The Study of Human Resources Management in Chinese Banks: The Reasons that Chinese State-Owned Commercial Banks’ Staff Has the Intention to Quit

This paper aims to analysis the reasons that state-owned commercial banks’ (SOCBs) staff has the intention to turnover, and try to provide some suggestions to help SOCBs retain their staff. The author decided to study this topic because the author had two months working experience in one of the SOCBs --- Bank of China (BOC). The author finds that the phenomenon of staff’s turnover is not isolated, but it’s widespread and has serious negative impact on these government banks, such as BOC. Through the author’s research, 86.61% respondents in the SOCBs have the intention to turnover to the non-state-owned commercial banks. According to Community Banker (2007), the CEO and president of Cape Cod Cooperative Bank has said that retain their core employees can be a function of the structure of long-term benefit and retain competitive advantage. Thus, it’s necessary to found out the reasons that the staff in SOCBs has the intention to quit. To gain a better understanding of the reasons that SOCBs’ staff has the intention to leave job, a quantitative research study was carried out. The research set out to explore the significant factors that have impact of employees’ intention to quit. The results from this research has demonstrate that the pay satisfaction and job satisfaction was shown a negative relationship with staff’s intention to leave job. More specifically, this study has demonstrated the top seven factors that have impact of intention to quit of both normal staff and middle-level cadres. This research also highlights the shortage of the organisations’ orientation programs. Based on these results, this paper has tried to provide suggestions to the SOCBs

A Simplified All-ZVS Strategy for High-Frequency Triple Active Bridge Converters with Designed Magnetizing Inductance

The triple active bridge (TAB) converters that integrates the on-board charger and the auxiliary power module is ideally suited for producing a high-power density electric vehicle (EV) charger. As the power coupling among each port complicates the TAB's mode analysis, it is challenging to avoid a compromise with high-efficient operation and the wide-applicability of soft-switching operation in the TAB modulation technique. In this work, the influence of the transformer's magnetizing inductance is introduced into the analysis of the TAB converter for simplifying the realization of zero voltage switching (ZVS), and in this way, the power conversion efficiency of TAB operating in high-frequency can be improved. Drawing on the working principles of a single dual active bridge (DAB) converter and the linear superposition theorem, a simplified four-phase modulation (FPM) scheme for the TAB converter is proposed in this article, which is computationally stress-free, featuring low switching and conduction loss characteristics. By combining the FPM scheme with the tuning of the magnetizing inductance value, the ZVS operation of all switches can be readily achieved without imposing extra computational burden. This is particularly advantageous for time-intensive scenarios such as those found in the application of EVs. In addition, the ZVS process of the TAB converter is thoroughly studied and unified to simplify the calculation of ZVS current and required dead time, enabling the identification of the optimal magnetizing inductance value. The proposed optimization solution is introduced, studied, validated, and benchmarked in a 2.5 kW/100 kHz SiC-based TAB prototype, whose operating parameters are tailored to EVs application and peak efficiency reaches 96.3% at a partial load.</p

Roadmap on optical energy conversion

For decades, progress in the field of optical (including solar) energy conversion was dominated by advances in the conventional concentrating optics and materials design. In recent years, however, conceptual and technological breakthroughs in the fields of nanophotonics and plasmonics combined with a better understanding of the thermodynamics of the photon energy-conversion processes reshaped the landscape of energy-conversion schemes and devices. Nanostructured devices and materials that make use of size quantization effects to manipulate photon density of states offer a way to overcome the conventional light absorption limits. Novel optical spectrum splitting and photon-recycling schemes reduce the entropy production in the optical energy-conversion platforms and boost their efficiencies. Optical design concepts are rapidly expanding into the infrared energy band, offering new approaches to harvest waste heat, to reduce the thermal emission losses, and to achieve noncontact radiative cooling of solar cells as well as of optical and electronic circuitries. Light–matter interaction enabled by nanophotonics and plasmonics underlie the performance of the third- and fourth-generation energy-conversion devices, including up- and down-conversion of photon energy, near-field radiative energy transfer, and hot electron generation and harvesting. Finally, the increased market penetration of alternative solar energy-conversion technologies amplifies the role of cost-driven and environmental considerations. This roadmap on optical energy conversion provides a snapshot of the state of the art in optical energy conversion, remaining challenges, and most promising approaches to address these challenges. Leading experts authored 19 focused short sections of the roadmap where they share their vision on a specific aspect of this burgeoning research field. The roadmap opens up with a tutorial section, which introduces major concepts and terminology. It is our hope that the roadmap will serve as an important resource for the scientific community, new generations of researchers, funding agencies, industry experts, and investors.United States. Department of Energy (DE-AC36-086038308

The Study of Human Resources Management in Chinese Banks: The Reasons that Chinese State-Owned Commercial Banks’ Staff Has the Intention to Quit

This paper aims to analysis the reasons that state-owned commercial banks’ (SOCBs) staff has the intention to turnover, and try to provide some suggestions to help SOCBs retain their staff. The author decided to study this topic because the author had two months working experience in one of the SOCBs --- Bank of China (BOC). The author finds that the phenomenon of staff’s turnover is not isolated, but it’s widespread and has serious negative impact on these government banks, such as BOC. Through the author’s research, 86.61% respondents in the SOCBs have the intention to turnover to the non-state-owned commercial banks. According to Community Banker (2007), the CEO and president of Cape Cod Cooperative Bank has said that retain their core employees can be a function of the structure of long-term benefit and retain competitive advantage. Thus, it’s necessary to found out the reasons that the staff in SOCBs has the intention to quit. To gain a better understanding of the reasons that SOCBs’ staff has the intention to leave job, a quantitative research study was carried out. The research set out to explore the significant factors that have impact of employees’ intention to quit. The results from this research has demonstrate that the pay satisfaction and job satisfaction was shown a negative relationship with staff’s intention to leave job. More specifically, this study has demonstrated the top seven factors that have impact of intention to quit of both normal staff and middle-level cadres. This research also highlights the shortage of the organisations’ orientation programs. Based on these results, this paper has tried to provide suggestions to the SOCBs

Layered double hydroxides based on different cations as catalysts for synthesis of poly(1, 5-pentadiol) carbonate diols

607-612Layered double hydroxides (LDHs) based on different metal cations have been prepared by co-precipitation method and characterized with X-ray diffraction and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The sample LDHs have been used as catalysts for transesterification between diphenyl carbonate (DPC) and 1, 5-pentadiol (1, 5-PD) to poly(1,5-pentadiol) carbonate diols. The results show that Zn-Al-CO3 LDH and Mg-Al-CO3 LDH are the most effective catalysts for the transesterification between DPC and 1,5-PD. Taking Zn-Al-CO3 LDH as an example, the effect of the layered structure of LDHs on the transesterification has been investigated. The results show that the stability of layered structure is an important factor that influences the catalytic activity of LDHs

Different dietary carbohydrate component intakes and long-term outcomes in patients with NAFLD: results of longitudinal analysis from the UK Biobank

Abstract Background This study aimed to investigate the association between the intake of different dietary carbohydrate components and the long-term outcomes of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Methods We used prospective data from 26,729 NAFLD participants from the UK Biobank cohort study. Dietary information was recorded by online 24-hour questionnaires (Oxford WebQ). Consumption of different carbohydrate components was calculated by the UK Nutrient Databank Food Composition Table. Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate the adjusted hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence interval (CI). A substitution model was used to estimate the associations of hypothetical substitution for free sugars. Results During a median of 10.5 (IQR: 10.2–11.2) years and a total of 280,135 person-years of follow-up, 310 incident end-stage liver disease (ESLD) and 1750 deaths were recorded. Compared with the lowest quartile, the multi-adjusted HRs (95% CI) of incident ESLD in the highest quartile were 1.65 (1.14–2.39) for free sugars, 0.51 (0.35–0.74) for non-free sugars, and 0.55 (0.36–0.83) for fiber. For overall mortality, the multi-adjusted HRs (95% CI) in the highest quartile were 1.21 (1.04–1.39) for free sugars, 0.79 (0.68–0.92) for non-free sugars, and 0.79 (0.67–0.94) for fiber. Substituting free sugars with equal amounts of non-free sugars, starch or fiber was associated with a lower risk of incident ESLD and overall mortality. Conclusions A lower intake of free sugars and a higher intake of fiber are associated with a lower incidence of ESLD and overall mortality in NAFLD patients. These findings support the important role of the quality of dietary carbohydrates in preventing ESLD and overall mortality in NAFLD patients