In this paper, we propose embedding RFID tags in trees in a forest to track hikers. Hikers are equipped with RFID readers, which read from and write to tags. Specifically, as a hiker moves through the forest, his/her reader leaves his/her ID and increasing sequence numbers (SNs) in tags. This creates a digital trail that allows the hiker to backtrack his/her route. That is, when the hiker decid...

This paper outlines the development and background for a nonintrusive location-based mobile hiking story guide for the Montafon region in Austria. The system comprises different classes of mobile applications and a remote media server, and is designed to be used by a wide userbase of hikers. Our system allows a tourism agency to put up location-based narratives for points of interest that will ...

Acute mountain sickness (AMS) occurs commonly in hikers who are rapidly exposed to high altitude environments. Despite the numerous reports of AMS, few studies have reported pallidal lesions associated with altitude sickness. A previously healthy 49-yr-old Korean patient, after ascent to 4,700 m, suffered symptoms consistent with AMS. After returning home, the patient showed changes in personal...

Disruption to routines is an increasingly common part of everyday life. With the roots some disruptions in interconnectedness world and environmental socio-political instability, there good reason believe that conditions cause widespread disruption will persist. Individuals, communities, systems are thus challenged engage resilience practices deal with both acute chronic disruption. Our interes...