August 2013

Determining anthropometry related with Fencing using social data mining

  This paper presents a study to determine the size and direction of changes in anthropometric characteristics between two female teams of players Fencing belonging to the Juarez City University and Université Quebecoise Au Montreal, considering assess differences in anthropometric parameters, body fat, body mass index (BMI) and body density induced by sport−specific morphological optimization...

Author(s):   Alberto Ochoa, Guadalupe Gutiérrez, Lourdes Margain and Alejandro de Luna        

August 2013

The impact of physical module (adventure-based activity) of Malaysia’s National Service Training Programme on team cohesion

  The National Service Training Programme better known as Program Latihan Khidmat Negara (PLKN) was launched by the Malaysian government on the 16th of February 2004 to foster national unity and integration. However, since its inception, no specific empirical study has been conducted on the physical activity module (adventure-based activity) to measure the effectiveness of the programme in improving the process...

Author(s):   Jaffry Zakaria, Manohar Mariapan and Nor Azlina Hasbullah