Using detailed consumer expenditure survey data and a flexible semiparametric dynamic demand model, this paper estimates the price elasticity and fuel efficiency elasticity of gasoline demand at the household level. The goal is to assess the effectiveness of gasoline taxes and vehicle fuel...

Affective disorders and weight status have been consistently linked in childhood and adult research, and this comorbidity has synergistic effects leading to more severe health consequences. We map the co-development of these developmental processes in the U.S. National Longitudinal Survey of...

A dedicated outdoor air system (DOAS) with rotary desiccant wheel is the combination of a desiccant dehumidification system and a vapor compression refrigeration system. An energy consumption model of this hybrid DOAS is established for its analysis. Coefficient of performance, COP, is...

A general statistical mechanical theory of fluid mixtures (liquid mixtures and gas mixtures) is developed based on the statistical mechanical expression of chemical potential of components in the grand canonical ensemble, which gives some new relationships between thermodynamic quantities...

The ‘identical particles in quasi-mean potential energy field’ assumption was used to derive the approximate theoretical and analytical radial distribution function (RDF) for dense fluids through solving the two-body Schrödinger equation and using the first-order perturbation method. The...

The theoretical and analytical Radial Distribution Function (RDF) for non-polar mixtures is presented, and the estimation methods of model parameters (such as the minimum molecular diameter dii, mean calibration factor of volume βV and mean free path of relative motion λr,ij) are discussed....

The focus of this paper is on the modeling and estimation of quarterly state-level gasoline demand in the United States. The existing literature may not appropriately evaluate the price elasticity and income elasticity of gasoline demand. Most studies fail to address the possible heterogeneity...

This paper presents a novel time-adaptive quantile-copula estimator for kernel density forecast and a discussion of how to select the adequate kernels for modeling the different variables of the problem. Results are presented for different case-studies and compared with splines quantile...

A review of ground heat transfer effects on the thermal performance of earth contact structures is presented. The fundamental heat transfer processes relevant to the problem are described along with methods of determining thermal properties of soils. An overview of the many analytical,...