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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 +2 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The circular economy, dominated by capitalocentric, technocentric, and eco‐modernist discourses, risks perpetuating systemic injustice because of its limited consideration of the social and of what is possible. In this article, we examine how social justice can be embedded into circular business models (CBMs)—key drivers of the circular ...
Fernando C. Lit +3 more
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Motivational Processes Associated with Mental Toughness Among College Skiers
Behavioral SciencesThis study examined the relationships between motivational processes and mental toughness in college skiers based on the self-determination theory (SDT).
Xinran Wu +3 more
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Kinesiologia Slovenica, 1998 We formed for a chosen sample of 24 young alpine skiers (11 -13 years old) a reduced prognostic model of competitive successfulness based on 8 morphological, 20 motor and 20 psychological variables, using the »expert system« method.
Blaž Lešnik, Milan Žvan
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Advancing Industrial Symbiosis: The Dynamic Role of Public Organisations
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Industrial symbiosis is a key circular economy strategy that relies on collaboration among diverse actors to turn residual streams into new value. Although prior research acknowledges supportive public‐sector involvement, there is a lack of understanding of how public organisations' roles evolve over time as industrial symbiosis initiatives ...
Henrik Drugge, Wiebke Reim
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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
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sustainable business models (SBMs) are enablers of the circular economy (CE) and sustainability. However, its adoption does not always improve environmental performance. This study investigates the conditions under which SBM design does (or does not) produce the expected environmental benefits.
Ana Carolina Bertassini +2 more
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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
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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
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Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.This graphical abstract presents a solar‐powered reverse osmosis (RO) system for the Sundarbans, Bangladesh. Mechanistic modeling reveals a critical seasonal mismatch: during the monsoon, feed water salinity peaks (24.8 ppt) while solar irradiance drops significantly.
Debasish Sarker +3 more
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