Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to document earnings management of Chinese firms Design/methodology/approach - The paper takes advantage of the introduction of stringent delisting requirements around 2000 that non-cross-listed firms with consecutive earnings losses for more than two...

The scale-free degree distribution and community structure are two significant properties shared by numerous complex networks. In this paper, we investigate the impact of these properties on a stochastic SIR epidemic which incorporates the stochastic nature of epidemic spreading. A two-type...

This paper deals with the synchronization problem of the recurrent neural networks with time-varying and distributed time-varying delays. Based on the drive–response concept, LMI approach and the Lyapunov stability theorem, a delay-dependent feedback controller is derived to achieve the...

Abstract Under the support of the remote sensing and geographical information system (GIS) techniques, we acquire the land use data in 1990 and 2008 regarding 6 inhabited islands, namely Longxue Island, Hengmen Island, Weiyuan Island, Oi'ao Island, Hengqin Island and Gaolan Island in Pearl River...

We challenge the generally accepted ally principle in legislative politics that a preference outlier committee will distort information to the legislative floor. If interest groups (or other third parties) are rational, they will withhold the most precise information for fear of committee...

Rice productivity and sustainability are continually threatened by abiotic stresses, particularly in the era of global climate change. In severe cases, 100% yield loss can be experienced due solely to abiotic stresses, such as drought. The situation may become worse due to climate change that...

Purpose: Robot kinematic modeling needs to be based on clear physical concepts. The widely used Denavit–Hartenberg (D–H) convention requires the coordinate system to be established on an extension of the axis. This leads to non-trivial problems which this study seeks to address by...