National image is a comprehensive reflection of country’s performance on international stage and could be affected by an enormous amount factors. To evaluate national image, the paper screens key variables using lasso penalized quantile regression first then proposes evaluation indicator modified partial least square algorithms based quantile-based third-order latent variable model. After data ...

At the beginning of Pandemic, Sweden took a different path from her Nordic neighbours and many other countries, namely by not implementing “forced mass lockdown” or applying stringent restrictions. This paper sets out to examine Sweden’s national strategy for responding COVID-19. research seeks address extent which underlying concepts Swedish “ethos” “tradition” influenced shaped avoid forced l...

Time and budget constraints have precluded the use of conventional mapping techniques for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to produce a comprehensive resource inventory of the California deserts region as mandated by the California Desert Conservation Act. A Landsat mosaic at full resolution for ten scenes over the California deserts region was used to provide a continuous data base for mUlti...