Kinematic Analysis of Figure Skating Jump by Using Wearable Inertial Measurement Units by Yuchen Shi, Atsushi Ozaki, Masaaki Honda

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Heads or tails: do stranded fish (mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis) know where they are on a slope and how to return to the water? by Robert J Boumis, Lara A Ferry, Cinnamon M Pace, Alice C Gibb

“…When placed with their heads toward the apex of the slope, most mosquitofish (>50%) produce a tail-flip jump to leap into ballistic flight. Because a tail-flip generates a caudually-oriented flight trajectory, this locomotor movement will effectively propel a fish downhill when the head is oriented up-slope. …”
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IceSense Proof of Concept: Calibrating an Instrumented Figure Skating Blade to Measure On-Ice Forces by Sarah Ridge, Dustin Bruening, Steven Charles, Cody Stahl, Daniel Smith, Riley Reynolds, Brandon Adamo, Blake Harper, Chris Adair, Preston Manwaring, Deborah King

“…Using this calibration, we collected data on one figure skater and present results from an exemplar on-ice double flip jump. Using the IceSense device to quantify on-ice forces in a research setting may help inform training, technique, and equipment design.…”
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