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SnowMotion: A Wearable Sensor-Based Mobile Platform for Alpine Skiing Technique Assistance

Sensors
Skiing technique and performance improvements are crucial for athletes and enthusiasts alike. This study presents SnowMotion, a digital human motion training assistance platform that addresses the key challenges of reliability, real-time analysis ...
Weidi Tang, Xiang Suo, Xi Wang, Bo Shan, Lu Li, Yu Liu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Self‐Transcendence and Self‐Enhancement Values as Drivers of Eco‐Travel Behavior. Implications for Business Strategies for Eco‐Tourism Sector

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ecotourism encourages environmentally friendly travel; however, little is known about the underlying value systems influencing travelers' choices and actions. This study uses a mixed‐method methodology that combines post hoc qualitative analysis with a large‐scale quantitative survey to examine the influence of multiple value dimensions on ...
Yuemeng Ge, Zhi Li, Naman Sreen, Rsha Alghafes, Mai Nguyen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adaptation of Finnish cross-country skiers to climate change

Fennia: International Journal of Geography, 2009
Cross-country skiing has a long history in Finland, and it is a part of the national identity of Finns. This study on cross-country skiers’ adaptation to changing climate describes groups of cross-country skiers with reference to their motives for skiing,
Mia Landauer, Tuija Sievänen, Marjo Neuvonen   +2 more
doaj  

Alpine Ski Motion Characteristics in Slalom

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2020
Important insight into ski function, and ultimately skier technique and tactics, can be gained by studying how measured ski trajectories compare to predictions based on theoretical models of ski-snow interaction mechanics.
Robert C. Reid, Robert C. Reid, Per Haugen, Matthias Gilgien, Matthias Gilgien, Ronald W. Kipp, Gerald Allen Smith, Gerald Allen Smith   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Shifting Tides: A Decade of Business Climate Adaptation and Resilience Research (2013–2023)

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change is causing significant disruptions to the socio‐ecological systems in which organizations operate, presenting unprecedented challenges for businesses across sectors in adapting to shifting environmental conditions and building resilience to extreme weather events.
Domenico Villano, Laura Colli, Federico Martellozzo, Sara Lombardi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Motivational Processes Associated with Mental Toughness Among College Skiers

Behavioral Sciences
This study examined the relationships between motivational processes and mental toughness in college skiers based on the self-determination theory (SDT).
Xinran Wu, Yuhao Cai, Nor Eeza Zainal Abidin, Rafidah Aga Mohd Jaladin   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Talk or Walk: Evidence on the Impact of Green Reporting on Corporate Green Growth

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents novel insights on modeling whether green reporting is merely talk or effectively drives corporate green growth, which is an essential factor for sustainable development and addressing environmental and climate‐related challenges.
Shengying Shi, Hamdan Al‐Jaifi
wiley   +1 more source

The one-ski-method—effects of an alternative teaching approach on selected movement patterns in alpine skiing

Cogent Social Sciences, 2017
Teaching methods in skiing have marginally developed within the last decades. An intervention comparing the conventional approach (SP) and the One-Ski-Method (OSM) is proposed in which the main body actions are first trained on one ski and successively ...
Nicolas Kurpiers, Uwe G. Kersting
doaj   +1 more source

SKIING ON GLACIERS – A MODERN TREND OF ACTIVE HOLIDAYS AND EXTREME SPORTS CHALLENGES [PDF]

Sport Mont, 2012
Skiing on the glaciers has emerged as one more of the prominent and interesting representatives of unusual and relatively young extreme discipline. His appearance has reflected at the same time on the direction of the tourist group, which are rightfully ...
Vukan Vujović
doaj  

Green swans and blue skies: Climate change and insolvency risk for financial institutions

International Insolvency Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This lecture in honour of the late Gabriel Moss QC and Ian Fletcher QC examines the challenge of climate‐related financial risk. Prudential regulators and central banks recognize that the systemic nature of climate‐related financial risk makes it an emerging vulnerability relevant to cross‐border insolvency resolution.
Janis Sarra
wiley   +1 more source