The development of proton exchange membrane possess excellent proton conductivity and long-term endurance is vital for the high temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells (HT-PEMFCs). Herein, the polyethersulfone (PES)/polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP)/boron nitride (BN) composite membrane...

Metal-carbon composite materials have been regarded as emerging catalysts for peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation by combining the advantages of both parties. Nevertheless, these novel catalysts usually face the side effect of the complex water matrix, and the PMS activation mechanism need to be...

Soil nitrogen (N) status is pivotal information for evaluating the role of the forest N cycle in forest function evolution with environmental changes. However, soil N levels and processes in forests receiving high anthropogenic N inputs remain less investigated, which hinders understanding the...

This paper empirically examines whether yield spreads of subordinated debt issued by UK banks are sensitive to bank risks, with a dataset that includes spreads, ratings, accounting measures of bank risks and market condition indexes in the sample period between 1997 and 2009. The results show...

A scheme for teleporting an unknown two-particle entangled state via W class states is proposed. In this scheme, the W class entangled states are considered as quantum channels. It is shown that by means of optimal discrimination between two nonorthogonal quantum states, probabilistic...

In this paper a novel scheme is proposed where with the help of Victor (a state preparer) an unknown EPR pair is copied in a certain probability so that three parties of communication can obtain the EPR state, respectively. The first stage of this scheme is to teleport an unknown EPR state to...

This vital new Handbook is an authoritative volume presenting key issues in finance that have been widely discussed in the financial markets but have been neglected in textbooks and the usual compilations of conventional academic wisdom.

Several studies pertaining to outsourcing in the banking and financial services sector in developed countries show a gradually growing trend of outsourcing among banking and financial organizations, both in terms of nature and scope of activities outsourced. Outsourcing of Information Technology...

This paper applies Optimum Currency Area (OCA) theory to investigate the suitability of Asian currency union and its membership, in which China is taken as the central country. Cluster analysis is applied for this study. Both hierarchical clustering and fuzzy clustering approaches are used. The...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of product substitutability on sales performance of integrated and decentralised supply chains. The authors model supply chain performance effects by applying a Cournot equation to a combination of different industry...