The high reactivity of Li-anodes and the easily separated solid-state interface are two hurdles for constructing stable solid-state Li-metal batteries (SSLBs). Herein, we report a 3D mixed ionic & electronic (MIEC) anode with deformable melt interphase of poly(Ɛ-caprolactone) electrolytes that...

The year of 2008, marking the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Open-Door Policy, stands as an important year for the implementation of a new set of labor laws intending to provide a better legal framework for the protection of workers' interests. While the Labor Contract Law protects the...

We evaluate the performance of 51 mutual fund families based on a study of their diversified US managed mutual funds over an 11 year period and explore the determinants of performance gross of published expenses. We find that mutual fund families which charge loads, high expenses to their most...

Purpose - The purpose of this study is to extend the classical noncentral F-distribution under normal settings to noncentral closed skew F-distribution for dealing with independent samples from multivariate skew normal (SN) distributions. Design/methodology/approach - Based on generalized...

Underweight and obesity are associated with adverse health outcomes throughout the life course. We estimated the individual and combined prevalence of underweight or thinness and obesity, and their changes, from 1990 to 2022 for adults and school-aged children and adolescents in 200 countries...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the forces driving organizational innovation, particularly CEO transformational leadership as it affects external and internal social capital in top management teams. Design/methodology/approach Survey questionnaires were administered to 90...