In pursuit of optimal performance, athletes and physical exercisers alike have to make decisions about how and when to invest their energy. The process of pacing has been associated with the goal-directed regulation of exercise intensity across an exercise bout. The current review explores divergent views on understanding underlying mechanisms of decision making in pacing. Current pacing litera...

This qualitative study delineates motives for residential mobility, describes dynamics between the elder and family members during the move decision process, and locates the move decision within ecological layers of the aging context. Interviews were conducted with 30 individuals and couples (ages 60-87) who experienced a community-based move within the past year, and with 14 extended family me...

This paper discusses a project, introducing a dynamic product flow model for optimizing mixed ecological farms. Mixed ecological farms focus upon closing cycles and management is based on control of ecological processes. The aim is to provide a tool for farmers to tune their farm to its specific ecological, economical and social environment. The production process is modeled in terms of cyclic ...

the coordination and alignment between the corporate, business and functional strategies cause to raise organizational efficiency. this article based on strategic reference points theory, intends to illuminate how the alignment of human resources , ethical decision making and organizational culture strategies affect firm performance. data for this study were collected from research organization...

A decision support system model is described to advise nature park managers. It applies dynamic modelling techniques to relate abiotic characteristics of a site over time to species that can be found. For a desired vegetation type it determines how such abiotic factors are to be changed in order to obtain the desired change in the vegetation after some time. The system takes into account an eco...

We discuss the recent emergence of ̳deliberative ecological economics‘, a field that highlights the potential of deliberation for improving environmental governance. We locate the emergence of this literature in the long concern in ecological economics over the policy implications of limited views of human action and its encounter with deliberative democracy scholarship and the model of communi...

The development of targets is foundational in conservation. Although progress has been made in setting targets, the diverse linkages among ecological and social components make target setting for coupled social-ecological systems extremely challenging. Developing integrated social-ecological targets is difficult because it forces policy makers to consider how management actions propagate throug...

Uncertainty is an intrinsic feature of complex ecological models. Given that it is not possible to rid the models from uncertainty, we are left with taking notice of it for consideration in model-based decision making. Traditional ecological modelling methods and tools do not support explicit accounts of model uncertainty. This work gives a contribution towards making known, or bringing to the ...

This is a survey paper. In this paper various methods used for power estimation in wireless communications have been discussed. Wireless communications has become an inseparable part of our life. Power consumption is one of the major factors that decide the communication system quality. Accurate power estimation has an important role for power control and handoff decisions in mobile communicati...

As part of a larger project to examine variables perceived to influence performance in Olympic competition, this manuscript was designed to (a) report coaches’ perceptions of variables influencing Olympic athlete performance, (b) triangulate findings from surveys and interviews with Olympic athletes, and (c) examine coaches’ perceptions of variables influencing Olympic coaching effectiveness. S...