The stability of the money demand function is critical to understanding how money affects inflation and output, and how to optimize the operation of monetary policy. Taking China as an example, this paper studies whether digital finance changes the stability of money demand function by using...

Understanding the regional pattern of population aging in China enables rational policy making to address the challenges of inequity in social welfare and care resources among the east–central–west regions and rural–urban areas of China. This study uses census data in 2000 and 2010, and...

High-performance foams play significant roles in many industries for thermal insulation and cushion applications. Microcellular foaming with carbon dioxide and nitrogen as blowing agents is an advanced and environmentally friendly technology to prepare polymeric foams with significantly refined...

Satellite data reveal that China has significantly increased its vegetation cover since 2000, and vegetation will maintain the increasing trend in the foreseeable future for becoming carbon neutral. However, limited work has examined the environmental impacts of vegetation greening because...

Comprehending the response of microbial communities in rivers along urbanization gradients to hydrologic characteristics and pollution sources is critical for effective watershed management. However, the effects of complex factors on riverine microbial communities remain poorly understood. Thus,...

Hollow anammox granules have been concerned in the field of anammox granular sludge technology. So far, little information is available about the effect of shear stress on hollow anammox granules. The evolution of hollow granular sludge at three shear stresses (τ = 0.014, 0.041, and 0.075 Pa)...

We hypothesized that statistical analyses could be used to quantitate the effect of secondary fermentation on the sensory characteristics of sparkling ciders. We used champagne yeast and cider yeast strains to elaborate sparkling cider by the traditional method that is commonly used to produce...

Quinoa is a pseudo-cereal that is rich in protein and an ideal source of antihypertensive peptides. In this study, quinoa flour was fermented using Lactobacillus paracasei CICC 20241 via a solid fermentation to produce antihypertensive peptides. The peptides were isolated and purified by...

In this study we use Taiwan as a case study to provide an economy-wide analysis of impacts on Taiwan of WTO tariff reduction schemes with different combinations of thresholds and reduction rates. The model we utilized in this study is Taiwan General Equilibrium Model with a WTO module...

This paper investigates the factors that influence the operationalisation of strategic human resource management and development in The Health System, a state health system in Australia. A survey was conducted among a sample of managers in all districts of The Health System. It indicates that...