Comparing the Effectiveness of Teachers Employed through Examination and those Trained and Committed to Teaching   Sh. Nazari, Ph.D.* M. Hallaaji, Ph.D.** A.R. Zarinpar***   Among teachers employed by the Ministry of Education, there are those whose university level training is funded by the ministry in exchange for their commitment to work. Another group of teachers are those selected th...

Squash is a racquet sport played in a similar style room as racquetball. In a squash match there are 2 players that alternate hitting a small, black, rubber ball. A complete match is played as best of 5 games, where each game is played to 11 points. Points are scored when a player fails to return a shot made by the opponent. The sport of squash is played in over 190 countries by millions of peo...

1 1 Is the ratio of flow-mediated dilation (FMD) and shear rate a statistically-sound approach to 2 normalization in cross-sectional studies on endothelial function? 3 4 Greg Atkinson, Alan M. Batterham, Mark A. Black, Nigel T. Cable, Nicola D. Hopkins, Ellen A. 5 Dawson, Dick.H.J. Thijssen, Helen Jones, Toni M. Tinken, Daniel J. Green 6 7 Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liv...

Those providing and managing sport in primary, secondary post-secondary educational settings must be cognizant of the need for programs to enhance, rather than detract from, environment. American education provides an important context inquiry two primary reasons. First, college enrollment marks a significant period transition individuals who are at developmentally impressionable stage their li...

Collegiate campus recreation departments are held to increasingly higher levels of accountability, particularly as to whether recreational programs and activities have impact on student learning. This pioneering study found that students who participated in selected fitness and wellness programs offered by a certain four-year, public institution of higher education in the Mid-west scored signif...

No previous research in squash has considered the time between shots or the proximity of the ball to a wall, which are two important variables that influence shot outcomes. The aim of this paper was to analyse shot types to determine the extent to which they are played in different court areas and a more detailed analysis to determine whether the time available had an influence on the shot sele...

From 17.09.06 to 20.09.06, the Dagstuhl Seminar 06381 Computer Science in Sport was held in the International Conference and Research Center (IBFI), Schloss Dagstuhl. During the seminar, several participants presented their current research, and ongoing work and open problems were discussed. Abstracts of the presentations given during the seminar as well as abstracts of seminar results and idea...

Purpose: There is a scarcity of information on the long term adaptations in lower limb biomechanics during game specific movements after an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. Particularly, variables such as knee abduction moments and transverse plane knee motion have not been studied during a game specific landing and cutting task after ACL reconstruction. The purpose of this stud...