Extreme nutrient solution temperatures significantly affects photosynthetic characterisitcs of hydroponic vegetables, and gives rise to plant growth slow. We propose a method to obtain the suitable nutrient solution temperature range of hydroponic crops. The nested experiments of net...

We provide empirical evidence regarding the effect of stock market regimes on Social Responsible Investment (SRI). Using the Markov Switching Model, we identify three market regimes for the study period between June 2001 and December 2009 in the US. These regimes are the low, medium, and high...

This paper investigates the asymmetric and nonlinear transmission of financial and energy prices to US five-year financial CDS sector index spreads for the banking, financial services and insurance sectors in the short- and long-run over the recent periods including the world financial crisis....