Abstract CO 2 emissions and accumulation in the ecosystem have exacerbated climate change increased global temperature. This study focused on activation of hydrothermally synthesized Cu metal–organic framework (MOF‐199) with potassium citrate (C 6 H 5 K 3 O 7 ) to produce MOF‐derived carbon incorporated nano‐dispersed metallic oxidative species facilitate electrochemical reduction. Among all MOF samples, resulting carbon, activated by C , demonstrated highest electrocatalytic current lowest...

Its newly acquired status as the world's second largest economy has entitled China to a more prominent role in global affairs, and increasingly, its behavior drawn scrutiny from world ways that country is ill-prepared for. The attention China's rise, however, focuses not only on but also other aspects, including military, diplomatic moves, domestic politics 'soft power', namely, own image or self-projection perception attitudes toward China. And yet, there been no systematic investigation...

Abstract: It is problematic to rely on indicators carrying the "D-word" for measuring democratic legitimacy. Popular conception of has been so much contaminated by competing public discourses and socializing mechanisms that word "democracy" lost its conceptual clarity semantic consistency when it travels across borders. We introduce a more reliable tool compare cultural foundation liberal democracy countries, especially between non-democratic ones. A newly developed typological analysis,...

The aim of this study was to determine whether the indicators obtained from intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) imaging can improve characterization benign and malignant breast masses compared with conventional dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance (DCE-MRI) diffusion-weighted (DW-MRI).This included 23 31 48 patients. Main were initial enhancement ratio (IER), time-signal intensity curve (TIC), apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC), tissue diffusivity (D), pseudodiffusivity (D*),...

Journal Article The Uneven Growth of Democratic Legitimacy in East Asia Get access Yu-tzung Chang, Chang is an Assistant Professor Political Science, National Taiwan University. Address correspondence to Yun-han Chu, Institute Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipeh, 115, E-mail: yunhan@gate.sinica.edu.tw Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Chu a Distinguished Research Fellow the Sinica. Min-hua Huang International Public Opinion Research, Volume 18, Issue 2,...

Popular discontent with political performance has been a preeminent feature in Taiwanese politics since the first power alternation 2000. Potential explanations include economic decline, deteriorating quality of democratic governance, and electoral over-competition. For an emerging democracy like Taiwan, experience under Chen Shui-bian administration was crucial test for transition to mature democracy. While popular various agencies might convey different messages, author argues that...

Over the last decade, a growing number of students democracy have sought to develop means framing and assessing quality identifying ways improve democratic governance. In this article, we review recent efforts conceptualize measure by way introducing comprehensive method for measuring some essential properties liberal democracy. Next, present an empirical assessment in Taiwan based on sub-dimensions formulated Morlino – specifically, rule law, accountability, participation, competition,...

This article identifies the explanatory sources of Asians' perceptions about China's rise. The authors try to decipher relative importance individual-level variables such as socio-economic satisfaction, cognitive schema, and ideology political values vis-à-vis that country-level structural geopolitical tension, economic interdependence cultural identity. empirical findings suggest growing perception China has most influence in Asia is more related demographic which are associated with...

Territorial disputes over the East and South China Sea have been an issue of growing policy concern in Asia recent years. These maritime territorial disputes, as authors argue this study, constitute a contextual factor undermining China's soft power Asia. More specifically, study quantitatively demonstrates that all else equal, citizens are less likely to take positive view influence on their respective countries with than without such China. This key result suggests clear international...

The advance of information and communication technologies (ICTs) has fundamentally changed the way people communicate interact with each other, rise Internet profoundly affects political participation. In applying latest Asian Barometer surveys, we discovered Internet-driven divergent effects on participation, suggesting rising usage is simultaneously associated decreasing electoral increasing activist Further analysis revealed that can be explained by severe frustration system economic...

This study applied a web survey to explore what factors explain Chinese residents' evaluation of COVID-19 governance in China. The authors found that the use official news sources and collectivist cultural orientation can more positive evaluations government, but neither actual nor perceived pandemic severity was directly associated with government performance. Applying multilevel analysis, two divergent effects were pandemic: rally effect negative attribution effect. In areas where...

This article assesses the relative importance of partisanship in explaining level citizens' political engagement within a multivariate framework. In particular, we examine if worth partisan attachment civic differs systematically between East Asian emerging democracies and established democracies. We find that Asia exerts just as much influence on politics The global trend which interest associations social movements are becoming vigorous competitors to parties for opportunity represent...

This article tries to answer the question of why many Islamic countries are far away from achieving democracy, while people in these have a faith democracy as strong those Western societies. Two different hypotheses proposed and tested. The symbolization hypothesis suggests that reflects cognitive mobilization for symbolic capital Islam moral justification politics. awareness claims better governance political accountability. Applying hierarchical linear modeling, empirical findings show is...

Under China's one-party system, luxury consumption is an act that might have political consequences. The authors propose a game-theoretical model and conduct empirical study to explain why the Chinese market actually expanded rapidly at height of Xi's anti-corruption anti-extravagance campaign. findings show this outcome was unintended consequence changing patterns perceived risk in context During Hu-Wen period, tougher local crackdown leading signal power struggle associated with growing...