We characterise the geometry of the statistical Roegenian manifold that arises from the equilibrium distribution of an income of noninteracting identical economic actors. The main results for ideal income are included in three subsections: partition...
The China–Russia northeast–far east transboundary region is ecologically complex and economically promising, but fragmented cross-border management poses challenges to ecological security and regional sustainable development. To scientifi...
The analysis aims to identify spatial variations of socio-economic development in Poland at the local level and to determine their correlation with conditions resulting from the historical political divisions of today’s areas of the country. The rese...
The inference of dynamical fields is of paramount importance in science, technology, and economics. Dynamical field inference can be based on information field theory and used to infer the evolution of fields in dynamical systems from finite data. He...
In kinetic exchange models, agents make transactions based on well-established microscopic rules that give rise to macroscopic variables in analogy to statistical physics. These models have been applied to study processes such as income and wealth di...
This work addresses the wind farm (WF) optimization layout considering several substations. It is given a set of wind turbines jointly with a set of substations, and the goal is to obtain the optimal design to minimize the infrastructure cost and the...
Water Network Partitioning (WNP) improves water network management, simplifying the computation of water budgets and, consequently, allowing the identification and reduction of water losses. It is achieved by inserting flow meters and gate valves int...
Knowledge on evolving physical fields is of paramount importance in science, technology, and economics. Dynamical field inference (DFI) addresses the problem of reconstructing a stochastically-driven, dynamically-evolving field from finite data. It r...
Urbanization significantly affects the global carbon balance. Therefore, clarifying the effect of urbanization-induced land use change on carbon emissions and proposing the zonal-based policy implementation became crucial. In this study, we estimated...
Pre-dispatch is an important way for distribution networks to cope with typhoon weather, enhance resilience and reduce economic losses. In order to accurately describe the faults and consequences of components’ failure in the distribution netwo...
In this work, we propose a dynamic cobweb-type market equilibrium model where supply responds to price using a Mittag–Leffler kernel generalized weighted Caputo fractional derivative. By permitting independent fractional orders, a time-varying...
This study examines the heat and mass transfer coefficient, thermal effusivity, and other thermal properties of solar-dried cocoyam chips, as well as the drying kinetics. The research also assessed the economics of the solar dryer. For these reasons,...
Yam (Dioscorea cayennensis subsp. rotundata,hereafter referred to as Dioscorea rotundata) is a staple tropical tuber crop with notable nutritional and economic value. Its development and yield depend on efficient sucrose allocation from source tissue...
The aim of the study is to analyze the challenges and opportunities of conversions and adaptations of Polish modernist hotel buildings to new functions. Preliminary research shows that hotels constitute a significant group among unused buildings from...
This study addresses the problem of minimizing cable costs in Standardized Photovoltaic Power Units (SPPUs) by proposing an integrated inverter placement optimization framework. A high-precision economic model is first established to quantify the cos...
Flat slabs have several advantages such as a reduced and simpler formwork, versatility, and easier space partitioning, thus making them an economical and efficient structural system. When producing structural components in series, every detail can le...
The energy storage adjustment strategy of source and load storage in a DC microgrid is very important to the economic benefits of a power grid. Therefore, a multi-timescale energy storage optimization method for direct current (DC) microgrid source-l...
Ectomycorrhizal fungal sporomes represent complex microuniverses harboring structurally and functionally eclectic microbiomes with significant ecological roles and potential anthropogenic applications. Nevertheless, the factors governing the assembly...
With the fast development of artificial intelligence techniques, data-driven modeling approaches are becoming hotspots in both academic research and engineering practice. This paper proposes a novel data-driven T-S fuzzy model to precisely describe t...
Urban–rural integration (URI) is essential to achieving sustainable development. However, the rural areas surrounding large cities typically have a large scale and significant differences in development conditions. It is necessary to formulate...
The consequences of dam damage caused by explosions, wars, and terrorist attacks are extremely serious, and they can cause casualties among downstream residents. Studying the damage behaviors of dams is a prerequisite for improving their anti-knock p...
A discrete system’s heterogeneity is measured by the Rényi heterogeneity family of indices (also known as Hill numbers or Hannah–Kay indices), whose units are the numbers equivalent. Unfortunately, numbers equivalent heterogeneity...
The rising concern about climate change and other challenges faced by the planet led society to look for different design solutions and approaches towards a more balanced relationship between the built and natural environment. The circular economy is...
Cannabis sativa is a crop which has been cultivated since ancient times, with important cultural and industrial value. Due to its substantial economic impact, cannabis has attracted widespread scientific attention. A pan-genome is a significant tool...
In the present paper, we investigate how the general intelligence quotient (IQ) and its subtests changed for students from Russian University from 1991 to 2013. This study of the effect of such factors as gender, department, and year on the IQ respon...
The Earth’s climate has warmed by approximately 0.6 °C over the last century, but temperature change in the Taihang Mountain region—an important transition zone in North China which functions as an ecological barrier for Beijing, Tian...
In the search for a better administrative functioning as a key dimension of economic performances, changes in municipal boundaries and the creation (or suppression) of local administrative units reflect a progressive adjustment to a spatially varying...
A reasonable ecological compensation scheme for watersheds is beneficial for water resource protection and ecological sustainability. The existing literature has few watershed ecological compensation (WEC) schemes based on long-term observation and l...
Transcription factors refer to types of proteins that perform significant functions in the process of gene expression regulation. The ethylene insensitive 3/ethylene insensitive 3-like (EIN3/EIL) family, functioning as significant transcription facto...
With the obvious regionalization trend in the new period of urbanization in China, the scientific delineation of functional regions (FRs) at different scales has become a heated topic recently. Since the 20th century, western academia has formed a ba...
Mounting evidence in the literature indicates an important role of endogenous and exogenous melatonin in driving physiological and molecular adaptations in livestock. Melatonin has been extensively studied in seasonally polyestrous animals whereby su...
Treatments to reduce the leaching of contaminants (chloride, sulfate, heavy metals) into the environment from bottom ash (BA) are investigated, as a function of the ash’s particle size (s). The aim is to make BA suitable for reuse as secondary...
This paper proposes a mathematical model based on a mechanistic approach and previous research findings for the bacterial canker disease development in kiwifruit vines. This disease is a leading cause of severe damage to kiwifruit vines, particularly...
A novel design of a proton exchange membrane electrolyzer is presented. In contrast to previous designs, the flow field plates are round and oriented horizontally with the feed water entering from a central hole and spreading evenly outward over the...
As an effective energy storage solution, gas reservoir compressed air energy storage (CAES) can efficiently utilize curtailed wind power to meet urban electricity demands. Well pattern optimization enables rational design and adjustment of well layou...
In this study, a techno-economic and carbon footprint (GHG, CO2-equivalent) analysis was conducted on two alternative biofuels, green diesel and bio-jet fuel, produced from renewable lipids. The focus of the work is the comparison of various lipid fe...
The penetration of photovoltaic (PV) outputs brings great challenges to optimal operation of active distribution networks (ADNs), especially leading to more serious overvoltage problems. This study proposes a zonal voltage control scheme based on mul...
Increasing economic and population growth has led to a rise in electricity consumption. Consequently, electrical utility firms must have a proper energy management strategy in place to improve citizens’ quality of life and ensure an organizatio...
The objectives of this study were two-fold. Firstly, to estimate the likely correlated responses in milk urea nitrogen (MUN) concentration, lactation yields of milk (MY), fat (FY) and crude protein (CPY) and mature cow liveweight (LWT) under three se...
Anthropically-induced land-use/land cover (LULC) changes create an imbalance between water and energy fluxes by affecting rainfall-runoff partitioning. This alters the catchment’s flow regime, generating increased highs and reduced low flows, t...
The rare earth elements (REEs) have unique and diverse properties that make them function as an “industrial vitamin” and thus, many countries consider them as strategically important resources. China, responsible for more than 60% of the...
Grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3 (GLRaV-3) is one of the most important viruses affecting global grape and wine production. GLRaV-3 is the chief agent associated with grapevine leafroll disease (GLRD), the most prevalent and economically destruc...