It is known that a PR-BOX (PR), a non-local resource and (2 → 1) random access code (RAC), a functionality (wherein Alice encodes 2 bits into 1 bit message and Bob learns one of randomly chosen Alice’s inputs) are equivalent under the no-signaling condition. In this work we introduce generalizations to PR and (2→ 1) RAC and study their inter-convertibility. We introduce generalizations based on...

Pedestrian activity is a cornerstone for urban sustainability, with key implications the environment, public health, social cohesion, and local economy. Therefore, city planners, designers, decision-makers require tools to predict pedestrian mobility assess walkability of existing or planned environments. For this purpose, diverse approaches have been used analyze different inputs such as stree...

extended abstract 1. introduction in recent years, so many countries have paid many attention to tourism as a strategy to make money and benefit for the local communities. many researchers consider tourism an appropriate strategy for economic and social development of developing countries know. despite all the benefits of community-based tourism, in most developing countries, little authority i...

OBJECTIVE To explore associations between residents' perceptions of the local residential environment and the likelihood of their smoking. DESIGN Using data (n = 2615) from the West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study, separately by gender, cross-sectional associations between respondents' perceptions of neighbourhood (perceived absence of goods, incivilities and physical environmental problems) and ...

This paper examines how the college-educated population—segmented into selective demographic groups, from young adults to the elderly—differentially values quality-of-life (QOL) indicators of metropolitan areas in the United States. Using data from the 2000 Census and the 1997 Places Rated Almanac, out-migration patterns are shown to depend jointly upon stage in the life course, the spatial-dem...