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What’s the story? Outdoor education in New Zealand in the 21st century

open access: yes, 2008
Outdoor education, in its various guises, has been part of the New Zealand education system for decades and is considered by many to be integral to school life.
Cosgriff, Marg
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MDSC: Unsupervised Multipath Decomposition and Synergistic Correction for Efficient Low‐Light Image Enhancement with Detail‐Aware Smoothing

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This work proposes MDSC, an unsupervised low‐light enhancement framework integrating three core innovations: detail‐aware smoothing, multipath decomposition, and synergistic correction. It suppresses noise, handles rapid illumination variations, and prevents reflectance‐contrast amplification inherent to Retinex separation.
Yong Cheng   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Glince About the Outdoor Professional Teacher. What Does it Take to be an Outdoor Teacher? [PDF]

open access: yesEducaţia 21
Glince about The Outdoor Professional Teacher provides a comprehensive overview of the skills and competencies required to be an outdoor teacher.
Gili Howard
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing the Feasibility of Wearable Devices for Physiological Monitoring and Heat Risk Prediction in Outdoor Agricultural Workers

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Outdoor agricultural workers experience significant heat exposure, yet few studies have evaluated whether wearable sensors can reliably measure continuous physiological responses in real field conditions. This pilot study examined the feasibility and predictive utility of core temperature, hydration, heart rate, and movement data ...
Sinan Sousan   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comfort zone: Model or metaphor?

open access: yes, 2008
The comfort zone model is widespread within adventure education literature. It is based on the belief that when placed in a stressful situation people will respond by overcoming their fear and therefore grow as individuals. This model is often presented
Brown, Mike
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Per‐ and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Exposure Profiles and Their Predictors in a Study of US Volunteer Firefighters

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Firefighters may experience occupational exposure to per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Volunteer firefighters make up 65% of the US fire service, but their serum PFAS profiles have not been well characterized. This study aims to (1) describe PFAS serum profiles among US volunteer firefighters from 9 states enrolled in ...
Katherine A. Lubina   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Asymmetry in strength training: Investigating the Impact of offset training on the deep stabilisation system, strength/performance, and maximal power in Female Softball Players

open access: yesHuman Movement
Purpose This study aims to fill a significant gap in sports science research by examining the underexplored effects of asymmetric load training on the deep stabilisation system (DSS), strength, and maximal power in female softball players.
Anna Pisz   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Selective hearing : recognising the contribution of women to the outdoor profession

open access: yes, 2016
The role, place and often invisible contribution of women in the outdoor learning profession has recently come under the researcher’s microscope. Alarmingly, there is an under representation of women cited in research and practice, yet they represent ...
Gray, Tonia (R16988)   +2 more
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The Legislation for Providing Animal Access in Australian Residential Aged Care: It's Not a Zoo

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Providing meaningful animal contact to residential aged care facility (RACF) residents is problematic due to a lack of animal policies and National Guidelines. This paper examines how Australian Legislation could influence access to animal contact in RACFs and aims to answer the question, ‘Could current Legislation facilitate the development ...
Wendy Newton   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The educational value of the Indianapolis public school Resident Outdoor Education Program at the Bradford Woods Camp

open access: yes, 1972
This thesis explores the procedure utilized in the creation of a reliable and valid test instrument for determining the educational value of the Indianapolis Resident Outdoor Education Program during spring, 1972, and the actual administration of this ...
White, James Leon, 1950-
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