Agricultural transformation is a transition process of agriculture from the low development stage to the high development stage. Identifying the agricultural transformation stage and analyzing the evolution of agricultural development types based on...
In order to describe resistivity variation regularities during the process of damage evolution of loading coal mass more comprehensively and accurately, electrical resistivity and acoustic emission (AE) characteristics of coal mass were tested by 353...
Stochastic simulations are often used to determine the crossover rates and step size of evolutionary algorithms to avoid the tuning process, but they cannot fully utilize information from the evolutionary process. A two-stage adaptive differential ev...
Sediment is carried by flows into lake during the formation of lacustrine deltas. The subsequent movement of sediment-laden flow is maintained by the initial momentum at the early stage of delta growth. A theoretical model of the plane jet boundary l...
In Taiwan, over 45% of the energy in common buildings is used for the air-conditioning system. In particular, the chiller plant consumes about 70% of the energy in air-conditioning system. The electric energy consumption of air-condition system in a...
Flood disasters evolve through distinct stages, and emergency supply demand shifts accordingly, rendering static post-disaster distribution plans inadequate for stage-specific rescue needs. This study develops a multi-stage location-routing optimizat...
This paper relied on the investigation of the properties of the stage-structured model of coupled larvae and adult mosquito populations’ evolution when parameterized, in general, by time-varying (or stage-dependent) sequences. In particular, th...
Coal is a carrier of carbon enrichment, so it has the potential for the preparation of coal-based carbon materials. In this paper, LT anthracite and TSG bituminous coal were selected, and the corresponding graphitized samples were prepared from high-...
This study aims to explore the effect of deformation parameters on microstructure evolution during the new two-stage annealing method composed of an aging treatment (AT) and a cooling recrystallization annealing treatment (CRT). Firstly, the hot comp...
Spontaneous mirror symmetry breaking (SMSB), a phenomenon leading to non-equilibrium stationary states (NESS) that exhibits biases away from the racemic composition is discussed here in the framework of dissipative reaction networks. Such networks ma...
In recent years, laterally extensive strike–slip faults with relatively small displacement have been recognized in the central Sichuan Basin during deep hydrocarbon exploration. These faults segment the structural framework and provide key cond...
In this study, in order to obtain excellent mechanical properties in TiB2/Al–Cu–Mn–Cd composite, an optimized heat treatment, i.e., short-time solution treatment at 535 °C for 1 h following long-time solution at 523 °C for 1...
The structure of aspirated coronary thrombus in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is still being studied. Our aims were to characterize coronary thrombi of different ages, focusing on the appearance of activated protein C (APC/PC) an...
Shale diagenesis differs from that of sandstone and carbonate rocks with regard to the type, evolution stage, and evolution mode. The quality of shale reservoirs is closely linked to the extent of diagenetic evolution. This study identifies the types...
The research on geological landscape has received more and more attention worldwide. The National Geological Park of Qian-an mud forest, located in Qian-an Country, Songyuan City (Jilin Province, China) is a rare natural geological landscape formed b...
Baoshan is a world-class skarn Cu-polymetallic deposit located at the junction of the Nanling and Qin-Hang metallogenic belts in China. While there has been extensive research on the mineralogy and geochemistry of skarn deposits, studies on the fluid...
A time-frequency method retrieving the acceleration changes in the terminal stage of the
M6.1 Ludian earthquake in China is discussed in this article. The non-linear, non-stationary
seismo-demformation was obtained by using the Hilbert–Huang tran...
Granite is widely used in laboratory rockburst simulations due to its exceptional strength, brittleness, and uniform composition. This study employs a true triaxial loading system to replicate asymmetric stress states near free surfaces, allowing pre...
The influence of statistically stationary, homogeneous isotropic turbulence (i) on the mean area of a passive front propagating in a constant-density fluid and, hence, (ii) on the mean fluid consumption velocity
Shale formations globally are widely distributed with abundant resources and varied thermal maturation ranges. However, the understanding of shale’s oil generation peak, diagenetic stages, and pore evolution remains incomplete. This study inves...
To explore the evolution in patterns of urban water consumption (UWC) accompanying socio-economic development, historical data on socio-economic conditions and water consumption in developed cities worldwide were collected. stages of evolution and pa...
Based on the characteristics of cities as organic entities, this paper constructs a five-dimensional evaluation framework encompassing economy, industry, society, population, and space. A three-stage process of “fuzzy comprehensive evaluation&m...
Airport pavements are prone to early defects during the construction phase, and their early performance during the construction phase is significantly affected by the external temperature field. This article takes the concrete pavement of Xiamen Xian...
To enhance distribution-network resilience under evolving sandstorms, this paper develops a two-stage mobile energy storage (MES) dispatch framework, in which the hazard model combines storm-front movement, wind exposure, and cumulative insulator dus...
The Boda Claystone Formation (BCF) is an extended sedimentary sequence formed in a shallow-water salt lake under semi-arid to arid climatic conditions during the middle Permian period. The rock was formed predominantly from denuded and altered produc...
The results of observations of the object Th4-4 in 1970–2024 showed that during this period the object went through several stages, when its characteristics corresponded to different classes of objects: Be star, symbiotic star and planetary neb...
To investigate the evolution of acoustic emission (AE) parameters during the flexural failure of reinforced concrete (RC) beams subjected to freeze–thaw and corrosion, four RC beams were fabricated and assigned to four conditioning regimes: no...
Surface deformation induced by underground coal mining shows a clear time-lag effect, with persistent residual deformation in old goafs under strip pillar mining conditions, drawing significant research attention. This study focuses on the Gucheng mi...
The Ordovician carbonate formations in the Ordos Basin provide a crucial stratigraphic unit for prospective oil and gas exploration. Significant progress has been made in the exploration of natural gas within the Ordovician subsalt formations. Noneth...
Understanding the spatiotemporal evolution of waterlogging intensity across winter oilseed rape (WOSR) growth stages and its quantitative relationship with yield losses is critical for agricultural water management in the Middle-Lower Yangtze River R...
Frequent rainfall events threaten expressway operations, and toll stations, as critical network nodes, are vulnerable to functional degradation and cascading effects. However, existing traffic resilience studies mainly focus on urban road networks or...
Although there are many studies on the Jurassic source rocks in the northern margin of the Qaidam Basin, the characteristics of biomarkers and products with the same source rock in different evolutionary stages are still not well understood. Such an...
The variability and heterogeneity found in Évora cheeses, Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), can affect consumers’ choices. Assessing the ripening conditions and their effect can be helpful. To study the effect of ripening duration i...
As a new type of aftertreatment technology, non-thermal plasma (NTP) can effectively decompose the particulate matter (PM) deposited in diesel particulate filters (DPFs). In this paper, a regeneration test of a DPF loaded with carbon black was carrie...
Using cladistic phylogenies (cladograms) to evaluate stratigraphy (taxon distributions and correlations) necessitates various assumptions that include all of the assumptions built into the cladogram, assuming the cladogram is “correct” an...
Carbon emissions in the building materialization stage are highly significant and concentrated. Quantification at this stage is essential for assessing carbon reduction potential, guiding energy-saving strategies, and supporting China’s “...
Inlet gas void fraction (IGVF) affects the cavitation evolution in a multiphase pump and easily results in a drop of the head and efficiency when cavitation is more serious. In this paper, a numerical method was performed to qualitatively and quantit...
Gene duplications generate new genes that can contribute to expression changes and the evolution of new functions. Genomes often consist of gene families that undergo expansions, some of which occur in specific lineages that reflect recent adaptive d...
Ripened Pu-erh tea (RPT) experiences notable aroma transformations during industrial pile fermentation, yet the stage-dependent evolution of key aroma compounds remains poorly understood. This study analyzed two independent industrial batches of RPT...
Conventional typhoon-resistant assessments of floating offshore wind turbines commonly adopt a single stationary extreme environmental condition, although wind and wave characteristics vary substantially among different stages of typhoon evolution. T...
In transient high-pressure gas rock breaking, resilient sealing materials can reduce energy loss during rock breaking and ensure the effectiveness and safety of the operation. This study, utilizing experimental data and finite element analysis, inves...
The sustainable development of the Yellow River Basin (YRB) is regarded as a national strategy for China. Previous literature has focused on the green efficiency measurement of YRB, ignoring its evolution process and influential mechanism. This paper...
Particle-laden flow through rough confined fractures is controlled by the coupled evolution of particle packing, load-bearing contacts, and rough-wall flow channels. In this study, conductivity experiments were performed on rough split-core fractures...
Poverty eradication is a crucial element of SDG 1. Whether the financial resources invested by the Government provide a critical impetus for deeply impoverished rural areas needs to be studied by quantitative analysis. Therefore, this study presents...
Bolt self-loosening under transverse vibration is governed by frictional contact and accumulated interfacial slip. In this study, transverse vibration tests were performed on M8 bolted joints under different initial preloads, displacement amplitudes,...
For investigating the influence mechanism underlying ultrafine Ti(C, N) within micron Ti(C, N)-based cermets, three cermets including diverse ultrafine Ti(C, N) contents were employed. In addition, for the prepared cermets, their sintering process, m...
Constrained multi-objective optimization problems (CMOPs) require optimizing multiple conflicting objectives while satisfying complex constraints. These constraints generate infeasible regions that challenge traditional algorithms in balancing feasib...
The spherical search algorithm is an effective optimizer to solve bound-constrained non-linear global optimization problems. Nevertheless, it may fall into the local optima when handling combination optimization problems. This paper proposes an enhan...
The initial stages of corrosion of AZ31B magnesium alloy, immersed in Ringer’s solution at 37 °C body temperature for four days, have been evaluated by independent gravimetric and chemical methods and through electrochemical impedance spect...
Cover cracking induced by steel corrosion is a critical issue governing the durability degradation of reinforced concrete structures in marine environments. The crack initiation and propagation processes dominated by non-uniform rust expansion stress...
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