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Bourdieu’s practice theory as a multilevel framework for exploring change in disability sport: a case study of disability cricket
Research, action and 'critical' geographies
In the 199Os, the notion of ‘doing’ critical geographies
has become one of the central themes infusing
human geographic study. Eschewing the strictures
of radical Marxist approaches (which principally
focused on the forms of oppression and inequality
wrought by capitalist process), critical geography
has consequently sought to examine the diverse
sociospatial processes that regulate and reproduce
social exclusion. The lens of critical geographers has
thus widened from a narrow focus on capital-labour
relations to encompass broader processes of social
disadvantage and marginalization as they affect
women, ethnic minorities, sexual dissidents, disabled
people and so on. Simultaneously, this ’critical
agenda’ has been accompanied by a heightened
concern that the geographer’s research on social
oppression and exclusion should be sensitive to the
life experiences of marginalized groups. For example,
in recent years there have been several papers (eg
Keith 7992; Robinson 1994; Rose 1997) and collections
(Canadian Geographer 1993; Professional
Geographer 1994; Antipode 1995) that have examined
issues such as reflexivity, empowerment, emancipation,
critical praxis, positionality and power
relations. Such writing has generally concentrated on
the complex social relations the exist between
researcher and researched, with ideas from feminist
scholarship (in particular) invoked to dismiss assumptions
that research is an objective and ‘value-free’
endeavour
Predicting protein stability and solubility changes upon mutations: data perspective
Understanding mutational effects on protein stability and solubility is of particular importance for creating industrially relevant biocatalysts, resolving mechanisms of many human diseases, and producing efficient biopharmaceuticals, to name a few. Forin silicopredictions, the complexity of the underlying processes and increasing computational capabilities favor the use of machine learning. However, this approach requires sufficient training data of reasonable quality for making precise predictions. This minireview aims to summarize and scrutinize available mutational datasets commonly used for training predictors. We analyze their structure and discuss the possible directions of improvement in terms of data size, quality, and availability. We also present perspectives on the development of mutational data for accelerating the design of efficient predictors, introducing two new manually curated databases FireProt(DB)and SoluProtMut(DB)for protein stability and solubility, respectively
Female Surfers Riding the Crest of a ‘New Wave’ of Irish National Identity
With surfing debuting at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics (postponed from summer 2020 due to the COVID 19 global pandemic) it is timely to consider surfing and the national identifications women in Ireland may have with this sport. As Lee Bush states, 'with so little scholarship on surfing women, descriptive studies are needed as a foundation for launching future interpretive and critical studies.' Twelve women who surf in Ireland spoke about the links their surfing may or may not have with their national identity. Previous academic inquiry on links between national identity and sport on the island of Ireland has almost exclusively focused on men's experiences of team sports and issues of 'Irishness'. 'Irishness' is globally recognised and stereotypically linked to traditional and indigenous Irish sports such as Gaelic football and a range of other cultural activities. Research into women's sport participation has largely been restricted to the study of soccer in the Republic of Ireland, and gendered evaluations of various
lifestyle and health surveys. Katie Liston, a key researcher in sport and gender relations in Ireland, highlights that 'there seems to be an increasing diversity in the kinds of activities in which people participate in', and that there is a shift towards 'lifestyle' activities for adults as diversity increases in young people's participation in sports and leisure activities. Against the backdrop of Liston's work, this article delves deeper into data collected as part of a wider research project, discussing whether or not women who surf in Ireland do so as part of a process designed to construct and reflect their national identities related to this arguably 'postmodern' 'lifestyle sport', in which Ireland will be represented on the Olympic stage for the first time in 2021
An empirical use of organizational habitus and ethnography to explore how sport cultures are negotiated
Managing social shaming to enhance professional sports clubs’ reputation toward disabled supporters
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Water reuse for irrigated agriculture in Jordan: challenges of soil sustainability and the role of management strategies
Reclaimed water provides an important contribution to the water balance in water-scarce Jordan, but the quality of this water presents both benefits and challenges. Careful management of reclaimed water is required to maximize the nutrient benefits while minimizing the salinity risks. This work uses a multi-disciplinary research approach to show that soil response to irrigation with reclaimed water is a function of the management strategies adopted on the farm by the water user. The adoption of management methods to maintain soil productivity can be seen to be a result of farmers’ awareness to potentially plant-toxic ions in the irrigation water (70% of Jordan Valley farmers identified salinization as a hazard from irrigation with reclaimed water). However, the work also suggests that farmers’ management capacity is affected by the institutional management of water. About a third (35%) of farmers in the Jordan Valley claimed that their ability to manage salinization was limited by water shortages. Organizational interviews revealed that institutional awareness of soil management challenges was quite high (34% of interviewees described salinization as a risk from water reuse), but strategies to address this challenge at the institutional level require greater development
Modification of the surface electronic and chemical properties of Pt(111) by subsurface 3d transition metals
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