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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 25, Issue 46) Peer-ReviewedSUMMARY As medical services manager for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, nurse Pam Venning has a huge task ahead, organising care for athletes, staff and the public. Keywords Olympic Games * Paralympic...
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From:Community Living (Vol. 26, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedI have to confess ambivalent feelings about the Paralympics. After all, I it represents something most of us feel very dubious about--the segregation of people with disabilities. Would it not be possible to combine the...
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From:Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (Vol. 95, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedThe provision of weather forecasts for the London Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012 offered the opportunity for the Met Office to accelerate the transition to operations of several advanced numerical modeling...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 16, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThe purposes of this study were to (i) develop a field-goal shooting performance analysis template and (ii) explore the impact of each identified variable upon the likely outcome of a field-goal attempt using binary...
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From:Ophthalmology Times (Vol. 31, Issue 16) Peer-ReviewedColorado Springs, CO -- The National Industries for the Blind (NIB) joined United States Association of Blind Athletes (USABA) as an official partner for the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games. As a partner, the NIB will...
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From:Emergency Nurse (Vol. 19, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedTHE F1RST nurses to provide healthcare at the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games have been named. Jessica Arthurs and Sara Lee, both emergency nurses at the Royal Gwent Hospital, will join a team of 4,000 healthcare...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 16, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedParalympic Powerlifting is a sport in which the strength of the upper limbs is assessed through bench press performance in an adapted specific bench. It is therefore essential to optimize training methods to maximize...
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From:Emergency Nurse (Vol. 20, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedEMERGENCY DEPARTMENT staff at St Mary's Hospital, part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, in London, are preparing for this year's Olympic and Paralympic Games by testing a decontamination tent. The tent is used...
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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 24, Issue 47) Peer-ReviewedThe Department of Health (DH) is encouraging employers to allow their nursing staff a 'once in a lifetime' opportunity by volunteering at the London Olympics. Nurses will be a vital component of the 3,000 NHS...
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From:Nature (Vol. 531, Issue 7595) Peer-ReviewedAn athlete racing with a left-leg prosthesis might run more slowly than a competitor with a right-side prosthesis (pictured) at the Paralympic Games, because races are run in the anticlockwise direction. The speed at...
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From:Information Management Journal (Vol. 43, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedHundreds of thousands of document files and electronic records documenting the 2008 Beijing Olympics and Paralympics have been transferred to the city's archives as "invaluable cultural heritage" items, but they likely...
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From:Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy, Rehabilitation, Therapy & Technology (Vol. 5, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground The aim of this study was to assess airway hyperresponsiveness to eucapnic voluntary hyperventilation and dry powder mannitol challenge in athletes aiming to participate at the Paralympic Games 2008 in...
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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 26, Issue 26) Peer-ReviewedFor several months, a small group of RCN staff have been quietly engaged in supporting preparations for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The focus of the group, which includes acute and emergency care adviser Alan...
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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 19, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedA ban on people with learning disabilities from competing at the Paralympic Games is being fought by Mencap. The charity is lobbying the International Paralympics Committee, which meets in November to decide whether to...
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From:Advances in Environmental BiologyPeer-ReviewedThis article aims to investigate the correlation between mega events and its ensuing implications within international relations; significantly in regards of soft power. In fact, through the process of globalization and...
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From:Nursing Management (Harrow) (Vol. 19, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedFROM MAY 18, when the Olympic torch arrives at Land's End, Cornwall, until September 9, when the Paralympic Games conclude, the eyes of the world will be on the UK as it hosts the largest sports event in the world....
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 11, Issue 12) Peer-ReviewedThe Paralympic Movement explicitly sets out to create a more equitable society and promote participation for all and fairness in disability sport. This is primarily achieved through the use of a range of interventions...
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From:Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society (Vol. 56, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedJane Addams analyzes recreation, and particularly sports, as a domain in which people are "revealed" to one another, affording sympathetic knowledge of the other. This function is integral to a democratic way of life;...
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From:Journal of International Women's Studies (Vol. 16, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedThis study examines the portrayal of female athletes with disabilities in a Turkish daily sports newspaper. A content analysis was conducted on 486 articles published in a popular sports newspaper between the years of...
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From:Emergency Nurse (Vol. 19, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedIt seems only a short time ago that London won its bid to stage the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, yet we are now counting down the months until they begin. What preparations are being made where you work? The...