scholarly journals Sports Consumption Behavior: Discovering Typologies of Amateur Cyclists

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 26-31
Author(s):  
Luca Ferrucci ◽  
Fabio Forlani ◽  
Antonio Picciotti
Keyword(s):  
Social Economic ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Theoretical Point ◽  
Italian Region ◽  
Specific Behavior ◽  
Sports Activity ◽  
Consumption Behavior ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Sports Consumption ◽  
High Level

Abstract Introduction. Cycling is one of the most popular and practiced sports both in Europe and globally. However, management studies aimed at defining cyclists’ consumption behavior are still limited. The most recent contributions describe cycling consumption as an activity heavily influenced by the intensity and sociality of its practice but do not highlight the importance of expenditures related to participation in amateur cycling events and cycle tourism experiences. Starting from these behavioral dimensions, the article proposes an original segmentation of the sport and leisure market, leading to the identification of different profiles of amateur cyclists. Material and methods. The research was conducted on a sample of 182 cyclists located in one single Italian region to ensure a high level of social, economic and cultural uniformity. The data was collected by conducting a questionnaire, and its resulting information relating to sport and consumer behavior was processed through a cluster analysis procedure. Results. The results reveal the existence of five different amateur cyclists’ profiles (the parsimonious, the competitive, the ostentatious, the sociable and the experiential), each distinguished by specific behavior in terms of the intensity and way of conducting the sports activity and the propensity to incur different types of expenditure. Conclusions. From a theoretical point of view, the results confirm the effectiveness of behavioral segmentation in the market of sports consumption. From an operational point of view, they provide useful marketing indications for businesses operating in the sport-system chain and destination management operators.

scholarly journals Diseño y validación de una escala para evaluar el funcionamiento de las tutorías en Educación Secundaria

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 525-541 ◽  
Author(s):  
Víctor León Carrascosa ◽  
María José Fernández Díaz
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Professional Experience ◽  
Theoretical Point ◽  
Psychometric Characteristics ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Discrimination Coefficient

El desarrollo de la función tutorial es clave para la formación integral de los estudiantes. En los últimos años las investigaciones sobre este tema se centran en la educación superior relegando a segundo plano su desarrollo en la educación básica. En este sentido, el presente trabajo tiene como objetivo diseñar y validar un instrumento de medida sobre la valoración de las tutorías en Educación Secundaria Obligatoria y Posobligatoria, fundamentado teóricamente, que reúna las características psicométricas exigidas: fiabilidad, homogeneidad de los ítems y validez. La muestra del estudio está compuesta por 4254 estudiantes de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria y Postobligatoria correspondientes a los diferentes tipos de centros educativos de la Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid (CAM). A raíz de la literatura consultada y la experiencia profesional se consideraron cuatro dimensiones sobre la práctica tutorial donde se analizó la fiabilidad (Alfa de Cronbach total del instrumento: 0.929, y por dimensiones, Funciones con el alumnado: 0.868; Funciones con las familias: 0.649; Desarrollo: 0.797; Evaluación: 0.876), los valores del coeficiente de discriminación de los ítems (datos superiores a 0.2, según Hair et al., 2014) y el Análisis Factorial Confirmatorio (χ2/gl= 0.0254; CFI= 0.940; RMSEA: 0.044; PRATIO=0.894) obteniendo resultados satisfactorios. Por todo ello, el instrumento propuesto contribuye al estudio de las tutorías, tanto desde un punto de vista teórico como por sus características psicométricas relativas a su fiabilidad y validez. De igual modo, el instrumento se constituye como una herramienta de utilidad en el desarrollo de las tutorías, atendiendo las demandas y necesidades de sus estudiantes. The development of the tutorial function development is the key for an integral formation of the students. In recent years, research on this topic has been focused on higher education, relegating to a second place its development in basic education. In this sense, the objective of this work is to design and validate a measuring instrument for the assessment of tutorials in Obligatory and Post-obligatory Secondary Education, supported theoretically, that finds the required psychometric characteristics: reliability, homogeneity of the items and validity. The study sample is made up of 4254 students of Compulsory and Post-compulsory Secondary Education corresponding to different types of educational centers in Autonomous Community of Madrid (CAM). As a result of the literature consulted and the professional experience, four dimensions were considered on the tutorial practice where the reliability was analyzed (Alfa of Cronbach total of the instrument: 0.929, and by dimensions, Functions with the students: 0.868; Functions with the families: 0.649; Development: 0.797; Evaluation: 0.876), the values of the discrimination coefficient of the items (data superior to 0.2, according to Hair et al. 2014) and the Confirmatory Factorial Analysis (χ2/gl= 0.0254; CFI=0.940; RMSEA: 0.044; PRATIO=0.894) obtaining satisfactory results. For all these reasons, the proposed instrument contributes to the study of tutorials, both from a theoretical point of view and because of their psychometric characteristics relative to their reliability and validity. Similarly, the instrument constitutes a useful tool in the development of tutorials, meeting the students’ demands and needs.

Recent progress in prominence seismology

2005 ◽  
Vol 364 (1839) ◽  
pp. 405-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Luis Ballester
Keyword(s):  
Small Amplitude ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Theoretical Point ◽  
Structure And Properties ◽  
Research Topics ◽  
Solar Prominences ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Local Nature

Prominence seismology is a rapidly developing topic which seeks to infer the internal structure and properties of solar prominences from the study of their oscillations. An extense observational background about oscillations in quiescent solar prominences has been gathered during the last 70 years. These observations point out the existence of two different types of oscillations: flare-induced oscillations (winking filaments) which affect the whole prominence and are of large amplitude and small amplitude oscillations which seem to be of local nature. From the theoretical point of view, few models have been set up to explain the phenomenon of winking filaments while, on the contrary, for small amplitude oscillations a large number of models trying to explain the observed features have been proposed. Here, recent theoretical and observational developments on both types of oscillations are reviewed, and suggestions about future research topics which should provide us with a more in-depth knowledge of solar prominences are made.

scholarly journals FOREIGN LANGUAGE COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT AS A MEANS OF INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEERING COOPERATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 69-76
Author(s):  
A. N. Kazantseva
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
English Language ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Theoretical Point ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
International Volunteering ◽  
International Participation ◽  
High Level

The article is devoted to the description of opportunities for developing a foreign language communicative competence to establish international cooperation in the field of volunteering using the methods of teaching English for Specific Purposes (ESP). The relevance of the topic is determined by dissemination of ideas of volunteerism around the world. The programmes for the development of social policy in Russia state the need to establish international cooperation on volunteerism issues; there are plans for organizing some events with international participation. They require a high level of proficiency in English for communication in the field of volunteering. The purpose of the article is to substantiate the methodology of teaching English for establishing cooperation on volunteering from a theoretical point of view. The current policy of activating international volunteering is analysed, the possibilities of using the ESP concept as a method of short-term specialized teaching of English on a specific topic are discussed, and an approximate thematic planning of a language training course for participation in international volunteer projects is presented. The following methods are used to conduct the research: the analysis of Acts on volunteering at the international and Russian levels, an overview of the websites of Russian volunteer projects and foreign volunteer organizations, the analysis of scientific literature on the methods of teaching English, including ESP. The results of the study confirm the need to develop a foreign language communicative competence for establishing a professional and productive international cooperation on volunteering. An approximate thematic planning of English language classes within the framework of the ESP concept to establish such cooperation is proposed.

ASPECTS OF COMPETITIVENESS OF THE NENETS AND YAMALO-NENETS AUTONOMOUS DISTRICTS AS DESTINATIONS OF ARCTIC TOURISM

Servis plus ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 10-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Сергей Илькевич ◽  
Sergey Ilkevich ◽  
Пер Стрёмберг ◽  
Per Stremberg
Keyword(s):  
Regional Economy ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Foreseeable Future ◽  
The Past ◽  
Arctic Regions ◽  
Tourism Resources ◽  
High Level ◽  
Nenets Autonomous

Despite some intensification of the regional and local authorities, as well as the proactive position of some tour operators in the Arctic regions of Russia, as well as a general removal of focus to domestic tourism in connec- tion with domestic economic and political shocks of the past two years, real progress in the Arctic tourism in Russia is not so great. It’s connected with the systemic and acute problems of the development of this macro region. Their resolution will take decades. In these circumstances, it would be better to talk about the need to focus efforts of states and municipalities, as well as of businesses in those regions that now have not just an abstract potential from the point of view of tourism resources, but the real competitiveness for doubling-tripling of tourist arrivals within five to seven years due to such social, economic and food elements of competitiveness: the positive dynamics of the regional economy, positive demographics, the adequacy of general investments and investments directly related to the tourism, relatively well-developed infrastructure, transport accessibil- ity, price competitiveness of tourism products (the latter in the current environment could be the ability to stay within 60–70 thousand rubles for a 7–10 days tour with budget excursion component). If we analyze the parameters together, as it seems to the authors, today we can speak about the special prospect and a fairly high level of domestic and international competitiveness of only two destinations in the Arctic – Nenets and Yama- lo-Nenets Autonomous districts. Within the presented work, the authors make arguments about what these two regions may be Arctic destinations of paramount importance, because they can actually achieve the ambitious goals for increasing the mass of domestic and inbound tourism in the Arctic in really foreseeable future.

scholarly journals Identification of a Duffing Oscillator under Different Types of Excitation

2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Gandino ◽  
S. Marchesiello
Keyword(s):  
Duffing Oscillator ◽  
Nonlinear Effects ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Subspace Identification ◽  
Identification Process ◽  
Random Forces ◽  
Jump Phenomena ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Specific Computation ◽  
High Level

In many engineering applications the dynamics may significantly be affected by nonlinear effects, which must be accounted for in order to accurately understand and robustly model the dynamics. From a practical point of view, it is very important to solve theinverse problemrelated to system identification and output prediction. In this paper the recently developed Nonlinear Subspace Identification (NSI) method is presented and applied to an oscillator described by the Duffing equation, with different types of excitation including random forces, which are demonstrated to be very suitable for the identification process. The estimates of system parameters are excellent and, as a consequence, the behaviour of the system, including the jump phenomena, is reconstructed to a high level of fidelity. In addition, the possible memory limitations affecting the method are overcome by the development of a novel algorithm, based on a specific computation of the QR factorisation.

scholarly journals Revealing the role of school principals in Palestine in activating the school activities and its relation in raising the level of students' achievement: دور مديري المدارس في فلسطين في تفعيل الأنشطة المدرسية وعلاقته برفع مستوى تحصيل الطلبة

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (46) ◽  
pp. 25-1
Author(s):  
Mohammad Omran Salha, Yousef Fahmi Harfoush, Nour Waleed Har Mohammad Omran Salha, Yousef Fahmi Harfoush, Nour Waleed Har
Keyword(s):  
School Principals ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
Scientific Activity ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Sports Activity ◽  
Student Activities ◽  
School Activities ◽  
Community Institutions ◽  
High Level

The present study aimed at revealing the role of school principals in Palestine in activating the school activities and its relation in raising the level of students' achievement from the teachers’ point of view of the higher elementary stage. To achieve the objective of the study, a questionnaire was developed consisting of (34) paragraphs divided into five areas: cultural and artistic activity, scientific activity, social activity, scout activity, sports activity, and verified its validity and stability, and then distributed to the study sample consisting of (180) teachers, who were chosen in a simple random way, and used descriptive approach in this study, and the results showed the role of school principals in Palestine in activating school activities from the teachers’ point of view came at a high level, The mean of the instrument as a whole was (3.88) The results of the study also showed that there were no statistically significant differences between the average scores of the respondents on the total score, due to the variables of the study (gender, experience, qualification, and specialization). The results also showed a statistically significant positive correlation between the degree of student activity from the teachers’ point of view and the achievement of their students in the primary stage. In the light of the study, Findings the researcher recommended a number of recommendations, including: motivating teachers who work with the student activities for the positive results of the study, and involve the community institutions in student activities.

From the Big Five to the General Factor of Personality: a Dynamic Approach

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan C. Micó ◽  
Salvador Amigó ◽  
Antonio Caselles
Keyword(s):  
Big Five ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
General Factor ◽  
Theoretical Point ◽  
Dynamic Approach ◽  
General Factor Of Personality ◽  
Invariance Hypothesis ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
The Individual ◽  
High Level

AbstractAn integrating and dynamic model of personality that allows predicting the response of the basic factors of personality, such as the Big Five Factors (B5F) or the general factor of personality (GFP) to acute doses of drug is presented in this paper. Personality has a dynamic nature, i.e., as a consequence of a stimulus, the GFP dynamics as well as each one of the B5F of personality dynamics can be explained by the same model (a system of three coupled differential equations). From this invariance hypothesis, a partial differential equation, whose solution relates the GFP with each one of the B5F, is deduced. From this dynamic approach, a co-evolution of the GFP and each one of the B5F occurs, rather than an unconnected evolution, as a consequence of the same stimulus. The hypotheses and deductions are validated through an experimental design centered on the individual, where caffeine is the considered stimulus. Thus, as much from a theoretical point of view as from an applied one, the models here proposed open a new perspective in the understanding and study of personality like a global system that interacts intimately with the environment, being a clear bet for the high level inter-disciplinary research.

scholarly journals Faculty professional development on e-learning. The results of the DIDeL project

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcantonio Catelani ◽  
Andreas Robert Formiconi ◽  
Maria Ranieri ◽  
Francesca Pezzati ◽  
Francesco Gallo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Theoretical Point ◽  
Faculty Professional Development ◽  
Evaluation Plan ◽  
E Learning ◽  
High Level ◽  
University Of Florence ◽  
The Impact

The paper presents the evaluation plan and the first results of DIDeL (Didactics in e-Learning), a research and development project of the University of Florence, aimed at promoting faculty professional development on e-learning methods and technologies. From a theoretical point of view the project is based on a multi-levels model characterized by the combination of methodological approaches and teaching tools. The evaluation plan reflects this articulation with the aim to measure users' satisfaction, the impact of the programme on teachers' techno-didactic competences on the short and medium run, as well as the impact on students' career progression. Specifically, this papers illustrates and discusses the results of a questionnaire administered online to all the teachers who participated in at least one of the project's training activities during the first half of 2018: it was investigated the level of satisfaction of training and teachers' self-perception of learning in terms of knowledge and skills. 166 teachers answered the questionnaire. The results show a high level of appreciation for the various types of training initiatives, which confirms the design hypotheses and the methodologies adopted.

Timber Auctions in the Context of the Modern Auction Theory

2007 ◽  
pp. 86-94
Author(s):  
A. Manakov
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Analysis ◽  
Auction Theory ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Theoretical Point ◽  
English Auction ◽  
Analysis And Evaluation

The article provides theoretical analysis and evaluation of the timber auctions reforms in Russia. The author shows that the mechanism of the "combined auctions", which functioned until recently, is more appropriate from the theoretical point of view (and from the point of view of the Russian practice) as compared to the officially approved format of the English auction.

A novel cryptosystem based on abstract automata and Latin cubes

2015 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 221-232
Author(s):  
Pál Dömösi ◽  
Géza Horváth
Keyword(s):  
Block Cipher ◽  
Finite Automata ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Theoretical Point ◽  
Transition Matrices ◽  
Encryption And Decryption ◽  
Secret Keys ◽  
Automata Network ◽  
Fully Functioning

In this paper we introduce a novel block cipher based on the composition of abstract finite automata and Latin cubes. For information encryption and decryption the apparatus uses the same secret keys, which consist of key-automata based on composition of abstract finite automata such that the transition matrices of the component automata form Latin cubes. The aim of the paper is to show the essence of our algorithms not only for specialists working in compositions of abstract automata but also for all researchers interested in cryptosystems. Therefore, automata theoretical background of our results is not emphasized. The introduced cryptosystem is important also from a theoretical point of view, because it is the first fully functioning block cipher based on automata network.

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