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The changing form of mountaineering in Slovenia [PDF]

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Mountaineering is one of the most popular mass recreational and tourist activities in Slovenia. It takes place in both individual and organized forms. Hikers and mountaineers are organized in more than 250 mountaineering clubs which are linked together ...

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Construction of a Feedback Comment Analysis Model for Evaluation of Endoscopic Surgical Skill

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Surgical education and skill assessments are important in improving surgical skills. However, instructors' comments tend to be complex and unorganized, with varying content and categories. This study aimed to develop a natural language processing (NLP) model to automatically classify feedback comments on surgical procedures and ...
Shusaku Iwai   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Commentary on the effects of hypoxia on energy substrate use during exercise

open access: yesJournal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, 2019
A recently published meta-analysis in this journal analyzed findings from studies comparing substrate use during exercise at the same relative intensity (i.e., % V̇O2max) in normoxic and hypoxic conditions.
Andrew J. Young   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sensation seeking among high- and low-risk sports participants : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology at Massey University [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the sensation seeking tendencies of select New Zealand athletes. A "sensation seeker" is thought to be a person who needs varied, complex, novel, and intense forms of stimulation and experience and who ...
Jack, Sarah Jane
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Increase in Pancreatoduodenectomy Volume at Mid‐Volume Facilities in the United States: A National Cancer Database Analysis

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The annual number of pancreatoduodenectomies (PDs) in the United States has increased over the past decade, but the facility types driving this growth and whether outcomes have improved remain unclear. We aimed to identify characteristics of facilities with increasing PD volumes and assess national trends in centralization ...
Koichi Tomita, Naruhiko Ikoma
wiley   +1 more source

But What do I Wear? A Study of Women's Climbing Attire [PDF]

open access: yes
Mrs Henry Warwick-Coleman advises the lady climber on her attire in her 1859 publication, A Lady’s Tour Round Monte Rosa. She suggests ‘A lady’s dress is inconvenient for mountaineering’, continuing ‘even under the most careful management, and therefore ...
Evans, C. K.
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Piezoelectric Origami Metamaterials for Enhanced Handwriting Recognition and Trajectory Tracking

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
This study introduces origami metamaterials inspired by Kresling piezoelectric generators to enhance biometric authentication and handwriting trajectory recognition. Overcoming sensor limitations in conventional devices, the design enables multichannel data acquisition with fewer sensors, utilizing machine learning to accurately identify content ...
Yinzhi Jin, Ting Tan, Zhimiao Yan
wiley   +1 more source

A Soft‐Tip Hydraulically Steerable Catheter for Enhanced Flexibility and Safety in Vascular Interventions

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This study introduces a hydraulically steerable catheter with a soft tip in vascular procedures. The steering soft tip achieves a minimal diameter of 2.6 mm and supports a 180° bend. Real‐time shape and position tracking, facilitated by segmentation and endpoint detection techniques, improves navigation.
Jingyi Kang   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact Resistance of Mountaineering Helmets to Simulated Lapilli

open access: diamond, 2021
Hiroyuki Yamada   +7 more
openalex   +2 more sources

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