BACKGROUND In Japan, since 2006, participation in a 1-year residency programme by all dentists who have passed the National Board Dental Examination has been mandatory. Therefore, a 'matching system' has become necessary for dental students in their final year to decide their desired residency facility, but the rate of matching in dental schools located in rural areas is still low. Aim : The pr...

Hometown Tax Donation is a system that enables citizens to donate prefectures or municipalities of their choice. Donations are subject tax credits, with donors essentially receiving cashback for any amount donated exceeding 2000 yen in the form inhabitant credit and income return. For instance, if resident Tokyo donates 10,000 one’s hometown municipality, will pay 8000 less following fiscal year.

In Thomas Wolfe’s 1940 novel You Can’t Go Home Again, the main character, George Webber, writes a novel that depicts his hometown LQ DQ XQÁDWWHULQJ OLJKW OHDGLQJ WR GHDWK WKUHDWV DQG H[FOXVLRQ RI WKH author from his home community. More than simply a case of vigilante exclusion, Webber’s severed connection with his hometown is part of his exploration of a changing America, about the relationshi...

Based on upper echelons and self-categorization theories, this study empirically examines the relationship between CEO-top management team (TMT) overseas experience differences firm performance moderating effects of hometown connectedness, ownership nature, environmental dynamics. We use data Chinese manufacturing listed companies from 2012 to 2021. The results show that CEO-TMT significantly n...

Abstract This article deals with the oft-debated identification of Moresheth Gath, mentioned in book Micah as prophet’s hometown. Based on comprehensive analysis texts from early Christian period, Amarna archive and Micah, authors claim for first time that Gath is to be identified Azekah, economically strategically important site western Shephelah. »Moresheth Gath« was old name before becoming ...

This 3D modeling experience lies in the more general framework of large scale cartography aimed at conservation of an historical city center. The study has been applied to the ancient nucleus of “Certaldo Alto”, a medieval village in Tuscany famous as Boccaccio’s birthplace. The data acquisition project exploited the synergy of topography, photogrammetry and 3D scanning for generating a cartogr...