During the long economic slump in Japan, monetary policy in Japan has essentially consisted of a very low interest rate (since 1995), a zero interest rate (since 1999), and quantitative easing (since 2001). The intention seems to have been to lower expectations of future interest rates. But the problem in a liquidity trap (when the zero lower bound on the central bank's instrument rate is stric...

There is no doubt that concrete one of the most consumed materials all over world. It a composite mix widely used for constructing structures and infrastructures to sustain environmentally induced stresses such as thermal seismic. As mainstream construction industry tended find out feasible solutions, Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC) was introduced play an essential role in development dams pave...

a corresponding growth in the available supply. Too often indeed it leads to oversupply and slump. Fortunately that point has not yet been reached in the output of literature published on the " Backward Child". The subject has so many aspects that any attempt to deal at all comprehensively with the diagnosis and treatment of indicative symptoms has resulted in some excellent, but also, for the ...

ing children to decode (that is, turn print into speech sounds), it’s disheartening that we still have not overcome the “fourth-grade slump” in reading comprehension. We’re finding that even though the vast majority of our youngest readers can manage simple texts, many students—particularly those from low-income families—struggle when it comes time in grade four to tackle more advanced academic...

Abstract In this study, the fresh state and hydration properties of 0–60% lithium slag blended cement pastes were investigated at water-binder ratio 0.47. The workability was evaluated by measuring air content, marsh cone flow, mini-slump setting times, through rheology tests. A 40% could produce 91% strength activity index 28 days; pat diameter 70.54 mm; flow efflux time 145 s; content 0.6%; h...