This study provides an objective overview of U.S.-China trade in advanced technology products (ATP). It examines the definitions and classification methods of ATP in the United States and China and illustrates a method to reconcile U.S.-China ATP trade data that combines the strengths of both...

The absent global leadership and starkly uncoordinated cross-border responses have exacerbated the spread of the coronavirus. On a positive note, countries are progressively joining forces to address immediate humanitarian appeals. They are engaging with diverse partners and experimenting on...

The Covid-19 pandemic is so severe that no one remains unaffected. But the past year has witnessed unfortunate choices by many States to turn to nationalism-driven measures. Competition for medical supplies and coronavirus vaccines has pushed poorer States aside. The absent global leadership has...

This paper discusses regression analysis of interval-censored failure time data, which occur in many fields including demographical, epidemiological, financial, medical, and sociological studies. For the problem, we focus on the situation where the survival time of interest can be described by...

Chen and Jernigan proposed a non-parametric, conservative method that involved using a penalized mean to estimate the average concentration of contaminants in soils. The method assumes a random sample obtained from a whole site involved in the US Superfund program. However, in some cases, about...

Biogas production is an important aspect of China's energy strategy. After decades’ application and research, China biogas has achieved considerable accomplishments. This study presents the progress and prospect of biogas technologies and industry in China. Two biogas patterns exist in China,...

Unlike markets that were early developers of reactors, which are dominated by single technologies, China's nuclear power sector adopts and imports multiple technologies. Even after the Chinese government introduced a policy to develop a standardized, unified, and technologically advanced nuclear...