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Ho, Sau-ling Connie. "Vertical adventure : a climbing gym in Mongkok /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25952432.
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Levin, Philip. "Vilka är framgångsfaktorerna för ett gyms Facebooksida? : En jämförelse av hur gym och gymmedlemmar använder Facebook." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Handelshögskolan, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-33039.
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I en tid där träning och motion blivit allt viktigare för svensken har gym sett möjligheten att nå ut till nuvarande och nya kunder via sociala medier. Dock har mängden information som användarna på sociala medier nås av ökat till en nivå där användarna blivit mer selektiva av vad de faktiskt konsumerar. Syftet med studien är att analysera hur gym använder Facebook idag och jämföra detta med gymmedlemmars förväntningar och behov av gyms Facebooksidor. Detta för att ta reda på om gymmens tillämpning av sociala medier stämmer överens med vad användarna vill se på en sådan Facebooksida. Detta gjordes genom telefonintervjuer med tre gym och en enkätundersökning bland gymmedlemmar. Användarnas förväntningar och behov studerades och jämfördes sedan med hur gymmen använder sociala medier idag. Detta för att ta reda på om gymmens syfte med sociala medier stämmer överens med vad användarna vill se på en sådan Facebooksida. Studien visar att gym använder Facebook för att stärka sina kundrelationer, sprida information om företaget och för att marknadsföra gymmet. Medlemmarnas krav och förväntningar på ett gyms Facebooksida är att den ska innehålla erbjudanden och instruktionsvideor. Det ska även vara möjligt ta kontakt med gymmet dvs. att gymmen ska kunna svara på frågor/inlägg och det ska dessutom finnas kontaktuppgifter till gymmet. Medlemmarna anser även att gyms Facebooksidor ska ge motivation till besökarna. De rekommendationer som upptäcktes i studien och bör följas av gym är att fokusera på kvalitativa användare, dvs. de som är engagerade och aktiva på Facebooksidan. Föra dialoger med användarna och att vara nyfiken. Utföra kvalitetskontroller av innehållet som ska publiceras. Att omfamna inställningen ”Learning by Doing” och att nå ut till de befintliga medlemmarna genom att marknadsföra Facebooksidan på anläggningen och utforma en strategi om vad och hur mycket innehåll som ska läggas ut.
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Barker, Timothy R. "Analysis of factors which contribute to injury on artificial climbing structures." Menomonie, WI : University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2005. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2005/2005barkert.pdf.
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Weekley, George M. "Recreation specialization and the recreation opportunity spectrum a study of climbers /." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2002. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=2674.
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Richardson, Emma V. "Resisting disablism in the gym : a narrative exploration of the journey from disabled client to disabled instructor." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2017. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/26422.
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It is imperative that individuals with physical impairments maintain an active lifestyle to enhance various aspects of well-being and overall quality of life. This population, however, are also one of the most sedentary in society. One identified reason for this is the ableism which exists in many fitness establishments that promotes acceptance of one particular body; the strong, physically athletic, muscular body is given value. Individuals who do not align to his particular physical reality may be subject to discrimination which can have a detrimental effect on their psycho-emotional well-being and deter them from exercising. Surprisingly, there is an increasing number of disabled individuals who are becoming gym instructors and further integrating themselves into a space which is deemed to oppress them. The purpose of this PhD is to explore these individuals' journey from gym clients to gym instructors. Framed by interpretivism and with particular focus on narrative inquiry, various qualitative analysis techniques were applied to explore 1) participants experiences exercising in the gym, 2) participants' motivations to be gym instructors, 3) how participants made sense of their gym instructor training and, 4)what impact participants perceived they had in the gym as instructors. This thesis has made original contributions to the literature by crafting a deep understanding of disabled people s experiences in the gym and why people enact social missions. For example, this thesis contextualizes disability in the gym and identifies that despite the numerous health benefits disabled people experience by exercising in this space, the psycho-emotional disablism they are subject to acts as a barrier for individuals to exercise here. Importantly, although disablism acted as a barrier to continued exercise for participants, it was also a facilitator in their decision to become a gym instructor. Essentially, participants described their own negative gym experiences as fuelling their desires to enact positive change in this space and do social missions in the gym. To be a gym instructor, participants went through a training programme specifically designed to train disabled people to embody this role. At this training, participants initially experienced a sense of validation and belonging through peer group exercise and were able to craft a collective story which allowed them to resist the oppressive disablism they experienced in the gym. However, as training continued and evolved so too did the narratives participants crafted to make sense of their experiences. Instead of one united story, participants crafted two conflicting narratives which redefined their relationship with each other and InstructAbility, and ultimately determined why some participants continued their training and others did not. For those who did continue to become fully qualified gym instructors, they felt they had a positive influence in promoting inclusion, exercise and diversity in the gym. In light of these findings, there are several practical recommendations for exercise practitioners, rehabilitation specialists, gym managers and those prescribing exercise to disabled people. Implications are aimed at improving exercise promotion and experiences of exercise in the gym for disabled people. For example, disabled gym instructors could be a way to bridge the perceived experiential gap between disability and the gym as they exhibit an alternate way of being which is accepted in this space. Through their experiential knowledge of disability and practical knowledge of exercise, these individuals can also relate to disabled clients in a way that non-disabled instructors cannot. Disabled gym instructors, however, can educate non-disabled gym instructors in how to train someone with an impairment. Equally, a more critical attitude to promoting exercise to disabled people is called for. Specifically, to steer away from disabling expectations and narratives of disabled people s motivations to exercise and move towards more realistic, enabling strategies and narratives to facilitate disabled peoples exercise behaviour.
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Ho, Sau-ling Connie, and 何秀齡. "Vertical adventure: a climbing gym in Mongkok." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31984599.
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Almusallam, Basma. "From Gyms to Classrooms: Enhancing the learning experience inside the design classroom through communities of practice." The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1555503829131717.
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Doğan, Ceren. "The 'subject-effects' of gyms : studying the interactional, sociospatial and performative order of the fitness site." Thesis, Birkbeck (University of London), 2015. http://bbktheses.da.ulcc.ac.uk/151/.
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This thesis explores the ‘subject-effects’ of fitness gyms by investigating how the gym’s interactional, sociospatial and performative order informs participants’ sense of self and the ways in which they relate to their bodies. The thesis engages predominantly with the following theories: Foucault’s concept of heterotopia, Goffman’s theorization of total institutions and Scott’s elaboration of it as well as Bourdieu’s notion of habitus. Adopting a psychosocial framework, it is argued that these theories are more productive for the present study when their scope is widened to the level of subjective experiences, affects and relationships. A variety of methods were utilized in this study: a multi-sited participant observation in three London gyms including a small-scale analysis of gym advertisements, thirty-two semi-structured interviews with gym participants, and an analysis of online blogs and fitness handbooks. Four interrelated subject-effects of the gym were identified: first, material practices employed at gyms are tied into discourses of effectiveness and productivity through which bodies are conceptualized as open to strategic manipulation, control and power. On an affective level, this may generate feelings of mastery but also anxiety and discomfort amongst gym users. Second, gyms promote the idea that training brings about happiness, selfsatisfaction and emotional resilience. These ideas are taken up by most participants who state that they gain a greater sense of control through their gym training and feel self-contented. Third, gyms afford their users with a sense of individuality which lets them feel ‘special’. However, whilst there is a constant emphasis on members’ uniqueness in terms of their own, distinctive body and its ‘needs’, there is also the impetus to compare, contrast, to look and to be like the others which produces subtle forms of rivalry. Four, belonging to a gym expresses and affirms participants’ sense of self in a way that harmonizes with neoliberal imperatives on the self as an enterprise. The gym invites participants to be selfresponsible, self-reliant and constantly becoming.
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Moberg, Kajsa. "The use and non-use of sports supplements : A mixed methods study among people exercising at gyms." Thesis, Högskolan Kristianstad, Sektionen för lärande och miljö, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-17802.
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Sports supplements include nutritional supplements and ergogenic aids and are widely used in the gym culture. Previous research has examined predictors for supplement use, but lacks an insight into why these patterns appear. The objective was to examine predictors for sports supplement use among people exercising at gyms and explore how sports supplements are used, perceived and viewed upon among a group of regular gym users. A mixed methods explanatory sequential design was used. In phase 1, an online cross-sectional survey was conducted. Phase 2 consisted of six semi-structured interviews exploring why sports supplements are used and not used, as well as expectations and beliefs regarding sports supplements among training individuals. 85 individuals participated in the survey. 68 percent used sports supplements regularly, but no predictors from previous research could be confirmed. The interviews showed that supplements were used for convenience and to ensure a sufficient nutrition intake, while non-users expressed a lack of knowledge and believed supplements to be inefficient and unnecessary. No predictors for use of sports supplements were confirmed, but both users and non-users highly value health responsibility in their decision of supplement use. To users, sports supplements are efficient and convenient dietary complements and replacements. Non-supplement users regard sports supplements to be unnecessary, inefficient and less enjoyable than food. Due to the small sample size, more studies are needed within the field in order to fully understand the role of sports supplements in the target group.Träningstillskott inkluderar tillskott av enskilda näringsämnen och prestationshöjande medel och används flitigt i gymvärlden. Tidigare forskning har undersökt vilka faktorer som spelar roll för användning av tillskott, men saknar en djupare insikt om varför dessa mönster uppstår.Syftet var att undersöka avgörande faktorer för användning av träningstillskott bland individer som tränar på gym samt undersöka hur en grupp gymtränande individer använder, uppfattar och ser på träningstillskott. En mixed methods explanatory sequential design användes. Fas 1 bestod av en onlineenkät. Fas 2 utgjordes av sex semistrukturerade intervjuer som undersökte varför träningstillskott används respektive inte används samt förväntningar och uppfattningar gällande träningstillskott bland tränande individer. 85 individer deltog i enkäten. 68 procent använde träningstillskott regelbundet, men inga av de faktorer för användning som identifierats i tidigare forskning kunde bekräftas. Intervjuerna visade att tillskott användes av bekvämlighetsskäl och för att försäkra individen om ett tillräckligt näringsintag, medan icke-användare uttryckte otillräcklig kunskap och uppfattade tillskott som ineffektiva och onödiga. Inga prediktorer för användning av träningstillskott kunde bekräftas, men både användare och icke-användare värderar hälsoansvar högt i sitt beslut gällande användning av träningstillskott. Användare anser tillskott vara effektiva och bekväma komplement och ersättare i kosten. Icke-tillskottsanvändare uppfattar tillskott som onödiga, ineffektiva och mindre njutningsfulla än mat. På grund av ett litet urval behövs fler studier inom området för att få en tydligare bild av hur träningstillskott används av målgruppen.
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Capozzoli, Carla Josefa. "Motivação à prática regular de atividades físicas : um estudo com praticantes em academias de ginástica de Porto Alegre." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/26880.
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Pesquisas sobre motivação, com indivíduos de diferentes faixas etárias e em variados contextos esportivos, têm recebido destaque na literatura relacionada ao esporte, notadamente aquela relacionada à Psicologia do Esporte. A questão central dessa pesquisa é avaliar diferentes dimensões motivacionais associadas à pratica regular de atividades físicas com praticantes em academias de ginástica do município de Porto Alegre/RS. Foram definidas seis dimensões motivacionais associadas à prática regular de atividade física: Controle de Estresse, Saúde, Sociabilidade, Competitividade, Estética e Prazer. Mais especificamente, o estudo procurou verificar a existência (ou não) de diferenças estatisticamente significativas (p < 0,05) entre os índices motivacionais destas seis dimensões, controlando-se as seguintes variáveis: “Sexo”, “Grupo de Idade”, “Treinamento”, “Tempo de Prática”, “Freqüência de Prática” e “Modalidade”. O IMPRAF-126 (BALBINOTTI, 2003) foi respondido por 300 praticantes de ginástica em academias de Porto Alegre, de ambos os sexos e com idades variando entre 18 e 65 anos. Constatou-se que a dimensão que mais os motiva é a Saúde seguida, respectivamente, pelas dimensões Prazer, Estética, Controle de Estresse, Sociabilidade e Competitividade. Explica-se esse resultado quando identificamos o fator motivacional Saúde relacionado com a melhoria da aptidão física, com o incremento da vitalidade, com a diminuição de fatores de riscos para doenças, e ganhos na qualidade de vida. Quanto maior a faixa etária dos sujeitos pesquisados, maior foi o “valor” atribuído à dimensão Saúde. Outros importantes resultados estão apresentados e discutidos. Conclui-se que a motivação dos sujeitos testados se origina, predominantemente, por suas motivações extrínsecas. Novas pesquisas são importantes para que se possa melhor mapear as dimensões motivacionais de diferentes praticantes, de acordo com suas atividades físicas regulares.Researches about motivation with individuals from different ages in a variety of sportive contexts, has got distinction in literature related to sport, especially in the one related to sport psychology. The purpose of this study is to explore and evaluate different motivational dimensions associated to regular physical activities practice in gym users in the city of Porto Alegre. Six motivational dimensions associated to the regular practice of physical activities were observed: stress control, health, sociability, competitive, esthetics and pleasure. More specifically, this study pretended to verify significant statistical differences (p< 0,05) between the motivational rates from the six dimensions and controlled variables: “gender”, “group age”, “training”, “practice time”, “frequency time” and “modality”. The IMPRAF-126 (Balbinotti, 2003) was answered by 300 gymnastics users, from Porto Alegre gyms, of both genders and ages between 18 and 65 years old. The research established that the dimension that mainly motivated them is health followed, respectively, by pleasure, esthetics, stress control, sociability and competitive. The results are explained when identifying the motivational factor health related with the improvement of physical capacity, increasing vitality, decreasing risk factors to diseases and quality life gain. It is perceived that the higher was the age of participants, the higher was the value related to health. The results of this study suggest that the participants’ motivation begins, predominantly, from their extrinsic motivation. Additional studies are important in order to acknowledge better the motivational dimensions in different users according to their regular physical activities.
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Baird, Jill Barker. "The Impact of Self-esteem, Media Internalization, Sexual Orientation, and Ethnicity on Drive for Muscularity in Men Who Work Out in Gyms." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2006. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/psych_theses/22.
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This study examined relationships among self-esteem, media internalization, sexual orientation, and ethnicity in predicting drive for muscularity in a diverse group of men (N = 217) who work out in gyms. Investigations examined media internalization and sexual orientation as moderators of the relationship between self-esteem and drive for muscularity. Additional analyses examined media internalization as a moderator of the relationships between a) sexual orientation and drive for muscularity and b) ethnicity and drive for muscularity. Standardized questionnaires were utilized to assess drive for muscularity, media internalization, self-esteem, sexual orientation, and ethnicity. While lower self-esteem predicted greater drive for muscularity, neither media internalization nor sexual orientation were significant moderators of this relationship. However, media internalization mediated the relationships between sexual orientation and drive for muscularity and between ethnicity and drive for muscularity. Findings suggest that the internalization of ideal muscularized images explain demographic differences in the drive to be more muscular.
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Arévalo, Macedo Andrea Camilla, Vilca Anggelo Stanko Miklavec, Salcedo Miguel Jhonatan Pizan, Peralta Enrique Gustavo Sánchez, and Ibañez Franccesca Katiuska Valles. "SHARED GYM." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/656897.
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El presente trabajo consiste en la implementación del proyecto sobre alquiler de equipos de gimnasios en buen estado mediante una plataforma web. Debido a la coyuntura actual varias empresas dedicadas a brindar el servicio de gimnasio a través de sus locales tuvieron que cerrar por orden del gobierno peruano para mitigar el riesgo por contagio por el COVID-19 y posteriormente solo se permitió apertura con la condición de aforo de sólo 30 % lo que generó pérdidas económicas importantes. Asimismo, las personas que asistían a estos lugares dejaron de hacerlo por miedo al contagio o porque no podían asistir debido a que no había horario disponible y que se vieron obligados a realizar actividad física en su hogar de manera rústica o comprando equipos de gimnasio para no perder la rutina. Por ello, se planteó este proyecto que soluciona este problema, el cual consiste en ofrecer una plataforma web para que las personas que cuentan con máquinas de gimnasio puedan registrarse en la plataforma web donde se evaluaran el estado de sus máquinas de gimnasio y puedan alquilar sus equipos a las personas que requieran un equipo de gimnasio específico que les permita realizar su actividad física en su hogar.The present project consists of the implementation of the project on the rental of gym equipment in good condition through a web platform. Due to the current situation, several companies dedicated to providing the gym service through their premises had to close by order of the Peruvian government to mitigate the risk of contagion by COVID-19 and later only opening was allowed with the capacity of only 30 % which generated significant economic losses. Likewise, the people who attended these places stopped doing so for fear of contagion or because they could not attend because there were no hours available, and they were forced to do physical activity at home in a rustic way or by buying gym equipment so as not to lose the routine. For this reason, this project was proposed to solve this problem, which consists of offering a web platform so that people who have gym machines can register on the web platform where the status of their gym machines will be evaluated, and they can rent their equipment to people who require specific gym equipment that allows them to perform physical activity at home.
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Paula, Arlete Rodrigues Vieira de. "A Fé sarada: a relação corpo e religião nas academias de ginástica em Juiz de Fora." Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, 2015. https://repositorio.ufjf.br/jspui/handle/ufjf/120.
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A busca por um padrão de corpo magro e musculoso, percebido como sarado, é um fenômeno contemporâneo. Se por um lado, o corpo é objeto de cuidados e de construção de sentidos na sociedade atual, por outro lado, a religião cristã, tradicionalmente, lidou com o corpo sob o signo da desconfiança, pois ele representa o lugar do pecado e da perdição. O propósito dessa pesquisa foi analisar a relação entre corpo e religião, que existe hoje, a partir desse lugar central ocupado pelo corpo. Procuramos mostrar como essa mudança do lugar do corpo refletiu na relação corpo e religião e em que medida isso aconteceu. Fizemos isso a partir do entendimento dos frequentadores das academias de ginástica. Investigamos como esses indivíduos relacionavam o corpo sarado com o corpo religioso, e se o corpo passou a ocupar um significado religioso maior na sociedade. Acreditamos que existam outras fronteiras entre a compreensão cristã do corpo e as percepções de corpo dentro das novas subjetividades contemporâneas. E se há uma busca de um corpo em forma, sarado podemos falar também de um corpo religioso em forma.
The search for a model of lean and muscular body, seen as fit, is a contemporary phenomenon. On the one hand, the body is the object of care and construction of meanings in today's society. On the other hand, the Christian religion has traditionally handled the body under the sign of distrust, as it is the object of sin and perdition. The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between body and religion in our days, considering the centrality of the body. It was attempted to show how the change of body importance reflected on the relationship between body and religion, as well as to what extent this has happened. The research was done based on the perception of regular gym-goers. It was investigated how these individuals related the fit body to the religious body, and whether the body has taken a greater religious significance in our society. We believe there are other frontiers between the Christian understanding of the body and the perception of the body among the new contemporary subjectivities. In addition, if there is a search for a fit body, we can also speak of a religious body in shape.
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Neves, Tatiana Fonseca das. "Perfil funcional do diretor técnico de Health Clubs." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/17436.
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Atualmente, em Portugal, segundo o Decreto-Lei nº 39/2012, de 28 de Agosto, é obrigatória a presença de um diretor técnico em todas as instalações desportivas que prestam serviços desportivos na área da manutenção da condição física (fitness). De acordo com esta questão legal esta dissertação tem como principal finalidade definir o perfil, qualidades e funções de um diretor técnico em Ginásios/Health Clubs e comparar as funções definidas na legislação e as que efetivamente são realizadas nos locais.
De modo a averiguar as capacidades, funções e existência do diretor técnico, implementámos um questionário online de forma a realizar uma análise exaustiva nos Ginásios/Health Clubs nacionais para fazer um levantamento. Com isso, concluímos que para além das funções delimitadas na lei existem muitas outras exercidas pelos mesmos no que diz respeito a planeamento/organização, informação, financiamento/orçamento e coordenação/avaliação, para além de duas outras áreas de competência, recursos humanos e marketing; FUNCTIONAL PROFILE OF THE DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL HEALTH CLUBS
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Currently, in Portugal, according to Decree-Law No. 39/2012, of 28 August, the presence of a technical director in all sports facilities that provide sports services in the area of maintaining physical condition is required (fitness). According to this statement this thesis main purpose is to define the profile, qualities and functions of a technical director in Gyms / Health Clubs and compare the functions defined in the legislation and are actually executed at the sites.
In order to verify the capabilities, functions and existence of the technical director, we implements an online questionnaire in order to conduct a thorough analysis in Gyms / Health Clubs to make a national survey. Consequently, we conclude that in addition to the functions defined in the law there are many other they perform with regard to planning / organization, information, finance / budget and coordination / evaluation, in addition to two other areas of competence, human resources and marketing.
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Löthman, Anna, and Malin Liljeblad. "Committed to Exercise : A qualitative study on the persuasive effect and potential of a gym’s online booking system." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för informatik (IK), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-106818.
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While physical activity has many important benefits on our health and well-being, many people find it hard to establish and maintain long-lasting exercise routines. Technology can be an effective tool to combat this issue by increasing users’ motivation to exercise and encouraging them to make healthier choices. In this qualitative study, we explored the persuasive effect and potential of an online booking system (OBS) implemented in a gym in the South West of United Kingdom to limit the amount of people in the facilities during the Covid-19 pandemic. The purpose of our research was to examine gym members’ experiences of the system, how it had impacted their motivation to exercise, and to explore how their experiences could be used in a digital system aiming to promote regular gym-use and long-lasting exercise routines. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews, carried out with five gym members. The results demonstrate that all informants had ambivalent feelings towards the OBS, with both positive and negative attitudes towards the system. Three key findings were identified. First, the system forced the users to adapt their exercise routines and daily activities in general to its new constraints which, in some instances, reduced their motivation to exercise. Second, the activity of booking and scheduling gym sessions gave the users a sense of commitment and determination, which increased their motivation to adhere to their planned exercise regime. Third, the users experienced the increased familiarity in the gym as a positive outcome of the OBS. Based on the empirical findings, we proposed a set of recommended features and three key components which can be beneficial to include in a digital system aiming to increase gym user’s motivation to exercise, and that could come of use to designers developing interactive systems for gym settings.
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Barreiros, Sandra Isabel Pantalona. "A implementação do serviço online em ginásios/health clubs: perspetiva do cliente." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/31358.
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Um problema de saúde pública, caracterizado pela transmissão do vírus SarS-Cov-2 (Covid-19), causou uma pandemia a nível mundial. Várias medidas têm sido adotadas para conter a sua propagação, sendo umas destas medidas o confinamento, que, por consequência, fez aumentar consideravelmente o uso das ferramentas de comunicação à distância em diversas áreas de atividade. O setor da atividade física e lazer, foi um dos que procurou adaptar-se às circunstâncias, focando-se nos serviços online.
O objetivo deste estudo foi conhecer o potencial do serviço online nos ginásios e health clubs, caracterizando o perfil dos potencias clientes e clientes que usufruem deste tipo de serviço, evidenciando as suas motivações para aderir ao mesmo e a sua utilidade.
Foi aplicado um questionário anónimo a 358 indivíduos, dividido em 2 grupos, (Potenciais clientes, N=202; clientes, N=158). Foi ainda analisado o potencial interesse em adquirir o serviço online, através da caracterização do serviço já existente e a utilidade do mesmo.
Os resultados apontam para que as principais motivações dos potenciais clientes do serviço são essencialmente intrínsecas, relacionadas à dimensão prática (exercício físico), dimensão psicológica e pessoal. As variáveis “Serviço de avaliação física”; “Listagem de exercícios”; “Serviço de Personal Trainer”; Consultas de nutrição”; “descrição e objetivo de treino”; “Período de duração do treino”, “Níveis de intensidade de exercícios”; “Calendário de treinos”, “relatórios diários de atividade”, “inclusão de objetivos”; “Password”; “Cloud” e “Multibanco” foram consideradas as variáveis com maior potencial de interesse e utilidade.
A análise empreendida é relevante para os gestores e diretores de ginásios e health clubs, uma vez que, não só permite elaborar planos de marketing mais eficazes, adequando o serviço online aos diferentes tipos de clientes, como também aumentar a especialização do serviço, o nível de satisfação do cliente e, consequentemente, as taxas de fidelização; The implementation of the online Service in Gymnasiums / health clubs: Customer
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A public health problem, characterized by the transmission of the SarS-Cov-2 virus (Covid-19), has caused a worldwide pandemic. Several measures have been adopted to contain the spread, one of which is the confinement, which as a result, has considerably increased the use of distance communication tools in various areas of activity. The physical activity and leisure sector was one of those that sought to adapt to the circumstances, focusing on online services.
The aim of this study was to discover the potential of online services in gyms and health clubs, characterizing the profile of potential customers and customers who enjoy this type of service, evidencing their motivations to adhere to it and its usefulness.
An anonymous questionnaire was applied to 358 individuals, divided into 2 groups, (Potential clients, N=202; clients, N=158). It was also analyzed the potential interest in acquiring the online service, through the characterization of the existing service and its usefulness.
The results indicate that the main motivations of potential service clients are essentially intrinsic, related to the practical dimension (physical exercise), psychological and personal dimension. The variables “Physical assessment service"; "Exercise library"; "Personal Trainer Service"; “Nutrition consultations"; "description and training objective"; "Duration of training", "Exercise intensity levels"; "Training schedule", "daily activity reports", "inclusion of objectives"; "Password"; "Cloud" and "ATM" were considered the variables with the greatest potential for interest and usefulness.
The analysis undertaken is relevant for managers and directors of gyms and health clubs, since it not only allows the development of more effective marketing plans, adapting the online service to different types of customers, but also increases the specialization of the service, the level of customer satisfaction and, consequently, loyalty rates.
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Espinoza, Huincho Rosa Estefany, Monrroy Nicoll Alisson Ladera, Alvarez Valeria Lorena Livia, Mescua Evelyn Elisa Mozo, and Dueñas Karen Ivonne Tomas. "Proyecto Healthy Mind." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/654741.
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En la actualidad, solo uno de tres peruanos mayores a los 15 años realiza algún tipo de actividad física, dicha situación es alarmante. Ocasiona que las personas sean propensas a contraer enfermedades crónicas como diabetes, hipertensión, cardiopatías, cáncer, según Alexandro Saco, director de la Promoción de la Salud del Minsa. Cabe precisar que aquellos que padecen las enfermedades antes mencionadas están en riesgo al contagiarse de covid-19. A lo antes mencionado se le suma que las constantes exhalaciones por el esfuerzo durante la actividad física provocan un ambiente más favorable para los contagios de coronavirus dentro de los gimnasios. Es por ello, que el Gobierno Peruano se vio en la obligación de cerrar los gimnasios. Sin embargo, en el Perú según el último reporte (2019) del IHRSA, existen 1,818 gimnasios y centros de entrenamiento, que en estos momentos se mantienen cerrados afectando a alrededor de 20,000 profesionales del deporte. En base a ello, nace “HEALTHY MIND”, una idea de negocio de un grupo de alumnos de la Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas. Este equipo analizó la situación que se vive en la actualidad y elaboró un servicio para que las personas puedan cambiar su estilo de vida desde casa y no tengan excusas para realizar alguna actividad física. Este proyecto consiste en brindar diversas disciplinas de manera online, al inscribirse podrán acceder a clases en vivo, grabaciones de las clases, un blog con tips para llevar una vida saludable y recibirán un control semanal por parte de los entrenadores personales.At present, only one in teree Peruvians over 15 years of age performs some type of physical activity, this situation is alarming. It causes people to be prone to contracting chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, cancer, according to Alexandro Saco, director of Health Promotion of the Minsa. It should be noted that those who suffer from the aforementioned diseases are at risk by contracting covid-19. To the aforementioned, it is added that the constant exhalations due to effort during physical activity cause a more favorable environment for coronavirus infections within gyms. That is why the Peruvian Government was forced to close the gyms. However, in Peru, according to the latest IHRSA report (2019), there are 1,818 gyms and training centers, which are currently closed, affecting around 20,000 sports professionals. Based on this, “HEALTHY MIND” was born, a business idea from a group of students from the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences. This team analyzed the current situation and developed a service so that people can change their lifestyle from home and have no excuses for doing any physical activity. This project consists of providing various disciplines online, by registering you will be able to access live classes, class recordings, a blog with tips for leading a healthy life and will receive weekly control from personal trainers.
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Herrero, Scotto Enrique Alexander, Lazarte Germán Alejandro Minaya, Paz Angélica María Ponce, and Preciado José Miguel Torres. "Gym For Kids." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/625544.
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Gym for Kids es un espacio de sano entretenimiento en donde los niños(as) de 3 a 11 años de edad, aprenden y disfrutan en un lugar recreativo practicando ejercicios y actividades físicas divertidas. La idea principal es que adquieran un estilo de vida saludable con base en la práctica regular de ejercicio y una alimentación sana. Nuestro equipo estará conformado por profesionales de diferentes disciplinas como instructores especializados, profesores de educación física, nutricionistas y psicólogos, todos ellos especializados en niños. Gym for Kids no funciona en un local fijo, sino dentro de las instalaciones de colegios y nidos, por lo que los padres de familia lo pueden encontrar en más de un lugar en el distrito en el que viven o dentro del colegio de sus hijos, ahorrando tiempo valioso en desplazarse.Gym for Kids is a premier enrichment and physical development center for children ages 3 through 11 years. Programs offer children a springboard to life’s adventures by using movement-based learning and imaginative play to help build the confidence and skills needed at each stage of childhood. Our main goal is that they acquire a healthy lifestyle based on the regular practice of exercise and a healthy diet. Our team will be made up of professionals from different disciplines such as specialized instructors, physical education teachers, nutritionists and psychologists, a team specialized in children education.
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Todorovic, Jelena. "The New Gym Bag." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för teknik och samhälle (TS), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-20045.
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Detta examensarbete omfattar 15 hp och utfördes av Jelena Todorovic, student på Malmö Högskola, Produktdesignprogrammet.Syftet med arbetet var att utveckla en sportbag för personer som bor i närheten av ett gym och som efter träningen duschar hemma. Projektets bas var Användarcentrerad design, som innebär att utvecklingen av konceptet sker efter användarens behov, önskemål och preferenser. Användaren inkluderades i projektet i allt från skisser, intervjuer, observationer, utvärderingar och urval av koncept till slutkonceptet.Studenten såg ett behov av en annan väska än den traditionella sportbagen. Projektets förstudie resulterade i att studenten sammanställde en kravlista på målgruppens önskemål och behov. En sportbag där funktionaliteten var viktigast kom att bli projektets fokus. Studenten hade som krav att miljö och hållbarhet skulle genomsyra projektet och slutprodukten. Vi behöver tänka på vår planet och för en designer är det en utmaning att utveckla en produkt som är snäll mot miljön, som går att använda länge och fylla sin funktion på ett bra sätt. Slutligen resulterade projektet i en funktionsmodell på den nya mer behovsanpassade sportbagen.This final thesis is written by Jelena Todorovic, studying Product Design at Malmö Högskola.The purpose with this project was to develop a sport bag for people living nearby a gym and who showers at home instead of the gym after training. The main focus of the project is User Centered Design, which means that the product development of the concept is based on the end users, or the customer’s preferences, needs and wishes. The user is included in every step of the project development, such as commenting and criticizing sketches and concepts, being interviewed and observed, and evaluating the different stages of the concept and product.The student saw a need of a different bag than the traditional sport bag. The pilot study resulted in a list of requirements based on the target group and their needs and preferences. A gym bag with focus on the functionality became the project. The student wanted the project and the final concept to be environmentally friendly, why a research in that field was necessary. We need to think about our planet, and for a Designer, it is a challenge to develop a product which is environmentally friendly and sustainable. It is also desirable for a product to fill its function and last for a long time. Finally, the project resulted in a functionality model of the new gym bag.
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Ahlson, Helene, and Rickard Ström. "Muscle Dysmorphia : en kvantitativ studie på gym i Stockholm respektive gym i Lidköping." Thesis, Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, GIH, Department of Sport and Health Sciences, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:gih:diva-103.
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Syfte och frågeställning
Studiens syfte:
Muscle Dysmorphia (M.D.) är ett syndrom som kännetecknas av en störd kroppsuppfattning och låg självkänsla. Syftet med denna C-uppsats är att studera förekomst av M.D. bland styrketränande män i två olika stora städer.
Studiens frågeställning:
Finns det någon skillnad i förekomst av M.D. bland män i ålderskategorin 16-50 år som styrketränar på gym i storstad (Stockholm) kontra medelstor stad (Lidköping)?
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Under vår B-uppsats kartlades diagnoskriterier och definition för M.D. som finns beskrivna i den vetenskapliga litteraturen med utgångspunkt från databasen Pubmed (se litteratursökning). De fastställda diagnoskriterierna användes för att utforma ett frågeformulär (se bilaga 1) till enkätundersökningen i denna studie. Enkätundersökningen utfördes personligen av författarna på totalt 240 män på SATS Odenplan i Stockholm och Lidköpings samtliga tre gym. Efter undersökningen sammanställdes resultatet i Excel och för att ta reda på generaliserbarheten gjordes ett Chi2-test.
Olika former av kurslitteratur, informationskällor och andra liknande studier som gjorts på området har legat till grund för planering av denna studie (se käll- och litteraturförteckning och bilaga 4).
Resultat/Slutsats
Studiens resultat visar på att förekomsten av M.D. bland styrketränande män i åldrarna 16-50 år är mer än fyra gånger större i en medelstor stad än i en storstad. Lidköping har en prevalens av M.D. på 6,36% medan Stockholms siffra är 1,53%. Studiens resultat begränsas av att Chi2-testets kriterier ej helt uppfyllts.
Orsaken till resultatet kan bero på ett flertal saker, där en av orsakerna kan vara tidsfaktorn. I en mindre stad läggs mer tid på styrketräningen, vilket kan leda till en viss livsstil och inriktning av träning. Individer med samma intressen för träningen samlas och driver varandra framåt.
Purpose and question
The purpose of this essay:
Muscle Dysmorphia (M.D.) is a syndrome with an incorrect body-opinion and low self-esteem.
The purpose of this essay is to study the prevalence of Muscle Dysmorphia among male weightlifters in two different sized cities.
The question of the essay is:
Are there any difference in occurrence of M.D. amongst men at the age 16–50 who workout in gyms in a big city (Stockholm) versus a medium sized town (Lidköping)?
Method
The purpose of our previous b-essay was to seek definition and criteria for the M.D. syndrome, and we used the Pubmed database as a source for our findings. These findings also act as a base for creating the questioner we used in our survey research in this study. The survey research was personally done by the authors on 240 men and took place at SATS Odenplan in Stockholm and at Lidköping’s three gyms. After data collection was completed, it was analyzed in Excel and a Chi2-test was done.
In order to create a high internal validity in our research, literature related to the subject and other similar research projects have become a foundation for planning of this essay.
Results/Discussion
The research shows that the prevalence of M.D. among weightlifting men between the ages of 16-50 years are more than four times likely in a medium sized city than in a big one. Lidköping have a prevalence of 6.36 % whereas Stockholm’s figure was much lower at 1,53 %. The result of this study is narrowed because the criteria of the Chi2-test were not completely fulfilled.
The reason for these results can depend on several different things, one might be the time aspect. In a smaller city more time is devoted to work out in gyms, witch can involve the persons to a special lifestyle and direction of work out. Individuals with the same interests for work out are gathering and pushing each other forward.
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Öztürk, Yasemin Tabur Mehmet Ali. "Sütçüler (Isparta) Kızıl Akbaba (Gyps fulvus) populasyonunun biyoekolojisi /." Isparta : SDÜ Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, 2008. http://tez.sdu.edu.tr/Tezler/TF01164.pdf.
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Sundaramurthy, Roshni. "Recommender System for Gym Customers." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Statistik och maskininlärning, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-166147.
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Recommender systems provide new opportunities for retrieving personalized information on the Internet. Due to the availability of big data, the fitness industries are now focusing on building an efficient recommender system for their end-users. This thesis investigates the possibilities of building an efficient recommender system for gym users. BRP Systems AB has provided the gym data for evaluation and it consists of approximately 896,000 customer interactions with 8 features. Four different matrix factorization methods, Latent semantic analysis using Singular value decomposition, Alternating least square, Bayesian personalized ranking, and Logistic matrix factorization that are based on implicit feedback are applied for the given data. These methods decompose the implicit data matrix of user-gym group activity interactions into the product of two lower-dimensional matrices. They are used to calculate the similarities between the user and activity interactions and based on the score, the top-k recommendations are provided. These methods are evaluated by the ranking metrics such as Precision@k, Mean average precision (MAP) @k, Area under the curve (AUC) score, and Normalized discounted cumulative gain (NDCG) @k. The qualitative analysis is also performed to evaluate the results of the recommendations. For this specific dataset, it is found that the optimal method is the Alternating least square method which achieved around 90\% AUC for the overall system and managed to give personalized recommendations to the users.
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Assarsson, Pontus. "Ordning och reda på gym." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-31640.
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Sammanfattning Författare: Pontus Assarsson Handledare: Torbjörn AnderssonHögskola: Malmö Universitet, Institutionen för Lärande och Samhälle, Idrottsvetenskap Syfte: Syftet är att öka förståelsen för hur social ordning skapas och upprätthålls på gym i Malmö. Metod: Tio gymanläggningar i Malmö har besökts av mig personligen där semistrukturerade intervjuer (n=10) genomförts medgymanläggningsansvariga platschefer. Resultat: Den sociala ordningen på gym i Malmö förstås som att det råder konsensus på ytan men att denna konsensuskultur endast ärskenbar eftersom motsättningar och sociala problem ändå uppstår.För detta har kontrollsystem och turordningsregler upprättats vilkaförstås som övervaknings- och disciplineringsanordningar somomformar misskötsamma Malmöbor till rediga individer.Nyckelord: Social ordning, gymbransch, intervjuer, sociologi.AbstractAuthor: Pontus AssarssonAdvisor: Torbjörn AnderssonUniversity: Malmö University, Institution of Learning and Society,Sport SciencePurpose: The purpose is to increase our understanding of how social order iscreated and maintained at gyms in Malmö.Method: Ten gym facilities in Malmö have been visited by me personally,here semi-structured interviews (n=10) were carried out with site-responsible managers.Results: The social order at gyms in Malmö is understood by the fact thatthere is consensus on the surface but that this consensus culture isonly apparent because contradictions and social problemsnevertheless arise. For this, control systems and ordering measureshave been established which are understood as monitoring anddisciplining devices that transform misleading Malmö residentsinto tidy individuals.Keywords: Social order, gym industry, interviews, sociology.
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Malm, Frelin Nellie, and Wallenberg Felicia. "Förekomsten av dopingpreparat på gym : En studie om gymdeltagares upplevelser av förekomsten av dopingpreparat på gym." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-73037.
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Naidoo, Vinasan. "Diclofenac in Gyps vultures a molecular mechanism of toxicity /." Electronic thesis, 2007. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07032008-093716/.
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Naidoo, Vinasan. "Diclofenac in Gyps vultures : a molecular mechanism of toxicity." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26027.
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Over the last decade, three species of Gyps vultures on the Asian subcontinent have declined dramatically in population numbers, some as much as 97 to 99%. Although the initial cause was believed to be infectious, it was later shown to be due to an inadvertent exposure to diclofenac via the food chain. In order to protect the remaining wild vultures, diclofenac needed to be removed from the food chain. Unfortunately the Indian government was reluctant to ban diclofenac until an alternate veterinary non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that was both safe in vultures and effective in cattle could be identified. Although meloxicam was tentatively identified as this drug, toxicity testing still needed to be undertaken. Using a previously validated model, two studies were undertaken to determine the acute toxic effect of diclofenac in vulture as well as to ascertain if the drug had the potential to accumulate. In the first study, meloxicam in formulation was shown to be safe as a single oral dose up to 2mg/kg in African White Backed-Vultures (Gyps africanus). To further demonstrate the safety of food borne meloxicam, vultures were exposed to meat rich in meloxicam residues, with once again no signs of toxicity being evident. In the second study the drugs ability to accumulate was evaluated pharmacokinetically in Cape Griffon Vultures (Gyps corprotheres). From this study meloxicam was shown to have a very short half-life of elimination, making it unlikely that the drug could be a cumulative toxin. This was subsequently confirmed clinically by the absence of toxicity in birds receiving repeated doses of meloxicam. Although meloxicam was shown to be adequately safe, the safety of other veterinary NSAIDs still required elucidation. While further testing in vultures would have been possible, the small population size of the various vulture species made this unethical. Therefore a surrogate species needed to be identified. With the domestic chicken (Gallus domesticus) being commonly available, attempts were made to validate the chicken as a model. Although the dosed chickens did show similar toxicity patterns from clinical pathology to histopathology, a major problem was their higher tolerance making it impossible to use them as a surrogate. It was, however, concluded that the domestic chicken may be used in mechanistic studies in an attempt to establish an in vitro model. From the mechanistic studies both diclofenac and meloxicam were directly toxic to chicken and vulture renal tubular epithelial cells following 48h of incubation. It was later shown that this toxicity was associated with an increased production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which could be temporarily ameliorated by pre-incubation with uric acid due to its anti-oxidant activity. When cultures were incubated with either drug for only two hours, meloxicam showed no toxicity in contrast to the cellular toxicity present for diclofenac. In both cases no increase in ROS production was evident. In addition diclofenac influenced the excretion of uric acid by interfering with p-amino-hippuric acid channels. The effect on uric acid excretion persisted after the removal of the diclofenac. It was therefore concluded that vulture susceptibility to diclofenac results from a combination of an increase in cellular ROS, a depletion of intracellular uric acid concentration and most importantly the drug’s long half-life in the vulture. Unfortunately the importance of the drug’s half-life in the toxicodynamics makes it unlikely that in vitro testing will be possible.Thesis (PhD (Paraclinical Sciences))--University of Pretoria, 2007.
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Nethathe, Bono. "Pathophysiology of diclofenac-associated hyperuricaemia in Gyps spp. vultures." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/76745.
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Diclofenac toxicity in old world vultures is well described in the literature. As part of the toxicity of the drug, dead birds were generally found in the environment with signs of severe renal damage and gout. In birds that were tested before death, signs of hyperuricaemia and hyperkalaemia were also present. Although the clinical picture is very clear, the sequence of hyperuricaemia is not yet established with one possibility being drug induced renal damage leading to hyperuriceamia and the second being secondary kidney damage resulting from hyperuricaemic cellular damage. For this study we evaluated this sequence by assessing the effect of diclofenac on uric acid transporters in the chicken, a validated model for diclofenac toxicity. We speculated that diclofenac, a known uricosuric drug in people, inhibits the avian organic anionic transporters (OATs) with subsequent increase in plasma uric acid, precipitation and kidney damage.
As a first step, the impact of diclofenac was evaluated in healthy chicken as it was not justifiable to kill vultures through diclofenac administration. For this two-phase study heathy chickens were treated intravenous with para-amino hippuric acid (PAH) and iohexol (IOH) in combination in phase 1 or this same combination with diclofenac (10 mg/kg) in phase 2. In both phases blood and faeces were sequentially collected. In phase 1, birds showed no signs of ill health, moreover PAH, IOH and uric acid clearance was rapid. In phase 2, two chickens eventually died with hyperuricaemia being present as soon as 8 hours after exposure. Necropsy showed classic signs of renal damage and hyperuricaemia. Pharmacokinetic analysis revealed a rapid half-life of elimination of less than 2 hours indicating that toxicity was due to irreversible inhibition of a physiological process. In phase 2 all the birds had decrease uric acid, PAH and IOH clearance. While tubular excretory rates of PAH were reduced in all birds in phase 2, they were 98% reduced in the two birds that died. Based on the global change in clearance parameters, it is concluded that diclofenac alters both renal perfusion (IOH measures
glomerular filtration) and renal plasma flow. However death results from tubular secretion being reduced to negligible functionality for a prolonged period. With birds being highly reliant on tubular secretion of uric acid, we conclude that diclofenac hyperuricaemia is as a result of OAT inhibition and that cell death results secondarily from uric acid precipitation as described in gouty chicken.
In the final conclusive study, we used next generation sequencing of the transcriptome of the renal tissue from one African white backed vulture (AWB), to establish if these tissues expressed OATs and multidrug resistance protein (MRP) transporters. Both these channels are known to be involved with uric acid transport either basolaterially or apically respectively. The Trinity assembled transcriptome, was used to create a local blast database from which predicted sequences of OAT1 and 2 and MRP2 and 4 from the Golden Eagle were evaluated for similarity. The golden eagle was selected as it was the closest related species phylogenetically that also had a complete genome sequence published. OAT3 was not included in this study as no avian sequence was available on the NCBI database. From the search, all four channels were identified in the AWB vulture kidney with high similarity to the golden eagle. Sanger sequencing confirmed the presence of the OAT 1, 2 and MRP2, 4 related mRNA. The predictive amino acid sequence and predictive protein channel (Swiss-Prot) was also used to provide some evidence that the proteins in question shared the required characteristic and function of OAT and MRP channels. After in silico analysis revealed the similarity of only AWB OAT2 gene with other species i.e chicken, expression study was carried out. It revealed that chicken OAT2 gene was expressed more than the vulture, this maybe the reason to vulture sensitivity to diclofenac. With the genes showing the presence of the requisite uric acid transport proteins in the kidney, the distribution of the OAT channels in the vulture was confirmed by immunohistochemistry (IHC) using mouse polyclonal OAT3 antibodies as sequence analysis showed high similarity between vulture OAT1 and mouse OAT3. As expected the IHC showed the presence of OAT1 with good distribution along the renal tubules.Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2019.
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Gliužeckas, Elvinas. "DAUGIRDAS GYM prekės ženklo įvaizdžio vertinimas." Bachelor's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2013. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2013~D_20130906_125904-34867.
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Raktiniai žodžiai: prekės ženklas, prekės ženklo įvaizdis, prekės ženklo įvaizdžio vertinimas.
Darbo tikslas: įvertinti DAUGIRDAS GYM prekės ženklo įvaizdį.
Darbo tyrimo objektas: DAUGIRDAS GYM prekės ženklo įvaizdis.
Darbo uždaviniai: 1) atskleisti teorinius prekės ženklo įvaizdžio ir jo formavimo aspektus; 2) pagrįsti prekės ženklo DAUGIRDAS GYM įvaizdžio tyrimo būtinumą; 3) atlikti DAUGIRDAS GYM prekės ženklo įvaizdžio vertinimą vartotojų požiūriu.
Darbo tyrimo metodai: mokslinės literatūros analizė, anketinė apklausa, statistinė analizė.
Darbo apimtis – 53 puslapiai. Darbe panaudotos 3 formulės, 4 lentelės, 22 paveikslai, 2 priedai ir 36 literatūros šaltiniai.
Išvados: 1) prekės ženklo įvaizdis – tai vartotojo sąmonėje susiformavęs prekės ženklo vertinimas, besiremiantis funkcinių ir emocinių vertybių pagrindu ir perteikiantis vartotojui prekės ženklo koncepciją. Prekės ženklo įvaizdis kuriamas vartotojo sąmonėje marketingo komunikacijos priemonėmis, o įvaizdžio formavimo proceso pagrindas yra prekės ženklo identitetas. Stiprus prekės ženklas turi turėti turtingą ir aiškų identitetą, atspindintį prekės ženklą kaip prekę, organizaciją, asmenybę, simbolį, ir kuris būtų adekvačiai perteikiamas tikslinei rinkai. Įvaizdis turi perteikti prekės ženklo koncepciją su realia patirtimi, atitinkančia prekės ženklo supratimą. Prekės ženklas atlieka daug funkcijų sukurdamas vertę tiek vartotojui, tiek įmonei (gamintojui); 2) viešosios... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]Key words: brand, brand image, brand image evaluation. Objective of the project: evaluate DAUGYRDAS GYM brand image. Object of the project: image DAUGYRDAS GYM brand. Purpose of this project: 1. show theoretical brand image and its steps of formation; 2. Validate brand DAUGYRDAS GYM image analysis necessity; 3. Perform DAUGYRDAS GYM brand image evaluation from the perspective of consumers. Research methods of the project: literature analysis, questionnaire, quantitative analysis. Size of the project – 53 pages. There are 3 formulas, 4 tables, 22 pictures, 2 annexes and 36 references. Conclusions: 1) brand image – it is evaluation of brand image in the consumer’s consciousness, based upon functional and emotional values and gives consumer brand image conception. Brand image is created in consumers’ consciousness using communication marketing principles but process of image formation is brand identity. Strong brand image must have rich and clear identity, which reflects brand as an item, organization, personality, symbol and it has to be targeted to specific market. Image itself has to show concept of brand image together with real experience matching understanding of the brand. Brand image fulfills many functions creating values for consumer and for the company (manufacturer); 2) public’s institution “Daugirdas Gym” brand is DAUGYRDAS GYM. Public institution “Daugirdas Gym” is sport club. Sport club deals with huge competition among other clubs. Also it is young club, doesn’t... [to full text]
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Augustsson, Fredrik. "Idrottslärares inställning till gym i undervisningen." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för elektronik, matematik och naturvetenskap, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-15929.
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Laivamaa, J. (Juuso). "Reinforcement Q-Learning using OpenAI Gym." Bachelor's thesis, University of Oulu, 2019. http://jultika.oulu.fi/Record/nbnfioulu-201903151329.
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Abstract. Q-Learning is an off-policy algorithm for reinforcement learning, that can be used to find optimal policies in Markovian domains. This thesis is about how Q-Learning can be applied to a test environment in the OpenAI Gym toolkit. The utility of testing the algorithm on a problem case is to find out how well it performs as well proving the practical utility of the algorithm. This thesis starts off with a general overview of reinforcement learning as well as the Markov decision process, both of which are crucial in understanding the theoretical groundwork that Q-Learning is based on. After that we move on to discussing the Q-Learning technique itself and dissect the algorithm in detail. We also go over OpenAI Gym toolkit and how it can be used to test the algorithm’s functionality. Finally, we introduce the problem case and apply the algorithm to solve it and analyse the results.
The reasoning for this thesis is the rise of reinforcement learning and its increasing relevance in the future as technological progress allows for more and more complex and sophisticated applications of machine learning and artificial intelligence.
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Lum, Amanda. "HealthyLife Gym, LLC| A Business Plan." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10599662.
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African American women have the highest obesity rate of all groups in the United States. An increase in physical activity is recommended to decrease the risk of obesity associated diseases and premature death. To combat these risks, workplace wellness programs are increasingly being used to increase the physical activity levels of employees. HealthyLife Gym, LLC is a workplace wellness program that collaborates with local small businesses in Inglewood, CA to provide their employees with discounted gym memberships. This women-only gym strives to increase the physical activity levels of African American obese employees between the ages of 35–64. Religion plays an important part in the lives of African American women so the unique collaboration between the gym and faith-based organizations provides an additional source of social support and motivation for the women to sustain increased levels of physical activity.
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White, Brends Denise. "Weight loss supplement used by gym clientiele." Auburn, Ala., 2007. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/07M%20Theses/WHITE_BRENDA_37.pdf.
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Nováková, Adela. "Obnova a nové využití zámku v Moravském Krumlově." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-225810.
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The theme of my dissertation is to create the architectural study of a new utilization of the Chateau Moravský Krumlov. The Chateau will be newly used as a Hotel, there will be placed a congress and concert Hall, Cafe, Restaurant, offices, 2 room for rent, Wine bar in the basement, exixting Gallery space will be maintained for presentation of artworks and art symposiums. Object of a former chateau Stables will be used as a Fitness studio, Gyms, a Bowling room, as a place for relaxing and sports activities. Under the main courtyard, in the area between the Chateau and Stables, the two-story underground parking will be placed, and will be accessible from the street Zámecká. The new utilization honor, respect and tries to sensitively use original, historical, architectural and technical relations of the Chateau and intervene in them only minimally.
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Karlsson, Kristin. "Förväntningar på gruppträningsinstruktören : Könsstereotyper inom gym-och fitnessbranschen." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Psykologiska institutionen, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-77668.
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Könsstereotyper om mäns och kvinnors olika färdigheter kan relateras till sport, då flera sporter anses könsmärkta. Idag tränar allt fler svenskar på gym-och fitnesscenter, vilket kan ses som positivt ur ett hälsoperspektiv. Inom träningsvärlden har gruppträning blivit en populär träningsform, främst bland kvinnor. Syftet med studien var att få en uppfattning om hur motionärer och instruktörer ser på instruktörsrollen och gruppträningsklasserna kopplat till könsstereotypt tänkande. I studien besvarade 204 motionärer och 45 instruktörer enkäter rörande instruktörsrollen och gruppträning. En mixad ANOVA visade att både män och kvinnor ansåg att de personliga och pedagogiska egenskaperna hos instruktören var viktigare än de utseendemässiga. Tidigare utpekade könsstereotypa attribut fick i denna studie låg skattning av samtliga motionärer. En interaktionseffekt påvisades gällande kön och enkätversion, de manliga motionärerna hade andra förväntningar på den kvinnliga instruktören än den manliga. Ingen könsmärkning skattades från motionärernas sida gällande gruppträningsklasserna. Vidare studier behövs för att kartlägga instruktörsrollen.
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Hallafors, Alexander, and Love Halses. "MOTIVATIONSORIENTERING, COPINGSTRATEGIER OCH STRESSORER BLAND MOTIONÄRSIDROTTARE PÅ GYM." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle (HOS), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-21516.
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The purpose of this study was to identify exerciser athlete’s motivational orientation, coping strategies used and stressors that primarily is perceived in gym training. The study also studied gender differences in relation to motivation orientation, coping strategies and stressors. A survey was conducted with a quantitative design. The study included 118 participants (43 women and 75 men) aged 18 - 42. The results showed no difference regarding motivation orientation between participants. Participants were predominantly emotion-focused current choice of coping strategy. The three most perceived stressors were "Errors," "My performance" and "Injuries." Furthermore, women tended to higher perceive stressors such as “My shape”, “My weight/strength”, “Crowd”, “That instructors are present” and “Others at the gym” than men. For future research it would be interesting to examine the perceived stressors, coping strategies, and motivational orientation between individuals of different ages and number of years training at the gym. In order to determine if age and experience act as an influencing factor.Studiens syfte var att kartlägga motionärsidrottares användande av motivations- orientering, copingstrategier och vilka stressorer som främst användes och uppfattades vid gymträning. Slutligen studerades skillnader mellan kvinnor och män i relation till motivationsorientering, copingstrategier och stressorer. Undersökning genomfördes med en kvantitativ design, i form av en enkätundersökning. Studien omfattade 118 deltagare (43 kvinnor och 75 män) i åldern 18- 42. Resultatet visade ingen skillnad rörande motivationsorientering mellan deltagarna. Deltagarna var huvudsakligen emotionsfokuserade gällande val av copingstrategi. De tre mest uppfattade stressorerna var “Jag gör fel”, “Min prestation” och “Skador”. Vidare påvisades att kvinnorna tenderade att uppfatta stressorer såsom ”Min form”, ”Min vikt/styrka”, ”Åskådare”, Att instruktörer är närvarande” och ”Andra på gymmet” mer än män. För framtida forskning skulle det vara av intresse att undersöka uppfattade stressorer, copingstrategier och motivationsorientering mellan individer i olika åldrar och antal träningsår på gym, i fall ålder och erfarenhet fungerar som en påverkande faktor.
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Eliasson, Jonathan. "Sambandet mellan ortorektiska tendenser och styrketräning på gym." Thesis, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för juridik, psykologi och socialt arbete, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-36393.
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Black, Tamara Luque. "Exercise and fitness in a U.S. commercial gym." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1562242961&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Kašpar, Michal. "Podnikatelský záměr: Založení fitness centra M-Gym, s.r.o." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-223577.
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The master thesis focuses on the creation of the business plan proposal. Via implemented analysis (SLEPT, SWOT and Porter’s model) and questionnaire research were identified conditions for successful establishment and running of fitness centre M-Gym, s.r.o. in Brno. It involves the choice of tools and strategies, which allows the company to succeed on the market and become competitive.
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Zhang, Xiwen. "Designing for Stimulating Social Interaction in Outdoor Gym." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för informatik och media, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-420080.
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In the world where the Internet has nearly linked people in every corner, for some people, the nearby places seem to disappear. It might also lead to the alienation of friends and neighbours. For addressing the disadvantages of the change, this study aims to design for stimulating social interaction in outdoor gyms that are distributed in most communities and parks. Towards this goal, I engaged in designing and evaluating a movement-based interaction project. I invited 5 participants to work as designers for generating design ideas, using reflecting somaesthetics and bodystorming design methods. The bodystorming braid was used for depicting how design ideas generated and evolved. Design ideas were packaged into 3 types of design solutions -- cooperative play, competition and just talking. The most practical solutions for each kind were selected for building prototypes. These prototypes were evaluated with Wizard-of-Oz techniques by 4 participants, followed by a focus group. The qualitative analysis surfaced the important factors that impacted social interaction and major users, including the target users, usage, interaction, and maintenance.
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Philip, Kristiansson, and Rivera Johnnatan Agudelo. "En tränares bra egenskaper, gym jämfört med lagsport utifrån de aktivas perspektiv. : En jämförande studie mellan tränare i lagidrott och tränare i gruppass på gym. A coach's good qualities, gym compared to team sports. A comparative study between team coaches and coaches at grouptraining at gym." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-67766.
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Phipps, W. L. "Identifying drivers of Cape vulture (Gyps coprotheres) space use in southern Africa." Thesis, Nottingham Trent University, 2015. http://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/27887/.
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The decline of worldwide vulture populations due to multiple anthropogenic threats is recognised as one of the most important issues in avian conservation due to the loss of the important ecosystem services that they provide. The Cape vulture (Gyps coprotheres) is endemic to southern Africa and is listed as Vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature due to declines across its range largely attributed to poisoning and fatal interactions with the expanding power line network. In this thesis I provide a first insight into the factors that drive the space use patterns of Cape vultures in an effort to inform future conservation strategies. I deployed Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking units attached to vultures caught from the wild in the main breeding range of the species in northern South Africa, and in north central Namibia where the species has recently been declared extinct as a breeding species but a small population remains. Tracking units were also deployed on three Cape vultures released in Namibia as part of a pilot reintroduction program. The GPS tracking data were used to delineate the size and extent of the vulture home ranges and to identify key factors influencing their movement patterns. Their relative use of unprotected and protected areas was assessed, as well as the influence of vegetation characteristics. Finally, I present the first approximation of the spatial niche of Cape vultures using ecological niche modelling methods and provide a first assessment of the potential impacts of climate change on their future occurrence. Immature individuals and two of the reintroduced vultures traversed extensive ranges (maximum home range > 975,000 km2) and regularly crossed international borders, while wild-caught adult vultures tended to show a higher degree of site fidelity while foraging across more restricted ranges (maximum home range < 150,000 km2) closer to known breeding colonies. The vultures tracked from South Africa regularly used transmission line towers as roost and perch sites which has allowed them to extend their foraging range beyond their historical distribution into areas previously devoid of suitable perches. Although some adults often roosted at breeding colonies inside officially protected areas, all of the vultures foraged primarily on unprotected or privately managed land. The vultures generally tended to forage in more open habitats. The ecological niche models indicated that bioclimatic variables such as precipitation seasonality were the key factors that influenced the space use of the tracked vultures. The models predicted that climate change could potentially result in significant pole-wards shifts of up to 333 km in Cape vulture occurrence patterns, putting the core breeding colonies in the north of their range under threat. This study has provided a first insight into the ranging patterns of Cape vultures using GPS tracking methods and has identified that their extensive ranges, frequent use of unprotected land and close association with power lines puts them at serious risk from multiple threats during their regular foraging activity. The findings of this study confirm for the first time that the threat of climate change to Cape vultures should be seriously considered when planning future conservation measures. This research has demonstrated the ability of GPS tracking methods to identify new threats and key areas for the implementation of conservation measures.
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Kjellberg, Sebastian, and Ida Axelsson. "Kosttillskott : En kartläggning av användandet av kosttillskott på gym." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för pedagogik, psykologi och idrottsvetenskap, PPI, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-20455.
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Studien syftar till att undersöka användandet av kosttillskott och kunskaperna om desamma på gym. En enkätundersökning har genomförts med 73 svarande varav 39 (53,4 %) var män och 34 (46,6 %) var kvinnor. Av deltagarna i undersökningen tog 53,4 % (n=39) kosttillskott. Större andel av männen, 64,1 % (n=25), än av kvinnorna, 41,2 % (n=14) tog kosttillskott. 69,2 % (n=27) av de som tränade för att bygga muskler tog samtidigt kosttillskott. 63 % (n=17) av dessa tog också kosttillskott för att öka sin muskelmassa. 69,2 % (n=27) av kosttillskottsanvändarna tränar för att bygga muskler.Det var ingen skilland på medianvärdet mellan männen och kvinnorna på kunskapsfrågorna om kosttillskott (p=0,273). Det fanns inte heller någon skillnad mellan de som använde kosttillskott och de som inte använde kosttillskott i medianvärdet på kunskapsfrågorna (p=0,542) Slutsatser: Undersökningen visar att de som tränar för att bygga muskler tar kosttillskott i större utsträckning än de som tränar för motion eller sin idrott.Bland folk som tränar på gym är det ingen skillnad i kunskaperna om kosttillskott mellan de som äter kosttillskott och de som inte äter kosttillskott. Det är ingen skillnad mellan kunskaperna om kottillskott mellan män och kvinnor. Nyckelord: Kosttillskott, gym, kunskap
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Karlberg, Lisa, and Elna Andersson. "Motivation till att träna på gym : vilka faktorer påverkar?" Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för kultur-, religions- och utbildningsvetenskap, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-16240.
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Den ökade fokusen kring träning och utseende är något som uppmärksammats mer under senare tid och därmed uppstod tanken kring vad som motiverar till styrketräning. Nyfikenheten kring just styrketräning grundar sig i att den är individuell och motivationen som finns ligger hos individen och inte hos en grupp människor då det inte är en lagidrott. Den ökade fokusen på träningen väckte ett intresse för hur de som styrketränar motiveras och vad som motiverar dem. Undersökningen gjordes på Friskis&Svettis Gävle på grund av att de menar att de lever efter en verksamhetsidé och värderingar som flyttar fokusen från träningshetsen till att det ska vara roligt att träna, vilket vi finner väldigt intressant. Syftet med studien var att undersöka vad som motiverar motionärer till att träna på gym. Som metod användes en webbaserad enkät som skickades ut till medlemmarna. I resultatet framkom att de tre vanligaste motiven till att man går till gymmet är för att förbättra sin fysik, i skade- och sjukdomsförebyggande syfte och för att förbättra sitt utseende. Motionärerna som går till gymmet känner sig gladare, piggare och på bättre humör när de går därifrån än vad de gör när de kommer dit. Slutsatsen blev att de flesta motionärerna på gymmet motiveras av yttre faktorer oftare än av inre faktorer.
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Tosi, Giammarco. "Reinforcement Learning per robot grasping in ambiente Gym openAI." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2017. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/12932/.
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La teoria del Reinforcement Learning fornisce considerazioni formali, profondamente radicate nelle prospettive psicologiche e neuroscientifiche sul comportamento animale, di come gli agenti siano in grado di ottimizzare il loro controllo su un ambiente. In seguito allo studio dei metodi di Reinforcement Learning, l’obiettivo principale del lavoro di tesi è dimostrare che mediante gli stessi, un agente, servendosi di un braccio meccanico, è in grado di apprendere autonomamente come afferrare un oggetto. Al fine di conseguire l’obiettivo posto vengono realizzati gli ambienti di simulazione 2D robotArm, in diverse configurazioni, e due agenti: Q-Learning e Deep Q-Learning. Il primo agente implementa il metodo Q-Learning come proposto in letteratura con materializzazione della tabella per la stima della funzione valore, mentre il secondo sostituisce la tabella con una rete neurale volta all’approssimazione della funzione valore, la quale ha permesso l’utilizzo di una più dettagliata rappresentazione dello stato dell’ambiente. In seguito ai risultati ottenuti, viene dimostrato che mediante i metodi di Reinforcement Learning, un agente è in grado di apprendere in modo autonomo le dinamiche richieste per afferrare correttamente sia un oggetto in posizione statica che in movimento.
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Block, Fredrik. "Gym ombord på fartyg : Behöver sjömän träna och hur?" Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Sjöfartshögskolan (SJÖ), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-41873.
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Malmström, Mikael. "Design and Implementation of NFC-based gym mobile app." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för datavetenskap, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-123291.
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This report investigates the technical and economic viability of introducing a Near Field Communication (NFC) client system in a gym environment. The system aims to aid the customers with logging their workout, retrieving information regarding exercises as well as enhancing the attendance control for both staff and customers. To identify what information to be presented, the most important quality factors and what functionalities are most desired, an exploratory case study was conducted. The study showed that there is a discrepancy between the desire to log ones workout and actually doing it. Most people want to keep track of how they workout, but despite the wide variety of workout applications on the market, they choose not to use them. The main concern expressed was that the logging needs to be fast and easy, indicating that the existing apps do not fulfill the ease of use desired. The system presented in this report is coupled to the gym where NFC tags pair an exercise to its corresponding logger and information in the application. The ability for the gym to track its customers’ workout habits is a rare feature that provides several economic benefits such as targeted advertisement, better maintenance control and new customer services analyzing their workout. For the system to be effective the customers need to use the system and log their workout, therefore it needs to be supported by the major mobile platforms. To accommodate this a hybrid platform approach using PhoneGap was used. This approach allows for development in one language that translates into native embedded web applications. At the time of writing Apple’s latest models do include the hardware for NFC communication. However, it is not possible to develop a custom NFC application for iPhone yet. By adopting the hybrid approach there is no need to create a whole new app when they do release the rights to do so. In conclusion, the technical viability of the NFC based system comes with the tradeoffs of dealing with the lack of standards of a new technology and being early on the market with a new feature. This calls for some custom solutions, since each platform adopts their own way of NFC implementation, but is manageable. The economic aspects are tied to the use of the system where the ease of use is the key factor for the customers. The end user tests indicate that NFC provides that small advantage over traditional workout applications needed to make logging attractive.
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Picone, Bastiaan, Jan Mundorf, and Gustav Davidsson. "Gymification - Inducing Intrinsic Motivation through a Gamified Gym Application." Thesis, Högskolan i Jönköping, Internationella Handelshögskolan, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-44068.
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Abstract Background: Both the fitness and gamification industry are booming with no signs of slowing down in the near future. Gamified applications are entering the markets, attempting to induce gameful elements into tedious environments to enhance intrinsic motivation. The same goes for the gym sector, as market leaders, such as the Swedish gym chain Nordic Wellness, are increasingly implementing gamification elements into their business models. Problem: The true effectiveness of gamification on intrinsic motivation remains underdeveloped. Literature highlights the necessity of adapting gamification design towards the end-user, by considering the different effects from the individual game elements and the context. However, the gym context has been completely neglected, even though gamification has become increasingly utilized in this sector. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to increase the body of knowledge on how extrinsic mechanisms such as gamification can influence intrinsic motivation. This study utilizes the context of a gamified gym application for Nordic Wellness to determine the motivational potential of game elements. Thereby, the research team attempts to add to the body of literature by expanding on the effectiveness of gamification on intrinsic motivation, while also contributing through entering a currently undiscovered domain of gamification in the gym context. Method: A qualitative approach with fifteen semi-structured interviews has been conducted on young Swedish adults attending the Swedish gym chain Nordic Wellness. Results: The findings suggest Self-Determination Theory as a valid framework to examine the effects of gamification on intrinsic motivations. Through connecting the identified themes and theory, a framework is proposed for the evaluation on the effectiveness of game elements on intrinsic motivation. From evaluating the discussed game elements through this framework, recommendations are made for a gamified gym application that is argued to positively satisfy the psychological needs and therefore enhance the intrinsic motivations in a gym context.
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Kaipainen, Ida, and Jakob Johansson. "Kroppens form och utseende: betydelsen för utövare på gym." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Idrotts- och hälsovetenskap, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-29923.
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Syfte Syftet med denna uppsats var att undersöka vilken betydelse kroppens form och utseende har för utövare på träningsanläggningar. Metod Metoden som har använts i denna studie är enkäter. Urvalet i denna studie har bestått av 51 individer som bor i en medelstor svensk stad, mellan 18–65 år, kvinnor och män som tränar på gym. Resultat Resultatet visar att de som tränat i över två år känner sig nöjda med sin kropp i mycket större utsträckning än de som tränat mindre än två år och att ålder inte spelar någon större roll. Män är generellt sett mer nöjd med sin kropp än kvinnor. Män tränar även fler pass i veckan samt fler timmar än kvinnor. Resultatet visar även att äldre alltid varit mer nöjd med sin kropp än yngre men att de yngre i högre utsträckning både blivit mer och mindre nöjda med sin kropp efter att de börjat tränat. Yngre lägger mer fokus på hur andras kroppar ser ut och fokuserar även mycket på hur deras egen kropp ser ut samt har för form. Ett annat resultat av denna forskning var att ganska långt ifrån alla som befinner sig på gymmet trivs där, men att de flesta blivit mer nöjda med sig själva efter att de tagit sig till gymmet regelbundet, framförallt de som gjort det i över två års tid. Slutsatser Många men långt ifrån alla som befinner sig på gym trivs där. De flesta blir däremot mer nöjda med sig själva när de tränar regelbundet. Ålder spelar en viss roll, äldre bryr sig i lägre utsträckning om sin egna kropp och andra kroppar jämför med yngre. Män är mer nöjda jämfört med kvinnor över sina kroppar samt att män tränar fler och längre pass.Purpose The purpose of this assignment was to examine what meaning the body’s shape and form has on an active person who works out in gym. Method We have used a survey as our method in this assignment to get the results. The people that we have asked to answer the survey are 51 individuals, between 18- 65 years old that lives in a medium-sized Swedish town. All of these women and men are regularly working out at a gym. Result The results of this survey have shown that those who has work outed for over two years, feels satisfied with their body shape in a wider perspective then those who have trained less then two years and that age do not play a big part of it. Men are in general more satisfied with their bodies than women are. Men also work out more hours per week then women. The result also shows that older people are more satisfied with their bodies then younger but the younger in a large perspective have become more or less satisfied with their bodies after they started working out. The younger generation put a lot more focus on how other people’s bodies look and how their own shape look. Another result this survey have had were that far from everybody who visited the gym feel at home there, but most of them have become more satisfied with themselves after they have gone to the gym more regularly, especially those who have done it over two years’ time. Conclusion Many but still far from everybody that work out at a gym feels at home there, however many who do work out regularly feel more satisfied with themselves. Age play a small part in it all, older people care far less about their body in comparison with the younger generations. Gender also seems to play a part of the comparison as men feels more satisfied with their bodies than women do. Men tends to have more and longer workout sessions at the gym.
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Olsson, Molly. "Identiteten bakom gymkroppen : Om kroppslighet och identitetsutveckling på gym." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för idrottsvetenskap (ID), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-76104.
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Inledning: Studien ämnar att undersöka gymmets kulturmiljö samt deltagande individers förhållande till den egna kroppen, dess förändring och identitetsförankring. Syfte och frågeställningar: Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur informanterna reflekterar kring träning, kropp och gym samt hur det kan kopplas till observationer av gymmets kulturmiljö. Detta utifrån följande tre frågeställningar: Hur uttrycker informanterna att förhållandet till den egna kroppen ser ut, och hur den har förändrats sedan de började träna på gym? Hur kopplar informanterna träningen till sin identitet och hur gestaltas identitet i gymmiljö? Hur kan gymmets kulturmiljö beskrivas utifrån observationer? Metod: Studien bygger på fyra semistrukturerade intervjuer och tre observationstillfällen. Intervjuerna fokuserade på de tre teman träning, kroppslighet och identitet och pågick i 30-45 minuter. Delatagande observationer skedde på ett gym i Södra Sverige vid tre olika tillfällen. För att underlätta insamling av material utgick observationerna ifrån ett observationsunderlag (se bilaga). Resultat: Informanterna anser att förhållandet till den egna kroppen förändrats och blivit mer utseendefixerat sedan de började träna på gym. Identiteten är starkt förankrad i gymträningen och spelar en avgörande roll i upprähållandet av identiteten. I gymkulturen är det vanligt att kroppar granskas och värderas. Slutsats: Deltagande i kulturen har förändrat synen på kroppen för informanterna och träningen är en stor del av identiteten.
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Tristán, Bianca. "Models of body and femininity in a local gym." Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2012. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/78693.
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Este trabajo explora los ideales de cuerpo y comportamiento femenino presentes en mujeres adultas de nuestra «nueva clase media», que asisten a un gimnasio local o de barrio. Propone que los ideales de cuerpo desarrollados por las alumnas están íntimamente relacionados con tradicionales nociones de roles de género de nuestra sociedad; pero, a su vez, enfatiza el hecho de que ellas, además de buscar alcanzar un cuerpo acorde a las expectativas sociales, también buscan interactuar y/o hacer amistad entre ellas, así como experimentar goce u otras emociones extraordinarias en la realización de la actividad aeróbica en sí, etcétera. De esta forma, el texto explora finalmente cómo el significado que estas mujeres otorgan a su vivencia en el gimnasio no solo no las acerca necesariamente al cuerpo ideal que calza con el estándar social de feminidad, sino que incluso su experiencia se convierte en una oportunidad para discutir y reelaborar los modelos de feminidad en sí mismos y afirmar sus propias narrativas de identidad.The purpose of this work is to explore the ideals of body and behavior among adult women of our new Peruvian middle class attending a gym. It suggests that the ideals of bodies developed in this place are in closely related to traditional notions of gender roles of our society. But, at the same time, emphasizes the fact that they, not only try to have a body in accordance to social expectation, but also to interact or make friends, and to experience a variety of emotions in performing aerobic activity itself. Finally, the paper explores the meaning that these women give to their experience at the gym. Not only does this experience get them closer to the ideal body, fixed by the social standards of femininity, but the experience turns into an opportunity to discuss and remake those models of femininity, and assert their own discourses of identity.