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Association between spinal disorders and different domains of physical activity among young adult men
2022
BackgroundThere is limited evidence of how physical activity (PA) associates with low back pain (LBP) and neck pain (NP). Particularly, the association between occupational or commuting PA and LBP/NP is unclear. The aim of the present cross-sectional study was to investigate the association between spinal disorders and different physical activity domains in young and healthy adult men.MethodsSelf-reported leisure time, occupational and commuting PA, as well as LBP and NP, were studied using questionnaires among young Finnish males (n = 1,630). Logistic regression analysis was used to study the associations of PA domains, physical fitness, and spinal disorders. Regression models were adjuste…
Tracking oneself for others: communal and self-motivational value of sharing exercise data online
2021
Self-tracking is increasingly popular in recreational sport. Leisure sports practitioners use wearable devices that are connected to online platforms to record, analyse, and share their exercise data. While doing that they interact with a digital system, with themselves, and with peers. This paper examines social-communicative aspects of self-tracking, and the support that these aspects and their associated practices may provide for physical activity behaviour. Data for the study was collected using an online survey and in-depth interviews with Finnish trail runners. The results indicate that sharing exercise data with others on a regular basis can support physical activity behaviour becaus…
La proposta educativa dell'oratorio tra dialogo e testimonianza.
2016
L’oratorio continua ad essere un luogo educativo per tutti i giovani, per lo più di età compresa tra i 6 e i 18 anni, delle famiglie che condividono gli ideali della religione cristiano-cattolica. Esso è anche una palestra formativo-professionale per quei volontari che intendono dedicarsi a compiti educativi. L’uso intelligente del tempo libero dagli impegni di studio, in un clima di letizia e fratellanza, caratterizza l’educazione religiosa offerta ai giovani che frequentano l’oratorio. In alcune “periferie” l’oratorio costituisce l’unico luogo di aggregazione giovanile oltre la scuola. La formazione pedagogica e dottrinale degli educatori che lavorano negli oratori deve essere la prima pr…
Human capital and the intertemporal substitution for leisure: empirical evidence for Spain
2022
AbstractIn this paper we provide the first estimate of the intertemporal substitution for leisure in Spain, accounting for the impact of human capital accumulation. This would allow uncovering whether the intertemporal labour supply of Spanish workers is affected by human capital. Our empirical strategy consists of estimating the equation for the intertemporal substitution of leisure with and without accounting for human capital, what allows to detect hypothetical estimation biases associated to omitting the impact of human capital. To that end, we build a pseudo-panel data set combining the Spanish Family Expenditure Survey and the Labour Survey over the period 1987–1997. While the model t…
La thématisation de l’hôtel New York de Disneyland Paris à l’épreuve de la satisfaction de la clientèle
2016
Les hébergements touristiques ont connu une profonde mutation avec notamment une orientation par la production de contextes expérientiels qui soit constituent l’offre proprement dite, soit servent à mieux positionner cette offre vis-à-vis de la concurrence. L’objet de cette recherche est donc de mesurer l’influence des services (fonctionnels versus expérientiels) offerts par un hôtel haut de gamme thématisé et situé dans un parc d’attractions sur la satisfaction de la clientèle. Pour ce faire, nous avons utilisé le modèle tétraclasse de Sylvie Llosa auprès d’un échantillon de 9053 clients résidant à l’hôtel New York (4 étoiles) de Disneyland Paris. Les résultats montrent que la chambre appa…
Measuring the perceived value of rural tourism: a field survey in the western Sicilian agritourism sector
2016
Rural tourism constitutes a valuable tool for the sustainable development of many rural areas. This paper examines the concept of perceived value in rural tourism. A quantitative field survey was carried out in some main Western Sicilian holiday farms (agritourisms) during the Spring 2014. A theoretical model of the tourists’ perceived value in this specific context was developed and validated, using a 22-item scale. Using Partial Least Squares Path Modelling a theoretical structural model of the multidimensional structure of the RTPV was tested, assessing intensity and direction of the causal relationships among RTPV and its dimensions. Five dimensions were identified as forming the constr…
The 2.0 tourist as recipient of touristic promotion: linguistic strategies and importance of its study
2012
El turista/viajero es cada vez más quien gestiona sus viajes a través de Internet. El término turista 2.0, denomina a este nuevo agente. Por ello, las webs turísticas han de tener en cuenta ciertos mecanismos y estrategias lingüísticas y visuales que cumplan el objetivo de los géneros de promoción: la persuasión. Estas estrategias lingüísticas se construyen mediante funciones retóricas como la descripción, la ejemplifi cación, la sugerencia, etc., así como la interpersonalidad, función discursiva que designa la relación entre emisor y receptor del texto a través de marcadores, sujeta a variaciones lingüísticas y culturales y que modaliza la persuasión. Será, pues, necesario el análisis de e…
Le politiche pubbliche per il leisure
2011
Adapting and validating scale of customer engagement in online travel communities
2020
Increasing attention towards customer engagement has caused its measurement to remain a highly debated issue among scholars. This study adapts and validates measurement scales for customer engagement in Online Travel Communities. It builds on previous studies on scale development for customer engagement. Data were collected from 450 members of Online Travel Communities in eight countries: Australia, Canada, Hong Kong (Chinese territory), New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. The process of adapting and validating the scale involved exploratory factor analysis, testing for differential item functioning, examination of item response theory,…
Explaining local governments' cost efficiency: Controllable and uncontrollable factors
2020
Abstract Efficient and effective management of public resources is essential at all levels of government. This issue has gained momentum due to the strains that affected public sector finances after the onset of the 2007/08 crisis in many countries, particularly in Europe. In this article, we evaluate the influence of environmental variables that affect local government efficiency in one European country, Spain, during the crisis years (2009–2015). To this end, and considering the possible influence of both controllable and uncontrollable factors, we use an approach that is able to analyse their impact across the conditional distribution of performance, and which controls for the (likely) e…