Recovering from unanticipated disasters is critical in today’s global market. This paper examines the effectiveness of popular recovery strategies used to address unpredictable disasters that derail supply chains. We create a formal model to portray dynamic operational performance among supply...

This paper introduces the connotation of Human Development Index (HDI) and its dimensional indices, as well as the HDI comprehensive evaluation method based on entropy weight. And the specific formula and steps for calculation are put forward. This paper also selects the HDI dimensional indices...

Currently, the variable-coefficient nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS)-typed models have attracted considerable attention in such fields as plasma physics, nonlinear optics, arterial mechanics and Bose-Einstein condensates. Motivated by the recent work of Tian et al. [Eur. Phys. J. B <Emphasis Type="Bold">47, 329 (2005)],...</emphasis>

Improper operating temperature will degrade the performances of electronic components, Li-ion batteries and photovoltaic (PV) cells, which calls for a good thermal management system. In this paper, specific attention is paid to the thermal management systems based on the phase change materials...

We test the determinants of low intra-industrial technology spillovers of foreign direct investment in China’s manufacturing industries with the quantile regression method. Greater technology gap, fewer state-owned enterprises and large-and-medium-size enterprises, and greater industrial...

An opposed-piston hydraulic free piston engine operating with homogenous charge compression ignition (HCCI) combustion, has been proposed by State Key Laboratory of Engines as a means of significantly improving the IC engine’s cycle thermal efficiency and lowering exhaust emissions. Single and...

Knocking combustion in spark-ignition (SI) engines is an abnormal combustion phenomenon which can constrain the engine performance and thermal efficiency. It can also result in severe permanent engine damage under certain operating conditions. This paper systematically reviews the engine knock...

This book focuses on experiences with the Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) of 2007 in China. It uses carefully-chosen case studies to examine how the competition authorities in China discuss cases and how they use economic reasoning in their decision-making process.

Benefited from the fruitful results of general light-emitting diode (LED) lighting, the LED is utilized in the automotive forward lighting recently, the LED headlamp, due to its ability of improving the efficiency, durability and comfort of the automobile. Both the rough operating environments...

The thermal management systems using EG-based phase change materials (PCMs) can provide power batteries with a proper operating temperature, slow temperature rise rate and uniform temperature distribution. In this study, a systematical investigation on the effects of thermo-physical properties...