Oxidation is a common-used strategy to enhance the surface functionality of activated carbon. Disappointingly, previous oxidation routes always enrich high-polarity poor-capacitance O-C=O groups (i.e., carboxyl/lactone) on the carbon material surface, which is a double-edged sword for its...

In this paper, the authors propose an effective scheme for association rule mining of personal hobbies in social networks. By introducing the connection and clipping techniques, the authors are able to ignore unrelated items in the process of finding frequent itemsets, resulting in more accurate...

The private non-financial sector in Europe is facing increased challenges in meeting its debt servicing obligation. In response, governments are revisiting legal tools and—in some cases—institutional arrangements to deal with over-indebtedness. For households, where the problem in some...