By empirical demonstration, this study extends the assessments of BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) in performing science and technology in previous studies by exploring their cumulative patterns of science and technology (proxied by publications and patents...

This study presents a framework for mapping rainfall-induced landslide susceptibility in the Wencheng area of Zhejiang Province, China, using support vector machine (SVM). Seven conditioning factors of elevation, slope, aspect, distance to roads, lithology, land use, and normalized difference...

This paper provides new estimates of capital inputs in the Chinese economy. Estimates are made for the total economy (1953-2003), for the industrial sector (1978-2003) and for the manufacturing sector (1985-2003). The estimates for industry and manufacturing are broken down by thirty regions....

<title>Abstract</title> Despite their increasing importance worldwide, community foundations remain rare in much of East Asia. This comparative analysis of three community-based foundations currently operating in Japan, China and South Korea seeks to understand the role they play and factors that promote or...

We are concerned with the behavior of the eigenvalues of renormalized sample covariance matrices of the form Cn=np(1nAp1/2XnBnXn∗Ap1/2−1ntr(Bn)Ap) as p,n→∞ and p/n→0, where Xn is a p×n matrix with i.i.d. real or complex valued entries Xij satisfying E(Xij)=0, E|Xij|2=1 and having...

This paper presents new estimates of capital inputs in the Chinese economy. Estimates are made for the total economy (1953–2007), for the industrial sector (1953–2007) and for manufacturing (1985–2007). The capital input estimates for industry and manufacturing are also broken down by...

In this study we focus on individual and environmental determinants of urban trail use in three diverse urban settings: Chicago, Dallas, and Los Angeles. Explanatory factors include individual psychosocial and health characteristics, distance between home and trail, and land-use and social...

We propose a systematic factor analysis approach using the Bayesian Network (BN) framework by taking great advantage of the information conveyed in the large amount of financial data, as well as experts' personal insight and additional evidence. First, we build the BN for a large set of...