Michael Silk
Bournemouth
social scientist, failed footballer
Articles by Michael Silk
MTR3D‐AF2: Expanding the coverage of spatially derived missense tolerance scores across the human proteome using AlphaFold2
1 BACKGROUND Next generation sequencing technology has opened up new avenues for understanding disease, and subsequent precision medicine strategies. However, the effective use of this technology requires the ability to predict the pathogenicity of mutations with high accuracy. The typical human genome contains millions of single nucleotide variants (SNVs), making it a challenging task to distinguish the few pathogenic variants from the millions of benign within a patient (Consortium GP, 2015).
Contested Terrains: Mega-Event Securities and Everyday Practices of Governance
1. Dialectics of Security: “Security” as Practices of Governance We are increasingly governed through security or under the guise of security. The term “security” carries significant weight across diverse domains.
‘Paralympic stakeholders must rethink their approach to truly transform the everyday lives and rights of Disabled people’
There exists an apparent paradox that coalesces around the Paralympic spectacle: for some, a force for good, social change and the betterment of everyday life for Disabled people; for others, a commercial spectacle that celebrates exceptional elite sporting performance, yet remains divorced from (and potentially harmful to) the lives of the vast majority of Disabled people.
What does Manoah need to focus on in Triple-A?
By BVMSports Team By Michael Silk via sportsnet.ca, Ricky Romero joins Jays Talk Plus to explain why Alek Manoah needs to focus on fixing his command issues with Tripe-A Buffalo but also says that he needs to set a good example for the Jays prospects.
Why Tiedemann is ranked so highly on MLB's top prospect list
By BVMSports Team By Michael Silk via sportsnet.ca, Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com joins Jays Talk Plus to discuss Blue Jays prospect Ricky Tiedemann and explain why MLB Pipeline ranked the lefty so highly on its top prospect list.
Jose Bautista is honoured in a video tribute by former teammates, coaches, and family for his on-field tenacity and off-field generosity.
Singleton crushes two homers and Wander walks off the Guardians
By BVMSports Team By Michael Silk via sportsnet.ca, A trip around the majors sees Jon Singleton hit his first home runs since 2015, Wander Franco walk off the Guardians in the bottom of the ninth, the Yankees break out for nine runs, and much more. Read more on Publisher's website
What has Paul DeJong brought to the Blue Jays?
By BVMSports Team By Michael Silk via sportsnet.ca, Andrea Arcadipane of Scout Girl Report joins Jays Talk Plus to explain the value that Paul DeJong has brought to the Blue Jays as a defensive replacement for Bo Bichette.
What do former Blue Jays remember about Bautista's bat flip?
By BVMSports Team By Michael Silk via sportsnet.ca, Former Blue Jay Devon Travis joins Jays Talk Plus to describe his memory surrounding Jose Bautista's famous bat flip and how that moment influenced the game as a whole.
How a new mental approach is reviving Milos Raonic's game
Arash Madani sits down with Canadian tennis star Milos Raonic to discuss his return to the game and how a change in mentality is revolutionizing his career.
How should the Blue Jays configure their bullpen when Romano returns?
By BVMSports Team By Michael Silk via sportsnet.ca, Jonah Birenbaum of theScore joins Jays Talk Plus to discuss the strengths of the Blue Jays' bullpen and share his thoughts on what the team should do when all-star closer Jordan Romano returns from injury. Read more on Publisher's website
Which Blue Jays prospects are making noise in the Florida Complex League?
By BVMSports Team By Michael Silk via sportsnet.ca, Geoff Pontes of Baseball America joins Jays Talk Plus to discuss young Jays prospect Fernando Perez and explains why people within the organization believe he has great potential.
What has contributed to Daulton Varsho's recent success at the plate?
Jays producer Chris Black joins Jays Talk Plus to discuss Daulton Varsho's recent success with the bat, saying that a return to an old approach has led to better results.
'Work hard and good things will happen': Davis Schneider
By BVMSports Team By Michael Silk via sportsnet.ca, Before making his MLB debut, Blue Jays infielder Davis Schneider speaks to the media about his decision to sign with the team out of high school and the importance of getting that opportunity.
How 'flying under the radar' helped Schneider reach the major leagues
By BVMSports Team By Michael Silk via sportsnet.ca, Before the series opener against the Red Sox, Blue Jays infielder Davis Schneider explains how being a relatively unknown prospect helped him realize his major league dreams.
How did the lack of position player availability affect the trade deadline?
By BVMSports Team By Michael Silk via sportsnet.ca, FanGraphs' Michael Baumann joins Jays Talk Plus to discuss how MLB's expanded playoff format and lack of pending free agents resulted in a slow deadline day for position players.
Why the Blue Jays trade deadline moves might be underrated
By BVMSports Team By Michael Silk via sportsnet.ca, FanGraphs' Michael Baumann joins Jays Talk Plus to explain how the Blue Jays' three trades prior to the deadline were on par with the rest of the league and why the players they acquired might be a bit underrated. Read more on Publisher's website
DeJong's experience, skillset complement Jays nicely heading into playoffs
By BVMSports Team By Michael Silk via sportsnet.ca, After acquiring Paul DeJong from the St. Louis Cardinals, Blue Jays manager John Schneider tells the media what he can bring to a team poised for a deep playoff run.
Why Teoscar Hernandez has frustrated Seattle Mariners fans this season
By BVMSports Team By Michael Silk via sportsnet.ca, Mikey Ajeto of Baseball Prospectus joins Jays Talk Plus to discuss Mariners slugger Teoscar Hernandez, saying that the former Blue Jay has been disappointing this season.
On the eve of his third All-Star Game, how has Vladdy grown since his first?
By BVMSports Team By Michael Silk via sportsnet.ca, Ahead of the Home Run Derby, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. meets with the media to talk about how he has matured since his first Midsummer Classic and how he has learned from other players along the way. Read more on Publisher's website
What went into Vladdy's decision to compete in the Home Run Derby?
By BVMSports Team By Michael Silk via sportsnet.ca, Blue Jays' Vladimir Guerrero Jr. meets with the media to discuss the reasons he chose to compete in the Home Run Derby field, including considerations of his health and family.
Rangers 4, Yankees 2
Adolis Garcia had a clutch home run in extras and Dane Dunning went seven strong as the Rangers topped the Yankees in ten innings.
Athletics 5, Blue Jays 4
By BVMSports Team By Michael Silk via sportsnet.ca, JJ Bleday knocked a first-inning homer and Shea Langeliers clubbed a solo go-ahead shot in the ninth inning as the Oakland Athletics snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 5-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Read more on Publisher's website
Blue Jays' Kiermaier does it again by taking away extra bases from Fortes
Watch as Kevin Kiermaier does what he does best and leaps at the warning track to pull a Nick Fortes smash out of the air.
Will Adam Fantilli win the Calder Trophy over Connor Bedard?
By BVMSports Team By Michael Silk via sportsnet.ca, Arda Ocal of ESPN joins The Jeff Marek Show to discuss why Fantilli might be a good bet to win the rookie of the year award due to his opportunity to be selected by a more competitive team.
Insights from Spatial Measures of Intolerance to Identifying Pathogenic Variants in Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies
Open AccessArticle by Michael Silk 1,2,3, Alex de Sá 1,2,3,4, Moshe Olshansky 1,2,3 and David B.
Towards a Social Justice Disposition in Communication and Sport Scholarship
Andrews, D., Silk, M. (2011). Towards a physical cultural studies. Sociology of Sport Journal, 28(1), 4–35. Google Scholar | Crossref Bennett, W. L., Segerberg, A. (2013). The logic of connective action: Digital media and the personalization of contentious politics. University Press. Google Scholar | Crossref Brunner, E. (2017). Wild public networks and protest in China: Environmental activism on the screens of social media and streets of Maoming. Journal of Communication, 67(5), 665–677.
Gender, technology and the ablenational Paralympic body politic
The Paralympic games is a pedagogic, pervasive, political, powerful, and ‘popular’ cultural site where the heightened visibility of disability bring into being specific forms of disability as they articulate within cultures, institutions and practices. Regarded as a ‘positive charge’ by Stuart Hall, the Paralympics intends to challenge the devalued disabled body politic of typical disability representation.
Sport and Neoliberalism: An Affective‐Ideological Articulation
• . “ ‘Adopted by All the Leading Clubs’: Sporting Goods and the Shaping of Leisure, 1800-1900. ” For Fun and Profit: The Transformation of Leisure into Consumption , edited by , Temple UP, , pp. – . • . “Going to the Olympics? First Event Is Mall Walking.” New York Times , 28 July, , http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/sports/olympics/going-to-the-olympics-the-first-event-is-mall-walking.html. Accessed 16 Feb., 2017. • .
Taped Talk Shows Brazil President Approving Hush Money. Opposition Wants Impeachment
On March 7, at around 10:30 p.m., businessman Joesley Batista entered the Brazilian presidential palace, in Brazilian capital Brasília, to meet with president Michel Temer. Hidden in his pocket was a voice-recorder, according to Rio’s daily newspaper O Globo. The conversation between the president and Batista, chairman of meatpacking giant JBS SA, lasted for roughly 40 minutes.
stories from Rio's sex workers
The vibrant city of Rio de Janiero has played host to some of the world’s best parties – from Carnival, to the 2016 Olympic Games and the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Authorities have spent billions to ready the city, and each time tourists flocked in, local businesses braced for a bumper season. But these high expectations weren’t limited to legal businesses: those working within Rio’s semi-legal, underground economies thought they would benefit too.
Routledge Handbook of Physical Cultural Studies (Hardback) - Routledge
Physical cultural studies (PCS) is a dynamic and rapidly developing field of study. This handbook offers the first definitive account of the state of the art in PCS, showcasing the latest research and methodological approaches. It examines the boundaries, preoccupations, theories and politics of PCS, drawing on transdisciplinary expertise from areas as diverse as sport studies, sociology, history, cultural studies, performance studies and anthropology.
(Re-)thinking digital leisure
4D ibabyscans, wearable baby gro’s/monitors incorporating movement-based technologies and provide real-time video on your iPhone while your baby sleeps, speak to a dazzling assemblage of digital technologies, products, commodities, platforms, materialities and virtualities that enculturate, envelop and are embodied on/in the contemporary corporeality of young people, almost from conception.
‘Isles of Wonder’: performing the mythopoeia of utopic multi-ethnic Britain
Within this article, I interrogate the mediated ‘narratives of nation’ told through the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony. Such narratives are not just pedagogic, they are political and ideological processes that require us to pose questions about the place of the past in the present and with regard to who is entitled to speak that past.
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