Building a World-Champion Arimaa Program

2006 ◽  
pp. 175-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Fotland
Keyword(s):  
World Champion

The export world champion

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcel Fratzscher
Keyword(s):  
International Competitiveness ◽  
Significant Part ◽  
Dual Economy ◽  
Crucial Component ◽  
World Champion

Germany’s international competitiveness, a significant part of which is due to its boom in exports, has been a crucial component in the transformation of Germany from the sick man of Europe to the continent’s apparent economic superstar. However, despite this remarkable success, it would be a mistake to ignore the fact that Germany has a dual economy, one wherein the services sectors have had and continue to have major problems, the most significant of which being that productivity, investment, and wages remain low. The present chapter discusses Germany’s dual economy and the flip side of Germany’s success as an exporter.

scholarly journals A Case Study of Excellence in Elite Sport: Motivational Climate in a World Champion Team

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ken Hodge ◽  
Graham Henry ◽  
Wayne Smith
Keyword(s):  
Motivational Climate ◽  
Head Coach ◽  
World Cup ◽  
Sports Teams ◽  
Dual Management ◽  
Assistant Coach ◽  
World Champion ◽  
Emotionally Intelligent ◽  
Depth Interviews

This case study focused on the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team during the period from 2004 to 2011, when Graham Henry (head coach) and Wayne Smith (assistant coach) coached and managed the team. More specifically, this case study examined the motivational climate created by this coaching group that culminated in winning the Rugby World Cup in 2011. In-depth interviews were completed with Henry and Smith in March 2012. A collaborative thematic content analysis revealed eight themes, regarding motivational issues and the motivational climate for the 2004–2011 All Blacks team: (i) critical turning point, (ii) flexible and evolving, (iii) dual-management model, (iv) “Better People Make Better All Blacks,” (v) responsibility, (vi) leadership, (vii) expectation of excellence, and (viii) team cohesion. These findings are discussed in light of autonomy-supportive coaching, emotionally intelligent coaching, and transformational leadership. Finally, practical recommendations are offered for coaches of elite sports teams.

scholarly journals Motor unit number and transmission stability in octogenarian world class athletes: Can age-related deficits be outrun?

2016 ◽  
Vol 121 (4) ◽  
pp. 1013-1020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey A. Power ◽  
Matti D. Allen ◽  
Kevin J. Gilmore ◽  
Daniel W. Stashuk ◽  
Timothy J. Doherty ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Muscle Mass ◽  
Neuromuscular Transmission ◽  
Compound Muscle Action Potential ◽  
Motor Units ◽  
Maximum Voluntary Isometric Contraction ◽  
High Performing ◽  
Highly Active ◽  
Age Related ◽  
World Class ◽  
World Champion

Our group has shown a greater number of functioning motor units (MU) in a cohort of highly active older (∼65 yr) masters runners relative to age-matched controls. Because of the precipitous loss in the number of functioning MUs in the eighth and ninth decades of life it is unknown whether older world class octogenarian masters athletes (MA) would also have greater numbers of functioning MUs compared with age-matched controls. We measured MU numbers and neuromuscular transmission stability in the tibialis anterior of world champion MAs (∼80 yr) and compared the values with healthy age-matched controls (∼80 yr). Decomposition-enhanced spike-triggered averaging was used to collect surface and intramuscular electromyography signals during dorsiflexion at ∼25% of maximum voluntary isometric contraction. Near fiber (NF) MU potential analysis was used to assess neuromuscular transmission stability. For the MAs compared with age-matched controls, the amount of excitable muscle mass (compound muscle action potential) was 14% greater ( P < 0.05), there was a trend ( P = 0.07) toward a 27% smaller surface-detected MU potential representative of less collateral reinnervation, and 28% more functioning MUs ( P < 0.05). Additionally, the MAs had greater MU neuromuscular stability than the controls, as indicated by lower NF jitter and jiggle values ( P < 0.05). These results demonstrate that high-performing octogenarians better maintain neuromuscular stability of the MU and mitigate the loss of MUs associated with aging well into the later decades of life during which time the loss of muscle mass and strength becomes functionally relevant. Future studies may identify the concomitant roles genetics and exercise play in neuroprotection.

scholarly journals New Frontiers in Halal Pharmaceuticals

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (SPL1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Halim Basari
Keyword(s):  
Individualized Medicine ◽  
Pharmacy Practice ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Norms And Values ◽  
The Social ◽  
Improve Compliance ◽  
Prescribing Practice ◽  
World Champion ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

It has been 20 years since the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (JAKIM) issued the first Halal certification to health supplements manufactured by CCM. Many innovative halal medicines were produced locally, since. However, halal medicines do not get much attention from the market, except by the Ministry of Defence, despite Malaysia being the world champion on the Global Islamic Economy Indicator for 5 consecutive years. Malaysia leads through its robust, comprehensive halal standards and extensive halal ecosystem. Muslims, in general, are unaware of Malaysia's halal achievement and hardly create demand for halal medicines. Studies also show a significant occurrence of medicine errors, while 50% of patients deliberately did not take their medicines. Medicine prescribing practice should be revamped using alternative perspectives to improve compliance and prevent unnecessary medication errors, namely personalized or individualized medicine, ethnocentricity, halalopathy, Muslim friendly hospitality, and Syariah compliant pharmacy practice. Healthcare practitioners and patients must enhance their Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards halal medicines. Religious beliefs, sentiments or ethnocentricity have formed the Social Norms and Values that play a vital role in the decision-making process of medicine-taking. Healthcare practitioners should empower patients to choose their ethnocentric medicines, thus improving their compliance, enhancing their therapeutic outcome, and also reducing unnecessary medicine errors.  

China and the Third World: Champion or Challenger?

1987 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 310
Author(s):  
Donald W. Klein ◽  
Lillian Craig Harris ◽  
Robert L. Worden
Keyword(s):  
Third World ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Third World ◽  
World Champion

Case studies in Physiology: Breath-hold diving beyond 100 meters - cardiopulmonary responses in world champion divers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Patrician ◽  
Christopher Gasho ◽  
Boris Spajić ◽  
Hannah G. Caldwell ◽  
Darija Bakovic-Kramaric ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gas Exchange ◽  
Airway Resistance ◽  
Physiological Stress ◽  
Structural Characteristics ◽  
Compressive Strain ◽  
Pulmonary Gas Exchange ◽  
Arterial Oxygen ◽  
Breath Hold ◽  
Valuable Insight ◽  
World Champion

In this case study, we evaluate the unique physiological profiles of two world-champion breath-hold divers. At close-to current world record depths, the extreme physiological responses to both exercise and asphyxia during progressive elevations in hydrostatic pressure are profound. As such, these professional athletes must be highly capable of managing such stress, to maintain performing at the forefront human capacity. In both divers, pulmonary function before and after deep dives to 102 and 117 meters in the open sea were assessed using non-invasive pulmonary gas exchange (indexed via the O2 deficit, which is analogous to the traditional alveolar to arterial oxygen difference), ultrasound B-line scores, airway resistance and airway reactance. Hydrostatic-induced lung compression was also quantified via spirometry. Both divers successfully performed their dives. Pulmonary gas exchange efficiency was impaired in both divers at 10 min, but had mostly restored within a few hours. Mild hemoptysis was transiently evident immediately following the 117m dive, whereas both divers experienced nitrogen narcosis. Although B-lines were only elevated in one diver post-dive, reductions in airway resistance and reactance occurred in both divers, suggesting the compressive strain on the structural characteristics of the airways can persist for up to 3.5hrs. Marked echocardiographic dyssynchrony was evident in one diver after 10m of descent, which persisted until resolving at ~77m during ascent. In summary, despite the enormous hydrostatic and physiological stress to diving beyond 100m on a single breath, these data provide valuable insight into the extraordinary capacity of those at the pinnacle of apneic performance.

scholarly journals A general reinforcement learning algorithm that masters chess, shogi, and Go through self-play

Science ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 362 (6419) ◽  
pp. 1140-1144 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Silver ◽  
Thomas Hubert ◽  
Julian Schrittwieser ◽  
Ioannis Antonoglou ◽  
Matthew Lai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Reinforcement Learning ◽  
Domain Knowledge ◽  
Learning Algorithm ◽  
Search Techniques ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
Evaluation Functions ◽  
History Of ◽  
World Champion ◽  
Reinforcement Learning Algorithm

The game of chess is the longest-studied domain in the history of artificial intelligence. The strongest programs are based on a combination of sophisticated search techniques, domain-specific adaptations, and handcrafted evaluation functions that have been refined by human experts over several decades. By contrast, the AlphaGo Zero program recently achieved superhuman performance in the game of Go by reinforcement learning from self-play. In this paper, we generalize this approach into a single AlphaZero algorithm that can achieve superhuman performance in many challenging games. Starting from random play and given no domain knowledge except the game rules, AlphaZero convincingly defeated a world champion program in the games of chess and shogi (Japanese chess), as well as Go.

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