Virgin Area Research Articles

Landscapes of loessial islands in high Novgorod-Siversky Polissia

The territory of Novgorod-Siversky Polissia is characterized by natural conditions as a province of mixed forests, where soddy-podzolic soils of low fertility have formed on loamy sandy and sandy deposits. However, on the high plateau the Desna River valley right bank, there are Novgorod-Siversky and Ponornitsky loessial islands with fertile dark-colored soils (Opillia). They were formed in rather damp and cool conditions, which is natural for the forest zone. However, their landscapes by the property of the components have a forest-steppe nature. On the plateau, in the Novgorod-Siversky Opillia, eolian loessial is located, which led to the formation of dark gray podzolized soils and chernozems leached and podzolized mainly with a humus-degraded arable layer. On sufficiently large areas near localities Pontornytsya, Pokoshychi and Desnianske there was happened loessivation and silt-loam sandy. Fertile gray forest soils were formed here – a kind of Opillia region. During the large-scale survey and mapping of Ukraine's soils in 1957–1961, dark-colored soils of loessial islands were defined predominantly as dark gray podzolized. However, our recent studies have proved the widespread distribution of leached chernozems and podzolized opіlsky chernozems. On strongly eroded slopes of the right-bank native shores, we have remnants of the suboak forest, which indicate the forest-steppe nature of the landscapes. In virgin areas, unlike sandy areas, a thick bean-grass-mixed grass cover, including indicators of forest-steppe. The Opillia area with chernozems and other dark-colored soils is a major agrarian resource of the region. But gray forest soils also belong to the most valuable land in Polissia. On gray forest soils, cereal crops are grown by 4–5 centners per hectare higher than those on typical of the Polissia sod-podzolic soils. Loessial islands are common in southern part of Novgorod-Siversky Polissia, in particular, on the Desna River valley right bank. Landscapes are diverse in properties of components – the nature of loessial species, geological foundations, features of soil cover and relief. They are united by forest-steppe features of soil cover, the presence in the central part of Opilia – fertile dark-colored soils, including chernozems with signs of relic steppe phase in their development, meadow-steppe composition of herbaceous cover on virgin areas and the presence of remnants of the suboak forest. These are large fragments of the Forest-Steppe in Polissia, which have a high natural resource.

Impact and Severity of Deep Excavations on Stress Tensors in Mining

Knowledge of the state of stress regime is important to the mine designers for deciding the method of mining and for strategic design in virgin areas. This knowledge helps them in deciding the mining sequence and rock reinforcement for extraction of ores economically and safely. Generally, as excavation progresses to deeper levels, the stress tensors are also equally affected. Elevated stress regime results in concomitant increase in rock fracturing and mining induced deformations. Rock failure in the periphery of the excavation is somewhat stress related, and it is therefore important to ascertain the extent of stress levels within a given rock formation. The role of stress regime in pre- and post-mining stages is discussed. The research is based on the in-situ stress measurements conducted at deeper levels in mines. The authors also tried to ascertain the redistribution of the stresses due to mining and detect any re-orientation of the stresses due to various other geological factors.

Production fault simulation and forecasting from time series data with machine learning in glove textile industry

Although textile production is heavily automation-based, it is viewed as a virgin area with regard to Industry 4.0. When the developments are integrated into the textile sector, efficiency is expected to increase. When data mining and machine learning studies are examined in textile sector, it is seen that there is a lack of data sharing related to production process in enterprises because of commercial concerns and confidentiality. In this study, a method is presented about how to simulate a production process and how to make regression from the time series data with machine learning. The simulation has been prepared for the annual production plan, and the corresponding faults based on the information received from textile glove enterprise and production data have been obtained. Data set has been applied to various machine learning methods within the scope of supervised learning to compare the learning performances. The errors that occur in the production process have been created using random parameters in the simulation. In order to verify the hypothesis that the errors may be forecast, various machine learning algorithms have been trained using data set in the form of time series. The variable showing the number of faulty products could be forecast very successfully. When forecasting the faulty product parameter, the random forest algorithm has demonstrated the highest success. As these error values have given high accuracy even in a simulation that works with uniformly distributed random parameters, highly accurate forecasts can be made in real-life applications as well.

The influence of the forest belt on the physical and biological properties of the soil in the inter-belt space of the agrolandscape

Physical and biological features of agrolandscape formation are considered on the example of ordinary chernozem, southern chernozem, and chestnut soil. It is shown that as we approach the forest belt, there is an improvement in the soil structure and its water strength. The number of agronomically valuable units according to the results of dry and wet sifting on the soil of agricultural use is reduced in comparison with virgin soil. The forest belt compared to the open area of the field allows reducing the density of soil composition on average in all agricultural landscapes by 0.2 g/cm3, while the porosity of the soil increases by 4.8%. With an increase in the bulk density, the soil porosity decreases. In ordinary chernozem, the most favorable soil porosity is in the virgin area (53.24%), it gradually decreases to 42.23% in the soil in an open field; in southern chernozem - from 49.73 to 29.75%. The largest differences were in chestnut soil - from 50.46 to 26.87%. Less porosity (by 7.2) was in soil, located in the zone of influence of the forest belt. The level of soil nitrification capacity is closely correlated with the level of humus content in them (r = 0.64).

Prognosticating buried potential mineral deposits in virgin areas of Odisha and adjoining regions, India, using 3D Euler’s deconvolution technique on gravity data for detailed exploration in future

The paper deals with an attempt to draw a blue print of ‘Fast Track Mineral Targeting’ at a reasonably cheap cost around Odisha and adjoining regions, India.Taking clues from known structural controls of ore deposits, mineralogical, lithological, metamorphic histories, actual as well as proven mineral deposits, occurrences and assuming probable shape and size of ore deposits, we have used 3D Euler’s deconvolution solutions on gravity data for locating different ore groups, viz ferrous group, base and noble metals, diamond and gemstones, over a virgin and buried terrain.3D Euler’s deconvolution solutions indicate that there are four sets of apparently unknown faults aligned in E-W, N-S, NW-SE and NE-SW directions, related to different tectonic events. In addition to the above, we mapped several circular to elliptical shaped structures. Taking guidelines from different controls of ore deposits for various kinds, as mentioned above, we have prognosticated several hitherto unknown areas for the search of the above minerals from the 3D Euler’s deconvolution solutions and known mineralized zones. This is primarily an attempt to explore those areas which are otherwise written off forever, as there are not sufficient clues available from either geological or geochemical data set or their synergy.This concept of mineral targeting, we believe, will usher to new thinking hypothesis for the future researchers, which is reasonably fast and economic.

STRIKE-SLIP FAULT IDENTIFICATION BENEATH OF THE WIRIAGAR OIL FIELD

The oil and gas explorations in the Eastern Indonesia is still lagging behind the Western Indonesia. The complexity of the geological structures and the geographical conditions caused Eastern Indonesia become virgin areas which commonly known as the frontier areas, such that the cost and risks of the oil and gas explorations become higher. Wiriagar Field is the only oil production fi eld in the Bintuni Basin with signifi cant production capacity. The search for new oil and gas location can use the analogy of the existing oil and gas fi elds. Thus the pattern of subsurface geological structures beneath the Wiriagar Field can be used as a template (key) in the search for new oil and gas fi eld in the Bintuni Basin. Analysis of the subsurface geological structures in the Wiriagar area conducted based on the gravity data with seismic and exploration well data as the constraints. There is an indication of the left-lateral strike-slip fault existence with SW-NE direction intersecting the anticline ridge with NW-SE alignment. The strike-slip fault then verifi ed through seismic section data. This structure pattern is suspected to infl uence the trap of the hydrocarbon which allows the migration from PreKais Formation to the Reservoir of Kais Formation beneath the Wiriagar Oil Field.

ENERGY AND THERMODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF PARENT MATERIAL AND RENDZINAS (RENDZIC LEPTOSOLS) OF THE PODILSKI TOVTRY

AbstractProblem Statement and Purpose. In recent years, the practice of applying energy and thermodynamic characteristics of parent material and soils to the establishment of the potential of soil formation has become more widespread. The development of this area of research creates certain possibilities for using the thermodynamic characteristics of soils and parent material: the energy of the crystalline lattice, Gibbs free energy and the entropy of the mineral part to assess the ability of rocks to soil formation. Therefore, it is extr emely promising and topical to study the processes of soil formation from the energy and thermodynamic point of view. The purpose of the study is to establish the energy and thermodynamic characteristics of parent material and rendzinas (Rendzic Leptosols) of the Podilski Tovtry.Data & Methods. During 2013-2017 we laid down 5 modal sections. The system of soil sections represents rendzinas in different lands: arable lands, fallows and virgin areas under forest and meadow phytocenoses.To install Energy and thermodynamic characteristics of parent material and rendzinas (Rendzic Leptosols) of the Podilski Tovtry we have applied methods based on data conversion of the gross chemical composition, humus content, bulk density of the studied soils and parent material in the energy indices: the energy of the crystalline lattice (Um), Gibbs free energy (Gm298 15) and the entropy (Sm298 15) and the humus energy.Results. A characteristic feature of the rendzinas and parent material is the high energy reserves of the crystalline lattice (U111 = 6951.44-17728.82 kJ/g) and Gibbs free energy (Gm29815 = 1089.07-1327.72 kJ/g) and slightly changing values of entropy (Sm29815 = 65.12-67.75 kJ/gxdegrees), which is due to significant CaO content. The investigated parent material are characterized by a high content of nonsilicon energy, since they are enriched predominantly on CaC03, in contrast to rocks that have high crystalline lattice energies due to the high content of silicon. This crystalline lattice is strong and harder to break down. This creates conditions for the accumulation of residual minerals in the soil. This implies indirectly about residual claying of soil profile. The upper genetic horizons of the rendzinas profile are characterized by the highest values of the energy of the crystalline lattice (Um). The values are within the range 16569.21-17778.82 kJ/g and decrease down the profile to 7932.12-13318.39 kJ/g. This is due largely relative content of Si02. which has the highest energy figures and, accordingly, most influences on their reserves in the soil. For The studied rendzinas a significant variability of humus energy is characteristic. Typical rendzinas, formed on dense limestones of the tops of the Podilski Tovtry, are characterized by the largest reserves of energy in humus (2347-2488 mJ/ha in 10 centimeters of humus horizon Hca). Brown pararendzynas. formed on the slopes of the Tovtry. characterized by minimal humus energy (742.13 mJ ha).

Hyperspectral FTIR imaging of irradiated carbonaceous meteorites

Space weathering produces variations in the optical properties of small solar system body surfaces. Laboratory studies have been performed by several groups on different meteorite classes, aimed at simulating space weathering by using ion irradiation and laser ablation. Here we present new FTIR spectral imaging data of ion irradiated carbonaceous chondrites (CV Allende and CM Murchison meteorites), simulating solar wind irradiation on primitive asteroids. Irradiation conditions (40 keV He+ and Ar+ up to 3.1016 ion/cm2) were reported in detail in previous studies. The new analyses were performed with a FTIR micro-spectrometer equipped with an FPA (Focal Plane Array) detector. Micro-reflectance spectra were acquired in the 2.5–12 μm range using a spot size of 20 μm and scanning large areas (from mm2 to cm2) of the meteorite pellets, both on virgin areas and on areas irradiated with different doses. Spectral maps allow us characterizing the heterogeneity of the meteorites at the 20 μm spatial scale. In the irradiated areas, we observe spectral modifications of both anhydrous and hydrated silicates. Spectral shifts are observed after irradiation, larger for anhydrous than hydrated silicates. Compositional heterogeneity of the pristine materials and irradiation effects are compared to each other as a function of the irradiation dose, to determine which spectral features are more sensitive to space weathering. Results are then compared with the IR spectral capabilities of instruments onboard the Hayabusa2/JAXA and OSIRIS-REx/NASA spacecrafts, to provide these missions with spectral criteria on how to distinguish space weathering from compositional heterogeneity effects at the asteroid, and in view of surface selection for sample return.

A comparative study of characterization of lower Palaeozoic Niutitang shale in northwestern Hunan, China

The lower Palaeozoic Cambrian Niutitang shale and Silurian Longmaxi shale in the upper Yangtze region are the two most favourable marine shales in south China. Great achievements on shale gas development and production have already been made in the Longmaxi shale in southeastern Sichuan (SES). However, to date, economic shale gas potential has not been proved in northwestern Hunan (NWH), which is still a virgin area for shale gas exploration. Based on detailed outcrop investigation, laboratory testing and numerical simulation, the shale gas potential of Niutitang shale were evaluated in this work. Comparisons were also made through vertically diachroneity contrasting with the Longmaxi shale in the NWH area and horizontally isochronic contrasting with Niutitang shale in the SES area. Through analysing the evolution of the palaeoenvironment and palaeotectonics of the period from Niutitang to Longmaxi, it was found that: (1) the NWH Niutitang shale was developed in the hydrothermal continental shelf paleoenvironment, which provided a favourable environment for shale deposition, so the thicker and higher total organic carbon (TOC) shale was largely developed during this time; (2) By the influence of hydrothermal igneous leaching, the element Si formed quartz, which improved the brittleness of the Niutitang shale; (3) Induced by intense tectonic movement, natural fractures were highly developed in the Niutitang shale, which improved the reservoir connectivity; and (4) By comprehensively considering the TOC, reservoir property, and gas retention conditions, the Niutitang shale is a promising target for shale gas development in this area. The results from this work warrant further exploration work in the Niutitang shale in the NWH area.

Surface Plasmon Excited on Imprintable Thin-Film Metallic Glasses for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Applications

Metallic glasses (MGs) are a class of amorphous alloys in contrast with crystalline metals and provide a challenge of engineering applications for unique structure and properties. However, plasmonic applications remain a virgin area for MGs. In this work, we discovered that certain compositions of gold-based MGs possessed negative dielectric constants and could be used as plasmonic materials. Furthermore, with a low glass-transition temperature of gold-based thin-film MGs (TFMGs), we were able to fabricate large dimensions of nanostructures using an inexpensive thermal imprint method in air instead of other costly lithography methods. We performed both measurements and simulations to demonstrate that our designed nanostructures were suitable for surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) applications. In addition, in the absence of grain boundaries in amorphous TFMGs, damping due to increased scattering at grain boundaries does not occur, and SERS could be improved. Also, compared to regular SERS substrates of textured Si with deposited Au films, imprinted Au-based TFMGs provided complete coverage of Si underneath, and the vibrational signal of Si lattice would not show in Raman spectra to possibly overlap signals of analyte and decrease the accuracy of sensing. Our results suggested new avenues for applying a low-cost and high-throughput method on TFMGs to fabricate large dimensions of substrates for plasmonic applications.

Attitudes Of Primary School Teachers Towards Teaching Colloquialism:, An Exploratory Study In The City Of Ghardaia

This study aimed to identify the primary school teachers’ attitudes towards demotic Arabic teaching as well as to identify the differences according to sex and number of years of work and qualification . To achieve the objective of the study ,we applied primary teachers’ questionnaire about demotic Arabic teaching and make sure its psychometric properties (honesty and fortitude) on a sample of 140 primary school teachers of Ghardaia and using the descriptive exploratory and appropriate statistical methods and using statistical package for social sciences SPSS.19.0. It has come up with the following results: - There are negative trends among primary school teachers about teaching demotic Arabic. - There is no difference between the primary school teachers' attitudes towards teaching colloquially by sex. - There is a difference between the primary school teachers' attitudes towards teaching colloquially by the number of years of work. And because the topic is a virgin area and void from previous or preceding studies, we decided to deal with the topic with the analysis of these results with the theoretical side all in illustrating the information we come up with in the field. Keywords – Orientation, - Teachers, - Demotic Arabic language.

Ecotourism: repositioning green tourism amongst millennial generation in India

Recently, a new upsurge can be seen in the travel industry that millennial is highly inclined towards nature travelling. The aim of the study is to investigate how green tourism can be promoted amongst youth. After conducting a content analysis of 200 Indian tourists from user-generated content available online, a survey was floated to a sample of 515 tourists with an objective to assess indicators that leads to destination loyalty amongst youth. An exploratory research was conducted to study qualitative standards that lead to consumer satisfaction and repeated visits. The study is useful for Ministry of Tourism and policymakers, who are planning to set new tourist destinations in completely virgin areas. Further, the research can be used by destination managers, advertising and marketing companies, travel portals and lodging managers to study antecedents to faithful consumer behaviour amongst generation Y.

Ecotourism: repositioning green tourism amongst millennial generation in India

Recently, a new upsurge can be seen in the travel industry that millennial is highly inclined towards nature travelling. The aim of the study is to investigate how green tourism can be promoted amongst youth. After conducting a content analysis of 200 Indian tourists from user-generated content available online, a survey was floated to a sample of 515 tourists with an objective to assess indicators that leads to destination loyalty amongst youth. An exploratory research was conducted to study qualitative standards that lead to consumer satisfaction and repeated visits. The study is useful for Ministry of Tourism and policymakers, who are planning to set new tourist destinations in completely virgin areas. Further, the research can be used by destination managers, advertising and marketing companies, travel portals and lodging managers to study antecedents to faithful consumer behaviour amongst generation Y.

New data on distribution of Cypripedium macranthon sw. on the territory of Altai krai

The Family Orchidaceae Juss. –occupies an important place among the plants, which were highlighted related to their biology and ecology. The total number of species of the family in the Altai region – 27 (ruberoidny -13, rhizomatous – 14), 10 species of orchids are rare and protected. Among the many flowering plants highlights one of the most beautiful and the most noticeable because of its large flowers Orchid – lady's slipper large-flowered Cypripedium (Cypripedium macranthon Sw.). This species is rare and listed in the regional Red book, as residential landscape areas suffers from collecting in bouquets and digging out the gardeners for the introduction into the culture. Exterminated Orchid in the procurement of herbal raw materials in traditional medicine. The Shoe form a plurality of decorative forms that is of interest to collectors of plants, promotes the collection and implementation in connection with the market demand. Increasing anthropogenic load on the territory of the region, which also adversely affects the number and state of coenopopulations of C. macranthon Sw. For the Altai territory, the modern updated data on the habitat of the Orchid. Four previously unknown local populations of C. macranthon Sw. it is noted in the upper basin of the river Angara in the virgin area.

Post-pyrogenic changes in vegetation cover and biological soil crust in steppe ecosystems

The study of the processes of restoration of species richness and productivity of steppe ecosystems after fires is an urgent problem that affects not only the conservation of biodiversity but also the maintenance of pasture resources. This article presents the results of a study of post-pyrogenic effects in steppe ecosystems, taking into account changes in the species composition of cyanoprokaryotes and algae that are art of the biological soil crust, which performs ecologically important functions in xerophytic ecosystems. The investigations were carried out in virgin and post-pyrogenic steppe ecosystems of the “Troitsk Clough” reserve (Zaporizhia region, Ukraine). For three years, the dynamics of the projective cover and the height of the vegetation cover in virgin areas of herbs-fescue-feather-grass and fescue-feather-grass steppes was studied as well as within two ecosystems of post-pyrogenic development after fires that occurred in the spring and winter periods. We discovered that restoration of the herbs-fescue-feather-grass and fescue-feather-grass steppes after fires occurs at different rates. The cause of the slow restoration of vegetation cover can be its severe damage by fire at the beginning of the vegetation season and the development of erosion processes. The number of species of cyanoprokaryotes and algae in the biological soil crust of virgin and post-pyrogenic ecosystems is not significantly different. It varies from 35 to 49 species. The greatest diversity is noted for Cyanoprokaryota. Chlorophyta is in the second place. Among the dominants, the filamentous forms of Cyanoprokaryota prevail. Nostoc edaphicum was noted as a nitrogen fixing representative. The similarity of the species lists of cyanoprokaryotes and algae of post-pyrogenic and virgin ecosystems, according to the calculated Jaccard coefficient, varies from 49.1% to 55.3%. This indicates a strong specificity of the composition of cyanoprokaryotes and algae in post-pyrogenic biological soil crusts. Changes in their composition reflect different stages of post-pyrogenic succession. In the first year after a fire, there is a slight increase in species richness, which is a consequence of the favorable effect of increasing the amount of mineral substances in the soil after the organic matter has burned out. The “pioneer” group includes: Phormidium autumnale, Ph. dimorphum, Ph. retzii, Ph. (Leptolyngbya) henningsii, Luticola mutica, Hantzschia amphioxys. Gradually this effect is leveled and the species richness of cyanoprokaryotes and algae is stabilized at a level peculiar for this type of ecosystem.

Epidemiology of interstitial lung disease in Palestine: first national data

Significant progress has been made in recent years in understanding the epidemiology of interstitial lung diseases (ILD) across the world, but the amount of information available is still small compared to other respiratory diseases like obstructive lung diseases or lung cancer. In this study we tried to explore the epidemiology of ILD in a virgin area of the world (Palestine), by describing a retrospectively collected cohort of newly diagnosed ILD cases in a single – and the only – Pulmonology center in Palestine over two years.

Epidemiology of interstitial lung disease in Palestine: first national data

Significant progress has been made in recent years in understanding the epidemiology of interstitial lung diseases (ILD) across the world, but the amount of information available is still small compared to other respiratory diseases like obstructive lung diseases or lung cancer. In this study we tried to explore the epidemiology of ILD in a virgin area of the world (Palestine), by describing a retrospectively collected cohort of newly diagnosed ILD cases in a single – and the only – Pulmonology center in Palestine over two years.

Zirconia phase transformation in retrieved, wear simulated, and artificially aged ceramic femoral heads.

ABSTRACTZirconia in Zirconia toughened alumina ceramic hip replacements exists in an unstable state and can transform in response to stress giving the material improved fracture toughness. Phase transformation also occurs under hydrothermal conditions such as exist in vivo. To predict the hydrothermal aging that will occur in vivo accelerated aging procedures have been used, but validation of these models requires the study of retrieved hip joints. Here 26 retrievals are analysed to determine the degree of phase transformation in vivo. These were compared with virgin heads, heads that had undergone the accelerated aging process and heads wear tested to 5 million cycles in a hip simulator. Monoclinic content and surface roughness were measured using Raman spectroscopy and white light interferometry respectively. The monoclinic content for retrieved heads was 28.5% ± 7.8, greater than twice that in virgin, aged, or wear tested heads and did not have a significant correlation with time, contrary to the predictions of the hydrothermal aging model. The surface roughness for retrieved heads in the unworn area was not significantly different to that in virgin, aged, or unworn areas of wear tested heads. However in worn areas of the retrieved heads, the surface roughness was higher than observed in wear simulator testing. These results indicate that current testing methodologies do not fully capture the operational conditions of the material and the real performance of future new materials may not be adequately predicted by current pre‐clinical testing methods. © 2017 The Authors. Journal of Orthopaedic Research Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of Orthopaedic Research Society 35:2781–2789, 2017.

The 23 January 2014 Jizan earthquake and its tectonic implications in southwestern Saudi Arabia

A moderate-sized earthquake of Mw 4.4 occurred in southwestern Saudi Arabia on 23 January 2014. The event is considered as the largest observed earthquake that has occurred in the epicentral area. To examine the seismogenic stress regime and resolve the fault plane ambiguity, the hypocenter locations and focal mechanisms were determined using well recorded waveforms of the broadband stations operated by the Saudi Geological Survey. The current analysis included dataset consisting of mainshock and a total number of 113 well-located aftershocks. Focal mechanism solutions of the mainshock and fifteen aftershocks were determined. The focal mechanism solutions were inverted using stress tensor inversion. It indicates that the maximum compressive stress, σ1, has a nearly shallow plunge (11.8°) of ESE orientation and minimum compressive stress, σ3, has a shallow plunge (0.3°) toward NNE. Our results obtained from precise earthquake locations, focal mechanism solutions and stress tensor inversion reveal dextral strike-slip faulting over the ENE-WSW striking plane. The analysis of Coulomb failure stress emphasized the causative fault of the 2014 Jizan earthquake sequence. The active fault implies a reactivation of a high-angle fault, buried in the Precambrian basement, which is conjugate to the Red Sea spreading axis and NNW-SSE Najd fault system. The present study provided an impetus toward understanding the seismogenic stress regime in a virgin area.

Park Krajobrazowy Podlaski Przełom Bugu jako destynacja gospodarstw domowych

Wśród wielu funkcji jakie pełnią gospodarstwa domowe, można wymienić między innymi funkcję mającą na celu zagospodarowanie czasu wolnego poszczególnych jego członków. Metoda i narzędzia pozwalające na realizację tej funkcji oraz sam fakt ilości czasu wolnego wpływają na jakość życia. W dużej mierze możliwości zagospodarowania czasu wolnego zależą od poziomu osiąganych dochodów w gospodarstwie, jego sytuacji ekonomicznej. Obszar Parku Krajobrazowego Podlaski Przełom Bugu to jeden z celów podróży na tereny wschodniej Polski. Celem artykułu jest określenie głównych czynników determinujących podejmowanie aktywności turystycznej oraz ocena czynników wpływających, zdaniem respondentów, na atrakcyjność turystyczną tego parku. Postawiono hipotezę, iż w opinii usługobiorców najważniejszym czynnikiem jest położenie w pobliżu stadniny koni w Janowie Podlaskim. Dla realizacji celu i weryfikacji postawionej hipotezy przeprowadzone zostały badania ankietowe na grupie 103 kierowników gospodarstw domowych korzystających z usług turystycznych na tym terenie w okresie kwiecień–czerwiec 2017 roku.