The purpose of this study was to gain an insight into the physical and physiological profile of elite Belgian soccer players with specific regard to the player's position on the field. The sample consisted of 289 adult players from 6 different first division teams. The players were divided into 5 subgroups (goalkeepers, center backs, full backs, midfielders, and strikers) according to their sel...

Recent findings revealed that the commonly used (15)N2 tracer assay for the determination of dinitrogen (N2) fixation can underestimate the activity of aquatic N2-fixing organisms. Therefore, a modification to the method using pre-prepared (15-15)N2-enriched water was proposed. Here, we present a rigorous assessment and outline a simple procedure for the preparation of (15-15)N2-enriched water....

Background. Rugby ::::::union:::::: is a team sport with a high amount of physical contact during match play. The physical performance and anthropometric characteristics required, differ based on the playing position. Objectives. The objective of this systematic review was to relate anthropometric properties with physical performance parameters in Rugby ::::::union:::::: backs and forwards acr...

Weiwei Li, Hui Li, Philip N. Sanders, Peter J. Mohler, Johannes Backs, Eric N. Olson, Mark E. Anderson, and Isabella M. Grumbach 1 From the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine/Department of Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, the Iowa City VA Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, the Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Heidelberg, 69120 Hei...


 The study's objective was to ascertain how the SPIRIT (Books & Coffee) Medan community reading park affected people's interest in reading.The goal of this study is find out affects reading.This utilized a qualitative research approach, specifically direct observation and interviews.This found that TBM serves as center for innovative activities, resource center, learning center.This i...

Anaerobic power in relation to field position of 90 Indian hockey players has been studied. These players included 10 goalkeepers, 16 backs, 20 half-backs and 44 forwards. The goalkeepers possess maximum and forwards possess minimum anaerobic power while in vertical velocity, the former are the fastest and the latter are the slowest. In body weight the backs are heaviest followed by half-backs,...

arlier this year, a number of leaders from major U.S. corporations gathered at Sunnylands in California to discuss the critical importance of basic scientific research. For decades, the private sector has withdrawn from some areas of basic research, as accelerating market pressures, the speed of innovation, and the need to protect intellectual property in a global marketplace made a Bell Labs–s...

an unimportant amount of time bending over his desk, so that bad positions have not the opportunity of making more or less "staying" faults. But at this time a beginning may be made, either for good or bad. The boy may. be trained to sit correctly at his seat, especially when writing or drawing. lie may be trained to read with his book held before his eyes, not with the book flat upon the desk....