The paper provides for the first time empirical evidence on the impact of economic globalization on bank efficiency in a developing economy. Using the data envelopment analysis method, we compute the efficiency of the Chinese banking sector during 2000– 2007. The empirical findings suggest that the inefficiency of the Chinese banking sector stems

Surface finish and dimensional accuracy is one of the most important requirements in machining process. Inconel 718 has been widely used in the aerospace industries. High speed machining (HSM) is capable of producing parts that require little or no grinding/lapping operations within the required machining tolerances. In this study small diameter to

Objectives: Purpose of this study was to investigate racliographically the premature loss of primary first molars and thus consequence with the premature eruption of first permanent premolars among the paediatric patients. Materials and Method: A retrospective study on total 178 Orthopanthomograrns (OpGs) of 6-9 years old paediatric patients who at

Alternate estimation of beam buckling load is presented in this Chapter. The standard procedure using a variational principle approach is usually utilized a cubic polynomial approach for the beam displacement shape such that the geometric stiffness matrix is a function of the geometric length of the element only. In the present work, the geometric

Islam allows loan as a form of social service among the rich to help the poor and those who are in need of financial assistance. Loan in Islam may be obtained in two ways: (i) Loan with condition of repayment, and (ii) gratuitous loan without any compensation or gift. However, Islam does not recognize any loan with interest for the benefit of the d

The article contained guidelines for standard writing convention on expresssing the filial indicator "bin and binti" and short description on recording the Malay names.“bin / binti” or “Bin / Binti”? Many of us may be so accustomed to see “bin / binti” in the citation of Malay names but of late the typo graphical style of “Bin

Magnetic field measurement has many applications particularly in the field of navigation, military, space exploration, and medical. Among many magnetic devices, magnetometer is significant due to its capability of detecting direction and measuring strength of magnetic field. Through the years, many types of magnetometer had been invented with fluxg

Structural beam element is widely used for many applications. To satisfy some requirements, it is not uncommon that the beam has to posses a non-uniform distribution of its cross section along the span. A common approach to analyze such a structure is by using a variational principle to develop the element stiffness matrix. In the present paper, an

This paper presents experimental results carried out to evaluate brake thermal efficiency and fuel consumption by gasoline and compressed natural gas (CNG). In this experiment, a 4-cylinders gasoline engine has been modified to bi-fuel engine, then the engine is operated for the condition of fixed load condition to obtain same brake power output fr

This chapter describes the procedure to develop the axial stiffness matrix of beam element having arbitrary variation of axial stiffness distribution along its span. To obtain analytical formulation, the stiffness matrix is constructed from the flexibility matrix. A Bernoulli-Euler differential equation that relates the load and deformation angle d