Surface evaporation is one of the main processes in the soil–atmosphere interaction. Since it is highly related to meteorological factors and soil properties, determination of evaporation rate from soil surface remains a challenge. To investigate the evaporation from unsaturated soil, a...

<italic>This paper focuses on the root causes of construction fraud in China through detailed analysis of information collected from seven public construction projects. The three dimensions of 'fraud triangle' (pressure, rationalization, and opportunity) were used to identify factors that influence...</italic>

The impact of managers' incentives and earnings management methods on investor sentiment, based on 9581 listed firms in China from 2006 to 2011, is studied. This paper examines the influence of managers' incentives and earnings management methods on investor sentiment and intends to study how...

For air quality dispersion models, mobile source emissions, including both link- and traffic zone-level emissions, must be disaggregated into grid cells. Current gridding methods assign all traffic analysis zone level emissions to the single grid cell containing the TAX centroid. In this study,...

This qualitative study aimed to identify the motivating factors and the challenges related to the adoption of mobile payment (mPayment) by small business retailers. Data collected from semi-structured personal interviews with a small group of participants were analyzed applying a content...

Based on the theory of spatial econometrics, we test and process the urban and rural construction land data during the base period of planning and late period of planning in Bijie City. And we conduct comparative analysis of the spatial pattern and evolution characteristics of urban and rural...

In this article, we propose a generalized Gaussian process concurrent regression model for functional data, where the functional response variable has a binomial, Poisson, or other non-Gaussian distribution from an exponential family, while the covariates are mixed functional and scalar...

Last train timetable rescheduling aims at coordinating the arrival and departure times of feeder trains with connecting trains at transfer stations to eliminate the effect of unexpected incidents in train operations. It has become a challenging problem in the operations and management of urban...

Higher efficiencies and optimal utilization of geothermal energy require a careful analysis of Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) which is suitable for converting electric power from low-temperature heat sources. The objective of this study is to experimentally analyze the effect of varying working...