Over fairly recent years the concept of an artificial sport trainer has been proposed in literature. This concept is based on computational intelligence algorithms. In this paper, we try to extend the artificial sports trainer by planning fitness training sessions that are suitable for athletes, especially during idle seasons when no competition takes place (e.g., winter). The bat algorithm was...

I n recent years there has been special focus on the increased occurrence of asthma and bronchial responsiveness among top athletes within endurance sports. As early as 1989, an increase in nonspecific bronchial responsiveness after heavy endurance training was found in young competitive swimmers [1]. Later, reports were made concerning increased prevalence of asthma and bronchial hyperresponsi...

In 1879 the North American Review published in four separate monthly installments excerpts from "The Diary of a Public Man" in which the name of the diarist was withheld. It was, or purported to be, a diary kept during the "secession winter" of 1860-61. It appeared to offer verbatim accounts of behind-the-scenes discussions at the very highest levels during the greatest crisis the US had ever f...

Hanusch and Andreas Pyka. Quite obviously, this paper is largely based on earlier articles written jointly with Franco Malerba, Richard Nelson and Sidney Winter. However, they are not responsible for any mistakes nor they might necessarily agree with all the ideas presented in this paper.

The systematic literature review method was adopted to analyze the content of papers published since 2001 that focused on interactions between winter sports resort operations and natural environment. A total 86 in journals indexed SCOPUS data base were analyzed. Three main groups topics presented analyzed found: environmental impact resorts, management impacts sustainable development finally cl...

Recent technological developments have led to the production of inexpensive, non-invasive, miniature magneto-inertial sensors, ideal for obtaining sport performance measures during training or competition. This systematic review evaluates current evidence and the future potential of their use in sport performance evaluation. Articles published in English (April 2017) were searched in Web-of-Sci...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the changes produced in both the isocapnic buffering and hypocapnic hyperventilation (HHV) phases of professional cyclists (n = 11) in response to endurance training, and to compare the results with those of amateur cyclists (n = 11). METHODS Each professional cyclist performed three laboratory exercise tests to exhaustion during the active rest (autumn: November), prec...

The purpose of this study is to diagnose the environmental pollution problems caused by sports and analyze eco-friendly methods applied international sporting events held in past explore approaches challenges concerning sustainable development sports. To end, we first sports, as categorized into three types through a review previous studies, examine need for an ethical approach conflict between...

The main theme for this issue of CentreLines is the controversial area of alcohol advertising and promotion. In Headspace NDRI Director Steve Allsop discusses some of the issues surrounding the relationship between alcohol promotion and hazardous drinking. In Issuing Forth, Rob Donovan, together with colleague Matthew Winter from Curtin’s School of Marketing, dispute the argument that alcohol a...