Improving GC-PPC-SAFT equation of state for LLE of hydrocarbons

This study employs the asymmetric threshold cointegration test suggested by Enders and Siklos (2001) and creates EC-EGARCH(1, 1)- M model to investigate the pass-through of money market rate to banking retail rates in Taiwan and Hong Kong. It further explores the impact of interest volatility on interest rates. Over the period of February 1988 to December 2004, we find that the interest pass-though mechanism of these two markets are non-complete. In addition, based on the asymmetric threshold cointegration test, we discover the existence of asymmetric cointegration relationship between deposit and lending rates in both markets. In particular, while employing EC-EGARCH (1, 1)-M model to test for the influence of money market rate adjustment and volatility on retail rates in short-run, we find robust evidence that there exist the upward rigidity in deposit rate and the downward rigidity in lending rate in both Taiwan and Hong Kong. This finding supports the hypothesis of the collusive pricing arrangements. Furthermore, interest volatility should cause a smaller margin of variation for Taiwan’s deposit/lending rates and wider margin for Hong Kong’s lending rate.

During my two-year studying in Tromsø and my thesis work, I am i ndebted many people for support, advice, inspiration and guidance.

Abstract: During the cholera survey in Namdinh province (northern Vietnam) in July, 2010, one strain of Vibrio cholerae O139 was isolated from 7 environmental water samples positive for ctxA, toxR, VCO139 genes and named as V. cholerae O139, ND1 strain. This strain was lysogenic harbouring a genome

A floodplain fisheries survey was conducted out at two sites (Binh Long and Phu Thanh) in the Mekong Delta of southern Vietnam during the monsoon of 1992. The study found a minimum yield of 80 kg/ha/year at Binh Long and a minimum yield of 42 kg/ha/year at Phu Thanh, with an average of 61 kg

Author’s address: Nguyen Thi Phuong Loan, LL.M.

resilin developed was confirmed to have elasticity and resilience (~94%) comparable to the natural resilin and also observed to be less sensitive to temperature [1-3]. However, resilin is highly resilent only in hydrated state and structural organization of synthetic resilin in presence of water and other

contribution to salinity, water supply and irrigation activities of the people in the region, especially in the province of Quang Nam and Da Nang. Over the years, the pressure of economic development- local society has led to serious contamination of the river water. Therefore, monitoring, supervising

. Experiments have been carried out using water and air, and varying gas velocities and liquid loadings. In order to compare the performance of geometries, Droplet Deposition Fractions (DDF) were measured in the horizontal straight pipe section and in the 180 deg return pipe section as a measure of coalescence

Salt water intrusion in the Mekong River, Vietnam, was studied using a towing type echo-sounder (Model SC-3) and water quality meter (TPM CLOROTEC) observation instruments during spring tide of the low flow season in May, 2005. Observations were taken at two stations located at points 26 and 8 km