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On a Class of Ky Fan-Type Inequalities
No full textIn this paper, we study one class of Ky Fan-type inequalities, which has ties with the
original Ky Fan inequality. Our result extends the known ones
Ky Fan Inequality and Bounds for Differences of Means
No full textWe prove an equivalent relation between Ky Fan-typed inequalities and certain bounds for the differences of means. We also generalize a result of H. Alzer, S. Ruscheweyh and L. Salinas
A New Approach to Ky Fan-type Inequalities
No full textThe study of the behavior of means under equal increments of their variables provides a new approach to Ky Fan-type inequalities. Via this new approach we are able to prove some new results on Ky Fan-type inequalities
On Some Analogues of Ky Fan-type Inequalities
No full textWe study the behavior of means under equal increments of their variables and we apply the results to Ky Fan-type inequalities and certain bounds for the differences of means. We also give a sharpening of Sierpiński’s inequality and prove a Rado-type inequality
Analysing International Sports Fan Motivations and Constraints: The Case of Japanese International Sports Fan Tourists and Rugby World Cup Fan Tourists
No full textThe scale of professional sports leagues and mega sports events has expanded recently. Many sports fans travel to foreign countries to watch international events featuring the world’s top athletes or players. The number of international sports fan tourists has increased, and understanding their behaviour is very important for stakeholders and those involved in marketing, such as sports organisations, travel companies, and government tourist organisations.
This study examines the motivations and constraints of Japanese international sports fan tourists and Japanese Rugby World Cup fan tourists. Sports fan tourists are tourists as well as sports fans. Many researchers have examined motivation either from a sports fan’s perspective or a tourist perspective. However, a motivation scale for international sports fan tourists (combining both sports fan and tourist motivations) has been not developed as there has been a lack of research into the behaviour of the international sports fan tourist.
The main research aim of this study is to analyse the motivation and constraint factors of both Japanese international sports fan tourists and Japanese Rugby World Cup tourists. The methodology aims to:
1.profile Japanese international sports fan tourists and Japanese Rugby World Cup tourists;
2.develop a motivational scale for actual sports fan tourists and a constraints scale for potential sports fan tourists (those who considered going but did not go);
3.analyse these factors according to demographics;
4.examine factors related to motivations and constraints on fans’ satisfaction, or their intention to attend future events.
A quantitative approach was employed. The main data collection methods were three email surveys:
1.Study 1 collected data about actual international sports fan tourists (N=338) and potential sports fan tourists (N=292).
2.Study 2 collected data about actual Rugby World Cup 1987-2007 tourists (N=101) and potential tourists (N=297).
3.Study 3 collected data about actual Rugby World Cup 2011 tourists (N=84) and potential tourists (N=115).
In previous studies, the sample was collected either from actual fans or potential fans separately; however, in this study, samples were collected not only from actual sports fan tourists but also from potential sports fan tourists from the same database.
The data analysis predominantly used explanatory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), independent t-test, ANOVA, regression analysis, and structure equation modelling (SEM) including interaction effects analysis.
The results of this study were analysed using four steps:
1.Showing the demographic profiles and behavioural patterns of Japanese international sports fan tourists and Japanese Rugby World Cup fan tourists.
2.Developing motivation and constraints scales:
• an International Sports Fan Motivation Scale
• an International Sports Fan Tourist Motivation Scale
• an International Sports Fan Constraints Scale
• a Rugby World Cup Sports Fan Motivation Scale
• a Rugby World Cup Fan Tourist Motivation Scale
• a Rugby World Cup Fan Constraints Scale.
3.Comparing the mean scores of extracted factors by demographics such as gender, age, sports experiences etc.
4.Analysing the impact on satisfaction or future intention using interaction effect methods.
The results showed some interesting academic and practical implications. This study has thus made a significant and unique contribution to the knowledge of international sports fan behaviour by researching the combined sports fan motivation factors and tourist motivation factors of actual sports fans, and the constraints of potential sports fan tourists. The study has also provided an academic contribution to the sports and tourism fields, and has provided a practical contribution to the areas of sports fan behaviour, tourism, leisure constraints, and sports events management
Some GIS-Based Analysis of the Complete Taiwan Poems
No full textAbstract of paper 0466 presented at the Digital Humanities Conference 2019 (DH2019), Utrecht , the Netherlands 9-12 July, 2019
Pemahaman murid Tingkatan Satu tentang pembahagian pecahan / Fan Siong Peng
No full textThis study was conducted within the framework of radical constructivism. The purpose of the study was two-fold. The first was to indentify children’s patterns of thought on proper fractions, improper fractions, and meanings of division based on languages, verbal and actions when they attempted to give meanings to fractional situations. The second was to investigate children’s understanding on division of fractions which refers to Form One Student’s patterns of thought by constructing specific ways to solve fractional division problems involving whole numbers, fractions, or combination of both using knowledge of proper fractions, improper fractions, and meanings of division. Six types of fractional tasks involving regions and collections were presented to each of the five children in one-to-one clinical interviews. Each interview session was recorded with audio and video recorder. Data analyses started with transcription of the interviews, written answers, sketches of diagrams, and marked on the given objects. Within case synthesis were inferred as individual’s forms of thought and cross case synthesis on the forms of thought were inferred as participants’ patterns of thought collectively. Participants’ patterns of thought on proper fractions were single partitioning, single grouping, single splitting, fragmenting region diagrams, and simplified fractions. First, third, and fourth applied to regions and second and third applied to collections. Participants’ patterns of thought on improper fractions were based on mixed numbers, denominator of improper fractions, and one whole. First and third applied to regions and collections, where as second only applied to regions. Participants’ patterns of thought on meaning of division were partitioning to produce several objects, partitioning to produce several parts of a whole, and partitioning to produce several objects and parts of a whole, measurement to produce several parts, measurement to produce several objects and portioning to produce several parts of a whole. Specific methods used by participants to solve problems on division of fractions involving application of fractional knowledge were single partitioning and measurement, single grouping and splitting, tenth numbers, and hundredth numbers. Four types of operations, such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division were used by participants to solve problems on division of fractions. Participants applied both meanings of division, such as partitioning to produce several whole and parts of objects and measurement to produce several parts of a whole objects
The role of environmental factors in the spatial distribution of Japanese encephalitis in mainland China
No full textAbstract not availableLiya Wang, Wenbiao Hu, Ricardo J. Soares Magalhaes, Peng Bi, Fan Ding, Hailong Sun, Shenlong Li, Wenwu Yin, Lan Wei, Qiyong Liu, Ubydul Haque, Yansong Sun, Liuyu Huang, Shilu Tong, Archie C.A. Clements, Wenyi Zhang, Chengyi L
Comparison between a phenomenological approach and a morphoelasticity approach regarding the displacement of extracellular matrix
No full textPlastic (permanent) deformations were earlier, modeled by a phenomenological model in Peng and Vermolen (Biomech Model Mechanobiol 19(6):2525–2551, 2020). In this manusctipt, we consider a more physics-based formulation that is based on morphoelasticity. We firstly introduce the morphoelasticity approach and investigate the impact of various input variables on the output parameters by sensitivity analysis. A comparison of both model formulations shows that both models give similar computational results. Furthermore, we carry out Monte Carlo simulations of the skin contraction model containing the morphoelasticity approach. Most statistical correlations from the two models are similar, however, the impact of the collagen density on the severeness of contraction is larger for the morphoelasticity model than for the phenomenological model.Numerical Analysi
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