Developing an emulsion separation material with one-step in-situ purifying capacity and enhanced security in applications, particularly for further scale-up, is of great value but remains a challenge. Herein, the amphiphilic sponge (PA@RGO@MS) was prepared via impregnation and in-situ growth of...

Three-dimensional (3D) materials that capture sunlight for desalination provide one promising solution to acquaring freshwater resources, but salt deposition and mechanical stability provide additional hurdles for continuous operation. Herein, this study presents a sustainable and elastic...

The development of highly efficient adsorptive material for the selective capture of Pd(II), and re-utilization of spent Pd(II)-loaded adsorbent as an efficient catalyst for organic synthesis are of great significance, but challenging. Particularly, the heterogeneous palladium-catalyzed Suzuki...

To overcome the recovery challenge of nanoscale photocatalysts, great endeavor has been paid to explore effective nano-TiO2 immobilization approaches, but comprehensive comparison between these methods is still lacking. Herein, four approaches, namely impregnation-calcination, sol-gel,...

Modern economic development is accompanied by the structural transformation from an agrarian to an industrial economy. Since the 18th century, all countries that industrialized successfully have followed their comparative advantages and leveraged the latecomer advantage, including emerging...

In den vergangenen drei Dekaden haben die ostasiatischen Ökonomien als Gruppe ständig andere Entwicklungsregionen in ihrem Wirtschaftswachstum übertroffen. Die Autoren gehen vor diesem Hintergrund der Frage nach, inwieweit sich die Wirtschaftspolitik der ostasiatischen Regierungen von...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the relation between Buddhism/Taoism and dividend payout decisions among Chinese listed firms during 2003-2013. Design/methodology/approach The authors include all Chinese A-share listed stocks in their sample during 2003-2013 and use a multiple...

In the standard data analysis framework, data is first collected (once for all), and then data analysis is carried out. Moreover, the data-generating process is typically assumed to be exogenous. This approach is natural when the data analyst has no impact on how the data is generated. The...

This dissertation studies the US real estate investment trust (REIT) market to empirically examine several conditions of the noise trader model (NTM) — a behavioral theory that purports to explain departures of listed property share prices from their net asset values (NAV spreads). First, we...