This paper presents a new scheme to implement an event-driven traffic ticketing system. The system consists of two modules, namely, (1) event detection module, (2) database management module to execute information retrieval and deliver traffic tickets. In this paper, the notable contribution is...

The security issue of currency has attracted awareness from the public. De-spite the development of applying various anti-counterfeit methods on currency notes, cheaters are able to produce illegal copies and circulate them in market without being detected. By reviewing related work in currency...

This article proposes an effective method for real-time banknote recognition, using digital image processing. The new Series 7 New Zealand banknotes are considered, as a case study, for intelligent real-time recognition. The composite feature of a banknote containing the elements of color and...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to assess the factors that motivate young people’s intention to undergo cosmetic surgery in Vietnam. Design/methodology/approach: This study applies Ajzen’s theory of planned behavior as a research model. The study is based on a quantitative method that...

Theoretical studies show that shocks to funding constraints should affect and be affected by market illiquidity. However, little is known about the empirical magnitude of such responses because of the intrinsic endogeneity of illiquidity shocks. This paper adopts an identification technique...

After almost two decades of poverty maps produced by the World Bank and multiple advances in the literature, this paper presents a methodological update to the World Bank's toolkit for small area estimation. The paper reviews the computational procedures of the current methods used by the World...

Traditional benchmarks to assess performance rely on unconditional rankings or regional averages. This paper uses a recently developed methodology based on quantile regressions and initial conditions to propose alternative benchmarks for social sectors in Kyrgyz Republic. Covering a wide set of...