Fe₃O₄/wood fiber composites are prepared with a green mechanical method using only distilled water as a solvent without any chemical agents, and then a binderless composite board with high mechanical properties is obtained via a hot-press for electromagnetic (EM) absorption. The fibers are connected by hydrogen bonds after being mechanically pretreated, and Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles (NPs) are attache...

The Task Force on Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes without persistent ST-segment elevation was created by the Committee for Scientific and Clinical Initiatives on 18 October 1998 after formal approval by the Board of the European Society of Cardiology. The composition of the Task Force was proposed by Dr Michel E. Bertrand and was approved by the Board of the European Society of Cardiolog...

Is executive compensation influenced by the composition of the board of directors? About 8% of chief executive officers (CEOs) are reciprocally interlocked with another CEO—the current CEO of firm A serves as a director of firm B and the current CEO of firm B serves as a director of firm A. Roughly 20% of firms have at least one current or retired employee sitting on the board of another firm a...

We investigate the relationship of audit fees, outside directors and firms’ ownership, marketing and asset structures as alternative (external versus internal) monitoring mechanisms that can be used to control incentive conflicts in costly contracting environments, by exploiting variation in ownership within the Australian and UK life insurance industries. In mutuals, ownership rights are not t...