In recent years a lot of attention has been paid to geographic latitude and its relationship with key variables like economic growth, development, and institutional quality. In this paper we show that longitude (time zones) also matters. Using bilateral Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) data and gravity model estimations, we find that time zones have a significant impact on the location of FDI. F...

This article is concerned with stability analysis of a linear discrete-time dynamic quantizer system with packet loss. First, several modifications are made to the original dynamic quantizer to make it easier to realize. Then communication channel subject to packet loss of Bernoulli distribution from the quantizer to the plant input is considered. Moreover, based on Lyapunov function approach, ...

Goalpara district covering an area of 1,824sq.km.in the western part south bank Brahmaputra in Assam extends between 25o 54/N to 26o 17/N latitude and 90o3/E 91o6/E longitude. The along with its surrounding areas basically central parts are very suitable for cultivation banana one important fruit crop district. is not only rich production but also it has some big collecting centers mainly at Da...

Pose uncertainty estimation of calibrated cameras is a common task in the field of computer vision and uses location uncertainties of image features. For spherical cameras, those uncertainties cannot be optimally described using conventional latitude-longitude representation. Increasing distortions close to the poles of the spherical coordinate system prevent a suitable description through Gaus...