Ferric vanadate (FeVO4 ) is a desirable anode candidate for lithium-ion battery (LIBs) and sodium-ion battery (SIBs) because of its high theoretical capacity, low cost and ease of synthesis. However, its practical application is hindered by its volume expansion during the Li+ /Na+...

Construction of S-scheme photocatalysts for sustainable hydrogen production has been regarded as a promising route to effectively utilize solar energy. However, the limited contact area blocks extensive migration of charge carriers and restrains the further development of these photocatalysts....

China has achieved great results through hard working in prevention and control of the disease and has issued guidelines in the prevention and control of the novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic according to the epidemic risk level. The prevention and control strategies have been used for...

Purpose The main purpose of our study is to investigate the impact of daily leader humor behaviors on healthcare workers’ daily psychological state and behavioral outcomes. Design/methodology/approach Based on the conservation of resources (COR) theory, this study proposes that daily leader...

Earlier work (Oster, 2005) has argued, based on existing medical literature and analysis of cross country data and vaccination programs, that parents who are carriers of hepatitis B have a higher offspring sex ratio (more boys) than non-carrier parents. Further, since a number of Asian...

Despite growing evidence of gender disparities in healthcare utilization and health outcomes, there is a lack of understanding of what may drive such differences. We present novel evidence on the impact of physician-patient gender match on healthcare quality using the standardized patients (SPs)...

This essay reviews the impact of President Ronald Reagan's policies on civil rights enforcement in the 1980s, as he tried to turn back the clock on civil rights. Reagan devastated the civil rights enforcement agencies, as he pandered to the white nationalists who helped him win election. But...

It has been proposed that cross-country comparisons of the technical efficiency of health production, estimated using data envelopment analysis (DEA), have useful applications for policy makers. In theory such an analysis utilizes measures of the socioeconomic determinants of health relevant to...