Recreational Field Research Articles

Methodological Approach to Assessing International Logistics Management in Commercial Activities in The Recreational Field: Innovations in Modeling

The main purpose of the study is to optimize the logistics systems of our chosen recreational area in the context of attracting new international tourist flows in accordance with the principles of sustainable development. The object of the study is the logistics system of our chosen recreational area - the Prague Zoo. The scientific task of the study is to determine the logical potential of the recreational zone, including indicators that influence the sustainable development of the recreational zone. The research methodology includes the use of a multivariate mathematical and statistical method. As a result of the study, a strategy for optimizing logistics systems to attract international tourists was proposed, while adhering to the principles of sustainable development. Despite this, the work has its limitations. Most of them are due to the fact that the Prague Zoo was chosen as the object of study, its commerce, logistics system and the impact of the latter on sustainable development. All these characteristics may be good for other recreational areas. The prospect of further research will be to expand the analysis of other recreational areas, and their commercial and logistics systems. In addition, further research will be aimed at more detailed development of measures to attract international tourists to recreational areas, while maintaining the implementation of the principles of sustainable development.

RECREATIONAL POTENTIAL OF THE TOURIST ZONE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT NATURAL CONDITIONS (CASE STUDY: R. GANGA - RISHIKESH)

Have been studied the factors affecting the recreational potential of tourist zones. As main basics, indicators have been use: physical and environmental, socio-demographic, political and economic. The work was finished on the scientific internships at the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing in Dehradun. For a comprehensive study of the recreational potential, field and laboratory work by using remote sensing methods. Considered are the features of planning tourist zones. Has been studied existing scientific work in the field of recreational planning of recreation areas. Calculated the possibilities of the tourist zone Rishikesh.

Ensuring the priority of health care in the activities of the state

The legal provision of valeological education of the future teacher is regulated by several national and international documents according to the hierarchical principle. Ukraine acquires rights, duties, and, most importantly, opportunities in the development of the authentic valeological space at all levels of political and social activity, gradually entering the world social, medical, psychological, and valeological community. In the state documents on education, considerable attention is paid to the implementation of a social request, a social order related to the search for new forms of training of a specialist in the educational and recreational field, who should perfectly possess the main and related professions, can solve the tasks of training specialists in conditions of competitiveness, integrativity, and intensity of activity. Now in our state, several laws stimulate the introduction of valeological education for the general masses of the population. Although in the Ukrainian legal field valeological issues are solved dualistically (as medical and extra medical, therapeutic and preventive, special and general), now there is every opportunity to make valeological culture a publicly available component of universal humanity. Naturally, the subject of reflection of various forms of social consciousness at different times was a person, his spiritual and/or physical perfection. So, within the framework of philosophy, as a joint foremother of the humanities and, to a large extent, the natural sciences, psychological, pedagogical, and medical theories of human health and existence developed.

To the issue of identifying some objects of operational protection by criminal police units of the National Police of Ukraine

The subject of the investigation are the operational maintenance objects of the machine-building complex and the recreational-tourism sphere by criminal police divisions. The research methodology includes the following methods: general and special legal: monographic method, method of analysis and synthesis, comparative legal method, classification method, statistical method, abstract-logical method. Scientific approaches to operating service definition are considered. An analysis of the machinery construction complex and the tourist and recreational field was carried out to achieve high standards of its operational service. As a practical dignified facility of the machinery construction complex and the tourist and recreational sphere were ordered in appropriate groups to identify those in need of operational maintenance. It is concluded that the regulations of the Ministry of the Interior and the National Police of Ukraine do not contain provisions that clearly define the content of the institution of operational services and its place in the system of operational and investigative units to combat crime.

A systematic review of injuries in recreational field hockey: From injury problem to prevention

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to gather information from scientific literature related to all steps of Van Mechelen’s “sequence of prevention” for injuries applied to youth and adult recreational field hockey players. A systematic review was conducted in Medline via Pubmed and in SPORTDiscus via EBSCOhost. Twenty-six original studies were included. Regarding injury incidence (step 1) results showed several overall injury incidence rates (youth: 1.47 per 1,000 Athlete Exposure (AE) time-loss (TL) injury up to 11.32 per 1,000 AE TL ánd non-time loss (NTL) injury, adults: 2.2 NTL injury per 1,000 AE, 15.2 injury per 1,000 hours of sports participation). Considering games and practices, most injuries were sustained in games (youth: 4.9, adults: 7.87 per 1,000 AE). Considering body parts, highest injury incidence rates were found in body parts in the lower extremities (youth: knee injuries in games (0.33 per 1,000 AE), adults: hamstring injuries in pre-season (0.75 per 1,000 AE)) and injuries in the head/face/eye (youth: 0.66 and adults: 0.94 head/face/eye, 0.71 head/face and 0.63 concussion per 1,000 AE). Regarding aetiology (step 2), no studies were found. Regarding the efficacy of available interventions (step 3 and 4), one study was found among youth players, describing a warm-up programme.

Экспертно-аналитическая парадигма на рекреационном поле услуг

The growing demand for recreation and recreation has turned the recreational field of services into a very large sector of the economy. Market demand in the study is determined by the analysis of official statistics, the construction of time series, the assessment of the dynamics of indicators. The research was based on the methods of economic and statistical analysis, analytical substantiation of the findings, sample observation, comparison method, which allows to determine the differences or commonality of the object with an analog. The article analyzes the market demand for the main types of recreational services: hotel, tourist, Spa. Conclusions are drawn about the growing demand for recreational services. In the sanatorium-resort complex, the number of organizations is reduced at the expense of sanatoriums and children's sanatoriums, but this does not affect their capacity, characterized by positive dynamics. In terms of the volume of services per consumer, the steady leaders were hotel and tourist services, in the direction of the sanatorium-resort complex there is a trend of growth in the number of treated (vacationers), which indicates an increase in the efficiency of the use of the capacity of the bed capacity. Stimulating the development of the market in the recreational field of services and improving the competitiveness of recreational services can improve the state of the economy, in particular, increase the inflow of foreign capital, GDP growth, increase the number of job vacancies.

MODERN TECHNOLOGIES OF HEALTH-RECREATIONAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

The article deals with the features of implementation and management of modern technologies of health-recreational activity of student youth. The peculiarities of management of recreational and sport and recreational projects for student youth are studied.The topicality of the raised problem lies in the need of highly qualified specialists’of the new generation training, who are able to manage the socio-cultural field effectively, to lead the team of people (sports teams, in particular), to reform the health-recreational and recreational field in order to meet the needs of all segments of the population fully. The professional activity of a specialists in Physical Education, teachers of Physical Education, the sports trainers of today are not limited with narrow approaches to teaching and training. The future specialist of these field is a carrier and a creator of technologies of health-recreational and recreational physical activity as a social phenomenon.Sport and health-recreational and recreational projects are aimed at strengthening the internal resources of student youth. They contribute to the physical well-being of the individual, the development of active rest, the promotion of a healthy lifestyle.Physical Education and health projects have the following specific features: the health status is emphasized; the diversity of living conditions and the needs of socio-demographic groups are taken into the account; the optimal combination of different sport; democratic forms of Physical culture and health activity; optional attendance of sport facilities; availability of sport centres, playgrounds and pavilions.Thus, sport projects are aimed at the satisfying the needs of a person in the free choice of such activities, in active recreation, in the pursuit of physical improvement and strengthening of their own health, in search of a medium for communication.The management of sport and health-recreational and recreational projects involves the possession of general knowledge (pedagogical, socio-cultural, psychological) and special knowledge (general patterns that characterize any project).

Prevention of musculoskeletal injuries in recreational field hockey: the systematic development of an intervention and its feasibility

ObjectiveThis article describes the systematic development of an intervention for the prevention of lower extremity injuries in field hockey and the assessment of its feasibility.MethodsThe intervention was developed according to...

A bio-composite racing sailboat: Materials selection, design, manufacturing and sailing

Bio-composites represent an interesting solution for replacing fiber-glass in yachts, with the aim of increasing the environmental sustainability of the nautical sector. This replacement is already occurring in several industrial sectors, from building to automotive. However, the nautical field seems reluctant in embracing this innovation; reasons might be found in the lack of technical references describing the bio-composite boat construction methods and the durability of the yacht within time.The production of a 4.6 m flax-epoxy and balsa wood racing sailboat is here described. The final aim of the paper is providing boat designers and manufacturers with the methods to design and construct a bio-composite craft. Tensile tests were performed on several specimens to obtain the mechanical properties of different fiber batches. Resin absorption tests were conducted to select the natural core and surface treatment, to minimize the final weight of the sandwich laminate. Finally, a specific multi-step infusion technique was developed to manufacture the hull and deck, limiting the boat final weight to 65kg. After four years from the launch, the boat neither shows structural failure nor damage. This is considered a good test and indicates interesting perspectives for the applicability of bio-composites into the nautical recreational field.

The Factors Effect the Venue Selection and Joining to Physical Activity of the Users Visit ‘Özgürlük Park and Recreation’ area for Physical Activity

The aim of this study is to examine the influencing factors of people to choose the place and participate in physical activities for parks and recreational sites. The participants of this study are the people who live in Istanbul, Kadikoy, 15 years or older people and regular users of Ozgurluk Park and Recreational field. 232 people volunteered for this study. When we look at the data, we have gathered from these people we decided some participant’s answers are invalid thus we decided to study on 200 valid answers we have. 50,5% percent of the participants are male, 49,5% percent of participants are female. As data gathering tool we used FAMDO which adopted to Turkey, and its correspondence and trustworthiness are proven. FAMDO consists 33 questions and two subcategories (choosing physical activity place and factors which prevent people from participating physical activities). It is five scale Likert-type questionnaire. It evaluates the reason of participants picking a park and recreational site for physical activity and the reasons that prevent people from participating physical activities. For data analysis, we used descriptive statistics and single variable variance analysis (ANOVA) and Independent Samples T-Test. The data we have obtained from the field (Ozgurluk Park and Recreation site) showed us, as place choosing Scale points is statistically significant(p>0,05) gender wise. At the end of the study, we found the factors that influence people choosing parks and recreational places for physical activity. We also found the reasons that prevent people from participating physical activities and came up with solutions that minimize the reasons. We shared our finding with local administrators.

Стан культурно-рекреаційної сфери та соціального здоров’я в оцінках населення України та жителів міста Луцька

The items of recreation and social health in Ukraine are actualized by the political and socioeconomic crisis and military operation in the Donbas. Having used the data of national and local monitoring which were achieved in accordance with the methodology for an integrated index of social well-being, and a downward dynamic of the cultural and recreational field benefit sufficiency was found out. Particularly, the inhabitants of Lutsk have experienced a deficiency in the capability to amuse their leisure completely (45,8 %; 19,2 %; 28,1 %); to have a good rest (54,8 %; 35,8 %; 42,9 %); to receive necessary medical care (40,5 %; 44,6 %; 45,9 %); and health deterioration (36,5 %; 22,2 %; 26 %) in 2009, 2014 and 2015 respectively. Proportional indexes for the city of Lutsk are some better than for Ukraine on the whole (47,3 %; 60,6 %; 50,1 %; 57,4% in 2012), which is explained by the type of settlement and geographical position. However, they (indexes) are taking a step for the worse after 2014. As part of the study, the differences in the assessment of their health by the population of Ukraine (49,6 % of the population assessed their health as underwhelming) and the standards of health care (low rating – score 3 of 10) were found out (2004). The findings prove the missing of hopeful prospects of population’s social health conditions.

Gender and leadership positions in recreational hockey clubs

While gendered participation in sport is widely researched, less is known about the culture of women in leadership roles at recreational level sporting clubs. Women are not traditionally associated with leadership roles in sport and the culture of sport is often a space where males are in positions of power. This manuscript explores the experiences of women from two mixed-gendered and one female-only recreational level field hockey clubs in Melbourne, Australia, and examines the gendered leadership (specifically male dominance), at these hockey clubs. The principal aim of this study is to examine (using Connell's theory of gender relations, which focuses on gender imbalances of power) the differences in the level of involvement of women in leadership roles between mixed-gendered and single-gendered hockey clubs, the culture of patriarchal power at play at all three hockey clubs and how such power affected the opportunities for women in leadership roles.

Evaluating and Regulating Lead in Synthetic Turf

BackgroundIn 2007, a synthetic turf recreational field in Newark, New Jersey, was closed because lead was found in synthetic turf fibers and in surface dust at concentrations exceeding hazard criteria. Consequently, public health professionals across the country began testing synthetic turf to determine whether it represented a lead hazard. Currently, no standardized methods exist to test for lead in synthetic turf or to assess lead hazards.ObjectivesOur objectives were to increase awareness of potential lead exposure from synthetic turf by presenting data showing elevated lead in fibers and turf-derived dust; identify risk assessment uncertainties; recommend that federal and/or state agencies determine appropriate methodologies for assessing lead in synthetic turf; and recommend an interim standardized approach for sampling, interpreting results, and taking health-protective actions.DiscussionData collected from recreational fields and child care centers indicate lead in synthetic turf fibers and dust at concentrations exceeding the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 statutory lead limit of 300 mg/kg for consumer products intended for use by children, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s lead-dust hazard standard of 40 μg/ft2 for floors.ConclusionsSynthetic turf can deteriorate to form dust containing lead at levels that may pose a risk to children. Given elevated lead levels in turf and dust on recreational fields and in child care settings, it is imperative that a consistent, nationwide approach for sampling, assessment, and action be developed. In the absence of a standardized approach, we offer an interim approach to assess potential lead hazards when evaluating synthetic turf.

Generación tras generación, se recobran los juegos tradicionales

Actualmente las comunidades, barrios y ambientes se encuentran inmersos en una serie de situaciones y problemáticas que han propiciado el deterioro de valores sociales, culturales y espirituales, indispensables para la armonía con uno mismo, el prójimo y el entorno. Los estereotipos se han apoderado de las mentes y los entornos se han reducido a cuatro paredes, llenos de rejas y dispositivos de seguridad. La paz, la fraternidad, y alegría se van disminuyen. Y es aquí donde la labor social, espiritual y profesional de especialistas en el ámbito recreativo toma fuerza para contribuir con el rescate y la reestructuración de la sociedad. Son los juegos y las rondas tradicionales instrumentos que facilitan las relaciones, contribuyen en el aprendizaje y son una prueba de demostración de habilidades. Forman parte inseparable de la vida de la persona ya que estos son una expresión social y cultural de la adaptación que ha protagonizado el ser humano en relación con su entorno (Maestro, 2005). Además no toma en cuenta la raza, edad, sexo o la condición social; son una fuente generadora de salud, una ayuda para mejorar las destrezas motoras, cognitivas y emocionales; un medio para fomentar la creatividad, despertar la imaginación, desarrollar el sentido del ritmo; su objetivo es el bienestar personal. Son un estímulo para liberar tensiones y energía acumulada, así como para salir de la rutina diaria y un puente para el aprendizaje de sí mismo, del hábitat, de valores, costumbres y tradiciones. A través de este documento las personas podrán encontrar respuesta a cómo se trasmiten los juegos tradicionales, qué los caracteriza, por qué son una herramienta importante en la sociedad actual, con qué y cómo se pueden elaborar y de qué manera se puede contribuir al rescate y conservación de los mismos.

The new Rotax engine R-1503 for SEA-DOO personal watercraft

In the recreational field, too, the market demands engines which are more powerful, quiet, economical and environmentally friendly. For this reason, Bombardier-Rotax has developed the first four-stroke engine for personal watercraft based on the Rotax 4 TEC® series.

Technology's Impact on the Job-Search Process in Collegiate Recreational Sports

Significant technological changes are occurring in society, in the recreational sports field and in the job-search process. This article examines the impact of technology in the job-search process and how one might strategically merge this new technology with the traditional job-search process. Six phases of the process are discussed from both the traditional and the electronic viewpoints.

L'espace récréatif : du réel au virtuel ?

Recreational areas : from reality to virtuality. — Facing the continual growth of the recreational phenomenon — concerning tourism, leisure and sport — control of the induced effects becomes more and more necessary for the sake of recreation itself. These effects are increasingly burdensome and are often negative for reception and transit space. The recent development of types of tourism called sustainable tourism, as interesting as it may be, may not be enough to control this phenomenon, and seems, however, to be the only updated sign of a long-existing search for enduring tourism. Facing these sometimes preoccupying evolutions concerning the effective management of recreational resources, the author wonders if the progressive spread, which has already started, of a virtual reality in the recreational field will not bring about questions concerning numerous practices as well as some of the organizational structures of recreational space.

Influence of earthworm middens on the distribution of soil microarthropods

Earthworm middens and non-midden soil were sampled for microarthropods in a mowed recreational field and and adjacent woodlot site. Samples were taken in fall 1983 and spring 1984. The earthworm middens of the mowed field supported a higher density of micrarthropods (especially Collembola and prostigmatid mites) than adjacent non-midden soil. This positive midden effect in the mowed field was more pronounced in the fall than in the spring. Woodlot earthworm middens examined in the fall had lower densities of microarthropods (especially oribatid mites) than adjacent non-midden soi, but in the spring woodlot middens supported greater densities of microarthropods (especially Collembola) than adjacent, non-midden soil.