We present a model of …nancial crises that stem from endogenous complexity. We conceptualize complexity as banks’uncertainty about the …nancial network of cross-exposures. As conditions deteriorate, cross-exposures generate the possibility of a domino e¤ect of bankruptcies. As this happens, banks face an increasingly complex environment since they need to understand a greater fraction of the …n...

to evaluate the effect of environment on the general and specific combining ability of virginia tobacco genotypes, five varieties were intercrossed in combination in 2007 in a half – diallel design. in 2008, the ten f1 population and the five parental lines were sown in two different conditions (drought stress and non-stress) using a complete randomized block design with three replications and ...

OVERVIEW: Progress in process technology has led to extraordinary increases in the number of gates that can be fabricated on a single chip, so it can be said that the age of system LSI has truly begun. To design largescale system LSIs in a short period of time, a revolutionary change in design productivity is required. Important changes for reducing design time include reuse of existing design ...

The paper presents an approach to teaching design for environment (DFE) in the context of a product design and development course. The teaching method has been applied in classes at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for graduate engineering, business, and design students. Our approach includes a step-by-step DFE process and utilizes a recent Herman Miller chair as a case study to illust...

in today’s world, one of the cities’ major challenges is the crisis of the built environment quality. as the urban design group discussed, urban management (local authorities) actors are kind of urban designers who unconsciously affect the quality of urban environment by their decisions. non-formal education and in-service training programs are effective methods to qualify staff for making deci...

medical environments such as hospital waiting rooms can affect a client’s anxiety level as wellas psychological and physiological responses to his or her situation. the aim of this research was to evaluatethe use of environmental design, specifically the design which incorporates elements of nature, in clinics andhospitals to decrease anxiety, blood pressure and pulse rates of waiting clients. ...