance, agility, jumping or speed by both amateur and professional athletes of all ages and sex were included. …”
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Introducing “Disrupted Histories, Recovered Pasts” by Sian Sullivan, Michèle Baussant, Lindsey Dodd, Olivette Otele, Irène Dos Santos

“…Our aim has been to interrogate relationships between oral histories and amateur histories with more formal written archives and historiography in a series of disrupted settings: evictions in colonial and apartheid west Namibia (SULLIVAN); memories and historical interpretations of the Egyptian Jewish diaspora (BAUSSANT); the evacuation of children in Second World War France (DODD); recent maritime exodus of migrants from Africa (OTELE); and rupture from a hegemonic imperial-nostalgic narrative in Portugal (DOS SANTOS). …”
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Clinical Progression and Load Management For Proximal Hamstring Tendinopathy In A Long-Distance Runner: A Case Report by Cristina Campos-Villegas, Lucía Ortega-Pérez de Villar, Javier Gámez-Payá, Jorge Alarcón-Jiménez, Nieves de Bernardo

“…The aim of this case report is to analyze the effectiveness of an exercise protocol with progression of tendon loading in PHT in an amateur runner, by assessing pain and functional capacity…”
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A Preseason Training Program With the Nordic Hamstring Exercise Increases Eccentric Knee Flexor Strength and Fascicle Length in Professional Female Soccer Players by Karoline Baptista Vianna, Lívia Gonçalves Rodrigues, Nathalia Trevisol Oliveira, João Breno Ribeiro-Alvares, Bruno Manfredini Baroni

“…. # Methods Sixteen amateur female soccer players (without a NHE training routine) were evaluated 8-weeks apart to: (1) assess reliability of eccentric knee flexor strength and biceps femoris fascicle length measures; and (2) determine the typical error of measures that would be used to discriminate training responders and non-responders. …”
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Comparative Pitching Biomechanics Among Adolescent Baseball Athletes: Are There Fundamental Differences Between Pitchers and Non-pitchers? by Garrett Bullock, Tessa C Hulburt, Gary Collins, Brian R Waterman, Kristen F Nicholson

“…Understanding potential kinematic and kinetic differences between pitching and non-pitching baseball players can inform injury risk reduction strategies for amateur athletes. # Purpose/Hypothesis To analyze differences in pitching biomechanics for fastballs, breaking balls, and change-ups in adolescent youth baseball players that identify as pitchers and non-pitchers…”
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Gesture sonification for enhancing agency: an exploratory study on healthy participants by Felix Schoeller, Felix Schoeller, Parham Ashur, Joseph Larralde, Clement Le Couedic, Rajeev Mylapalli, Karthikeyan Krishnanandan, Anna Ciaunica, Anna Ciaunica, Adam Linson, Mark Miller, Nicco Reggente, Vladimir Adrien, Vladimir Adrien

“…., wearable technology transforming body movements into sounds, to enhance proprioception, BA, and thus the SA.MethodsIn this within-subjects design, 17 healthy adults (mean age = 25.5 years) with varying dance expertise (novice, amateur, expert) improvised movements to match sounds with and without auditory feedback from motion sensors on wrists/ankles modulated by their gestures. …”
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Use of Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids and Male Fertility: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Prashant Motiram Mulawkar, Pankaj N. Maheshwari, Vineet Gauhar, Sumeet Gopal Agrawal, Taofiq Olayinka Mohammed, Abhishek Gajendra Singh, Gopal Ramdas Tak, Utsav Shailesh Shah, Deepali Parthsarthi Shukla, Deepali Mamankar

“…The use is not limited to professional competitive athletes, but many amateur men. Objective: The objective of this study was to assess and systematically review the effects of AAS on male fertility parameters, spermiogram, testosterone, follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinising hormone (LH) and to review reversibility and other morbidity impacting fertility. …”
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Unsteady ground: understanding the problem of BPPV in the world of sports by Wojciech Nowak, Mirosław Sawicki, Jagoda Mikołajczyk, Paulina Krzemińska, Maciej Gołębski, Zuzanna Kukla, Sebastian Musialik, Stella Mieruszyńska, Jakub Włosiański, Izabela Sadowska

“…In modern world, sport has become a part of everyday life, both in professional in amateur matter. Different sports, may lead to different types of injuries and related complications, one of them is dizzyness and vertigo. …”
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Constraining Solar Emission Radius at 42 MHz During the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Using a Student-commissioned Radio Telescope by Olivia R. Young, Timothy E. Dolch, Joseph F. Helmboldt, Christopher Mentrek, Louis P. Dartez, Michael T. Lam, Sophia V. Sosa Fiscella, Evan Bretl, Colin Joyce, Johannes Loock, Grace Meyer, Annabel Peltzer, Joseph Petullo, Parker Reed, Emerson Sigtryggsson, Benjamin Bassett, Andrew B. Hawken, Alejandro Z. Heredia, Paige Lettow, Whit Lewis, Mikayla Manna, Nicholas Mirochnikoff, Michael Zemcov

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L’« arte » del giardino nell’Europa di età moderna : ipotesi di lavoro e prospettive di ricerca by Chiara Santini

“…The analysis is based on a corpus of twenty texts on horticulture and gardening published during the 17th and 18th centuries by gardeners, flowers collectors, agronomists and amateurs à i.e. authors who belong to a milieu less erudite than the milieu who elaborated the following Treaties : Boyceau de la Barauderie and de Dezallier d'Argenville. …”
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Les jardins alpino-japonais, histoire d’une possible utopie paysagère by Romain Billon

“…By highlighting this style of gardening, now forgotten in the history of horticulture, we seek to understand why only a small number of amateurs—such as Albert Kahn and Ernest Van den Broeck—and professionals—such as Eugène Laumonnier and Charles Weiss—attempted to combine the two main styles of Japanese and Alpine gardens. …”
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The Golfer’s Fore, Fore +, and Advanced Fore + Exercise Program: An Exercise Series and Injury Prevention Program for the Golfer by Zachary M Thomas, Kevin E Wilk

“…Playing golf does not come without risk of injury, with an annual incidence between 15.8% and 40.9% in amateurs and 31% in professional golfers. Most injuries in golf occur due to overuse (82.6%) and only a small percentage occur from a single traumatic event (17.4%). …”
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Bouvard et Pécuchet et le ruban de Möbius. Variation mathématique sur le désir by Florence Pellegrini

“…Fickle lovers or indecisive amateurs who lose heart at the first obstacle – failure deters them from the object of their quest – they draw from the very non-fulfillment of their passion a renewed and endless energy. …”
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"Cuéntame tus testosteronas": Un análisis sobre las regulaciones para jugadorxs transgénero e hiperandrógenas by Mariana Elizabeth Ibarra

“…En un segundo momento, focalizaremos sobre la efectiva aplicación de la resolución en casos argentinos de jugadoras de hockey que no son de alta competencia, ¿cómo se operativiza la reglamentación en los deportes amateurs? ¿qué negociaciones y resistencias son posibles? …”
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