Prevalence, causes, and risk factors for functional low vision in Nigeria: results from the national survey of blindness and visual impairment. [PDF]
, 2011 PURPOSE: To estimate prevalence and describe causes of functional low vision (FLV) among a nationally representative sample of Nigerian adults, assess socioeconomic risk factors, and estimate the number of adults in Nigeria who might benefit from low ...
Entekume, Gabriel +7 more
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Waiting for 2005?s World Skiing Championship: an Experimental Assessment of Tourism Sustainability in Sondrio Province [PDF]
, 2003 The tourism sector is more and more regarded as a central element of territorial development in many countries. According to the sustainable development approach we have to look at tourism from two possible points of view.
Giulia Pesaro
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CONTRIBUTIONS REGARDING THE IMPROVEMENT OF SPECIFIC PHYSICAL TRENING ON LAND OF ALPINE SKIERS [PDF]
Annals of the “Ştefan cel Mare” University: Physical Education and Sport Section - The Science and Art of Movement, 2019 This work is designed to complement the shortcomings created in the preparation of alpine skiers in relation to technological development and the development of alpine skiing internationally.
Grosu Bogdan-Marius, Stoleru Răzvan
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On the Hardness of Bribery Variants in Voting with CP-Nets [PDF]
, 2016 We continue previous work by Mattei et al. (Mattei, N., Pini, M., Rossi, F., Venable, K.: Bribery in voting with CP-nets. Ann. of Math. and Artif. Intell. pp.
Dorn, Britta, Krüger, Dominikus
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Women in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games: An Analysis of Participation, Leadership, and Media Opportunities [PDF]
, 2010 This report is the third in the series that follows the progress of women in the Olympic and Paralympic movement. The report provides the most accurate, comprehensive, and up-to-date examination of the participation trends among female Olympic and ...
Alison Wrynn, Maureen Smith
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Shifting Tides: A Decade of Business Climate Adaptation and Resilience Research (2013–2023)
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Climate change is causing significant disruptions to the socio‐ecological systems in which organizations operate, presenting unprecedented challenges for businesses across sectors in adapting to shifting environmental conditions and building resilience to extreme weather events.
Domenico Villano +3 more
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Women in the 2006 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games: An Analysis of Participation, Leadership and Media Coverage [PDF]
, 2006 Increasing women's participation in the Olympic Movement as participants and leaders has been a slow and challenging process. While the number of "events" open to female athletes has increased steadily during the past 30 years, the actual number of ...
Donna A. Lopiano +2 more
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International Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.This review explores climate predictions as actionable decision‐making tools, focusing on the Mediterranean. It examines transforming forecasts into user‐defined information through bias adjustment, downscaling and impact models. Highlighting collaborative EU initiatives, it addresses challenges like limited forecasting skill and data accessibility ...
Silvio Gualdi +12 more
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Sensors, 2023 Skiing is a popular winter activity spanning various subdisciplines. Key hardware are ski boots, bindings, and skis, which are designed to withstand loads generated during skiing.
Giuseppe Zullo +4 more
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An agent-based model to explore scenarios of adaptation to climate change in an alpine tourism destination [PDF]
, 2010 The European Alpine region is one of the most sensitive to climate change impacts. ClimAlpTour is a European research project of the Alpine Space Programme, dealing with the expected decrease in snow and ice cover.
Balbi, Stefano +2 more
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