INVESTIGATION OF MORAL DECISION-MAKING ATTITUDES OF YOUTH ATHLETES by Nurullah Emir Ekinci, Piyami Çakto, Ümmühan Tınaz, Büşra Işık, Alican Bayram

“…The population of the study consists of amateur sports clubs in the Kütahya province, while the sample was determined through snowball sampling, a non-probability sampling method (N=520, 104 males, 416 females). …”
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The Shipwreck of the Airship “Dirigibile Italia” in the 1928 Polar Venture: A Retrospective Analysis of the Ionospheric and Geomagnetic Conditions by B. Zolesi, M. Pezzopane, C. Bianchi, A. Meloni, Lj. R. Cander, R. Tozzi

“…Only after 9 days of repeated radio‐distress transmissions, a Russian radio amateur close to the town of Arkhangelsk about 1,900 km away was able to receive the messages launched by the survivors and raise the alarm. …”
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From Komedie Stambul to Toneel: Theatre Arts Development in Batavia, 1891-1942 by Khairana Zata Nugroho, Dhanang Respati Puguh

“…The increasing popularity of Komedie Stamboel resulted in imitators, both professional and amateur, with the majority of their performers consisted of Indo [hybrid] and Pribumi [local; indigenous]. …”
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Introducing “Disrupted Histories, Recovered Pasts” by Sian Sullivan, Michèle Baussant, Lindsey Dodd, Olivette Otele, Irène Dos Santos

“…Our aim has been to interrogate relationships between oral histories and amateur histories with more formal written archives and historiography in a series of disrupted settings: evictions in colonial and apartheid west Namibia (SULLIVAN); memories and historical interpretations of the Egyptian Jewish diaspora (BAUSSANT); the evacuation of children in Second World War France (DODD); recent maritime exodus of migrants from Africa (OTELE); and rupture from a hegemonic imperial-nostalgic narrative in Portugal (DOS SANTOS). …”
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Black currant cultivars, developed at the Polli Horticultural Research Center (Estonia), in Northwest Russia by O. A. Tikhonova, V. S. Popov

“…They are recommended for amateur gardens in Northwest Russia. Cv. ‘Karri’ (k-44172) is a promising source of such traits as good self-fertility, large fruit size, stable yield, well-balanced taste, high anthocyanin content in berries, and resistance to American powdery mildew and gall mite. …”
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Examining isotonic and isometric exercises for post-activation performance enhancement in kickboxers upper limb strength and power by Liang Wang, AnQiang Hu

“…The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of isometric and isotonic upper limb post-activation performance enhancement (PAPE) strategies on the maximal strength of young men kickboxers’ upper limbs, assessed through handgrip strength (HG) and the chest medicine ball throw test (CMBT). Fifty-three amateur men kickboxers, aged between 16 and 23, participated voluntarily in this regional-level study. …”
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Obscene beasts: the stage behind the scenes in A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Mathilde La Cassagnère

“…Such is the challenge faced by the amateur company of mechanicals who are producing the love tragedy of Pyramus and Thisbe, A Midsummer Night’s Dream’s play within the play featuring a fearful lion. …”
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The Effect of Maximal Leg Press Strength Training on Bilateral Deficit by Erdal Arı, Hamit Cihan, İbrahim Can, Rasim Kale

“…The purpose of this study was to determine maximal isometric strength with bilateral and unilateral muscle contractions and investigate maximal strength training whether or not influenced on this bilateral deficit. For this reason, 34 amateur soccer player (age = 17 ± 2.51 years) were divided into three groups as bilateral training group (n=14), unilateral training group (n=10) and control group (n=10). …”
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Sports effect on depression level of elementary school students by Ahmet Gursel Oguz, Oksay Oguz

“…The research group formed a total of 203 students, including 104 students who exercise (amateur athletes, playing in school teams, etc.)  …”
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Power Transmission Mechanism and Tribological Performance of Modern Bicycle Drivetrains—A Review by Yook Wah Liew, Owen Matthews, Dzung Viet Dao, Huaizhong Li

“…The efficiency and power transmission of bicycle drivetrains have emerged as crucial concerns for engineers, bicycle manufacturers, and both professional and amateur cyclists. However, research and publications related to bicycle drivetrain systems and their tribological performance are notably limited. …”
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Clinical Progression and Load Management For Proximal Hamstring Tendinopathy In A Long-Distance Runner: A Case Report by Cristina Campos-Villegas, Lucía Ortega-Pérez de Villar, Javier Gámez-Payá, Jorge Alarcón-Jiménez, Nieves de Bernardo

“…The aim of this case report is to analyze the effectiveness of an exercise protocol with progression of tendon loading in PHT in an amateur runner, by assessing pain and functional capacity…”
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Electromyographic responses during isometric contraction in post-activation potential protocol by Hacı Ahmet Taşpınar, Muhammet Emirhan Çelik, Necdet Apaydın, Hasan Sözen, Gökhan İpekoğlu, Tuğba Çetin

“…The study involved 14 male amateur soccer players whose one-repetition maximum (1RM) values were determined in the initial session. …”
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“Thank you, God-pleasing ones”: the ministry of church singers of the Perm diocese in the second half of the 1960s — early 1980s by Sapsay Andrey, Archpriest

“…Singers with musical education were invited to replace amateur singers in the church choirs, and parish expenses for choirs were regularly increased. …”
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Validating Ionospheric Models Against Technologically Relevant Metrics by A. T. Chartier, J. Steele, G. Sugar, D. R. Themens, S. K. Vines, J. D. Huba

“…SAMI3 predicts 55.5% of reported amateur radio links between 2–30 MHz and 500–2,000 km. …”
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Breeding columnar apple-tree cultivars for supercompact growth habit by S. A. Korneeva, E. N. Sedov, T. V. Yanchuk

“…‘Orlovskaya Yesenia’), and they can be recommended for both commercial plantations and amateur gardens. The columnar form 34-34-98 is characterized by a unique degree of compactness (the ratio of the internode length to the shoot diameter) equal to 0.4 versus the average value of 1.6 for this indicator in the studied columnar cultivars. …”
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Development of Social Competence in High School Students in the Context of Non-Formal Education by Hanna Chaikovska, Iryna Levchyk, Mykola Fedoruts, Vira Polishchuk, Oksana Mazur

“…They implied stimulation of the subjective position of a student, provided socio-pedagogical support and monitoring, modernisation of content, forms and methods of non-formal education, organisation of amateur space and support. Various forms of realisation of non-formal education resulted in significant positive shift of development of social competence in participants of experimental groups.The comparative correlation of post-experiment survey estimated increase in number of students with high level of social competence up to 15% and decrease in number of respondents with low level up to 11%. …”
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Sports, Environment and Climate Change: the Carbon Footprint of Sports Facilities Based on Energy Consumption in Turkey by Ahmet Atalay, Sevdagül Demir

“…The second one is the increase in participation in amateur and professional events and organisations held in sports facilities and the intensive use of sports facilities throughout the 12 months. …”
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The investigation of relationships among sprint and jump performance with velocity parameters during propulsive phase of full back squat exercise by Erdal Arı, Hamit Cıhan, Ibrahim Can

“…For this purpose, thirty-two men amateur athletes (age: 20.4 ± 1.98 years; height: 179.3 ± 7.23 cm; weight: 73.5 ± 9.85 kg) who actively involved in sports and have a basic level of force participated in voluntarily to this study. …”
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Examining the Relationship of Some Performance Tests Applied to Young Soccer Players by Erkan Bütün, Gökhan Hadi, Bekir Mehtap, Veysel Böge

“…At this point, it is aimed to examine the relationship between different performance tests applied in young soccer players in this study. 21 male soccer players (16,33± 0,66 years, height; 172,4± 6,05 cm, body weight: 57,00± 8,81 kg) from an amateur soccer team in Konya voluntarily participated in the study. …”
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Strains of a virtuoso: pacemaker infection and ventricular tachycardia in a violinist by Yuanguo Chen, Haibo Zhang, Qi Qiao, Lian Ma

“…This case report aims to describe the occurrence of pacemaker pocket infection and recurrent ventricular tachycardia (VT) in a Chinese amateur violinist with sick sinus syndrome (SSS), and to explore the possible connection between occupational habits and the infection, as well as VT. …”
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