Abstract Rechargeable sodium metal batteries (SMBs) have emerged as promising alternatives to commercial Li‐ion because of the natural abundance and low cost resources. However, overuse metallic in conventional SMBs limits their energy densities leads severe safety concerns. Herein, we propose a sodium‐free‐anode SMB (SFA‐SMB) configuration consisting sodium‐rich Na superionic conductor‐structu...

The quest for parsimonious models has been a key objective in asset pricing. However, there appears to be no consensus on the most successful pricing strategy literature, especially South African Market. Using financial statements from January 2000 December 2015, this article explores how market anomalies affect performance of securities Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s (JSE’s) resources, industri...

Contaminant inputs from wastewater discharge, a major source of contamination to Santa Monica Bay (SMB), have declined drastically during the last three decades as a result of improved treatment processes and better source control. To assess the concomitant temporal changes in the SMB sediments, a study was initiated in June 1997, in which 25 box cores were collected using a stratified random s...

A diet rich in polyphenols has previously been shown to be associated with a lower risk for cardiovascular disease. Specifically, inhibition of platelet hyperactivation by polyphenols decreases platelet-dependent thrombosis, reducing the risk for cardiovascular disease. However, whether polyphenols in Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge (SMB) affect platelet functions has not been clearly determined. Her...

BACKGROUND Pristane-treated mice chronically produce high levels of anti-ribonucleoprotein/Smith (anti-Sm/RNP) and other lupus autoantibodies. The present study addressed how these autoantibody levels are maintained over time. METHODS Lupus was induced in BALB/c mice using pristane. Naïve B cells, switched memory B cells, switched plasmablasts, and plasma cells were flow-sorted and total IgG ...

We show results from a positive degree-day (PDD) model of Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) surface mass balance (SMB), 1870–2012, forced with reanalysis data. The model includes an improved daily temperature parameterization as compared with a previous version and is run at 1 km rather than 5 km resolution. The improvements leadoverall tohigher SMBwith the same forcingdata.Wealsocompare ourmodel with...

The majority of xylenes dedicated to petrochemicals use are used to produce PX which is, among the different isomers of the mixed xylenes, the most produced one to be consumed in the polyester chain, mainly in the production of fiber. In the scope of the p-xylene separation by Simulated Moving Bed Technology (SMB) it is important to improve the existing tools to study the different aspects that...

In this paper we examine whether past returns of the market portfolio (MKT), the size portfolio (SMB), the book-to-market portfolio (HML) and the idiosyncratic volatility portfolio (HIMLI) can predict growth rates of ten major Australian economic indicators from 1993 to 2010. We find that all four factors can be used to predict growth rates in Australian economic indicators. We also find high r...

The limited number of surface mass balance (SMB) observations in the Antarctic inland hampers estimates ice-sheet contribution to global sea level and locations with million-year-old ice. We present finely resolved SMB over past three centuries a low-accumulation region significant depth hoar formation on Dome Fuji derived from ∼1,100 km microwave radar stratigraphy dated firn core. regional-me...

background: many health problems are related to lifestyle and dietary factors. since ancient times, food additives such as sulfites have been used to preserve foods. diverse effects of sulfites on multiple organs have been reported but its effect on female reproductive organ has not been fully elucidated. the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of sodium metabisulfite (smb) on ovar...