Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is the core process of metal-air battery. Functional carbon-based materials are promising electrocatalysts for ORR. In this work, the molecular configuration transformation between pyranose (glucose) and furanose (fructose) is selected as an entry point to...

The energy consumption of two-stage system of biomass pyrolysis recovery low temperature heat and bio-oil reforming recovery high temperature heat from granulated BF (blast furnace) slag was investigated. The results indicated that the two-stage system recovery waste heat from BF slag required...

The construction industry consumes a significant amount of resources. It is an urgent need to promote green building (GB) practices . Aimed at solving the problem of energy-saving, propaganda and government subsidy strategies in the green building supply chain (GBSC), a differential game model...

A 7-year multisite field experiment was performed to assess the relative importance of climate, soil, and microbial properties in crop production in a wheat cropping system under contrasting fertilization management (i.e., continuous organic vs. chemical fertilization). The results showed that...

Often, model development starts with missing data treatment. For regulatory internal rating based (IRB) models, missing data raise data quality concerns around system and process whereas the randomness nature of missing is sometimes overlooked, resulting inappropriate choice of imputation...

An increasing number of companies are launching corporate online communities to facilitate knowledge sharing among employees. Although the online environment erases spatial distance and deemphasizes differences in employees’ organizational attributes (e.g., work location and job function), we...

M-CPC (Multi-section Compound Parabolic Concentrator ) has advantages of none tracking device, adjustable operation time, concentrating diffuse radiation, convenient system integration, etc. In present study, the structure optimization, experimental verification and performance analysis of M-CPC...

We argue that State of the Union (SOTU) addresses by the U.S. President function as announcements about broad government policies related to upcoming legislative activity of the administration. Unlike traditional macroeconomic and monetary policy announcements, SOTU addresses go back to the...

It is critical for China to aggressively promote coal substitution to achieve the "carbon neutral" goal. Promoting natural gas (NG) is an effective way to reduce coal consumption. Meanwhile, developing carbon sequestration (CS) technology will accelerate the process of carbon neutrality. Hence,...

Inflation has been rising during the pandemic against supply chain disruptions and a multi-year boom in global owner-occupied house prices. We present some stylized facts pointing to house prices as a leading indicator of headline inflation in the U.S. and eight other major economies with...