Browsing Open Access Journals by Issue Date

Now showing items 681-700 of 831

    • A Study on Spatial Distribution and Characteristics of Moving Companies 

      Seo, Dae Hyun; Kim, Kabsung (Scientific Research, 2018-02)
      The purpose of this study is to propose a method of establishing demand zone in the estimation of industrial complex needs. Demand estimates of existing industrial complexes are mainly based on survey method, which leads ...

    • When Utility Jumps: The Value of Having Cash in the Hand 

      Rotthoff, Kurt W.; Coffey, Bentley (Scientific Research, 2018-02)
      Different theoretical explanations have been developed for seemingly inconsistent actions that deal with varying levels of risk and time. We propose a simple model of utility that unifies these seemingly separate ...

    • Children 

      Wu, Kuang-Ming (Scientific Research, 2018-02)
      As children grow, so this paper develops many themes that children and we all love, coherently yet freely, and attractively as children are enthralling.

    • The Implications of Mandatory Corporate Social Responsibility—A Literature Review Perspective 

      Ramdhony, Dinesh (Scientific Research, 2018-02)
      The purpose of this paper is to discuss the implications of mandatory corporate social responsibility (CSR) contributions: the CSR levy. Using public interest theory as the theoretical lens, this paper adopts a pro-regulation ...

    • Updated Definition of the Three Solvent Descriptors Related to the Van der Waals Forces in Solutions 

      Laffort, Paul (Scientific Research, 2018-02)
      Innovative viewpoint on the older topic of the van der Waals forces, is of interesting and significant issue to be concerned in both the fields related to the fundamental investigation and thus valuable in guiding the ...

    • Testing Leverage and Spillover Effects in Precious Metal ETFs 

      Chen, Jo-Hui; Trang Do, Thi Van (Scientific Research, 2018-02)
      This research employed the Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity-in-Mean-Autoregressive Moving Average (GARCH-M-ARMA) and the Exponentially Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity- ...

    • Western honey bee management for crop pollination 

      Toni, C.H.; Djossa, B.A.; Yedomonhan, H.; Zannou, E.T.; Mensah, G.A. (2018-02)
      This literature review seeks to provide an outlook of the use of Western honeybee for crop pollination around the world. It was prepared by collecting information on the use of managed honey bees, Apis mellifera in crop ...

    • The Mind-Body Problem: The Perspective of Psychology 

      Kreitler, Shulamith (Scientific Research, 2018-02)
      The paper traces the changes in the conceptualization of body-mind relations in psychology in terms of five sequential phases. The first phase is characterized by the view that there is nothing but the body. The second ...

    • An Analogical Hermeneutic Approach to Bioethics 

      Islas, David S. Contreras (Scientific Research, 2018-02)
      Bioethics has the hermeneutical task of interpreting scientific knowledge produced by the biological and social sciences in order to propose moral norms and values that are adequate to it. Therefore, it needs to account ...

    • Relationship between Spot and Future Prices of Crude Oil: A Cointegration Analysis 

      Minimol, M. C. (Scientific Research, 2018-02)
      The study was intended to reveal the relationship among the spot and future price of crude oil, which in turn will help in determining the prices of crude oil. While structuring a portfolio, high correlation among assets ...

    • Elementary Thermal Operations 

      Lostaglio, Matteo; Alhambra, Alvaro M.; Perry, Christopher (2018-02)
      To what extent do thermodynamic resource theories capture physically relevant constraints? Inspired by quantum computation, we define a set of elementary thermodynamic gates that only act on 2 energy levels of a system ...

    • Azido-meta-hemipinic Acid: An "Introverted" Acid? 

      Jin-Young, Choi; Jisoo, Kim; Jinyong, Shin; Minsu, Lee; Tae-Ho, Yoon; Sunmook, Lee (2018-02)
      Biocomposite materials consisting of Poly-L-Lactic-Co-Glycolic Acid (PLGA) and Hydroxyapatite (HA) were synthesized and mechanical properties have been observed by carrying out the fatigue test, for which accelerated tests ...

    • Income Inequality Measures 

      Fellman, Johan (Scientific Research, 2018-02)
      Income distributions are commonly unimodal and skew with a heavy right tail. Different skew models, such as the lognormal and the Pareto, have been proposed as suitable descriptions of income distribution and applied in ...

    • On the Economic Premium Principle 

      Takino, Kazuhiro (Scientific Research, 2018-02)
      In this study, we propose an equilibrium pricing rule to capture a characteristic observed in the practical option market. The market has observed that the implied volatility derived from the Black-Scholes formula is ...

    • Outcomes of Open Surgery for Popliteal Artery Aneurysms: An 18-Year Experience in a Single Institution in Japan 

      Makino, Yoshihisa; Hoshina, Katsuyuki; Yamamoto, Kota; Kimura, Masaru (Scientific Research, 2018-03)
      Objective: To elucidate the outcomes of open surgery for popliteal artery aneurysm (PAA) in a single Japanese institution. Materials and Methods: Between 1999 and 2016, 35 patients (44 PAAs) underwent open surgery in ...

    • Climate Change Favors Grapevine Production in Temperate Zones 

      Koch, Bruno; Oehl, Fritz (Scientific Research, 2018-03)
      Wine production has a long-standing history in Palatinate (Southwestern Germany), dating back to Roman times. Especially “Riesling”, but also several “Pinot” varieties gained major significance. Red wine varieties gained ...

    • A hypothesis of series resonance in the white matter for understanding the mechanism of spike-wave seizures 

      Sadahiro, Shigeki (Elsevier, 2018-03)
      Generalized epilepsy is accompanied by large-amplitude synchronized spike-wave discharges on electroencephalography. The condition rapidly and synchronously involves most regions of the brain, but the mechanism underlying ...

    • Pre-service primary school teachers’ knowledge of informal statistical inference 

      Vetten, Arjen de; Schoonenboom, Judith; Keijzer, Ronald; Oers, Bert van (Springer Netherlands, 2018-03)
      The ability to reason inferentially is increasingly important in today’s society. It is hypothesized here that engaging primary school students in informal statistical reasoning (ISI), defined as making generalizations ...

    • Oil a Blessing or Curse: A Comparative Assessment of Nigeria, Norway and the United Arab Emirates 

      Elwerfelli, Ali; Benhin, James (2018-04)
      Oil booms have brought unprecedented wealth and development to some countries while in others this has not been the case. The latter is attributed to the resource curse phenomenon which has been explained by the Dutch ...

    • Accounting Benefits of ERP Systems across the Different Manufacturing Industries of SMEs 

      Goumas, Spyridon; Charamis, Dimitris; Tabouratzi, Efthalia (Scientific Research, 2018-04)
      As a result of the ongoing economic crisis and the international market competition, Greek SMEs, particularly the ones focusing in manufacture and production, need to stay profitable by increasing efficiency, while ...