Contest Winners Research Articles

Congratulations to CMD Awards and Contest Winners 2024 [Chapter News

Congratulations to CMD Awards and Contest Winners 2024 [Chapter News

Rapid Weight Changes and Competitive Outcomes in Muay Thai and Mixed Martial Arts: A 14-Month Study of 24 Combat Sports Events.

This study investigates the rapid weight loss (RWL) and rapid weight gain (RWG) of contest winners and losers from Muay Thai (MT) and mixed martial arts (MMA) events. The relationship between rapid weight change variables of males and females, and competitive success is also examined. Data from a weight management questionnaire was collected one day post-competition from 185 participants across 24 fight events, resulting in 263 responses (MMA: n = 78, MT: n = 185). Official and secondary weigh-in data were provided by the Combat Sports Commission. The results show that in MT, contest winners compared to losers had significantly greater RWL-7 days (5.9 ± 2.6% vs. 4.6 ± 2.7%, p = 0.01), RWG (6.2 ± 2.9% vs. 4.7 ± 2.8%, p = 0.003), and RWG/RWL ratio (108% [86-132%] vs. 86% [60-119%], p = 0.038), while no significant differences were observed for MMA. Mixed logistic regression models that controlled for age showed that a 1% increase in female RWL-24 h ([OR = 1.57, R2 = 0.105, p = 0.001]) was associated with a 1.6 times higher likelihood of winning compared to female athletes without this increase. We emphasise that associations do not imply causation, and it is possible that other factors which align with rapid weight change practices may impact the observed relationship. Nonetheless, MT contest winners show greater RWL, RWG, and RWG/RWL ratio than losers, and female rapid weight changes appear to be associated with competitive success in this cohort.

Does governmental corruption aid or hamper early moral development? Insights from the Dominican Republic and United States contexts.

We tested whether children growing up in the Dominican Republic (D.R.), a context with relatively high governmental corruption levels, would support versus distance themselves from widespread unethical practices like bribery. In Experiment 1 (moral judgments; n = 106), D.R. elementary schoolers and adults evaluated judges who accepted gifts from contestants before or after selecting contest winners and predicted whether bribe-taking judges would be secretive. Like adults, older-but not younger-D.R. elementary schoolers differentially condemned judges who accepted gifts before versus after picking contest winners. Unlike adults, children often predicted that judges would disclose receiving gifts. In Experiment 2 (moral behaviors; n = 44), D.R. elementary schoolers could secretly accept or reject a bribe in exchange for 1st place while judging a drawing contest. All but two children rejected the bribe. Together, these findings stand in contrast with U.S. bribery-related developmental trends (Reyes-Jaquez & Koenig, 2021, 2022) and support this contention: When growing up in a more morally heterogeneous context like the D.R., children eventually assume a critical and differentiated stance toward-and will resist or subvert-some of their culture's unethical practices. Greater exposure to a wide range of unethical transactions might hinder aspects of bribery-related moral development early on, depending on how these aspects are measured (moral judgment vs. behavior). Nevertheless, over time, such exposure may strengthen children's capacity to resist unethical cultural practices, indicated by children's overwhelming rejection of bribes. We discuss the importance of including diverse response modalities (verbal, behavioral) when measuring psychological constructs in non-Western societies. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

Population variation in signaling behavior and contest outcome in the jacky dragon.

Being aggressive and by extension, dominant, is an important mechanism for determining access to resources such as mates or territories. While predictors of contest outcome and dominance are increasingly studied, we have a poor understanding of how they vary across populations. Here, I use the widely distributed Australian agamid lizard, the Jacky dragon (Amphibolurus muricatus), to quantify variation in features predicting contest outcome among males of different populations. I measured physical attributes, maximal physiological performance capacity (sprint speed, endurance, bite force) and visual displays during staged encounters. I found that morphology, performance capacity and the type and frequency of visual displays used during agonistic interactions varied significantly across populations. Contest winners from the Cann River State Forest population favored tail-flicks and push-up/body-rocks, while those from Royal National Park were more likely to chase and individuals from Yarratt State Forest performed more bite-lunges than other populations. The losers of contests also differed in their displays. Individuals from the Cann River population were dominant over the others based on behavioral attributes (i.e., aggressive visual displays, chases and bite-lunges). I suggest that population differences in signal form and function could have implications for range dynamics as populations come into contact in an era of rapid environmental change.

Congratulations to Diversity Student Poster Contest Winners

Congratulations to Diversity Student Poster Contest Winners

2022 IEEE Scientific Visualization Contest Winner: Multifield Analysis of Vorticity-Driven Lateral Spread in Wildfire Ensembles.

We present an interactive visual analysis tool for analyzing the spread of wildfires and what influences their evolution. Multiple time-varying 3-D scalar and vector fields are investigated and related to each other to identify causes of atypical fire spread. We present a visual analysis approach that allows for a comparative analysis of multiple runs of a simulation ensemble on different levels of detail. Overview visualizations combined with volume renderings and flow visualizations provide an intuitive understanding of the fire spread.

Emerging Writer's Contest Winner: Nonfiction

Abstract: The Winter 2023-24 Issue. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Since 1971, Ploughshares has discovered and cultivated the freshest voices in contemporary American literature, and now provides readers with thoughtful and entertaining literature in a variety of formats. Find out why the New York Times named Ploughshares "the Triton among minnows." The Winter 2023-24 Issue, edited by Ladette Randolph, features poetry and prose by Richard Bausch, Jesse Lee Kercheval, Ian Stansel, Ariana Benson, Rebecca Morgan Frank, Marie Howe, and more.

Emerging Writer's Contest Winners: Fiction

Abstract: The Winter 2023-24 Issue. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Since 1971, Ploughshares has discovered and cultivated the freshest voices in contemporary American literature, and now provides readers with thoughtful and entertaining literature in a variety of formats. Find out why the New York Times named Ploughshares "the Triton among minnows." The Winter 2023-24 Issue, edited by Ladette Randolph, features poetry and prose by Richard Bausch, Jesse Lee Kercheval, Ian Stansel, Ariana Benson, Rebecca Morgan Frank, Marie Howe, and more.

Emerging Writer's Contest Winner: Poetry

Abstract: The Winter 2023-24 Issue. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Since 1971, Ploughshares has discovered and cultivated the freshest voices in contemporary American literature, and now provides readers with thoughtful and entertaining literature in a variety of formats. Find out why the New York Times named Ploughshares "the Triton among minnows." The Winter 2023-24 Issue, edited by Ladette Randolph, features poetry and prose by Richard Bausch, Jesse Lee Kercheval, Ian Stansel, Ariana Benson, Rebecca Morgan Frank, Marie Howe, and more.

2023 Photo Contest Winners

Congratulations to the winners of OPN’s 18th annual After Image photo contest!

Congratulations to the 2023 CMD Award and Contest Winners [Chapter News

Congratulations to the 2023 CMD Award and Contest Winners [Chapter News

Meet the 2023 JCN Writing Contest Winners.

Meet the 2023 JCN Writing Contest Winners.

Implementation of AHP and Topsis Algorithm on Web-based Application Design to Determine Prospective Winners of Betta Fish Contest

The procurement of beauty competitions from ornamental betta fish has been held throughout Indonesia. The concept of judging and assessment carried out in the ornamental betta fish beauty competition still uses manual bookkeeping. The assessment with the national scale (SNI) is still a concern for the competition participants because of the lack of knowledge about the standard for judging ornamental betta fish contests. DSS (Decision Support System) can be an application development solution to determine the candidate for the winner of the ornamental betta fish contest. The criteria used include color value, neatness value, proportion value, mental value, and appearance value. The calculation method used in conducting this research is AHP and TOPSIS methods. The recommendations made will go through the AHP process for weighting based on the SNI assessment standard, while TOPSIS is used to receive alternatives from users. Then the ranking is based on the preference value generated by the TOPSIS method. This study has obtained the results of the application of the AHP and TOPSIS methods to make a recommendation system for contestants for winning ornamental betta fish correctly. Testing the level of user satisfaction obtains satisfaction results measured through the EUCS (End User Computing Satisfaction) dimension with the help of a Likert Scale calculation, so that it gets a satisfaction value of 87.89%

Weapon morphology and performance predict fighting outcomes in the giant mesquite bug, Pachylis neocalifornicus

Abstract Many animals engage in direct competition with other members of their species over access to resources. Winning such contests often increases an individual’s fitness. Thus, it is important to understand which factors determine contest outcomes. In weapon-bearing species, body size and weapon size have been reported to be important predictors of fighting success. However, it is unclear if one trait is a better predictor of success compared to the other. Additionally, there are mixed results as to whether performance measurements (e.g. force output of a weapon) are better predictors of fighting success than linear measurements (e.g. weapon size and body size). In this study, we randomly paired 124 Pachylis neocalifornicus (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coreidae) males in territorial interactions to investigate whether differences in body size, weapon size or weapon performance best predict fighting outcomes. We found that weapon size and weapon performance are better predictors of fighting outcomes than body size. However, we did not find clear evidence that linear measurements are better than performance measurements at predicting contest winners, as suggested in a recent meta-analysis. These results highlight the importance of weapon performance measurements and encourage future studies to continue investigating how non-size related traits (e.g. performance) influence contest outcomes.

How Do the Faces of Kyrgyz Beauties Look? A Photogrammetric Analysis of Beauty Pageant Winners.

The aim of this study was to assess how the eyes of Kyrgyz beauties look through an anthropometric analysis of beauty pageant winners. Eleven winners of the Miss Kyrgyzstan contest (2011-2021) were included. Ten other beauty contest winners were added, resulting in a total of 21 beauties who were included. The horizontal corneal diameter, which is 11.75mm, was used as a standard distance. Other distances were calculated in millimeters based on the proportions of the pixels measured. Twenty-six distances (face: 10, eyebrows: 2, eyes: 4, nose: 4, lips: 4, and chin: 2) and 9 angles (forehead-brow, cantal tilt, 5 face angles, the mandible angle, and the chin angle) were measured. Thereafter, 16 indices (forehead: 1, eyes: 5, nose: 4, lips and chin: 3, and contours 3) were calculated. The forehead-brow angle was 82.2±7.2 degrees. The canthal tilt was 9.0±2.0 degrees. The overall face angles 1 and 2 were 108.6±4.1 degrees and 69.6±2.3 degrees, respectively. The midface angles 1 and 2 were 129.9±3.8 degrees and 125.1±3.9 degrees, respectively. The lower face angle was 139.6±4.1 degrees. The mandible angle and chin angle were 136.9±4.0 degrees and 106.0±4.0 degrees, respectively. The ratio of forehead height to total face height was 0.33±0.03. The ratio of nose height to total face height was 0.25±0.02. The lower face width/face width ratio was 0.82±0.05. The ratio of face width to total face height was 0.72±0.03. The ratio of midface height to total face height was 0.34±0.02. The data from this study might serve as the recommended esthetic proportions for performing plastic surgical procedures.

Sparrow's Nest Feeds Body & Spirit of Cancer Patients & Families

Sparrow's Nest Feeds Body & Spirit of Cancer Patients & Families

Acquisition experience and the winner’s curse in corporate acquisitions

ABSTRACT The winner’s curse describes the behavioural phenomenon that the winner of a bidding contest pays a price that is too high. This paper shows that experiential learning cannot prevent a winner’s curse on the market of corporate control as acquiring firms with acquisition experience still pay a higher price for the target in a bidding contest. Acquisition experience, however, is related to a superior post-acquisition performance of the winning firm after acquisitions associated with a bidding contest.

Light-Years

Research Article| May 01 2023 Light-Years Grace Q. Song Grace Q. Song Grace Q. Song is a Chinese American writer residing in New York City. Her poetry and fiction have been published or are forthcoming in the Boiler, the Journal, the Offing, the Cincinnati Review, SmokeLong Quarterly, Potomac Review, Hobart, and elsewhere. Previous works have been selected for inclusion in Best of the Net, Best Small Fictions, and Best Microfiction. She is the winner of the 11th Annual Gigantic Sequins Poetry Contest, selected by Vi Khi Nao, and she studies English at Columbia University. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google the minnesota review (2023) 2023 (100): 48. https://doi.org/10.1215/00265667-10320898 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation Grace Q. Song; Light-Years. the minnesota review 1 May 2023; 2023 (100): 48. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00265667-10320898 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search Books & JournalsAll Journalsthe minnesota review Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2023 Grace Q. Song2023 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Pleading Nolo Contendere? Aquinas vs. Bonaventure on Poetry

AbstractWhile the story of Thomas Aquinas and Bonaventure of Bagnoregio engaging in a friendly contest, at the behest of Pope Urban IV, to compose the Mass and Office of Corpus Christi is likely a pious fiction, one can still ponder the fascinating hypothetical scenario: had such a contest taken place, who might have won? To consider that question, this paper embarks on a close reading of Bonaventure's hymns in his Office of the Passion, comparing his poetic approaches to those of Aquinas in the hymns for Corpus Christi. After an introductory historical examination into the supposed involvement of both friars in the composition of the Corpus Christi liturgy, this article proceeds in three sections. First, a look into select excerpts from Bonaventure's Office of the Passion will establish his general poetic technique. In the transitional second section, a direct comparison between Bonaventure and Aquinas on the composition of the final doxological verses of their respective hymns will place their different poetic styles into greater relief. Third, a broader reading of Aquinas's Eucharistic hymns will highlight the unique qualities of his versified praises. Finally, in light of the foregoing analyses, a prospective winner of the hypothetical contest will be suggested.

Simon and the Better Bone by Corey R. Tabor

Reviewed by: Simon and the Better Bone by Corey R. Tabor Kate Quealy-Gainer Tabor, Corey R. Simon and the Better Bone; written and illus. by Corey R. Tabor. Balzer + Bray, 2023 [40p] Trade ed. ISBN 9780063275553 $19.99 Reviewed from digital galleys R 4-7 yrs Simon the dog is already having a splendid day when he finds a bone near the pond: "If there was a better bone in all the world, Simon hadn't seen it." Unfortunately, his contentment is soon shattered when he spots another dog (seemingly in the pond) with another bone—a better bone. Viewers, of course, will see that it's really Simon's reflection in the pond that is causing this bout of canine envy, but poor Simon, cute as he is, isn't so sharp. He politely asks the other dog to trade bones only to get no answer, so he challenges the dog to a contest—winner gets the bone—but the dog seems to know all Simon's tricks, even chasing "his tail while playing dead while reciting his favorite poem." Frustrated, he pounces, intent on getting the bone, only to lose his own and get sopping wet. Tabor updates Aesop's Fable "The Dog and His Reflection" with a little more goofiness and a bit less pedantry, and the clever unfolding layout of pages to reveal Simon's reflection immediately brings kids in on the joke, ensuring storytime engagement. Smudgy, dappled textures in pastoral hues make a cheerful background for shaggy brown Simon whose expressive tail and ears effortlessly convey his joy, frustration, and glee. Viewers will find Simon's eventual bestowment of an even bigger bone on his watery counterpart an admirably generous move, and giggles will surely ensue when Simon hopes to see his new "friend" again just as he's about to run past a mirror. [End Page 307] Copyright © 2023 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois