EXAMINING THE FACTORS REALTED TO BISEXUAL INDIVIDUALS’ PREFERENCE FOR FUTURE PARENTING PARTNER Laurin B. Roberts Old Dominion University, 2015 Director: Dr. James F. Paulson Although a notable amount of research has examined sexual minority parents and their families over the last decade, very little literature has focused on bisexual parents. Most of the research emphasis has been placed on pa...

the purpose of the present study was to investigate the viewpoints of managers and experts on sport tourism development in khorasan razavi province. the statistical population consisted of managers and experts of tourism and sport in this province. the present study was of analytic descriptive kind. with regard to the lack of a standardized questionnaire complying with the goals of this study, ...

In the field of tourism, the development of tourist attractions is gradually playing a crucial role in tourism economy, regional economy and national economy. While tourism economy is stimulated by growing demand, tourist attractions have been facing the situation that ecological environment is becoming fragile and environmental protection is increasingly difficult in China. As low-carbon econo...

In the big data era, the social media data that contain users’ geographical locations are growing explosively. These kinds of spatiotemporal data provide a new perspective for us to observe the human movement behavior. By mining such spatiotemporal data, we can incorporate the users’ collective wisdom, build novel services and bring convenience to people. Through spatial clustering of the origi...

We review scientific research and legal authorities to argue that the immutability of sexual orientation should no longer be invoked as a foundation for the rights of individuals with same-sex attractions and relationships (i.e., sexual minorities). On the basis of scientific research as well as U.S. legal rulings regarding lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) rights, we make three claims: First, a...

this study determined the situation of rural tourism and agro-tourism in tehran province as well as the expected economic impacts of agro-tourism development on it. in this research, we used documental research method and field research based on questionnaires and face-to-face interview. it was found out that despite different tourist attractions in rural areas of tehran province, tourist arriv...

Tourist movement is a complex process, but it provides very useful information for park managers and tourist operators. This paper aims to establish a sound methodology for modelling the spatial and temporal movement of tourists, with the objectives of understanding, predicting, controlling and optimising the decisions made by them as they go about choosing the attractions they want to visit.. ...