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Quantifying and reducing uncertainty in life cycle assessment using the Bayesian Monte Carlo method
No full textCave Hermitages and Chapels in Eastern Lo
No full textIn this chapter the author reviews the main cave temples excavated in easten Lo, with particular reference to their wall paintings, most of which are published here for the first time
Willingness to Pay for the Preservation of Lo Go - Xa Mat National Park in Vietnam
Get PDFLo Go - Xa Mat National Park has great value in terms of biodiversity but preserving the park is a great challenge for the Vietnamese government. This study estimated the willingness to pay of households to preserve Lo Go - Xa Mat National Park, using the contingent valuation method. We employed the single-bounded dichotomous choice question format to estimate how much households in Ho Chi Minh City were willing to contribute towards a preservation plan for the park. This plan comprised twelve preservation activities and compensating the local communities for their foregone income. The study found that households in Ho Chi Minh City were willing to pay at least VND 6,209 per month for three years for the preservation of Lo Go - Xa Mat National Park. With protest votes included, factors strongly affecting households' willingness to pay were bid amount and the amount of their monthly electricity bill. The education level of the respondents and the number of working people in the household had significant but lesser impact on their willingness to pay. Without protest votes, the bid amount, monthly electricity bill amount and education level of respondents significantly affected willingness to pay. We found that the annualized benefit value of the project was larger than its annualized cost. This indicated that the preservation plan was economically viable. This study does not provide the total value of Lo Go - Xa Mat National Park, but it shows the great value of the park in terms of local households' willingness to pay for its preservation and this is important information for policy-makers in deciding how to protect the park efficiently.willingness to pay, Vietnam
An Introduction to the Cultural History of Lo (Mustang)
No full textIn this introduction the author describes the cultural and political situation that allowed the flourishing of religious arts at the peak of the power of the kingdom of Lo, in the 15th century
A chi conviene veramente lo sconto imbattibile
No full textPerché non ci ho pensato io? Te lo chiedi guardando un’invenzione o una trovata che non ha nulla di particolare. In realtà esisteva già, era a portata di click e la capacità di chi è diventato miliardario sfruttandola è stata proprio quella di individuarla. Come i buoni sconto, che esistono da decenni e che Groupon ha trasformato in uno dei più straordinari casi di commercio elettronico di questi ultimi anni. Sennet racconta la storia di Groupon, il sito delle offerte giornaliere a prezzi scontatissimi, partendo dagli inizi, seguendo passo a passo l’avventura del suo fondatore, Andrew Mason. Una storia ricca di alti e bassi, di trovate geniali e di sbagli madornali. Ma che ha comunque portato Google a offrire 6 miliardi di dollari per rilevare il colosso degli acquisti di gruppo, ormai presente in più di 40 paesi con oltre 115 milioni di utenti registrati. Come sempre però non è tutto oro quello che luccica. Vale la pena investirci o siamo di fronte a un altro fenomeno della Rete effimero e costruitosul nulla, eppure copiato in tutto il globo? Chi ci guadagna davvero
Effects of household soap solution on the mortality of two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae)
No full textWonders of Möntang
No full textIn this chapter the author describes the history of the two main temples at Möntang, the capital of Lo, one devoted to the Bodhisattava and future Buddha Maitreya, the other to the historical Buddha Mahamuni, focusing on their wall paintings, which range among the finest in 15th- century geo-cultural Tibet
The Influence of Positive and Negative Campaign Strategies by Different Approval Ratings\ue2 Candidates on Voters\ue2 Preference\ue2An Analysis of 2014 Taiwanese Taipei Mayoral Debates
No full text2014 Taiwanese Taipei Mayoral Debates held on November 7 set up a new record of debates\ue2 ratings. Two candidates attending the debates, Ko Wen-Che and Lien Sheng-Wen, are their first time being a candidate that attracted much attention and interests by media and citizens. Researchers in the past claim that the candidate who is a challenger or with low approval ratings tend to use much negative campaign strategies. Based on this viewpoint, this study used 2014 Taiwanese Taipei Mayoral Debates as an example to compare different approval ratings\ue2 candidates\ue2 campaign strategies and to explore how positive and negative campaign strategies influence voters\ue2 preference. Do campaign strategies which candidate use actually have good effect on the candidate himself/herself?
In this study, we use content analysis to compare two different approval ratings\ue2 candidates\ue2 speeches in the debate and experimentation to observe how positive and negative campaign strategies influence voters\ue2 preference. The result of this study exhibits that the candidate with low approval ratings has higher proportion of using negative speeches in the debate; however, according to the experimental result, we find that the effect of using positive and negative speeches by low approval ratings\ue2 candidate is not as good as high approval ratings\ue2 candidate. Moreover, negative speeches by low approval ratings\ue2 candidate will cause much bad effect on himself than on his competitor. In conclusion, high approval ratings\ue2 candidate can use both positive and negative campaign strategies, but for low approval ratings\ue2 candidate, he/she should use much positive and less negative campaign strategies
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