Essays about: "basketball"

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  1. 1. Running to the top? - A qualitative research report investigating how the best male elite runners in Sweden relate to their own personal brand.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Olle Ahlberg; Adam Palm; [2023-07-03]
    Keywords : Personal brands; brand equity; sports marketing; track and field;

    Abstract : This research seeks to further develop the understanding of how professional athletes relate to personal brand building. Previous literature has canvased the landscape of celebrity athletes in sports such as football, golf, tennis and basketball. READ MORE

  3. 2. An investigation into the contract year phenomenon : Evidence from the NHL

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statistiska institutionen

    Author : Linus Rönnlund; Felix Abrahamsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Contract year; Fixed effect regression; NHL; Contract year phenomenon;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates whether players in the National Hockey League overperform during the last year of their contract. This phenomenon is called the contract year phenomenon and suggests that players have financial incentives to perform better during this specific season. READ MORE

  4. 3. Electron-skyrmion systems, in and out of equilibrium, and isolated or contacted to reservoirs

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematisk fysik; Lunds universitet/Fysiska institutionen

    Author : Emil Adam Jonatan Östberg; [2023]
    Keywords : skyrmion; skyrmions; NEGF; freen s function; quantum transport; non-equlibrium; topology; topological charge; skyrmionics; current induced; open system; Physics and Astronomy;

    Abstract : A Kondo lattice skyrmion model in contact with a macroscopic environment is simulated to explore skyrmion dynamics, which is an extension of previous work. The system is simulated using non-equilibrium Green's functions within the generalized Kadanoff-Baym ansatz and the wide band limit. READ MORE

  5. 4. Psychological safety and its impact on motivation within Swedish youth sport teams.

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Emmy Lundberg; Philip Åhs; [2023]
    Keywords : Psychological safety; Motivation; Team cohesion; Psykologisk säkerhet; Motivation; lagsammanhållning;

    Abstract : This study aimed to examine the links between psychological safety and Intrinsic (autonomous motivation) and Extrinsic (controlled motivation) motivation in youth sport team athletes, and second to examine gender differences in psychological safety, Intrinsic and Extrinsic motivation. A cross sectional survey study was conducted with 133 participants (93 males and 39 females) from various sports including football, ice-hockey, basketball, and handball. READ MORE

  6. 5. 3D Estimation of Joints for Motion Analysis in Sports Medicine : A study examining the possibility for monocular 3D estimation to be used as motion analysis for applications within sports with the goal to prevent injury and improve sport specific motion

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Axel Persson; [2023]
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    Abstract : 3D joint estimation can be used to track bodies in areas such as entertainment, sports, biomedicine and surveillance to identify bodies from video streams and images. This is most commonly done with multi-view solutions but researchers are currently spending a large amount of resources into developing mono-view solutions. READ MORE