Low-Carbon Technologies (LCTs) play an important role in achieving China’s Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) targets. According to the result of our scenario analysis, if advanced energy-saving technology, renewable energy, and other measures are promoted and extensively applied, China’s carbon emission will achieve its peaking at around 2027. With proper energy policies, Chin...

We examine the role of borrower concerns about future credit availability in mitigating the effects of adverse selection and income misrepresentation in the mortgage market. We show that the majority of additional risk associated with “low-doc” mortgages originated prior to the Great Recession was due to adverse selection on the part of borrowers who could verify income, but chose not to. We pr...

Introduction RE<C was a Google initiative to drive innovation in renewable energy, with the goal of making renewable energy cheap enough to compete head-to-head with coal-fired power plants. Hence the name RE<C “renewable energy cheaper than coal.” As part of this initiative, Google formed an engineering team to develop promising technologies in the field of solar energy power generation. After...

Low level laser therapy (LLLT) has been used in Eastern Europe and Asia for the treatment of a wide range of conditions for many years. Its continued acceptance in these populations reflects the efficacy with which it is regarded both by clinicians and their patients. Although there have been a substantial number of reports on its clinical benefit and some practitioners have used the technique ...

introduction: the aim of this study was to assess the effect of low-level laser therapy (lllt) on pain, swelling and maximum mouth opening in patients undergoing third molar surgery. methods: a prospective, randomized double-blind study was undertaken on 44 patients at the dental school, ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, in 2015. a low-level laser was randomly applied on one of ...