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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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ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.A lightweight hybrid backpack integrating SC‐TENGs and R‐EMGs harvests biomechanical energy during walking. With a low activation speed of 3 km h−1 and a high specific power of 0.18 W kg−1, it enables self‐powered field safety management. The power backpack refers to an energy‐harvesting solution engineered to mitigate battery reliance in wearable ...
Jie Chen +6 more
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The Presence of Backpacking Tourism in Europe [PDF]
Turizam, 2013 Global tourism is characterized by constant change. New forms of tourism and various types of tourist movements are emerging, while the number of tourists is constantly increasing and now it surpasses one billion.
Vukica Majstorović +2 more
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Environmental Progress &Sustainable Energy, EarlyView.Abstract This study evaluates the potential of a new organic fertilizer derived from porcine intestinal mucosa (designated BHE), a by‐product of the heparin extraction process, as a sustainable nitrogen (N) source for agriculture. The work was conducted in two stages: (i) chemical and spectroscopic characterization of BHE compared with poultry litter ...
Aline Zanquetti +3 more
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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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An Existentialist Exploration of Tourism Sustainability: Backpackers Fleeing and Finding Themselves [PDF]
, 2017 This article applies existentialism to sustainable tourism discussion using an exploratory netnographic case study of twelve backpackers. Highlighted is the importance of both existential avoidance and authenticity to participants looking to escape and ...
Canavan, Brendan
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Spatial and temporal variation in survival of female wild turkeys
The Journal of Wildlife Management, EarlyView.We monitored 370 female wild turkeys across North Carolina's 3 ecoregions from 2020‐2022 to understand factors influencing their survival. Female survival varied by ecoregion and behavior state, with the incubation period having the lowest survival rates. None of the land cover variables affected survival.
David J. Moscicki +5 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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Backpackers’ Tourism and Health: A Narrative Literature Review
GeographiesBackpackers are an unusual category of travellers. Their unique mobility patterns, spatial practices, and the areas they travel through expose them to health situations that remain largely unexplored to date.
Sebastien Fleuret
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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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