Mg–Cu–Al was first used to improve the surface performance of TA15 titanium alloys by means of laser cladding technique. The synthesis of hard composite coating on TA15 titanium alloy by laser cladding of Mg–Cu–Al–B4C/Mo pre-placed powders was investigated by means of scanning electron...

This paper examines the extent to which Chinese farmers are connected to regional agricultural markets by looking at the intensity of price transmission from retail markets to the farmgate. This intensity is indicative of the extent to which farmers might benefit from improved marketing...

We discuss the existence of Hopf bifurcation, the dynamical stability breaking of the molecular concentrations of two generic biochemical reaction systems and their sensitivity to the changes of the parameters incorporated in the model equations. It is found that the oscillatory dynamics can be...

In this paper, we study inflation risk and the term structure of inflation risk premia in the United States' nominal interest rates through the Treasury Inflation Protection Securities (TIPS) with a multi-factor, modified quadratic term structure model with correlated real and inflation rates....

Based on grading of consolidation potential of rural construction land, coal mining subsidence areas, old towns and "villages within the city" in Bagongshan District, this article put forwards the following recommendations to fully tap the consolidation potential of construction land in...

Purpose – Prior research on underwriter reputation treats underwriters as the unit of analyzing, while the purpose of this paper is to analyze underwriter reputation effects after introducing discretion of underwriters’ employees. Specially, this paper investigates the damage on underwriter...