In Search of the Sweet Spot A Case Study of Tourist Satisfaction in 5 Arizona Communities

This paper reports the results of a test of the “sweet spot” theory that proposes an increase of tourist destination visitor satisfaction with participation in four realms of the tourism experience (Pine & Gilmore, 1999). Factor/cluster analysis attempted to separate respondents based on factor scores of activities preferences. No significant clusters were found. Limited evidence demonstrated support for the theory in ANOVA and chi-square analyses. The paper includes recommendation for tourist destination planners and marketers and for future research

Using the Car in a Fragile Rural Tourist Destination: A Social Representations Perspective

The visitor experience of place is inextricably linked to our ability to travel around an area at will, yet this mobility creates many problems especially in scenic rural areas of the UK. The study presented here attempts to unravel visitors’ experiences of mobility using Moscovici’s social representations approach. Travel diaries were employed to explore visitors’ transport choices and mobility patterns during the peak season in Purbeck, Dorset, UK. Analysis focuses on how such patterns reflect a social representation of mobility and the implications this has for visitor travel at destinations

Exploring the future of tourism and quality of life

Few studies to date have examined the impact of tourism on quality of life (QoL) as conventional research has tended to focus, instead, on resident attitudes towards tourism and tourism ’s impacts in particular (Smith, 1977; 1989). Even less research has addressed whether tourism can drive or facilitate sustainable development (Miller and Twining-Ward, 2005) or whether tourism can contribute to the subjective wellbeing of those involved in travel and tourism. Impact studies generally ask residents to agree or disagree with statements regarding perceived impacts from tourism on their community. By contrast, QoL research aims to understand how these impacts are internalised and influence an individual’s overall life satisfaction (Andereck et al, 2007). With terms used interchangeably QoL, happiness and well-being refer to one’s satisfaction with life, and feelings of contentment or fulfilment with one’s experiences in the world (ibid.). Whether tourism as phenomena and practice may support the growing body of evidence that demonstrates a positive relationship between existential factors such as life purpose / meaning, personal growth and wellbeing (Vella-Brodrick, 2007) was the topic of intense debate during the 2008 Business Enterprises for Sustainable Travel Education Network (BEST EN) Think Tank VIII

Examining guest chefs' influences on luxury restaurants' images

A guest chef's image positively influences a luxury restaurant's image; The restaurant-guest chef fit positively influences a luxury restaurant's image; The restaurant-guest chef fit moderates the relationship between a guest chef's image and a luxury restaurant's image

The Impact of Activity Participation on Satisfaction

This study examines the relationship between the activities in which visitors participate and their satisfaction with a destination. It investigates a theory that proposes visitors who participate in four realms of tourist activities will express greater satisfaction than those who participate in fewer realms. The findings revealed no significant relationship between satisfaction and either the type or number of activities in which a tourist engages

Badania pilotażowe o wiedzy i stosowaniu mnemonik z przedmiotów ścisłych przez polsklich uczniów

Mnemonic devices are specific ways, which during coding new information apply known elements for improving subsequent access to that information in the memory. Consequently, not much is known about techniques for optimizing recall performance with mnemonic devices or the suitability of using mnemonic devices in educational applications. Moreover, in literature there are a lot of examples in chemistry, biology, physics and mathematics mnemonics approaches, however in the related literature, there is a lack of current and reliable studies for this subject. In this original work we describe mnemonic methods from this point of view in the learning and teachings of science subjects. A large trumps of this article is the demonstration of the old well-known method of the learning/teaching in the new scene. This is the first article in literature that present actual data about this topic according to learning and studying the science subjects by mnemonic studies.Strategie mnemoniczne to specyficzne sposoby, które podczas kodowania nowej informacji wykorzystują znane już elementy do polepszenia późniejszego dostępu do tej informacji w pamięci. Strategie te mogą często wspomagać uczenie się oraz późniejsze przywoływanie informacji. Jednak niewiele wiadomo na temat technik optymalizowania przywoływania myśli za pomocą metod mnemotechnicznych lub stosowalności metod mnemotechnicznych w praktyce edukacyjnej. Ponadto, w literaturze jest wiele przykładów metod i podejść mnemotechnicznych w chemii, biologii, fizyce czy matematyce, jednakże w literaturze fachowej brak jest aktualnych i miarodajnych badań na ten temat. Artykuł ten stanowi autorskie podejście do zagadnienia metod mnemotechnicznych z punktu widzenia uczenia i nauczania przedmiotów przyrodniczo-ścisłych. Dużym atutem artykułu jest demonstracja starych i dobrze znanych metod uczenia/nauczania w nowym wymiarze. Zgodnie z naszą wiedzą jest to pierwszy artykuł w literaturze opisujący aktualne dane na temat związany z uczeniem i studiowaniem przedmiotów ścisłych przy użyciu metod mnemotechnicznych

The influence of the political environment and destination governance on sustainable tourism development: a study of Bled, Slovenia

In the context of sustainable tourism development, there are many studies about the exchange process between residents and tourism, yet this issue is practically unexplored with respect to the political environment of tourism. Therefore, this paper introduces and posits that the political environment is a necessary enabler for implementing sustainable tourism. The authors extend the established three-pillar sustainability concept by adding in the political dimension. Then they surveyed how residents' positive and negative perceptions of tourism impacts determine their satisfaction with life in the tourism destination and thus their support for tourism in their community. The model was empirically tested within the context of the long-established Alpine destination of Bled in Slovenia. The findings confirm the importance of the political environment and question the sustainability of Bled's tourism development. It is suggested that the community has relatively weak destination governance due to the underdeveloped political environment. The survey expands and deepens the tourism sustainability debate by adding in the political environment and how it relates to the emerging growth of research on destination governance. The proposed model can be adapted and applied to any destination in order to improve its governance, including the implementation of sustainable tourism development

Ratownictwo medyczne w zdarzeniach CBRNE/HAZMAT

Cel: Celem badania było wypracowanie nowej taktyki ratownictwa medycznego działającego w warunkach zdarzeń CBRNE/HAZMAT, pozwalającej na podjęcie medycznych czynności ratunkowych (MCR) w obszarze dotychczas niedostępnym dla systemu Państwowe Ratownictwo Medyczne (PRM). Projekt i metody: Powstanie nowych zagrożeń ze strony materiałów niebezpiecznych, zwłaszcza zagrożeń o charakterze terrorystycznym, wymusza właściwe przygotowanie służb ratowniczych do reagowania. Postęp techniczny w obszarze środków ochrony przed skażeniami i środków ochrony dróg oddechowych pozwala obecnie na opracowanie bezpiecznych i skutecznych metod ochrony personelu medycznego. Badanie przeprowadzone zostało w latach 2016–2018. Skupiono się w nim nad możliwością udzielania pomocy medycznej na wszystkich etapach działań ratowniczych. Przeanalizowano procedury postępowania systemu PRM, Krajowego Systemu Ratowniczo-Gaśniczego (KSRG) i jednostek kontrterrorystcznych Biura Operacji Antyterrorystycznych Komendy Głównej Policji (BOA KGP), Centrum Reagowania Epidemiologicznego Sił Zbrojnych RP (CRESZ) przewidzianych do wykorzystania w incydentach CBRNE/HAZMAT. Dokonano analizy luk w obszarze udzielania pomocy medycznej poszkodowanym w ramach dotychczas stosowanej taktyki działania każdej ze służb. W trakcie badania przeanalizowano indywidualne środki ochrony przed skażeniami i środki ochrony dróg oddechowych wykorzystywane w poszczególnych służbach pod kątem możliwości ich zastosowania w obszarze systemu PRM. Wyniki: Na podstawie przeprowadzonych badań wypracowano nową taktykę ratownictwa medycznego, opierającą się na wyposażeniu w indywidualne środki ochrony, nowym systemie zarządzania i nowym modelu organizacji działań. Prowadzona analiza możliwości wykorzystania indywidualnych środków ochrony przed skażeniami i środków ochrony dróg oddechowych pozwoliła na wypracowanie nowych zasad ochrony personelu medycznego systemu Państwowe Ratownictwo Medyczne. Przeprowadzone ćwiczenia wykazały możliwość implementacji nowych rozwiązań do systemu ratowniczego oraz uzupełnienie procedur postępowania na kolejnych etapach działań ratowniczych w zdarzeniach CBRNE/HAZMAT. Wnioski: Proponowana nowa taktyka ratownictwa medycznego poprawia efektywność systemu ratowniczego w zdarzeniach CBRNE/HAZMAT, poprzez umożliwienie wcześniejszego podjęcia medycznych czynności ratunkowych w stanach zagrożenia życia oraz zabezpieczenia medycznego pacjentów na wszystkich etapach prowadzenia działań ratowniczych.Aim: The purpose of the study is to work out a new emergency medical service (EMS) tactic to be employed in CBRNE/HAZMAT incidents, which would allow performing emergency medical procedures in the area so far inaccessible to the State Emergency Medical System (Polish abbreviation: PRM). Project and methods: Incidents involving new hazardous materials, especially terrorist ones, demand emergency services to be well prepared in order to respond accordingly. Latest technological advances regarding both personal protective equipment (PPE) for preventing contamination and respiratory protection equipment bring effective and safe methods of medical professionals’ protection at every stage of rescue operations being performed. The research study was conducted in 2016–2018 and its main focus was on providing medical care at all stages of rescue operations. The CBRNE/HAZMAT incident procedures of the State Emergency Medical System (PRM), the National Firefighting and Rescue System (KSRG), the Bureau of Anti-Terrorist Operations of the National Police Headquarters (BOA KGP) and the Epidemiological Response Centre of the Polish Armed Forces (CRESZ) were thoroughly analysed. An analysis of procedural shortcomings within rescue operations of all services was also conducted. In addition, the PPE for preventing contamination and the respiratory protection equipment that is used by various emergency services and may also be applied within PRM operations was thoroughly examined. Results: Based on the study, a new EMS tactic was developed using the available PPE, a management system of rescue operations and a model of organisation of any operations. The in-depth analysis of PPE for preventing contamination and respiratory protection equipment indicated new solutions and methods for protecting professionals of the State Emergency Medical System (PRM) while providing pre-hospital and hospital care (in Hospital Emergency Departments). A set of training drills employing new tactics and PPE indicated real possibilities to transfer new solutions to EMS that would compensate the shortcomings identified within the procedures of responses at the subsequent stages of CBRNE/HAZMAT incidents. Conclusions: The suggested tactic of emergency medical services shall enhance the effectiveness of the emergency rescue system in CBRNE/HAZMAT incidents as it enables emergency medical procedures (Polish abbreviation: MCR) to be more promptly performed in patients with life-threatening conditions, along with providing medical care at all stages of rescue operations

Biological consequence of zinc deficiency in the pathomechanisms of selected diseases

From many points of view, zinc is one of the most important trace elements in biological systems. Many articles describe the well-known role of this metal in human physiology and pathophysiology, but in the related literature, there is a lack of current and reliable reviews of the role of zinc deficiency in many diseases. In this article, we describe the role of zinc deficiency in the oxidative stress control, immune response, proliferation, and pathogenesis and pathophysiology of selected diseases such as depression, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, Alzheimer’s disease, and Wilson’s disease

MEASURING PROBABILITIES IN ATTRACTION VISITATION

Many rural towns and villages fail to achieve their tourism development goals because the pulling power of their attractions is not strong enough. An appropriate combination of minor attractions may be an effective means of increasing the pulling power of these destinations. This study demonstrates a method for predicting the probability of a visit to other attractions based on the visitation of one attraction. Along with other analyses, a series of 11 bivariate logistic regression analyses predicts the probability of tourists visiting the 10 other attractions if they visited a specific attraction. For example, the results indicate that a visit to Sunset Crater may be nearly 19 times more likely when Wupatki National Monument is visited. The study demonstrates that separating natural and cultural attractions, while valid for solving many research problems, is of little value in understanding the behavior of general sightseeing visitors. The results of the research method may be useful for creating a strong image for the destination, cross-marketing attractions, developing packages that sell local lodging and food service, for advertising and for developing tours