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    Functional asymmetry of posture and body system regulation

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    The manifestation of functional asymmetry during the regulation of an athlete's posture and a system of bodies and its effect on the execution of individual and group acrobatic exercises were studied. Functional asymmetry of posture regulation was recorded in acrobats during the execution of individual and group exercises. It was shown that stability is maintained at the expense of bending and twisting motions. It is important to consider whether the functional asymmetry of posture regulation is left or right sided in making up pairs and groups of acrobats

    The Effect of Inversion and Motor Expertise on Body Compatibility

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    Previous studies have established that when a subject’s attention is directed to a specific body part, the subject is able to move that body part faster than a body part their attention was not drawn to. This is known as the body compatibility effect, and it has been shown that this effect only occurs when viewing upright images of the human body. In this study, we presented control subjects and expert acrobats with inverted and upright stimuli. We hypothesized that the amount of time the acrobats spent inverted would result in the acrobats exhibiting body compatibility effects for both upright and inverted stimuli. Compatibility effects were observed in the upright condition for both groups, but neither group exhibited any compatibility effects in the inverted position. Unexpectedly the acrobats responded significantly faster to incongruent trials compared to the control subjects, leading to the conclusion that there must be some form of priming occurring concurrently with the body compatibility task allowing the acrobats to respond faster than the control participants

    The Arachnids of Richmond

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    Following the spirit of Aristophanes, this comedy combines ancient Greek and contemporary elements to point to the inspiration that nature can provide to the solution of human problems. Istotle speaks to Diktyophanes about three problems that threaten to destroy the world – the extinction of acrobats, the nightmares babies are having, and the staggering amount of information produced daily. Spiderman presents himself as deux ex macbina claiming that he can solve all three problems. Answering Istotle and Diktyophanes’ questions, he informs them that he runs a shop on Acharnnon street, where his workers (the Spiders) work tirelessly for the good of humanity. Spiderman goes to the shop and interrupts the Spiders, who are talking about their amorous adventures during the weekend. He asks them to get to work for a great cause. For their part, they weave three objects designed to solve all three problems – a safety net, a dream-catcher, and the World Wide Web

    02-22-2016 Peking Acrobats Coming to SWOSU on Tuesday, March 1

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    Hailing from the People’s Republic of China, The Peking Acrobats have for decades been diplomats of their spirited culture and on Tuesday, March 1, The Peking Acrobats will share some of that culture in a performance at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford

    01-21-2011 Peking Acrobats Moved to Thursday Night

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    Hailing from the People\u27s Republic of China, The Peking Acrobats have for decades been diplomats of their spirited culture and on Thursday, February 3, The Peking Acrobats will share some of that culture in a performance at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford

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    The iconography of Asphyxiophilia: From fantasmatic fetish to forensic fact

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    This is a post print version of the article. The official published version can be accessed from the link below

    01-28-2008 Peking Acrobats Coming to SWOSU

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    Hailing from the People’s Republic of China, The Peking Acrobats have been diplomats of their spirited culture for decades
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