The complicated nature of regional development requires a more integrated approach to reflect its systematic picture. Multi-scale integrated analysis of societal metabolism (MSIASM) is such an approach as it integrates economic, social and ecological dimension. In this paper, we employ such an...

By combining quantum key with classical one, a novel block cryptographic algorithm that can be applied to encrypt qubits is presented. The security of the algorithm is analyzed from several aspects. It is shown that the qubit block encryption algorithm can prevent quantum attacking strategy as...

This article studies the synergy effect of entrepreneurship on China's industrial clusters. We propose an extension to Duranton and Overman's (2005) method which enables us to delimit industrial clusters in space. The empirical model is identified with historical measures of local entrepreneur...

Social trading platforms are gaining popularity due to their high level of information transparency. While greater information transparency can benefit investors, it also enables strategic investors (copycats) to mimic original traders' trading strategies with little cost, pretend to be original...

A heat pump drying system driven by a gasoline generator with an independent operating ability was proposed to solve the problem of post-harvest drying. The system had two operating modes, namely, heating and dehumidifying modes. The waste heat of air discharged from the drying chamber and...

CO 2 was found to serve as an efficient and clean catalyst for the first time in N -formylation of aliphatic amines with DMF for the production of formamides. The DMF- d 7 isotope labeling experiment indicated that the N -formyl group in the target products was originated from DMF rather than CO...

Prior literature documents that short sale activity clusters around mandated short sale position disclosures. We investigate two competing hypotheses for this finding in the UK market: herding- versus information-based trading. First, using an entropy-balanced matched sample of stocks, we find...

In this paper, we examine the time-series properties of the earnings-return relation and explore the implications of its changing landscape for the literature. We document strikingly opposite time-series patterns of earnings surprises and associated market reactions. Earnings surprises have...

This study proposed a new concept of “co-processing” waste activated sludge with low organic content (WAS-LOC) with peroxysulfate and environmentally friendly nanoscale zero-valent iron (Fe0). Fe0, peroxysulfate, and the combination of peroxysulfate with Fe0(co-processing) were added to...

Problem Definition: We study a dynamic finishing stage planning problem of a pork producer who gets to see how many market-ready hogs she has available for sale at the beginning of each week and the current market prices. Then, she must decide how many hogs to sell to a meatpacker and on the...