The rating curve is the relationship between the water stage and the associated discharge in a givensection of a channel. In steady flow, this relationship usually has exponential type, whereas inunsteady it flow has a looped shape. Since direct developing of actual looped rating curve by usinghydrometric methods is merely possible, steady-state rating curve is commonly used as a downstreamboun...

Pavement deterioration rate is very difficult to predict because of the complexities in determining the pavement condition rating or difficulty in collecting detailed data, particularly in absence of sophisticated equipment or trained staff etc. A wide variety of Pavement Maintenance Systems (PMS) are used, but unfortunately either these systems do not use a formalized procedure to determine th...

Using an asset-based model of default, I derive rating characteristics if ratings are meant to look ‘through the cycle’ as opposed to being based on the borrowers’ current condition. The through-the-cycle method, which is employed by most rating agencies, requires a separation of permanent and cyclical components of default risk. In a time series setting, this can be done through the Kalman fil...

AIMS The present study tested whether suboptimal priming (which may be defined as 'under viewing conditions rendering conscious identification highly improbable') with alcohol-related stimuli would activate existing expectancies about alcohol's effects on sexual desire. It was predicted that alcohol cues, relative to non-alcohol cues, would activate expectancies of alcohol's aphrodisiac propert...

Maintaining the structural reliability of highway bridges under a budget constraint necessitates development accurate prediction models bridge deck deterioration to maximize service life while minimizing life-cycle costs. Traditionally, condition is assessed using ordinal discrete indices, referred as ratings (CRs), assigned based on an assessment visible signs deterioration. Nondestructive eva...