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  1. 1. Elite Athletes’ Travel Behaviour to/from Sport Events : A Case Study of Biathlon

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för ekonomi, geografi, juridik och turism

    Author : Marie Lerho; [2024]
    Keywords : transportation; sport tourism; elite athletes; environmental sustainability; travel behaviour; public transportation; environmental concern; value-action gap; high-cost situation;

    Abstract : This thesis analyses how elite athletes travel to/from sport events and which barriers prevent them from engaging in a more sustainable travel behaviour. For this purpose, unstructured interviews with elite athletes were conducted to gain an in-depth understanding about travel experiences and decision-making from elite athletes’ perspective. READ MORE

  3. 2. Explaining rifle shooting factors through multi-sensor body tracking : Using transformers and attention to mine actionable patterns from skeleton graphs

    University essay from Jönköping University/JTH, Avdelningen för datavetenskap

    Author : Filip Andersson; Jonatan Flyckt; [2021]
    Keywords : Machine learning; Explainable AI; Transformers; Skeleton graphs; Rifle shooting;

    Abstract : There is a lack of data-driven training instructions for sports shooters, as instruction has commonly been based on subjective assessments. Many studies have correlated body posture and balance to shooting performance in rifle shooting tasks, but most of them have focused on single aspects of postural control. READ MORE

  4. 3. Heart rate variability as a predictor of shooting performance

    University essay from Jönköping University/JTH, Avdelningen för datavetenskap

    Author : Saga Bergdahl; [2021]
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    Abstract : Physiological markers have long been used to monitor physiological state in individual athletes. More recently, heart rate variability (HRV) has become a popular metric to monitor athletes' physiological state over longer periods of time to guide training and detect fatigue. READ MORE

  5. 4. Predicting rifle shooting accuracy from context and sensor data : A study of how to perform data mining and knowledge discovery in the target shooting domain

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/JTH, Datateknik och informatik

    Author : Max Pettersson; Viktor Jansson; [2019]
    Keywords : Interpretability; Target shooting; Regression trees; Feature selection; Cross-validation;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to develop an interpretable model that gives predictions for what factors impacted a shooter’s results. Experiment is our chosen research method. Our three independent variables are weapon movement, trigger pull force and heart rate. Our dependent variable is shooting accuracy. READ MORE

  6. 5. Asault rifles : Comparison, analysis and future trends

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Patrik Backlund; [2014]
    Keywords : Lithuania; Assault Rifles; Rifles; Future Weapons; G36; AK5C;

    Abstract : Background: There is a large worldwide market for assault rifles. Many armed forces need new weapons when their old cold war equipment starts to break down. Throughout the world today, the development of new variants of assault rifles continues and the defence industries are doing business across the globe. READ MORE