By utilizing condition monitoring information collected from wind turbine components, condition based maintenance (CBM) strategy can be used to reduce the operation and maintenance costs of wind power generation systems. The existing CBM methods for wind power generation systems deal with wind...

Few methods are available for optimizing corrective maintenance and time-based maintenance for wind farms, although these strategies are currently widely used in practice. Economic dependencies exist among wind turbine systems and their components in the wind farm. That is, it may be more...

In 2013, Chinese president Xi Jinping proposed the concept of “One Belt and One Road” economic cooperation. “The Belt and Road Initiative (B&R)” is the short of “The Silk Road Economic Belt” and the “21st-century Maritime Silk Road,” which has got a series of remarkable...

A novel method was introduced by integrating the in-mold decoration and microcellular injection molding (IMD/MIM) to obtain foamed parts with adhesion of films. The improved surface of foamed parts with decorative film brings about new concerns of the adhesion between the substrate and the film....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test the merits of the view that the English language has emerged as the dominant language in international business. If there is merit to this view, then the ability to speak English and its role as a lingua franca in the global economy would imply...

In this paper, we examine the circumstances under which so-called "independent" directors voice their independent views on public boards in a sample of Chinese firms. First, we ask why independent directors dissent, i.e. how they justify such dissent to public investors. We find that when...

Many studies have shown that there is a connection between climate change and crime rate. Following a research goal posed by the hypothetical Techno Heat Center to investigate the dynamics and specific elements of natural phenomena on crime, the following specific problems are studied in this...

Many countries regulate the quality of food and drugs, yet it remains unclear whether markets can be relied upon to deliver high quality in the absence of regulation, notably where companies can advertise the superior quality of their products. We present evidence from two field experiments in...