Lifting the Veil: The Face of TFP in an Indian Rail Mill

We use a proprietary data set on the floor-level operations at the Bhilai Rail and Structural Mill (RSM) in India to understand how output rose sharply in response to competitive pressures. Output increases came predominantly from reductions in production delays of various kinds. We model interruptions to the production process as a function of worker characteristics and training and find that a large part of the avoidable delay reductions are attributable to a particular form of training, suggesting that such investments can have very high returns. Our work suggests very high returns to knowledge-enhancing investments in emerging economies.Total Factor Productivity (TFP), plant level data, competitiveness and trade

Influence of Lateral Incision on Inhomogeneous Deformation of a Nickel [001] - Single Cristal at Axial Compression

We used the scanning electron microscopy and the electron backscattered diffraction to investigate a deformation relief and a crystallographic disorientation of a nickel [001] single crystal with {100} faces with a lateral incision. We identified that the lateral incision can change the shear domains distribution pattern in the sample by creating additional deformation domains near the incision. The change in the patterns of the misorientation accumulation on the mutually perpendicular faces accompanies this deformation. We established that the orientation alteration occurs toward the increase of the Schmid factor for the slip systems in two of the four (previously equally loaded) slip planes. This method of shear deformation contributes to an optimal mutually consistent deformation in the adjacent areas of the single crystal

Temperature dependence of the probability of "small heating" and total losses of ucns on the surface of fomblin oils of different molecular mass

We measured the temperature dependence of the probability of small heating and total losses of UCNs on the PFPE Fomblin Y surface with various molecular masses Mw=2800, 3300, 6500 amu in the temperature range of 100-300 K. The probability of small heating sharply decreases with increasing Mw and decreasing temperature. The probability of total loss weakly decreases with decreasing temperature and takes the minimum value at Mw=3300 amu. As this oil provides a homogeneous surface with minimal probabilities of small heating and total losses of UCNs, it is the preferred candidate for experiments on measuring the neutron lifetime

UCN anomalous losses and the UCN capture cross-section on material defects

Experimental data shows anomalously large Ultra Cold Neutrons (UCN) reflection losses and that the process of UCN reflection is not completely coherent. UCN anomalous losses under reflection cannot be explained in the context of neutron optics calculations. UCN losses by means of incoherent scattering on material defects are considered and cross-section values calculated. The UCN capture cross-section on material defects is enhanced by a factor of 10^4 due to localization of UCN around defects. This phenomenon can explain anomalous losses of UCN.Comment: 13 pages, 4 figure

The empirical definition of total emissivity of modern super-thin liquid composite thermal insulators

Modern world trends in the field of energy and mineral resources preservation policy involves the need for a more cost-efficient use of the Earth's natural resources, including in the field of construction industry. Using insulation modern materials would largely solve this problem. The acceptability appraisal of various advanced heat-insulating blankets is a crucial task, which requires experimental verification of total emissivity empirical definition of modern super-thin liquid composite thermal insulators and their real value definition. Method of investigation is as follows: an empirical definition of blankets emissivity using the proposed laboratory equipment, which comprises a system of "gray" bodies, thermocouple probe and a source of continuous heat flux. Total emissivity of modern super-thin liquid composite thermal insulators is experimentally determined. It amounted e = 0.89 for sample # 1, and e = 0.87 for sample # 2 at a temperature of 35-65 °C. It was found that the actual emissivity of the samples was higher than it had been declared

Benchmarking of Uranium-238 Evaluations against Spherical Transmission and (n,xn)-Reaction Experimental Data

Abstract. The double differential cross sections for the U(n,xn) reaction at 14 MeV and neutron leakage spectra from the uranium sphere of 24 cm outer and 8 cm inner diameters with the central T-D and 252 Cf neutron sources measured at the Institute of Physics and Power Engineering were used for benchmarking the evaluated cross sections from ENDF-B6, JEFF-3.0, and "Maslov" libraries and preliminary versions of JEFF-3.1 and ENDF-B7 evaluations for 238 U

NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS IN 2006-2013: BIBLIOMETRICANALYSIS BASED ON EconLit

The article proceeds a series of publications according to the concept of system-innovation bibliometriс analysis and mapping of economic literature (SIBAMEL) (created by Department of Economics of the National Research University - Novosibirsk State University and the Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences). The new directions of research on economics that emerged in 2006-2013 are in the paper core. These new directions appeared on the intersections of the 10 micro fields that are the parts of the subject field Q5 Environmental Economics and all the rest micro fields that are included in the JEL classification. We were able to identify, to analyze, and to represent with different detailing 1982 intersections that contain one or more publications. As well as we suggest and illustrate two ways to accelerate the analysis of new research directions: 1) to use cubic representation of subject codes in addition to matrix; 2) to use a priory new subject fields (for instance C45 Neural Networks and Related Topics and D87Neuroeconomics)

NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE STUDY OF INNOVATION IN 2006- 2013: BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS BASED On EconLit

The article presents an example of application of the concept of system-innovation bibliometriс analysis and mapping of economic literature (SIBAMEL) (created by Department of Economics of the National Research University - Novosibirsk State University and the Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences). The application embraces the sphere of innovation. We use the EconLit as information base of the research. Four types of records were extracted and analyzed: 1) the records with the word «innovation» in the title of publication; 2) the records with the codes three fields of JEL classification O31, O32, and Q55. The mentioned fields include the word «innovation» in the names of the fields. We marked the publications with these features as «innovative». At the first stage of analysis, we have chosen the fields of JEL classification that did not include the «innovative» publication at the end of 2005 year. Then we considered publications in EconLit in 2006-2013 and found the new directions of economic research according to our definition of «innovative» publications for all intersections of the classifications fields. We present the ranking of new research directions and a few examples of new publications, the results of consideration of situations when a few new works appeared before the year 2005 and then there were the booms in publications at the same directions