The influence of previous sexual experience and subsequent differential housing on the epididymis and fertility index was studied for male Swiss albino cc mice. Among animals with previous sexual experience those having a high epididymal beta-glucuronidase activity showed a high fertility index and vice versa. The reproductive potential of animals without previous sexual experience was reduced ...

Most existing house price index construction methods are developed mainly based on transaction data from the secondary housing market, and are not necessarily suitable for the nascent housing markets where a predominant portion of housing transactions are new units. Using the booming market in China as an example, we evaluate and compare the performances of three most common house price measure...

AIM The aim was to generate a research-based proposal for a new subsidy formula for municipal healthcare services in Finland. METHODS Small-area data on potential need variables, supply of and access to services, and age-, sex- and case-mix-standardised service utilisation per capita were used. Utilisation was regressed in order to identify need variables and the cost weights for the selected...

This paper concerns the ontology and epistemology of comparative research, which are the foundations of a research strategy. It builds upon a Realist ontology (Bhaskar, 1975, 1979; Sayer, 1984,1985, 2000; Lawson, 1997, 1999) of necessary and contingent relations forming causal mechanisms, in order to extend existing frameworks for explaining difference and change in housing networks. Housing ne...

OBJECTIVE This study examined the effectiveness of the Pathways to Housing supported housing program over a five-year period. Unlike most housing programs that offer services in a linear, step-by-step continuum, the Pathways program in New York City provides immediate access to independent scatter-site apartments for individuals with psychiatric disabilities who are homeless and living on the s...

Executive Summary Background. Connecticut's Housing First program, initiated in 2009, offers permanent housing through rental assistance certificates and supportive services to individuals with serious mental illness who are being discharged from psychiatric hospitals, or who are homeless and at risk of hospitalization. It is named for the New York-based program which focuses on homeless popula...

We present the first nationwide index of directly-measured land values by metropolitan area and investigate their relationship with housing prices. Construction prices and geographic and regulatory constraints are shown to increase the cost of housing relative to land. On average, approximately one-third of housing costs are due to land, with an increasing share in higher-value areas, implying ...