OBJECTIVE To describe the anthropometric and physical performance characteristics of a sample of senior A club rugby players and to highlight differences between the positional categories of the players within the forwards and backs. METHODS 94 senior A male rugby players were assessed on a number of anthropometric and physical performance assessments. The forwards were categorised into props...

Super League (SL) and Championship (RLC) rugby league players will compete against each other in 2015 and beyond. To identify possible discrepancies, this study compared the anthropometric profile and body composition of current SL (full-time professional) and RLC (part-time semi-professional) players using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). A cross-sectional design involved DXA scans on 6...

introduction: vitamin deficiency and iron deficiency anemia are common nutritional problems, at least in children under 5. these materials shortage, especially in the first two years of life, impair physical and brain growth, reduces the child's learning ability, reduces body resistance against infections, behavioral changes, apathy and finally social and economic adverse consequences woul...

We report the first direct observation of ultrafast dynamics in molecules induced by ionizing radiation. We use high harmonic upconversion process to generate soft-x-ray pulses of few femtoseconds duration, which photoionize N2 molecule. This leads to the formation of highly excited N2 ions via inner-shell ionization and electron shakeup processes. We time resolve the unexplored fragmentation d...