Based on a larger exploratory investigation that employed a mixed method research design, this paper reports the recreation activities of families that included children with developmental disabilities (N = 65). The most popular and frequent forms of family recreation reflected five general categories of activities: passive (e.g., watching television), play (e.g., board or video games), physica...

We test for differences in parental investment in sons and daughters by estimating the effect of child gender on household expenditures. We focus on differences in expenditures on family public goods such as housing and durable goods. Using Consumer Expenditure Survey data from 1995 to 1998, we find that married-couple families with one son spend significantly more on several categories of hous...

The rapid spread of COVID-19 has damaged the economy in United States. To understand resilience capacities local businesses, we visualized spatiotemporal patterns permanently closed Points Interest (POIs) after outbreak pandemic. results show that counties with more business closures are also a larger population. permanent most businesses occurred immediately lift stay-at-home order. We found t...

Game makers even want to use the technology to improve the development process. “There has been an almost tectonic shift in the way AI is viewed in the industry,” noted Dave Mark, owner, president, and lead designer of Intrinsic Algorithm, a developer of entertainment and recreation software and services. “Ten years ago,” he explained, “AI in games was largely an afterthought. Since that time, ...

This scudy sought to construct and validate a lifestyle d e that would capture for leisure professionals a more holistic picture of people's interests. A broader profile of their customen would allow recreation profession& to tailor information of their services. Public sector recreation managers could provide better services by learning about how customers sped their leisure time. With general...

LIBRARY TRENDS, Vol. 62, No. 1, 2013 (“Community Informatics in China,” edited by Kate Williams), pp. 160–179. © 2013 The Board of Trustees, University of Illinois Abstract Private libraries in China—most of which were created by bottom-up processes, not top-down government mandates—offer a diversity of services to a range of constituencies. They offer individuals space for reading and study, i...

Nature-based tourism destinations such as national forest parks have become important places for outdoor recreation. This study empirically investigates the structural relationships among four subdivided dimensions of recreation experience (education, aesthetics, entertainment, and escapism), environmental attitude, environmentally responsible behavior. In addition, mediating effect attitude mo...