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50% body weight loading reduces stature increases and lumbar disc expansion from 4 h hyper‐buoyancy floatation versus 15 min sitting upright

open access: yesExperimental Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract Microgravity is associated with stature increases, back pain and post‐flight intervertebral disc (IVD) herniation. This study aims to determine whether 30 s seated 50% body weight (BW) axial loading is comparable to 15 min sitting upright in 1 g upon changes in stature, anterior lumbar IVD height (via ultrasound), passive vertebral stiffness ...
David Marcos‐Lorenzo   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

ATHLETIC: An exoskeleton countermeasure exercise device for resistive and plyometric training in deep‐space missions

open access: yesExperimental Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract Prolonged exposure to weightlessness leads to loss of muscle and bone mass. Therefore, astronauts on board the International Space Station (ISS) currently perform mandatory daily exercises. ISS missions usually last 6 months, and future missions will become significantly longer when going, for example, to Mars.
Jonas Böcker   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

FORMS OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM SUITABLE TO APUSENI MOUNTAINS, ROMANIA [PDF]

open access: yesAnnals of the University of Oradea: Economic Science, 2015
Sustainable tourism is the result of the melange between tourism and sustainable tourism. The concept has evolved during the last decades of the twentieth century, in international conferences, summits etc.
Bac Dorin Paul
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Philosophy of phenomic prediction and its incompatibility with causal inference

open access: yesThe Plant Phenome Journal, Volume 9, Issue 1, December 2026.
Abstract Breeding programs need to make decisions frequently to improve populations and develop varieties efficiently. These needs led to the development of genomic prediction in the early 2000s and phenomic prediction in the mid‐2010s. In practice, phenomic prediction techniques rely on the same statistical tools and computational frameworks as other ...
Mitchell J. Feldmann   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dorothy Sainz backpacking in the Phoenix mountains.

open access: yes, 1979
Photograph of Dorothy Sainz backpacking in the Phoenix mountains, Arizona , between 1979 and ...

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Accent and Appearance in Pre‐Service English Teacher Identity: Embodied Language Ideologies in the Political Economy of Language Education in Türkiye

open access: yesTESOL Journal, Volume 17, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT This study examines how two pre‐service English teachers in Türkiye navigate the racialized (whiteness‐Europeanness‐indexed) and marketized legitimacy regimes of the private English language teaching sector. Drawing on a language teacher identity lens and a political economy account of accent commodification, we analyze the contrasting ...
Onur Özkaynak, Peter Sayer
wiley   +1 more source

Backpacking: Trails to Nebraska\u27s Great Outdoors.

open access: yes, 1978
Brochure describes various hiking/backpacking areas in Nebraska and provides maps of suggested ...
Owca, Bill, Farrar, Jon
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The Dichotomies of Crisis: Different Yet Valid Realities of the Lindt Café Siege

open access: yesJournal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, Volume 34, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Over a decade after the Lindt Café Siege saw a lone gunman take hostage 18 people over a 16‐h period resulting in two deaths, the decisions and actions from police and emergency services continue to be scrutinised. When such volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous events occur, they give rise to dichotomies in the perception of (i) crisis; (
Dimitra (Jenny) Cartwright   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Backpacking : a study of mass-individualism

open access: yes, 2004
Oppgaven tar for seg temaet ryggsekkturisme, eller backpacking. Mine feltarbeid ble gjort i 1999 i Mexico og Guatemala, og i 2000 i India Nepal og Thailand. Problemstillingen for oppgaven tar utgangspunkt i hvorvidt den stadig økende tilgjengeligheten av
Oddstad, Jonas
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Disaster Schooling Experiences and Emergent Crises: Lessons From Puerto Rico

open access: yesAnthropology &Education Quarterly, Volume 57, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the disaster schooling experiences of Puerto Rican educators, families, and students across multiple crises following Hurricane Maria. Drawing on 11 months of ethnographic research, we analyze how schooling unfolded across disasters and how long‐standing vulnerabilities and structural inequalities shaped responses. Findings
Melissa Colón   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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