The following email contains details of the new PhD Scholarships
available at the School Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of
Birmingham, UK.

The School of Sport and Exercise Sciences at the University of
Birmingham provides an excellent infrastructure and intellectually
stimulating environment that supports high quality research. The
School is one of the leading research departments in the country, as
reflected by its most recent Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) rating
of 6*. The School has recently moved into a new building that contains
cutting edge laboratories, equipped with the latest research
equipment. Much of the research carried out by the School is in
collaboration with the Schools of Biosciences, Psychology, Medicine
and Health Sciences, and forms an integral part of the University of
Birmingham's Research Strategy. As part of the School's commitment to
research excellence, applications are invited for the following PhD
Scholarships:


Sport and Exercise Psychology Research Group:

1) Creating Effective Imagery Interventions for Enhancing Sporting
Performance: A Test of the PETTLEP Model; Supervised by Dr. Jennifer
Cumming and Dr Martin Edwards (contact J.Cumming@... for more
details); Closing date: 15th April 2007

2) The Development and Preliminary Testing of a Self-Determination
Centred Exercise Consultation Training Program; Supervised by
Professor Joan Duda and Dr Nikos Ntoumanis (contact
J.L.Duda@... and N.Ntoumanis@... for more details);
Closing date: 16th April 2007

3) Approach/Avoidance, Task/Ego, and Social Goals in Sport; Supervised
by Dr Maria Kavussanu and Dr Christopher Ring (contact
M.Kavussanu@... for more details); Closing date: 31st of March 2007

4) Motivational Determinants of the "Dark" Aspects of Sport/Exercise
Participation; Supervised by Dr Nikos Ntoumanis and Dr Cecilie
Thøgersen-Ntoumani (contact N.Ntoumanis@... for more details);
Closing date: 9th April 2007

5) The Psychophysiology of Competition in Sport; Supervised by Dr
Christopher Ring and Dr Maria Kavussanu (contact C.M.Ring@...
for more details); Closing date: 31st March 2007


Exercise Metabolism Research Group:

1) Fat Metabolism in Obesity; Supervised by Professors Asker
Jeukendrup and Anton Wagenmakers (contact A.E.Jeukendrup@...
for more details); Closing date: 30th April 2007

2) Importance of Protein Nutrition for Recovery from Exercise and
Adaptations to Training; Supervised by Dr Kevin Tipton and Professor
Asker Jeukendrup (contact K.D.Tipton@... or
A.E.Jeukendrup@... for more details); Closing date: 30th April 2007

3) Oxidative Stress Markers in Alzheimer's Disease and Vascular
dementia; Supervised by Dr Sarah Aldred, Dr Melissa Grant and
Professor Anton Wagenmakers (contact S.Aldred.1@... for more
details); Closing date: 31st March 2007


Exercise Physiology Research Group:

1) Does Altered Muscle Mechanoreceptor Afferent Sensitivity Play a
Role in Human Cardiovascular Control? Supervised by Dr Mike White and
Dr Maggie Brown (contact M.J.White@... for more details);
Closing date: to be confirmed


Behavioural Medicine Research Group:

1) Acute Stress and Immune Function: Effects on Neutrophils in Young
and Older Adults; Supervised by Dr Anna C. Phillips and Professors
Douglas Carroll and Janet Lord (contact A.C.Phillips@... for
more details); Closing date: 31st March 2007

2) Stair Climbing Interventions for Obesity Control; Supervised by Dr
Frank Eves and Professor Doug Carroll (contact F.F.Eves@... for
more details); Closing date: to be confirmed

3) An Accumulated Insult: Immunosenescence and Oxidative stress in
Exhaustive Exercise; Supervised by Dr Jos Bosch and Dr Sarah Aldred
(contact J.A.Bosch@... or S.Aldred.1@...); Closing date:
31st March 2007


Movement and Neuroscience Research Group:

1) Working with the Elite: Individualisation and Optimisation of
Coordination; Supervised by Dr François-Xavier Li and Dr Trevor
Gardner (contact F.X.Li@... for more details); Closing date:
30th April 2007

2) Sport Concussion Neuropsychology and Mapping the Path of Recovery;
Supervised by Dr Martin Edwards and Dr Mark Hollands (contact
M.Edwards.1@... for more details); Closing date: 31st March 2007

3) Age-Related Changes in Visual Sampling During Real and Simulated
Walking Tasks; Supervised by Dr Mark Hollands and Dr Martin Edwards
(contact M.Hollands@... for more details); Closing date: 31st
March 2007



The starting date is aimed at October 2007. Applicants must have a
good Honours degree (at least 2.1 or equivalent), have an acceptable
English qualification (e.g., GCSE, IELTS etc.) and must be a citizen
of the European Union (due to funding constraints). Applications to
the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Birmingham,
should be completed on-line at: http://www.bham.ac.uk/application

General enquiries should be directed to Dr. Martin Edwards,
Postgraduate Admissions Tutor (M.Edwards.1@...) or to Val
Queeley, Admissions Secretary (tel: 0121 414 4115). Please visit our
website for more details:
http://www.sportex.bham.ac.uk/postgraduate/phd.htm

Many thanks for your interest.

New Post:

Lecturer in Human Motor Neuroscience or Motor Learning
Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Birmingham


Further particulars

This is a new position and we are looking to appoint someone with
expertise in human Motor Neuroscience or Motor Control who can add to
the research and teaching portfolios of the School of Sport and
Exercise Sciences. The ideal candidate will have skills and experience
of research that complement existing interests and expertise both
within the School and within other research groups in the University.
  Candidates should have experience of teaching at an undergraduate
level and the successful applicant would be expected to be capable of
teaching at first or second year level and contribute to high level,
research led teaching to final year undergraduate students.

The School
The School of Sport and Exercise Sciences was constituted in its
present form in 1986 and is now a well-established and self-contained
budget centre with a recurrent annual budget of around £4.0M.  In
addition, the School attracts a further £1.0M annually in external
research grants and contracts.  The School has five Professors.
Professor Douglas Carroll, currently the Head of School, holds a Chair
in Applied Psychology, Professor Joan Duda a Chair of Sports
Psychology, Professor Anton Wagenmakers a Chair in Exercise
Biochemistry, Professor David Jones a Chair of Sport and Exercise
Sciences, and Professor Asker Jeukendrup a Chair in Exercise
Metabolism.  The School has an overall teaching staff complement of
25, supported by 6 technical and 5 secretarial staff, under the
direction of the School Manager.  In addition, there are 8 research
fellows within the School and over 50 postgraduate research students.

The School has new, extensive, and well-equipped laboratory facilities
for Motor Control, Kinesiology, Physiology, Biochemistry,
Psychophysiology, Behavioural Immunology, Exercise/Health Psychology,
and Sports Psychology, as well as access to fMRI imaging facilities in
the new Birmingham University Imaging Centre. The School has
exceptionally well-developed links with the Schools of Medicine,
Psychology, Biosciences, and Engineering.  Virtually all staff have
collaborative links with colleagues from other Schools in the
University, as well as links with other universities both in the UK
and overseas.

Research
The School has a very strong research base.  It achieved a 5* rating
in the last national Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) in 2001, the
highest rating achievable; this was later upgraded to 6* in a
subsequent reclassification exercise.  All permanent academic staff in
the School are research active.  The School's research activities are
organised into five overlapping research groupings: Motor Control;
Exercise Physiology; Exercise Biochemistry and Metabolism; Behavioural
Medicine; Sport, Exercise, and Health Psychology.  Members of staff
are expected to apply for external research funds, although the School
does have a policy of providing base support for research.  Through
internal formula funding, based on published output, grant income, and
postgraduate supervision load, the School currently distributes over
£80k annually.  Further support for staff research takes the form of
School-funded PhD scholarships.  In all, the School funds around 40
such scholarships.

Teaching
The School has around 600 FTE undergraduate students, most of whom
follow a single honours BSc programme in Sport and Exercise Sciences.
  A common first year, which covers the basics in Physiology,
Biochemistry, and Psychology, is followed by a second year that allows
for some specialisation, and a third year in which students undertake
a substantial research project and are free to choose from a range of
specialist option modules.  In addition, the School is involved in
joint honours programmes with Material Sciences and Mathematics.
Student applications are buoyant and the minimum A-level grades for
entry are currently ABB.  The School achieved an `Excellent' score in
its most recent Teaching Quality Assessment.  In the first instance,
new appointees would be expected to contribute the equivalent of one
module to the undergraduate programme and to supervise a number of
third year project students.

Accommodation
The School has received substantial investment over the last few
years.  We recently took possession of our new £16.4M building, funded
by a successful bid under the Government's Science Research
Infrastructure Fund (SRIF) initiative, with additional support from
the University.  The building comprises a three-storey laboratory
block, with cutting edge research facilities, as well as two
two-storey blocks for office and teaching accommodation.   The SRIF
bid also provided £2M for new equipment, which allowed us to purchase,
among other things, Vicon motion analysis systems, Force platforms,
Eye gaze tracking equipment, and Electromagnetic stimulators.  The
School, along with the Schools of Psychology and Medicine, was
successful its bid to SRIF-2 to purchase a 3-T fMRI scanner in order
to develop the Birmingham University Imaging Centre.

Resources available to the appointee
The research of newly appointed staff is supported in a number of
ways: reduced teaching and administrative loads in the first two years
of appointment; a start up consumables and equipment package of £7k;
being able to appoint a PhD student to one of the School scholarships.
  All newly appointed staff have mentors selected from experienced
staff and receive additional support for their research and teaching
through courses offered by the University's Staff Development Unit.
All newly appointed Lecturers enrol for the University's Postgraduate
Certificate of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education.  The School
will provide financial assistance of up to £3k towards the costs of
relocation.

School Website
Further information on the School, its new building, personnel,
research and teaching programmes can be found at the School's website:
http://www.sportex.bham.ac.uk

Closing date: 28th March 2007
http://www.hroperations.bham.ac.uk/vacancies/furtherParticulars.htm?refNo=H39913

Many thanks for your interest.

March Issue (Volume 6, 2007) of the Journal of Sports Science and Medicine is now available for you to access the abstracts and the full articles in http and pdf formats. 

I would like to, once again, welcome you to the JSSM and express my gratitude for your support to the JSSM.  

Yours truly,
 
Hakan Gur, MD, PhD
Editor-in-Chief
 
For more information on JSSM go to:
http://www.jssm.org 
 
If you have any questions please contact me by e-mail at hakan@...
  
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JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCE AND MEDICINE 
March 2007, VOLUME 6, ISSUE 1
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
http://www.jssm.org/content.php

1) Review article
BASEBALL THROWING MECHANICS AS THEY RELATE TO PATHOLOGY AND PERFORMANCE - A REVIEW  
Rod Whiteley
http://www.jssm.org/vol6/n1/1/v6n1-1abst.php    
 
2) Research article
PLACEBO EFFECTS IN COMPETITIVE SPORT: QUALITATIVE DATA
Christopher J. Beedie 
http://www.jssm.org/vol6/n1/2/v6n1-2abst.php  

3) Research article
LONGITUDINAL CHANGES IN THE SPINAL KINEMATICS OF OARSWOMEN DURING STEP TESTING  
Alison H. McGregor, Zeenat S. Patankar and Anthony M.J. Bull
http://www.jssm.org/vol6/n1/3/v6n1-3abst.php  
 
4) Research article
WHEN DOES A GAIT TRANSITION OCCUR DURING HUMAN LOCOMOTION? 
Alan Hreljac, Rodney T. Imamura, Rafael F. Escamilla and W. Brent Edwards 
http://www.jssm.org/vol6/n1/4/v6n1-4abst.php  

5) Research article
EFFECTS OF WHOLE-BODY VIBRATION TRAINING ON SPRINT RUNNING KINEMATICS AND EXPLOSIVE STRENGTH PERFORMANCE
Giorgos Paradisis and Elias Zacharogiannis  
http://www.jssm.org/vol6/n1/5/v6n1-5abst.php  
 
6) Research article
EATING ATTITUDES, PERFECTIONISM AND BODY-ESTEEM OF ELITE MALE JUDOISTS AND CYCLISTS 
Edith Filaire, Matthieu Rouveix, Christelle Pannafieux and Claude Ferrand
http://www.jssm.org/vol6/n1/6/v6n1-6abst.php  
 
7) Research article
UNDERWATER STROKE KINEMATICS DURING BREATHING AND BREATH-HOLDING FRONT CRAWL SWIMMING  
Nickos Vezos, Vassilios Gourgoulis, Nickos Aggeloussis, Panagiotis Kasimatis, Christos Christoforidis and Giorgos Mavromatis
http://www.jssm.org/vol6/n1/7/v6n1-7abst.php  
 
8) Research article
PHYSICAL DEMANDS OF DIFFERENT POSITIONS IN FA PREMIER LEAGUE SOCCER
Jonathan Bloomfield, Remco Polman and Peter O'Donoghue 
http://www.jssm.org/vol6/n1/8/v6n1-8abst.php   
 
9) Research article
MRI FINDINGS DO NOT CORRELATE WITH OUTCOME IN ATHLETES WITH CHRONIC GROIN PAIN  
Adrien Daigeler, Orlin Belyaev, Werner H. Pennekamp, Stephan Morrosch, Odo Köster, Waldemar Uhl and Dirk Weyhe
http://www.jssm.org/vol6/n1/9/v6n1-9abst.php  
 
10) Research article
THE EFFECT OF GENDER AND FATIGUE ON THE BIOMECHANICS OF BILATERAL LANDINGS FROM A JUMP: PEAK VALUES  
Evangelos Pappas, Ali Sheikhzadeh, Marshall Hagins and Margareta Nordin
http://www.jssm.org/vol6/n1/10/v6n1-10abst.php  
 
11) Research article
EFFECTS OF PROTEIN SUPPLEMENTATION ON MUSCULAR PERFORMANCE AND RESTING HORMONAL CHANGES IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS 
Jay R. Hoffman, Nicholas A. Ratamess, Jie Kang, Michael J. Falvo, and Avery D. Faigenbaum
http://www.jssm.org/vol6/n1/11/v6n1-11abst.php  
 
12) Research article
STRENGTH PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT IN A SIMULATED MEN'S GYMNASTICS STILL RINGS CROSS 
Jennifer K. Dunlavy, William A. Sands, Jeni R. McNeal, Michael H. Stone, Sarah L. Smith, Monem Jemni and G. Gregory Haff
http://www.jssm.org/vol6/n1/12/v6n1-12abst.php  
 
13) Research article
ABSENCE OF GENDER DIFFERENCES IN THE FATIGABILITY OF THE FOREARM MUSCLES DURING INTERMITTENT ISOMETRIC HAND-GRIP EXERCISE 
Joaquin U. Gonzales and Barry W. Scheuermann
http://www.jssm.org/vol6/n1/13/v6n1-13abst.php  
 
14) Research article
ASSESSMENT OF THE QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE IN WOMEN AFTER INJURY INDUCED BY MAXIMAL ECCENTRIC ISOKINETIC EXERCISE WITH LOW ANGULAR SPEED 
Fábio Viadanna Serrão, Paula Regina Mendes da Silva Serrão, Bernd Foerster, Alberto Tannús, Vanessa Monteiro Pedro and Tania F. Salvini
http://www.jssm.org/vol6/n1/14/v6n1-14abst.php  
 
15) Research article
THE USE OF NEURAL NETWORK TECHNOLOGY TO MODEL SWIMMING PERFORMANCE  
António José Silva, Aldo Manuel Costa, Paulo Moura Oliveira, Victor Machado Reis, José Saavedra, Jurgen Perl, Abel Rouboa and Daniel Almeida Marinho
http://www.jssm.org/vol6/n1/15/v6n1-15abst.php  
 
16) Research article
NUMBER OF TRIALS NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE PERFORMANCE STA-BILITY OF SELECTED GROUND REACTION FORCE VARIABLES DUR-ING LANDING 
C. Roger James, Joseph A. Herman, Janet S. Dufek and Barry T. Bates
http://www.jssm.org/vol6/n1/16/v6n1-16abst.php  
 
17) Research article
ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS ON A WINDSURFING SIMULATOR 
Philippe Campillo, Barbara Leszczynski, Cédric Marthe and Jean-Michel Hespel
http://www.jssm.org/vol6/n1/17/v6n1-17abst.php  
 
18) Young investigator section- Research article
DETERMINING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RISK IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN: 
DEVELOPING A HEALTHY HEART SCORE 
Kate E. Reed, Darren E.R. Warburton, Heather A. McKay
http://www.jssm.org/vol6/n1/18/v6n1-18abst.php  
 
19) Letter-to-editor
EFFECTS OF MAXIMAL SQUAT EXERCISE TESTING ON VERTICAL JUMP PERFORMANCE IN AMERICAN COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS 
Jay R. Hoffman, Nicholas A. Ratamess, Avery D. Faigenbaum, Gerald T. Mangine and Jie Kang
http://www.jssm.org/vol6/n1/19/v6n1-19text.php  
 
20) Book review
OXFORD HANDBOOK OF SPORT AND EXERCISE MEDICINE 
Domhnall MacAuley
http://www.jssm.org/vol6/n1/20/v6n1-20text.php  
 
21) Book review
OXFORD DICTIONARY OF SPORTS SCIENCE AND MEDICINE 
Domhnall MacAuley
http://www.jssm.org/vol6/n1/21/v6n1-21text.php  
 
22) Book review
SPORT AND EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY TESTING 
Volume one: Sport Testing 
Volume two: Exercise and Clinical Testing 
Edward M. Winter, Andrew M. Jones, R.C. Richard Davidson, Paul D. Bromley and Tom H Mercer
http://www.jssm.org/vol6/n1/22/v6n1-22text.php 

Graduate Research Assistantship in the Prevention of Childhood Obesity

Community Health Institute

Departments of Kinesiology and Human Nutrition

Kansas State University


POSITION: Graduate research assistantship (12 months, half time) in the
Community Health Behavior Laboratory (www.k-state.edu/kines/labs/chi.html
<http://www.k-state.edu/kines/labs/chi.html> ) at Kansas State University
under the direction of Dr. David Dzewaltowski.

Responsibilities:  The successful candidate will contribute to the
evaluation of the primary outcomes of a four-year after school obesity
prevention program funded by the United States Department of Agriculture.
The major tasks of the position are to assist with the school randomized
trial data collection, data management and statistical analysis.  Data
collection methods will include survey (psychosocial mediator), observation
(environment),  and physical activity (accelerometer).  The candidate will
also contribute to the preparation of articles for publication in refereed
scientific journals.

QUALIFICATIONS: Masters degree or equivalent in public health physical
activity, exercise psychology, or related field. It is preferred that the
successful candidate has some experience with literature searches, data
analysis, accelerometers, statistical software (SPSS, SAS), scientific
writing and knowledge of behavior change theories and quantitative methods.

PH.D. PROGRAM: The successful candidate will seek a Ph.D. degree at Kansas
State University emphasizing childhood obesity prevention under the
supervision of Dr. David Dzewaltowski.  The Ph.D. degree program is housed
in the Department of Human Nutrition in collaboration with the Department of
Kinesiology. Coursework will emphasize public health physical activity and
nutrition.  In addition to the Ph.D., a Masters in Public Health may be
completed concurrently.

GENERAL INFORMATION:  The Community Health Behavior Laboratory is housed in
the Community Health Institute (http://www.kstatechi.org/portfolio.html) and
the Department of Kinesiology at Kansas State University. The laboratory has
several active projects examining obesity prevention (e.g.,
www.hopnafterschool.org).  K-State is a comprehensive land-grant research
institution with an enrollment of 23,000. Founded in 1863, K-State is a
member of the Big 12 conference and located in Manhattan, a growing
community of 50,000 in the rolling Flint Hills of northeast Kansas.
(http://inside.kstatesports.com/manhattan/index.html).

Salary: Competitive based on experience (Minimum $18,000 with waiver of
out-of-state tuition).

APPLICATION:  Applicants should submit a cover letter stating future
research goals, a curriculum vita, and the names, addresses, phone number,
and e-mail addresses of three references by e-mail to:

David A. Dzewaltowski, Ph.D.
Professor of Kinesiology and Director
Community Health Institute
Natatorium 8
Kansas State University
Manhattan KS 66506
dadx@...

Screening:  The screening of applicants will be March 19, 2007 and continue
until the position is filled.

START DATE: July or August 2007

Kansas State University is an equal opportunity employer.  KSU actively
seeks diversity among its employees.

SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

12th International ACAPS-conference
LEUVEN, Belgium, October 31 – November 2, 2007


Dear Colleagues,
We are very pleased to invite you to take part in the 12th
International Conference of the French Society for Sport and Movement
Sciences (ACAPS). This scientific meeting will be held in Leuven,
Belgium, October 31 – November 2, 2007 and is being organized by the
Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences of the Katholieke
Universiteit Leuven. The theme of the conference will be "Movement
and Sports Sciences Around the World".

We are also very proud to announce that the conference will be opened
by the German astronaut Thomas Reiter, who recently completed a 6
month stay in the International Space Station. He will give a short
presentation and introduce Prof. P. Cavanagh and his
lecture `Biomechanics in space'.

Thematic symposia can be proposed by the participants and time will
be allotted to free communication. Poster sessions will be organized
without conflicting parallel symposia. The deadline for submitting 2
page-abstracts is April 20, 2007.

Currently, we are putting our program together and we are happy to
introduce to you the keynote speakers and some of the seminar topics
that have been accepted at this time:

Plenary sessions:
- Prof. Peter CAVANAGH (Cleveland Clinic, USA): Biomechanics in space
- Prof. Peter HESPEL (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium):
Physiological aspects of cycling
- Prof. Richard GIULIANOTTI (Durham University, UK): Sports and
globalization
- Prof. Digby ELLIOTT (McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada): Motor
control in persons with disabilities
- Prof. David LAVALLEE (University of Loughborough, UK): Swimming
against the mainstream? The extent to which sport psychology is
accessible within, and accountable to, the discipline of psychology
as a whole

Thematic symposia:
- T. Zintz et al. (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium): Change Management in
Sport Organisations
- W. Helsen et al. (Leuven, Belgium): Expert perception and
performance in (football) refereeing
- P. Obert et al. (Avignon, France): Réponses et adaptations
vasculaires à l'exercise physique
- P. Fardy et al. (Queens New York, USA): Obesity: Evidence Based
Assessment and Intervention Programs
- L. Mouchnino et al. (Marseille, France): Weighting or reweighing of
sensory information in motor control
- K. Lescrenier et al. (RSscan International): Gait analysis via foot
scans
- A. Guillot et al. (Lyon, France): Imagerie motrice et performance
- Y. Eberhard et al. (Grenoble, France) : Trisomie 21 et exercice
physique

Our website www.acaps-leuven.org is currently online. This site
contains all the information regarding the guidelines for abstract
submission, the programme, registration fees, as well as various
links to local hotels to arrange accommodation.

We very much hope you will be able to come to Leuven for this high
level meeting.

For the organizing committee,

Prof. M. Buekers
Prof. D. Daly
Roselien Buys

Position:  Assistant Professor of Health, Human Performance and
Recreation with a specialization in Human Anatomy, Physiology, and
Nutrition

Background:  As part of Baylor University's 2012 Vision to enter into
the top tier of American universities, the Department of Health, Human
Performance, and Recreation (HHPR) within the School of Education has
embarked on a mission to develop one of the country's leading academic
and research programs.  This includes development of a recently
approved doctoral program and Center for Exercise, Nutrition, and
Preventive Health Research.  The department is seeking a well-trained
assistant professor who can teach human anatomy, physiology, and
nutrition.  In addition, contribute to preparing students for careers
in health sciences (pre-medicine, pre-physical therapy, pre-dental),
athletic training, exercise physiology, health, and nutrition.
Further, to contribute to a multidisciplinary research team focusing
on the role of exercise and nutrition on health, performance, disease,
and rehabilitation.

Qualifications:   An earned doctorate in a science, medicine, and/or
health-related field with an emphasis in anatomy, physiology,
nutrition, and/or exercise physiology. Ability to teach human anatomy
and physiology, nutrition, and/or related courses to undergraduate and
graduate students.  A strong commitment to mentor and professionally
develop undergraduate, masters level, and doctoral level students.
Appropriate professional certifications and/or credentials.  A strong
record or potential for conducting research related to the role of
exercise and nutrition on health, disease, rehabilitation, and/or
performance.  Evidence of an ability to function in our laboratory
settings, write grants, and obtain external funding to support
research efforts.  A record of active membership and involvement in
professional organizations.  A record of academic training and/or
teaching, research, and professional experience that merits the rank
of Assistant Professor at a leading academic institution.

Responsibilities:   Teach undergraduate and graduate courses related
to anatomy, physiology, nutrition, and/or related courses; mentor
students at the undergraduate, masters, and doctoral levels; conduct
original research and contribute to exercise, nutrition, and
health-related research within the department; seek and obtain
extramural funding; conduct and publish research; engage in scholarly
activities; establish collaborative partnerships within the
department, university, medical community, and public/private sector.

Salary and Beginning Date:  The salary will be commensurate with
qualifications and professional experience. Preference will be given
to applicants who are Christians and whose philosophy is compatible
with the stated mission of the University to be a world-class
institution dedicated to Christian principles and ideals.  The
anticipated date of appointment is August 13, 2007.

Setting:  Baylor University was chartered by the Republic of Texas in
1845, making it the oldest continuously functioning institution of
higher education in the state of Texas and the largest Baptist
University in the world. The University is ranked the 81st top college
and university in the US News and World Report 2007 college rankings.
Over 14,000 students are enrolled on the 428-acre Waco, Texas campus,
which includes the College of Arts and Sciences; the Honors College;
the Schools of Business, Education, Engineering and Computer Science,
Law, Music, and Social Work; the Graduate School; and the Seminary.
The Nursing School is located in Dallas. Baylor attracts students from
every state and has alumni from 138 foreign nations. The University
has excellent libraries, computer facilities, laboratories, and
student-support services. The number of National Merit Scholars
enrolled at Baylor places the university in the top one percent among
higher education institutions in America.

Application:  The review of completed applications will begin April 2,
2007 and will continue until the position is filled.  To insure full
consideration applications should be completed by April 2, 2007.
Applicants should send a formal letter of application addressing how
they meet the qualifications and responsibilities described above; a
curriculum vitae; the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of five
references; three letters of reference; official terminal degree
transcripts; and, samples of research publications to: Dr. Margaret
Wooddy; Search Committee Chair; Department of Health, Human
Performance, and Recreation; One Bear Place 97313, Waco, TX
76798-7313; e-mail: Margaret_Wooddy@...; Phone: 254/710-4033,
Fax: 254/710-3527. See http://www3.baylor.edu/HHPR for more
information.

--
Sincerely,

Douglas Kalman PhD(c), RD
office 305-666-2368

Hello all.

I am looking for some empirical data that defines the normal range of
velocities for walking, jogging, running/striding and sprinting.

There are many time-motion studies of players of field based sports
that use these categories. However, the velocity ranges used are not
consistent between articles and appear to be defined arbitrarily or
subjectively.

Can anyone help me with a reference to an article?

Regards, Dan Dwyer

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Environmental and Life Sciences
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University of Newcastle
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Dear List Members,

The Sports Science Unit, School of Medical Sciences and The Sports Science
Programme, School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia is organizing
the 7th Sports Science Conference from 3-5 Sept 2007 with the theme, “Sports,
Exercise and Health: Women Breaking Barriers”. The conference will be conducted
with an objective of bringing together academicians, sports scientists, physical
educationists, coaches, fitness instructors and other specialists related to the
sports and health fraternity/industry to share the latest findings and knowledge
in the various disciplines of sports science from renowned foreign and local
speakers and researchers.  For details, please visit to:
http://www.medic.usm.my/~ssu/

The organizing committee wishes a warm invitation to all of you.

Dr Asok Kumar Ghosh
Chairman, Scientific Committee
7th Sports Science Conference, 2007
Associate Professor
Sports Science Unit
School of Medical Sciences
Universiti Sains Malayasia
16150 Kubang Kerian
email: asokghosh@...
Ph: +609 7664823 (O);
       +609 7647958 ( R );
       +6019 9877647 (H/P)

This is the new position mentioned in a previous posting.

Research Officer (technical focus)
Institute of Sport and Recreation Research NZ
Division of Sport and Recreation
Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences
North Shore Campus
AUT University
Auckland NZ

3 year full-time fixed-term

We are seeking a Research Officer (Technical focus) for our Institute
of Sport and Recreation Research New Zealand in the Faculty of Health
and Environmental Sciences, at AUT's North Shore campus.  This new
position is in addition to the recently advertised Research Officer
position and has a greater technical focus.

You will join our growing research team and contribute to the
attainment of a high quality research profile for the institute.  The
institute focuses its research on physical human performance -
specifically elite sport performance.

You will work as a member of this dynamic team, work independently,
show initiative in research activities, and provide technical
support, administrative and management responsibilities associated
with the position.

You will hold a masters qualification specialising in information
technology, mechanical or electrical engineering, or sports science
and possess excellent written and oral skills.  Salary will be
commensurate with experience.

Ref: 3879

Closing Date: Friday 30th March 2007

To apply for this position please complete an AUT application form
and forward it with your CV to hr.enquiries@... or by post to
Staff Services, Private Bag 92006, Auckland 1020.

Further details are available on www.isrrnz.ac.nz.

Associate Professor Patria Hume
Director, Institute of Sport and Recreation Research NZ
Division of Sport and Recreation
Faculty of Health & Environmental Sciences
AUT University
Private Bag 92006,  Auckland 1020
New Zealand
Phone 64-9-921 9999 ext 7306
Fax 64-9 921 9960
Email patria.hume@...
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Department of Sports Studies

Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science

£25,889 - £29,138 p.a.

(subject to job evaluation)

You are invited to apply for the post of Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science. You will be expected to contribute to teaching in Sport and Exercise Science and to the research work of the Nutrition, Physical Activity and Health research group (encompassing research work focussed on a broad spectrum of areas from high-performance sport to clinically relevant studies). You should have a Ph.D. and an emerging or established publication profile.

This is a full time fixed-term post for 3 years.  Annual salary will be within the range £25,889 - £29,138 p.a., subject to job evaluation.

This post is available from 1 August 2007. Informal enquiries can be made to Dr Stuart Galloway (Tel: 01786 466494) or e-mail sdrg1@...

The University is committed to ensuring the safety of vulnerable people and our recruitment process is designed to support this.  The successful applicant for this post will be subject to a Disclosure Scotland check.

Further particulars and application forms are available from the HR Services, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA; tel 01786 467028; fax 01786 466155; e-mail hr-services@....

Closing Date: Thursday 12 April 2007, 12 noon

Please quote ref no: 12996/5139

www.hr-services.stir.ac.uk

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER

[Two new positions, as below.  The positions have been advertised in
NZ newspapers for a few weeks already, but they were not advertised
on this list only because of an oversight.  The positions are not
earmarked for an insider.  The stream of notices from AUT on this
list will dry up for a while now, hopefully!  --Will Hopkins]

Two positions in the Division of Sport and Recreation, AUT
University, Auckland, New Zealand

Lecturer/Senior lecturer - Coaching
Lecturer/Senior lecturer - Coaching/Physical Education

We are seeking to permanent full-time Lecturers/Senior
Lecturers.  One to lead the Coaching stream within the Division of
Sport and Recreation, the other requires knowledge of the New Zealand
Physical Education curriculum, and experience in this area.

You will have postgraduate qualifications in relevant teaching areas,
previous teaching experience in tertiary education and contribute to
research outputs.
Salary will be commensurate with experience.

Ref: 3862C Coaching
Ref: 3862P Coaching Physical Education

Closing Date: Friday 23rd March 2007

For the position description and an AUT application form please visit
www.aut.ac.nz/staff/current_vacancies or email hr.enquiries@...

Associate Professor Patria Hume
Director, Institute of Sport and Recreation Research NZ
Division of Sport and Recreation, Faculty of Health & Environmental Sciences
AUT University
Private Bag 92006,  Auckland 1020
New Zealand
Phone 64-9-921 9999 ext 7306
Fax 64-9 921 9960
Email patria.hume@...
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Organisation: Singapore Sports Council (SSC)

Ride On The Waves Of Sporting Success

2006 was a watershed year for sports in Singapore. Almost one in two Singaporeans participated in sports, while high profile world-class sports events such as the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon, Barclays Singapore Golf Open and Lexus Cup continued to provide Singaporeans with a wide array of sports participation and spectatorship opportunities. For our sportsmen and women, 2006 concluded with historical best medal hauls at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and most recently, Team Singapore's achievements at the Asian Games in Doha, with eight golds, seven silvers and 12 bronzes

Be part of this exciting and dynamic Singapore sports scene, working towards Singapore's Sports Vision for 2010. Be instrumental in conceptualising and implementing policies and programmes that champion sports participation, excellence and industry. Join Singapore's lead agency tasked with developing sports, the Singapore Sports Council (SSC).  SSC is now inviting applications for the position of:

Deputy Director (Sports Science)

Reporting to the Chief (High Performance), you will be responsible for the overall management of the Sports Science Department and further develop Sports Science in Singapore. You will work closely with the High Performance Management Division and will oversee the provision of Sports Science services including exercise physiology, strength and conditioning, sport psychology, sport nutrition and sport biomechanics to focused National Sports Associations and athletes, thus playing a critical role in achieving SSC's target of becoming a top 10 sporting nation in Asia.

Pre-requisites:

• Postgraduate qualification in one or more of the sports science disciplines; candidates with doctoral degree would be preferred
• Minimum of 10 years of related working experience of which at least 5 years is in a managerial role
• Preferably a reputable and well-published applied sports scientist who has worked in a sports institute with hands-on experience in working with elite athletes and coaches
• Experience in managing a team of sports scientists
• Good knowledge in all the sports science disciplines, with a holistic approach to the delivery of sports science and sports medicine services

Interested applicants please submit your resume and a completed SSC prescribed application form  by 13 April 2007 to:

Email:  ssc_hr_recruit@... or
Fax:  63409537 / 64409205 or
Post:  Chief of Staff and Human Capital
Singapore Sports Council
15 Stadium Road National Stadium
Singapore 397718

For more details, please log on the our website at www.ssc.gov.sg

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Hello,

I am recruiting a post doctoral fellow to my laboratory in the Department of
Physiology at The University of Melbourne (Australia).   Our Department of
Physiology (within a medical school) has a very active Muscle and exercise
cluster with groups headed by Professor Mark Hargreaves, Associate Professor
Gordon Lynch and by myself.

My laboratory focuses on examination of the factors regulating skeletal muscle
glucose uptake during exercise and muscle mitochondrial biogenesis after
exercise.  Within my well funded  laboratory are currently 2 post doctoral
fellows, 2 research assistants and 4 PhD students.  I have also advertised for a
research assistant that will be supervised by the successful applicant for this
post doc position (applications for the research assistant position has closed).

Within 15-20 km of the University of Melbourne are many other
universities and hospitals with very strong exercise physiology and
metabolism research:

Baker Research Institute:  Prof Mark Febbraio and Assoc Prof Bronwyn Kingwell;

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT): Prof John Hawley and Dr Steve
Fraser;

Deakin University: Assoc Prof Rod Snow, Dr Kirsten Howlett, Dr Aaron Russell,
Assoc Prof David Cameron-Smith and Dr Paul Gaston;

Victoria University:  Prof Michael McKenna, Dr Chris Stathis, Dr Craig Goodman
and Dr Alan Hayes;

St Vincent Institute: Dr Matt Watt, Dr Greg Steinberg, Dr Andrew Carey
and Dr Clinton Bruce (and Prof Bruce Kemp);

LaTrobe University: Prof Graham Lamb, Prof George Stephenson and Dr Robyn
Murphy.

In addition, within my laboratory are Dr Glenn Wadley and Dr Brad Aisbett,
within Prof Mark Hargreaves laboratory is Dr Sean McGee and within Assoc Prof
Gordon Lynch's laboratory are Dr James Ryall and Dr Chris Van De Poel.

Which such a line up I'm sure you would agree that the City of Melbourne would
rank as one of the top cities in the world in the broad area of exercise
physiology and metabolism.

General information about the position:


RESEARCH FELLOW (LEVEL A or B)

Position no.:
0016698

Salary:
$45,944 - 62,346 p.a. (Level A)  or  $65,630 - 77,934 p.a. (Level B )

Employment type:
Full-time Fixed Term   (for a period of 2 yrs initially)

Campus:
Parkville
Department of Physiology

Salary:  $45,944 - 62,346 p.a. (Level A)  or  $65,630 - 77,934 p.a.
(Level B )

Superannuation: Employer superannuation contributions of  9 percent.

This position is located within the Exercise physiology and metabolism
research group, in the laboratory of Dr Glenn McConell. The appointee
will join a team involved in NH&MRC, National Heart Foundation, Diabetes
Australia and Industry funded projects investigating the factors
regulating skeletal muscle glucose uptake during exercise and skeletal
muscle mitochondrial biogenesis after exercise. These projects employ a
range of experimental techniques in humans and rodents utilizing in vivo
and in vitro methods. The postdoctoral fellow will conduct research and
provide advice and assistance to research staff and students in all
areas of the laboratory. The successful applicant will undertake
specific research projects as determined by the Head of the Laboratory,
Dr Glenn McConell.



Position Description & Selection Criteria:

http://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/jobDetails.asp?sJobIDs=297538&lCategoryID=&lWorkTypeI\
D=&lLocationID=&sJobNo=physiology&sKeywords=physiology&lPayScaleID=&stp=AW&sLang\
uage=en

Closing date:
30 Mar 2007 11:55pm Aus. Eastern Standard Time

How to Apply

All applicants should click on the above link and in their application
make sure that they include a cover letter, that they specifically
address the selection criteria and include a CV.

Feel free to contact me for further information / more specifics.

All the best

Glenn McConell

Glenn McConell  PhD
Department of Physiology
The University of Melbourne
Parkville   3010
Victoria, Australia

Phone: 61-3-83445844
Fax: 61-3-83445818
Email: mcconell@...

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Dear Friends,
After the grand success of 1st workshop in March, the 2nd ISAK Level 1
Accreditation workshop and certification course in Kinanthropometry
will be held in India at Bengal Tennis Association  at Salt Lake
Stadium , Kolkata from 6-8th April, 2007. Interested participants are
requested to contact the course coordinator Dr. Anup Adhikari . For
more details , please go through website of The International Society
for Advancement of Kinanthropometry  at www.isakonline.com .

With regards
Anup

Dr. Anup Adhikari
Exercise Physiologist and Kinanthropometrist ( Level 3)
Bangladesh Institute of Sports ( BKSP)
Zirani, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Refreshingly, it was very well received.  The fear people expressed, as always, was the battle with reviewers.  One guy had just had a paper rejected by Journal of Applied Physiology for using confidence intervals instead of p values, despite the fact that he cited the American Physiological Society's own guidelines, which recommend estimation as opposed to hypothesis testing (the Curran-Everett paper).  This reinforces the point that if a journal (group of journals in this case) is going to have guidelines, then you HAVE to get everyone on board early from editors/ associate editors down through the pool of reviewers - otherwise it all breaks down. This poor guy feels defeated and has gone back to p values.

I think it is great that we are moving away from p-values.

With regards to being rejected by reviewers for what seem to be unreasonable
reasons, many journals now have official "appeals". Even when there is no
official process for an appeal, an author can always call up the editor
responsible for the paper and get more information about the reviews. I have
had several papers accepted after initial flat-out rejections, and of course
others where the rejection was maintained. When rejections were maintained,
it was often not because of major criticisms I could not answer, but because
the reviewers felt that the paper just wasn't high enough priority for the
journal. This information is part of an official review, but never made
known to the author.

When calling up an editor about a paper that was rejected, the only
objective is to get the paper back into the review process - the editor is
not going to accept the paper based on the telephone call. The best approach
I have found is think about what you think the reviewers considered the most
serious limitations before you call, and to have your answers ready to
explain to the editor. If you can convince the editor that you can answer
the reviewers' major concerns (be ready in case the editor felt that
something you considered minor was in fact major), they have the option of
allowing you to more formally address the concerns and change the decision
from rejection, to "major revisions required before further consideration".
Of course, you don't circumvent the review process and the paper may still
get rejected if the answers don't satisfy the reviewers. But I have found
that most reviewers and editors are honest and working to ensure journal
quality. Disagreements about study quality are an integral part of science
and at that point, it is time to fix up the paper and submit to another
journal.

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In my experience (as a section editor) most colleagues are aware of the
limitations of exclusive use of P values. These simply indicate pass or fail of
a significance test and do not necessarily indicate practical/clinical
significance or meaningfulness. Confidence intervals of differences provide
improved measures of uncertainty and effect sizes indicate the magnitude of
differences and changes. My personal preference is to have, where possible, all
three. By doing so, the reader is provided with as much information as possible
to judge whether or not authors' claims about differences and changes can be
substantiated.

Appeals can and do work and Ian offers useful advice. For those of you who are
unaware of Day and Gastel's (2006) How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper
(6th edn) published by Cambridge University Press ISBN 0-521-671767-1 or
O'Connor's (1991) Writing Successfully in Science published by Chapman and Hall
ISBN 0-412-44630-8, I urge you to seek them out. For those of you who are, the
occasional refresher is recommended.

They are excellent texts and should adorn the bookshelves of all researchers and
scientific writers. In particular, Day and Gastel have a chapter entitled The
Review Process (How to Deal with Editors) that is germane to the topic of this
thread.

Editors and their reviewers spend considerable time fulfilling their task and
(usually) provide extensive feedback to authors. Some authors feel aggrieved
that their manuscripts have been rejected while many reviewers castigate editors
for wasting their time with irredeemably bad submissions. As with most things,
the majority of cases lie somewhere between these extremes but editors
constantly have to adjudicate.


Edward M Winter
Professor of the Physiology of Exercise
The Centre for Sport and Exercise Science
Sheffield Hallam University
Collegiate Hall
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SHEFFIELD S10 2BP

Tel:   0114 225 4333 (International +44 114 225 4333)
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The VIS provides an environment in which talented athletes have the
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wide for the impact it has on athlete development and performance.

The VIS is seeking applications from dynamic, innovative,
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together with utilising your applied skills and experience to work
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The successful applicant will be responsible for:
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Short listed candidates will be required to attend interviews in
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Dear All,

I recently took a look at an analysis a colleague conducted. It is the
correlation between peak power in a 10 sec Wingate Test and peak power
in a Squat Jump test. He wants to validate whether jump testing can be
used to monitor changes in sprint cycling performance.

The absolute values were almost certainly a large correlation, r =
0.89 (90% CL 0.72 to 0.96). However, the correlation between the
measures relative to body weight was trivial although somewhat unclear
at best, r = 0.01 (90% CL -0.47 to 0.49). He had very similar results
for the Counter-movement Jump and when jumping peak values were
replaced with the mean of the peak power from three tests. I appended
the values for the peak power SJ and Wingate below.

I did a brief search/revision and wondered if the result was due to
division removing bias. For example, body weight could be a lurking
variable causing a spurious correlation, that is, heavier cyclists
have more muscle mass with which to generate greater absolute power in
both the Wingate and SJ. So by removing the body weight factor with
division, is the spurious correlation also removed and the true
uncorrelated nature of the tests is revealed?

Regards

Nick Flyger
Senior Biomechanist
Malaysian Institute of Sport

BW PP bike PP jump
56.1 1351 2646
56.8 1431 3045
65.4 1428 3276
59.5 1399 3196
63.2 1444 3138
67.3 1468 3468
67.1 1470 3896
61.3 1465 4154
62.9 1426 3536
65.2 1490 4119
55.9 1334 2423
56.0 1427 3187
56.1 1368 2925

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Nick

I have several thoughts. Perhaps most important, I don't think you should
think of the relation between jump and cycle as a "spurious correlation".
Here is my train of thought.

First, the question you pose is whether jump testing can be used to MONITOR
CHANGES in sprint cycling performance. This means that you would follow the
same individual over time. The methods of the study you used were
cross-sectional - each subject measured once (for each test). Any
correlation obtained will not necessarily be related to a correlation
obtained over time in the same individual. Here's why.

The term "spurious correlations" or "confounding bias" are used when we are
trying to infer causation of one variable on another. I don't think anyone
believes jump height causes cycling performance. Rather, the hypothesis
would be that they are both caused by the same upstream mechanistic
variable. Although it has been awhile since I taught exercise physiology, I
would suggest there are two immediate upstream variables, ATPase activity
(related to velocity of contraction) and muscle cross-sectional area (CSA)
(related to force of contraction). If you "adjusted" for either of these
variables, you would lose the correlation between jumping and cycling but
you would not consider the jump-cycling relation a "spurious correlation" in
this context.

Now, we have to decide what affects these variables. For both ATPase
activity and muscle cross-sectional area, I would suggest genetics and
training.

Because body mass is partly caused by muscle CSA, one can think of body mass
as a marker for muscle mass. For argument's sake, let's say it is perfectly
correlated. In this case, there would be no difference between including
muscle CSA or body mass in the equation. Since you wouldn't consider
adjusting for muscle CSA removing a "spurious correlation", you shouldn't
think of including body mass that way either.

In summary, including body mass should reduce the correlation in the
cross-sectional experiment you described but this does not mean there was a
spurious correlation.

Now let's move to the MONITORING aspect. In this case, the same individual
is training over time. The training may have the following effects: increase
ATPase and increase muscle mass (which itself causes an increase in body
mass). If this occurs, and the same muscles are used in both activities, one
would expect a correlation within the same individual when measured over
time before and after training (the correlation would not be perfect because
central programming/descending patterns/muscle coordination would not
optimal for the activity not trained for). Further, in this case, the change
in body mass is an effect of the exposure (through the increase in muscle
mass, which means change in body mass is a marker for change in muscle
mass). If you include change in body mass, you would effectively be looking
at mechanisms that are independent of changes in muscle mass - which is fine
if that is your question. But I think your question was just about using one
test to determine the effects of the other. Also, although often forgotten,
it is an important statistical principle that one does not adjust for
variables that are affected by exposure because it would INTRODUCE bias.

Finally, lets say the tests are highly correlated. Now you want to translate
that into performance on the other test. I would suggest that you have to
use Watts/kg for the jump test (no matter which test is used to determine
power) because the person has to lift their body weight. I would also
suggest that you have to use Watts (unadjusted for weight) when looking at
cycling because weight is of minor importance and simply including the
entire weight would inappropriately penalise heavier individuals. This is
out of my field so maybe there is some formula where you can include a
fraction of the weight as the adjustment factor, but I am not aware of this.

Hope this helps.

Ian Shrier MD, PhD, Dip Sport Med, FACSM
Associate Professor, Dep't of Fam Med, McGill University
Past-president, Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine
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Hi Nick,

My vote would be that division by a 'lurking variable' would actually increase the bias in a correlation:

Atkinson, G., Davison, R., Passfield, L., & Nevill, A. (2003). Could the correlation between maximal oxygen uptake and "economy" be spurious? Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 35, 1242-1243.

Katch, V. L. (1973). Use of the oxygen/body weight ratio in correlational analyses: Spurious correlations and statistical considerations. Medicine and Science in Sports, 5, 253-257.

Kim, J.-H. (1999). Spurious correlation between ratios with a common divisor. Statistics & Probability Letters, 44 , 383-386.

Probably a better bet to 'remove the influence' of a variable is to have it as a controlling variable in a partial correlation. (drops correlation to 0.773).

Two important issues in this message.

First, I've had an enquiry from a colleague, who writes...

>Lately, I've been playing with Systat. I don't know if you looked at it.
> From my very limited (and challenged) understanding it is basically SPSS
>with Statview user interface which makes it pretty easy to use.

And in response to my suggestion about sending a message to this list...

>Hope someone has some experience with it. Preferably the latest
>version since I understood it's a big step forward.

Can anyone comment?

Secondly, and on a similar topic, a couple of months ago I spent a
few sessions with a PhD student (Rob Rein) at Otago Uni, who put the
R package through its paces for me.  It performs advanced analyses
(including advanced mixed modeling) and produces excellent
graphics.  Alas, it currently uses a challenging non-intuitive
language effectively via a DOS interface, but it has all the
advantages of a free open-source package.  I suggested he might like
to send a daily 2-min lesson to the list to get us started.  He was
willing.  How many people out there are interested?  I guess you'll
have to email me.  If I get 100 messages I'll know it's worth doing.

Will

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School of Exercise, Biomedical and Health Sciences
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POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW IN EXERCISE AND CHRONIC DISEASE (LEVEL
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The School of Exercise, Biomedical and Health Sciences has a strong
research focus on applications of exercise for the prevention and
treatment of chronic disease. In particular, optimal prescription of
anabolic and aerobic exercise are being investigated in both healthy
and patient populations including cancer, type II diabetes,
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The postdoctoral research fellow will work within a large team
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Principal outcome measures will be: body composition, bone density,
muscle strength, power and functional performance as well as
endocrine and immune responses and adaptations.

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3) Research experience in conducting long term intervention studies
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groups including the aged and various patient populations

This position attracts remuneration of $78,039 to $92,674 including
University superannuation contribution, with a salary component of
$66,700 to $79,209 pa.

For job specific inquiries please contact Professor Robert Newton on
+61 8 6304 5711 or by e-mail at r.newton@....

Obtain Selection Criteria and other details from www.ecu.edu.au/jobs
or by e-mail: k.brayshaw@...

Applications Close: Friday 20th April 2007. Please forward your
application addressing the selection criteria and quoting Reference
Number 4676 to: e-mail k.brayshaw@... or by post to: Staff
Recruitment, Edith Cowan University, Building 1,100 Joondalup Drive,
WA 6027, AUSTRALIA.