RELATIVE AGE EFFECTS IN ELITE BRAZILIAN TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETES ARE MODULATED BY SEX, AGE CATEGORY, AND EVENT TYPE

Relative age effects in elite Brazilian track and field athletes are modulated by sex, age category, and event type

Abstract Aim: This study investigated the Relative Age Effect (RAE) in Brazilian track and field athletes based on sex, age category (U-16, U-18, U-20, U-23 and senior), and event type (sprints/hurdles, middle distance, long-distance, jumps, throws).Methods: Data from 2.259 male and 1.776 female elite track and field athletes, ranked top-50 in even

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Left Behind Together and Voting for Populism: Regional Out-Migration, Civic Engagement and the Electoral Success of Populist Radical Right Parties

According to the academic debate, the populist radical right is particularly successful in regions that have been left behind economically or culturally.Although civic engagement in networks of civil society, a specific form of social capital, seems important, its Coupe Mugs influence remains ambiguous.In contrast, regional out-migration as a socia

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A case report of monitoring PSA level changes in two prostate cancer patients treated with Mountain Ginseng Pharmacopuncture and Sweet Bee Venom along with western anticancer therapy

Objectives: The purpose of this report is to find out how Toys Sheepskin Mountain Ginseng Pharmacopuncture(MGP) and Sweet Bee Venom(SBV) treatments are effective on prostate cancer patients by monitoring Prostate specific antigen(PSA) values.Methods: We treated two prostate cancer patients with MGP and SBV from October 2008 to April 2011.One patien

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