This study evaluates the thermal hydraulic performance of a novel liquid–vapor separation condenser (LSC). A series of experiments was performed to investigate the in-tube heat transfer coefficient and pressure drop of the LSC with varying average refrigerant quality at constant mass flux. The...

But when a policy dimension and a distributive dimension are both present, we show that in equilibrium, the demands by the legislators have some influence on the bargaining outcome but they are not fully informative about the legislators' true preferences. We characterize equilibria under the...

A corer, which can obtain long <i>in situ </i>pressure-retained sediments of up to 30 m core containing gas hydrates, has been applied in the South China Sea (SCS) dozens of times. The corer presented in this paper is a convenient, efficient and economical long <i>in situ </i>pressure-retained coring and...

Two titania–water (TiO2–water) nanofluids were prepared by dispersing TiO2 nanoparticles in rod shapes (rutile TiO2) and in spherical shapes (anatase TiO2) into deionized water. The effect of the TiO2 nanoparticles on the crystallization behaviors of the nanofluids were investigated using...

Graphene is widely utilized because of its exceptional properties, such as strong mechanical strength, low weight, nearly optical transparency, and excellent conductivity of heat and electricity. In this study, we used the ultrahigh specific surface area of graphene due to its inherently...

<Para ID="Par1">We introduce a “nestedness” relation for a general class of sender–receiver games and compare equilibrium properties, in particular the amount of information transmitted, across games that are nested. Roughly, game <InlineEquation ID="IEq1"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$$B$$</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"> <math xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <mi>B</mi> </math> </EquationSource> </InlineEquation> is nested in game <InlineEquation ID="IEq2"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$$A$$</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"> <math xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <mi>A</mi> </math> </EquationSource> </InlineEquation> if the players’ optimal...</equationsource></equationsource></inlineequation></equationsource></equationsource></inlineequation></para>

We analyze a legislative bargaining game over an ideological and a distributive issue. Legislators are privately informed about their ideological positions. Communication takes place before a proposal is offered and majority-rule voting determines the outcome. We compare the outcome of the...

Which budgetary institutions result in efficient provision of public goods? We analyze a model with two parties deciding the allocation to a public good each period. Parties place different values on the public good, but these values may change over time. We model a budgetary institution as the...

Although three-level factorial designs with quantitative factors are not the most efficient way to fit a second-order polynomial model, they often find some application, when the factors are qualitative. The three-level orthogonal designs with qualitative factors are frequently used, e.g., in...