The research of operational risk management among Chinese commercial banks is still in its preliminary stage. Operational risk events are rare and data is hard to collect. This leads to very small data samples. Besides, a large number of empirical researches show that the distributions of...

High smoothness and high stability are two most important characteristics in High-speed railway, which determine the significance and importance of settlement and deformation monitoring of underline engineering. The settlement observational data is complex and massive, only by reasonable and...

To evaluate the effect of phase change materials (PCMs) on the indoor thermal environment of greenhouses under different weather conditions and over a long time in the heating season, a study was carried out using both experimental method and numerical method. The study was conducted in a...

We describe a system to display real time travel times on Changeable Message Signs (CMS) in California. CMS's show dynamic information and allow the Traffic Management Center (TMC) to communicate to drivers information about traffic diversion, incidents, and delays. This type of service is...

This paper investigates the influence of different financing channels—bond issuance or bank loans—as well as debt maturity and the quality of financial reporting on the cost of debt in China. The authors find that conservative accounting is an important characteristic of high-quality...