Hosting a J-1 Exchange Visitor The purpose of the J-1 Exchange Visitor Program is to promote international educational and cultural exchange to develop mutual understanding between the people of the U.S. and other countries. J-1 Exchange Visitor Program: Overview [1] ● J-1 Exchange Visitor Program: Introduction and Basic Concepts [2] ● Inviting a J-1 Exchange Visitor – Information for Faculty [...

Hosting a J-1 Exchange Visitor The purpose of the J-1 Exchange Visitor Program is to promote international educational and cultural exchange to develop mutual understanding between the people of the U.S. and other countries. J-1 Exchange Visitor Program: Overview [1] ● J-1 Exchange Visitor Program: Introduction and Basic Concepts [2] ● Inviting a J-1 Exchange Visitor – Information for Faculty [...

Expo 2010 Shanghai China was a successful, splendid and unforgettable event, remaining us with valuable experiences. The visitor flow pattern of Expo is investigated in this paper. The Hurst exponent, mean value and standard deviation of visitor volume prove that the visitor flow is fractal with long-term stability and correlation as well as obvious fluctuation in short period. Then the time se...

Management of impacts to park resources and the quality of the visitor experience can be guided by the National Park Service Visitor Experience and Resource Protection (VERP) framework. This article describes a program of research to support application of this management framework to the soundscape of Muir Woods National Monument, California. Initial visitor surveys identified visitor-caused n...

The thinking styles of selected Canadian farm managers are identified using the life styles inventory (LSI). The farmers’ LSI scores are compared with those of a base sample of nonfarmers, and correla­ tions between the farmers’ LSI scores and financial indicators are examined. Results indicate that farm­ ers do thinking differently than nonfarmers and that there are significant correlations be...

In this paper, we describe an interactive environment designed and created within a museum context. “Re-Tracing the Past: Exploring objects, stories and mysteries” allowed visitors to explore and investigate artefacts housed within the museums permanent collection. One interactive installation within ‘ReTracing the Past’, the ‘Radio’, allows for the exploration of previously recorded visitor st...

The behavior of visitors browsing in a web site offers a lot of information about their requirements and the way they use the respective site. Analyzing such behavior can provide the necessary information in order to improve the web site’s structure. The literature contains already several suggestions on how to characterize web site usage and to identify the respective visitor requirements base...