A considerable fraction of college students and bachelor's degree recipients enroll in multiple postsecondary institutions. Despite this fact, there is scant research that examines the nature of the paths - both the number and types of institutions - that students take to obtain a bachelor's...

Many studies have investigated the socioeconomic consequences of residential economic segregation in U.S. urban areas. These studies mainly focus on the impact of economic segregation on the poor or minorities and almost universally find that economic segregation hurts these groups in many ways....

There is substantial educational heterogeneity among Asian immigrants to the United States, suggesting that the association between duration of U.S. residence with their health outcomes and behaviors may vary considerably by educational attainment. Using data from the 2003 New Immigrant Survey...

In this paper, we use China’s 1986-2008 data to make an empirical analysis on the interrelationship between trade openness, economic growth and the structural change of labor-intensive industries by using simultaneous equation models and a VAR model. Our empirical study leads to the three...

The kiwifruit industry is one of the dominant agricultural industries in Sichuan province．A kiwifruit industrial zone with Cangxi county，Dujiangyan city，Shifang city，Pengzhou city，Pujiang county，Qionglai city and Dayi county as the core；An county，Beichuan...

Domestic CHP (combined heat and power) generation is one new application of the ORC (organic Rankine cycle). An environment temperature fluctuation of 40 °C through the year is common in many areas, where the consumer's demand on heat follows a seasonal cycle. In no demand periods the ORC...

type="main" xml:lang="en" <title type="main">Abstract</title> <p>Many equity-linked life insurance products offer the possibility to surrender policies prematurely. Secondary markets for policies with surrender guarantees influence both policyholders and insurers. We show that secondary markets lead to a gap in policy value...</p>

In recent years, Millettia specisoa Champ has attracted extensive attention because of its high medicinal and edible value. This paper will summarize the composition and application of Millettia specisoa Champ, analyze the advantages and existing problems in developing Millettia specisoa Champ...

Planting density is of great significance in adjusting the population structure of rice, increasing yield and reducing the cost. And suitable planting density can not only bring the yield potential of rice population into full play, obtain the maximum grain yield per unit area, but save labor,...