BACKGROUND: A useful approach to quantifying factors which influence human performance involves the classification and comparison of so-called “elite” and “non-elite” performers. OBJECTIVE: In this pilot study, we classified 6 graduates of the Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training program as elite and compared them to 6 age-matched non-elite military personnel on key aspects of physiologica...

The aim of this study was to investigate differences of the spatiotemporal parameters in a 100-m sprint among elite, sub-elite, and non-elite sprinters with a unilateral transtibial amputation. Using publicly available Internet broadcasts, we analyzed 125, 19, and 33 records from 30 elite, 12 sub-elite, and 22 non-elite sprinters, respectively. For each sprinter's run, the average velocity, ste...

Geography made rural society in the south-east of England unequal. Economies of scale in grain growing created a farmer elite and many landless laborers. In the pastoral north-west in contrast family farms dominated, with few hired laborers, and modest income disparities. Did this geography driven difference in social structure influence educational outcomes in England 1810-1845? Using new micr...

Working Paper 23 April 2016 Michael G. Findley, Adam S. Harris, Helen V. Milner, Daniel Nielson Does foreign aid enable or constrain elite capture of public revenues? Building on prominent debates in the foreign aid literature, we examine whether recipient preferences are consistent with a view – called here donor control theory – that foreign donors wield substantial control over the flow of a...

We investigated in normal human subjects the effect of changing the initial direction on the kinematic properties of ®gure `8' movement performed as fast as possible by the right arm extended in free space. To this end, the motion of the index ®nger was monitored by the ELITE system. The ®gure `8' movement was characterized by a complex tangential velocity pro®le (Vt) presenting 5 bell-shaped c...

Measuring and evaluating tactical behavior is one of the main goals in performance analysis in professional soccer. A specific tactical approach may present the difference between winning and losing, especially in the highest level of competition. So fare tactical behavior is mostly determined by using one or two variables, like ball possession or number of passes. Within this study, we introdu...

the aim of the present study was to determine the difference of information resources used by elite and sub–elite athletes when self–evaluating their performance. the statistical population included 170 elite and sub-elite athletes in sanandaj city and 120 participants were randomly selected as the sample of the study based on krejcie and morgan formula. to collect the data, wayment (2002) self...