Competitive events are a major component of 4-H programs in the United States. Each year hundreds of youth participate in 4-H competitive events. Literature on competitions indicates both positive and negative effects on participants. The purpose of this study was to determine the educational value of 4-H competitive events as perceived by parents of 4-H participants. A secondary purpose was to...

those managers who are pioneers in city development arena follow major strategies that can receive international attention, so they focus their attention to major sporting events. this study evaluated tehran as a metropolis that has plans for strategic development from the perspective of hosting major sporting events. in this qualitative exploratory study, data were collected with a checklist a...

the purpose of the present study was to investigate the viewpoints of managers and experts on sport tourism development in khorasan razavi province. the statistical population consisted of managers and experts of tourism and sport in this province. the present study was of analytic descriptive kind. with regard to the lack of a standardized questionnaire complying with the goals of this study, ...

People often use a web search engine to find information about events of interest, for example, sport competitions, political elections, festivals and entertainment news. In this paper, we study a problem of detecting event-related queries, which is the first step before selecting a suitable time-aware retrieval model. In general, event-related information needs can be observed in query streams...

the problem of eye detection in face images is very important for a large number of applications ranging from face recognition to gaze tracking. in this paper we propose a new algorithm for eyes detection. first, the face region is extracted from the image by skin-color information. second, horizontal projection in image is used to approximate region of the eye be obtained . at last, the eye ce...

Background: Baseball is a team sport that has a total of nine main players and includes explosive, endurance, and strength movements that can cause multiple injuries over a season due to repetitive movements, long training, and competition. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the epidemiology of shoulder and elbow injuries in Iranian Premier League baseball players. Methods: 79...

the link between sport and media as a cultural and commercial relationship requires proper management for both industries. because of live broadcast and the possibility to view images, tv has a greatest impact on the link between media and sport. due to the exclusivity of tv in iran and its central role in active life of the public, it requires an investigation into ways that can place tv at th...

The population in many cities all over the world is continuously growing and with this growing number of people infrastructural, health and location-related problems increase. It is assumed that these problems could be addressed by means of open government data which many governments publish on their web portals so that it can be further processed and transformed. Since the citizens themselves ...

The popularity of skateboarding continuously grows for athletes performing the sport and for spectators following competitions. The presentation and the assessment of the athletes’ performance can be supported by state-of-the-art motion analysis and pattern recognition methods. In this paper, we present a trick classification analysis based on motion data of inertial measurement units. Six tric...