Recently, the soil pollution caused by Cd is becoming a serious concern . Phytoremediation is the popular technology in the remediation of Cd contaminated soil. Salix matsudana var. matsudana f. umbraculifera Rehd. has been characterized as a high cadmium-accumulating and tolerant willow, but...

Local service sectors including child care have received increasing interest from scholars and policy makers for their role in regional economic development. The IMPLAN input-output modeling system is the most widely used tool to measure the economic importance of the child care sector. Using...

Selective laser melting (SLM) of a (CoCrNi)95Mo5 medium-entropy alloy (MEA) is explored to architect the dislocation-formed sub-grains and ultrafine μ precipitates. The high strength and ductility were achieved in the as-SLMed (CoCrNi)95Mo5 alloy, where the yield strength, ultimate tensile...

The heat-treatment response of an Al-5Mg 2 Si-2Mg alloy fabricated by laser assisted powder bed fusion (L-PBF) was investigated for microstructural evolution and mechanical properties. The results showed that the solution at high temperature with subsequent ageing could not offer viable...

The COVID-19 global pandemic has posed unprecedented challenges to nations and cities worldwide. Governments have adopted Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to rapidly control the spread of a novel coronavirus. As an innovative but controversial ICT-based tool, health QR code...

Countries in developed and developing worlds have faced growing challenges to solve affordable housing shortages for lower-income households, prompting the adoption of various types of mandates to compel local implementation of affordable housing policy. A large volume of literature has focused...

China’s rapidly growing role in the world economy has been accompanied by rising bilateral trade with Australia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN group) as well as expanded offshore renminbi (RMB) markets in the region. Using a Markov-switching analysis that allows for...

China’s rapidly growing role in the world economy has been accompanied by rising bilateral trade with Australia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN group) as well as expanded offshore renminbi (RMB) markets in the region. Using a Markov-switching analysis that allows for...

China's growing importance to the Australian economy has been well recognized in policy circles but remained relatively untested in formal empirical analysis. This paper examines the reactions of Australian macroeconomic variables to Chinese money growth and inflation over the post-2002 period...

Following the 2010 establishment of the offshore renminbi market in Hong Kong, renminbi deposits there quickly rose above RMB 1 trillion. In this paper we examine fluctuations between the offshore value of the renminbi in Hong Kong and its onshore value in mainland China. The size of the spot...