Capital-markets based accounting research in China has a relatively short history; the two principal stock exchanges in Shanghai and Shenzhen have operated for less than 20 years. Recent accounting research has tended to adopt techniques, research designs and even topics that were developed in...

An experimental study has been carried out to investigate the convective air-drying characteristics of a wet sand layer. The experimental setup allows dynamic measurements of both sand layer weight and temperature, with hot air flowing towards the sand layer surface to ensure a uniform drying of...