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Effect of the Flow Velocity on the Corrosion Behavior of UNS S41426 Stainless Steel in the Extremely Aggressive Oilfield Environment for the Tarim Area
Authors: Zhao Yang , Chang Limin , Zhang Tao , Xie Junfeng , Chen Yan , Xu Dake , Wang Fuhui
Published: April 2020

Effect of flow velocity on the passive film and pitting corrosion behavior of UNS S41426 stainless steel (SS) under the extreme oilfield environment was investigated using different techniques such as microscopy, nanoindentation, and electrochemical techniques. The experimental results show that the corrosion rate of UNS S41426 SS increased with velocity. The increase in flow velocity decreased the thickness and content of amorphous Cr(OH)3 (s) in the film. This in turn increased the density of phase boundary, resulting in a higher defect density. Thus, the UNS S41426 SS film became susceptible to breaking. Furthermore, the pitting had a higher susceptibility to grow to a larger size both in the vertical and horizontal directions with the increase in flow velocity.
AS TÉCNICAS PROJETIVAS EM ESTUDOS SOBRE A CONSUMER CULTURE THEORY - CCT
Authors: Almeida Gustavo Tomaz de
Published: April 2020

Existe uma diversidade de métodos de pesquisa empregados nos estudos do Marketing, incluindo àqueles que discorrem sobre a Consumer Culture Theory – CCT, oriundos de diversos campos, como a Sociologia, Antropologia e Psicologia. O objetivo deste ensaio teórico é refletir sobre o uso das Técnicas Projetivas em pesquisas qualitativas nacionais do Marketing, em especial, contribuições metodológicas à CCT. Para tanto, na fase inicial, discorre-se sobre a trajetória das Técnicas Projetivas, da Psicologia à Administração, seguindo com a descrição de alguns tipos de testes projetivos e findando com as contribuições dessas aos estudos da CCT. Nesta etapa, para fortalecer os argumentos, apresentam-se trabalhos da Administração que adotaram tais técnicas como instrumento de coleta de dados, bem como apontam-se sugestões para novas investigações. Como principais contribuições, observa-se que os testes projetivos por acadêmicos do marketing são subutilizados; bem como reúnem-se proposições para maximizar o seu uso em trabalhos futuros, alinhadas com as discussões contemporâneas da CCT, como a Assemblage Theory.
ANÁLISE DE DESEMPENHO DOS MODELOS DE PREVISÃO DE INSOLVÊNCIA E A IMPLEMENTAÇÃO DAS NORMAS INTERNACIONAIS DE CONTABILIDADE
Authors: Andrade Jefferson Pereira , Lucena Wenner Glaucio Lopes
Published: April 2020

O objetivo desse estudo consiste em verificar a capacidade de predição dos principais modelos de insolvência desenvolvidos no Brasil observando a implementação das normas internacionais de contabilidade. Foram analisadas oito modelos previsão, Elizabetsky (1976); Kanitz (1978); Altman, Baidya e Dias (1979); Matias (1979); Silva (1982); Kasznar (1986); Sanvicente e Minardi (1998) e Scarpel (2000). A pesquisa foi desenvolvida com 17 empresas que apresentaram problemas financeiros no período de 2004 a 2015, foram coletados dados dessas empresas por meio do site da Bovespa e na base de dados Economática®. Após a análise chegou-se as seguintes conclusões: apenas dois modelos tiveram alto grau de acertos em suas previsões sendo esses capazes de prever a insolvência, os modelos de Elisabetsky (1976) e Sanvicente e Misardi (1998) apresentaram os melhores resultados em relação aos demais, já os modelos de Kanitz (1978) e Kasznar (1986) tiveram os piores desempenhos na previsão da insolvência. Quanto a adoção das normas internacionais de contabilidade verificou-se que em cinco modelos a precisão foi maior nas empresas que emitiram demonstrativos baseados nas normas internacionais, entretanto não se pode afirmar que os resultados são influenciados diretamente pelas normas internacionais.
“I see your true colors”: a diversidade dos recursos humanos no Hotel Village Premium
Authors: DA SILVA DIEGO FLORIANO , DE CARVALHO DIANA LUCIA TEIXEIRA
Published: April 2020

O objetivo desse caso é ilustrar um contexto no qual a gestão da diversidade ocorre, mesmo que de maneira informal, abordando a sua difusão dentro do Hotel Village Premium, desde os gestores até seus funcionários. Esse caso, portanto, versa sobre o Hotel Village Premium, da rede hoteleira Village, e apresenta uma breve história da origem da rede e de seus criadores, o surgimento do hotel na cidade de João Pessoa/PB, as características, seus setores, os acontecimentos e fundamentos relacionados à gestão de pessoas dentro da organização. Nesse sentido, a partir da narrativa da gerente do setor de recepção, Sara Leite, do seu funcionário, o recepcionista Leandro Almeida, e dos levantamentos feitos das condutas gerenciais dentro do hotel, é possível refletir e debater a respeito da diversidade, relacionando o comportamento, clima e métodos gerenciais utilizados para estimular um clima organizacional que priorize o respeito às diferenças sociais, de gêneros e às competências individuais.
Lealdade à marca: O que é? Como medir?
Authors: Costa Filho Murilo Carrazedo
Published: April 2020

A lealdade à marca é um dos construtos mais estudados na literatura do marketing e de grande interesse para acadêmicos e praticantes, em função de sua estreita relação com resultados superiores para as empresas, que lhes conferem vantagens competitivas. Apesar de ser estudada empiricamente desde a década de 1950, a conceituação e operacionalização desse construto ainda hoje é um tema em discussão. Isso, por sua vez, acarreta em dificuldades conceituais de como medi-la. O objetivo desse ensaio, apoiado em uma ampla revisão de literatura sobre o tema, é apresentar as diferentes concepções de lealdade e formas de medir esse construto. O artigo procura também provocar reflexões acerca das diferentes formas de se medir lealdade e sugerir quando uma pode ser preferível a outras.
Uma reflexão epistemológica sobre o status científico da administração sob a ótica dos critérios de demarcação científica de Popper, Kuhn e Lakatos
Authors: Da Silva Eduardo Damião , Da Costa Rodrigo Souza
Published: April 2020

Este trabalho teve como objetivo discutir epistemologicamente a cientificidade da administração. Para isso, primeiramente foram colocadas algumas conceituações sobre o método científico para, em seguida, recorrer-se aos critérios de demarcação científica abordadas por Karl Popper, Thomas Kuhn e Imre Lakatos, e quais suas decorrências para conceituar-se a administração como ciência. Pode-se inferir que a administração apresenta características que permitem classificá-la como uma área científica. Isso é dito depois de verificar-se a possibilidade de falseamento de estudos conforme a ideia do falseacionismo sofisticado de Popper. O mesmo ocorre no que se refere aos postulados sobre os paradigmas de Thomas Kuhn. Também se adequa, de forma mais visível aos programas de pesquisa apresentados por Lakatos. Por fim, se conclui que a administração possui um objeto de estudo, ainda em processo de formação, o que faz que a área seja uma ciência nova. A administração é uma ciência prática, pois está relacionada com a resolução de problemas da realidade, mas não somente se ocupa com a solução de problemas, senão também aumenta seu conhecimento de seu objeto e da realidade.
Advanced Exercise Physiology: Essential Concepts and Applications
Authors: Ehrman Jonathan K. , Kerrigan Dennis J. , Keteyian Steven J.
Published: April 2020

Advanced Exercise Physiology: Essential Concepts and Applications builds upon foundational topics and looks further into key physiological components to help advanced students gain a deeper level of understanding. Authors Jonathan K. Ehrman, Dennis J. Kerrigan, and Steven J. Keteyian address a wide range of complex topics with evidence-based information and a focused, targeted style. The first five chapters offer a detailed examination of the various body systems. The next two chapters focus on exercise testing and training principles, as well as training adaptations as they relate to aerobic power, anaerobic power, range of motion, and resistance training of healthy individuals and competitive athletes. The remaining chapters focus on a variety of topics, including athletic performance, body composition and weight management, and environmental influences of exercise physiology. The final two chapters bring a unique perspective to the book with a review of the relationship between exercise physiology and public health and a look at recent and emerging topics in the field, including genomics and pharmacology. Enhancing the content are learning aids, more than 140 images and illustrations, and practical examples from among clinical patients, healthy individuals, and competitive athletes. Key terms and their definitions appear at the end of each chapter; these help students understand key concepts and serve as a useful reference for practitioners. The appendixes contain information related to topics such as efficiency and energy expenditure, metabolic equivalent (MET) values of common activities, and the professionalization of exercise physiology.
Applied Health Fitness Psychology
Authors: Anshel Mark H.
Published: April 2020

Applied Health Fitness Psychology considers behavioral issues regarding exercise and nutrition using a research-to-practice approach. This comprehensive text explains how health fitness psychology has emerged from other parent disciplines to become a wide-ranging discipline that can be addressed in various exercise, fitness, and health settings, allowing both current and future professionals to assist their patients or clients in adopting healthier lifestyles.

Applied Health Fitness Psychology uses contributions from sport and exercise psychology, counseling and clinical psychology, exercise science, sports medicine, and behavioral medicine to provide a scientific basis for presenting strategies for behavior change. Unique to this text is a critical consideration of cultural, spiritual, and religious components as a factor in initiating and maintaining exercise behavior. The evidence-based approach will help readers use techniques and interventions that promote positive changes among various populations.

Students will grasp the scope of this emerging field by studying the following topics:

The theoretical foundation of health behavior change and motivational theories

Physical, cognitive, and motivational obstacles to adopting a healthy lifestyle

Use of cognitive and behavioral strategies and interventions to promote exercise adherence, set goals, and improve fitness and exercise performance

Steps that will help students become professionals in health fitness psychology

Considerations in working with special populations, such as older adults, pregnant women, individuals recovering from injuries, and individuals with chronic conditions or dysfunctional eating behaviors

Chapter objectives at the start and a summary, review of key concepts, and student activity at the end of each chapter help students and instructors stay focused on understanding the main concepts and putting this information into practice. Highlight boxes, tables, and figures throughout the book keep readers engaged with the material. From Research to Real World sidebars show students how the information in the text can be used in multiple professions and illustrate the many applications for health fitness psychology in today's society.

While modifying a person’s—or a culture’s—disdain for exercise will not happen quickly, Applied Health Fitness Psychology equips aspiring and practicing professionals working in a variety of health, fitness, and allied health fields with strategies to help people make the shift to more active and healthy lifestyles.
Best Practice for Youth Sport
Authors: Vealey Robin S. , Chase Melissa A.
Published: April 2020

Although the physical and psychological benefits of youth participating in sport are evident, the increasing professionalization and specialization of youth sport, primarily by coaches and parents, are changing the culture of youth sport and causing it to erode the ideal mantra: “It’s all about the kids.”

In Best Practice for Youth Sport, readers will gain an appreciation of an array of issues regarding youth sport. This research-based text is presented in a practical manner, with examples from current events that foster readers’ interest and class discussion. The content is based on the principle of developmentally appropriate practice (DAP), which can be defined as engaging in decisions, behaviors, and policies that meet the physical, psychological, and social needs of children and youth based on their ages and maturational levels. This groundbreaking resource covers a breadth of topics, including bone development, burnout, gender and racial stereotypes, injuries, motor behavior, and parental pressures.

Part I, Youth Sport Basics, provides readers with the fundamental knowledge and background related to the history, evolution, and organization of youth sport. Part II, Maturation and Readiness for Youth Sport Participants, is the core of understanding how and why youth sport is different from adult sport. This part details why it is important to know when youth are ready to learn and compete. Part III, Intensity of Participation in Youth Sport, examines the appropriateness of physical and psychological intensity at various developmental stages and the potential ramifications of overtraining, overspecialization, overstress, and overuse. The text concludes with Part IV, Social Considerations in Youth Sport, which examines how youth sport coaches and parents can help create a supportive social environment so that children can maximize the enjoyment and benefits from youth sport.

Best Practice for Youth Sport provides readers with knowledge of sport science concerning youth sport and engages them through the use of anecdotes, activities, case studies, and practical strategies. Armed with the knowledge from this text, students, coaches, parents, administrators, and others will be able to become active agents of social change in structuring and enhancing youth sport programs to meet the unique developmental needs of children, making the programs athlete centered rather than adult centered so that they truly are all about the kids.
Case Studies in Sport Law
Authors: Pittman Andrew T. , Spengler John O. , Young Sarah J.
Published: April 2020

Case Studies in Sport Law, Second Edition, provides students with specific examples and perspectives of some of the most significant cases in sport law in an accessible tone that is free of legal jargon. The text is an ideal companion for non-law students who are seeking clarity and context for legal issues commonly encountered in sport management and sport law settings.

The 87 cases in Case Studies in Sport Law have been carefully curated by a team of experts in the field and represent many of the multifaceted aspects of sport law. Some of the areas covered in the text are school districts, colleges and universities, interscholastic and recreational programs, professional sport franchises, sporting goods manufacturers and trademarks, and governing bodies. This broad approach encourages students to understand the impact of legal issues on the sport industry, including many of the areas that students are hoping to pursue as a career.

Case Studies in Sport Law offers condensed versions of each case as opposed to the full legal proceedings, which enables students to grasp key concepts of the case instead of wading through legal jargon. The cases are divided into the main topics that are most prevalent in sport law courses: agency law, antitrust law, constitutional law, contract law, employment law, intellectual property, labor law, products liability, risk management, statutory law, Title IX, tort law, and the U.S. legal system. This is an easy-to-follow format that allows instructors and readers easy selection of cases based on the topic at hand.

Litigation and lawsuits in sport are increasing; therefore, managers and operators must maintain a thorough understanding of legal practices. Case Studies in Sport Law is the ideal text to supplement a sport management or sport law class and bolster student comprehension of sport law issues, and it is a supreme reference in the professional library of all practitioners in college, high school, professional, and recreational sport settings.
Dave Bing
Authors: Sharp Drew
Published: April 2020

What kind of person loses sight in one eye and then through dedicated practice and honed skills becomes one of the top 50 NBA players of all time? What kind of person, with limited business experience, builds a start-up company into a thriving corporation and is recognized as one of the world’s most successful black executives? What kind of person, while running a $350 million business, takes the time to reach out to black youths lacking father figures and provides counsel and support? And what kind of person, instead of enjoying a well-deserved luxurious retirement, chooses to become mayor of a large city that many long ago had written off as dead? Dave Bing, that’s who.

In Dave Bing, Detroit Free Press sports columnist Drew Sharp chronicles the compelling story of a figure whose sheer will to succeed, refusal to make excuses for setbacks, and efforts to contribute to society set him apart as an anomaly—a man of virtues so rarely found in recent history. His path from Washington D.C. to Syracuse to Detroit is sometimes tumultuous, blazed by hard work, perseverance, and savvy. Much more than the stereotypical tale of celebrity ex-jock who does good, this is a story about a black male who, even as a youngster, determined to conquer whatever challenges came his way.

And now, as mayor of Detroit, Bing encounters perhaps his greatest test of all. Faced with entrenched and power-hungry political foes, a series of failed and corrupt predecessors, a work force ill prepared for today’s job market, a staggering city debt, and recent health problems, Bing would appear to have little chance of surviving his office. Both the naysayers and optimists would do well to read the book.
Evidence-Based Practice in Exercise Science
Authors: Amonette William E. , English Kirk L. , Kraemer William J.
Published: April 2020

Evidence-Based Practice in Exercise Science: The Six-Step Approach equips readers with the basic skills and competencies for discerning the value of scientific research. Using a methodical approach, students and professionals will learn to identify appropriate evidence to support novel interventions and avoid counterproductive or dangerous information to eliminate ineffective exercise options.

The authors, well-known advocates in the study and application of evidence-based practice in the field of exercise science, take the five-step method of evidence-based practice that has been established in medicine, adapt it specifically for exercise science, and expand it to embrace individuality in exercise training. The content is accessible for students in a variety of courses in exercise science curricula; those seeking certification through professional organizations; and practitioners in the fields of exercise, nutrition, sports medicine, and sport science.

This text is an instruction manual in understanding and applying evidence-based practice. The process is divided into six steps that begin with asking a question and then finding, evaluating, implementing, confirming, and re-evaluating the evidence. Readers of Evidence-Based Practice in Exercise Science will explore these aspects:

- The philosophy of science and design of scientific studies

- The use of search tools like PubMed and Google Scholar and how to rank or define the strength of the evidence

- Practical suggestions for implementing evidence-based practice in the field to better advise and serve athletes, clients, and patients

- Case studies that demonstrate realistic scenarios of how the evidence-based process may be used in a variety of sport and exercise settings

Each chapter opens with chapter objectives that provide a road map for learning, and a chapter conclusion summarizes main points and ensures understanding. The case studies cover topics including exercise prescription; exercise for special populations; nutrition and supplementation; and exercise devices, equipment, and apparel. Each case presents a realistic scenario that an exercise practitioner may experience, presents background information, formulates a question for investigation, describes a search of the literature, discusses the findings, and provides a recommendation for practice based on the best current evidence.
Monitoring Training and Performance in Athletes
Authors: McGuigan Mike
Published: April 2020

Monitoring Training and Performance in Athletes equips readers with the tools needed for collecting analysing and interpreting data. This information enables the adjustment of training programmes to help clients achieve optimal preparation and performance. The content highlights elements that can be monitored including body stress biochemical markers and hormonal response. It discusses the reliability of modern methods such as wearable technology and questionnaires. Readers are also introduced to guidelines approaches challenges and solutions for athlete monitoring for individual and team sports as well as suggestions for integrating monitoring with coaching.
Organizing Successful Tournaments
Authors: Byl John
Published: April 2020

If you have been looking for a comprehensive collection of schedules and brackets that can be easily tailored to your events, then look no further. Organizing Successful Tournaments is the definitive resource that will put an end to your search!
Outdoor Adventure Education
Authors: Ewert Alan W. , Sibthorp Jim
Published: April 2020

Outdoor Adventure Education: Foundations, Theory, and Research steeps students in the theories, concepts, and developments of outdoor adventure education, preparing them for careers in this burgeoning field.

This text is based on author Alan W. Ewert’s pioneering book Outdoor Adventure Pursuits: Foundations, Models, and Theories. Ewert and Sibthorp, both experienced practitioners, researchers, and educators, explore the outdoor adventure field today in relation to the changes that have occurred since Ewert’s first book. The authors present a comprehensive text on outdoor and adventure foundations, theories, and research that will provide the basis for the next generation of professionals.

Outdoor Adventure Education offers a comprehensive view of the expanding discipline of outdoor adventure education in its various settings. In addition to its foundational, theoretical, and conceptual insights, this text presents the following:

• Why This Chapter Is Important introductions that present snapshots of ideas and concepts and how they apply to future professionals

• Chapter discussion and research questions to expand knowledge and research skills to support the learning gained through the book

• Sidebars from well-known international researchers who present their views on the chapter topics

The book is presented in three parts. Part I explores foundational issues of outdoor adventure education, offering an overview of the field and examining both historical developments and current practices. Part II investigates theoretical constructs and extant theories, emphasizing how they inform the professional’s view of program evidence, design, and implementation. In part III, the authors delve into research and evidence-based practices in the field and look at evolving trends and issues as outdoor adventure education continues to grow.

Outdoor Adventure Education uses evidence, design, and implementation as its underlying themes. It shows students and professionals how to apply theories and research in constructing frameworks for outdoor adventure education experiences and how to evaluate those experiences. As such, it is an indispensable resource that prepares students and professionals alike for success in their careers in outdoor adventure education.
Science and Development of Muscle Hypertrophy
Authors: Schoenfeld Brad
Published: April 2020

Muscle hypertrophy—defined as an increase in muscular size—is one of the primary outcomes of resistance training. Science and Development of Muscle Hypertrophy is a comprehensive compilation of science-based principles to help professionals develop muscle hypertrophy in athletes and clients. With more than 825 references and applied guidelines throughout, no other resource offers a comparable quantity of content solely focused on muscle hypertrophy. Readers will find up-to-date content so they fully understand the science of muscle hypertrophy and its application to designing training programs.

Written by Brad Schoenfeld, PhD, a leading authority on muscle hypertrophy, this text provides strength and conditioning professionals, personal trainers, sport scientists, researchers, and exercise science instructors with a definitive resource for information regarding muscle hypertrophy—the mechanism of its development, how the body structurally and hormonally changes when exposed to stress, ways to most effectively design training programs, and current nutrition guidelines for eliciting hypertrophic changes. The full-color book offers several features to make the content accessible to readers:

- Research Findings sidebars highlight the aspects of muscle hypertrophy currently being examined to encourage readers to re-evaluate their knowledge and ensure their training practices are up to date.

- Practical Applications sidebars outline how to apply the research conclusions for maximal hypertrophic development.

- Comprehensive subject and author indexes optimize the book's utility as a reference tool.

- An image bank containing most of the art, photos, and tables from the text allows instructors and presenters to easily teach the material outlined in the book.

Although muscle hypertrophy can be attained through a range of training programs, this text allows readers to understand and apply the specific responses and mechanisms that promote optimal muscle hypertrophy in their athletes and clients. It explores how genetic background, age, sex, and other factors have been shown to mediate the hypertrophic response to exercise, affecting both the rate and the total gain in lean muscle mass. Sample programs in the text show how to design a three- or four-day-per-week undulating periodized program and a modified linear periodized program for maximizing muscular development.

Science and Development of Muscle Hypertrophy is an invaluable resource for strength and conditioning professionals seeking to maximize hypertrophic gains and those searching for the most comprehensive, authoritative, and current research in the field.
Tapering and Peaking for Optimal Performance
Authors: Mujika Iñigo
Published: April 2020

Tapering and Peaking for Optimal Performance offers in-depth discussion of the science, strategy, and program design of the tapering phase of training. This first-ever book devoted to the subject presents current scientific data on tapering, its physiological and psychological effects, and how these effects relate to athletic performance. Featuring various training models and experiential knowledge, this book allows readers to design optimal tapering programs for each athlete. Though most coaches and sport scientists are aware of the key role of tapering in preparation for competition, many tapering programs are developed by a trial-and-error process, often leading athletes to fall short of their optimal performance. In Tapering and Peaking for Optimal Performance, author Iñigo Mujika, one of the foremost researchers on tapering in sport, presents various models and explains current scientific data on tapering and its effects on physiological and psychological factors that support or hinder performance. Using this information, coaches, athletes, and sport scientists will be able to do the following: design optimal tapering plans specific to athletes and the competition; set realistic performance goals for competition; avoid negative outcomes associated with a deficient tapering program.
The Athlete's Guide to Diabetes
Authors: Colberg Sheri R.
Published: April 2020

Diabetes doesn't have to slow you down. Whether you're a recreational exerciser or a competitive athlete, The Athlete's Guide to Diabetes has the training and performance advice you need to remain active while effectively managing your condition.

Renowned researcher and diabetes expert Dr. Sheri Colberg offers best practices and tips for managing blood glucose levels for athletes of all ages with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. She provides the most up-to-date information on

• insulin and other medications and their effects on exercise,

• nutritional practices and supplements, including low-carbohydrate eating,

• the latest technologies used to manage glucose, including continuous glucose monitoring (CGM),

• injury prevention and treatment as well as tactics for diabetes-related joint issues, and

• mental strategies for maximizing performance and optimizing health.

You'll find 15 profiles of athletes with type 1 diabetes who share their accomplishments and how they manage medications, food intake, and other tools available to manage their activities with diabetes. Guidelines for 165 different sports and activities will reduce your trial and error when it comes to performing and feeling your best during fitness activities, endurance sports, endurance-power sports, power sports, and outdoor activities.

The Athlete's Guide to Diabetes adheres to latest guidelines from such trusted sources as the American Diabetes Association and the American College of Sports Medicine. It is the one resource you can't be without if you want to stay healthy and active, train smarter, and reach new levels of athletic success without losing control of your blood glucose management.
Recreational Sport
Authors: Barcelona Robert J. , Wells Mary Sara , Arthur-Banning Skye
Published: April 2020

Recreational Sport provides a contemporary perspective of recreational sport management, offering a comprehensive picture of recreational sport management for people in or entering all sectors of recreation and leisure. Barcelona and his coauthors present a macrocosm view of recreational sport in communities—a view that reflects the most current, application-based research in the field. Their text places recreational sport squarely in the middle of the recreation and leisure curriculum and is supported by the recreational sport core competencies as developed by Barcelona himself.

In addition, Recreational Sport offers the following:

• Coverage for all age groups and sectors in a range of settings and contexts for recreational sport

• International perspectives to offer students great insights into career opportunities

• The latest theory, research, and real-world approaches to help both students and professionals who program sports

• Case studies of real-world issues in recreational sport and examples of theory-to-practice applications

Recreational Sport is a textbook critical to students’ future success in recreational sport management, offering the big-picture view of the field while offering practical guidance in and real-world examples of successful design, delivery, and management of recreational sport programming.
Service Learning Physical for Health, Education, and Recreation
Authors: Stevens Cheryl
Published: April 2020

This new resource provides students with a guide for any type of group service project. A book that the reader will do rather than just read. A student workbook puts students in charge of the project, providing step-by-step guidance through the process, with unique tools, techniques and tips to make a service learning project easy, educational and fun. The 5-step process takes students through how to plan, implement and conduct a variety of service-learning projects. Throughout the process the student group or class learns how to work as a team and how to present themselves as professionals. Students will engage in activities utilizing best practices in student learning that they adapt to their unique project. This book will be well received by students studying leisure, recreation, physical education and health who would use the student workbook to plan, implement and evaluate student participation in a service learning program. Secondary school students would use the student workbook to implement and evaluate their participation in a service-learning program. Community organization professionals would use the workbook as a tool to guide students they work with in a variety of community building projects.
Worksite Health Promotion
Authors: Chenoweth David H.
Published: April 2020

In today’s difficult economic environment, worksite health promotion programs are becoming increasingly important as employers look for ways to contain health care costs and improve productivity. The newly updated Worksite Health Promotion, Third Edition, presents students and professionals with all of the information they need to create programs that address these issues. The text combines theoretical principles and research with practical applications and real-world examples.

Worksite Health Promotion, Third Edition, provides a step-by-step approach to planning, implementing, and evaluating programs. Readers will explore key topics such as assessing employees’ needs, setting appropriate goals, gaining management buy-in, budgeting, and program evaluation. The third edition has the following additions:

• Updated information on ADA, HIPAA, and GINA standards as they relate to worksite health promotion

• New sections on health management, health coaching, budget development options, and present value adjustment

• More information on integrated health data management systems, e-health technology, nutrition and weight control programs, fostering a healthy culture, and reducing stress in the workplace

• Expanded coverage of program evaluation

• A larger focus on career development with updated information on certification options, intermediate-level practitioner competencies, and internship and job searches

Learning objectives, end-of-chapter overviews, and a new glossary of key terms will help students focus on the most important concepts in each chapter. Updated Looking Ahead and What Would You Do? sidebars will aid them in applying the information and can serve as the starting point for class discussions or assignments. A new instructor guide contains sample syllabi, a weekly instructional guide, and course outlines. Current practitioners looking for ideas and strategies for building a healthier workforce as well as students just beginning an exploration of the field can depend on Worksite Health Promotion, Third Edition, to inspire and inform.
Sustainable Tourism
Authors: Patterson Carol
Published: April 2020

Sustainable Tourism: Business Development, Operations, and Management lays out a road map to launching and building a business in one of today’s most exciting industries. It simplifies the process and outlines real-life requirements while clearing the path to new business success in the cultural, heritage, nature, and adventure fields. Written by an eco-development pioneer, the book offers guidance on developing and implementing a comprehensive sustainable-business plan. From analyzing the market all the way through hiring and training the right people, the text focuses on the principles of both tourism and business. It prepares those embarking on new careers to tackle the complexity of sustainability issues by thinking like entrepreneurs and acting like business owners. Students and professionals can rely on this text as both a start-up and ongoing implementation reference that will stack the odds of success in their favor.

Sustainable Tourism provides an overview of exciting developments in the sustainable-tourism industry. It helps new entrepreneurs assess the viability of ideas and products against sustainable criteria. Through sequential chapters, it delivers step-by-step instructions for minimizing environmental impact, establishing sustainability practices, obtaining financing, and marketing to and reaching customers. The standards-based text also examines how the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Sustainability Guidelines shape sustainable tourism, providing a global framework from which to build the skills needed for success.

Key features include the following:

• 13 online video case studies of sustainable tourism destinations from around the world give students a global text from which to build their own businesses and provide a model for how sustainable tourism works.

• A professional development workbook, “Creating a Tourism Career from Scratch” (appendix B), is a reference for entrepreneurs starting or advancing in their careers.

Loaded with case studies, the book illustrates what works and what doesn’t when starting a sustainable tourism business. It describes how to integrate sustainability practices into daily operations, maximize the use of the web and social media in marketing, and overcome challenges in sustainable tourism. The text covers every important topic in a business start-up, including financial forecasting and analysis, customer service systems, hiring, training, and managing turnover.

Sustainable Tourism: Business Development, Operations and Management is the starting point for all who want to develop an eco-friendly product, integrate sustainability principles into their businesses, and turn their dreams into a business reality.
Functional Testing in Human Performance
Authors: Reiman Michael P. , Manske Robert C.
Published: April 2020

Functional Testing in Human Performance offers clinicians the first-ever compilation of information on clinical and data-based functional testing for sport, exercise, and occupational settings. This unique text serves as a primary resource for accurate assessment of individuals' functional abilities in order to develop program prescriptions to enhance their performance.

Functional Testing in Human Performance is a comprehensive learning tool for novices and an essential reference for advanced clinicians. The text defines the role of function in physical performance and how it can be appropriately tested. Especially helpful for novices, the text explains testing criteria, testing terms relevant to research, and selecting the most appropriate test and testing sequence. Common testing mistakes are also presented as well as pitfalls to avoid when testing. The text also includes case studies that illustrate a variety of situations including testing for a client recovering from a lower-extremity injury, discussing preseason testing for a large group of athletes, and presenting the study of a client in an occupational setting. These cases include detailed statistical analysis and normative data, offering clinicians the opportunity to consider the application of functional testing and implementation strategies adaptable to their specific practice setting.

After laying a foundation, the text progresses to detailed testing procedures for discrete physical parameters and specific regions of the body. Tests are organized from least to most complex, and each test is presented in a step-by-step manner outlining the purpose of the test, equipment needed, testing procedure and recommendations for performing the test, interpretation of results, and the data to suggest normative values, reliability, and validity for each test. This formatting facilitates quick reference to testing information for on-the-spot use, whether in the clinic, athletic training room, gym, or job site.

To enhance understanding, a companion video collection features live-action demonstrations of 40 of the most advanced tests. Icons on those test pages indicate they are modeled in the video collection.

Functional Testing in Human Performance offers a unique and comprehensive reference for assessment of physical activities in sport, recreation, work, and daily living. By presenting the theory and detailing the practice, this text assists clinicians in understanding and incorporating functional testing to identify their patients' or clients' limitations and enhance their performance, rehabilitation, and daily functioning.
Bending the Aging Curve
Authors: Signorile Joseph F.
Published: April 2020

Bending the Aging Curve provides fitness professionals with a multifaceted periodized training program specifically for older adults. With this book and DVD package, you will find the tools you need to help your clients slow the physical decline that can accompany aging:

—Training strategies for improving body composition, flexibility, bone density, muscular strength and power, and cardiovascular fitness that can be customized to fit each client

—73 translational exercises that simulate everyday activities and help older clients to translate their new strengths into improved daily function and increased independence

—A series of tests that will allow you to assess your clients’ strengths and weaknesses, design programs that address their needs, and keep them motivated during their training

—A spreadsheet in which you can record clients’ test results and view their percentile rankings for their sex and age groups

—Videos of the translational exercises that let you and your clients see these unique activities in action to ensure accuracy and safety

—Video case studies of four sample clients that show the progression from testing to targeted training to the translational exercise cycle to help you understand how to design programs that meet your clients’ varying needs and goals

This one-of-a-kind resource presents a scientifically substantiated and practically proven training system that can extend the vitality of our aging population. Signorile offers an engaging explanation of the research behind his diagnosis and prescription model while maintaining a focus on the practical components of program design. You will learn to use tests to diagnose your clients’ needs and then prescribe training cycles with the appropriate mix of work, active recovery, and skill practice to maximize functional improvements. The photos and step-by-step instructions for each of the tests and exercises found in the book and the video clips on the DVD make it easy to quickly implement this training system with your clients.

Maintaining independence as we age depends on a multitude of factors. Bending the Aging Curve offers a comprehensive approach to designing exercise interventions that address all of these factors. With its targeted strategies, you’ll be able to help your clients stay active, energetic, and self-reliant, regardless of their age.
Physical Activity for Health and Fitness
Authors: Jackson Allen W. , Morrow James R. , Hill David W. , Dishman Rod K.
Published: April 2020

Through this book, you can

-gain student interest and convince them of the importance of this life-changing information,

-encourage students to examine how the information may apply to them in the real world, and

-show students how to use the information to their benefit. Preparing for the future is what school is all about. Unfortunately, many students fail to see the importance of establishing healthy lifestyle habits during these crucial years. While they work hard to ensure their future financial health, many young people mistakenly believe they can wait until they're older to worry about their physical and mental health.

This updated edition of Physical Activity for Health and Fitness will help students make physical activity a priority today and continue to do so throughout their lives. With the help of many interactive elements, this attractive, full-color textbook introduces important physical activity, health, and nutrition concepts that students will want to remember their entire lives, not just for a semester. Special elements include the following:

-Healthchecks—Quick questions that test students’ learning comprehension

-Key points and key terms—Information of special importance

-Laboratories—Practical exercises that ask students to apply physical activity ideas in the book to their own livesPhysical Activity for Health and Fitness begins by presenting students with medical evidence showing that a lifetime of physical activity will improve their fitness and enhance their quality of life. They'll learn the importance of both cardiovascular and muscular fitness and discover how to develop healthy habits in these areas.

Next, the book explains the far-reaching effects of obesity on personal health. It includes updated information and references on good nutrition, and it provides students with guidelines for maintaining a healthy body weight.

Physical Activity for Health and Fitness also explores the close connection between sedentary living and several major diseases and conditions. Cancer, cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, and depression are just a few of the conditions covered. Students will learn about the causes of these diseases, ways to prevent or lessen their risks, and how physical activity affects the diseases.

Finally, students are asked to consider the overwhelming benefits of leading a healthy lifestyle and are encouraged to begin incorporating regular physical activity into their lives now rather than later. They'll find basic guidelines for getting started and advice on staying motivated.

This new edition includes new art and references, updated figures and statistics, and practical charts and worksheets to enhance students’ learning experience.
Skeletal Muscle Form and Function
Authors: MacIntosh Brian R. , Gardiner Phillip F. , McComas Alan J.
Published: April 2020

Beyond its established role in bone and mineral homeostasis, there is emerging evidence that vitamin D exerts a range of effects in skeletal muscle. Reports of profound muscle weakness and changes in the muscle morphology of adults with vitamin D deficiency have long been described. These reports have been supplemented by numerous trials assessing the impact of vitamin D on muscle strength and mass and falls in predominantly elderly and deficient populations. At a basic level, animal models have confirmed that vitamin D deficiency and congenital aberrations in the vitamin D endocrine system may result in muscle weakness. To explain these effects, some molecular mechanisms by which vitamin D impacts on muscle cell differentiation, intracellular calcium handling, and genomic activity have been elucidated. There are also suggestions that vitamin D alters muscle metabolism, specifically its sensitivity to insulin, which is a pertinent feature in the pathophysiology of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. We will review the range of human clinical, animal, and cell studies that address the impact of vitamin D in skeletal muscle, and discuss the controversial issues. This is a vibrant field of research and one that continues to extend the frontiers of knowledge of vitamin D's broad functional repertoire.
Fundamentals of Motor Behavior
Authors: Fairbrother Jeffrey T.
Published: April 2020

This is the essential primer in motor behaviour. The what, the where, the how! This book provides an overview of the field of motor behaviour. You don't need specialised knowledge to understand the concepts presented and the material frequently focuses on why the information is relevant in the real world. The book is organised to first introduce the reader to the field: how it emerged, the questions that interest people in the field, how they go about trying to answer those questions and potential career options. The second part of the book explains how the study of motor behaviour is concerned with the interactions between the environment, the task and the person executing the actions. It goes on to demonstrate how the knowledge resulting from this research can be applied to improve performance in a variety of settings. Finally, the epilogue asks a series of ‘what will you do?’ questions to prompt readers to consider how he or she might eventually contribute to the field. Need an easy guide to what motor behaviour is all about? This book is for you. It shows: techniques to observe and classify motor behaviour and to identify performance demands; how people control movements; how people learn motor skills; capabilities and limitations that each person brings to a particular task; and how to use the motor skill learning cycle to design and modify instructional programmes. It includes detailed descriptions of the various types of practice available, including when each might prove to be a good choice.