Because home equity is low-income households’ dominant form of wealth, an understanding of the price dynamics of the housing stock held by these owners and the timing of their purchases and sales is important for understanding the risk-return tradeoffs associated with their decision to buy homes. Asset appreciation enjoyed or depreciation suffered by individual owners depends, however, not only...

Abstract Housing construction is a common activity and always needed from time to time. House can be in the form of building new house or renovating an existing building. The impact work adjacent structure something that cannot avoided but must minimized. case study this research aims increase awareness all parties project related potential damage surrounding buildings may occur. This was condu...

Companion animals are considered as one of the reservoirs of antimicrobial-resistant (AR) bacteria that can be cross-transmitted to humans. However, limited information is available on the possibility of AR bacteria originating from companion animals being transmitted secondarily from owners to non-owners sharing the same space. To address this issue, the present study investigated clonal relat...

Abstract Trees and large shrubs in urban environments provide a wide array of ecosystem services, enhancing the well-being residents. Public trees Sweden are managed by local governments, but private-owned trees, which represent proportion total tree population, residential property owners. Residential generally not included forest management plans at government level. This study examined prope...

This paper examines downward price rigidity in Iranian house market and discusses whether this characteristic would result in an asymmetric relationship between house price and monetary policy. To test the downward house price rigidity the threshold GARCH model is employed. The asymmetric adjustment to monetary policy is examined using the asymmetric cointegration and error correction models. T...

Each year, 4.7 million people are bitten by dogs. Of those bitten each year, 386,000 are seriously injured and some killed. Consequently, many insurance companies refuse to issue homeowners insurance to owners of specific breeds of dogs considered "vicious" or high risk of causing injury. This study examined whether vicious dog owners were different on antisocial behaviors and personality dimen...