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The objective of this study was to discern the direction of the supporting foot, contact time, and patterns involved in penalty kicks in soccer. The researchers employed a descriptive analytical approach, utilizing videos from the World Cup spanning the years 2002 to 2022, downloaded from the official website of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA). The analysis of 160 penalty kicks was conducted using sports analysis software, Kinovea (version 0.9.5-x64.exe). The study's goals were accomplished through the application of means, frequencies, and percentages, using SPSS version 24, with a confidence level of 95%. The study results revealed that the supporting foot direction in (83.75) % of the analyzed penalty kicks was in the same direction as the ball's trajectory, while (16.25) % were not in the same direction. The researchers also found that (82.83) % of the penalty kicks where the supporting foot direction matched the ball's direction resulted in goals, while (17.17) % were unsuccessful attempts. In addition, the contact time means (0.122) seconds. Also, the pattern of penalty kick placement in the World Cup indicated that (36.25) % were directed to the left, (55) % to the right, and (8.75) % toward the central. Based on the study's findings, it can be concluded that the direction of the supporting foot, contact time, and analysis of the penalty kick pattern in the FIFA World Cup can serve as additional indicators for goalkeepers. Hence, these indicators can be utilized to develop goalkeeper strategies for predicting the motion trajectory of a penalty kick. Therefore, the coaches should focus more on drills that enhance goalkeepers' reactions and further studies could also be conducted on different samples, such as youth players and female athletes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The primary purpose of this study was to explore the effect of Ramadan Fasting on the psychological aspect level (General Health and Negative Feelings) among athletes and the differences in those effects according to the gender variable (male and female). To achieve this purpose, the researchers used the descriptive approach on a sample of 90 athletes (41 female athletes, 21.4 ± 2 years, and 49 male athletes, 20.6 ± 1.4 years). Participants completed the GHQ-12 questionnaire, which has 12 items, and the Mood, feelings questionnaire: Short Version, which has 13 items. To achieve the study's objectives, we used Means, Standard Deviations, Frequencies, Percent, and Independent Sample t Test with a confidence level of 95% (P < 0.05). The results showed a low level of public health and a high level of negative feelings among the study sample in the pre-measurement and a high level of general health and a decrease in the level of negative feelings in the postmeasurement. Also, there were significant differences in general health and negative feelings between males and females after Ramadan fasting and in favor of males. The researchers recommend conducting other studies dealing with samples from non-Muslims and taking different samples, such as professional athletes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of the paper is twofold: first, to explore the behavioral problems among the students in public schools after (18) months of closures due to the Corona epidemic from the teachers' viewpoint, and second the differences at that level according to the school stage and gender variables. To achieve this, the researchers used the descriptive approach on a sample of 1,214 teachers (552 Males and 662 Females). Due to curfew in the country and to reduce face-to-face interaction, an electronic questionnaire was built using (the Google questionnaire), which consists of (19) paragraphs that deal with the students' behavioral problems after returning to face-to-face. To achieve the study's objectives, the researchers used means, standard deviations, Alpha Cronbach coefficient, Two Way-ANOVA, and the Scheffe test using SPSS version 24 with a confidence level of 95% (P < 0.05). The study results showed that the level of students' behavioral problems was high (3.80). In addition, there are no statistically significant differences in the students' behavior levels after returning to face-to-face education, according to the gender variable. But there are significant differences according to the educational stage and in favor of the secondary school stage. With regards to the study's results, the researchers recommend working to develop strategies and treatment plans to help students modify their negative behaviors resulting from distance education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Exploring the Effect of Six Weeks of Mental Visualization on the Three-Shot Accuracy in Basketball. JEPonline. 2023;26(3):58-68. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of 6 weeks of mental visualization on the three-shot accuracy in basketball among school students in the age group of 15 to 16 years. The quasi-experimental approach was used on a sample of school students (n = 24). The participants were equally divided into 4 groups, 3 Experimental Groups (A1, A2, and A3) and a Control Group. The data were analyzed using Means ± Standard Deviations, One-Way ANOVA, ANCOVA, Scheffe, and the Paired Samples Test using SPSS version 24 with a confidence level of 95% (P < 0.05). The results in pre-measurement revealed an increase in the level of three-shot accuracy among the study sample group (3.67, 4.67, 5.83, 2.67), respectively. Also, there were significant differences between the premeasurements and the post-measurements of the threeshot accuracy in favor of the post-measurement in the 3 Experimental Groups. In addition, there were differences in the total degree of the three-shot accuracy among the study sample according to the group variable and in favor of the Mental Visualization and Skill Training Group (A3) with a mean of 5.83. Based on the results, there is a significant positive effect when there is a balance between skill training and physical and mental visualization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Background: Bladder cancer is the ninth most common cancer worldwide, with an estimated 430 000 new cases in 2012. Transitional Cell Carcinoma (TCC) represents 90% to 95% of malignant bladder tumors. Objective: This retrospective observational study was done to analyze age, gender, histological characteristics in patients with bladder cancer. Patients and Methods: The whole number of UBC cases diagnosed, treated at the Clinical Oncology Department, Zagazig University Hospital, Sharkia, Egypt from 2013 to 2018 was found in 328 cases; 270 males (82.3%) and 58 females (17.7%). Major clinic-pathological parameters were systematically collected from records and investigated in this study. Results: In the present study, the age of the patients ranged between 26 to 92 years, more than half of cases (69.2%) were >60 years. 73.2% of cases live in Rural areas and only 26.8% were Urban. In our study, 86.6% don't have Bilharziasis and only presented at 13.4%. More than half of them were smokers (63.7%). Our study showed that 78.3% of cases were of the urothelial type of carcinoma. Our study showed that 60% of tumors were less than 3cm, 34.8% were from 3-5cm, 5.2% were more than 5 cm. As regard the tumor grade, 52.7 were of grade III, 27.7% were of grade II, 19.5% were grade I, 98.2% had no CIS, 95.1% had no LVI, 84.5% had lamina propria invasion, 66.4% had muscle invasion, 80.75 had no extravesical extension. Conclusion: Bladder cancer occurs most commonly in the elderly with male predominance. Hematuria was the most common complaint of patients with bladder cancer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study aimed to investigate the effect of the Bodypump exercise on women's' emotions and life satisfaction during the coronavirus epidemic. To achieve this, we used the quasi-experimental approach on a sample consisting of (34) untrained healthy women, divided into two groups (17) as a control group and (17) as the experimental group. Because of the home quarantine and, in order to face-to-face interaction, we used a questionnaire to measure the emotions and life satisfaction level using the Google Forms web tool. The study tool consisted of 40 paragraphs divided into 20 paragraphs for emotions and 20 paragraphs for life satisfaction. Before applying the experiment, the emotions and life satisfaction were measured among the study sample; next, the experimental group applied the Bodypump exercise programme. Also, the study results have shown that the level of life satisfaction and positive emotions among the two groups came with a low average in the pre-measurement, as well as the emotional stability domain that was the most affected in a negative way through the coronavirus epidemic. Additionally, statistically significant differences existed between the pre and post-measurement in the emotions and life satisfaction among the two groups and in favour of the experimental group. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]