Measuring the effect of low-cost carriers on regional airports' commercial revenue

This paper measures the effect of low-cost carriers (LCCs) on British regional airports' commercial revenue using panel data analysis. The evidence shows that although LCCs have significant impact on airports' commercial revenue, their contribution is smaller compared to other carriers. The empirical results indicate that holding other variables constant, on average, each additional LCC passenger boosts airport commercial revenue by £2.87, while each additional other carrier passenger raises commercial revenue by £5.59. These results are relatively stable across different models. The findings have important policy implications for aviation strategy at the regional level and beyond.     

美国航空母舰防护结构设计探析

为探寻美国航母的防护结构设计思路,对比分析了美国典型航母的防护结构设计型式和特点,结合武器装备的技术发展,分析了美国航母防护结构设计发展趋势。在此基础上,根据现代反舰武器的攻击特性和部分公开的美国核动力航母设计信息,推测了美国现代航母防护结构设计思想和基本结构型式。     

国家示范性高职院校建设的理论支撑与文化引领——高职院校校园文化建设的实践与创新

高职院校校园文化建设是国家示范性高职院校建设的应有之义,是高职院校内涵建设的核心内容。特色校园文化的培育需要行业、区域、企业、大学四类文化要素的有机融合,精神、管理、组织、环境四个文化构成的一体化安排;需要系统化的教育活动设计,规范化的管理体系构建,基地化的活动载体建设,品牌化的教育项目培育。     

中小型LNG船C型独立液货舱温度场的计算分析

考虑到LNG船货舱区温度的准确性影响钢板级别的选取,从而影响船舶的建造成本,从热传导的基础知识、温度场等基本概念和有限元计算原理出发,探讨液货舱的传热方式.通过FEMAP软件对其中的一个货舱进行分析,比较3种传导方式对温度的影响.通过对C型独立液货舱的温度场的分析和比较,得到较为合理的结果.     

乙型肝炎病毒(HBV)感染者粪便中HBsAg检出情况及其传染性研究

对25名HBV新感染者和11名无症状携带者粪便中HBV感染性指标进行了观察,在所研究的36人中,72.2%可检出HBsAg,如按检测份数计算, 阳性率为35.2%(57/162)。在HBsAg阳性粪便中24.7%(23/93)可以检出HBeAg.并有2份标本HBV—DNA阳性。由于应用了超速离心技术和单克隆抗-HB_s,电镜下多数标本可见抗原颗粒呈大片聚集,其大小、形态与HBsAg阳性血清中所见无异。     

中小型LNG运输船推进系统选型分析

为了促进LNG运输船主动力推进装置方面的研究,推动LNG运输船推进系统的转型,通过对LNG运输船几种推进方式特点的对比分析,为中小型LNG运输船主推进系统的选型提供参考。     

Measuring supply chain risk: Predicting motor carriers’ ability to withstand disruptive environmental change using conjoint analysis

Supply chain risk measurement is an expanding research stream that considers the ability of networked firms to anticipate and respond to significant environmental risks, including major disruptions and unexpected events. However measuring and quantifying supply chain risk has proved an enormous challenge and this research contributes to this goal by developing a risk assessment scorecard, using conjoint analysis, for motor carrier firms. The resultant motor-carrier scorecard has been scaled from 300 to 900, to resemble the well-known FICO score for assessing consumer creditworthiness. Our scoring model enables motor carriers – and the firms that depend upon them in intermodal supply chains – to assess carriers’ ability to withstand major disruptive events, which are broadly defined as events which might lead to a significant drop in carriers’ income and profitability (e.g., such as that which occurred on September 11, 2001). Carriers with weaker risk scores (<600, on a 300–900 scale) are more likely to experience financial distress (and as a result possibly exit the industry itself); those with scores above 600 are less likely to depart. The model correctly identified 77 percent of motor carriers that ultimately exited the trucking industry following the significant environmental disruption caused by 9/11. Our computational experience indicates that the model accuracy, quantified in terms of Type I and Type II errors, compares favorably to prior results reported in the credit scoring literature.     

Transport deregulation and the economy wide implications of the wheeler‐Gilmour hypothesis

This paper focuses on the effects of deregulation of motor carriers in Australia. It is particularly concerned with the implications of regulatory reform beyond the transport sector and uses a general equilibrium approach to examine the economy wide effects of deregulation. Among other things the paper shows that the effects of deregulation are not evenly distributed across all types of industries. Furthermore it concludes that the magnitude of the effects from deregulation in any given industry is not necessarily correlated with the share of total costs devoted to the purchase of transportation services.

     

浅谈长江运砂船建造轮机检验要点

文章针对长江运砂船建造中出现的轮机方面的问题,在认真研究了现行法规、规范、规程和相关规定要求的基础上并通过实证研究,分析、归纳形成长江运沙船轮机检验要点。旨在为船厂质检人员、轮机验船师现场检验提供参考,确保长江运砂船建造质量,减少＂问题船＂投入长江运输。     

The impact of Gulf carrier competition on U.S. airlines

Gulf carriers, such as Emirates Airline, Etihad Airways, and Qatar Airways, have expanded aggressively and are creating an increasingly dense global network. These carriers’ future growth prospects, however, hinge on their ability to gain access to markets in Europe and America, for example. Existing bilateral agreements stifle the Gulf carriers’ ambitious expansion plans in some instances, and incumbent carriers lobby to restrict further market access. To contribute to this debate, the objective of this research is to empirically examine the effects of Gulf carrier competition on U.S. carriers’ passenger volumes and fares in international route markets. Based on data obtained from the U.S. Department of Transportation, the empirical results suggest that greater competition by Gulf carriers in U.S. international markets is associated with (1) significant growth in U.S.–Middle East traffic volumes and (2) small but statistically significant traffic losses and fare reductions for U.S. carriers in route markets connecting the U.S. with Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe.