‘Born on the Wings of Commerce’: The World Championships of the International Association of Athletics Federations

2018 ◽  
pp. 52-67
Author(s):  
Jörg Krieger
Keyword(s):  
International Association ◽  
The World

Introduction

Popular Music ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
David Horn
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Popular Music ◽  
International Association ◽  
Outstanding Contribution ◽  
Global Network ◽  
Founding Member ◽  
Vernacular Music ◽  
The World ◽  
Set Up

This issue of Popular Music is produced in honour of Paul Oliver, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to popular music scholarship.Paul was a member of the original Editorial Board for Popular Music when it was set up in 1980 and continued to serve as a member of that body, and subsequently of the Editorial Group, until 1990. He was also a founding member of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music and has maintained a keen interest in the organisation, continuing to attend, and speak at, its international conferences. His vision of both the potential and the needs of the Association as a global network lay behind his proposal in 1985 that a project be undertaken to compile a worldwide encyclopedia of popular music, an idea which subsequently bore fruit in EPMOW (The Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World). All these achievements are worth celebrating in themselves, but it is Paul's outstanding contribution to scholarship in the area of vernacular – particularly African-American vernacular – music that we wish to honour with this issue.

scholarly journals Performance analysis of both sex marathon runners ranked by IAAF

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 182-189
Author(s):  
Anselmo José Perez ◽  
Adilson Marques ◽  
Kamilla Bolonha Gomes
Keyword(s):  
Performance Analysis ◽  
Black Community ◽  
International Association ◽  
Lower Percentage ◽  
Economic Independence ◽  
World Record ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Marathon Runners ◽  
The World ◽  
World Records

Running a marathon has become the motivation to achieve success and economic independence for athletes, mainly from African countries. This feeling is more evident among the black community, considering that they have been presenting better results than white athletes. The objective of the study was to analyse the ranking of marathon runners around the world, in the last 15 years considering: 1) nationality; 2) best average time of the 100 best classified runners from the Top 100, Top 50, Top 25, Top 10 and Top 3. An analysis was made to the ranking available on the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) website, for the 100 best world results for both sexes, focusing on records from 2000 to 2014. The analysis was subdivided into ranking groups (Top 3, 10, 25, 50 and 100), resulting in 3000 records. African runners, Kenyan and Ethiopian, dominate the male ranking representing 70% of the total of runners in Top 100, keeping this proportion up to Top 3. African runners, Kenyan and Ethiopian, dominate the male ranking representing 70% of the total of runners in Top 100, keeping this proportion up to Top 3. The same is observed for females, however with a significantly lower percentage (34%), with Japanese, Ethiopian and Kenyan (17%) and an English athlete as the world record. The average time of a marathon has been decreasing in males more than in female competitions, both in Top 3 and Top 10, however still presenting a large gap from world records. 

scholarly journals Editorial

1997 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 249-251
Author(s):  
ANNA HOWE
Keyword(s):  
Southern Hemisphere ◽  
International Association ◽  
World Congress ◽  
The World

The 1997 conference of the International Association of Gerontology, to be held in Adelaide, Australia, is the first to be held in the southern hemisphere. If this issue of Ageing and Society is seen as a microcosm of the World Congress, this editorial provides an opportunity to bring an antipodean perspective to bear on our attempts to understand ageing and society.

Are the World Junior Championship Finalists for Middle- and Long-Distance Events Currently Competing at International Level?

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 316-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Federico Pizzuto ◽  
Matteo Bonato ◽  
Gialunca Vernillo ◽  
Antonio La Torre ◽  
Maria Francesca Piacentini
Keyword(s):  
Olympic Games ◽  
International Association ◽  
Age Effect ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Relative Age ◽  
Relative Age Effect ◽  
The World ◽  
Elite Level ◽  
And Gender ◽  
High Level

Purpose:To analyze how many finalists of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Junior Championships (WJCs) in the middle- and long-distance track events had dropped out from high-level competitions.Methods:Starting from 2002, the 8 male and the 8 female finalists in the middle- and long-distance events of 6 editions of the WJC were followed until 2015 to evaluate how many missed the IAAF rankings for 2 consecutive years starting from the year after WJC participation. For those still competing at elite level, their careers were monitored.Results:In 2015, 61% of the 2002, 54.8% of the 2004, 48.3% of the 2006, 37.5% of the 2008, 26.2% of the 2010, and 29% of the 2012 WJC finalists were not present in the IAAF rankings. Of the 368 athletes considered, 75 (20.4%) were able to achieve the IAAF top 10 in 2.4 ± 2.2 y. There is evidence of relationships between dropout and gender (P = .040), WJC edition (P = .000), and nationality (P = .010) and between the possibility to achieve the IAAF top 10 and dropout (P = .000), continent (P = .001), relative age effect (P = .000), and quartile of birth (P = .050).Conclusions:Even if 23 of the finalists won a medal at the Olympic Games or at the World Championships, it is still not clear if participation at the WJC is a prerequisite to success at a senior level.

Sex Differences in Educational Attainment: A Cross-National Perspective

1979 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 477-503 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy Finn ◽  
Loretta Dulberg ◽  
Janet Reis
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Educational System ◽  
Educational Achievement ◽  
International Association ◽  
Social Council ◽  
The World ◽  
National Perspective ◽  
Cross National

Throughout the world, schools perpetuate the sexual inequalities of their cultural and economic environments. Jeremy Finn, Loretta Dulberg, and Janet Reis review crossnational studies of educational attainment, such as those sponsored by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement and the United Nations Economic and Social Council, and conclude that, regardless of the type of educational system or extent of opportunity, women are universally disadvantaged educationally.

The Earth's magnetic field variations at the Algerian magnetic observatory of Tamanrasset from 1932 to 2020.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lemgharbi Abdenaceur ◽  
Hamoudi Mohamed ◽  
Abtout Abdeslam ◽  
Abdelhamid Bendekken ◽  
Ener Aganou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
International Association ◽  
Sampling Rate ◽  
Magnetic Data ◽  
Magnetic Observatory ◽  
Earth’S Magnetic Field ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Secular Variations ◽  
The World ◽  
Earth's Magnetic Field

<p>In order to understand the spatial and temporal behavior of the Earth's magnetic field, scientists, following C.F. Gauss initiative in 1838 have established observatories around the world. More than 200 observatories aiming to continuously record, the time variations of the magnetic field vector and to maintain the best standard of the accuracy and resolution of the measurements.</p><p>This study focused on the acquisition and analysis of the magnetic data provided by the Algerian magnetic observatory of Tamanrasset (labelled TAM by the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy). This observatory is located in southern Algeria at 5.53°E longitude, 22.79°N Latitude. Its altitude is 1373 meters above msl. TAM is continuously running since 1932, using old brand variometers, like Mascart and La Cour with photographic recording at the very beginning. Nowadays modern electronic equipment are used in the framework of INTERMAGNET project. Very large geomagnetic database collected over a century is available. We will describe the history and the various improvement of the methods and instrumentation.</p><p>Preliminary analysis of time series of the observatory data allowed to distinguish two kinds of data: the first type, with low resolution, collected between 1932 and 1992. This data set comes from the annual, monthly, daily and hourly means. The second one with high resolution is represented by minutes and seconds sampling rate since 1993 when TAM was integrated to the world observatory network, INTERMAGNET. Part of the second dataset contains many gaps. We try to fill these gaps thanks to mathematical methods. Absolute measurements and repeat station data allow better accuracy in the secular variations and an improved regional model.</p><p>Keywords: TAM observatory, temporal variation, terrestrial magnetic field, secular variations, INTERMAGNET.</p>

Australian Applied Linguistics in relation to international trends

2010 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 4.1-4.32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard B. Baldauf ◽  
Robert B. Kaplan
Keyword(s):  
Text Analysis ◽  
International Association ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Historical Review ◽  
International Trends ◽  
Diverse Field ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Applied Linguistics is a diverse field, comprising a substantial number of sub-fields, sub-specialisations and related fields. To see that this is the case one need only examine the various hand- books and encyclopaedic references that have been published in the last ten years to see the wide range of topics that have been covered. As with many professional areas in academia, Applied Linguistics is organised around national organisations, with its international structure being a loose confederation known as the International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA). Given these diverse academic and structural arrangements, it should not be surprising if academics within different national associations were to cluster around different interests within the field. This study explores the question of what emphases are found in various parts of the world in Applied Linguistics, and in particular, the relationship of Australian Applied Linguistics to international trends using a structural text analysis of abstracts related to Applied Linguistics as well as an historical review of the trends involved.

Internationalization of Higher Education Institutions in North Cyprus

2019 ◽  
pp. 98-125
Author(s):  
Mehmet Altınay ◽  
Belal Shneikat
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
International Association ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Internationalization Of Higher Education ◽  
Global Level ◽  
Competition And Cooperation ◽  
North Cyprus ◽  
The World ◽  
Shed Light

Internationalization has become one of the hotly debated issues in higher education institutions due its role in competitive advantage. Countries around the world encourage their universities to engage in competition and cooperation on the local and global level, and this can't be achieved without internationalization. This chapter is proposed to shed light on a unique case study: internationalization of higher education in North Cyprus, which is a politically unrecognized country. To achieve the aim of this chapter, a survey from International Association of Universities (IAU) was adapted to evaluate the internationalization in the four largest and oldest universities in North Cyprus.

Introduction

1994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Václav Nēmec
Keyword(s):  
Ad Hoc ◽  
International Association ◽  
The United States ◽  
Ore Deposits ◽  
Western World ◽  
Mathematical Geology ◽  
25Th Anniversary ◽  
European Universities ◽  
The World

Friends and associates of Daniel F. Merriam have prepared this volume in Dan's honor to commemorate his 65th birthday and mark the 25th anniversary of the International Association for Mathematical Geology. This compendium is in the tradition of the Festschriften issued by European universities and scholarly organizations to honor an individual who has bequeathed an exceptional legacy to his students, associates, and his discipline. Certainly Dan has made such an impact on geology, and particularly mathematical geology. It is a great privilege for rne to write the introduction to this Festschrift. The editors are to be congratulated for their idea to collect and to publish so many representative scientific articles written by famous authors of several generations. Dan Merriam is the most famous mathematical geologist, in the world. This statement will probably provoke some criticism against an over-glorification of Dan. Some readers will have their own candidates (including themselves) for such a top position. I would like to bring a testimony that the statement is correct and far from an ad hoc judgment only for this solemn occasion. It may be of interest to describe how I became acquainted with Dan. In my opinion this will show how thin and delicate was the original tissue of invisible ties which helped to build up the first contacts among Western and Eastern colleagues in the completely new discipline of mathematical geology. The role of Dan Merriam in opening and increasing these contacts has been very active indeed. In the Fall 1964 I was on a family visit in the United States. This was— after the coup of Prague in 1948—my first travel to the free Western world. With some experience in computerized evaluation of ore deposits, I was curious to see the application of computers in geology and to meet colleagues who had experience with introducing statistical methods into regular estimation of ore reserves. I had very useful contacts in Colorado and in Arizona. In Tucson I visited the real birthplace of the APCOM symposia.

Useful links

2019 ◽  
pp. 147-150
Author(s):  
Navneet Kapur ◽  
Robert Goldney
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Social Care ◽  
International Association ◽  
World Health ◽  
Major Health ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
International Academy

With the increasing recognition of suicide as a major health and social care issue, many suicide prevention organisations have been established locally, nationally and internationally. This chapter includes a number of links to the most prominent of these, but the list is indicative rather than exhaustive. These include the International Association for Suicide Prevention, the International Academy of Suicide Research, the Samaritans, the World Health Organization, and national suicide prevention organizations from across the world.

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