With global warming and the depletion of fossil resources, our fossil fuel-dependent society is expected to shift to one that instead uses hydrogen (H2) as a clean and renewable energy. To realize this, the photocatalytic water-splitting reaction, wh...
Engineered cementitious composite (ECC) functional gradient concrete has a promising application future, and its mechanical features are piquing the interest of researchers. The impacts of this strength class of concrete, interface reinforcement tech...
In this article we present the multivariate approximation of time splitting random functions defined on a box or
With the rapid development of society, the number of hydropower projects has increased. During the construction of these projects, due to excavation-induced unloading, the high sidewalls of the hydropower station are often subject to splitting failur...
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Sagittal split ramus osteotomy (SSRO) is a standard surgical technique for patients with mandibular prognathism. However, the appropriate position of the proximal fragment is not strictly defined, and rigid fixation can induce early postoperative ske...
In the context of intelligent Internet-of-Things (IoT) systems, security can be viewed as preserving symmetry among trusted entities, accurate physical observations, and secure digital interactions despite adversarial threats. Analyzing the security...
Photocatalytic water splitting is considered a promising pathway for hydrogen production. However, the practical application of this process is hindered by various challenges, including (i) rapid charge carrier recombination, (ii) photocorrosion, and...
The functional anatomy of the split compound eyes of whirligig beetles Dineutus mellyi (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae) was examined by advanced microscopy and microcomputed tomography. We report the first 3D visualization and analysis of the split compound e...
Paediatric chronic conditions, e.g., chronic pain and functional gastrointestinal disorders, are commonly diagnosed, with fatigue, pain and abdominal discomfort the most frequently reported symptoms across conditions. Regardless of whether symptoms a...
Two types of bivariate discrete weight lattice Fourier–Weyl transforms are related by the central splitting decomposition. The two-variable symmetric and antisymmetric Weyl orbit functions of the crystallographic reflection group
Self-administered computerized assessment has the potential to increase the reach of neuropsychological assessment. The present study reports the first split-half reliability estimates for a self-administered computerized variant of the Wisconsin Car...
A numerical solution for the broadband planar-lightwave-circuit (PLC) splitter with a variable splitting ratio based on asymmetric three waveguides weighted by the Blackman weighting function is designed for passive optical network applications with...
Electrowetting displays (EWDs) are one of the most potential electronic papers. However, they have the problem of oil film splitting, which could lead to a low aperture ratio of EWDs. In this paper, a driving waveform was proposed to reduce oil film...
Electrocatalytic water splitting powered by renewable energy is a promising route for sustainable hydrogen production. Rather than developing separate catalysts for HER and OER, recent efforts focus on multifunctional electrocatalysts that can effici...
Josip Vojnović (Omiš, 1929–Split, 2008) is a prominent Croatian architect, primarily known in professional circles for organising the construction of Split 3, the expansion of Split during the 1970s. His professional career began wi...
Chromoblastomycosis (CBM) is a disease caused by several dematiaceous fungi from different genera, and Fonsecaea is the most common which has been clinically isolated. Genetic transformation methods have recently been described; however, molecular to...
Cloud-Radio Access Network (RAN) is one of the architectural solutions for those mobile networks that aim to provide an infrastructure that satisfies the communication needs of a wide range of services and deployments. In Cloud-RAN, functions can be...
The potential use of graphene in various strain engineering applications requires an accurate characterization of its properties when the material is under different mechanical loads. In this work, we present the strain dependence of the geometrical...
Photocatalytic water splitting has emerged as a promising strategy for sustainable hydrogen production using solar energy. In this work, we investigate the photocatalytic performance of the C2N monolayer under O2 and O3 exposure. Upon adsorption on C...
This paper presents a novel decomposition method for split-film probes to improve pitch angle determination over a wide range of flow velocities. Conventional approaches often suffer from the velocity dependence of the directional response function,...
Orthogonally splitting imaging pose sensor is a new sensor with two orthogonal line array charge coupled devices (CCDs). Owing to its special structure, there are distortion correction and imaging model problems during the calibration procedure. This...
In this paper, we develop and study a novel testing procedure that has more a powerful ability to detect mean difference for functional data. In general, it includes two stages: first, splitting the sample into two parts and selecting principle compo...
The solar motivated photoelectrochemical (PEC), used in water splitting systems, shows superior talent in converting solar energy in the form of cleaning and in sustaining a chemical energy evolution. PEC systems present by integrating a photoelectro...
Recent improvements in optical tools that can perturb brain activity and simultaneously reveal the elicited alterations in the associated regions offer an exceptional means to understand and map the connectivity of the brain. In this work, we exploit...
To improve the accuracy and efficiency of engineering structural reliability analysis under imbalanced sample conditions, an adaptive deep neural network (ADNN) method is pro-posed. The method integrates limit state surface (LSS)-based stratified spl...
Barium titanate (BaTiO3) has long been recognized as a promising photocatalyst for solar-driven water splitting due to its unique ferroelectric, piezoelectric, and electronic properties. This review provides a comprehensive analysis of atomistic simu...
A mixed-metal ternary chalcogenide, cobalt molybdenum telluride (CMT), has been identified as an efficient tri-functional electrocatalyst for seawater splitting, leading to enhanced oxygen evolution reaction (OER), hydrogen evolution reaction (HER),...
We show that the results we had previously obtained on diagonals of 9- and 10-parameter families of rational functions in three variables
Ni-based catalysts are attractive alternatives to noble metal electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Herein, we present a dispersion-corrected density functional theory (DFT-D3) insight into HER activity on the (111), (110), (001...
Octahedral nickel(II) complexes are among the simplest systems that exhibit zero-field splitting by having two unpaired electrons. For the purpose of clarifying the relationship between structure and zero-field splitting in a low-symmetric system, di...
The metalens has been a hotspot in scientific communications in recent years. The polarization-controlled functional metalens is appealing in metalens investigation. We propose a metalens with dual functions that are controlled by polarization states...
Constructing van der Waals (vdW) hetero-structure by stacking different two-dimensional (2D) materials has become an effective method for designing new-type and high-quality electronic and optoelectronic nano-devices. In this work, we designed a 2D A...
In 5G and beyond 5G networks, function placement is a crucial strategy for enhancing the flexibility and efficiency of the Radio Access Network (RAN). However, demonstrating optimal function splitting and placement to meet diverse user demands remain...
In this paper, we investigate the numerical valuation of European and American options under the time fractional Black-Scholes model. We first apply a coordinate stretching transformation to the asset price so that the spatial region can focus on the...
Visible-light-driven photocatalytic overall water splitting is deemed to be an ideal way to generate clean and renewable energy. The direct Z-scheme photocatalytic systems, which can realize the effective separation of photoinduced carriers and posse...
A meshless numerical scheme combining the operator splitting method (OSM), the radial basis function (RBF) interpolation, and the method of fundamental solutions (MFS) is developed for solving transient nonlinear bioheat problems in two-dimensional (...
The study gives a brief overview of existing modifications of the method of functional separation of variables for nonlinear PDEs. It proposes a more general approach to the construction of exact solutions to nonlinear equations of applied mathematic...
Due to resilience to background noise, stability of sparse reconstruction, and ability to capture local time-frequency information, the frame theory is becoming a dynamic forefront topic in data science. In this study, we overcome the disadvantages i...
In this paper we present a two parameter family of differential equations treated by Jacopo Riccati, which does not appear in any modern repertoires and we extend the original solution method to a four parameter family of equations, translating the R...
Band gap magnitudes and valence band energies of Ta5+ containing simple perovskites (BaTaO2N, SrTaO2N, CaTaO2N, KTaO3, NaTaO3, and TaO2F) were studied by diffuse reflection absorbance measurements, density-functional theoretical calculations, and X-r...
The challenge of improving the efficiency of photo-electrochemical devices is often addressed through doping. However, this strategy could harm performance. Specifically, as demonstrated in a recent experiment, doping one of the most widely used mate...
Persistence, coexistence, competitive exclusion, and global asymptotic stability (GAS) are closely related problems in mathematical epidemiology that are often treated by model-specific arguments. We develop a unified approach to GAS based on Perron&...
Land Surface Temperature (LST) is an important measurement in studies related to the Earth surface’s processes. The Advanced Space-borne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument onboard the Terra spacecraft is the currently avail...
Understanding the atomic-level behavior of photocatalysts under hydrated conditions is essential for improving hydrogen production efficiency. In this work, density functional theory calculations and classical all-atom molecular dynamics simulations...
Calcium copper titanate (CaCu3Ti4O12, CCTO) has emerged as a promising photocatalyst for solar-driven water splitting owing to its structural stability, visible-light response, and favorable electronic properties. However, the atomic-scale mechanisms...
This paper proposes a feature selection model based on a multilayer genetic algorithm (GA) to select the features of a high stock dividend (HSD) and eliminate the relatively redundant features in the optimal solution by using layer-by-layer informati...
This study evaluates the usefulness of parameters allowing assessment of renal function in absolute values in dynamic renal scintigraphy (DRS) with 99mTc-ethylenedicysteine (99mTc-EC) uptake constant (K), mean transit time (MTT), and parenchymal tran...
The global demand for sustainable energy sources has led to extensive research regarding (green) hydrogen production technologies, with water splitting emerging as a promising avenue. In the near future the calculated hydrogen demand is expected to b...
The Transactional Interpretation of quantum mechanics exploits the intrinsic time-symmetry of wave mechanics to interpret the
The boundary shape function method (BSFM) and the variational iteration method (VIM) are merged together to seek the analytic solutions of nonlinear boundary value problems. The boundary shape function method transforms the boundary value problem to...
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