China has recently overtaken the U.S to become the world largest importer of crude oil. In light of this fact, this paper formally compares contributions of demand shocks from China, the U.S and the rest of the world. It finds that China's influence on the real price of oil has increased over the past two...

The purpose of this paper is to study the effect of S.trifasciatavar.laurentii (variegated snake plant) on indoor environment. The results showed experimental room with three pots of S.trifasciatavar.laurentii was 1.6% higher in the room air relative humidity, 0.997℃ lower in temperature, 15.5% lower in PM2.5 concen-tration, 16.4% lower in PM10 concentration than the control room.