Recently, the soil pollution caused by Cd is becoming a serious concern . Phytoremediation is the popular technology in the remediation of Cd contaminated soil. Salix matsudana var. matsudana f. umbraculifera Rehd. has been characterized as a high cadmium-accumulating and tolerant willow, but...

Regional economic developers typically use input-output modeling to compare the linkage effects of different targets for economic development policy. Using input-output models for all 50 states in the United States, the authors compare child care linkage effects to economy-wide averages and...

Local service sectors including child care have received increasing interest from scholars and policy makers for their role in regional economic development. The IMPLAN input-output modeling system is the most widely used tool to measure the economic importance of the child care sector. Using...

The public policy literature has long debated whether policy change results from conscious policy design or is contingent upon a political process involving both state and non-state actors. An experiment-based policy-making model based on China’s experience attempts to reconcile such debate by...

Selective laser melting (SLM) of a (CoCrNi)95Mo5 medium-entropy alloy (MEA) is explored to architect the dislocation-formed sub-grains and ultrafine μ precipitates. The high strength and ductility were achieved in the as-SLMed (CoCrNi)95Mo5 alloy, where the yield strength, ultimate tensile...