following collapse of the soviet :union:, regional integration has been regarded as one of the requirements that need to be met by various regions wishing to be a part of globalization process. the eco region, particularly countries in central asia and the caucasus are not an exception. nevertheless, this region has been faced with some integration challenges. employing an analytical-descriptiv...

To determine whether youth athletes with an "average" (regional), "high" (sub-elite), and "very high" (elite) level of performance differ with respect to their self-assessed tactical skills, 191 youth field hockey players (mean age 15.5 years, s = 1.6) completed the Tactical Skills Inventory for Sports (TACSIS) with scales for declarative ("knowing what to do") and procedural ("doing it") knowl...

With the world system moving from a bipolar to multipolar structure, and agenda shifting narrow high-politics lowpolitics, there is need critically examine impact of emerging countries on regionalism regional systems Global South. Uplifted by its economic growth, India exerting play more active role beyond immediate neighbourhood developing critical partnerships with extra-regional players. As ...

The purpose of this study was to examine visceral fat mass as well as other measures abdominal body composition in National Football League (NFL) players before the start of the season. Three hundred and seventy NFL football players were measured before the start of the season using dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry. Regional fat and lean mass was measured for each player. Players were categoriz...

In Association Football, the study of variability in players’ movement trajectories during performance can provide insights on tactical behaviours. This study aimed to analyse the movement variability present in: i) the players’ actions zones and ii), distances travelled over time, considered as a player’s positional spatial reference. Additionally, we investigated whether the movement variabil...

This article evaluates the extent to which the establishment of the Andean Free Trade Zone (AFTZ) has led to an improvement of intra-regional trade, as promised by open regionalism, without reducing extra-regional trade. Open regionalism is a dynamic process in which economic agreements serve as intermediate steps towards integration with the world economy. The calculations of ex post income el...

the shanghai cooperation organization (sco) is developing into a major regional institution in the heart of central eurasia. to make any predictions about the sco, one must examine factors contributing to russian and chinese foreign policy behaviors in central asia. does the seductive presumption of a looming battle for control of eurasia smell of a new “great game” and great power rivalry? ans...

OBJECTIVES To assess cognitive impairment and depression in aging former professional football (National Football League [NFL]) players and to identify neuroimaging correlates of these dysfunctions. DESIGN We compared former NFL players with cognitive impairment and depression, cognitively normal retired players who were not depressed, and matched healthy control subjects. SETTING Research cent...

abstract from historical view point geopolitical factors have encouraged the politicians to be ambitious. countries of the world by making use of geopolitical potentials try to maintain stability and promote their status in world affairs. among the countries of the persian gulf region qatar is one of those countries which in recent regional developments have had geopolitical dynamic and have pl...