INTRODUCTION Previous studies have shown that novice and highly trained cyclists use different patterns of leg muscle recruitment when cycling [1, 2]. Novice cyclists are characterized by greater individual variance, greater population variance, longer durations of muscle activity, more extensive and more variable muscle coactivation, and less modulation of muscle activity. The data also show t...

The purpose of this study was to compare the importance given by novice, intermediate and experienced basketball coaches to training contents. To achieve this purpose, a sample composed of Portuguese basketball coaches (n = 212) described how they rate the importance of technical, tactical, physical and drill contents. According to the results, there is a wide-ranging differential from novice t...

AIM Simulation has been proposed to improve learning curves in carotid artery stenting (CAS), but previous studies have only evaluated CAS simulation in a single type of arch usually either type I or type II. The aim of our study is to define the use of virtual reality for CAS training in type I and type III aortic arches for novice operators. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifty experienced intervent...

The nursing shortage in the United States has resulted in a need for newly graduated novice nurses to rapidly transition into the nursing workforce. Although some nursing schools provide clinical experience in the intensive care unit (ICU), many novice nurses are not confident about their skills in providing critical-care nursing. To assist novice nurses in rapidly transitioning into the ICU nu...

1.0 Introduction 2.0 Learning to program 2.1 Overview 2.1.1 Experts vs. novices 2.1.2 Knowledge vs. strategies 2.1.3 Comprehension vs. generation 2.1.4 Procedural vs. object–oriented 2.1.5 Other 2.2 Novice programmers 2.2.1 The task 2.2.2 Mental models and processes 2.2.3 Novice capabilities and behavior 2.2.4 Kinds of novice 2.3 Novice learning and teaching in CS1 2.3.1 Goals and progress 2.3....

BACKGROUND The advent of global clinical trials has necessitated the use of English-based rating instruments in diverse cultures where English is clearly not the primary language. The cross-cultural applicability of rating instruments developed in one language with only one cultural group is an important issue in both research and clinical settings where these instruments might be used. We exam...

This study aimed to analyze neuromuscular variables (vertical jump and torque in external/internal shoulder rotation) in advanced and novice judo athletes, and to identify which neuromuscular variables allow for discrimination between them. Thirty male judo athletes participated in this study: 19 novice and 11 advanced athletes. The judo athletes performed the external/internal shoulder rotatio...

This paper discusses the views of Turkish and British novice teachers on pedagogy and pedagogical relationships with school students when confronted with the pedagogical practices of the 'Other'. Experiences of those practices were gained by novice teachers during an exchange visit for British and Turkish university students in 2008-2009. Data was collected through questionnaires and focus grou...