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Climate Change and (Mal)Adaptation in Tourism‐Intensive Alpine Regions

The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Tourism, especially in winter, accounts for a large share of economic income in Alpine regions. At the same time, these regions are more severely affected by climate change, leading to shorter winter seasons and reduced snow cover. This presents a pressing issue for areas reliant on income from winter tourism through activities such as skiing.
Valentina Ausserladscheider
wiley   +1 more source

Predicting the Speed of Chinese Elite Cross-Country Skiers: A Neural Network Approach Based on the Measurement of Key Biomechanical and Physiological Parameters

Applied Sciences
This study aimed to identify key biomechanical and physiological parameters affecting cross-country skiing performance and develop a neural network model for predicting skiing speed.
Huijuan Shi, Xiaolan Zhu, Shuang Zhao, Hans-Christer Holmberg, Hui Liu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

MIRACLE URBANIZATION: Spatial Production and Political Legitimation in the Sochi 2014 and Beijing 2022 Olympics

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract From desert ski resorts to subtropical Winter Games, there is a global proliferation of ‘mission‐impossible’ mega‐projects. The prevailing frameworks of city branding and urban entrepreneurism fail to explain the political logics behind these seemingly irrational projects.
Yiqiu Liu, Sven Daniel Wolfe
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of classical time-trial performance and technique-specific physiological determinants in elite female cross-country skiers

Frontiers in Physiology, 2016
The present study investigated the contribution of performance on uphill, flat, and downhill sections to overall performance in an international 10-km classical time-trial in elite female cross-country skiers, as well as the relationships between ...
Øyvind Sandbakk, Thomas Losnegard, Øyvind Skattebo, Ann Magdalen Hegge, Espen Tønnessen, Espen Tønnessen, Jan Kocbach   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bonds, Bounds, and Borders: Crafting Hospitality with Unauthorized Migrants in Southern France

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article analyzes the everyday politics of migrant hospitality in rural Southern France. Drawing on four years of fieldwork alongside benevolent residents hosting unauthorized migrants at their home or volunteering in migrant shelters, I consider how residents attempted to make up for the state's abandonment of migrant lives, the ethical ...
Céline Eschenbrenner
wiley   +1 more source

Modelling Patterns of Past Inundation Processes Combining Geoarchaeology and Morphometric Hydrological Analysis in the Shashe‐Limpopo Basin, South Africa

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Riverine and valley systems across the globe have been central to the development of past urban centres. By AD 900, the Shashe and Limpopo Rivers seem to have facilitated the interaction and integration of early farming communities in southern Africa. This paper focuses on the application of geoarchaeological perspectives made available by the
B. S. Nxumalo
wiley   +1 more source

Health status and health behaviors among citizen endurance Nordic skiers in the United States

BMC Research Notes, 2017
Background More than two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese (69%) placing them at high risk for a wide array of chronic diseases. Physical activity anchors most approaches to obesity prevention and weight management, but physical activity levels
Paul J. Anderson, Ralph S. Bovard, Mohammad Hassan Murad, Timothy J. Beebe, Zhen Wang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effectiveness of Using Compression Garments in Winter Racing Sports: A Narrative Review

Frontiers in Physiology, 2020
Nowadays, compression garments (CGs) are widely used in winter racing sports, such as speed skating, short-track speed skating, alpine skiing, and cross-country skiing.
Chenhao Yang, Yongxin Xu, Yang Yang, Songlin Xiao, Weijie Fu, Weijie Fu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cross-country skiing.

, 2006
This chapter describes the cross-country-skiing adventure sector and presents case studies from Norway, Australia and the USA. For each of the three case studies, the place, operator, activity, equipment, accommodation, statistics, access, community, experience, environment, safety and marketing are described.
openaire   +2 more sources

Story2Board: A Training‐Free Approach for Expressive Visual Storytelling

Computer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.
Abstract We present Story2Board, a training‐free framework for expressive storyboard generation from natural language. Existing methods narrowly focus on subject identity, overlooking key aspects of visual storytelling such as spatial composition, background evolution, and narrative pacing.
D. Dinkevich, M. Levy, O. Avrahami, D. Samuel, D. Lischinski   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source