The paper introduces and analyses first the evolution, actuality and current problems of the summer closed fishing season system of China. The summer closed fishing season system is formally actualized in 1995. Till 2006, all waters of China is managed by the very system. During summer closed fishing season of...
The prevalence of Internet-of-Things (IoT) applications leads to an increasing focus on the design and optimization of sensor nodes. Battery lifetime and associated costs of battery replacement often limits the long term operation and viability of sensor nodes. RF wireless energy harvesting on the other hand can be appealing since...
Water scarcity and extreme weather present substantial risks for agricultural production on the U.S. West Coast. Farmers adapt to water supply uncertainties and climate risks by changing water application rates, adjusting irrigated acres, adopting more efficient irrigation technology, and altering crop mix. Many policy options are available to attain sustainable...
Digital image correlation (DIC) uses pairs of images, one in a reference state and one after in situ manipulation of the object, to measure full-field displacements and strains by tracking the motion of small image subsets. Subset selection is always a crucial part of DIC technique as it has a...
In this study we investigated the role of astragaloside IV (AS-IV), one of the major active constituents purified from the Chinese
medicinal herb Astragalus membranaceus, in LPS-induced acute inflammatory responses in mice in vivo and examined possible
underlying mechanisms. Mice were assigned to four groups: vehicle-treated control animals; AS-IV-treated animals...
Na-ion batteries are emerging as one of the most promising energy storage technologies, particularly for grid-level applications. Among anode candidate materials, hard carbon is very attractive due to its high capacity and low cost. However, hard carbon anodes often suffer a low first-cycle Coulombic efficiency and fast capacity fading. In...
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Anode for Na-Ion Batteries via
Graphene Oxide as a Dehydration Agent
Luo, W., Bommier, C., Jian, Z
The need for sustainably powering unobtrusive internet-of-things applications has led to an interest in energy harvesting. Particularly, the proliferation of wireless communication and devices in the 2.4 GHz Industrial Scientificc Medical (ISM) band creates an opportunity to leverage commonly used devices for RF powering. This dissertation presents a low-quiescent-power...
Lifestyle factors are responsible for a considerable portion of cancer incidence worldwide, but credible estimates from the World Health Organization and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) suggest that the fraction of cancers attributable to toxic environmental exposures is between 7% and 19%. To explore the hypothesis that...
On the basis of literatures and the data from stratified sampling of 160 fishing vessels in the East Sea Region of China, the process of institutional transition of operational systems of fishing vessels in the region, which started from 1979, their present situation and performance were analysed in this paper....
In 2002, a group of Qiang in China's Sichuan Province performed an ancient ritual combining the sacred and the secular. This ritual remains an integral part of the Qiang people's religious and social lives.