The study examined tourists’ behavioral intentions toward hard adventure tourism in mountain and rural areas by investigating the impact of customer value, in addition to assessing the impact of perceived risk factors, self-congruity, and switching costs.The study uses multidimensional theoretical frameworks for customer value dynamics as the bas
Making meaning through mentoring: Mentors finding fulfilment at work through self-determination and self-reflection
Organisations are increasingly concerned with promoting employee engagement.Research from positive psychology suggests that one key driver of engagement is experiencing work as meaningful.Organisations are therefore keen to understand how meaningful work is created.The present study conjectured that becoming a mentor might be one effective way Pool
Description of the physical activity promotion programs funded by the Brazilian Ministry of Health
As a means to operationalize the National Health Promotion Policy, the Brazilian Ministry of Health funded cities for the development of local health promotion interventions from 2005 to 2009.Out of 1,374 interventions funded in this period, approximately 3/4 developed physical activity promotion strategies.The aim of this article is to describe th
The Wobbler mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) displays hippocampal hyperexcitability, and reduced number of interneurons, but no presynaptic vesicle release impairments.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the most common adult-onset motor neuron disease.It is a fatal degenerative disease, best recognized for its debilitating neuromuscular effects.ALS however also induces cognitive impairments in as many as 50% of affected individuals.Moreover, many ALS patients demonstrate cortical hyperexcitability, which has
Bubbles, Blind-Spots and Brexit
In this paper we develop a well-established financial model to investigate whether bubbles were present Tracksuit in opinion polls and betting markets prior to the UK’s vote on EU membership on 23 June 2016.The importance of our contribution is threefold.Firstly, our continuous-time model allows for irregularly spaced time series—a common featu