bHere, we report the complete genome sequence of the Mycobacterium intracellulare clinical strain MOTT-64, previously grouped into the INT1 genotype among five genotypes of M. intracellulare. This genome sequence will serve as a valuable reference for understanding the disparity in the virulence and epidemiologic traits among M. intracellulare genotypes.

Feeling of enjoyment plays a critical role in sport participation and adherence. The purposes of this study were to (a) identify specific sources of enjoyment in the context of Korean youth sport and (b) examine the conceptual link between goal orientation and the sources of enjoyment in youth sport. A total of 334 middle school athletes (244 boys, 90 girls; ages 12 to 18 years), representing 17 schools in Seoul, participated. They responded to the Korean version of the Task and Ego Orientation Questionnaire in Sport and an open-ended item designed to identify sources of enjoyment. Content analysis of the responses resulted in nine enjoyment categories, including winning and competition, social recognition and rewards, health and fitness, and perceived competence. Chi squared analyses provided initial evidence for the conceptual link between goal orientation and sources of enjoyment. The athletes scoring high on task orientation more frequently reported self-referenced sources of enjoyment, e.g., health and fitness, psychological benefit, while the athletes high on ego orientation more frequently identified social recognition and rewards as their enjoyment sources. These results were discussed within the frame of goal orientation theory and cross-cultural perspectives.

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The current study examined soccer participants' perceptions of transfer effects of baduk. The responses from the participants were categorized into positive and negative transfer effects. [METHOD] A total of five current soccer players who had certain level of baduk training or capability participated. A qualitative research design, phenomenology (Colaizzi, 1978), including unstructured in-depth interviews, was adopted. [RESULT] Participants perceived techniques, physical fitness, mental skills, and strategies as main contributors to soccer performance. They felt some differences between soccer and baduk. Soccer was viewed as a team-oriented open activity which looks for possibilities, while baduk a individual-oriented closed skill which focuses on 'accuracy'. They felt that strategy, relativity, applicability, attentional ability, analysis and decision making were common characteristics for both soccer and baduk. Analytic ability, comprehension ability, and mental skills were ranked as top elements that learned from baduk training and contributed to positive transfer toward soccer performance. Before competition, major positive transfer factors included comprehension of strategies, imagery ability, and effort. During competition thoughtful play, outlook, concentration, winning spirit, perseverance, and rational thoughts were considered as positive transfer factors. Physical fitness was perceived as an element of negative transfer. [CONCLUSION] Some psychological and strategic attributes gained from baduk training were found to be facilitators of positive transfer to soccer performance. The results was discussed in terms of their implications for future research on impacts of perceived transfer on actual performance in soccer or other sports.

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