Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractBusiness Cycle Synchronization Between Australia and New ZealandJie Wei, Minsoo Lee, Christopher GanThere has been a high degree of economic and financial integration between Australia and New Zealand with free trade agreements linking the capital and labor markets. Given a strong economic relationship, business-cycle transmission is expected to exist between the two countries. By analyzing the shock-transmission channels via trade, monetary policy, and exchange rates between Australia and New Zealand we can … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 12 · 31 Dec 2007 · 7,282 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSociopolitical Instability and Economic Growth Empirical Evidence from Sri LankaChangsheng Xu, Santhirasegaram Selvarathinam, Wen Xing LiSociopolitical instability severely affects economic growth in short and long run. This study analyzes that sociopolitical instability measured by proxy measure; annual growth rate of tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka during 1960-2005 adversely affects economic growth. Our empirical findings based on ordinary lease square econometric estimation, show that sociopolitical instability negatively and significantly affect economic growth. Reduction of economic growth … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 12 · 31 Dec 2007 · 6,879 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractFree Vibration Analysis of a Cross-Ply Laminated Composite Beam on Pasternak FoundationR. A. Jafari-Talookolaei, M. T. AhmadianIn this study, free vibration analysis of a cross-ply laminated composite beam (LCB) on Pasternak foundation was investigated. Natural frequencies of beam on Pasternak foundation are computed using finite element method (FEM) on the basis of Timoshenko beam theory. Effect of both shear deformation and rotary inertia are implemented in the modeling of stiffness and mass matrices. The model was … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 3, Issue 1 · 31 Jan 2007 · 7,159 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractModeling of Stress- Strain Curves of Drained Triaxial Test on SandAwad Al- Karni, Abdulhafiz AlshenawyThis paper presents a hyperbolic mathematical model to predict the complete stress-strain curve of drained triaxial tests on uniform dense sand. The model was formed in one equation with many parameters. The main parameters that are needed to run the model are the confining pressure, angle of friction and the relative density. The other parameters, initial and final slopes of … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 3, Issue 11 · 30 Nov 2006 · 6,838 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractIntellectual Property Rights Legislation and Computer Software Piracy in JordanSaleh A. SharariThis paper presents a serious worldwide problem, namely, computer software piracy and its impact on global economy, in general, and Jordanian economy, in particular. The paper also presents a detailed analysis of the Jordanian IPR legislation and Jordan's commitment to international and bilateral agreements with regards to this issue. Finally, the research proposes a number of recommendations on how Jordan … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 2, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2006 · 7,293 accessesView PDFCite