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Strength and conditioning practices and perspectives of volleyball coaches and players
To the authors’ knowledge this is the first study to describe the strength and conditioning (S) practices and perspectives of volleyball coaches and players. In total, 30 volleyball coaches (mean age 34.47 ± 7.83 years and coaching experience 19.57 ± 8.28 years), and 30 volleyball players (mean age 22.03 ± 4.43 years and playing experience 10.43 ± 8.98 years) completed an online survey with six sections: (a) informed consent; (b) background information; (c) education, qualifications, and prescription; (d) views on S&C; (e) exercise selection and preferences; and (f) issues and improvements. Frequency analysis was used to report responses to fixed-response questions and thematic-analysis for open-ended questions. While only one participant possessed an S certification, S was deemed ‘important’ to ‘very important’ for volleyball skills, physical fitness, and injury parameters. However, due to a reported lack of expertise, there appeared to be a theoretical understanding to practice gap. Furthermore, the implementation of S was considerably hindered by a lack of time, facilities, and equipment. National sports associations, coaches, and players can use the information within this study to provide an understanding of the current practices and perspectives of S in volleyball. While also promoting future developments in S research and practice in volleyball
Yeast UBL-UBA proteins have partially redundant functions in cell cycle control
BACKGROUND: Proteins containing ubiquitin-like (UBL) and ubiquitin associated (UBA) domains have been suggested to shuttle ubiquitinated substrates to the proteasome for degradation. There are three UBL-UBA containing proteins in budding yeast: Ddi1, Dsk2 and Rad23, which have been demonstrated to play regulatory roles in targeting ubiquitinated substrates to the proteasome for degradation. An involvement of these proteins in cell cycle related events has also been reported. We tested whether these three proteins act redundantly in the cell cycle. RESULTS: Here we show that the UBL-UBA proteins are partially redundant for cell cycle related roles. RAD23 is redundant with DDI1 and DSK2, but DDI1 and DSK2 are not redundant with each other and the triple deletion shows a synthetic effect, suggesting the existence of at least two roles for RAD23 in cell cycle control. The rad23Δddi1Δdsk2Δ triple deletion strain delays both in G2/M-phase and in mid-anaphase at high temperatures with duplicated spindle pole bodies. Cell cycle progression in the triple deletion strain can only be partially rescued by a rad23 allele lacking the c-terminal UBA domain, suggesting that RAD23 requires its c-terminal UBA domain for full function. In addition to their ability to bind ubiquitin and the proteasome, the UBL-UBA proteins also share the ability to homodimerize. Rad23 and Dsk2 dimerization requires their UBL and/or UBA domains whereas Ddi1 dimerization does not. Here we show that Ddi1 homodimerization is necessary for its cell cycle related functions. CONCLUSION: The three yeast UBL-UBA proteins have partially redundant roles required for progression through mitosis
How Repeatable Is the Ergogenic Effect of Caffeine? Limited Reproducibility of Acute Caffeine (3 mg.kg<sup>−1</sup>) Ingestion on Muscular Strength, Power, and Muscular Endurance
This study aimed to determine the effect of 3 mg.kg(−1) acute caffeine ingestion on muscular strength, power and strength endurance and the repeatability of potential ergogenic effects across multiple trials. Twenty-two university standard male rugby union players (20 ± 2 years) completed the study. Using a double-blind, randomized, and counterbalanced within-subject experimental design. Participants completed six experimental trials (three caffeine and three placebo) where force time characteristic of the Isometric Mid-Thigh Pull (IMTP), Countermovement Jump (CMJ) and Drop Jumps (DJ) were assessed followed by assessments of Chest Press (CP), Shoulder Press (SP), Squats (SQ), and Deadlifts (DL) Repetitions Until Failure (RTF at 70% 1 RM). ANOVA indicated that caffeine improved both the CMJ and DJ (p < 0.044) and increased RTF in all RTF assessments (p < 0.002). When individual caffeine trials were compared to corresponding placebo trials, effect sizes ranged from trivial-large favoring caffeine irrespective of a main effect of treatment being identified in the ANOVA. These results demonstrate for the first time that the performance enhancing effects of caffeine may not be repeatable between days, where our data uniquely indicates that this is in part attributable to between sessions variation in caffeine’s ergogenic potential
Quantifying the Origin and Distribution of Intracluster Light in a Fornax-like Cluster
Using a cosmological -body simulation, we investigate the origin and
distribution of stars in the intracluster light (ICL) of a Fornax-like cluster.
In a dark matter only simulation we identify a halo which, at , has and , and replace infalling
subhalos with models that include spheroid and disc components. As they fall
into the cluster, the stars in some of these galaxies are stripped from their
hosts, and form the ICL. We consider the separate contributions to the ICL from
stars which originate in the haloes and the discs of the galaxies. We find that
disc ICL stars are more centrally concentrated than halo ICL stars. The
majority of the disc ICL stars are associated with one initially disc-dominated
galaxy that falls to the centre of the cluster and is heavily disrupted,
producing part of the cD galaxy. At radial distances greater than 200kpc, well
beyond the stellar envelope of the cD galaxy, stars formerly from the stellar
haloes of galaxies dominate the ICL. Therefore at large distances, the ICL
population is dominated by older stars.Comment: Paper published as MNRAS , 2017, 467, 4501 This version corrects a
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Can 3 mg·kg−1 of Caffeine Be Used as An Effective Nutritional Supplement to Enhance the Effects of Resistance Training in Rugby Union Players?
The present study uniquely examined the effect of 3 mg·kg−1 chronic caffeine consumption on training adaptations induced by 7-weeks resistance training and assessed the potential for habituation to caffeine’s ergogenicity. Thirty non-specifically resistance-trained university standard male rugby union players (age (years): 20 ± 2; height (cm): 181 ± 7; body mass (kg): 92 ± 17) completed the study), who were moderate habitual caffeine consumers (118 ± 110 mg), completed the study. Using a within-subject double-blind, placebo-controlled experimental design, the acute effects of caffeine intake on upper and lower limb maximal voluntary concentric and eccentric torque were measured using isokinetic dynamometry (IKD) prior to and immediately following a resistance training intervention. Participants were split into strength-matched groups and completed a resistance-training program for seven weeks, consuming either caffeine or a placebo before each session. Irrespective of group, acute caffeine consumption improved peak eccentric torque of the elbow extensors (p p p p p p p < 0.037) in the total work performed in the participants that consumed caffeine across the course of the intervention. These results infer that caffeine may be beneficial to evoke acute improvements in muscular strength, with acute effects prevalent following chronic exposure to the experimental dose. However, individuals that consumed caffeine during the intervention did not elicit superior post-intervention training- induced adaptations in muscular strength
Symplectic integrators with adaptive time steps
In recent decades, there have been many attempts to construct symplectic
integrators with variable time steps, with rather disappointing results. In
this paper we identify the causes for this lack of performance, and find that
they fall into two categories. In the first, the time step is considered a
function of time alone, \Delta=\Delta(t). In this case, backwards error
analysis shows that while the algorithms remain symplectic, parametric
instabilities arise because of resonance between oscillations of \Delta(t) and
the orbital motion. In the second category the time step is a function of phase
space variables \Delta=\Delta(q,p). In this case, the system of equations to be
solved is analyzed by introducing a new time variable \tau with dt=\Delta(q,p)
d\tau. The transformed equations are no longer in Hamiltonian form, and thus
are not guaranteed to be stable even when integrated using a method which is
symplectic for constant \Delta. We analyze two methods for integrating the
transformed equations which do, however, preserve the structure of the original
equations. The first is an extended phase space method, which has been
successfully used in previous studies of adaptive time step symplectic
integrators. The second, novel, method is based on a non-canonical
mixed-variable generating function. Numerical trials for both of these methods
show good results, without parametric instabilities or spurious growth or
damping. It is then shown how to adapt the time step to an error estimate found
by backward error analysis, in order to optimize the time-stepping scheme.
Numerical results are obtained using this formulation and compared with other
time-stepping schemes for the extended phase space symplectic method.Comment: 23 pages, 9 figures, submitted to Plasma Phys. Control. Fusio
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The detection of cluster magnetic fields via radio source depolarisation
It has been well established that galaxy clusters have magnetic fields. The
exact properties and origin of these magnetic fields are still uncertain even
though these fields play a key role in many astrophysical processes. Various
attempts have been made to derive the magnetic field strength and structure of
nearby galaxy clusters using Faraday rotation of extended cluster radio
sources. This approach needs to make various assumptions that could be
circumvented when using background radio sources. However, because the number
of polarised radio sources behind clusters is low, at the moment such a study
can only be done statistically. In this paper, we investigate the
depolarisation of radio sources inside and behind clusters in a sample of 124
massive clusters at observed with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array.
We detect a clear depolarisation trend with the cluster impact parameter, with
sources at smaller projected distances to the cluster centre showing more
depolarisation. By combining the radio observations with ancillary X-ray data
from Chandra, we compare the observed depolarisation with expectations from
cluster magnetic field models using individual cluster density profiles. The
best-fitting models have a central magnetic field strength of G with
power-law indices between and . We find no strong difference in the
depolarisation trend between sources embedded in clusters and background
sources located at similar projected radii, although the central region of
clusters is still poorly probed by background sources. We also examine the
depolarisation trend as a function of cluster properties such as the dynamical
state, mass, and redshift. Our findings show that the statistical
depolarisation of radio sources is a good probe of cluster magnetic field
parameters. [abridged]Comment: Replaced with Published version (A&A). 32 pages, 34 figure
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