Residential relocation or mobility is a critical component of land use dynamics. Models of land use dynamics need to consider residential relocation or mobility behavior of households to be able to forecast future population demographics land use patterns critical to activity and travel demand forecasting. Unfortunately, very little is known about residential relocation behavior at the disaggre...

This paper presents a design and analyzes the performance of a relocation planner for electric vehicle sharing system, aiming at reducing management cost and enhancing service ratio by avoiding service degradation stemmed from stock imbalance. The proposed planner creates a set of relocation pairs, each of which consists of an overflow station and an underflow station for respective relocation ...

Background: Plastic and reconstructive surgeons consider a variety of options to salvage limbs patients when operating on soft tissue defects the plantar forefoot in diabetic foot ulcers. This study focuses efficacy durability perforator flaps compared that random flaps, covering area patients.<br/>Methods: From January 2011 August 2020, we performed 49 reconstructions cover diabetes usin...

Soft tissue defects of the hand may present in various forms and are often challenging to treat. The goal surgical reconstruction includes both functional aesthetic aspects. keystone-design perforator island flap is a multi-perforator advancement with safe harvesting technique, reliable blood supply, minimal donor site morbidity, simple dissection process that obviates need for microsurgical te...

Most file systems overwrite modified file data and metadata in their original locations, while the Log-structured File System (LFS) dynamically relocates them to other locations. We design and implement the Evergreen file system that can select between overwriting or relocation for each block of a file or metadata. Therefore, the Evergreen file system can achieve superior write performance by s...

Typhoon Morakot hit Taiwan in 2009 and caused severe damages. The government employs a compulsory relocation strategy for post-disaster reconstruction. This study analyzes the impact of this strategy on community solidarity. It employs a multiple approach for data collection, including semi-structural interview, secondary data, and documentation. The results indicate that the government’s strat...

To determine whether pituitary concentrations of luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) or hypothalamic content of gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) change before puberty, 40 prepubertal gilts averaging 7 mo of age were slaughtered before or on the second, third or fourth day after relocation and boar exposure. Some gilts responded to relocation and boar exposure as in...