Polymer

Sports are something that everyone in the world, regardless of age, sex, or nationality, can enjoy. Whether it's a child playing in his first t-ball game or a professional athlete swimming in the Olympics and everyone in between, sports can connect almost everyone. Fan support and overall devotion for athletic competition has raised professional athletes to superstars and national icons; Super Bowl Sunday is a national holiday to some, and sports are one of the largest moneymakers in the economy.

As the popularity of soccer increases, controversy in relation to safety concerns continues to rise as well. Due to the ineffectiveness of protective headgear among soccer players, athletes should focus on alternatives to successfully prevent injuries. Concerned parents, coaches, and athletes should heightening rules and regulations and should properly evaluate the accuracy and effectiveness of the soccer gear (i.e., balls, gloves, etc.) being used in order to reduce chances of serious

Lately when it comes to football one of the worst words to come to mind is concussion. Recent research and testimonies from former NFL stars has exposed the true severity of concussions, in both present time and years down the road. Despite a slight rise in concussions during the NFL’s 2015 season, the total number of concussion in the 2012 season compared to the 2014 season had dropped nearly 25%. This was due to the advancement in both helmet and shoulder pad equipment. Throughout recent years the NFL has been working the United States military to combine efforts and technology in order to better the safety of football attire. According to National Geographic, the NFL and the military have worked together to discover what material

In most contact sports, protective gear is worn to protect injury-prone areas. Helmets are important and required in several sports, and their structures have been modified over time to increase their effectiveness in prevention of head injury. The new helmet standards enforced in 1959 are attributed for the great decrease in intracranial hemorrhage and death noted by Heck et al. (2004) between 1959 and 1963. Interestingly, however, a concurrent increased in spinal cord injury was observed during this time, by 204%, with cervical quadriplegia increasing by 116%. The mechanism of this injury, as previously discussed, is spearing, which players must have felt more confident attempting due to the helmet modifications. This conjecture identifies

Throughout generations, social mobility has become something everyone wants to attain in their lifetime. Through social mobility comes a better and more stable life. There are many ways to achieve maximum mobility, which include getting a higher education and reducing risk in your life. There are also a lot of myths towards this concept that has been portrayed by the media and one of the myths is the social mobility gained by a person playing a sport. Americans in today's world believe that sports are the path we should take to have full financial and social flexibility. Examples leading to this conclusion are obvious as we see kids from poor areas escalate their nobility and capital through their abilities to compete in sports. From the million-dollar contracts and endorsement deals, the ideology behind being an athlete is that your social mobility will rise, but many statistics will prove otherwise. Although it is possible for athletes to gain revenue and fame, the overall ideology of sports of gaining maximum social flexibility from being involved in a sport is a myth.

Lacrosse is often referred to as the fastest sport on two feet. Deriving from Native American roots, it relies upon athleticism, commitment, and one’s ability to wield a lacrosse stick. For centuries, the sport has grown and evolved as new equipment is regulated, new rules created, and new styles developed. Recently, however, a push for more protective gear has evolved outside the lacrosse community due to rising fears of increased head trauma; it incited a debate revolving around whether or not extra protective headgear would decrease the dangers of women's lacrosse. On the other hand, those within the lacrosse community, mainly players and coaches, have recognized the dangers

There is a dark cloud hanging over the world of contact sports and it is growing at an alarming rate. With the size and speed of today’s athletes, the sports of football and hockey have become more exciting, fast paced, wide open, and fun to watch. However, there is another consequence of these ever growing athletes on their sports. They have made the collisions in them increasingly more violent. The velocity that these athletes hurl themselves through the air has created an atmosphere that could not have been imagined when these sports were created. Although the athletes’ bodies have become

American football has been around for over one hundred years, and along with the sport has been the need to provide proper safety for the players. An assortment of padding has been instituted in the game that protects against most blunt trauma including blows to the shoulders, mid section, and legs. In an attempt to prevent fracture of the skull, helmets were designed. However, studies have shown that helmets do little to nothing to prevent concussive damage to the brain. A polycarbonate shell is used as the outer housing for regulation football helmets, but along with this material, the materials used on the inside of the helmet are just as, if not more, important. The purpose of this report is to analyze the materials used in current football helmet design and the improvements being made in the field of materials science in order to combat the severe number of concussions suffered by NFL players.

The argument suggests that protective gear will reduce the risk of injury for roller skaters because 75 percent of accidents were observed to be involving roller skaters with no protective equipment. This argument is found to be flawed in various ways, among which three stand out the most.

The physical injuries contribute to the leading cause of why football equipment needs an upgrade. As stated before, the profit of the sport should allow a

Sport plays a huge role in today’s society. It contributes to one’s health and fitness, social interaction, social and motor skills, patriotism, fun and entertainment. It also stimulates the economy and tourism leading to interaction between different cultures, for example the Olympics, and sport role models. Sports clearly are an important part of cultures and societies around the world as such events as the Olympics

Considering some of the negative experiences surgeons discussed in relation to the second generation polymers, Synthes could potentially damage its reputation as a provider of the highest quality and most secure products in the market. Synthes’ relationship with AO is a tremendous asset that creates a brand image that is difficult for competitors to replicate. Thus Synthes could be risking arguably its most vital success factor by launching products that have not been entirely clinically proven. Another major problem is the fact that the second generation polymers would be mainly applicable to injuries to short bones such as hands, wrists, feet, and ankles. According to Table A, fractures to long bones are a significantly larger portion of the market, which is a segment Synthes would forgo should it launch products using the second generation

For the 9 Oz Cup, we placed a ¼ teaspoon of SAP into it, then places ½ a cup of water into the 9 Oz Cup and stirred it. Upon stirring the SAP and the water in the 9 Oz Cup we observed that the SAP fully absorbed all of the water in roughly 48 seconds, we then tilted the 9 Oz cup upside down to see if the SAP would stay stuck in the cup, but it did not. After waiting a while

The golf glove is an important component in the whole golfing setup because it provides a tackier grip, which helps prevent club twisting when taking a swing or shot. Majority of golfers also wear gloves to protect their hands from blisters, calluses and elements such as the sun and rain. Golf gloves are made from three main types of material; synthetic, leather and hybrid material. A high quality leather glove promises ultimate comfort because it is soft and pliable while a glove made from synthetic material is more durable, flexible and cheap. Synthetic gloves are cheaper largely because they do not breathe as well as leather made gloves. Hybrid gloves, on the other hand, are mostly made from real and synthetic leather.

A polymer is a large molecule consisting of many smaller subunits known as monomers. There are different types of polymers and many uses for all of them. Even though people may not realize it polymers play an essential role in our everyday life. For polymers range from plastics, PVC, and Styrofoam to key structures in the human body like DNA and proteins which are key components to the human body that makes it possible for each of us to live and be unique. So with out polymers in our body we would be dead, and with out them in our society it would be a drastically changed for the worse to say the least