Model for assessment of external transport costs

The term "external effect" can be explain as a condition that occurs when production or consumption activities of an entity affect the welfare of other(s) subject(s) without having to pay compensation for that impact. The major difficulty for determining external costs is that they cannot be confirmed through the application of market laws and well-known market analysis with interactive effects of demand and supply. The transport greatly affects the quality of life of people, flora and fauna. The interest of studying transport externalities is objective of several researches and special attention is given to how reduce these negative externalities of transport in practice. This paper considers the external transport costs, their significance and their monetary values estimated in relevant EU studies. The methodology for estimating external transport costs as well as specification of a model for assessment of these costs in Republic of North Macedonia is also shown in this paper. The results obtained by this model are discussed and commented.

Curriculum Centralization Policy Towards the Quality of Learning Madrasah Diniyah Islamic Boarding School Nurul Jadid

Madrasah Diniyah Nurul Jadid utilize curriculum centralization system. The policy is taken from several evaluations to repair the former system. This research uses qualitative research with phenomenology in Madrasah Diniyah Nurul Jadid, the research result some internal and external effect; first, decreasing santri’s solid time. Second, santri achievement to understand the lesson given is equal. Third, minimizing expense. Fourth, teaching learning process and student or teacher activeness is more monitored. Fifth, able to compete with other Madrasah Diniyah. Sixth, high social loyalty. Seventh, santri guardian or parent can know about personality development of santri in pesantren.

The external effect of a migrated star player on domestic sports league: an empirical analysis of three Asian leagues – Japan, Korea and Taiwan[1]

PurposeThis study aims to examine the “external effect” of a migrated star player on their domestic sport industries. By exploring the new aspect of star power, this study provides important insight and critical implication to many relevant stakeholders in the professional sports league. Particularly, this is critical under the recent circumstance where the globalization of sports products becomes the central strategic issue of the world-class leagues.Design/methodology/approachIn this paper, the external effect of star players migrated from three Asian leagues (Japan, Korea and Taiwan) to Major League Baseball in the USA, the world-class baseball league, on their domestic league attendance demand was empirically investigated. For the analysis, comprehensive historical data from various reliable sources from each league were collected.FindingsThe findings of the paper strongly support the external effect of migrated stars significantly existing in all the three leagues. The effect is consistent across various measurements of migrated star players. More interestingly, the effect was found to be mixed across different leagues; for example, migrated star players increases in domestic league attendance in Japan, while it decreases in Korea and Taiwan. This indicates that the external effect of migrated star players depends on the characteristics of the domestic leagues. In addition, it was found that the external effect was substantial enough to compare to the effect of major demand drivers such as team winning, competitive balance and star power. For managerial implications, this study also provides revenue projections induced by the impact of migrated star players.Originality/valueThis study opens a new chapter related to star power topic and immediately calls for future studies regarding this external effect, particularly, theoretical and behavioral approaches.

Study on the Influence of Urban Spatial Connection of Beijing Tianjin Hebei Urban Agglomeration on Total factor Productivity

The development of a city can not be separated from the connection with the outside world. A city can benefit from the external effect of the connection network with other cities. This paper studies the relationship between cities’ connection strength and TFP according to the network centrality index, which measures the level of the connection between cities. It is found that the connection between cities has a significant positive role in promoting the TFP of cities in a city cluster. The differences of labor scale, industrial structure and openness are the main factors that affect the connection between cities.

Spatial forced oscillations of axisymmetric inhomogeneous systems

The aim of this paper is to develop an adequate mathematical model, methods and algorithms for solving three-dimensional problems for axisymmetric spatial inhomogeneous viscoelastic systems (shells, foundations and bases) and to assess the dynamics of protective shell (containment) of a nuclear power plant (NPP) under resonant modes of vibration. The problem is solved using the semi-analytical finite element method. Firstly, the eigenmodes of vibration of the system are determined in an elastic three-dimensional statement, secondly, the solution to the problem of forced vibrations of viscoelastic systems is constructed using the expansion of these eigenmodes of vibration. Viscoelastic properties of the material are described using the hereditary Boltzmann-Volterra theory. The principle of virtual displacements is used to simulate dynamic processes in inhomogeneous viscoelastic systems. The convergence and accuracy of the solutions obtained are investigated by test problems. The frequency response characteristics (FRC) in various points of the NPP containment are estimated at various viscosity parameters of the material. It was revealed that the highest amplitude of vibrations in resonance modes occurs at close values of the frequency of external effect to the first eigen frequencies of the system; in the presence of dense spectra of eigen frequencies of the system, the highest amplitudes can occur at higher frequencies of external effect.