JEL Classification J33, L85, M52. This study investigated the effects of salary structure, performance requirements, and type of business on the performance of housing agents. The participants in the study survey consisted of the employees of real estate firms in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Restricted and unrestricted regression models were used to compare the goodness-of-fit of the regression models. A...

This paper briefly reviews the development of earthquake resistant design of buildings. The state-of-the-art of seismic design is discussed from the viewpoint of the performance criteria of buildings. These are (a) serviceability from frequent minor-intensity earthquake motions, (b) repairability from an infrequent but major-intensity earthquake motion, and (c) life safety from the maximum poss...

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Large-scale integration of distributed generation and widespread use power electronic equipment make quality disturbances (PQDs) more complicated. There are still unsolved problems for the classification multiple (MPQDs) that consist various kinds single disturbances: (1) since difference between contribution degrees every contained disturbance to composite is ignored, logical labels cannot com...

One cannot help being impressed by the wonderful arrays of seismograms depicted in Mr. Ellsworth's paper and in the prepared discussions. The regularity of the time intervals of successive impulses and the alternating sequence of the change of phase are readily adapted to a mechanism of multiple reflections. If the latter is accepted, the following questions seem to merit some consideration: (a...