Over the last decade, Chinese authorities have pressed foreign multinational companies to recognize official trade unions. Employing cross-classified multilevel modeling on a large data set (10,108 foreign-owned firms cross-embedded in 32 home countries and 755 Chinese cities), this study...

Acid hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass to produce high value-added products presents a breathtaking industrial application foreground. However, the hydrolysate under harsh conditions contains extremely complex degradations, resulting in many restrictions or lethal toxicity on the following...

Nitrous oxide (N 2 O) production and consumption occur concomitantly in the soil and their accurate quantification as the gas diffuses in situ under high background concentration of atmospheric dinitrogen remains largely elusive. This study designed an analytical and reliable approach for...

ABSTRACT : Magnesium alloy, a biocompatible and biodegradable material, is investigated as a promising material for the implants. In this study, aiming at implanting the components in the human body, the Mg-3Zn-0.2Ca composite with 0.6wt.% nano-sized MgO (Magnesium oxide) is processed by equal...

The rebound behavior of fly ash particles normally impacting a planar surface is investigated by using a dynamic model. The three forms of soft sphere physical model are obtained using static/quasi-static contact mechanics and energy dissipation theory. The influences of the particle size, the...

This paper presents the results of a comprehensive program of experiments in which fly ash particles were impacted under controlled conditions against a flat steel surface. The overall aim of these experiments was to gain an understanding of the ash deposition process in a pulverized coal boiler...

BackgroundAs air pollution has been paid more attention to by public in recent years, effects and mechanism in particulate matter-triggered health problems become a focus of research. Lysosomes and mitochondria play an important role in regulation of inflammation. Interleukin-33 (IL-33) has been...