Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate three categories of four-degrees of freedom (4-DOFs) upper limb rehabilitation exoskeleton mechanisms from the perspective of relative movement offsets between the upper limb and the exoskeleton, so as to provide reference for the selection of...

Using a set of unique databases from China, with employment history of auditors, details of audit engagement partners and financial reporting quality, we examine the performance of auditors that moved up to another higher-tier audit firm. We show that the audit quality of signing auditors with...

Soil contaminated by persistent organic pollutants (POPs) is a substantial environmental concern because it poses severe health hazards. Fenton oxidation in the removal of 2,4-DCP in soil has attracted considerable attention but suffers from low efficiency due to strong adsorption. In this...

AbstractIn contrast to that in North America, the tight oil in China is mainly distributed in the centres and wide slopes of lacustrine basins, but studies of the source-reservoir integration in slope belts are relatively scare. In this study, the third member of the Palaeogene Shahejie...

This paper investigates sensitivity of stock returns of industry-sorted Chinese firms with respect to renminbi exchange rate movements. Strong evidence of significant exposure is documented for 7 out of 16 Chinese industries. Evidence is also found of the size asymmetry effects. In addition, we...

This paper examines the impact of price efficiency of high-frequency trading in the Eurodollar futures market. In a high-frequency world, the price can be decomposed into the efficient price (long term) and the pricing error (short term). To capture price efficiency, I calculate the mid-price...