A two-dimensional Cellular Automata model is proposed to simulate the exit dynamics of occupant evacuation. Concerning the exit width and the door separation, we put forward some useful standpoints: (1) exit width should be bigger than a critical value, and the door separation should be neither...

Many U.S. employers have recently adopted less generous prescription drug benefits. In addition, in 2006 the U.S. began to offer prescription drug insurance to approximately 42 million Medicare beneficiaries. We used data on individual health insurance claims and benefit data from 1997 to 2003...

The pedestrian movement is more complex than vehicular flow for the reason that people are more flexible and intelligent than cars. Without the limit of “lanes” pedestrian movement is loose and free. Furthermore, they are easily affected by other walkers as well as the environment around. In...

This paper is a preliminary attempt to illustrate how the shipbuilding industry in China would be influenced by the implementation of International Maritime Organization's Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI), a measure on the amount of CO₂ emitted by a ship for one unit of cargo carried. It is...

The ratification and implementation of Cooperation and Development Planning Outline of Tumen River Region in China will have great significance to the frontier opening-up in the Northeast Asia Region of China, economic cooperation in sub-region of Tumen River, and the development of tourism in...

It would be convenient and feasible to construct a universal reference range of indirect cost for a specific disease based on existing data and present this as a percentage of local GDP to assist local decision making in jurisdictions where indirect cost data are not available. </AbstractSection> Copyright...

The hospitals in China are facing great challenges with the doctor-patient relationship, which requires a study of outpatient service quality. This paper aims to study the impact of outpatient service quality on patient satisfaction, patient trust and willingness to return. Using survey data...

Social networking and network socialization provide abundant text information and social relationships into our daily lives. Making full use of these data in the big data era is of great significance for us to better understand the changing world and the information-based society. Though...