The History of Modern Organized Badminton and the Men’s Team Thomas Cup Tournaments, 1948–1979

Modern organized international badminton began with the founding of the International Badminton Federation (IBF) in 1934, consisting of nine founding member associations. The inaugural men’s Thomas Cup tournament began in 1948 when 10 countries took part. Malaya won the Cup four times in 1949, 1952, 1955, and 1967. When Indonesia took part in the tournament for the first time in 1957, there were 19 competing teams. Indonesia won the triannual tournament seven times from 1957 to 1979. Throughout the 11 Thomas Cup tournaments, only two Asian countries have won the Cup. The only European country, Denmark, qualified to play in the finals five times without a single win. Malaya (later known as Malaysia), Indonesia, and Denmark became leading Thomas Cup teams because they produced singles and doubles players that won many All-England Badminton Championship titles. The winners of these titles were generally considered the world champions. The key sources of information for this research consisted of the IBF annual statutes for listing of participating nations, tournament programmes, and rare specialized books on badminton and the Thomas Cup competition. English language newspapers such as the Singapore Free Press and the Straits Times published historical match results for checking the secondary data collected.     

对不同竞技水平篮球比赛投篮方式的研究*

在不同竞技水平的篮球比赛中,球员使用的投篮方式也有着差别,它们受球员位置、投篮距离和投篮角度的等多因素的影响.通过对五种不同竞技水平篮球比赛的投篮方式的研究,调查它们中的投篮方式、投篮状态及其影响因素,并分析产生不同的原因.结果显示:成人比赛和青少年比赛之间的投篮方式差距较大;青少年比赛中相对较多的投篮出手是以单脚起跳或单脚站立执行和相对较多的投篮不能被归类,青少年比赛中还会出现较多的运球或内切到篮下完成.在NBA中由于运动员的身体素质较好,与欧洲联赛和CBA相比,扣篮出现的频率较高而勾手出现的频率较低.     

Rethinking the Rural Idyll

ABSTRACT

This article traces the profound social repercussions that resulted from the mass enlistment of British office workers into the armed forces during the First World War. Drawing heavily upon fictionalized autobiographies of the period, my study examines the various stages of the clerk's experience of the conflict and argues that the confidence gained during warfare by surviving office workers fundamentally shaped a more democratic postwar society. This change is evidenced, I argue, in the profile of the fictional clerk that emerges in British literature after 1918.     

Politics,Pauperism and Power in Late Nineteenth Century Ireland. By Virginia Crossman.

ABSTRACT

Food and military identity were inextricably linked in the British Army: rations were a thrice daily indicator of the men's separation from their civilian selves. The soldiers were what they ate, but they were also where and how they ate; the grubby rapacity of the barrack dining hall, the absence of civilizing cutlery and the unfamiliar food delineated their new role as clearly as any uniform. Institutional feeding facilitated the erasure of self, an unhelpful attribute in the military world. Men's accounts indicate the conflict between their appetites and what they all too often regarded as oppression in a dietary form.     

第40 届世界体操锦标赛中国女子高低杠的优势与差距

采用文献资料法、录像观察法及数理统计与比较法,系统分析中国女子高低杠的优势与不足。发现：中国顶尖选手成套A分动作的难度和完成质量与世界优秀选手相当,但多数选手整体技术实力不及外国选手,在杠间换握动作的实力连接、个性化特色动作的编排以及专项素质和能力等方面,存有一定差距;而比赛动作完成拘谨、缺乏表现欲及个别动作完成规格低等因素,是致使中国高低杠未能获得更好成绩的主要原因;强化提高专项素质和能力,进一步提高成套动作的难度和完成质量,并促使两杠换握动作的连接在完成上更加紧凑、流畅和颇具观赏性,是中国女子高低杠努力的方向。     

世界银行治理结构改革与中国的应对策略?

世界银行在全球经济治理中发挥着重要作用,但随着新兴经济体的崛起和近年来金融危机、债务危机频发,世界银行治理结构所存在的制度性缺陷显露无遗,相应改革势在必行。但是,由于世界银行具有公共组织与股份公司的双重属性,使得改革方向出现分歧,改革进程推进缓慢。从根本上说,世界银行改革中发达国家与发展中国家并不存在不可调和的利益冲突,在减贫等问题上双方存在着合作的基础。中国应积极推进世界银行治理结构改革：首先,必须明确“负责任、有作为的大国”定位,表现出推动改革的积极态度;其次,要紧密围绕“发展”主题,注重长远利益;再次,要加强对世界银行人事安排的参与;最后,要积极构建世界银行框架下发展中国家沟通与合作的正式协调机制。     

新战略背景下中国足球职业联赛的定性及制度建构

在新的战略背景下,从经济学、社会学的角度对目前我国足球职业联赛所存在的问题进行较为细致的剖析,为足球职业联赛定性,并且在精神和制度上,从内外两个环节、不同层次对其重新构建。     

第40届世界体操锦标赛男子跳马比赛技术的研究

通过对第40届世界体操锦标赛男子跳马决赛比赛动作的研究,分析新规则下世界男子跳马运动的发展趋势。结果表明：男子跳马动作类型选择集中于前手翻类和侧手翻转体90°类;决赛两跳动作难度A分均达到7．00分;动作加难的重点在第二腾空阶段;动作难度与动作质量是制约跳马运动发展的关键。     

乒乓球比赛技术失误研究

采用文献资料法、数理统计法对乒乓球比赛中技术失误的情况进行了研究,揭示了乒乓球运动技术的一般规律,以期为提高运动员的训练与比赛水平提供借鉴。     

影响竞技健美操最后得分因素探究——以第10届世界健美操锦标赛六人操决赛为例

运用图像分析、文献资料调研、数理统计等研究方法,对第10届世界健美操集体六人决赛前8名运动员名次与难度、艺术、完成得分进行了系统分析。研究显示,提高难度动作的质量才是关键所在,难度、艺术和完成是相辅助相成、相互影响的,仅仅孤立地追求某一方面的得分,只会得不偿失。