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A pre-evaluation of British public opinion on the London 2012 Olympics based on sport participation types
As recalled by Girginov and Hills (2008), one ambitious aim in staging the London 2010
Olympics concerns sports development and participation legacy. According to them, this
objective comes from both the IOC‟s will to create positive legacies from the Games and the
promotion of sports-for-all in the host country, and the bid committee and the UK government‟s
will to “use the games to inspire the country‟s people to become more physically active”
(p.2092). However, as observed by Coalter (2004), the positive impact of major events on sports
participation is not automatic and moreover Olympic “legacies are constructed and not given”
(Girginov & Hills, 2008, p.2092). The aim of this study is to provide a pre-evaluation of the
London Olympics in relation to sport participation patterns in order to first identify the critical
issues influencing British people‟s engagement into the Games and second to create the basis for
a longitudinal analysis of their impact.
In order to evaluate people‟s perceptions of London 2012, we used Social Representation Theory
(Moscovici, 1984), as social representations characterise a form of socially elaborated and shared
knowledge, with practical consequences which contribute to the construction of a common
reality among social groups
Orally Active Adenosine A<sub>1</sub> Receptor Agonists with Antinociceptive Effects in Mice
Adenosine A<sub>1</sub> receptor (A<sub>1</sub>AR) agonists
have
antinociceptive effects in multiple preclinical models of acute and
chronic pain. Although numerous A<sub>1</sub>AR agonists have been
developed, clinical applications of these agents have been hampered
by their cardiovascular side effects. Herein we report a series of
novel A<sub>1</sub>AR agonists, some of which are structurally related
to adenosine 5′-monophosphate (5′-AMP), a naturally
occurring nucleotide that itself activates A<sub>1</sub>AR. These
novel compounds potently activate A<sub>1</sub>AR in several orthogonal
in vitro assays and are subtype selective for A<sub>1</sub>AR over
A<sub>2A</sub>AR, A<sub>2B</sub>AR, and A<sub>3</sub>AR. Among them,
UNC32A (<b>3a</b>) is orally active and has dose-dependent antinociceptive
effects in wild-type mice. The antinociceptive effects of <b>3a</b> were completely abolished in A<sub>1</sub>AR knockout mice, revealing
a strict dependence on A<sub>1</sub>AR for activity. The apparent
lack of cardiovascular side effects when administered orally and high
affinity (<i>K</i><sub>i</sub> of 36 nM for the human A<sub>1</sub>AR) make this compound potentially suitable as a therapeutic