In their article “An Arbitrage-Free Approach to Quasi-Option Value” [J. Environm. Econom. Management 35, 103-125, 1998], Coggins and Ramezani interpreted the concept of quasi-option value introduced by Arrow and Fisher [Quart. J. Econom. 88, 1974, 312-319] as being identical to Dixit and Pindyck’s real option value. This means their approach differs from the approach by Fisher and Hanemann [J. ...

Technical and Educational Activities (TEA) is a cornerstone of IEEE Communications Society. In this issue Magazine, I am pleased to introduce Wei Zhang, Vice-President for TEA, who shares with us his plans rejuvenating technical education activities promoting the industry community standards development.

After aWhite House briefing with his administration’s top health experts on 20 May, US president Barack Obama renewed his call for Congress to fully fund his request for $1.9 billion (£1.31b; €1.7b) in emergency funding to combat the spread of the Zika virus in the US and abroad. Obama made his first request for the funds in February. Earlier in the week the Senate, in a compromise between Demo...

The world’s highest number of covid deaths, a broken healthcare system, and mess unhelpful regulations put in place by his predecessor—Joanne Silberner examines what the incoming US president has to contend with how he intends fix things

T he political influence Coefficient as a power of influence and political elite lobbying (the power rents) of each region in the decision-making and national budget allocations centers is a new word through which the present article, after introducing it, is able to rank the provinces in the tenth state using the multi-criteria decision-making models (MCDM). This issue is important ...

s of Articles Accepted in Journals, Books, and Conference Volumes 55 An important issue in small open economies is whether policymakersshould respond to exchange rate movements when they formulate mone-tary policy. Microfounded models tend to suggest that there is little to begained from responding to exchange rate movements, and the literature haslargely concluded that such a r...

background numerous factors have an effect on the accuracy of an impression and resultant cast, and these include: impression material, impression technique, tray selection, impression disinfection, storage time of impression before pouring, stone type used for fabrication of cast. up to now, there has been little research conducted on the effect of contact time of a cast with an impression, on...

The article focuses on the current state of US-DPRK dialogue. paper depicts North Korean perspective possible interaction with United States, which is derived from key characteristics Pyongyang as a political counterpart, Korea’s reaction to earlier experiences in comparison actions US president. New Law DPRK’s Policy Nuclear Forces another factor influence perspectives As conclusion author ref...

Childhood obesity is a public health challenge in the United States (U.S.) and elsewhere in the world. Additionally, those who are obese are heavier than in the past (Anderson & Butcher, 2006). In the U.S., one in three children is overweight or obese (Ogden et al., 2010), a prevalence that has tripled since 1970 (Anderson & Butcher, 2006; Kumanayika & Grier, 2006; Wang & Zhang, 2006). In respo...