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The Gender Education Gap in China: The Power of Water [PDF]
We investigate girls' school dropout rates, bringing forward a novel variable: access to water. We hypothesise that a girl's education suffers when her greater water need for female hygiene purposes after menarche is not met because her household has ...
Maimaiti, Yasheng, Siebert, W. Stanley
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Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.Persistent Luminescence of doped SrAl2O4:Eu2+, Dy3+ formulated in polymer matrices is a promising solution to be integrated in building envelopes for enhancing Passive Daytime Radiative Cooling. ABSTRACT Persistent Luminescent (PersL) materials have found applications in several fields; their integration into passive daytime radiative cooling systems ...
Roberto Bondi +5 more
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An Economic Analysis of Health Care in China [PDF]
After describing the institutions for health care in China as they evolved since 1949, this paper presents statistical demand functions for health care. It applies the demand functions to explain the rapid increase in health care demand and the resulting
Gregory C. Chow
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Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.This study develops a self‐cleaning solar evaporator based on MXene‐coated aramid nanofiber aerogels for efficient desalination under high‐salinity conditions. The cylindrical evaporator combines strong photothermal conversion, capillary water transport, and self‐rotation triggered by salt accumulation.
Mandeep Singh +5 more
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The Public Distribution Systems of Foodgrains and Implications for Food Security: A Comparison of the Experiences of India and China [PDF]
public distribution system, food security, poverty, food subsidy, India ...
Zhou, Zhangyue, Wan, Guanghua
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Advances in Halide Perovskites for Photon Radiation Detectors
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.This work highlights recent progress in perovskite‐based photon radiation detectors, covering organic–inorganic hybrid, inorganic, lead‐free double, and vacancy‐ordered halide perovskites. Their detection performance is compared, material‐specific advantages and challenges are examined, and provides insight into current limitations and future ...
Liangling Wang +3 more
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Property Tax in Urban China [PDF]
This paper examines the urban housing sector of China and proposes a property tax reform. Over the past decade, housing price in urban China has been increasing dramatically because of strong demand for self-use, investment and speculation.
Dan Li, Shunfeng Song
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Journal of Acupuncture ResearchA review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) using electroacupuncture (EA) to treat patients with foot drop was performed to analyze the effectiveness of EA for this condition. Relevant studies (n = 183) from 7 databases (Cochrane Library, Excerpta
Hye Jeong Jo +7 more
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Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.The article overviews past and current efforts on caloric materials and systems, highlighting the contributions of Ames National Laboratory to the field. Solid‐state caloric heat pumping is an innovative method that can be implemented in a wide range of cooling and heating applications.
Agata Czernuszewicz +5 more
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, 2016 We are pleased to announce the second issue of Made in China. In this issue, we open with a series of Briefs that provide an overview of notable stories that have taken place over the past three months. In the last quarter, one of the most important
Australian National University. Australian Centre on China in the World
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