America’s Economic Stake in Taiwan

Economic Integration in the Americas: European Perspectives

Economic Impact of Dengue Illness in the Americas

The growing burden of dengue in endemic countries and outbreaks in previously unaffected countries stress the need to assess the economic impact of this disease. This paper synthesizes existing studies to calculate the economic burden of dengue illness in the Americas from a societal perspective. Major data sources include national case reporting data from 2000 to 2007, prospective cost of illn...

The Americas: Chile's Left Covets the Fruits of Economic Success

Unemployment figures released last week, however, suggest that the economic recovery is running into trouble. Instead of declining, as the president promised, the rate of unemployment is increasing. This poses a serious challenge to Mr. Lagos, who promised during his 1999 campaign that 200,000 new jobs would be created this year. At 10.2%, up from 9.4%, the unemployment rate is an embarrassment...

economic optimization and energy consumption in tray dryers

دراین پروژه به بررسی مدل سازی خشک کردن مواد غذایی با استفاده از هوای خشک در خشک کن آزمایشگاهی نوع سینی دار پرداخته شده است. برای آنالیز انتقال رطوبت در طی خشک شدن به طریق جابجایی، یک مدل لایه نازک برای انتقال رطوبت، مبتنی بر معادله نفوذ فیک در نظر گفته شده است که شامل انتقال همزمان جرم و انرژی بین فاز جامد و گاز می باشد. پروفایل دما و رطوبت برای سه نوع ماده غذایی شامل سیب زمینی، سیب و موز در طی...

Interactive Proof-of-stake

The paper examines decentralized cryptocurrency protocols that are based on the use of internal tokens as identity tools. An analysis of security problems with popular Proof-of-stake consensus protocols is provided. A new protocol, Interactive Proof-of-Stake, is proposed. The main ideas of the protocol are to reduce a number of variables a miner can iterate over to a minimum and also to bring a...