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Asymmetry as a Foundational and Functional Requirement in Human Movement: From Daily Activities to Sports Performance (SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology)
by Filipe Manuel Clemente • José Afonso • Cristiana Bessa • Filipe Pinto • Diogo Ribeiro • Beatriz Moura • Tiago Rocha • Marcus Vinícius • Rui Canário-Lemos • Rafael PeixotoThis book describes the structural and functional asymmetries in human body movement by providing cases and examples using illustrations and easy-to-understand scenarios. Specifically, it adopts an evidence-based approach to demonstrate (i) the role of structural (e.g., bone dimensions) and function... More
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Field-based Tests for Soccer Players: Methodological Concerns and Applications (SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology)
by Filipe Manuel Clemente • José Afonso • Hugo Sarmento • Bruno Silva • Rafael Oliveira • Rui Silva • Zeki Akyildiz • Halil Ibrahim Ceylan • Javier Raya González • Francisco Tomás Fernández • Rui Araújo • Ricardo Lima • Sérgio Matos • Yung-Sheng ChenThis book systematically summarizes the accuracy, precision, and repeatability levels of field-based tests applied in soccer. It considers such details as the effectiveness of tests for different age categories and sexes. In this book, the readers will be able to check all the field-based tests conc... More
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Green Energy and Networking: 5th EAI International Conference, GreeNets 2018, Guimarães, Portugal, November 21–23, 2018, Proceedings (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering #269)
This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 5th EAI International Conference on Green Energy and Networking, GreeNets 2018, held in Guimarães, Portugal, in November 2018. The 15 full papers were selected form 26 submissions and cover a wide spectrum of ideas to reduce the i... More
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Sustainable Energy for Smart Cities: First EAI International Conference, SESC 2019, Braga, Portugal, December 4–6, 2019, Proceedings (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering #315)
This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the First EAI International Conference on Sustainable Energy for Smart Cities, SESC 2029, held as part of the Smart City 360° Summit event in Braga, Portugal, in December 2019. The 23 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and se... More
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The Belt and Road Initiative: An Old Archetype of a New Development Model
This book is an analysis of the developments associated with the Belt and Road Initiative (B&RI) five years after Xi Jinping announced both the Silk Road Economic Belt (SREB) and the 21st Maritime Silk Road (21MSR). Together, these two dimensions constitute the B&RI, providing the so-called Chinese ... More
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Sustainable Energy for Smart Cities: Second EAI International Conference, SESC 2020, Viana do Castelo, Portugal, December 4, 2020, Proceedings (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering #375)
This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the Second EAI International Conference on Sustainable Energy for Smart Cities, SESC 2020, held in Portugal in December 2020. The conference was framed within the 6th Annual Smart City 360° Summit. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the confere... More
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Sustainable Energy for Smart Cities: Third EAI International Conference, SESC 2021, Virtual Event, November 24–26, 2021, Proceedings (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering #425)
This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 3rd EAI International Conference on Sustainable Energy for Smart Cities, SESC 2021, held in November 2021. The conference was framed within the 7th Annual Smart City 360° Summit. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conferences were held ... More
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Proceedings of the Iberian Meeting on Rheology (Springer Proceedings in Materials)
by Francisco José Galindo-Rosales • Laura Campo-Deaño • Alexandre M. Afonso • Manuel A. Alves • Fernando T. PinhoThis book presents the proceedings of IBEREO 2019. This conference addresses the most recent trends in rheology with a special emphasis on both basic science and industrial applications. Papers presented cover different perspectives, like experimental, theoretical and numerical. Topics include Micro... More
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The Palgrave Handbook of Globalization with Chinese Characteristics: The Case Of The Belt And Road Initiative
<p>This handbook offers readers various perspectives on globalization and multilateralism with Chinese characteristics. Its originality is derived from the hybrid approaches the handbook takes, where chapters provide complementary, intertwined, and multi-level analysis on the topic. Based on contrib... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2023