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‘Mountain resorts’: origins and evolution [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The paper discusses the background for the emergence of such ‘mountain resorts’, their types and changes in their mode of operation. Some theoretical and practical issues will be illustrated with examples derived from Europe, North America, Asia and ...
Kowalczyk, Andrzej
core   +1 more source

FiN‐Kiri: Fabric‐Based Inflatable Kirigami Actuator for Multimodal Soft Robots

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This study introduces a type of inflatable fabric‐based kirigami actuator capable of performing bending motion. The actuator is utilized as soft grippers, a crawling robot and a swimming robot. The crawling robot demonstrated extraordinary motion capabilities, such as moving forward, turning and navigating a narrow tunnel.
Yang Yu   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Treatment of Choice or A Last Resort? A Review of Residential Mental Health Placements For Children and Adolescents [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
Residential treatment is often regarded as a treatment of ‘last resort’ and, increasingly, residential treatment programs are being asked to address the needs of very troubled children and adolescents.
Adams, Gerald R.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Engineered Living Systems With Self‐Organizing Neural Networks: From Anatomy to Behavior and Gene Expression

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Ectodermal tissue excised from Xenopus embryos self‐organizes into a three‐dimensional mucociliary organoid. Here, we generate a neural variant, termed neurobot, by implanting neural precursor cells. Neurobots develop mature neurons, adopt distinct morphologies, exhibit more complex motility, and respond differentially to neuroactive compounds. Imaging
Haleh Fotowat   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health, Wellness Focus within Resort Hotels [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
This study analyzes the rising importance of the development and enhancement of a health and wellness focus within resort hotels. Market trends, consumer demands, revitalization efforts, and bottomline impacts are examined as they relate to the resort ...
Johanson, Misty M.
core  

Consensus Formation and Change are Enhanced by Neutrality

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Neutral agents are shown to enhance both the formation and overturning of consensus in collective decision‐making. A general mathematical model and experiments with locusts and humans reveal that neutrality enables robust consensus via simple interactions and accelerates consensus change by reducing effective population size.
Andrei Sontag   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Staffing processes reformed health care system

open access: yesУченые записки Российской академии предпринимательства, 2021
In this article it discusses issues of staffing reform and modernization of the Russian healthcare system. Personnel policy in terms of training of young specialists is based on the development of the task training plan taking into account the real needs
Y. Y. Snegireva, A. B. Zudin
doaj  

On the Origins of Toughness in Corymbia calophylla (Marri Tree) Nuts

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
We uncover the natural toughening mechanisms of the marri nut, including fiber pullout, crack deflection, and a viscoelastic matrix, which enable exceptional energy absorption and ductility comparable to Teflon, with an elastic modulus similar to acrylic.
Wegood M. Awad   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Study of the effect of a drug from the macromycetes Ganoderma lucidum on the phagocytic activity of peripheral blood neutrophils in patients with year-round allergic rhinitis

open access: yesJournal of Education, Health and Sport
Modern complex therapy of patients with persistent (year-round, chronic) allergic rhinitis (AR), based on the use of antihistamines and intranasal glucocorticosteroids, in many cases is not effective enough, since drug therapy acts only on individual ...
V. Bohdanov, S. Gushcha
doaj   +1 more source

Outbound tourism by the physically disabled inhabitants of Kraków: current situation and future needs

open access: yesTourism, 2015
The article is an analysis of outbound tourism by those with locomotor disabilities living in Kraków. Two aspects were compared: their tourism activity before and after the occurrence of the disability.
Mirosław Furmanek
doaj   +1 more source

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