This article applauds the declaration of 2005 as the International Year of Physics by the United Nations General Assembly, and hopes that the observance will help all concerned to explore ways of shifting the physics ...

Non-communicable diseases caused 16 million early deaths in 2016 according to the data published by the World Heatlh Organization. Insufficient physical activity has become an international concern since several years ago ...

In the present work, an assessment of the Physics research capacity in Chile is presented. For this, the period between 2000 and June 2005 has been studied. In this period almost 200 physicists have contributed to ...

A good physical fitness provides a better performance of daily activities. Besides, it is related with less obstructive coronary artery disease, obesity and hypocinetic disorders. The aim of this study was to evaluate ...

This work is the result of a survey conducted in San Borja / RS involving physical education in the early years of elementary school, and aimed to analyze the reality of physical education discipline in this school stage, ...

Data collected 10 years ago in Argentina concluded that women in physics were underrepresented in many instances and that a “crystal ceiling” was firmly in place. We have collected updated data for several indicators and ...

The Physical Education requirement is assured in the Law of Guidelines and Bases of National Education - Law no. 9394/96 (BRAZIL, 1996), in Article 26, § 3, noting that the subject, integrated to the Pedagogical School, ...