Hasil untuk "Recreation leadership. Administration of recreation services"

Kuzu Sinem, Sarı Çallı Didar

This research aims to examine Turkish bath culture in depth within the context of cultural heritage, assessing the contemporary continuity and transformation of traditional bathing practices, spatial and symbolic objects, and ritual-based practices using a holistic approach. A semi-structured interview technique was carefully selected for this study, based on a qualitative method. Interviews were conducted in 20 active baths in the Fatih district of Istanbul, which are considered spatially and functionally representative and possess a strong historical context. The data obtained were analysed in detail through a descriptive analysis process. The findings clearly demonstrate a high degree of continuity in traditional bathing practices and professional roles such as “tellaklık” and “natırlık”, while bath objects continue to be used largely in their authentic form. However, it has been observed that culturally meaningful ritual practices such as the bridal bath, the groom's bath, and the forty bath are becoming increasingly rare and, in some cases, have transformed into symbolic representations. This situation makes it urgently necessary to address Turkish bath culture comprehensively and to develop innovative strategies to ensure its sustainability.

Rami Mohamed Dawah, Fatma Seddik, Mariam Omran Grase et al.

Background and study aim. High-tone therapy, also known as High-Frequency External Muscle Stimulation (HTEMS), is a more recent and unique form of electrotherapy treatment. Unlike traditional electrotherapy methods, which use a single frequency, high-tone therapy modulates both frequency and amplitude to deliver more energy to the tissues. The options for treating neuropathy associated with any illness, including diabetes, are limited, especially non-pharmacological therapies. This review aims to investigate the evidence of the effectiveness of high-tone external muscle stimulation (HTEMS) for patients with polyneuropathy. Material and Methods. Google Scholar, Scopus, web of Science, PubMed, EMBASE, the Cochrane Central Register of Control Trials, CENTRAL, and Physiotherapy Evidence Database, Pedro, databases from inception to February 2022. We restricted the search to articles published in English only. Randomized controlled trials, RCTs, of HTEMS for peripheral neuropathy were included. Two independent reviewers screened the articles for eligibility, extracted the data, and assessed the risk of bias in eligible studies. Meta-analysis was performed using the random-effects model. The remaining results were presented using descriptive methods. The risk of bias was assessed using the PEDro scale. Results. Six articles fulfilled the eligibility criteria with 487 participants. Most trials have focused on investigating the effectiveness of HTEMS in treating diabetic polyneuropathy and entrapment neuropathies. Overall, HTEMS provided a slight, but not clinically significant, reduction in pain and Katz index scores compared with mean control difference with p is more then 0.05. Conclusions. HTEMS has been proven to be more efficient in most aspects, such as reduction in pain intensity and Katz index scores in patients with polyneuropathy compared to other treatment options. The included trials presented methodological issues and high heterogeneity, preventing the establishment of any firm recommendations to support or refute the use of HTEMS as a strategy for managing neuropathic pain.

Erin Buzuvis

This article presents the current state of college & universities’ compliance with Title IX’s requirements for gender equity in the distribution of athletic financial aid, also known as athletic scholarships.  When examined narrowly as a matter of compliance with the regulation governing athletic financial aid, scholarship allocation appears to favor female athletes. However, such framing focus obscures the degree to which women are short-changed in athletic scholarship dollars by college and universities constraining their athletic opportunities in the first place.  This article provides updated analysis and figures about the degree to which that is so, as well as historic social and legal context. It also examines enforcement practices that affect compliance.  Last, it offers suggestions for regulatory adjustment to add clarity to the concept of compliance in this regard.

Sergii Popel, Zbigniew Śliwiński

Purpose: to study the types of cardiohemodynamic response of the organism and morpho-biochemical changes of erythrocytes of peripheral blood of volleyball players to physical activity of maximum aerobic capacity. Material and methods In 18 highly qualified volleyball players aged 22.0±0.60 years, cardiohemodynamics (by functional methods), functional changes (by biochemical methods) and the structure of erythrocytes (using scanning electron microscopy) were studied before and after the maximum (3.5 W/kg of body weight) of physical activity. Results. It was found that maximal physical activity causes significant changes in cardiohemodynamics, which result in morphological rearrangement of peripheral blood erythrocytes (increase in erythrocyte deformation index) and closely correlate with biochemical changes (decrease in ATP concentration and increase in magnesium concentration in erythrocytes). Possible mechanisms of realization of features of reaction of an organism of volleyball players to physical activity of the maximum aerobic power depending on type of regulation of blood circulation and morpho-biochemical changes of erythrocytes of peripheral blood are discussed. Conclusions. Physical activity of maximum aerobic power in highly qualified female volleyball players reveals the typological features of the cardiohemodynamic response of the body of volleyball players, which is expressed by conformational changes in peripheral blood erythrocytes and depends on the concentration of individual macroelements in these cells and on the type of cardiohemodynamics.

Angel Guillermo Félix Mendoza, Nelson García Reinoso, Ángel Frowen Cedeño Sacón et al.

Se presenta la situación productiva del cacao en la provincia de Manabí (Ecuador), así como sus posibilidades de desarrollo regido por una política de revalorización cultural sostenible. Los productores de cacao, por lo general, desarrollan sus actividades en zonas rurales y periferias urbanas, las condiciones de vida muchas veces son precarias; el 90% de sus unidades productivas, denominadas fincas, con una extensión promedio de cinco hectáreas y su mantenimiento se caracteriza por ser de responsabilidad familiar. El objetivo de la presente investigación es identificar los diferentes grupos de productores, a partir de sus motivaciones, para el cultivo y producción del cacao en la zona centro norte de Manabí, Ecuador. El trabajo se dividió en dos etapas: (1) exploratoria, mediante la utilización de datos provenientes de organismos oficiales, los mismos que fueron procesados con el software ARC GIS; (2) trabajo de campo utilizando un cuestionario con escala de Likert. La muestra está conformada por 196 productores de cacao. El diseño de investigación es flexible, de enfoque cuantitativo y cualitativo; de carácter exploratorio. Existen dos grandes conjuntos de productores. El primer conjunto de productores relacionado con la simple comercialización del cacao y el segundo conjunto de productores que muestra una significante apropiación del producto como reflejo de la cultura local. Se vislumbra un contexto positivo para las iniciativas en torno al turismo agrario.

Lucía Molina-Pérez, Ana B. Casado-Díaz, Ricardo Sellers-Rubio

Las webs de las organizaciones de promoción del destino turístico suponen en muchos casos el primer contacto entre el turista y el destino. El presente trabajo analiza el posicionamiento en buscadores de dichas webs y propone un índice de visibilidad para las mismas. El análisis se lleva a cabo en tres marcos geográficos diferenciados: la provincia de Alicante, la Comunidad Valenciana y los destinos de costa del resto de regiones españolas. Los resultados muestran diferencias significativas en el posicionamiento en buscadores de las webs examinadas.

Andra-Elena Gurgu

This article aims to identify the influence of wine sector toward wine tourism in Romania. The article describes both wine sector and wine tourism. The study attempts to demonstrate the correlation between these two sectors pointing out that wine tourism in Romania is still in a developing phase. Therefore, understanding the link between these two merging industries and how they influence each other stands as the goal of the paper. Overall, the results suggest that there is a significant wine-growing potential with a conclusive outcome in wine tourism sector.

Luciana-Floriana Holostencu, Maria-Cristina Iorgulescu, Mădălina-Lavinia Ţală et al.

From what in March 2020 seemed as a simple health issue, the Covid-19 pandemic has led to a global crisis with a huge social, economic and educational impact. As a result, many countries that were not prepared for such a situation, in terms of infrastructure, had to abruptly adapt with the resources they had to their disposal at that time. For example, in Romania, most schools and universities moved their classes online via different online platforms, but students from rural areas were not able to attend school at all. The present study aims to evaluate students’ perceptions and difficulties regarding online (blended) learning compared to traditional classroom attendance with a main focus on the difficulties encountered in the process of learning economic subjects. We performed a quantitative research by implementing an online questionnaire which was sent out by the end of the second semester of 2020 – 2021 school year. The respondents were freshmen from The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, The Faculty of Business and Tourism, enrolled in October 2020. Being aware that the quality of their learning might be affected via blended learning, all these respondents agreed to take part into various optional activities provided by the means of the Secondary Education Project – ROSE BT. Therefore, the current study might offer an useful insight into difficulties encountered by these students and solutions provided by both teachers and the university as an institution interested into facilitating the online education process. Moreover, the results will show possible factors that may determine difficulties into understanding various economic subjects and students’ own motion for improving their situation.

María Pilar Peñarubia-Zaragoza, Moisés Simancas-Cruz, Geraldine Forgione-Martín

Geomarketing allows geographical units to be defined with a certain degree of homogeneity in terms of tourists’ preferences, behaviours, needs, expectations, purchase and consumption patterns and analogous attitudes. The result is a ‘territorial segmentation’ of tourists’ demands in accordance with tourism areas’ geographical characteristics. This study sought to examine the benefits and disadvantages of applying geomarketing to territorial segmentation of demand in coastal tourism areas. An empirical analysis was conducted of data on tourist accommodation establishments specialising in family tourism in Costa Adeje, Spain. The findings include that the tourist accommodation variable is essential to any successful segmentation process, including the micro-segmentation of coastal tourism areas. This variable facilitates the grouping of consumers with similar demands in a market based on shared needs, habits or attitudes and, from the supply side, on areas’ characteristics. The latter territorial aspects are crucial to public and private decision-making processes. Thus, geomarketing is an ideal technique for understanding tourists.

Glenna Bower, Mary Hums, Sarah Williams

Female athletic administrators were asked about the role of mentoring in their careers as women while male athletic administrators were asked about the role of mentoring in their careers as men working in intercollegiate athletic administration.  The researchers gathered and compared information on mentor characteristics as well as career and psychosocial benefits of having a mentor. Participants were 518 female and 778 male athletic administrators working at NCAA Division I, II, and IIII, NAIA, NCCAA, and NJCAA schools. A three-step content-analytic procedure was used to analyze the qualitative data. Men identified being trustworthy, supportive, respected, and a good listener while women identified being supportive, hardworking, and knowledgeable as the most important mentor characteristics. Men most frequently named coaching and challenging assignments as career benefits from mentors while women named exposure/visability and coaching. Both men and women most frequently identified counseling and role modeling as psychosocial benefits from mentors.

Cristiane Soares Cardoso Dantas Gomes, Marcos Antonio Leite do Nascimento, Carlos Alberto Freire Medeiros

O projeto Geoparque Seridó é resultado de um estudo técnico e diagnóstico que embasou a inventariação de 25 geossítios, sendo reformulado e atualmente abrangendo 16 geossítios, contemplado em seis municípios no estado do Rio Grande do Norte (Cerro Corá, Lagoa Nova, Currais Novos, Acari, Carnaúba dos Dantas e Parelhas). Esses locais apresentam um patrimônio geológico único utilizado para diferentes finalidades. Dessa forma, a pesquisa tem o intuito de evidenciar os valores que podem ser encontrados nesses locais. Para confirmar tais valores, foi utilizada uma metodologia de quantificação do patrimônio geológico. A pesquisa evidenciou dois geossítios (Mina Brejuí e Pico do Totoró) de relevância internacional e oito geossítios de relevância nacional (Serra Verde, Vale Vulcânico, Cânions dos apertados, Açude Gargalheiras, Cruzeiro de Acari, Xiquexique, Açude Boqueirão e Mirador), além de mostrar quais geossítios têm finalidade científica, turística. Os resultados oriundos da pesquisa evidenciaram que a área tem sim viabilidade para a efetivação da proposta do Geoparque e ratificam a importância do lugar ao ser embasado nos valores apontados pela pesquisa.

O.A. Ryepko, Zh.L. Kozina, D.N. Karyutshenko

<p><em>The purpose</em> of the work is to determine the specifics of the speed of reaction in representatives of fencing, cyclical sports (swimmers) and game sports (basketball players). <em>Material and methods.</em> In the study, 23 skilled fencers, 18 qualified swimmers and 23 qualified basketball players took part in the determination of the differences between reaction rate indicators. In this study, methods were used to determine the psychophysiological abilities of athletes in terms of time indicators of a simple and complex reaction. Tests were conducted on the computer program "Psychodiagnostics". The following measurements were made: measurement of the simple response rate to the light stimulus: in response to the appearance of any image on the monitor, it was necessary to press and release the left mouse button as soon as possible; measurement of the simple reaction rate to the sound stimulus: in response to the sound, it was necessary to press and release the left mouse button as soon as possible; the measurement of the complex reaction of choosing one of three objects: in response to the appearance on the monitor screen of a picture of a geometric figure or animal, it was necessary to press and release the left mouse button as soon as possible; measuring the complex reaction of choosing two objects from three: in response to the appearance on the monitor screen of the image of the geometric figure, it was necessary to press and release the left mouse button as soon as possible; in response to the appearance on the monitor screen of the animal image should be as soon as possible to press and release the right button of the mouse. <em>Results.</em> It is shown that fencers in terms of time indicators of a simple and complex reaction occupy an intermediate position between representatives of sports games and cyclical sports, which significantly differ among themselves in these indicators. Fencers have these values closer to the basketball players, who have the best performance in these tests. This indicates the high importance of the speed of reaction for fencers. In terms of the efficiency of thinking, the ability to concentrate and distribute attention, mental efficiency and practicability, fencers significantly surpass both representatives of sports games and representatives of cyclic sports, which indicates a high value of indicators reflecting various aspects of thinking processes for fencers. <em>Conclusions.</em> In situational sports, the main form of brain activity is not the development of motor stereotypes, but the "creative" function. With this is the great importance of the processes of perception and processing of information by the central neural system.</p>

Ana Haro González

La gobernanza de los convenios de colaboración entre diferentes niveles de gobierno es un tema de creciente interés que no ha recibido mucha atención por parte de la literatura. Con la intención de contribuir a un mejor conocimiento de este instrumento de gestión, este artículo identifica dos modelos de gobernanza, analizando las políticas de turismo y accesibilidad para personas con impedimentos físicos en España para entender sus dinámicas. Este análisis nos permite observar que la gobernanza participativa permite el involucramiento de todos los actores en la gestión de los proyectos, siendo por ello más efectiva para la gestión de proyectos de turismo. Por su parte, el análisis de la gobernanza jerárquica nos muestra una mayor incidencia de los actores del centro, encontrándose así en sectores estratégicos como la accesibilidad. Se trata, por tanto, de un estudio comparado que dibuja algunas conclusiones que pueden servir como referencia para otras experiencias en América Latina.  

Fred Célimène, Bruno Marques

Desde hace años el turismo internacional se ha convertido en una especialización de la región del Caribe. La pregunta sobre si la contribución de las ganancias del turismo internacional ha repercutido en las rentas de la población del Caribe, ha generado un ámbito de estudio tanto teórico como práctico. Estructurando el concepto de contribución alrededor de las nociones de causalidad y elasticidad, este artículo presenta varios datos resumidos y aplicables a todo el conjunto del Caribe, por lo que mira más allá de la diversidad que caracteriza la región. La econometría del panel de datos proporciona el marco para las observaciones siguientes y las regresiones que de ellas pueden ser estimadas nos proporcionan información sobre la contribución dinámica del turismo internacional a los ingresos de la región.

Adriano Santos Rocha Silva, Emmanuelle Fonseca Marinho de Anias Daltro, Ernani Marques dos Santos et al.

O presente estudo analisa a utilização das mídias sociais por parte da administração pública municipal. Para tanto, foi realizada uma pesquisa quantitativa e descritiva, sendo a amostra composta pelos 20 municípios do Território Recôncavo, região do Estado da Bahia, no Brasil. Referente às mídias sociais, optou-se por pesquisar o uso do Facebook por ser este o maior e mais importante site de rede social utilizado no país. Foram observados os aspectos presença e tipo de inserção no Facebook, data da primeira postagem, quantidade de amigos ou seguidores, existência de identificação do administrador da fan page, conteúdos das postagens, interação com os usuários e adequação visual e da linguagem. Destacam-se nos resultados que 70% dos municípios pesquisados utilizam o Facebook de modo oficial, sendo a primeira postagem em 2010. Mas, apesar da capilaridade proporcionada pelas mídias sociais, os amigos ou seguidores correspondem a apenas 2,5% da população da região estudada.

Luís Pacheco

In this paper we analyze a set of financial ratios from hospitality sector SMEs in order to ascertain which factors determine a greater probability of default. We choose the hospitality sector due to its importance in the Portuguese economy and has been particularly affected by the recent economic downturn and austerity measures and because, to the best of our knowledge, this sector has never been the object of such a study. Usually the literature seeks to find a set of variables which are significant in the estimation of default and multiple discriminant analysis and logit methodology are the main avenues of research on this area. Our data was collected from SABI and we followed logit methodology. Our results recommend that in ascertaining the creditworthiness of borrowers only debt and equity variables appear to be relevant to explaining failure, and overreliance on profit as an indication of good financial performance should be limited. The main reason for our rather poor results could be from problems with the data quality, possibly since the accounts published by firms aren’t reliable and tend to present negative results.

J. Carlos Monterrubio, M. Marivel Mendoza-Ontiveros

The demonstration effect has become a well-established concept in the literature on tourism. It has been commonly reported as a consequence of tourism, focusing on the emulation of tourists’ consumption patterns. However, there is very limited empirical evidence specifically focused on how tourist behaviour is actually or potentially emulated by locals. This study aims to fill this gap by presenting the findings of a research project looking at how women in a tourism destination in Mexico have adopted tourists’ behavioural patterns either entirely or partially. Based on in-depth interviews and focus groups, this study reveals that tourist behaviours, attitudes, and certain ways of thinking can be and have been actually adopted by local women. Nevertheless, it also shows that local social groups do not copy tourist behaviour blindly; instead, residents are also critical in demonstration effect processes. They observe, analyse, compare, evaluate and decide on what and how tourists’ specific behaviours are adopted.

Sandra María Sánchez Cañizares, Julia M. Núñez Tabales, Fernando J. Fuentes García

The attitudes and perceptions of local communities or residents are of special interest when examining and managing the economic, sociocultural and environmental aspects of tourism development in a given area. In this paper, we analyse the perceptions and attitudes of residents in an emerging tourist destination: the island country of Cape Verde (Africa). A survey and multivariate analysis is used for the analysis. More specifically, we focus on the island of São Vicente, an enclave that has remained relatively isolated from foreign tourism until fairly recently, and which is currently experiencing a tourism boom that is altering the way of life of local residents. The results reveal that, in general terms, the local community perceives that tourism brings economic opportunities – especially for a population whose traditional fate was to emigrate – and has other positive impacts such as increased investments in infrastructures and higher quality hospitality and retail establishments.

Mariana Cavalcanti Falcão, Carla Regina Pasa Gómez

O TALC (Tourism Areas Life Cycles) proposto por Butler (1980) é um exemplo de estudos que se preocuparam em criar parâmetros para avaliar a durabilidade da atividade turística de uma área em função do número de visitantes. Contudo, verifica-se em estudos como o de Rodríguez, López e Estévez (2007), a necessidade de adequar o TALC aos princípios do desenvolvimento sustentável, pois o mesmo é considerado ineficiente quando se trata do conceito de sustentabilidade de uma localidade. Assim, é objetivo deste estudo propor a adequação do TALC às dimensões da sustentabilidade para que quando aplicados à áreas turísticas obtenha-se um resultado integrado entre os estágios do ciclo de vida e o retrato da sustentabilidade. Esse trabalho se caracteriza como ensaio teórico resultante de pesquisa bibliográfica. A partir da construção do arcabouço teórico discutiu-se o modelo teórico em questão (TALC), a sustentabilidade de uma localidade assim como a caracterização de suas seis dimensões e seus possíveis indicadores e critérios de análise. Finalmente, o resultado se apresenta como um modelo de indicadores tanto para identificação de cada estágio do ciclo de vida, assim como um conjunto de16 indicadores de sustentabilidade e 43 critérios de análise estabelecidos para avaliação de seis dimensões da sustentabilidade.