The unique architectural style of traditional “Yinzi” dwellings in Western Hunan, China, needs to be protected and their natural ventilation of patio space should also be promoted. Therefore, this study aimed at finding out the natural ventilation values and limitations of “Yinzi” dwellings as well as designing an optimum ventilation strategy for such dwellings. In this work, the thermal enviro...

We consider a general problem of finding a strategy that minimizes the exponential moment of a given cost function, with an emphasis on its relation to the more common criterion of minimization the expectation of the first moment of the same cost function. In particular, our main result is a theorem that gives simple sufficient conditions for a strategy to be optimum in the exponential moment s...

the most important objectives of monetary policy are to provide price stability, economic growth and favorable employment levels. since achieving these goals is not directly accessible for policy makers, so introducing and studying the appropriate tools and intermediate targets seem necessary. for this reason, this paper tries to answer this question: whether can we introduce an appropriate rul...

We examine a specific strategy of using synchronization (sync) markers for error containment in compressed data, using a model that separates the data-compression and error-containment stages. We examine the trade-off between rate and error performance, determine classes of sync markers that give equivalent performance, and examine the optimum choice of sync marker and data block length. The pe...

there are different strategies for selecting stocks, and different investors use different strategies according to their risk tolerance or their expected rate of return. in this study, the profitability of a broad range of stock se-lection strategies in tehran stock exchange over the period 1370-1383, has been examined, and it has been investigated whether the successful strategies in other cou...

changes in credit risk may arise when either the value or the risk of corporate assets changes. changes in the equity value associated with the changes in the asset value and changes in asset risk can be characterized into potentially countervailing direct and indirect effects. the indirect effect of risk on equity value is a function of factors that affect the debt value of including leverage,...

–The maintenance of pavements and particularly for flexible pavement is an essential requirement for the efficiency of highway network. For better serviceability, flexible pavements require more maintenance as compared to maintenance required for rigid pavements. But developing counties like India does not have sufficient budget or funds to satisfy the requirements. The maintenance & rehabilita...

A communication environment with multiple transmitters and multiple receivers is inherently a competitive environment. The aim of this thesis is to illustrate the role of competition and the value of cooperation in a multi-user communication environment from an information-theoretical perspective. Various scenarios will be treated, including the multiple access channel where receivers cooperate...

In the present study, we experimentally tested the role of hand motor circuits in simple-arithmetic strategies. Educated adults solved simple additions (e.g., 8 + 3) or simple subtractions (e.g., 11 - 3) while they were required to retrieve the answer from long-term memory (e.g., knowing that 8 + 3 = 11), to transform the problem by making an intermediate step (e.g., 8 + 3 = 8 + 2 + 1 = 10 + 1 ...

This paper presents an approach to analytically determine the most energy efficient toolpath strategy in mechanical machining. This was achieved by evaluating the electrical energy requirement of the NC codes generated for the zag, zigzag, and rectangular contour toolpath strategies. The analytical method was validated by performing pocket milling on AISI 1018 steel with the considered toolpath...