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Researchhighlights

►ThepaperexaminespublicinvolvementinChineseinfrastructureplanning.►Publicinvolvementregulationsarenotuniformacrossthecountrybutvaryamongcities.►Larger,moreeconomicallyadvancedEasterncoastalcitieshavemoredetailedrequirementsthanothercities.

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Asimpleself-adaptivealternatingdirectionmethodforlinearvariationalinequalityproblems  OriginalResearchArticle

Computers&MathematicswithApplications,Volume53,Issue10,May2007,Pages1595-1604

DerenHan,HongK.Lo,ZhiweiWang

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Inthisstudy,weproposeanewalternatingdirectionmethodforsolvinglinearvariationalvariationalinequalityproblems（LVIP）.Itissimpleinthesensethat,ateachiteration,itneedsonlytoperformaprojectionontoasimplesetandsomematrix–vectormultiplications.Thesimplicityofthesolutionmethodmakesitattractiveforsolvinglarge-scaleproblems.Tofurtherimproveitsefficiency,wedeviseaself-adaptivestrategyforchoosingthenecessaryparametersofthesolutionprocedure.Weprovetheglobalconvergenceofthisnewmethodundersomemildconditions.Finally,somecomputationalresultsarereportedtodemonstratethepropertiesandefficiencyofthemethod.

ArticleOutline

1.Introduction

2.Preliminaries

3.Themethod

4.Globalconvergence

5.Numericalstudies

6.Concludingremarks

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Informationsystemsandpartnershipinmulti-agencynetworks:

anactionresearchprojectincrimereduction  OriginalResearchArticle

InformationandOrganization,Volume14,Issue3,July2004,Pages189-210

DavidWastell,PeterKawalek,PeterLangmead-Jones,RobOrmerod

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Partnershipworkingisbecominganincreasinglycommonmethodologyinthepublicsectorforaddressingcomplexsocialissuessuchaspoverty,economicdevelopmentandcrime.Informationsystemshaveavitalroletoplayinenablingsuchinter-organisationalnetworksandinfacilitatingthemulti-disciplinarycollaborationthatisessentialtojointworking.ThispaperreportsaUK-basedactionresearchprojectinthefieldofcommunitysafety.Thepracticalaimwastodevelopamulti-agencydataexchange（MADE）tosupport14crimereductionpartnershipsinthecountyofLancashireinthepreparationoftheircrimereductionstrategies,asrequiredbyrecentgovernmentlegislation.Fromaresearchperspective,theprojectaffordedanopportunitytoexploretheroleofinformationsystemsinsupportingpublicsectorpartnerships,andhencetoopenuparelativelyunresearchedelementofthebroadereGovernmentagenda.Fromapractitionerperspective,MADEhasbeenhighlysuccessful;ithasprovidedsubstantialhelptopartnershipsintheproductionoftheirstrategiesandthereisstrongdemandfortheproject’scontinuation.Ontheresearchside,theworkhasprovidedvaluableinsightsintothedesignanddevelopmentofinformationsystemstosupportmulti-agencycollaborationandonthebarrierstoinformationsharing.Theconceptofa“partnershipdecisionsupportsystem”emergesfromthework,andanumberofprofitabledirectionsforfutureresearchareadumbrated.Methodologically,itisconcludedthatactionresearchisavaluableresearchtoolfordevelopingrelevantandholistictheoryinIS.

ArticleOutline

1.Introduction:

publicsectorpartnership

2.Methodology

3.Projecthistory

3.1.Diagnosis:

userrequirementsandproductdesign

3.2.Intervention:

productdevelopmentandimplementation

3.3.Evaluationanddissemination

4.Discussion

5.Methodologicalepilogue

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Exploringforestaestheticsusingforestryphotocontests:

casestudiesexaminingJapaneseandGermanpublicpreferences  OriginalResearchArticle

ForestPolicyandEconomics,Volume6,Issues3-4,June2004,Pages289-299

RyoKohsaka,MichaelFlitner

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Insustainableforestmanagement（SFM）,forestryorganizationsarerequiredtocommunicatetothepubliceffectivelytobroadenthegeneralunderstandingoftheireffortsinmaintainingmultipleforestservicefunctions.Thus,thereisarenewedinterestinthescientificstudyoftheperceptionandrepresentationofforests.Forestryphotocontestsprovidevaluableresourcestodeepentheknowledgeabout‘images’thataresharedinalargerpublicandobviouslyappealingtoimaginationsfromtheperspectiveoflaypeople.Thepaperaimsatidentifyingsuch‘icons’throughanewmethodologythatinvolvedexamininggroupdiscussiondynamicsbasedonusingtwosetsofprize-winningpictures.ThepictureswerefromJapaneseandGermanphotocontestswiththecommonthemeof‘forest/trees.’Datawerecollectedwithdifferentsetsofforestpicturesinbothcultures.Intervieweeswereaskedtocategorizethepicturesintoclustersthroughgroupdiscussionswithahighdegreeoffreedom.Theresultsshowratherstablesetsofpairsandclustersofcertainpictures.Whatisbeingincludedintheprize-winningphotosdifferedlargelybetweenJapanandGermany,indicatingseparatediscursivepracticesofforestryorganizationsinthetwocultures.Inadditiontotheserepresentationaldifferencesin‘icons’,perceptionofGermanandJapanesegroupsdifferedincertainthemes.

ArticleOutline

1.Introduction

1.1.Background

1.2.Classicalapproachesinforestaestheticsusingvisualmaterials

1.3.Hypothesis

2.Methodology

2.1.Researchframework:

overallflowofinterviewsandthecreationofthematerial

2.2.Justificationofclusteringexercisesingroupsforidentifyingicons

2.3.Dataanalysisandclusteringevaluation

3.Resultsandanalysis

3.1.Overviewofresultingdata

3.2.Profileofintervieweeswithtwosetsofdata

3.3.Clusteringresultsfromgroupinterviews3.3.1.Overviewoffrequentlyclusteredpictures

3.3.1.1.ResultsfromGermanpictures

3.3.1.2.ResultsfromJapanesepictures

3.3.2.‘Core’pictureingroups

3.4.Picturesthatevokefeelingsoffamiliarity/unfamiliarity

4.Conclusion

4.1.Identificationoficonsoccurringinphotocontests

4.2.Futuretasks

4.2.1.Task1:

interpretationsoficonsinlargersocialcontexts

4.2.2.Task2:

non-visualaspectsofphotocontest

4.2.3.Task3:

differentattemptstodealwithlegitimacyproblemsbyGermanandJapaneseforestryorganizations

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AproofforaconjectureontheRandićindexofgraphswithdiameter  OriginalResearchArticle

AppliedMathematicsLetters,Volume24,Issue5,May2011,Pages752-756

JianxiLiu,MeiliLiang,BoCheng,BolianLiu

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TheRandićindexR（G）ofagraphGisdefinedby

whered（u）isthedegreeofavertexuinGandthesummationextendsoveralledgesuvofG.Aouchicheet al.proposedaconjectureontherelationshipbetweentheRandićindexandthediameter:

foranyconnectedgraphonn≥3verticeswiththeRandićindexR（G）andthediameterD（G）,

withequalitiesifandonlyifGisapath.Inthiswork,weshowthatthisconjectureistruefortrees.Furthermore,weprovethatforanyconnectedgraphonn≥3verticeswiththeRandićindexR（G）andthediameterD（G）,

withequalityifandonlyifGisapath.

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1.Introduction

2.Somelemmas

3.Mainresults

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TheexpansionofpublichealthinsuranceandthedemandforprivatehealthinsuranceinruralChina  OriginalResearchArticle

ChinaEconomicReview,Volume22,Issue1,March2011,Pages28-41

HongLiu,SongGao,JohnA.Rizzo

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ThispaperexaminestheimpactoftheNewCooperativeMedicalScheme（NCMS）onprivatehealthinsurancepurchasingdecisionsinruralChina,usinglongitudinaldatafromtheChinaHealthandNutritionSurvey（CHNS,2000–2006）.ADifference-in-difference（DID）approachisemployedtoestimateNCMSeffects.TheoveralleffectsofNCMSweremodest,butdifferedforadultsandchildren.Wefindthatadultswere2.1%morelikelytopurchaseprivatehealthinsurancewhenNCMSbecameavailable.NCMShadalargerpositiveeffectonadultprivatecoverageinhigherincomegroupsandincommunitieswithapreexistinghealthcarefinancingsystem,knownastheCooperativeMedicalScheme（CMS）.WealsofindevidencesuggestingthatNCMScrowdedoutchildprivatehealthinsurance,especiallyinlowerincomegroups.However,thisfindingisnotrobusttocontrollingforothercovariatesincludinghouseholdcharacteristicsandavailabilityofprivateinsuranceinthecommunity.Forbothadultsandchildren,riskpreferencesandsocio-economicstatus,includingincomeandeducation,areimportantpredictorsofprivateinsurancetake-up.Wefindnoevidenceforadverseselectioninthedemandforprivatehealthinsurance.

ArticleOutline

1.Introduction

2.PublichealthinsuranceinruralChina

3.Literaturereview

4.Empiricalmethods

5.Dataandvariables

5.1.Data

5.2.Dependentva