We find a strong and robust credit penalty effect on heavily-polluting firms of the 2012 'Green Credit Guidelines' (GCG) of China. Heavily polluting firms' access to both short-term and long-term bank credit reduces dramatically. We also find some evidence of a credit rewarding effect —...

In the field of water treatment, it is of importance to fabricate an adsorbent with large adsorption capacity and high reproducibility for efficiently removing heavy metal ions Pb (II) from polluted water. In this work, a novel Ti-based MOFs material (BDB-MIL-125(Ti)@Fe 3 O 4 ) was designed and...

The effects of the site symmetric distortion induced by the phase transition on up-conversion emission and thermal sensing performance of Gd 2 (MoO 4 ) 3 :Yb 3+ /Er 3+ (GMO) crystals are elaborately studied by minimizing interference from many factors. Monoclinic GMO shows much stronger...

Chemical Looping Dry Reforming (CLDR) using oxygen carrier (OC) is a novel technology to convert CO 2 to CO. Currently, Ca 2 Fe 2 O 5 (CF) OC is found to be a potential material for CLDR. In this paper, Zr 0.5 Ce 0.5 O 2 (ZC) was used to improve the reduction rate of CF OC and alleviate the...

The solidification characteristics of C700R-1 alloy was investigated by DSC analysis, in-situ observation, quenching experiment and Thermo-Calc calculation. The segregation behavior during solidification was analyzed by Scanning Electron Microscope and Electron Probe Microanalysis. At the...

Most national health surveys do not permit precise measurement of the health of racial/ethnic subgroups that comprise 1 per cent of the U.S. population. We identify three potentially promising sample design strategies for increasing the accuracy of national health estimates for a small target...

The principal objective of this study is to characterize the places in which people live by factors associated with physical and mental well-being. The authors demonstrate a new approach that employs neighborhood measures such as social environment, built environment, commuting and migration,...