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prepared Si3N4 nanowires through the reaction of silica gel and carbon nanoparticles. Zhang et al. synthesized Si3N4 nanowires by heating Si powders or Si/SiO2 powder mixture in N2 or NH3 atmosphere with or without Fe or Ni powders.22 Kim et al.23 and Xie et al.24 synthesized Si3N4 nanowires by the reaction of silicon substrate and NH3 with Fe nanoparticles as the catalyst. Zhang et al. synthesized Si3N4 nanowires via the direct crystallization of amorphous Si3N4 (a-Si3N4) powder under high…

accountid=8289 Sales by Country (n.d.). Retrieved March 23, 2018, from http://www.electroluxgroup.com/en/sales-by-country-265/ Strategy, Electrolux Group (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.electroluxgroup.com/en/category/about/strategy/ Su, Z., Peng, M. W., & Xie, E. (2016). A Strategy Tripod Perspective on Knowledge Creation Capability. British Journal Of Management, 27(1), 58-76.…

businesses bid on parts of projects. Gaining interest in engineering starts in schooling and enforced more so at the collegiate level. According to a study done in 2005, women’s participation in STEM programs went from 16.4% down from 19.6% in 1998 (Xie and Shauman 2005). Another study states that only 9% of American engineers are women and only 20% of engineering degrees are earned by women (Margolis and Fisher, 2002). While some of these factors may contribute to women having children and…

Differences in spectral, spatial, radioactive and temporal characteristics could provide various sources of imagery. A vegetation classification developed from the characteristics is important for classifying and mapping vegetation cover. Geographically, Takalar Regency is located at latitude of -5.4162 and longitude of 119.4876. It was the west part from city Makassar in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. It was also close to a boundary of Jeneponto regency. In this study area, it was near with five…

“Mandate of Heaven” was lost. This led to feudal fragmentation of the kingdom. Local Scholar-Gentry became warlords. One such warlord named Dong Zhou took control of the capital and killed all the eunuchs. He placed a child from the Han family named Liu Xie on the throne but controlled the kingdom from behind. Liu was finally abdicated in 220 CE which marked the end of the Han Dynasty. China then fell back into the warring kingdoms era for the next 350 years till it was…

Min Yi Xie Professor: Dr. Motti Anafi Assignment 2 NATS 1670 July 10 2017 Tobacco Advertisement Advertisement as a means of communication is the transmission of information communication function which rapidly transfers a variety of business information to the vast number of consumers, the supply and demand sides and time to communicate. Advertising can guide consumer behavior and promote commodity sales, competition and open up the market and can effectively change the concept of…

For Hakka, Lunar New Year is actually ended by the twentieth day of the month, and many of the Hakka community especially descendants of Hakka do not know it because generally Lunar New Year is ended by the fifth day of the month which is a day called Lantern Festival (yuán xiāo jié). For Hakka people, the twentieth day of the month of Lunar New Year is a day called 天穿节 (tiān chuān jié), one of the important festival for Hakka ethnic. [Malaysian Chinese and Culture Investigative Group, 2015.]…

differentiating products in monopolistic market. Product branding comprises of design, logo and messaging. The idea of product branding is to trigger an emotional connection in consumers and this connection will last throughout the whole life of the product (Xie and Boggs, 2006). It makes product have unique image and identity and this makes firms to position all their products differently. Blair (2013) added that product branding helps in market segmentation, customer franchising and faciltates…

On May 12, 2008, a disastrous earthquake, measuring at 8.0 Ms, occurred in Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province, China. The earthquake resulted from the collision between the Indo-Australian Plate and Eurasian Plate along the Longmenshan fault (Liu &Wang, 2013). As one of the most severe earthquakes happened in China, it caused a huge number of deaths and made millions of people become homeless (Zhang et al, 2012). A disaster is not only caused by the natural hazard, which is sometimes unavoidable,…

Cohesive as defined by the Merriam Webster dictionary is closely united or causing people to be closely united. Group cohesion is defined as the level of overall consistency among group members in their social interaction profiles with peers (Shi, B., & Xie, H. 2014). In a cohesive group members are more likely to have a greater influence on one another than in a non-cohesive group. One way in which a group becomes cohesive is through the development of group norms. Group norms are the standards…