Detached house owners can improve energy efficiency in heating by adding a supplementary system alongside the primary mode. Whereas research on mode adoption is wide, studies focusing solely determinants of limited. This study examines and consideration Finland with survey data collected from sample newly built detached owners. We employ discrete choice modeling to investigate homeowners’ choic...

OBJECTIVE To determine gun storage practices in gun-owning households with children. DESIGN National random digit-dial telephone survey of 2521 households conducted in March 1999 through July 1999. This study uses a subsample of 434 households with children <18 years old in which a respondent reported either: 1) personally owning a gun, or 2) living in a gun-owning household but not owning a ...

China has experienced very rapid house price inflation in recent years – by some 10% per annum relative to consumer inflation. Existing house-owners have benefited from capital gain and been able climb the housing ladder. Young household heads wanting own a facing rising prices their incomes found it increasingly difficult get onto However, difficulty is eased strength of family support develop...

We propose a novel multi-layered nonlinear model that is able to capture and predict the housing-demographic dynamics of the real-state market by simulating the transitions of owners among price-based house layers. This model allows us to determine which parameters are most effective to smoothen the severity of a potential market crisis. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has issued severe w...

The question of future energy-efficient creation living space is becoming more and important in many cities due to limited availability simultaneously increasing settlement pressure. Against the background desired space, resource energy efficiency, are steadily-focusing on internal development densification. In order encourage a sustainable urban development, existing densification potentials n...

Small businesses in world heritage sites provide services to visitors and livelihood for residents. Besides the cultural religious values promoted by these businesses, they also socioeconomic support their owners. The Pashupatinath temple is known as Hindu’s major pilgrimage destination South Asia. Hundreds of around visitors. This study evaluates impacts small temple. Using a survey 110 binary...

Most skin conditions in rabbits result from a wide variety of pathogens, including parasites (the most frequent cause), fungi, bacteria, and viruses. In addition, reports of noninfectious diseases of domestic rabbits are increasing. This article discusses rabbit skin disease based on the predominance of one of four clinical signs: pruritus, scaling or crusting, alopecia with minimal pruritus, a...