The release of uranium from uranium tailings into the aqueous environment is a complex process controlled by a series of interacting geochemical reactions. In this paper, uranium tailings from a uranium tailings pond in southern China were collected at different depths by means of borehole...

In this paper, we consider a scheduling problem with position-based deteriorating jobs and past-sequence-dependent delivery times on a single machine or parallel machines. Each job's delivery time is dependent on its waiting time for processing. Because of the deteriorating effect, each machine...

We use a comprehensive database of sovereign credit ratings (SCRs) from Moody’s, Standard and Poor’s and Fitch for a cross-section of 120 countries from 1986--2009. Using panel data, we find that GDP per capita, the GDP growth rate and the degree of industrialization positively affect...

In a recent paper [Mor, B., Mosheiov, G., 2012. Scheduling a maintenance activity and due-window assignment based on common flow allowance. International Journal of Production Economics 135, 222–230], a scheduling problem with job-dependent due-window based on common flow allowance is studied...

This impressive Handbook presents the quantitative techniques that are commonly employed in empirical finance research together with real-world, state-of-the-art research examples.

Purpose – A number of Chinese firms have dual-listed in USA and China. The US listing takes the form of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) whereas the China listing in the form of A-shares. Though ADRs and their underlying A-shares lack full fungibility due to regulatory constraints, they...