The promotion of recreation and tourism has been both praised and criticized as a rural development strategy. This study uses regression analysis to assess the effect of recreation and tourism development on socioeconomic conditions in rural recreation counties. The findings imply that recreation and tourism development contributes to rural well-being, increasing local employment, wage levels, ...

The factors limiting the efficient delivery and presentation of multimedia material in the cellular environment are, among others, the low bandwidth of the transmission channel(s) and the modest capabilities of truly mobile terminals. The ACTS1 project MObile Media and ENTertainment Services (MOMENTS) is leveraging the usage of state-of-the-art techniques for the handling of vector graphics and...

Ecosystem services (ES) in cities and surrounding suburban areas are one of the major factors which guarantee quality of life. Most studies directly referring to urban ecosystem services are conducted on a local scale or for selected cities. There are few studies which focus on temporal changes of the provision of ecosystem services across a large number of cities. This paper analyzes selected ...

The decisive factor for the popularization of telematics services in the future is the ability to produce advanced services that match the needs of drivers and passengers. The Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC)type of wireless communication system, which is being developed for the Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), is one of the broadband wireless systems contributing to the improvem...

OBJECTIVE To describe and compare life habits between individuals with adult and mild phenotypes of myotonic dystrophy; identify life habit dimensions in which accomplishment is compromised; and describe satisfaction related to life habits. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SUBJECTS A random sample of 200 subjects with myotonic dystrophy (42 mild phenotypes, 158 adult phenotypes). MEASUREMENT...

This paper focuses on the main goals, as well as the planned and actual output of Vill@ge (Virtual Language Learning through Edutainment Activities), a European, multilateral, language-learning project. The paper offers an overview of the on-line environment, describes a variety of learning tasks and their effectiveness; furthemore, it outlines some possible future applications.