This paper evaluates the determinants of bank performance in China. In particular, we examine the effects of stock market volatility, competition and ownership on bank performance in China. The sample comprises a total of 11 banks (four state-owned and seven joint-stock commercial banks) listed in the Chinese Stock Exchanges. The period under consideration extends from 2003-2009. The Generalize...

In this paper, an efficient multi-objective model is proposed to solve time-cost trade off problem considering cash flows. The proposed multi-objective meta-heuristic is based on Ant colony optimization and is called Non Dominated Archiving Ant Colony Optimization (NAACO). The significant feature of this work is consideration of uncertainties in time, cost and more importantly interest rate. A ...

In this paper, we present the Global Video Environment (GloVE), which is a novel scalable VoD system based on the stream reusage technique called Cooperative Video Cache (CVC), where the clients cooperate to create a distributed video repository used as the prior source of content. In GloVE, differently from conventional systems, the server’s bandwidth does not limit the number of simultaneous ...

A low cost and versatile refraction model for scan-line rendering algorithms is presented. The model is based on the theoretical optical path of a light ray through a generic lens. A Gaussian approximation is then used, together with Blinn and Newell approximation. These expressions lead to a family of approximations with a tradeoff between computational cost and optical precision. In this pape...

The physiologic and performance effects of low-level reconnaissance flying in hot environments were documented and quantitated. RF-4C pilots and weapons system operators were studied in hot and cool seasons during both high and low missions to distinguish environmental temperature from flight level effects. ECG, sternal and thigh skin temperatures, and cockpit temperature at helmet level were m...