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Participation and satisfaction after spinal cord injury: results of a vocational and leisure outcome study [PDF]

, 2005
Study design: Survey. Objectives: Insight in (1) the changes in participation in vocational and leisure activities and (2) satisfaction with the current participation level of people with spinal cord injuries (SCIs) after reintegration in society. Design:
A Berghammer, A Siösteen, AR Fugl-Meyer, CE Glass, CWJ Wevers, DT Wade, DT Wade, F Andries, G A Mulder, G DeJong, G Murphy, GG Whiteneck, I-B Bränholm, J W Groothoff, JS Krause, KS Clayton, L Conroy, L Noreau, LA Cushman, M C Schönherr, M Taricco, MC Schönherr, MG Eisenberg, MJ DeVivo, MJ Fuhrer, MWM Post, MWM Post, MWM Post, PCD Tomassen, R Levi, T Schoppen, T Tasiemski, W H Eisma, W Pentland   +33 more
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Escaping in the “Tender, Blue Haze of Evening”: The Morro Castle and Cruising as a Form of Leisure in 1930s America

, 2013
The paper demonstrates a microhistory approach to the development of cruising as a form of leisure in the early twentieth century of American history. Using the 1934 Morro Castle disaster and the subsequent attention the ship and its survivors received ...
Poorman, Joshua W.
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Occupational and leisure time physical activity in contrasting relation to ambulatory blood pressure [PDF]

, 2012
Background: While moderate and vigorous leisure time physical activities are well documented to decrease the risk for cardiovascular disease, several studies have demonstrated an increased risk for cardiovascular disease in workers with high occupational
A Holtermann, A Holtermann, A Holtermann, A Holtermann, Andreas Holtermann, C Lopes, CB Eaton, DD Gretler, Dirk De Bacquer, E Archer, E Clays, E Clays, E Fransson, EL Melanson Jr, Els Clays, France Kittel, G Hu, Guy De Backer, HD Sesso, I Astrand, ILO, J Stamler, JD Eicher, JN Morris, JT Salonen, K Kario, K Kukkonen-Harjula, Koen Van Herck, LS Pescatello, MF Leitzmann, N Krause, N Krause, National Heart Foundation and High Blood Pressure Research Council of Australia Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Consensus Committee, PK Whelton, R Karasek, R Karasek, RC Hermida, RP Troiano, S Lewington, TW Hansen, UM Kujala   +40 more
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Materialism on the March: From Conspicuous Leisure to Conspicuous Consumption? [PDF]

This paper inserts Veblen’s (1898) concepts of conspicuous leisure and conspicuous consumption into a very simple model. Individuals have the choice to either invest their time into working, leading to easily observable levels of consumption, or into ...
Andrew Leigh, Paul Frijters
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Time Sharing at Leisure Facility Centres: Analysis of Sales Performance Indicators [PDF]

The changing cultural paradigms in Latin America have influenced variety of leisure activities and significant implications for development of leisure services.
Rajagopal
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FREE TIME –THE MAJOR FACTOR OF INFLUENCE FOR LEISURE [PDF]

Nowadays, leisure services determine an increasing new way of tourism development. Tourism operators include more and more a large selection of leisure opportunities that reflect the principal way to delimit and differentiate their offers and furthermore
Catrinel Dridea, Gina Sztruten
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Shopping as a selling strategy for tourism: combination of marketing mix tools [PDF]

, 2018
The use of time for entertainment has increased participation both at home and outside and, in our days, we look at the proliferation of a wide range of activities that are included in the leisure economy: tourism, catering, shopping, sports ...
Jiménez-Marín, Gloria
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Leisure Externalities: Implications for Growth and Welfare [PDF]

This paper develops a neoclassical growth model with leisure externalities. Ignoring positive (negative) leisure externalities leads to equilibrium consumption, labor and capital that are too high (low) and leisure that is too low (high).
Mihaela Pintea
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Leisure-related mobility of elderly people: ways to sustainability [PDF]

Owing to grown life expectancy as well as increasing financial scope, car ownership and possession of driving licences, the elderly of today have numerous opportunities regarding their leisure activities.
Reinhold Grotz, Stefanie Foebker
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Beautiful city [PDF]

Proponents of the City Beautiful movement advocated for sizable public investments in monumental spaces, street beautification, and classical architecture.
Gerald Carlino
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