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33 Citations
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22 November 2012

The C library libkww provides functions to compute the Kohlrausch–Williams– Watts function, i.e., the Laplace–Fourier transform of the stretched (or compressed) exponential function exp(-tβ ) for exponents β between 0.1 and 1.9 with double precision....

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,078 Views
10 Pages

10 October 2019

South Korea has recently exhibited a remarkable rapid increase in female lifespan. Here, a mathematical analysis is suggested for a clear interpretation of current trends in female lifespan in South Korea. To mathematically analyze life tables, a mod...

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  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,920 Views
12 Pages

“In Situ” Formation of Zn Anode from Bimetallic Cu-Zn Alloy (Brass) for Dendrite-Free Operation of Zn-Air Rechargeable Battery

  • Tibor Nagy,
  • Lajos Nagy,
  • Zoltán Erdélyi,
  • Eszter Baradács,
  • György Deák,
  • Miklós Zsuga and
  • Sándor Kéki

3 November 2022

In this article, the performance of brass electrode was investigated in a Zn-air (charcoal-based cathode) rechargeable battery. The construction of the battery was carried out with biodegradable materials, namely a cotton cloth diaphragm and carboxym...

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  • Open Access
1,078 Views
20 Pages

Analytical and Finite Element Solution for Functionally Graded Pressure Vessels Subjected to Finite Strain Coupled Axial and Torsional Deformations

  • Mohammad Shojaeifard,
  • Arash Valiollahi,
  • Davood Rahmatabadi,
  • Ali Taheri,
  • Eunsoo Choi,
  • Alireza Ostadrahimi and
  • Mostafa Baghani

6 May 2025

This study presents an analytical solution to examine the mechanical behavior of an incompressible, functionally graded hyperelastic cylinder under combined extension and torsion. The exp-exp strain energy density function characterizes the hyperelas...

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  • Open Access
1,045 Views
10 Pages

In this study, we investigate the impact of rising time on alternating current (AC) stress-induced degradation in amorphous indium–tin–gallium–zinc oxide (a-ITGZO) TFTs through both experiments and simulations. When AC bias stresses...

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  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,066 Views
11 Pages

In this paper, a mathematical model based on the one-parameter Mittag-Leffler function is proposed to be used for the first time to describe the relation between the unemployment rate and the inflation rate, also known as the Phillips curve. The Phil...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,208 Views
16 Pages

17 August 2021

Impaired tissue perfusion underlies many chronic disease states and aging. Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) is a noninvasive MRI technique that has been widely used to characterize tissue perfusion. Parametric models based on DWI measurements can cha...

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  • Open Access
274 Views
18 Pages

Exponential Tail Estimates for Lacunary Trigonometric Series

  • Maria Rosaria Formica,
  • Eugeny Ostrovsky and
  • Leonid Sirota

22 December 2025

We establish precise exponential tail estimates for lacunary trigonometric sums of the form fN(x)=∑k=1Nckcos(2πnkx), under the Hadamard gap condition. Using cumulant expansions and moment-generating function techniques, we obtain non-asymptoti...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,233 Views
14 Pages

3 May 2020

In the last few years, water utilities have recognized the importance of evaluating the safety of water distribution networks from the potential risks of contamination, arising from failures or from intentional (targeted) or random attacks. Research...

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  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,974 Views
18 Pages

23 August 2021

The study of fluid flow upon an exponentially stretching surface has significant importance due to its applications in technological phenomena at the industrial level. These applications include condensing process of fluid film, heat exchanger proces...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,599 Views
13 Pages

Schrödinger Equation with Geometric Constraints and Position-Dependent Mass: Linked Fractional Calculus Models

  • Ervin K. Lenzi,
  • Luiz R. Evangelista,
  • Haroldo V. Ribeiro and
  • Richard L. Magin

14 August 2022

We investigate the solutions of a two-dimensional Schrödinger equation in the presence of geometric constraints, represented by a backbone structure with branches, by taking a position-dependent effective mass for each direction into account. We...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,022 Views
9 Pages

26 June 2018

The gelation and structural formation of two types of amylose in alkaline solution by in situ neutralization was monitored with time-resolved small-angle X-ray scattering (tr-SAXS). Sharp increases of SAXS profile in lower angle region were observed...

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  • Open Access
53 Citations
3,234 Views
13 Pages

Heat Transfer of Hybrid Nanomaterials Base Maxwell Micropolar Fluid Flow over an Exponentially Stretching Surface

  • Piyu Li,
  • Faisal Z. Duraihem,
  • Aziz Ullah Awan,
  • A. Al-Zubaidi,
  • Nadeem Abbas and
  • Daud Ahmad

4 April 2022

A numerical investigation of three-dimensional hybrid nanomaterial micropolar fluid flow across an exponentially stretched sheet is performed. Recognized similarity transformations are adopted to convert governing equations from PDEs into the set ODE...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,711 Views
15 Pages

The Complex Structure of the Pharmacological Drug–Disease Network

  • Irene López-Rodríguez,
  • Cesár F. Reyes-Manzano,
  • Ariel Guzmán-Vargas and
  • Lev Guzmán-Vargas

31 August 2021

The complexity of drug–disease interactions is a process that has been explained in terms of the need for new drugs and the increasing cost of drug development, among other factors. Over the last years, diverse approaches have been explored to unders...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,103 Views
10 Pages

Skyrmion Dynamics in a Double-Disk Geometry under an Electric Current

  • Sebastián Castillo-Sepúlveda,
  • Javier A. Vélez,
  • Rosa M. Corona,
  • Vagson L. Carvalho-Santos,
  • David Laroze and
  • Dora Altbir

6 September 2022

In this work, we present an analysis of skyrmion dynamics considering Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interactions in an STNO device with a double-disk geometry. Three regimes were observed as a function of geometric parameters and the electric current d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,306 Views
20 Pages

3 January 2018

The significant fluctuation of industrial electricity consumption has a high impact on power load, which makes the research on recurrence intervals between extreme events of theoretical and practical significance. The study uses a high-frequency data...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,792 Views
14 Pages

19 January 2018

The sustainable energy consumption in northeast Asia has a huge impact on regional stability and economic growth, which gives price volatility research in the energy market both theoretical value and practical application. We select China’s fuel oil...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,829 Views
17 Pages

A Pneumatic Generator Based on Gas-Liquid Reversible Transition for Soft Robots

  • Guolong Zhang,
  • Guilin Yang,
  • Yimin Deng,
  • Tianjiang Zheng,
  • Zaojun Fang,
  • Hao Zhang and
  • Xiongyu Jiang

13 May 2021

The soft robots actuated by pressure, cables, thermal, electrosorption, combustion and smart materials are usually faced with the problems of poor portability, noise, weak load capacity, small deformation and high driving voltages. In this paper, a n...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,237 Views
17 Pages

Layer-Specific Damage Modeling of Porcine Large Intestine under Biaxial Tension

  • Aroj Bhattarai,
  • Charlotte Anabell May,
  • Manfred Staat,
  • Wojciech Kowalczyk and
  • Thanh Ngoc Tran

The mechanical behavior of the large intestine beyond the ultimate stress has never been investigated. Stretching beyond the ultimate stress may drastically impair the tissue microstructure, which consequently weakens its healthy state functions of a...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
941 Views
33 Pages

This work develops a unified size-dependent shear deformation theory (SDSDT) to analyze the free vibration behavior of a functionally graded (FG) magneto-electro-elastic (MEE) microplate under fully simply supported conditions, open- or closed-circui...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,970 Views
15 Pages

8 October 2022

Borel summation is applied iteratively in conjunction with self-similar iterated roots. In general form, the iterative Borel summation is presented in the form of a multi-dimensional integral. It can be developed only numerically and is rarely used....

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
5,614 Views
16 Pages

Fractional Order Complexity Model of the Diffusion Signal Decay in MRI

  • Richard L. Magin,
  • Hamid Karani,
  • Shuhong Wang and
  • Yingjie Liang

12 April 2019

Fractional calculus models are steadily being incorporated into descriptions of diffusion in complex, heterogeneous materials. Biological tissues, when viewed using diffusion-weighted, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), hinder and restrict the diffusi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
2,773 Views
16 Pages

18 October 2022

This research work describes and investigates Williamson nanofluid flow over an exponentially stretching permeable vertical plate with temperature-dependent thermal conductivity and viscosity. The governing non-linear partial differential equations (...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,352 Views
15 Pages

24 January 2018

The energy management of office buildings has been a rising concern for owners, researchers, and energy suppliers. The volatility of power load in office buildings threatens energy consumption and risks device security. This paper investigates the lo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
3,844 Views
21 Pages

Entropy Analysis of 3D Non-Newtonian MHD Nanofluid Flow with Nonlinear Thermal Radiation Past over Exponential Stretched Surface

  • Muhammad Suleman,
  • Muhammad Ramzan,
  • Madiha Zulfiqar,
  • Muhammad Bilal,
  • Ahmad Shafee,
  • Jae Dong Chung,
  • Dianchen Lu and
  • Umer Farooq

5 December 2018

The present study characterizes the flow of three-dimensional viscoelastic magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) nanofluids flow with entropy generation analysis past an exponentially permeable stretched surface with simultaneous impacts of chemical reaction and...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,730 Views
17 Pages

16 September 2021

Studying the growth of 1D structures formed by the self-assembly of crystalline-coil block copolymers in solution at elevated temperatures is a challenging task. Like most 1D fibril structures, they fragment and dissolve when the solution is heated,...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,340 Views
17 Pages

Nanofluids are engineered colloidal suspensions of nanoparticles in the base fluids. At very low particle concentration, nanofluids have a much higher and strongly temperature-dependent thermal conductivity, which enables them to enhance the performa...

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  • Open Access
1,431 Views
18 Pages

Correlated Atomic Dynamics in a CuZrAl Liquid Seen in Real Space and Time Using Time-of-Flight Inelastic Neutron Scattering Studies

  • Noah Kalicki,
  • Kyle Ruhland,
  • Fangzheng Chen,
  • Dante G. Quirinale,
  • Zengquan Wang,
  • Douglas L. Abernathy,
  • K. F. Kelton and
  • Nicholas A. Mauro

11 February 2025

When examined at the nanometer length scale, metallic liquids exhibit extensive ordering. Bonding enthalpies are balanced against entropic tendencies resulting in a rich complicated behavior that leads to clustering that depends on temperature but ev...

  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
3,691 Views
14 Pages

2 October 2019

A mathematical model comprising Darcy Forchheimer effects on the 3D nanofluid flow with engine oil as a base fluid containing suspended carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is envisioned. The CNTs are of both types i.e., multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,020 Views
10 Pages

Reliability-Aware SPICE Compatible Compact Modeling of IGZO Inverters on a Flexible Substrate

  • Je-Hyuk Kim,
  • Youngjin Seo,
  • Jun Tae Jang,
  • Shinyoung Park,
  • Dongyeon Kang,
  • Jaewon Park,
  • Moonsup Han,
  • Changwook Kim,
  • Dong-Wook Park and
  • Dae Hwan Kim

25 May 2021

Accurate circuit simulation reflecting physical and electrical stress is of importance in indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO)-based flexible electronics. In particular, appropriate modeling of threshold voltage (VT) changes in different bias and bending...

  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
12,303 Views
16 Pages

12 October 2016

One of the fundamental questions about human language is whether its entropy rate is positive. The entropy rate measures the average amount of information communicated per unit time. The question about the entropy of language dates back to experiment...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,226 Views
15 Pages

We have investigated the ultrasonically induced birefringence traces of aqueous solutions of dexamethasone disodium phosphate, a derivative of hydrocortisone (cortisol). The stationary birefringence and the transient built-up and decay relaxation pro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,874 Views
19 Pages

Performance of Millimeter Wave Dense Cellular Network Using Stretched Exponential Path Loss Model

  • Hira Mariam,
  • Irfan Ahmed,
  • Sundus Ali,
  • Muhammad Imran Aslam and
  • Ikram Ur Rehman

19 December 2022

Future wireless networks are expected to be dense and employ a higher frequency spectrum such as millimeter wave (mmwave) to support higher data rates. In a dense urban environment, the presence of obstructions causes the transmissions between the us...

  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
2,531 Views
13 Pages

An Effect of Radiation and MHD Newtonian Fluid over a Stretching/Shrinking Sheet with CNTs and Mass Transpiration

  • T. Maranna,
  • K. N. Sneha,
  • U. S. Mahabaleshwar,
  • Ioannis E. Sarris and
  • Theodoros E. Karakasidis

27 May 2022

The invention of carbon nanotubes (CNT) has a wide range of industrial and medical applications. The notion of boundary layer flow is used in medicine, particularly in nanomedicine, and the use of magnetic fields is used to treat cancer tumour growth...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,388 Views
19 Pages

A Study on the Oxidative Functionalization of a Poplar Biochar

  • Antonella Di Vincenzo,
  • Ettore Madonia,
  • Calogero Librici,
  • Paola Bambina,
  • Delia Chillura Martino,
  • Susanna Guernelli,
  • Paolo Lo Meo and
  • Pellegrino Conte

25 February 2025

This study investigates the functionalization of a poplar biochar (PB), obtained by high-temperature pyrolysis, under oxidative conditions typically used in organic synthesis. In particular, concentrated nitric acid, a sulfonitric mixture and a piran...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,100 Views
16 Pages

Double-twisted hexagonal gabion wire mesh is a type of reinforced soil material that is used in gabion retaining walls to stabilize the soil slope in geotechnical engineering. In this study, a series of tensile tests were conducted to investigate the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,567 Views
18 Pages

20 May 2018

Based on 15-min high-frequency power load data from a Chinese hospital, by adopting recurrence interval analysis, an attempt is made to provide a new perspective for improving hospital energy administration in electrical efficiency and safety. Initia...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,214 Views
14 Pages

The Ageing of μPlasma-Modified Polymers: The Role of Hydrophilicity

  • Chang Che,
  • Behnam Dashtbozorg,
  • Shaojun Qi,
  • Matt J. North,
  • Xiaoying Li,
  • Hanshan Dong and
  • Michael J. Jenkins

19 March 2024

Thermoplastic polymers exhibit relatively limited surface energies and this results in poor adhesion when bonded to other materials. Plasma surface modification offers the potential to overcome this challenge through the functionalisation of the poly...

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  • Open Access
3,437 Views
28 Pages

Hazard Model: Epidemic-Type Aftershock Sequence (ETAS) Model for Hungary

  • Péter Szabó,
  • László Tóth and
  • Judith Cerdà-Belmonte

22 February 2023

In this article we present a space–time epidemic-type aftershock sequence (ETAS) model for the area of Hungary, motivated by the goal of its application in insurance risk models. High-quality recent instrumental data from the period 1996–...

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  • Open Access
37 Citations
5,998 Views
26 Pages

Financial Return Distributions: Past, Present, and COVID-19

  • Marcin Wątorek,
  • Jarosław Kwapień and
  • Stanisław Drożdż

12 July 2021

We analyze the price return distributions of currency exchange rates, cryptocurrencies, and contracts for differences (CFDs) representing stock indices, stock shares, and commodities. Based on recent data from the years 2017–2020, we model tails of t...

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  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,973 Views
13 Pages

Evaluating the Influence of Nitrogen Fertilizers and Biochar on Brassica oleracea L. var. botrytis by the Use of Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy

  • Daniela Losacco,
  • Claudia Campanale,
  • Marina Tumolo,
  • Valeria Ancona,
  • Carmine Massarelli and
  • Vito Felice Uricchio

22 September 2022

The exponential growth of the human population requires an increasing application of nitrogen (N) fertilizers, causing environmental pollution. Biochar (B) amended soil has been suggested as a sustainable agricultural practice to improve crop yield a...

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  • Open Access
505 Views
23 Pages

28 November 2025

Drug delivery from cylindrical tablets of arbitrary dimensions is discussed here, using the analytical solution of diffusion equation. Utilizing dimensionless quantities, we show that the release profiles are determined by a unique parameter, represe...

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  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,444 Views
29 Pages

Mathematical Approach for Mechanical Behaviour Analysis of FGM Plates on Elastic Foundation

  • Fatima Zohra Zaoui,
  • Djamel Ouinas,
  • Belkacem Achour,
  • Mabrouk Touahmia,
  • Mustapha Boukendakdji,
  • Enamur R. Latifee,
  • Ahmed A. Alawi Al-Naghi and
  • Jaime Aurelio Viña Olay

15 December 2022

This paper presents the flexural analysis of functionally graded plates resting on elastic foundations using new two-dimensional (2D) and quasi-three-dimensional (quasi-3D) higher order shear deformation theories. The main interesting feature of this...

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  • Open Access
414 Views
20 Pages

Synthesis of Bio-Based Polyurethanes from Functionalized Sunflower Seed Oil

  • Csilla Lakatos,
  • Katalin Czifrák,
  • Csaba Cserháti,
  • Réka Borsi-Gombos,
  • Lajos Nagy,
  • Miklós Zsuga and
  • Sándor Kéki

25 November 2025

In this study, bio-based polyurethanes (PUs) were synthesized using renewable polyols derived from sunflower seed oil, aiming to develop flexible yet robust polymeric films and scaffolds. Given their composition and favorable physico-chemical propert...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,497 Views
24 Pages

4 March 2022

Single pulse, solid-state 29Si nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy offers an additional method of characterisation of opal-A and opal-CT through spin-lattice (T1) relaxometry. Opal T1 relaxation is characterised by stretched exponential (We...

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  • Open Access
45 Citations
3,477 Views
28 Pages

4 May 2022

The current investigations are carried out to study the influence of the Darcy–Forchheimer relation on third-grade fluid flow and heat transfer over an angled exponentially stretching sheet embedded in a porous medium. In the current study, the...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,942 Views
22 Pages

9 March 2025

Compared to natural and shale gas, studies on predicting production specific to coalbed methane (CBM) are still relatively limited, and mainly use decline curve methods such as Arps, Stretched Exponential Decline Model, and Duong’s model. In re...

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  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,966 Views
35 Pages

2 December 2023

Different viscoelastic models and characteristics are commonly used to describe, analyze, compare and improve the mechanical properties of polymers. A time-dependent linear relaxation modulus next to frequency-domain storage and loss moduli are the b...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,100 Views
17 Pages

Feasibility of Dynamic Inhaled Gas MRI-Based Measurements Using Acceleration Combined with the Stretched Exponential Model

  • Ramanpreet Sembhi,
  • Tuneesh Ranota,
  • Matthew Fox,
  • Marcus Couch,
  • Tao Li,
  • Iain Ball and
  • Alexei Ouriadov

Dynamic inhaled gas (3He/129Xe/19F) MRI permits the acquisition of regional fractional-ventilation which is useful for detecting gas-trapping in lung-diseases such as lung fibrosis and COPD. Deninger’s approach used for analyzing the wash-out d...

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