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Meng XH, Zeng SX, Shi JJ, Qi GY, Zhang ZB. The relationship between corporate environmental performance and environmental disclosure: an empirical study in China. J Environ Manage 2014; 145:357-367. [PMID: 25113230 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2013] [Revised: 02/05/2014] [Accepted: 07/07/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Based on a content analysis of 533 Chinese listed companies, this study examines how corporate environmental performance affects not only the level of detail of a company's environmental disclosures, but also what information is disclosed. The results show that (1) both poor and good performers have more disclosure than the median (i.e., "mixed") performers, which provides empirical evidence to support a nonlinear relationship between corporate environmental performance and environmental disclosure; (2) poor performers disclose more soft information on environmental performance than good performers, and good performers disclose more solid information; and (3) although poor performers increase disclosure after being exposed as environmental violators, they avoid disclosing negative environmental information, such as the violation and the associated penalties. This study provides additional evidence for a nonlinear relationship between environmental performance and disclosure in emerging markets, and suggests environmental disclosure may not be a valid signal to differentiate good performers from poor performers in contemporary China.
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- X H Meng
- Antai School of Management, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 535 Fahuazhen Road, Shanghai 200052, China; School of Politics and Public Administration, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Antai School of Management, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 535 Fahuazhen Road, Shanghai 200052, China.
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- College of Design, Construction and Planning, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-5703, United States
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- School of Business, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- School of Politics and Public Administration, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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Qi GY, Zeng SX, Shi JJ, Meng XH, Lin H, Yang QX. Revisiting the relationship between environmental and financial performance in Chinese industry. J Environ Manage 2014; 145:349-356. [PMID: 25113229 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2013] [Revised: 01/31/2014] [Accepted: 07/07/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The debate on the relationship between corporate or industrial environmental performance (EP) and financial performance (FP) has yet to be resolved, and studies need to examine the possible moderating effects on the EP-FP link. We argue that industrial EP has a positive effect on FP and that industrial munificence and resource slack can moderate the EP-FP link. Using a dataset from Chinese industrial firms, we examine the direct effect of industrial EP on FP and the indirect effects of industrial munificence and resource slack on the EP-FP link. Our results show that improving corporate or industrial-level EP significantly influences FP and that slack resources play a significant role on the EP-FP link. However, we found no significant moderating effect of industrial munificence on the link.
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- G Y Qi
- School of Business, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Antai School of Management, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200052, China.
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- College of Design, Construction and Planning, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-5703, United States
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- Antai School of Management, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200052, China
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- Antai School of Management, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200052, China
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- School of Business, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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Lo D, Zhang Y, Dai MS, Sun XX, Zeng SX, Lu H. Nucleostemin stabilizes ARF by inhibiting the ubiquitin ligase ULF. Oncogene 2014; 34:1688-97. [PMID: 24769896 PMCID: PMC4212020 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2014.103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2013] [Revised: 02/02/2014] [Accepted: 03/13/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Up-regulated expression of nucleolar GTPase Nucleostemin (NS) has been associated with increased cellular proliferation potential and tumor malignancy during cancer development. Recent reports attribute the growth regulatory effects of NS protein to its role in facilitating ribosome production. However, the oncogenic potential of NS remains unclear since imbalanced levels of NS have been reported to exert growth inhibitory effect by modulating p53 tumor suppressor activity. It also remains in questions if aberrant NS levels might play a p53-independent role in regulation of cell proliferation and growth. In this study, we performed affinity purification and mass spectrometry analysis to explore protein-protein interactions influencing NS growth regulatory properties independently of p53 tumor suppressor. We identified the Alternative Reading Frame (ARF) protein as a key protein associating with NS and further verified the interaction through in vitro and in vivo assays. We demonstrated that NS is able to regulate cell cycle progression by regulating the stability of the ARF tumor suppressor. Furthermore, overexpression of NS suppressed ARF polyubiquitination by its E3 ligase ULF and elongated its half-life, while knockdown of NS led to the decrease of ARF levels. Also, we found that NS can enhance NPM stabilization of ARF. Thus, we propose that in the absence of p53, ARF can be stabilized by NS and NPM to serve as an alternative tumor suppressor surveillance, preventing potential cellular transformation resulting from the growth inducing effects of NS overexpression.
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- D Lo
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA
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Tam VWY, Hao JL, Zeng SX. WHAT AFFECTS IMPLEMENTATION OF GREEN BUILDINGS? AN EMPIRICAL STUDY IN HONG KONG. International Journal of Strategic Property Management 2012. [DOI: 10.3846/1648715x.2011.645559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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This paper examines the factors affecting the implementation of green buildings for the local construction industry. Questionnaire surveys and structural interviews were conducted to investigate the economical and social factors in the implementation of green buildings. From the survey results, the industry strongly believes that green building implementation is environment-friendly and can improve social values to the consumers. However, material costs, construction and transportation for green materials and green building features are more expensive than those for the conventional buildings. Four major factors affecting the existing limited implementation of green buildings were also discussed. Recommendations to improve the implementation of green buildings were also explored. This study can bring insights locally and around the world on how green buildings can be implemented to achieve environment-friendly, long-term cost saving and being recognized by the society and the consumers to reduce difficulties and burden encountered in the implementation.
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- Vivian W. Y. Tam
- School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith South DC, NSW 1797, Australia
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- Department of Architectural Science, Ryerson University, Canada
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- Aetna School of Management, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, 200052, China
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Zeng SX, Xie XM, Tam CM, Shen LY. An empirical examination of benefits from implementing integrated management systems (IMS). Total Quality Management & Business Excellence 2011. [DOI: 10.1080/14783363.2010.530797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Dou HS, Zeng SX, Wang YH, Shang MY. [Studies on method for the determination of kaerophyllin in Bupleurum smithii wolff Wolff var. parvifolium]. Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi 2000; 25:488-9. [PMID: 12515213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To establish a quantitative method for the determination of kaerophyllin in Chinese medicine Bupleurum smithii ver. parvifolium. METHOD Kaerophyllin was determined by HPLC, the mobile phase consisted of methanol-water(70:30), the flow rate was 1 ml.min-1, the eluate was monitored with UV detector at 328 nm. RESULT The average recovery was 97.1% with RSD = 2.15 (n = 5). CONCLUSION The result was precise and stable. This method was sensitive and its repeatability was excellent. This method may serve determination of kaerophyllin in B. smithii var. parvifolium.
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- H S Dou
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciencn, West China University of Medical Sciences, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, China
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Tao CZ, Liu Y, Chen BS, Cao WP, Zeng SX, Yang ZX. [An experimental study on the HA-coated zirconia ceramic material for an endosseous implant]. Shanghai Kou Qiang Yi Xue 1994; 3:208-11. [PMID: 15160127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2023]
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HA layer is sintered onto the surface of zirconia ceramic material.These column-like composite implants and titanium implants were inserted into the femurs of the dogs.The speciments were taken at the third month after operation,and the shear strengths between the implants and bone were measured.The undecalcified bone section containing the composite ceramic implant were cut for light microscopy,scanning electron microscopy and elemental analyses of C,P and Zr.Mechanical testing results revealed that the attachment strength of HA-coated zirconia samples is more stronger,as companied with the titanium samples.Histologic evaluations of the undecalcified specimens showed that extremely close juxlaposition of bone to HA-coated zirconia ceramic implants was seen.
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- C Z Tao
- Departmet Of Stomatology,Changzheng Hospital,The Second Militrary Medical University.Shanghai 200003,China
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Li ZR, Feng JB, Liang F, Zeng SX, Han R. [Effects of aclacinomycin B on biological macromolecular contents and synthesis of L1210 cells]. Zhongguo Yi Xue Ke Xue Yuan Xue Bao 1984; 6:174-8. [PMID: 6241042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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