Technical Analysis and Development of Single Bamboo Floating from the Perspective of Education and Psychology
Cross-Sectional Research on the Predictors of Physical Fitness of Athletes in Universities in Iraq
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The focus of this study was the physical fitness of athletes in Iraq. The objective of the present study was to assess the influence of four variables—coaches' positive behaviour, sports activities, mental health monitoring, and sports training—on the physical fitness of athletes in Iraq. The study aimed to gather quantitative data using a carefully constructed questionnaire. The research focused on the athletes enrolled in universities across Iraq. A total of 1,000 questionnaires were distributed to respondents in a cross-sectional design, from which 850 responses were selected for data analysis. The relationships in this research were examined using statistical methods such as confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling, implemented through the R Package. The study revealed that the positive behaviour of coaches, engagement in sports activities, monitoring of mental health, and sports training all play a crucial role in enhancing the physical fitness of athletes in Iraq. This research is unique and adds valuable insights to the existing literature by addressing areas of knowledge that have not been previously explored. In order to enhance the physical fitness of athletes, it is imperative for policymakers to ensure that coaches are equipped with the necessary tools. This includes fostering positive behaviour, organising sports activities, monitoring mental health, and providing comprehensive sports training.
María Dolores Molina Poveda, Eduardo Galak
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The advent of cinema brought with it its use as a propaganda device with which to transmit ideals and doctrines. As a result, newsreels and cinema documentaries were born with the aim of showing the «most relevant» news of the country and abroad, the former with a shorter duration. In this study, the Spanish NO-DO and «Sucesos Argentinos» are used as primary sources to interpret the images and imaginaries that were projected between 1943 and 1955 on female physical culture. The intention is to understand the official discourse of both political regimes on what Argentinean and Spanish society should be like, especially by questioning those meanings about women. In total, 69 issues of NO-DO and 14 editions of «Sucesos Argentinos» have been found which aim to show female physical culture in this period. The female physical culture shown in both newsreels was aimed at strengthening women’s bodies so that they could carry out their «natural functions» (mother, wife, housewife), as well as highlighting their «inferiority» in relation to men through lower impact activities and the homogenization of bodies through clothing, and the performance of the same exercises in synchrony. And all this in countries with different regimes, but which, in the end, coincided.
Keywords:
female physical culture, NO-DO, Sucesos Argentinos, propaganda, audio-visual images
