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Akinrolie, Olayinka, Sandra C. Webber, Nancy M. Salbach, and Ruth Barclay. "Validation of an Adapted Questionnaire for Outdoor Walking Among Older Adults: The CHAMPS-OUTDOORS." Journal of Aging and Physical Activity 29, no. 5 (October 1, 2021): 843–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/japa.2020-0350.

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The aim of this study was to examine the construct and known-groups validity of the total score of five items adapted from the Community Healthy Activities Model Program for Seniors (CHAMPS) questionnaire to measure outdoor walking (CHAMPS-OUTDOORS) in older adults. Data from the baseline assessment of the Getting Older Adult OUTdoors (GO-OUT) trial were used. Construct validity of the CHAMPS-OUTDOORS used objective measures of outdoor walking (accelerometry–GPS), Ambulatory Self-Confidence Questionnaire, RAND-36, 6-min walk test, 10-m walk test, and Mini-Balance Evaluation System Test. For known-groups validity, we compared the CHAMPS-OUTDOORS of those who walked < or ≥1.2 m/s. Sixty-five participants had an average age of 76.5 ± 7.8 years. The CHAMPS-OUTDOORS was moderately correlated with total outdoor walking time (r = .33) and outdoor steps (r = .33) per week measured by accelerometry-GPS, and weakly correlated with Mini-Balance Evaluation System Test score (r = .27). The CHAMPS-OUTDOORS did not distinguish known groups based on crosswalk speed (p = .33). The CHAMPS-OUTDOORS may be used to assess outdoor walking in the absence of accelerometry GPS. Further research examining reliability is needed.
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James, Aisha K., Pam Hess, Meghan E. Perkins, Elsie M. Taveras, and Christina S. Scirica. "Prescribing Outdoor Play: Outdoors Rx." Clinical Pediatrics 56, no. 6 (November 12, 2016): 519–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0009922816677805.

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Piirsalu, Peep, Tanel Kaart, Irje Nutt, Giovanni Marcone, and David Arney. "The Effect of Climate Parameters on Sheep Preferences for Outdoors or Indoors at Low Ambient Temperatures." Animals 10, no. 6 (June 13, 2020): 1029. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani10061029.

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Threshold temperatures for cold stress in sheep are not well understood, the available literature is somewhat dated and reports relate to winter temperatures that are relatively benign. Sheep’s preferences for outdoor versus indoor environments, when given free access to both, were investigated in the winter period at temperatures as low as −23 °C. Two sheep farms, one with access to a permanent uninsulated barn and one with a polytunnel shelter, both with free access to an outdoor area, were used. Observations were made with a camera positioned to register numbers of sheep outdoors and indoors, with one image taken hourly over twenty-four hours. The sheep clearly preferred to be outdoors; on all occasions the majority of the sheep were outdoors. There was, however, a significant decrease, albeit small, in the numbers of sheep choosing to be outdoors at lower temperatures (p < 0.001), higher relative humidity (p < 0.001) and greater wind chill (p < 0.001). Therefore, even at cooler temperatures than reported previously, sheep are motivated to be outdoors rather than indoors. It is not implicitly good for their welfare, and may not be true for lambs and shorn sheep, but accessing an outdoor area appears to be what they choose to do when given the choice.
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Tandon, Pooja, Brian Saelens, Chuan Zhou, and Dimitri Christakis. "A Comparison of Preschoolers’ Physical Activity Indoors versus Outdoors at Child Care." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 15, no. 11 (November 5, 2018): 2463. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15112463.

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The aims of this study were to quantify and examine differences in preschoolers’ indoor and outdoor sedentary time and physical activity intensity at child care using GPS devices and accelerometers. We conducted an observational study of 46 children (mean age 4.5 years, 30 boys, 16 girls) from five child care centers who wore accelerometers and GPS devices around their waists for five days during regular child care hours. GPS signal-to-noise ratios were used to determine indoor vs. outdoor location. Accelerometer data were categorized by activity intensity. Children spent, on average, 24% of child care time outdoors (range 12–37% by site), averaging 74 min daily outdoors (range 30–119 min), with 54% of children spending ≥60 min/day outdoors. Mean accelerometer activity counts were more than twice as high outdoors compared to indoors (345 (95) vs. 159 (38), (p < 0.001)), for girls and boys. Children were significantly less sedentary (51% of time vs. 75%) and engaging in more light (18% vs. 13%) and moderate-to-vigorous (MVPA) (31% vs. 12%) activity when outdoors compared to indoors (p < 0.001). To achieve a minute of MVPA, a preschooler needed to spend 9.1 min indoors vs. 3.8 min outdoors. Every additional 10 min outdoors each day was associated with a 2.9 min increase in MVPA (2.7 min for girls, 3.0 min for boys). Preschool-age children are twice as active and less sedentary when outdoors compared to indoors in child care settings. To help preschoolers achieve MVPA recommendations and likely attain other benefits, one strategy is to increase the amount of time they spend outdoors and further study how best to structure it.
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Atan, Tülin, Şaban Ünver, İzzet İslamoğlu, and Gül Çavuşoğlu. "Analysis of outdoor and indoor performance and recovery values after anaerobic performance." Journal of Human Sciences 17, no. 3 (August 14, 2020): 840–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.14687/jhs.v17i3.6015.

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Research Problem/Aim: The objective of this study is to examine the anaerobic performance and recovery values after anaerobic performance in terms of outdoor or indoor performance. Method: For this purpose, 30 male students studying at Faculty of Sports Sciences with an average age of 21.13±1.82 participated in the study voluntarily. Running-Based Anaerobic Sprint Test (RAST) was applied to the subjects twice with three days in-between as anaerobic exercise. Randomly chosen 15 subjects ran outdoors and the remaining 15 subjects ran indoors and their performance and recoveries were examined. Three days later, the subjects who ran outdoors three days ago ran indoors and those who ran indoors ran outdoors. Findings: Anaerobic exercise performance was compared between indoor and outdoor area. Minimum power and average power values were found to be greater indoors than outdoors (p<0.05 ve p<0.01), Peak power, fatigue index (W/sec) and fatigue index (%) values were not found to differ between indoor and outdoor areas (p>0.05). Before the anaerobic run, the athletes’ resting lactic acid (LA) and heart rate (HR) values were taken, and then RAST test was applied. The subjects’ recoveries were monitored for 10 minutes after the test. HR measurements were recorded at every minute of the recovery. On the 1st, 5th and 10th minutes of recovery, the subjects’ blood LA levels were measured. No statistically significant difference was found between outdoor and indoor resting, 1st minute, 5th minute and 10th minute LA levels according to the results of statistical analyses (p>0.05). Resting and recovery HR values were also found not to differ between outdoor and indoor performance (p>0.05). Conclusions: It was concluded that outdoor and indoor performance did not influence recovery up to 10 minutes after anaerobic exercise. As a conclusion, some anaerobic exercise performance was better indoors than outdoors. Recovery after an anaerobic exercise was not found to differ between indoors and outdoors.
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Helen Meisfjord Jørgensen, Grete, and Knut Egil Bøe. "Outdoor yards for sheep during winter – Effects of feed location, roof and weather factors on resting and activity." Canadian Journal of Animal Science 91, no. 2 (June 2011): 213–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.4141/cjas10062.

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Jørgensen, G. H. M. and Bøe, K. E. 2011. Outdoor yards for sheep during winter – Effects of feed location, roof and weather factors on resting and activity. Can. J. Anim. Sci. 91: 213–220. The aim of this experiment was to investigate the effect of roof cover and location of feed on sheep's use of an outdoor yard under different weather conditions. A 2×2 factorial experiment was conducted with roof covering of outdoor yard (yes or no) and location of feed (indoors or outdoors) in four different pens, each with one of four possible combinations of these factors. Twenty adult ewes of the Norwegian White breed were randomly allotted to four groups with five animals. Weather parameters were automatically recorded. The following behavioural parameters were scored using instantaneous sampling every 15 min throughout 24-h video recordings: location (indoors or outdoors), general behaviour (stand/walk, resting, feeding). Weather factors did not seem to have any large influence on sheep behaviour. A roof covering the outdoor yard increased time spent in the yard, had no effect on feeding time, a limited effect on resting time, but increased the time spent resting outdoors. Locating the feed outdoors increased time spent in the yard, but also increased the time spent resting indoors, indicating that if a dry and comfortable resting area is offered indoors, the feed should be located in the outdoor yard.
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Raustorp, Anders, Peter Pagels, Cecilia Boldemann, Nilda Cosco, Margareta Söderström, and Fredrika Mårtensson. "Accelerometer Measured Level of Physical Activity Indoors and Outdoors During Preschool Time in Sweden and the United States." Journal of Physical Activity and Health 9, no. 6 (August 2012): 801–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jpah.9.6.801.

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Background:It is important to understand the correlates of physical activity (PA) to influence policy and create environments that promote PA among preschool children. We compared preschoolers’ PA in Swedish and in US settings and objectively examined differences boys’ and girls’ indoor and outdoor PA regarding different intensity levels and sedentary behavior.Methods:Accelerometer determined PA in 50 children with mean age 52 months, (range 40–67) was recorded during preschool time for 5 consecutive weekdays at 4 sites. The children wore an Actigraph GTIM Monitor.Results:Raleigh preschool children, opposite to Malmö preschoolers spent significantly more time indoors than outdoors (P < .001). Significantly more moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) was observed outdoors (P < .001) in both settings. Malmö children accumulated significantly more counts/min indoors (P < .001). The percent of MVPA during outdoor time did not differ between children at Raleigh and Malmö.Conclusion:Physical activity counts/minutes was significantly higher outdoors vs. indoors in both Malmö and Raleigh. Malmö preschoolers spent 47% of attendance time outdoors compared with 18% for Raleigh preschoolers which could have influenced the difference in preschool activity between the 2 countries. Time spent in MVPA at preschool was very limited and predominantly adopted outdoors.
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Vanderloo, Leigh M., Patricia Tucker, Andrew M. Johnson, and Jeffrey D. Holmes. "Physical activity among preschoolers during indoor and outdoor childcare play periods." Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism 38, no. 11 (November 2013): 1173–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/apnm-2013-0137.

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Preschoolers’ (n = 31) physical activity (PA) levels during indoor and outdoor childcare hours were explored using accelerometers. Participants engaged in 0.54 min/h (SD = 0.59) of moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) and 14.42 min/h (SD = 6.78) of total PA (TPA) indoors compared with 5.03 min/h (SD = 4.92) of MVPA and 31.68 min/h (SD = 0.83) of TPA outdoors. Boys and girls engaged in significantly more TPA outdoors; however, only boys demonstrated a significant increase in MVPA outdoors.
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Harvey, Mark L., and Victoria MacPhee. "A Pilot Test of the Association between Weather Comfort and Thermocomfort and Time Spent Outdoors." Weather, Climate, and Society 13, no. 2 (April 2021): 353–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/wcas-d-20-0112.1.

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AbstractEmerging scientific consensus reveals that spending time outdoors promotes wellness. However, several forces impede time spent outdoors, such as opportunity, safety, and adverse weather. While uncomfortable weather intuitively decreases time outdoors, acclimatization research suggests a counterintuitive process: outdoor exposure enhances physiological adaption to adverse weather, thereby increasing perceived comfort in subsequent outings and even during a single outing in some situations, which, in turn, increases time outdoors. Therefore, this study preliminarily investigated whether time spent outdoors is associated with perceptions of weather and ambient temperature, apart from actual weather. This study attempted to isolate the role of self-reported weather comfort and thermocomfort in predicting time spent outdoors by controlling for motivational and social factors. Residing in the same locale, participants were exposed to identical weather conditions. To enhance recall accuracy, participants daily reported time spent outdoors and weather comfort and thermocomfort across a 7-day period, producing 175 time-comfort entries. Cox regression analyses show that greater perceived comfort with weather and greater perceived comfort with the temperature are associated with significantly more time spent outdoors, adjusting for motivational and social factors. Results also show that participants who wanted to go outdoors, as compared with those who had to go outdoors, reported significantly greater weather comfort. Physiological and other relevant research findings on the human relationship with weather contextualize the study’s rationale and results.
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Olberg, Madeline W., and Roberto G. Lopez. "High Tunnel and Outdoor Production of Containerized Annual Bedding Plants in the Midwestern United States." HortTechnology 26, no. 5 (October 2016): 651–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/horttech03454-16.

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Due to the high cost associated with constructing and operating a greenhouse, many growers have begun using alternative, low-input methods for bedding plant production, such as unheated high tunnel and outdoor production. Previous research indicates that bedding plant production in unheated high tunnels may be suitable for cold-tolerant species, but flowering is delayed compared with greenhouse production. To our knowledge, there has been no published research on the effects of outdoor production on bedding plant species. The objectives of this study were therefore to 1) compare the growth and development of 10 cold-tolerant and intermediate annual bedding plant species grown in an unheated high tunnel or in an unprotected outdoor growing area, 2) evaluate the effect of a 1-week acclimation period in the high tunnel before outdoor production, and 3) quantify the effectiveness of these production methods for producing high-quality bedding crops. Seedlings of ‘Antigua Orange’ african marigold (Tagetes erecta), ‘Hot Cakes White’ stock (Matthiola incana), and ‘Lilac Flame’ primula (Primula acaulis), and rooted cuttings of ‘Aloha Kona Hot Pink’ calibrachoa (Calibrachoa ×hybrida), ‘Royal Lavender’ regal geranium (Pelargonium ×domesticum), ‘Bella Oceano’ lobelia (Lobelia erinus), ‘Potunia Plus Red’ petunia (Petunia ×hybrida), ‘Phloxy Lady Purple’ phlox (Phlox maculata), ‘Summertime Pink Charme’ osteospermum (Osteospermum ecklonis), and ‘Empress Purple’ verbena (Verbena ×hybrida) were transplanted on 13 Apr. 2015 (week 16) into an unheated high tunnel or an outdoor growing area, or into an unheated high tunnel for a 1-week acclimation period before being moved outdoors. Average mean daily air temperature was 2.3 °C lower outdoors compared with inside the high tunnel, whereas average daily light integral (DLI) increased by 11.7 mol·m−2·d−1. All plants were delayed when grown outdoors compared with in the high tunnel, and all marigolds grown outdoors died in April when outdoor air temperatures dropped below −4 °C. When plants were acclimated for a 1-week period before outdoor production, all species, with the exception of regal geranium, were delayed by less than 1 week compared with those grown in the high tunnel. Stem length of all species grown outdoors was reduced or similar to those in the high tunnel, whereas biomass accumulation and branch number was unaffected or increased for most species. Overall, high-quality bedding plants could be grown outdoors, although development may be delayed compared with high tunnel production. Growers must be aware of the risk of crop loss due to extreme temperatures and plan for delays when growing annual bedding plant crops outdoors.
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Larsson, Daniel. "English teaching outdoors – Student responses and attitudes towards outdoor EFL teaching." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Lärarutbildningen (LUT), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-28457.

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The purpose of this degree project is to address upper secondary outdoor language education. It explores upper secondary EFL students’ attitudes and responses towards the teaching of English outdoors. The research has been based on data from qualitative research methods with an action research approach: peer observation, a reflective diary and focus group interviews. Peer observation and the reflective diary was used to recover information on four upper secondary EFL classes’ responses towards being taught outdoors. Focus group interviews were conducted on two groups of students from two of the classes on their attitudes towards being taught in outdoor English. The results from the data gathering are discussed using secondary sources which can be connected to outdoor education, and the research establishes that the students responded negatively to the instructions during the classes, many of them were active while some did not do what they were supposed to, and hardly no English was spoken. Even though mostly negative results were found the interviewees were generally positive to be taught outdoors and enjoyed it more than receiving education indoors, but some of them were aware that they did not learn much English since they hardly used it. This research provides ideas for how the lessons can be improved and acts as inspiration for future outdoor ESL classes.
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Fawver, Gary K. "Rediscovering the outdoors." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.

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Welch, Hilary H. "An evaluation of Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW) program effectiveness." Texas A&M University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/1406.

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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) offers over 25 different outdoor recreational and outreach educational programs that target different audiences and utilize different types of delivery systems. This study was an evaluation of an educational program called Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW). The evaluation produced a measurement instrument that evaluated program effectiveness and tested the instrument on past participants. The questionnaire determined respondents’: (1) history of program participation, (2) knowledge of TPWD’s mission and purpose, (3) level of involvement in selected outdoor recreational activities before and after program participation, (4) knowledge of basic outdoor recreational regulations and behaviors, (5) level of compliance with a variety of outdoor recreational behaviors, (6) attitudinal position on opposing statements on outdoor recreational ethics or behaviors, and (7) demographic characteristics. The two groups surveyed were all participants of BOW between 1993 and 1998 (n = 1,240) and the control group (n = 61) made of women who had signed up for the program but had not yet attended. Sampling error for the participants was high, but met the statistically acceptable range of repeatable results at +/- 3%. The only demographic difference (P ≤ 0.05) between groups was age, i.e., BOW participants were older (χ2 = 46.3) than the control group (χ2 = 40.8). Chi-square tests showed differences in awareness of the missions and goals of TPWD. GLM tests detected no differences (P ≤ 0.05) between the participants and the control group in general outdoor knowledge, behavior given various outdoor recreational scenarios and ethical positions on dichotomous statements. However, there were differences between groups on some items within each of those categories. On those items the r2 value (≤ 0.02) showed that the difference found between groups had little to do with program participation. Respondents’ comments focused on the BOW program, the questionnaire, and TPWD. Study findings are discussed in the context of the program evaluation process. Several recommendations for future program evaluations and concluding remarks are included in this thesis.
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Barnett, Jennifer A. "Fear in the outdoors." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape16/PQDD_0013/MQ28538.pdf.

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Jones, Jesse J. "Impact of "becoming an outdoors-woman" on self-efficacy, constraints and participation in outdoor recreation." Ohio : Ohio University, 2007. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1180969296.

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Gannon, Maureen Aine. "The energy balance of pigs outdoors." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.308769.

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Handley, Barbara Anne. "The survival of airborne microorganisms outdoors." Thesis, University of Bristol, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.386147.

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Waldron, Julie A. "Human behaviour outdoors and the environmental factors." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2018. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52112/.

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The study of human behaviour outdoors has been an area of interest examined from different perspectives. Even so, the study of human behaviour in outdoor public spaces still requires further input from the perspective of human factors. This thesis presents a literature review of behaviour in public spaces where the author evaluated the attendance to public squares, the activities performed by users, the time of permanence, the sitting preferences of users and people’s characteristics among other behaviours. Previous studies have reported a relationship between thermal comfort and human behaviour; however, there is a lack of studies approaching the study of human behaviour using observational methods which allows assessing human behaviours such as number of people, number of groups, time of permanence among others, taking into account environmental factors such as: air temperature, globe temperature, mean radiant temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, sun and shadow presence and illuminance. As part of this research, three studies were conducted in the city centre of Nottingham during summer and autumn of 2015 and winter of 2016 in order to collect data of human behaviour and find its relationship with the air and globe temperature, calculated mean radiant temperature, wind speed, relative humidity and illuminance. These studies were conducted using observational methods by creating a coding scheme after conducting video analysis of social and individual behaviours. A methodology was created to incorporate processes that allow gathering data for observational analysis, which was subsequently processed using multiple regression models and survival analyses. The overall analysis led to the identification of the main environmental factors influencing human behaviour across different environmental conditions. The studies and analyses conducted showed that various environmental factors work together to influence the decisions of the users of a public space. Accordingly, the models used to predict human behaviour should include the environmental variables that explain better its variability, based on the environmental data of the place. Moreover, this study showed that individual analysis should be performed on a seasonal basis using the environmental and human behaviour data of each season in addition to the analysis performed to the whole data set. The reason for this is that the seasonal data is better at explaining some human behaviours than the model built with the whole data set collected in various seasons. For instance, the relationship between wind speed and number of people is positive during summer and negative during autumn and winter; however, when the three seasons are analysed together, the relationship is negative, which does not explain accurately the phenomena in summer. Conversely, illuminance was found to be an important factor influencing behaviour across the seasons and also contributed to the prediction of behaviour in the all season’s analysis. Finally, this thesis presents an application of the results by presenting general recommendations of urban design based on the findings of analysing human behaviour in accordance with the thermal environment. The studies conducted during the three seasons presented a cross-internal validation of the multiple regression models. In addition, a final study which consisted of a mock scenario was conducted to perform an external validation of the previous results. A number of conclusions were drawn about the conditions required to perform further external validations, following the parameters identified that may affect the results of the validation.
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Bimbashi, Enri. "Dreams and Reality in the Outdoors : A study of lifestyle marketing in the outdoor industry in Sweden." Thesis, Stockholm University, School of Business, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-6233.

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Much of what is on sale on the shelves of outdoor shops today will mainly be used in the less extreme environment of our “urban jungle”. The red or navy anoraks of days past have been replaced by stylish, lightweight and high-tech pieces of clothing in exotic materials and colors that may never set foot on top of a mountain. Yet images of climbers, skiers or hikers still grace the pages of catalogs and advertisements aimed at consumers that are often perceived as “buying into the lifestyle”. The purpose of this study is to explore the implications of image-driven marketing strategies in the outdoor industry in Sweden, and the relevance of lifestyle in creating value in this industry. To deal with the complexity and ambiguity of this issue I have conducted a qualitative study based on interviews with seven respondents in managerial positions within the outdoor industry. I have also analyzed a number of advertisements and product catalogs from outdoor firms that illustrate, support and sometimes challenge the statements of the respondents. This material has been interpreted with a hermeneutic approach, based on a conceptual framework that includes semiotics, consumer behavior and lifestyle marketing theories. Based on the study’s findings, it can be concluded that marketing based on signification and imagery is steadily growing in relevance in the outdoor industry, recognizing the perceived value of outdoor products as signs or ways to create and communicate meaning among consumers. The evidence also suggests that lifestyle is both a way for consumers to bring a clearer identity, order and continuity into their lives and a viable means for outdoor businesses to create value. From a marketing perspective, this is often achieved through a combination of three approaches. One such approach is redefining urban life as “rest”, as a way to more clearly relate it to outdoor activities and allow for some sort of continuity between the outdoors and city life. Another is to market the activity, such as climbing or kayaking, instead of products directly, in an attempt to win credibility in consumers’ eyes and relate the products to a more broadly defined lifestyle. The third approach is to highlight a core group of outdoor athletes, that seemingly live and breathe for the activity and the outdoors, as an embodiment of the outdoor lifestyle. A combination of these approaches and their integration with the growing focus on design is one way the outdoor industry can meet the challenges and opportunities the future holds.

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Gransee, Michelle J. "Becoming an outdoors-woman : barriers and strategies for participation of women with physical disabilities in outdoor recreation /." Link to abstract, 2002. http://epapers.uwsp.edu/abstracts/2002/Gransee.pdf.

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Books on the topic "Outdoors"

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Outdoors. London: Collins Educational, 1992.

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Books, Time-Life, ed. Outdoors. Alexandria, Va: Time-Life Books, 1985.

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Sanders, Pete. Outdoors. New York: Gloucester Press, 1989.

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Doney, Meryl. Outdoors. London: F. Lincoln, 1997.

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Thomas, Christine L. Becoming an outdoors woman: My outdoor adventure. Helena, Mt: Falcon Press, 1997.

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Management, VT Careers, and Connexions (Service), eds. Working outdoors. Sudbury: DfES Publications, 2002.

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Burrows, James. Outdoors, indoors. Cambridge: Pearson, 1992.

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Wang, Adria. My outdoors. Los Angeles, CA: Piggy Toes Press, 2003.

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Recreation, Washington (State) Interagency Committee for Outdoor. Washington outdoors. Tumwater, Wash: The Committee, 1990.

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Drawing outdoors. New York: Dover Publications, 1995.

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Book chapters on the topic "Outdoors"

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Mainstone-Cotton, Sonia. "Outdoors." In Supporting Children with Social, Emotional and Mental Health Needs in the Early Years, 129–46. London: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003089544-12.

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Johnson, Julie, and Ann Watts. "Movement outdoors." In Developing Creativity and Curiosity Outdoors, 112–28. Title: Developing creativity and curiosity outdoors : how to extend creative learning in the early years / by Julie Johnson and Ann Watts. Description: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.: Routledge, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315105017-6.

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Eigenschenk, Barbara, and Mike McClure. "Why outdoors?" In Physical Activity in Natural Settings, 226–40. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2019.: Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315180144-12.

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Knowles, Ann-Marie, Vaithehy Shanmugam, and Ross Lorimer. "The Outdoors." In Social Psychology in Sport and Exercise, 191–208. London: Macmillan Education UK, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-30629-6_10.

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Pound, Linda, and Trisha Lee. "Mathematics outdoors." In Teaching Mathematics Creatively, 155–72. 3rd ed. London: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003055396-11.

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Day, Louise. "Exploring outdoors." In Discover Creativity with 2-5 Year Olds, 119–43. London: Routledge, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003271710-10.

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Day, Louise. "Discover outdoors." In Discover Creativity with 2-5 Year Olds, 199–212. London: Routledge, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003271710-16.

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Shuttleworth, Natasha, and Chris Hughes. "Walking narratives in the outdoors: traversing the thorny idea of healthy minds." In Leisure activities in the outdoors: learning, developing and challenging, 24–38. Wallingford: CABI, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781789248203.0003.

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Abstract This book deals with the topic of leisure activities that the people can do outdoors. Topics are divided into 4 sections, with 3-4 chapters each section, for a total of 14 chapters. These sections discuss outdoor leisure activities and wellbeing, women and outdoor leisure, outdoor leisure for children and families, and facilitating and encouraging outdoor leisure.
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Schreiber, L., and T. Beckenbauer. "Sound Propagation Outdoors." In Handbook of Engineering Acoustics, 125–35. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69460-1_6.

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Kloskowski, Matt. "The Great Outdoors." In Illustrator CS Most Wanted, 191–212. Berkeley, CA: Apress, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-5372-3_8.

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Conference papers on the topic "Outdoors"

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Jones, Michael D., Zann Anderson, Jonna Häkkilä, Keith Cheverst, and Florian Daiber. "HCI Outdoors." In CHI '18: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3170427.3170624.

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Gomez-Melendez, Domingo, Karina Anaya, Sebastian Cortes, Sheila Hernandez, and Cesar Isaza. "Lighting compensation in outdoors." In 2012 XVII Symposium of Image, Signal Processing, and Artificial Vision (STSIVA). IEEE, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/stsiva.2012.6340589.

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Zhao, YangLei, Arpan Chakraborty, Kyung Wha Hong, Shishir Kakaraddi, and Robert St. Amant. "Pointing at responsive objects outdoors." In the 2012 ACM international conference. New York, New York, USA: ACM Press, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2166966.2167018.

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Eisenberg, Michael. "Session details: Outdoors and ubiquity." In IDC06: 5th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3244515.

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Corke, Peter. "Robots that see and navigate outdoors." In 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR). IEEE, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ssrr50563.2020.9292573.

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Cumbo, Bronwyn J., Brent C. Jacobs, Tuck W. Leong, and Anne Marie Kanstrup. "What motivates children to play outdoors?" In OzCHI '14: the Future of Design. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2686612.2686637.

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Zaridze, R., A. Razmadze, G. Kajaia, D. Mazmanov, L. Manukyan, N. Jejelava, and T. Gogua. "Field propagation outdoors, indoors and unconfined spaces." In 2006 1st European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP). IEEE, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/eucap.2006.4584886.

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Mousavian, Arsalan, Jana Kosecka, and Jyh-Ming Lien. "Semantically guided location recognition for outdoors scenes." In 2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). IEEE, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icra.2015.7139877.

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Hu, Xiaoyan, and Philippos Mordohai. "Evaluation of stereo confidence indoors and outdoors." In 2010 IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR). IEEE, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/cvpr.2010.5539798.

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Hackett, Sean, Florian Alber, Haocheng Zheng, and Yang Cai. "Sensory Fusion for Remote Multi-body Temperature Monitoring." In 13th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2022). AHFE International, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1001475.

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We present a prototype of the remote multi-body temperature screening system that uses an RGB-D camera for face tracking and distance measurement and a thermal imaging camera for temperature detection. An automated calibration algorithm is implemented based on the distance to the target, the ambient temperature, and a reference object. Our field tests include outdoor and in-vehicle body temperature monitoring. We found that face tracking and distance measurements help to improve the dynamic automatic remote body temperature monitoring. Wearing a face mask would impair face tracking, with sensor fusion of thermal, RGB, and depth data, we have reduced the false detection of faces. In addition to the indoor environment, we evaluated the system in extreme conditions, including multiple types of face masks, outdoor, vehicle checkpoints, and under a canopy. We found that the vehicle drive-through and canopy offer improved performance over outdoors.
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Johnson, Anna K., and John J. McGlone. Validation of Scan Sampling Techniques for Lactating Sows Kept Outdoors. Ames (Iowa): Iowa State University, January 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.31274/ans_air-180814-767.

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Cone, Christina. Using Art to Teach Students Science Outdoors: How Creative Science Instruction Influences Observation, Question Formation, and Involvement. Portland State University Library, January 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.15760/etd.2096.

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Shinde, Victor, G. Asok Kumar, Dheeraj Joshi, and Nikita Madan. Healthy Urban Rivers as a Panacea to Pandemic-Related Stress: How to Manage Urban Rivers. Asian Development Bank Institute, December 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.56506/vyqu8666.

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During the lockdown imposed due to the first wave of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, there were several media reports of citizens flouting the lockdown rules in the United States. Upon closer investigation it was found that the rules were flouted mostly so that people could spend time outdoors in natural environments. This exemplifies the role of the natural environment as a panacea to the mental stress created by pandemics. River ecosystems are perhaps the greatest natural feature of any city. Efficient management of urban rivers, therefore, is strongly correlated to crisis management during pandemics like COVID-19.
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Smith, Amber. Feminist Outdoor Leadership: Challenging hegemonic masculinity through Outdoor Education. Portland State University Library, January 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.15760/honors.245.

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Geyer, Robert. TRU Outdoor Operations. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), December 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1735871.

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Banzhaf, H. Spencer, and V. Kerry Smith. Financing Outdoor Recreation. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, July 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w27541.

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Watson, Alan H. Outdoor Recreation Benchmark 1988: Proceedings of the National Outdoor Recreation Forum. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, 1989. http://dx.doi.org/10.2737/se-gtr-52.

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Miller, Naomi J., Rita Koltai, and Terry McGowan. Pedestrian Friendly Outdoor Lighting. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), December 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1123254.

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Miller, N. J., R. N. Koltai, and T. K. McGowan. Pedestrian Friendly Outdoor Lighting. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), December 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1221119.

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Dahl, Kristina, and Rachel Licker. Too Hot to Work: Assessing the Threats Climate Change Poses to Outdoor Workers. Union of Concerned Scientists, August 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.47923/2021.14236.

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Outdoor workers face severe risks from extreme heat—risks that will increasingly threaten the health and livelihood of tens of millions of outdoor workers in the United States as climate change makes dangerously hot days more frequent and intense. With economic and legal systems that routinely discount their lives and safety, workers who experience heat-related injuries or illnesses on the job have little to no recourse. By midcentury, with no action to reduce global warming emissions, an estimated $37.1 billion in outdoor workers’ earnings would be at risk annually due to extreme heat. Even with bold action to limit emissions, outdoor workers will face severe and rising risks from extreme heat. Policymakers and employers must take actions to protect outdoor workers.
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