Objectives: To understand cultural issues within cultural sport psychology (CSP) research, methodological variation has been advocated. Those interested in carrying out CSP research with a ‘critical sensibility’ are presented with the challenge of deciding what methodology may capture a socially constructed and nuanced analysis of culture, self-identity and experience. In this paper we focus on...

BACKGROUND The purpose of the present study was to assess the influence of vascular factors on the degree of intensity and rate of progression of cognitive disorders in the course of Alzheimer Disease (AD). MATERIAL AND METHODS The research group consisted of 39 persons, all of whom were diagnosed with AD according to the NINCDS/ADRDA criteria. We divided these patients into 2 subgroups, base...

Abstract China’s “economic juggernaut” is often noted to have arisen from successful market reforms carried out in the context of high state capacity. In contrast, we demonstrate that crucial replace central planning with markets stalled as a result major barriers two types: institutional and ideational. Focusing on electricity sector, find pushed by government are hindered deep inefficiencies ...

Abstract Conceptual innovations are a central feature of global environmental governance. Confronting degradation and unsustainability, scholars practitioners turn to new concepts identify, make sense of, chart directions towards meaningful governance solutions. But why do some create lasting changes institutions practices, while others not? Ideational theories international relations highlight...

Ideational explanations of policy change are popular in the fields political economy, comparative politics and analysis. And yet, to make case for ideational explanations, we must further progress on nature ideas, where they come from, what consist of, how over time. We highlight four critical building sites concerning definitional aspects micro-foundations, mechanisms difference between cognit...

This research investigated how the presence, basic features, and match of interface input capabilities to a task domain can either stimulate or impede thinking about science. Students’ hypothesis generation in biology was compared while they used: (1) non-digital paper and pencil tools, (2) a digital paper and pen interface, (3) pen tablet interface, and (4) keyboard-based graphical tablet inte...