Urban populations are forecast to increase in coming decades. Population growth is a major underlying factor for the demand of housing and without a new supply of dwellings, it pushes up the prices for both renting and ...

A population survey was carried out to analyse examples of the coloured fibre population that-may be expected to exist in both front- and top-loading domestic washing machines during Spring, in Sydney, Australia. White ...

Gone are the days when children¿s playgrounds were erected on concrete and asphalt. Impact attenuating playground surfacing has been common place in most children¿s playgrounds for many years. Unfortunately there is not a ...

Noninvasive portable sensors are becoming popular in biomedical engineering practice due to its ease of use. This paper investigates the estimation of human oxygen uptake (VO2) of treadmill exercises by using multiple ...

The representative agent paradigm with homogeneous expectations has been the dominant framework for the development of theories in portfolio analysis, equilibrium asset pricing and derivative pricing. Homogeneous ...

This study examines the relationship between investment performance and concentration in active equity portfolios. Active management is dependent on the success of two important components in the investment process ¿ stock ...

In Australia and throughout the world, implementation of a pension fund's investment strategy typically involves delegating responsibility to external investment managers, who themselves operate independently and competitively. ...