On Electrical Equivalence of Aperture-Body and Transmission-Cavity Resonance Phenomena in Subwavelength Conducting Aperture Systems from an Equivalent Circuit Point of View

For a narrow slit structure backed by a conducting strip which is taken as a representative example of an aperture-body resonance (ABR) problem, the transmission resonance condition (i.e., condition for maximum power transmission) and the transmission width (i.e., normalized maximum transmitted power through the slit) are found to be the same as those for narrow slit coupling problem in a thick conducting screen, which is designated as a transmission-cavity resonance (TCR) problem. From a viewpoint of equivalent circuit representation for the transmission resonance condition and the funneling mechanism, the ABR and the TCR problems are thought to be essentially of the same nature.Comment: 14 pages, 3 figure

Phenomenological Implications of the Topflavor Model

We explore phenomenologies of the topflavour model for the LEP experiment at $m_{_Z}$ scale and the atomic parity violation (APV) experiment in the $C_s$ atoms at low energies. Implications of the model on the $Z$ peak data are studied in terms of the precision variables $\epsilon_i$'s. We find that the LEP data give more stringent constraints on the model parameters than the APV data.Comment: 23 pages (including 5 .eps figs), ReVTeX, the 1st revised version, to appear in Phys. Lett.

Financial Integration in Emerging Asia: Challenges and Prospects

Using both quantity- and price-based measures of financial integration, this paper shows an increasing degree of financial openness and integration in emerging Asian markets. This paper also assesses the impact of a regional shock relative to a global shock on local equity and bond markets. The findings of this paper suggest that the region’s equity markets are integrated more globally than regionally, although the degrees of both regional and global integration have increased significantly since the 1997/98 Asian financial crisis. However, emerging Asia’s local currency bond markets remain generally segmented, being neither regionally nor globally integrated. A case can be made for the benefits of increased regional integration of financial markets. Financial integration at the regional level allows for the region’s economies to benefit from allocation efficiency and risk diversification. The findings of this paper suggest that policymakers in the region must strike the right balance between maximizing the net benefits from regional and global financial openness, and minimizing the potential costs of financial contagion and crisis.emerging Asia; financial integration; cross-border financial flows; crossborder asset holdings; convergence of asset returns

America\u27s hospitality industry: A Leadership profile

The Hospitality industry in America is getting more attention than before, but is still regarded not as important as the manufacturing industry, and so there is a real need to find what kind of individuals are leading America\u27s profitable hospitality industry and their background, education, and so on. Numerous studies have been done about the individuals leading the America\u27s manufacturing industry, however, very little attention has been given to the profile of the leaders in the hospitality industry. In this analysis of 121 CEOs leading the America\u27s hospitality industry, it analyzes their age, area of birth, education, place of education, professional background, field of study, tenure with firm , and tenure as CEO. The hotel, food, travel industry have been analyzed. The data collection was started from the beginning of June and was completed at the beginning of August, and 121 hotel, food, airline companies were chosen as the sample of this study. Most of the data of 121 CEOs were from Directory of Hotel&Motel Companies, Fortune 500, Forbes 500, Reference Book of Corporate Management, Standard&Poor\u27s Register of Corporate Management (1994), and hospitality industry journals and magazines. In literature review, it presents the future leadership style which is emerging among hotel, travel, food industry. The biographical data of CEOs are composed of age, area of birth, educational level, place of education, field of study, professional background, tenure with firm , and tenure as CEO. As for the age, most of the CEOs were in their 50s and 60s. As for the area of birth, the Midwest and Northeast represented 61% of the total, the percentage of CEOs who were born outside the U.S. represented almost 21%. For the hotel industry, the highest percentage of the birth place was foreign country(30.43%), the highest birth place for the CEOs of food industry was Midwest(37%), and for the airline industry, it was Northeast(50%). As for the level of education, almost 83% of CEOs had a bachelor\u27s degree, but 17% of CEOs didn\u27t have a college education and 75% of CEOs attended private colleges with 43 % attended top private schools while 25 percent were educated in state-supported institutions. Surprisingly, only 13% of CEOs studied hospitality related field of study with 22 % studied MBA. In hotel industry, only 3 CEOs out of 34 sample attended hotel school: England, Germany, France, 16% in food industry, and no CEOs in the airline industry sample studied hospitality related field of study. In contrast with the field of education, 51.4% of CEOs had a hospitality background. Almost 75%of CEOs had tenures of more than ten years, while the percentage of CEOs who worked for more than 20 years are 57%, but most of the CEOs tenure as CEO (almost 68%) was only ten years or less. This study may reveal only biographical data, but as stated above, it is worthwhile and right time to analyze CEOs basic biographical data