Shiraz, with its historical background, known as the capital of the Persian culture, once experienced a boom of international culture-led events using outdoor spaces as event venues. However, its outdoor vibrancy has withered gradually, and the use of public places as venues declined. Despite the existing dilemmas, a new wave of public place reclamation has created a strong trend towards using ...

Background. One of the most important elements of life are physical activity and sport: these are the basis of health during life. In order for society to benefit from the advantages of physical activity and sport, it is necessary to know the factors influencing this phenomenon. Objectives. The purpose of this paper is to design a sport development model in the free trade-industrial zones of I...

this study aimed at investigating the state of tourism and sport tourism in abu dhabi which considered the competences of sport tourism, ongoing sport fields and the capacity and condition of places of residence in abu dhabi between 2004 and 2008. the statistical population equaled the sample consisting of 40 tourism authorities, experts and managers, hotel, sport club and travel agency manager...

Digital games can be used not only for fun and entertainment. The term ‘serious games’ denotes digital games serving serious purposes like education, training, advertising, research, and health. In the contribution the chances and challenges of serious games for computer science in sport will be discussed. Serious games, particularly adventure and shooter games, already play an important role i...

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...

A 65-year-old male athlete with coronary artery disease enrolled in our cardiac rehabilitation (CR) program after successful coronary artery bypass graft surgery following an acute myocardial infarction. Unlike the typical sedentary cardiac patient in his age group, he loved to participate in hurdle events at masters division track meets (competitions for athletes aged 30 years and older). He e...