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Universal features in the efficiency of ultra hot quantum Otto engines

open access: yes, 2014
We study internal work optimization over the energy levels of a generic hot quantum Otto engine. We find universal features in the efficiency that resembles the classical external power optimization over the coupling times to the thermal baths.
Kosloff, Ronnie, Uzdin, Raam
core   +1 more source

Infrastructure Indices: Comparative Analysis of Performance, Risk and Representation of Global Listed Proxies

open access: yesNaše Gospodarstvo, 2019
Faced with historically low interest rates, investors are looking further into illiquid assets such as infrastructure in search of alternative sources of income, better diversification and a long-term investment perspective.
Lambrev Dimitar
doaj   +1 more source

Special state aid measures during COVID-19 and corporate dividend policy: Early evidence from Polish public companies

open access: yesEconomics and Business Review, 2022
The main aim of this paper is to verify whether companies that received special state aid as part of anti-crisis help to mitigate the negative effects of the coronavirus pandemic decided to pay dividends in 2020.
Kluzek Marta, Schmidt-Jessa Katarzyna
doaj   +1 more source

Globalisation Effect on Inflation in the Great Moderation Era: New Evidence from G10 Countries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The effect of globalisation on inflation is modeled and simulated for ten countries from G10 during the Great Moderation period. The results are supportive of the globalisation hypothesis.
He, Xinhua, Qin, Duo
core   +5 more sources

In‐hospital outcomes of lacosamide versus levetiracetam for early adjunctive treatment of status epilepticus: A Nationwide Japanese retrospective cohort study

open access: yesEpilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Status epilepticus (SE) is a neurological emergency requiring immediate treatment. Although intravenous lacosamide (LCM) is used for the management of epilepsy, its effectiveness in treating SE remains unclear. We aimed to compare the in‐hospital outcomes between intravenous LCM and levetiracetam (LEV) as an early adjunctive therapy ...
Yumiko Nakamura   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

What Kind Of Systemic Risks Do We Face In The European Banking Sector? The Approach Of CoVaR Measure

open access: yesFolia Oeconomica Stetinensia, 2014
We measure a systemic risk faced by European banking sectors using the CoVaR measure. We propose the conditional value-at-risk for measuring a spillover risk which demonstrates the bilateral relation between the tail risks of two financial institutions ...
Karkowska Renata
doaj   +1 more source

Laboratory Tests Of Waste Mixtures Consisting Recycled Tyre Rubber and Coal-Mining Wastes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The paper presents the results of research on the application of recycled tyre rubber, in the form of rubber dust, in mixtures bound with a hydraulic binder, to improve the physical and mechanical parameters of unburnt coalmining slates.
Ciolczyk, Adrian, Walotek, Konrad
core   +1 more source

Evolution of Oriented Crystals of Polypropylene for Capacitor Films Subjected to High‐Temperature Stretching

open access: yesMacromolecular Materials and Engineering, EarlyView.
This study compares the stretching structural evolution of two iPPs with distinct isotacticities. Deformation from spherulite to fibrillar crystal induces rapid thickening of lamellae (Lc), reduction in amorphous thickness (La), and transverse dimension (Lh).
Cheng Yao   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The determinants of securities trading activity: evidence from four European equity markets [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Capital Markets Studies, 2019
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to obtain new empirical evidence about the connections between equity trading activity and five possible liquidity determinants: market capitalisation, dividend yield, earnings yield, company growth and the ...
Silvio John Camilleri, Francelle Galea
doaj   +1 more source

Beta Stability Over Bull and Bear Market on the Warsaw Stock Exchange

open access: yesFolia Oeconomica Stetinensia, 2016
Beta parameter is one of the commonly used measures of the investment risk of individual stock or portfolio. It plays a crucial role in modern portfolio theory particularly in management of financial investment portfolios. In the field of beta parameter,
Dębski Wiesław   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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