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Tehranian Elderly People’s Experiences About Leisure Time Activities and Recreations
Sālmand, 2010 Objectives: The aim of this study was to explain the various style of leisure activity and recreation of elderly people in Tehran. Methods & Materials: To achieve this purpose, 17 older participants within the age range of 65-86 years who were selected ...
Abolfazl Rahimi +3 more
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Recreational area trends in the rural-urban fringe: case study of Kórnik gmina (commune) [PDF]
, 2010 notatka naukowa, tekst równol.
Poniży, Lidia
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Fatal lightning strikes in Ireland from newspaper records 1900–2024
Weather, EarlyView.This study presents a chronology of fatal lightning strikes in Ireland (1900–2024) derived from digitised newspaper archives. Analysis provides insights into the seasonality, location, victim activity and synoptic conditions (from Lamb weather types) of 94 fatal events causing 113 deaths.
Rory Moore, Conor Murphy, Rowan Fealy
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Games and gamification projects in the Australian public sector
Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.Abstract This article surveys the arrival of gameful government into Australian public sector practice. Gameful government is a shorthand, descriptive term denoting the interpenetration of (video)games, and design elements and thinking from them, into public sector work.
David Threlfall, Catherine Althaus
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.This article explores the activities of daily life in a village neighbouring the TEPCO nuclear power plant in Fukushima. It argues that one of the potentials of taking a dwelling perspective – a phenomenological approach to living within the ecological and social environments – emerges most compellingly within a polluted landscape.
Tomoko Sakai
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The Political Economy of Wellness: Commercial Determinants of a Burgeoning Industry
The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.Policy Points Wellness has grown into a multi‐trillion‐dollar industry encompassing a multitude of products and practices that affect health and well‐being. Applying a lens of commercial determinants of health to wellness is useful to examine its intersection with systems of capital production, corporate interests, and neoliberal norms of personal ...
NANCY KARREMAN +3 more
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Computational Urban ScienceUrban recreation and leisure spaces (RLSs) are vital venues for citizens to relax, socialize, and experience urban life. Public perception of RLSs represents a crucial component of urban studies.
Zhaocheng Bai +4 more
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Outdoor recreation resources in the Manawatu : with a preliminary case study of Foxton Beach as a water-based recreation resource [PDF]
, 1974 The subject of supply of outdoor recreation resources is discussed in this thesis. The nature of the resources suitable for outdoor recreation and the present use made of them are determined.
Ng, Chin Yong
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Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT During the nineteenth century, American agricultural fairs often featured ladies’ equestrian exhibitions. At these events, women constructed an athletic femininity based on skill and competitiveness that challenged traditional ideals of womanhood.
Gabrielle McCoy
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History, EarlyView.Abstract This article offers new perspectives on the relationship between elementary teaching, scientific expertise and the professionalization of the human sciences. Previous scholarship has demonstrated the ready existence of ‘amateur’ science societies in the nineteenth century where cross‐class exchanges were common.
Julia Gustavsson
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