The number of Kominkan, original name public hall in japan, nationwide has been declining ever since 1999, and the shift Kominkan to Community centers is considered be main reason. Even Izumo City, with Shimane prefecture, where have very popular, transition started 2005.

Land use change is driven by interaction in space and time between humans and the environment that can be captured by computer simulation models (Veldkamp and Verburg, 2004). In the last few decades, land use change models have played an important role in understanding the causes, mechanisms and consequences of land use dynamics. SLEUTH is an open source cellular automata based land use change ...

During his February 2005 congressional testimony, Alan Greenspan identified what he termed a conundrum. Despite the fact that Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) had increased federal funds rate 150 basis points since June 2004, 10-year Treasury yield remained essentially unchanged.

The purpose of this paper is to explain clearly the role of the information system security management within the entire Port of Rijeka security process. The complexity of the Port of Rijeka system, in which Rijeka Port Authority contemplates the development strategy of the Rijeka traffic route and the services provided by the Port within the framework of the already existing development paradi...

Currently, organizations move from the need to produce high rates of profitability, by the satisfaction of their customers, partners or employees, and by the maintenance of high levels of competitiveness to enable them to face competition and ensure their survival. With the evolution of Information Systems and the Information Technology, increasingly organizations based its activities on these ...

To the Editor: Predictable rhythmic fluctuations, especially circadian, have been observed in a wide variety of physiologicai and psychological functions. Abno~a~ities of circadian patterns have been documented in people with depression, including a tendency for maximal severity of depression in the morning; however, patients with anxiety or mixed depression/anxiety report a tendency for sympto...

BACKGROUND The dual-plane technique has been widely used in augmentation mammaplasty procedures. However, there are some concerns about aesthetic contour maintenance for long time after muscle releasing. This study aims to track and analyze breast dynamic morphological changes after dual-plane breast augmentation with three-dimensional (3D) scanning technique. METHODS Thirteen dual-plane anat...

Physical characteristics, such as breast size and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), function as important features used by human males to assess female attractiveness. Males supposedly pay attention to these features because they serve as cues to fecundity and health. Here, we document that women with higher breast-to-underbreast ratio (large breasts) and women with relatively low WHR (narrow waists) h...

This study looked at the contribution of breast size and buttock size on ratings of female physical attractiveness in profile. A total of 114 British undergraduates rated 9 silhouettes with 3 varying levels of breast size and 3 levels of buttock size. Results showed significant main effects of breast size (with an overall preference for small breasts) but not of buttock size. Gender of the part...

BACKGROUND There are many differences in culture, community identity, community participation, and ownership between communities in Western and Asian countries; thus, it is difficult to adopt the results of community intervention studies from Western countries. In this study, we conducted a multicity, multicomponent community intervention trial to correct breast cancer myths and promote screeni...