This research examined the suitability and regional differences of distribution ratio land transfer income aimed at supporting rural revitalization by calculating 31 provincial-level administrative divisions (abbreviated as 31PLAD), while providing a reference template for incomes. Herein, we collated calculated fiscal expenditure five dimensions each province (city, district) in 2005, 2010, 20...

The Blackstone Valley Tourism Council (BVTC), a state designated council to promote tourism in the Blackstone Valley, Rhode Island, has led tourism development efforts for two decades to revitalize the economics and livability of place. This study examines the perception of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in juxtaposition to the macro-regional level of tourism development as lead by the BVT...

Peripheral blood is an accessible adult stem cell source for both basic and applied research including clinical applications. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were reported to possess multipotent progenitor cell populations and has the potential to differentiate into blood cells, endothelial cells, hepatocytes, cardiomyogenic cells, smooth muscle cells, osteoblasts and so on. They can...

Outdoor spaces are important to sustainable cities because they accommodate pedestrian traffic and outdoor activities, and contribute greatly to urban livability and vitality. In the global context of climate change, outdoor spaces that provide a pleasurable thermal comfort experience for pedestrians effectively improve the quality of urban living. The influence of thermal comfort on outdoor ac...

A total of 63 day-old straight run Layer chicks up to 45 weeks of age on 3 isonitrogenous and isoenergetic diets D (6% PC+ 0% SWP), D (0% PC+ 6% SWP), and D (0% PC+ 8% SWP) were fed to 1 2 3 observe the effect of dietary SWP on growth and egg production performance. This study revealed that profitability, growth and egg production performance of RIR pure line were significantly (P<0.01) higher ...

Most people have certain acceptance of daily travel distance, which determines where they choose to live, to work, and to go for leisure. Such information is an important input for facility location-allocation, urban planning and transport management. Therefore, daily commuting distance has been adopted as an indicator to measure the distance acceptance, the rationality of land use structure, a...

Environmental pollution in the urban areas of Hong Kong has become a serious public issue but most urban inhabitants have no means of judging their own living environment in terms of dangerous threshold and overall livability. Currently there exist many low-cost sensors such as ultra-violet, temperature and air quality sensors that provide reasonably accurate data quality. In this paper, the de...