Tackle Characteristics Resulting in Potential Head Injuries in Elite Men's Rugby League: A Video Analysis Study of 746 Tackles
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DOI: 10.1002/ejsc.12270
Abstract: Contact with the head should be avoided during a rugby league tackle, given the inherent risks of head injuries. This study aimed to characterise a sample of tackles, retrospectively identified as resulting in a potential… read more here.
Keywords: league; head injuries; rugby league; potential head ... See more keywords
The relationship between team-level and league-level injury rate, type and location in a professional football league.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2022.03.017
Abstract: OBJECTIVES To describe the relationship between team- and league-level variability of injury rate, type, and location over 6 seasons in professional Australian football (A-League). DESIGN Prospective epidemiological study. METHODS Injury incidence, type and location were… read more here.
Keywords: level injury; league; team; injury rate ... See more keywords
The institution of international order: from the League of Nations to the United Nations, edited by Simon Jackson and Alanna O’Malley. Abingdon: Routledge, 2018.Pp. xvi + 247. Hardback £115.00, ISBN: 978-1-138-09150-4.
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DOI: 10.1017/s1740022819000093
Abstract: Susan Pedersen, who authored the Foreword to this excellent volume, wrote in 2007 that ‘the relevant question now is not ‘why the League failed’ but rather the more properly historical question of what it did… read more here.
Keywords: jackson alanna; league nations; simon jackson; league ... See more keywords
American membership of the League of Nations: US philanthropy and the transformation of an intergovernmental organisation into a think tank
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DOI: 10.1057/s41311-017-0110-4
Abstract: This article deals with the participation of the Rockefeller Foundation in the technical activities of the League of Nations. It demonstrates that American philanthropy has played a central role in the development of non-political activities,… read more here.
Keywords: american membership; league; think tank; transformation ... See more keywords
When does managerial experience matter? Evidence from Major League Baseball
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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2021.1931009
Abstract: ABSTRACT In the world of professional sports, a manager’s ability to influence team success is often questioned. This study exploits a unique feature of Major League Baseball (MLB), which has different rules of play depending… read more here.
Keywords: league; evidence; league baseball; experience ... See more keywords
Scheduling an amateur cricket league over a nine-year period
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DOI: 10.1080/01605682.2017.1415642
Abstract: Abstract This paper describes a scheduling exercise carried out for the Minor Counties’ Cricket Association (MCCA), which runs an amateur league-based across England. The MCCA League consists of two wholly separate divisions of 10 teams… read more here.
Keywords: league; year; scheduling amateur; year period ... See more keywords
Opening up the Pandora's box of sustainability league tables of universities: a Kafkaesque perspective
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DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2015.1052737
Abstract: The aim of this paper is to explore the institutional impact of sustainability league tables on current university agendas. It focuses on a narrative critique of one such league table, the UK's ‘Green League Table',… read more here.
Keywords: kafkaesque perspective; league; opening pandora; league tables ... See more keywords
The communist empty signifier: the Australian League of Rights and the Voice to Parliament referendum
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DOI: 10.1080/10304312.2024.2441311
Abstract: ABSTRACT In 2023, voters across Australia resoundingly rejected the Constitu-tional institution of an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. Among several claims made by vote no campaigners against this institution, a text published in the 1980s by… read more here.
Keywords: league; australian league; league rights; voice parliament ... See more keywords
Australia, the British Empire, and the League of Nations
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DOI: 10.1080/10357718.2021.1894091
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article reviews the most recent volume in the series of archival document collections on the history Australia’s external affairs, Documents on Australian Foreign Policy, covering the years 1920 to 1930. It focuses upon… read more here.
Keywords: british empire; empire league; league; australia british ... See more keywords
The impact of payroll allocation has on winning in major league baseball
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2016.1265067
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article presents evidence that allocating additional payroll to specific positions is positively related to the overall success of a sample of Major League Baseball from 2011 through 2015. When examining the two subsamples… read more here.
Keywords: payroll; league; league baseball; payroll allocation ... See more keywords
The cost of losing a National Football League franchise: evidence from hotel occupancy data
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2020.1832193
Abstract: ABSTRACT In the past five years, San Diego and St. Louis lost National Football League franchises to Los Angeles. This paper uses daily data on hotel room rentals, average room rates, and hotel revenue to… read more here.
Keywords: football; league; football league; national football ... See more keywords