In this paper the main factors that influence the Caspian Sea level rising and the probable and improbable factors are discussed in detail. A cyclical behavior of the level of the Caspian Sea according to local records was proposed. This cyclic fluctuation of the sea level is the long-term behavior of the sea so that the investigation is not restricted to a specific time interval. The statistic...

This paper tests the “Too-Big-to-Fail” hypothesis that whether being designated as a global systemically important bank (G-SIB) has an impact on CDS price of bank, thereby reducing its credit risk. We find surprising evidence spreads increase (decrease) after announcement higher (lower) capital surcharge. However, this effect is temporary, mean revert to pre-announcement level, dropping sharply...

Restricted migration of periodic and sporadic tasks on uniform heterogeneous multiprocessors is considered. Migration between different processors of a multiprocessor causes overhead that may be prohibitively high for real-time systems, where accurate timing is essential. Nonetheless, periodic tasks, which generate jobs at regular intervals, may be able to migrate without causing overhead if th...

there are limitations in experimental studies on sand-gravel mixtures due to the small size of testingspecimens. due to this problem, many researchers have worked on prediction of the shear strength of mixture by testingthe sandy fraction of soil alone and developed empirical relationships. most of the previous relationships have beendetermined for low surcharge pressures in which particle brea...

expansive soils can be found in many parts of the world particularly in arid and semi-arid regions. these soilspose a significant hazard to civil engineering structures due to its high swelling and shrinkage potential. this paperpresents the results of an experimental program developed to investigate the effect of cyclic drying and wetting on theswelling potential of expansive soils with variou...