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    Dual Careers of Athletes During COVID-19 Lockdown
    with Pascal Izzicupo, Angela Di Baldassarre, Ilvis Abelkalns, Ugis Bisenieks, Antonio Sánchez-Pato, Francisco José Cánovas-Alvarez, Mojca Doupona, Juan Alfonso García-Roca, Barbara Ghinassi, Alejandro Leiva-Arcas, Lourdes Meroño, Anda Paegle, Liliana-Elisabeta Radu, Cristian-Mihail Rus, Oana-Mihaela Rusu, Hugo Sarmento, Janis Stonis, Raquel Vaquero-Cristóbal, Vasco Vaz, and Laura Capranica
    Frontiers in Psychology 12. 2021.
    This study aimed to investigate the student-athletes' capability to face the academic, sport, and social challenges during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown and to disclose novel aspects of dual careers. A 32-item online survey encompassing demographic characteristics, sport and university engagement, support and dual-career benefits, physical activity, sitting time, and the time deemed necessary to recover the previous level of performance was developed. Four hundred sixty-seven …Read more
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    What's Engineering Knowledge? How different is it from traditional Scientific Knowledge? How can we obtain reliable Engineering Knowledge? How can we assess the value of Engineering Knowledge? To help answer these questions and contribute to a reflection on the epistemology of engineering, we propose a model where engineering is seen as developing in four dimensions linked in a transdisciplinary relationship. We then articulate this model with the four key questions of the philosophy of knowledg…Read more