This paper addresses the optimum transformer design problem to minimize the active part cost of three phase core type distribution transformer. The transformer design process involves substantial heuristic exercise to select the design, best suited to a set of specifications. The design problem considers minimization of total cost of core and conducting material, while constraints are imposed o...

Data from three recent surveys indicate that about 40 percent of workers with employment-based health insurance are enrolled in plans that their employers self-insure. Despite the considerable differences between federal regulation of these self-insured plans and state regulation of employer plans purchased from an insurance company, we find striking similarities in the populations they serve, ...

Implementing Company Classification Policy with the S/MIME Security Label Status of this Memo This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Abstract This document discusses how company security policy for data classification can be mapped to the S/MIME security label. Actual policies from ...

Shareholders are the owners of listed companies, and their relationships can directly affect the structure of the stock market. In this paper, we analyze the topological properties and evolution of the cross-shareholding networks of listed companies in the past 5 years in China from 2007 to 2011, an infrequently considered topic, by taking shareholders’ cross-shareholding relationships into acc...

A large European Energy Distribution Company (EDC) needs to adapt to the new state regulations. To do so they need to have a much thorough understanding of their stakeholders (customers, partners). This understanding is captured in data that needs to become a strategic asset. We explain how the concept of business object is used in organizing this data across the whole company. We also illustra...

To determine the role of each intracellular domain of the fibronectin receptor in receptor distribution, chimeric receptors were constructed containing the human interleukin-2 receptor (gp55 subunit) as the extracellular and transmembrane domains, in combination with either the a 5 or ß, intracellular domain of the fibronectin receptor as the cytoplasmic domain . These chimeric receptors were t...

A bank affiliated with a multi-bank holding company (MBHC) is significantly safer than either a stand-alone bank or a bank affiliated with a one-bank holding company. Not only does affiliation reduce the probability of future financial distress, but distressed affiliated banks are more likely to receive capital injections and recover more quickly than other banks. Interestingly, the effect of a...

This paper focuses on the regulation of electricity distribution business. First, regulation principles of natural monopolies are discussed in general level. Second, different methods used to regulate the electricity distribution business in some European countries are introduced. Third, regulatory models used in Finland, Norway and Sweden are discussed in detail. The roles of efficiency benchm...