Motivated by the recent experiences of the euro area and Japan, this paper presents a model that captures the joint occurrence of a liquidity trap and a jobless recovery. Its key elements are downward nominal wage rigidity, a Taylor-type interest-rate feedback rule, the zero bound on nominal rates, and a confidence shock. Absent a change in policy, the model predicts that low inflation and high...

Workability is regarded as one of the important parameters of high-performance concrete and monitoring it is essential in concrete quality management at construction sites. The conventional workability test methods are basically based on length and time measured by a ruler and a stopwatch and, as such, inevitably involves human error. In this paper, we propose a 4D slump test method based on di...

The paper investigates the macroeconomic and financial effects of oil prices shocks in the euro area since its creation in 1999, with a special focus on the recent slump. The analysis is carried out episode by episode, within a time-varying parameter framework, consistent with the view that "not all the oil price shocks are alike", yet without imposing any a priori identification assumption. We...

Femoral slump test is a neurodynamic testing, which could be used to assess the mechanosensitivity of the femoral component of the nervous system. Although Trainor and Pinnington reported the diagnosis accuracy of the femoral slump test, the neurodynamic responses of the femoral slump test have never been studied. The purposes of this study were to evaluate whether maneuvers that changed the ne...

The Massingill Walker Slump is an extremely large (~1,000 km3) mass flow deposit in the NE Gulf of Mexico. The slump comprises at least two major lobes, and is overlain by only a few tens of centimetres of postglacial (Zone Z) hemipelagic drape. It is therefore a relatively recent feature. The slump is traditionally inferred to have originated in the Mississippi Canyon, based on a high backscat...

Introduction: The slump test is used in athletes with suspected hamstring strains to determine the presence of neural mechanosensitivity. Other than cadaveric investigations, limited evidence exists regarding this test with respect to the neuromuscular system. Aim: To examine the effect of the slump test on local muscular and neural structures in the posterior thigh in athletes with hamstring i...

Research on the performance of recycled concrete as building material in the current world is an important subject. Given the complex composition of recycled concrete, conventional methods for forecasting slump scarcely obtain satisfactory results. Based on theory of nonlinear prediction method, we propose a recycled concrete slump prediction model based on geometric semantic genetic programmin...

The Slump Test is an inexpensive, easily administered assessment tool that can help record qualitative changes in sitting in an objective manner. Objective data are useful to document treatment efficacy over time. Over the past 2 years, the Slump Test has been administered at our clinic to a varied population with respect to age, neuromuscular condition, and functional abilities. At the time of...