1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910964453303321

Titolo

The allure of sports in Western Culture / / edited by John Zilcosky and Marlo A. Burks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

1-4875-1961-3

1-4875-1960-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

306.483

Soggetti

Sports - Social aspects

Sports - History

Civilization, Western

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: the allure of sports / John Zilcosky -- Sports/allure / Grant Farred -- "Allure" constrained by "ethics"? How athletic events have engaged their spectators / Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht -- The fading allure of Greek athletics / Sofie Remijsen -- Wrestling, or the art of disentangling bodies / John Zilcosky -- The allure and ethics of ancient aesthetics: Hellenism in the modern Olympic movement / Charles Stocking -- Attractive or repugnant? Foot races in eighteenth-century German and Britain / Rebekka von Mallinckrodt -- A well-trained community: gymnastics for the German nation / Wolf Kittler -- Importing a German Kampfsport: the reception and practice of Japanese martial arts in interwar Germany / Sarah Panzer -- The ethics and allure of the foul in football / Annette Vowinckel -- Swimming / Karin Helmstaedt.

Sommario/riassunto

Sports are the most popular spectator events in the history of the world. This volume demonstrates how sports shape societies and individuals. The essays offer critical new insights and historical case studies from historians, theorists, literature scholars, and athletes.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910592980903321

Titolo

Theory and Method of Fisheries Forecasting / / edited by Xinjun Chen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022

ISBN

9789811929564

9789811929557

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 pages)

Collana

Biomedical and Life Sciences Series

Disciplina

910.5

Soggetti

Freshwater ecology

Marine ecology

Food security

Bioclimatology

Oceanography

Freshwater and Marine Ecology

Food Security

Climate Change Ecology

Ocean Sciences

Pesca

Previsió

Gestió de la pesca

Llibres electrònics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Overview of the Marine Environment -- 3. Shoaling and migration of fish and their relationships with environment -- 4. Basic Theories of Formation of Fishing ground -- 5. Basic Principles and Methods of Fisheries Forecasting -- 6. Case Studies of Fisheries Forecasting  -- 7. Effects of Global climate Changes on Marine Fishery Resources.

Sommario/riassunto

This book systematically introduces the knowledge system and research results of fisheries forecasting. It is divided into four parts and seven chapters. The first part is the introduction, which mainly



introduces the basic concepts, the nature of the subject, and the research contents, as well as the current status of research. The second part is about the basic knowledge of fisheries forecasting, including overview of the world marine environment, fish shoaling and migration distribution, the relationship between fish behavior and marine environment, and the basic theory of forming fishing ground. The third part is the focus of this book, including the basic principles and methods of fisheries forecasting, as well as the application of new techniques and methods in fisheries forecasting. The fourth part is the comprehensive application of fisheries forecasting, including the general situation of world marine fisheries, the impact of global marine environment changes on fisheries resources and fishing ground, and case studying of fisheries forecasting of important economic species, such as oceanic squid, jack mackerel, anchovy, and skipjack. The study of this book will help everyone to master the basic principles and methods of fisheries forecasting, as well as the application of new technologies and methods in important economic species, and lay a foundation for future work in the field of marine fisheries.