A paraffin/expanded graphite phase-change composite for thermal storage was prepared and its thermal properties were studied using differential scanning thermal calorimetry. The paraffin was uniformly absorbed in the porous network of the expanded graphite. Results showed that the phase-change...

Pt loaded MgO, Al2O3, CeO2, TiO2 and SiO2 catalysts were prepared by loading pre-synthesized Pt colloids on support and used for the aqueous-phase reforming (APR) of glycerol to investigate the influence of support properties on catalytic performance. The conversion of glycerol, rate of hydrogen...

Using a difference-in-difference methodology, we find that the state-level deregulation of local U.S. banking markets leads to significant increases in the reallocation of labor within local industries towards small firms with higher marginal products of labor. Using plant-level data, we propose...

We show that social capital has a strong mitigating effect on financial adviser misconduct in the United States. Moreover, advisers who have committed misconduct are also more likely to relocate to counties with a relatively lower level of social capital than that of his previously residing...