This paper analyzes linguistic variables employed strategically in various instances of political communication to present different levels of intimacy in relation to a continuum between contextuality and formality (Heylighen and Dewaele, 2002) in political talk. Within a given situation, political actors express these choices also in relation to a broader context around their personas: the Mes...

This study aims to develop a multi-dimensional night-time economy vitality index (NTEVI) measure the of economic (NTE) activities in Zhejiang Province, China, covering its 11 cities and 90 counties. Comprising 44 supply demand indicators NTE, was composed an overall six major sub-indices that measured typical NTE subsectors, including catering, shopping, recreation, accommodation, touring, fitn...

Circular economy (CE) is a holistic, viable solution to the ‘take-make-dispose of’ system of linear model that enhances economic growth without threatening environmental and social value. Its principles are based on product optimisation, waste elimination regeneration natural systems. In this paper, pilot study evaluates feasibility implementing CE in construction projects, followed by developm...

The contemporary approach to database system architecture requires the complete integration of data into a single, centralized database; while multiple logical databases can be supported by current database management software, techniques for relating these databases are strictly ad hoc. This problem is aggravated by the trend toward networks of small to medium size computer systems, as opposed...

This paper develops a simple framework to analyze the links between corruption and the unofficial economy and their implications for the official economy. In a model of self-selection with heterogeneous entrepreneurs, we show that the entrepreneurs’ option to flee to the underground economy constrains a corrupt official’s ability to introduce distortions to the economy for private gains. The un...