Scouting – School – Society in the South-East Poland in the Years 1911–1939 by Irena Kozimala

“…Their cooperation resulted in financial help in organising summer camps. The approach of the government authorities had a significant impact on school authorities who became more interested in creating and running female scouting groups. …”
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Sandy Lake Health and Diabetes Project: A community-based intervention targeting type 2 diabetes and its risk factors in a First Nations community by Kara Elizabeth Kakekagumick, Mariam eNaqshbandi Hayward, Stewart eHarris, Brit eSaksvig, Joel eGittelsohn, Gary eManokeesic, Starsky eGoodman, Anthony eHanley

“…Following the expressed wishes of the community, the SLHDP has encompassed a variety of community-wide interventions and activities including: community surveys to document T2DM prevalence and risk factors, the Northern Store program aimed at increasing the availability and knowledge of healthy food options, a home visit program for the prevention and management of T2DM, a local diabetes radio show, a school diabetes curriculum for grades 3 and 4, a community-wide walking trail to encourage increased physical activity, youth diabetes summer camps, and a variety of community events focusing on nutrition and physical activity. …”
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On the Succession of Sarmatian Population in the East-European Steppes by Balabanova Mariya A.

“…In this connection, it is assumed that the partial continuity of anthropological types of different cultural, historical and local groups is linked to: 1) partial preservation of substrate Early Sarmatian population over the 4th- 3rd centuries BC – first half of 2nd-4th centuries AD; 2) the direction and character of penetration of nomadic groups who migrated from the East into steppe space; 3) design of a single system of seasonal migrations which involves the presence of winter and summer camps, and the presence of burial mounds; 4) the inclusion of a horde of nomadic pastoral population groups moved all over the steppes, from between Volga and Ural to the Lower Don; 5) the fact that male migrants married local women.…”
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A soft circuit curriculum to promote technological self-efficacy by Lovell, Emily Marie

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Mobile Off-Grid Energy Generation Unit for Temporary Energy Supply by Anatolijs Borodinecs, Deniss Zajecs, Kristina Lebedeva, Raimonds Bogdanovics

“…Temporary structures are being extensively used by emergency services (rescue, disaster relief, military response units), and other end-users requiring temporary mobile off-grid energy solutions for different purposes (event organization, vacation homes, summer camps, etc.). Yet energy systems for these purposes largely remain fossil-based (such as diesel generators). …”
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The Iron Age sites in the northern Area of Sabalan Mountain and current migration routes of the Shahseven tribes: a comparative study by Pashazadeh, P., Rezalou, R., Alizadeh, H.

“…Here, the vast majority of Iron Age sites are cemeteries not associated with settlements, so in the past the area was used by the nomads for their summer camps. During the research of migration routes of the modern-day Shahseven leading to the summer pastures, multiple Iron Age cemeteries, as well as fortified settlements and campsites, were discovered. …”
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Reading Skills of Children with Dyslexia Improved Less Than Expected during the COVID-19 Lockdown in Italy by Ilaria Maria Carlotta Baschenis, Laura Farinotti, Elena Zavani, Serena Grumi, Patrizia Bernasconi, Enrica Rosso, Livio Provenzi, Renato Borgatti, Cristiano Termine, Matteo Chiappedi

“…We recruited sixty-five children with dyslexia (dyslexia group, DG) from an outpatient facility in Pavia (Lombardy, Italy) and fifty-two children without specific learning disabilities as the control group (CG) from summer camps in the same province. We performed neuropsychological tests to explore reading skills and an ad hoc questionnaire to explore how parents and children had experienced the measures taken to reduce spreading of SARS-CoV-2 infection. …”
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CURRENT STATE AND PROGRESS OF CHILDREN›S TOURISM IN RUSSIAN FEDERATION by Ekaterina Vyacheslavovna Aigina, Nadezhda Igorevna Tulskaya

“…Now Krasnodar region, Altai region and Bashkortostan are the leaders in the number of pupils vacationing in the summer camps for children. Crimean Federal District has actively joined the system of children’s health tourism. …”
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First results from the Dark Skies, Bright Kids astronomy club draw-a-scientist test by Christian R. Hayes, Allison M. Matthews, Yiqing Song, Sean T. Linden, Robert F. Wilson, Molly Finn, Xiaoshan Huang, Kelsey E. Johnson, Anne M. McAlister, Brian Prager, Richard Seifert, Sandra E. Liss, Andrew M. Burkhardt, Nicholas Troup

“…This paper presents the first results from draw-a-scientist tests (DASTs) over five years that were used to measure the effect of 8–10 week long astronomy clubs and week long summer camps on 3 rd–5 th grade elementary school students’ perceptions of scientists. …”
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Investigation of demand and consumer requirements of holidaymakers in suburban areas by S. V. Anisimov

“…The requirements for the selection of recreational facilities best reflect the unorganized repose, because they are mobile and able to choose the locations of summer camps that are not tied to existing recreational facilities and where it is possible to do swimming, walking, picking mushrooms and berries, etc. …”
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Formation of Physical Training System in Militia Educational Institutions of Kharkiv in 1920–1930s by V. A. Grechenko

“…The cadets were also actively involved into physical training in summer camps with militia practitioners that brought them closer to the realities of militia life and was an attempt to introduce field gymnastics in specific natural conditions. …”
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Differential effect of motivational features on training improvements in school-based cognitive training by Benjamin eKatz, Susanne eJaeggi, Martin eBuschkuehl, Alyse eStegman, Priti eShah

“…Seven versions of a game-like n-back working memory task were then created and administered to 128 students in 2nd through 8th grade at school-based summer camps in southeastern Michigan. The inclusion of real-time scoring during play, a popular motivational component in both entertainment games and cognitive training, was found to negatively impact training improvements over the three day period. …”
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Nomadic camp as an innovative way to preserve national identity by Sleptsov Yury, Neustroeva Anna, Shergina Tuyaara, Kozhurova Anna, Permyakova Anna, Alexeev Maxim

“…The experience of the temporary youth association has attracted the interest of many specialists, for example scientists from the United States of America who developed the "Deer Trail" project; also, many regions of the Russian Federation have introduced summer camps into educational practise in accordance with their requirements and possibilities.…”
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A educação do corpo fora da escola: as origens das colônias de férias na Espanha Education of the body outside the school: the origins of school holiday camps in Spain by Pedro L. Moreno Martínez

“…Political and ideological factors which shaped the historical progress of the summer camps are also covered.…”
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Exploring Camp Policies and Leadership Opinions on Digital Media Use in Camps by Ashley DeHudy, Jenny Radesky, Natalie Schellpfeffer, Michael Ambrose, Andrew Hashikawa

“…While summer camps provide children a unique experience away from home, this environment may lead to increased and unsupervised use of digital media. …”
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Epidemiology of GII.4 and GII.2 norovirus outbreaks in closed and semi-closed institutions in 2017 and 2018 by Thais Cornejo-Sánchez, Núria Soldevila, Lorena Coronas, Miquel Alsedà, Pere Godoy, Efrén Razquín, Sara Sabaté, Susana Guix, Virginia Rodríguez Garrido, Rosa Bartolomé, Angela Domínguez, the Working Group for the Study of Outbreaks of Acute Gastroenteritis in Catalonia

“…GII.2 outbreaks were detected more frequently in schools or summer camps (66.7%) and GII.4 outbreaks in nursing homes (91.7%) (p = 0.01). …”
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Marketing of sugar-sweetened beverages to youth through U.S. university pouring rights contracts by Katherine Marx, Eva Greenthal, Sara Ribakove, Elyse R. Grossman, Stephanie Lucas, Martha Ruffin, Sara E. Benjamin-Neelon

“…Fifteen contracts included advertising or support for youth summer camps; five contracts allowed the beverage company to sponsor free experiences for children at university athletic events; three contracts allowed advertising at high school athletic events hosted at university facilities; and two contracts established programs for “underprivileged” or “disadvantaged” youth. …”
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Mass Gatherings and Respiratory Disease Outbreaks in the United States - Should We Be Worried? Results from a Systematic Literature Review and Analysis of the National Outbreak Rep... by Jeanette J Rainey, Tiffani Phelps, Jianrong Shi

“…Of these 72, 40 (56%) were associated with agriculture fairs and Influenza A H3N2v following probable swine exposure, and 25 (35%) with youth summer camps and pandemic Influenza A H1N1. Outbreaks of measles (n = 1) and mumps (n = 2) were linked to the international importation of disease. …”
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“Field Journals” of ethnologist R.G. Kuzeev: archaeographic and source-study characteristics by Sadikov R.R.

“…From the source-study perspective, they are of obvious interest to the ethnologists, ethnographers, and socio-cultural anthropologists, as well as to the folklorists (they contain texts of many historical and toponymic legends and tales), archaeologists, especially those dealing with the ‘archaeology of the modern period’ (there is information about old Bashkir settlements, summer camps, abandoned cemeteries), local historians and genealogists (information about history of the settlements, generation lists), etc.…”
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Investigating types and sources of organic aerosol in Rocky Mountain National Park using aerosol mass spectrometry by M. I. Schurman, T. Lee, Y. Sun, B. A. Schichtel, S. M. Kreidenweis, J. L. Collett Jr.

“…A local biomass burning organic aerosol (BBOA, 8.4%) source is suggested by mass spectral cellulose combustion markers (<i>m/z</i> 60 and 73) limited to brief, high-concentration, polydisperse events (suggesting fresh combustion), a diurnal maximum at 22:00 local standard time when campfires were set at adjacent summer camps, and association with surface winds consistent with local campfire locations. …”
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