A gyógynövények az élet minden területén megjelennek napjainkban, az emberek pedig egyre gyakrabban alkalmazzák őket különböző betegségek megelőzésére és kezelésére. Számos előnnyel rendelkeznek a gyógyhatású növények, többek között nagyrészük hasznos vitaminokat, ásványi anyagokat és egyéb hatóanyagokat tartalmaz, melyek kiegészíthetik a mindennapi táplálkozást és elősegíthetik az egészséges életmódot. Hatóanyagaik miatt a gyógynövények a sporttáplálkozás területén is alkalmazhatók, hiszen segíthetnek antioxidáns, adaptogén hatásuknak köszönhetően; magas vitamin, ásványi anyag és festékanyag tartalmuk, valamint teljesítményfokozó hatásuk miatt. Számos külföldi és hazai gyógynövény alkalmazható a sporttáplálkozásban, melyek közül a cikkben említésre kerülnek a legfontosabbak, leggyakrabban kutatottak.
In business schools in Western countries, acting is used as a tool for training managers. However, in the Eastern
countries, including Romania, the concept is underdeveloped. In this scientific research, the opinion of both
business professionals, i.e., managers with experience in this field, and students from the Faculty of Business and
Tourism within The Bucharest University of Economic Studies on the usefulness of introducing acting courses to
support the training of managers is investigated. The professionals interviewed believe that acting benefits a
manager through the leadership and communication lessons it provides, helping them to manage situations by
appealing to emotional memory, relating to their team members by using emotional intelligence, and sharing their
vision by developing the qualities necessary for a leader. The students' perspective underscores the ideas
expressed by practicing managers and demonstrates that management contains an artistic component to a
significant degree and that acting as an art form is intertwined with management in beneficial ways. The overall
conclusion of the study highlights students' confidence in the impact of acting on a manager's professional
development. The percentage of students who would take acting courses if they were introduced in Romanian
business schools is over 90% of all respondents. Thus, it can be stated that acting is a real tool for the development
of a manager, which should be adopted and used by all Romanian business schools.
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El presente artículo analiza la importancia del patrimonio gastronómico como parte esencial de la cultura alimentaria de un territorio, que busca potencializarlo en el turismo cultural sostenible. El problema central es la pérdida de la producción tradicional del ahuautle en el municipio de Atenco, México, que trastoca las manifestaciones alimentarias y culturales de este lugar. La finalidad del estudio es analizar la importancia del ahuautle como recurso endémico en la gastronomía tradicional de Atenco que favorece la identidad cultural, histórica, ritual y nutritiva del municipio. El enfoque teórico-metodológico es la perspectiva crítico-reflexiva que aborda los procesos de mercantilización, espectacularización y exotización de este tipo de recursos para revalorar la llamada “gastronomía crítica”. El procedimiento se desarrolla en tres etapas: la primera una sistematización de estudios sobre la importancia de la gastronomía tradicional, en particular la del ahuautle; una segunda sobre la detección y evaluación de necesidades y potencialidades de distintos actores sociales del municipio para implementar un plan de intervención que fomente un turismo cultural sostenible en Atenco; y, una tercera, la propuesta que dé lugar al desarrollo de diversas acciones sobre el recurso gastronómico en el municipio. Los principales resultados no solo buscan promover una conciencia solidaria del desarrollo turístico cultural sostenible, sino acciones concretas para la recuperación y potencialización del ahuautle en Atenco.
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Guerrilla marketing is an alternative way to communicate with customers, by using creative and unexpected messages and channels to stand out in the marketing communication crowd. Despite practitioners’ growing interest on the topic, the contributions in the literature are still scarce. This study aims to explore the impacts of guerrilla marketing campaigns on Facebook on brand image and content sharing intentions. A mixed method research was adopted. The first phase had a more exploratory nature and used focus groups to analyse customers’ perceptions and responses towards guerrilla marketing campaigns. It was followed by a quantitative study of 256 Portuguese consumers that answered an online survey after being exposed to a guerrilla marketing campaign on Facebook. Results suggest that customer interaction with guerrilla marketing on Facebook depends on content’s characteristics, namely the message appeal. While humour appeal enhances the relationship with customers by increasing the level of interaction, negative appeals (e.g., perceived as offensive) generate adverse reactions. This study also shows that frequent Facebook users have a greater predisposition to interact with guerrilla marketing content.
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<p><em>The purpose</em> of the study is to determine the correlation of psycho-physiological functions with indicators of physical and technical readiness of young footballers of 12-13 and 15-16 years in the preparatory and competitive periods of the annual cycle of the training process. <em>Methods.</em> 24 football players participated in the study, 12 of them 12-13 players; 12 football players 15-16 years old. Parameters characteristic for determining the psychophysiological state, indicators of the nervous system's work capacity, and attention indicators were analyzed with the help of computer programs for psychophysiological testing. Also, determination of the level of physical preparedness (running on 60 m, running on 1000 m, shuttle running, pulling on the crossbar, jumping from place), determination of the level of technical preparedness (juggling, impact on range). Testing was carried out at the beginning of the preparatory period and at the beginning of the competition period of the annual cycle of the training process. The gap between the two tests was 3 months. <em>Results.</em> In the preparatory period of young footballers 15-16 years, the total number of reliable relationships between psychophysiological indicators and indicators of physical and technical preparedness is lower than that of young footballers 12-13 years in the preparatory and competitive periods. In the competitive period of 15-16 year old football players there is an increase in the number of interconnections between psychophysiological indicators and indicators of physical and technical preparedness compared with the preparatory period. In footballers aged 15-16 in the competitive period, there is an increase in the number of relationships that reflect rapid physical qualities and mobility of the nervous system, the ability to switch attention, the speed of a simple and complex reaction in comparison with the preparatory period and the results of testing the players 12-13 years. <em>Conclusions.</em> The obtained data is a reflection of the process of formation of a specific type of football player, when the speed of neurodynamic processes is associated with high-speed and speed-strength physical qualities.</p>
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<p>The purpose of this work was to determine the effect of rock climbing as a means of adaptive physical education on behavior, emotional state, coordination of movements and quality of life of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Material and methods: Five children aged 8-9 with ASD participated in the experiment. All children who were involved in rock climbing had the same name. low-function autism (disability of subgroup A). They did not speak, they could neither read nor write, had problematic behavior, stereotyped movements, a large number of inappropriate movements, impaired coordination of movements, aggression and autoaggression. The children attended classes on rock climbing 2 times a week for 40 minutes. on a rock climbing bridge in Lviv from September 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018. Classes were individual. Each of them started with warm-up (5 minutes), in the main part of the children were taught Bouldering (10 min.) And worked on high tracks up to 14 m (25 min.). Prior to the beginning of classes (August 2017), parents' questionnaires were conducted concerning the psychophysical status of children who were included in the experiment. The questionnaire was filled up by parents every three months during the experiment, which led to changes in the psychophysical state of their children. Results: Based on the results of an expert assessment of the psychophysical condition of children with RAS attending climbing classes, it can be argued that, against the backdrop of growth in the results of the skills of movements, the logic of passing the distance, the speed of solving motor tasks, a significant increase in positive emotions, there is a significant decrease in problem behavior. Climbing activities contribute to a significant increase in the quality of life of both children from the ASD and their parents. The results of the influence of the duration of classes on the components of the behavior of the children under study by multidimensional dispersion analysis showed a significant impact on the duration of occupations on various components of child behavior (p <0.001). Conclusions The obtained results testify to the high efficiency of the use of rock climbing as a means of socialization of children with autism. Climbing is a powerful sensory stimulus for children with PAC. It is possible to recommend individual climbing exercises for children with ASD as an effective means of adaptive physical education.</p>
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<p><em>Purpose</em>: to improve the efficiency of the method of correcting errors in the techniques of tennis players by the complex application of the methods of parallel motion pictures and scoring of elements. <em>Material and methods</em>. The study involved 24 athletes aged 10-12 years with an experience of training 36-44 months, attending sectional tennis classes in the sports club "Polytechnic" National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute", the city of Kharkov. 12 athletes were included in the experimental group and 12 in the control group, each of which consisted of 6 female athletes and 6 male athletes. The experiment was carried out sequentially during two academic years (2016-2017 and 2017-2018 academic year). The duration of the experiment during each academic year is 27 weeks, which corresponds to the general preparatory stage of the preparatory period of the annual cycle, during which the basic technical training of tennis players takes place. The experimental group trained by the advanced program of integrated training using the methods of parallel motion pictures and scoring elements in the technique of correcting errors in the techniques. For the control group, traditional integrated training systems were used. To study the dynamics and comparative analysis of the results of the experiment, control testing was conducted to assess the stability of the performance of techniques - a kick from the rebound by the open plane of the Forehand racket, a kick from the rebound by the closed plane of the Backhand racket. Results. The proposed improved method for correcting errors in tennis techniques has increased the effectiveness of the training process, as evidenced by the increase in the stability indicators of various kickbacks. The data obtained make it possible to recommend an improved method for correcting errors to be introduced into integrated tennis training systems for 10-12 years. <em>Conclusions</em><em>.</em> The analysis of the effectiveness of using the methods of parallel motion pictures and scoring of elements confirmed their availability, informativeness, the possibility of an individual approach in the selection of methods and means of eliminating errors in tennis techniques.</p>
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Adriana L. Fernandes, Raul M. S. Laureano, Bráulio Alturas
Organizational Learning, despite being a widely debated topic in the
literature on management, regarding the hotel industry still suffers
from scattered information. This study was conducted with 295
professionals, among them managers and employees of hotels in Brazil
and Portugal in order to validate a measuring instrument of
organizational learning, properly adapted for hotel industry, and
identify differences in the degree of efficiency of the organizational
learning process between hotels of different categories, and between
managers and employees. Initially a content validation with
representatives of the hotel industry was made, then a confirmatory
factor analysis was performed. As a result, we obtained a scale with 4
factors and 12 items, which was able to identify differences in the level
of organizational learning between hotels and between managers and
employees. There is evidence that the ability of individuals and groups
to learn is encouraged, but is not being achieved in full in this industry,
and that the most critical part of the process involves the dimension of
creation and knowledge management in this industry.
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Mercè Colom Oliva, Jaume Font Garolera, Daniel Imbert–Bouchard Ribera
En un contexto de crisis económica general y déficit presupuestario, en 2012 el Gobierno de la Generalitat de Catalunya -uno de los primeros destinos turísticos de Europa y de la región mediterránea- creó el Impuesto sobre las Estancias en Establecimientos Turísticos (IEET) conocido popularmente como "tasa turística". Este impuesto tenía como finalidad paliar dicho déficit y disponer de un Fondo para el Fomento del Turismo (FFT) que permitiera mantener las inversiones en fomento y promoción turística.
El presente artículo realiza un balance de la recaudación de los dos primeros ejercicios completos (años 2013 y 2014) de vigencia del impuesto y se valoran las acciones realizadas con los fondos obtenidos, especialmente en el uso de la TIC, tanto en las campañas de promoción como en acciones de fomento del turismo.
Entre las principales conclusiones del estudio se constata que la entrada en vigor del impuesto ha permitido que los destinos beneficiarios incentivaran la creación y promoción de nuevos productos turísticos y el uso de nuevas herramientas de planificación y gestión turística, más eficientes y mejor adaptadas a las necesidades de la demanda turística actual.
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This study is based on the technique Interpretive Structural Modelling
(ISM), in order to delineate a flowchart that shows the main ten
barriers (and their relationships) influencing the development of
Portuguese Entrepreneurship Ecosystem. Through a process of
modelling it was possible to reach a graphical representation that
shows the operating sequence of these barriers in order to
understand the logic of their relationship. The results show a model
represented by a flowchart consisting of 10 barriers, three of them
that are positioned at the base of the model have political-legislative
features with high level of range in all the remaining barriers, so a
political involvement, carefully measured, could contribute to the
improvement of the Portuguese Entrepreneurship Ecosystem. The
final model is a useful tool that can be adopted by key decisionmakers and players in the Ecosystem in order to optimize the
selection of measures enabling the entrepreneurial activity in
Portugal.
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O artigo A aproximação entre Turismo e a Arte da Dança: caso Expedição de Dança – PARNA Serra da Capivara/PI – Brasil, sugere refletir sobre a possibilidade de se pensar uma expedição como Turismo, tendo como referência a expedição que ocorreu no Parque Nacional Serra da Capivara (2013), fruto da dissertação intitulada “Grafias na Pedra: índices evolutivos da dança” (MARQUES, 2012) para conjecturar sobre as possíveis relações entre as figuras rupestres e os observadores in loco, tendo como pressuposto o entendimento de coevolução entre corpo e ambiente, cultura e memória.
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Jorge Brantes Ferreira, Angilberto Sabino de Freitas, Eduardo Rocha Guaraná
et al.
A internet causou uma verdadeira revolução no marketing boca-a-boca. Essa
comunicação, que antes demandava o contato pessoal, agora é
compartilhada globalmente por meio de plataformas virtuais entre
indivíduos desconhecidos e geograficamente dispersos. O objetivo deste
estudo é avaliar os fatores que afetam a adoção de informações em
comunidades de consumidores online. Com uma amostra de 288
respondentes, os dados obtidos foram analisados por meio da modelagem
de equações estruturais. Os resultados apontam que a percepção de
utilidade das informações se mostrou importante para o processo de adoção
das opiniões, sendo a relevância e a confiabilidade da fonte os fatores que
mais influenciaram a utilidade percebida.
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Corporate governance along with social responsibility represent a major point of interest for most shareholders
and stakeholders, as it is desirable for any investor or organization to implement mechanisms that are able to
ensure a proper control of a company’s operating framework. It would be ideal for the business environment in
every country to adopt and respect policies which lead to a reliable and secure employment, a minimization of
risks, a maximization of incentives, as well as protected communities and a preserved environment. Corporate
governance and social responsibility form an area that includes various concepts, but based on information
gathered, we may reveal that the compliance with certain rules and regulations can generate higher welfare and
prosperity. We managed to analyze the interrelationship between the two notions, definitions, the factors that
linked them, and some important issues that appear when integrating social responsibility into corporate
governance, meaning behavioral norms and industry impacts, economic environment, regulation, and
responsible decisions. For a full comprehensive picture, further reading is required.
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El objetivo de este trabajo es avanzar en la delimitación de las
dimensiones relevantes para la gobernanza de destinos turísticos, a
partir de una revisión de la literatura que incorpora los hallazgos que
ha proporcionado la rica experiencia en asociaciones público-privadas
en turismo. Partiendo de que la gobernanza implica el funcionamiento
coordinado de las partes interesadas en el destino turístico (nivel
estructural) para alcanzar objetivos compartidos (nivel intencional),
nos proponemos investigar sobre cómo se identifica quiénes son las
partes interesadas en turismo, cuáles son sus motivaciones, qué
recursos y capacidades son determinantes de su participación en los
procesos de gestión, con qué roles y qué instrumentos favorecen la
participación y la resolución de problemas, especialmente los derivados
de conflictos de intereses. La gobernanza encuentra su espacio de
argumentación dentro del análisis sobre la participación de los agentes
interesados para la consecución de metas compartidas en turismo. En
tal sentido, la gobernanza se configura como un modelo de gobierno útil
para identificar cómo poner en práctica un ejercicio efectivo de
sostenibilidad en los destinos turísticos. El proceso de participación
puede abarcar desde el diagnóstico de la situación y el establecimiento
de los objetivos del destino, pasando por el diseño de la política
turística, su implementación y la evaluación, considerando la
transparencia y la rendición de cuentas para asegurar la confianza.
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Marlusa Gosling, Mariana Coelho, Marcos Paulo Dias Leite Resende
Os museus são locais que oferecem lazer e conhecimento para a população. Por isso, é preciso investigar a atuação dos gestores de museus e a percepção de qualidade que o público visitante tem sobre eles. O objetivo deste trabalho é, a partir da análise do estado da arte da literatura, propor um modelo que contemple as relações entre antecedentes de satisfação, de aprendizado e recomendação de visitantes de museus. No modelo proposto, os construtos “Atitudes Gerais em Relação a Museus” e “Satisfação” medeiam a relação entre “Qualidade Percebida do Museu”, “Comunicação”, “Qualidade de Informações”, “Orientação à Cultura”, “Orientação ao Aprendizado” e os construtos consequentes “Intenção de Recomendar” e “Aprendizado Efetivo” do visitante. As relações presentes no modelo são alicerçadas na literatura que trata do tema. Para ratificar as relações propostas na literatura e identificar construtos adicionais à escala de mensuração de qualidade de serviços (SERVQUAL) e de museus (HISTOQUAL), foi feita uma pesquisa exploratório-qualitativa. Os dados foram coletados por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas com gestores e minigrupos de foco com visitantes de museus. Os dados obtidos foram analisados a partir de análise de conteúdo. Um importante resultado encontrado nessa fase da pesquisa foi a presença da variável interação social, que demonstra que os visitantes tendem a visitar museus para acompanhar familiares e amigos e participarem de atividades de lazer coletivas. Os autores agradecem à Fapemig pelo suporte financeiro (Edital Univeral 2012).
Palavras-chave: Qualidade Percebida em Museus. Satisfação. Histoqual. Modelagem de Equações Estruturais.
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É conhecida a tendência de envelhecimento das sociedades modernas.
O crescimento deste grupo populacional torna crucial perceber como
vivem e consomem estes indivíduos. Utilizando como enquadramento
o consumo de cosméticos, o objectivo deste estudo passa por perceber
o que caracteriza a população sénior feminina, nomeadamente ao nível
dos estilos de vida e, seguidamente, perceber qual o seu
comportamento de consumo face aos produtos de cosmética. Para
concretizar este duplo objectivo, foi feita uma recolha de dados
primários junto de 300 mulheres com idades superiores a 55 anos. Os
questionários eram constituídos por questões relacionadas com os
estilos de vida, comportamento de consumo face aos produtos de
cosmética e questões de cariz demográfico. A metodologia de análise
assentou em técnicas de redução de dados, nomeadamente a análise
factorial e análise de clusters. Com esta investigação espera-se
contribuir para a compreensão do segmento sénior em Portugal,
nomeadamente no que diz respeito ao consumo de produtos de
cosmética.
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The past two decades have seen growing interest in knowledge
management and the use of information technologies. However, it is
not clear how the relation between IT competency and knowledge
management works. This study provides a better understanding of
that relation. Through an empirical study of 162 Spanish firms, the
work finds that no direct relation exists between IT competency and
knowledge management. Open organization and empowerment
mediate the relation between IT competency and knowledge
management processes. These findings reinforce a field that is of
increasing interest to researchers, and which has seen only a limited
number of empirical studies to date.
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O presente estudo analisa os elementos antecedentes e consequentes
da satisfação do diplomado em Turismo em relação à Instituição de
Ensino Superior (IES) frequentada, considerando ainda o seu
conhecimento do setor do Turismo enquanto profissional desta área.
Este encontro de experiências representará uma fonte de informação
chave para o posicionamento e gestão estratégicos das IES com oferta
formativa em Turismo, bem como para a indústria do Turismo, que
reconhecerá as que correspondem de forma mais assertiva às
necessidades dos atuais profissionais do Turismo. Utilizando um
quadro conceptual baseado na análise da satisfação do consumidor e
recorrendo à técnica Partial Least Square – Path Modelling, procurou‐
se analisar a relação entre as variáveis que integram o processo de
formação da satisfação do consumidor considerado, e que se baseia na
metodologias dos Índices Nacionais de Satisfação do Consumidor, e
algumas caraterísticas da amostra. Os resultados evidenciam a
variável imagem como o elemento principal no processo de formação
da satisfação dos inquiridos em relação à IES frequentada e indicam
ainda distinções relevantes na perceção dos inquiridos ao nível da
natureza da IES, ensino universitário ou politécnico.
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Working life is increasingly characterized by strong tendencies
towards control and surveillance of employees. To control and
monitor employees, employers may take diverse surveillance
instruments into consideration: examples may be time-tracking
and access control systems, e-supported systems like chip cards,
RFID (radio-frequency identification) chips, human implants,
various biometric systems, computer surveillance, network
monitoring software, GPS tracking, telecommunication, visual and
Internet monitoring, as well as surveillance of detective agencies.
Reasons for employers to monitor employees’ behavior are
manifold: from an avoidance of malicious insider threats, the
prevention of image damage, increased productivity, and through
to reduced costs. This work starts with a fictive story of an
employee, followed by a short presentation of surrounding
viewpoints of organizational control and surveillance. The main
part of the paper focuses on an analysis of currently used
monitoring instruments and the Austrian legal framework of
employee surveillance and related privacy issues.
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