The return from travel: a new beginning?

Within the context of the return from long-term travel, this paper uncovers the transitional and at times traumatic nature of return for 24 OE (overseas experience) travellers. Important considerations are raised in respect of easing repatriation distress among those returning from long-term travel. Contributing an understanding of the experience of return from travel, this paper proffers that return to the place one left to travel from does not necessarily mark the end of the journey. Conversely, it can mark a new beginning. As such, we argue that a broader framework for examining the travel experience is called for; notably, one that extends the examination of the travel experience to the return phase and beyond.     

集成遥感与GIS技术的土地利用动态变化监测方法研究

尽管国内外已发表了许多利用两个或两个以上时相遥感影像进行土地利用动态变化监测的研究成果,但鲜有基于单时相遥感影像与土地利用现状图进行土地利用动态变化监测的研究成果出现。本文将以土地利用现状GIS数据和高分辨率遥感影像为数据源,探讨利用GIS数据和相应分辨率的单时相遥感影像进行土地利用动态变化监测的有关技术方法和技术流程,并通过实验验证方法和技术流程的有效性和可行性。     

入世与打假

１制假售假是困扰国际贸易的世界性难题制假售假是一个全球性问题。大规模的制假活动是在工业革命之后，特别是２０世纪批量生产技术和有标记的产品大量面市后出现的。制假是一种暴利产业，它比销售麻醉品和走私军火风险低，而利润却更高，它是遍布全球的工业瘟疫。据１９９７年国际打击假冒商品大会的资料，１９９０年至１９９５年全球贸易额增长了４７％，而同期的假冒商品贸易额却增长了５０％。国际商会防伪情报局估计，假冒商品约占世界贸易额的５％。什么是假冒，目前国际上还没有一个准确的定义，英国、法国、德国的定义也不尽一致。…     

Some Issues About the "Quality" of Sunbelt/Frostbelt Life

A bstract . Definitions of "Quality of Life" (QOL) differ among researchers. But most agree that the concept consists of both an environmental and a psychological component. Subjecting principal components of sets of QOL measures in use to factor analysis, however, demonstrates that basing our comparisons of cities or regions on metropolitan area data biases the results. The largest urban areas with national reputations and urban areas in the South are favored. Analysts must look deeper than available QOL measures, e.g., to explain Frostbelt to Sunbelt migration. Perceptual measures must be improved and integrated into objective measures because they now show that the data are contradictory and city rankings are unreliable.     

Open Society: Hayek vs. Popper?

Does an open open society require a free market? Dr Naomi Moldoisky of the University of Melbourne reinforces Hayek's insistence that free societies must rest on free markets.     

质量竞争与品牌发展战略

当前，我国的质量工作实际上已形成层次分明的四个层次：     

Exploring the relationships between motivation,attachment and loyalty within sport event tourism

Attendance at sports events continues to rise, as evidenced by increased attendance across a range of sports events in 2014. Despite this, destinations that host live sports events struggle to attract repeat visitors outside scheduled events. This study aims to better understand the relationship between motivation, attachment and loyalty within event tourism. This paper discusses the existing contributions in these areas by drawing on sport and tourism literature and is the first to investigate the relationship across all three constructs. Within this paper, we develop the initial outline of a theoretical model, which depicts these relationships.