This study investigates the effect of long horizon institutional ownership on CEO career concerns to meet the short-term earnings benchmark by examining the extent to which long horizon institutional investors mitigate the positive relation between CEO turnover and missing the quarterly...

A questionnaire survey was performed in eight Chinese cities (40,279 adults participated; response rate 75%). There were questions on demographic information of the participants, allergic rhinitis, asthma, perceived odors and home environment. Among participants: the majority were women (74.7%)...

The formation mechanisms of ash/deposit from cotton stalk (CS) water-cooled vibrating grate boiler combustion were explored according to the characteristics of ash/deposits. Measurements of the ash fusion characteristics indicate the ash fusion temperature under oxidizing atmosphere (O 2 /CO 2 ,...

We aimed to study if microbial volatile organic compounds in air at home were associated with adult asthma and lung function. Associations between measured microbial volatile organic compounds and 2-ethyl-1-hexanol in dwellings and asthma score (based on 8 questions), lung function were...

Quantifying the effect of transportation on urban air pollution is challenging because decisions to travel are endogenous to air quality. The spread of COVID-19 offers a unique opportunity for causal identification, as the pandemic directly affects decisions to travel and choices of...

Changes in trading relationships including trade wars can have a large impact on the distribution of GHG emissions across supply chains. While previous studies have examined the emission impacts resulting from tariff adjustments during China-US trade wars they do not investigate what would...

Based upon an analysis of a town government’s meeting records between March 2001 and October 2007, as well as interviews with its key officials and the town government’s annual work reports, this essay addresses and explains the repertoire of social stability control employed by this town...

Urban air pollution has severe negative effects on health and the economy, especially in developing and industrializing countries, such as China and India. Although the transportation sector is widely acknowledged as among the largest contributors to urban air pollution, quantifying its causal...

Source mobile recording device identification aims to identify the source device through intrinsic audio characteristics, and it has been widely employed in various digital audio forensic scenarios. However, the existing methods have the problem of separating the short-term spatial information...