The determinants of stadium attendance in elite women’s football: Evidence from the UEFA Women's Champions League

Women’s football struggles to build a solid platform in terms of fan interest. However, while an increase in gate receipts can help assist its long-term sustainability, there is limited evidence in the academic literature on the factors influencing spectator demand in women’s football. The authors investigate determinants of stadium attendance for UEFA Women's Champions League (UWCL) matches. Using regression models deployed on 554 UWCL games played between 2009/10 and 2017/18, the authors examine contextual and sport-related variables as the main predictors of stadium attendance. Findings show that there is no continuous growth of attendance over the period examined, and highlight that spectators’ interest is positively associated with five factors: stage of the competition, uncertainty of match outcome, competitive intensity, away club’s reputation and weather conditions. Football governing bodies should put in place initiatives to ensure match outcome uncertainty is maintained as this represents a key determinant to maximise stadium attendance. Based on the specific context of European women’s football, recommendations to foster its development are discussed. These include incentivising investment into the elite women’s game and designing sport policies to encourage participation at grassroots levels.     

Team identification and sports fandom as predictors of fan aggression: The moderating role of ageing

In the current study, the explored the moderating role of ageing in the relationship between team identification/fandom and fan aggression. The authors used an online panel-based survey that offered access to a realworld population of sports fans. Participants were 740 fans of Israeli professional basketball. Results from structural equation modelling demonstrated that older fans reported higher levels of mere sports fandom and lower levels of self-reported aggression and acceptance of aggression. Moreover, age moderated the relationships between team identification (or fandom) and self-reported aggression, such that team identification (or fandom) was more strongly associated with selfreported fan aggression among younger fans than among older fans. The moderating role of age in the relationships between team identification (or fandom) and perceptions of appropriateness of aggression was not supported. The findings contribute to our theoretical understanding of the role of ageing in the relationship between fan identification and fan aggression. Based on these findings, the authors assert that managers might particularly benefit from leveraging the potential, but often neglected, segment of senior fans, since older fans can play a key role in reducing the level of aggression during competitive sports events. Suggestions for future research are also discussed.     

Seeking Nettle Textiles – Utilizing a Combination of Microscopic Methods for Fibre Identification

Bast fibres have been commonly used as a textile material in Northern Europe since Neolithic times. However, the process of identifying the different species has been problematic, and many important questions related to their cultural history are still unanswered. For example, a modified Herzog test and the presence of calcium oxalate crystals have both been used in identification. In order to generate more reliable results, further research and advancement in multi-methodological methods is required. This paper introduces a combination of methods which can be used to identify and distinguish flax (Linum usitatissimum), hemp (Cannabis sativa), and stinging nettle (Urtica dioica). The research material consisted of reference fibres and 25 fibre samples obtained from 12 textiles assumed to be made of nettle. The textiles were from the Finno-Ugric and Historical Collections of The National Museum of Finland. The fibre samples were studied by observing the surface characteristics and cross sections with transmitted light microscopy, and by using a modified Herzog test with polarized light, in order to identify the distinguishable features in their morphological structures. The study showed that five out of 25 samples were cotton, 16 nettle, one flax, and one hemp. Findings from two samples were inconsistent. The results show that it is possible to distinguish common north European bast fibres from each other by using a combination of microscopic methods. Furthermore, by utilizing these combined methods, new and more reliable information could be obtained from historical ethnographic textiles, which creates new vistas for the interpretation of their cultural history.     

中国剩余定理在曲面拼接中的应用

用计算机代数方法,研究了两个二次曲面的光滑拼接,给出了应用中国剩余定理得到的在两个截面平行的条件下的三次拼接曲面,并且由此得到的拼接曲面还满足超限插值问题.     

教研室管理视域下的大学英语教师素养提升

教研室工作的核心力量是教师。教师整体素养的提升，是教研室工作得以顺利展开的关键。在提升教师素养方面，大学英语教研室可以开展如下工作：引导探究大学英语教师素养的内涵；组织分析优秀教师个人素养提升的案例；保持团队的持续发展与影响。     

范成大《四时田园杂兴》结构的文化意味简

《四时田园杂兴》是范成大退居石湖创作的一组诗歌，自问世以来颇受瞩目，但至今仍少有人关注其特殊的结构形式。作者选择这一特殊结构形式有其特殊的寓意：纪念伴随其出生以来历久弥深的国耻。这一选择的驱动力来自我国的文化传统、作者的经历及对诗歌风格的好尚。     

一类二元非乘积型Meyer-knig-Zeller概率算子的饱和定理

借助二元抛物线引理,探讨一类二元非乘积型Meyer-knig and Zeller概率算子的饱和性,得到了一个点态饱和定理.     

几类不等式的证明

不等式的证明在高等数学通用教材中遇到的较多，学生对它的处理往往无从下手，主要是因为由条件向结论过渡的解题方向不易确定，但是高等数学中不等式的证明还是有一些规律可循的。本文就不等式的证明归纳出了证明方法和基本思路。     

输水渠道横断面设计水深测试及计算(综合性)实验

输水渠道横断面设计水深测试及计算实验结合“灌溉排水工程学”及“水力学”等学科的知识,在实验过程中,通过对实验数据的测试、分析及计算和渠道模型实物的观摩,加深了对渠道设计原理的理解,与课堂上的理论教学起到了良好的互动作用。     

樊振东接发球拧拉技术运用特征研究

运用Simi Scout软件对樊振东在2014~2015年参与的20场比赛中接发球拧拉技术的运用情况进行统计分析。结果表明：樊振东接发球拧拉力量大、旋转强、速度快、落点刁钻,使用率非常高,具有很强的攻击性;在全台全方位的拧拉,接反手位短球时拧拉使用比例最高,落点主要以对手的反手位为主;但在拧拉时发力狠、动作大、还原稍慢,且线路较单一。