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Foot-pilgrims and backpackers: contemporary ways of travelling
Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 2010 This article deals with two modern forms of travelling, which both have developed into boom industries over the last 25 years: the foot pilgrimage along the Camino Francés to Santiago de Compostela in Spain and journeys along so called backpacker’s ...
Tommi Mendel
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American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Detailed clinical phenotypes have been previously reported for 33 individuals with X‐linked HNRNPH2‐related neurodevelopmental disorder. Of these, 75% self‐reported a musculoskeletal abnormality, including hip dysplasia, scoliosis, kyphosis, lordosis, pes planus, arthritis, and missing spinous processes.
Ambar Garcia +6 more
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Backpacking’s future and its drifter past [PDF]
Journal of Tourism Futures, 2018 Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to deconstruct the backpacker label by reconstructing it using the historical antecedent of drifting. Following the deconstruction of backpacking’s near past, the author build a clearer conceptual foundation for ...
Michael O’ Regan
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Nations manufacture non‐belonging of temporary migrants through policy frameworks that produce exclusion. This precarity maximises the economic benefit of temporary migrant labour by minimising their political, social and legal rights. In this paper, we examine how non‐belonging targeting Working Holiday Makers (WHMs) is manufactured in ...
Donna James, Alanna Kamp
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European Journal of Tourism Research, 2017 Due to its great diversity and characteristics, backpackers can increase business opportunities in many destinations that decide to invest on their promotion.
Márcio Martins, Rui Costa
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The pelvis doesn't walk by itself: Wider pelves reduce the cost of walking over unstable surfaces
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Walking over variable and/or unstable terrain is a key aspect of daily life and was crucial to the evolution of bipedalism. The ability to find gait solutions that maintained stability over uneven terrain for the least increase in metabolic cost was likely a hallmark of locomotor effectiveness in early humans, in particular acting as an ...
Cara Wall‐Scheffler +2 more
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Backpackers: the next generation?
, 2008 New Zealand has a well-established network of accommodations, transportation, and visitor activities developed specifically for backpackers. These tourists account for almost ten percent of the country’s international visitor expenditure.
Markward, Anne
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Die Weltreise der backpackers, eine normalisierte Reise?
Via@, 2016 Eben erst dargestellt als ein Protestler gegen den Massentourismus, so wird der backpacker doch zugleich beschrieben als jemand, der seine Illusionen der Freiheit abgelegt hat und auf markierte Routen und Unterkünfte beschränkt wird.
Brenda Le Bigot
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Arthroscopy, Sports Medicine, and Rehabilitation, EarlyView.Purpose To evaluate a minimum 5‐year follow‐up of patients who were treated with either bipolar radiofrequency microtenotomy (RFM) or physical therapy (PT) for midportion Achilles tendinopathy between 2016 and 2018. Methods All subjects who participated in a previous randomized controlled trial (n = 38) between 2016 and 2018 were invited to fill out a ...
Hayat Jirde Ali +3 more
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Des backpackers à Paris : condition touristique assumée et expérience composite de la ville
Téoros, 2013 L’examen des pratiques des backpackers à Paris et le sens qu’ils attribuent aux hauts-lieux touristiques révèlent une construction singulière d’une expérience urbaine et touristique.
Gwendal Simon
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