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  • Open Access
3 Citations
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Robust Soliton Distribution-Based Zero-Watermarking for Semi-Structured Power Data

  • Lei Zhao,
  • Yunfeng Zou,
  • Chao Xu,
  • Yulong Ma,
  • Wen Shen,
  • Qiuhong Shan,
  • Shuai Jiang,
  • Yue Yu,
  • Yihan Cai and
  • Yu Jiang

To ensure the security of online-shared power data, this paper adopts a robust soliton distribution-based zero-watermarking approach for tracing semi-structured power data. The method involves extracting partial key-value pairs to generate a feature...

  • Article
  • Open Access
223 Views
17 Pages

9 January 2026

This study proposes a novel four-pointed-star-shaped honeycomb structure having zero Poisson’s ratio, designed to overcome the stress concentration inherent in traditional point-to-point connected star-shaped honeycombs.By introducing a horizon...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,476 Views
13 Pages

16 October 2024

Correlated binary data in 2 × 2 tables have been analyzed from both the frequentist and Bayesian perspectives, but a fully Bayesian hierarchical model has not yet been proposed. This is a commonly used model for correlated proportions when cons...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
4,822 Views
16 Pages

Thermal expansion is inevitable for space structures under the alternating temperature of outer space around the earth. This may lead to the thermal stress and deformation due to the mismatch of the coefficient of thermal expansion. Near-zero thermal...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,763 Views
18 Pages

Design and Simulation of a New Near Zero-Wear Non-Contact Self-Impact Seal Based on the Tesla Valve Structure

  • Yan Wang,
  • Yiming He,
  • Xuefei Xie,
  • Zhouxin Huang,
  • Hui Xu,
  • Qiong Hu and
  • Chenbo Ma

26 February 2023

This study proposes a new near zero-wear non-contact self-impact seal based on the passive fluid blocking principle and the Tesla valve structure, which is characterised by near zero-wear, a long lifetime, a simple structure and high stability. Resea...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
3,698 Views
17 Pages

3D Zero Poisson’s Ratio Honeycomb Structure for Morphing Wing Applications

  • Xiaobo Gong,
  • Chengwei Ren,
  • Jian Sun,
  • Peiru Zhang,
  • Lei Du and
  • Fang Xie

Such as flying creatures, morphing aircraft can expand their aerodynamic flight envelopes by changing aerodynamic shapes, significantly improving the scope of application and flight efficiency. A novel 3D Zero Poisson’s Ratio (ZPR) honeycomb st...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,154 Views
17 Pages

Relationship between Structure and Zero-Field Splitting of Octahedral Nickel(II) Complexes with a Low-Symmetric Tetradentate Ligand

  • Hiroshi Sakiyama,
  • Rin Kimura,
  • Haruto Oomiya,
  • Ryoji Mitsuhashi,
  • Sho Fujii,
  • Katsuhiko Kanaizuka,
  • Mohd. Muddassir,
  • Yuga Tamaki,
  • Eiji Asato and
  • Makoto Handa

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...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,476 Views
18 Pages

The cable-supported grid structure (CSGS) is a hybrid structure combined with rigidity and flexibility. Its formed state is closely related to the zero-stress state, construction process, and prestress distribution. The prestress self-equilibrium for...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,184 Views
13 Pages

21 August 2025

Quasi-zero-stiffness (QZS) structures can provide a near constant force output in a certain range of displacement without force sensors and controllers. Therefore, they can be used in overload protection, vibration isolation, and biomedical applicati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
49 Citations
8,360 Views
11 Pages

A Near-Zero Refractive Index Meta-Surface Structure for Antenna Performance Improvement

  • Mohammad Habib Ullah,
  • Mohammad Tariqul Islam and
  • Mohammad Rashed Iqbal Faruque

6 November 2013

A new meta-surface structure (MSS) with a near-zero refractive index (NZRI) is proposed to enhance the performance of a square loop antenna array. The main challenge to improve the antenna performance is increment of the overall antenna volume that i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,258 Views
17 Pages

NiTi Alloy Quasi-Zero Stiffness Vibration Isolation Structure with Adjustable Mechanical Properties

  • Qian Wu,
  • Jianxiang Qiao,
  • Xinping Li,
  • Shengsheng Wang,
  • Bingqian Li,
  • Siyang Wu,
  • Zhenguo Wang and
  • Jiangtao Ji

24 January 2025

Despite the significant engineering applications of vibration isolation structures, there remain challenges in adjusting low-frequency isolation performance. To tackle this issue, this study proposes a temperature-controlled quasi-zero stiffness vibr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,668 Views
10 Pages

Exploring Ring Structures: Multiset Dimension Analysis in Compressed Zero-Divisor Graphs

  • Nasir Ali,
  • Hafiz Muhammad Afzal Siddiqui,
  • Muhammad Imran Qureshi,
  • Suhad Ali Osman Abdallah,
  • Albandary Almahri,
  • Jihad Asad and
  • Ali Akgül

20 July 2024

This paper explores the concept of multiset dimensions (Mdim) of compressed zero-divisor graphs (CZDGs) associated with rings. The authors investigate the interplay between the ring-theoretic properties of a ring R and the associated compressed zero-...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
3,141 Views
25 Pages

Algebraic Structure Graphs over the Commutative Ring Zm: Exploring Topological Indices and Entropies Using M-Polynomials

  • Amal S. Alali,
  • Shahbaz Ali,
  • Noor Hassan,
  • Ali M. Mahnashi,
  • Yilun Shang and
  • Abdullah Assiry

7 September 2023

The field of mathematics that studies the relationship between algebraic structures and graphs is known as algebraic graph theory. It incorporates concepts from graph theory, which examines the characteristics and topology of graphs, with those from...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,508 Views
27 Pages

The prevalence of zero-leverage firms is a puzzle in corporate finance. We analyze the acquisition behavior of zero-leverage firms and offer a new venue to the studies on zero-leverage puzzle and the interdependence of capital structures and investme...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,169 Views
39 Pages

23 December 2022

Many so-called ‘zero tense’-marked (which we define as morphologically reduced and underspecified inflections) or untensed verb forms found in tenseless languages, have been characterized as context dependent for their temporal and aspect...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,252 Views
8 Pages

The Slow Death of Capital Protection

  • Christian Bauer and
  • Marc Oliver Rieger

Capital protected products are a special type of structured retail products that guarantee a minimum amount of payment at maturity. They were the earliest type of structured products and are very popular with risk averse investors, but nevertheless h...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,195 Views
25 Pages

We build a model of debt for firms with investment projects, for which flexibility and free cash flow problems are important issues. We focus on the factors that lead the firm to select the zero-debt policy. Our model provides an explanation of the s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
6,968 Views
18 Pages

Automatic controls refer to the application of control theory to regulate systems or processes without human intervention, and the notion is often usefully applied to space applications. A key part of controlling flexible space robotics is the contro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
8,124 Views
20 Pages

Interaction of Lamb Wave Modes with Weak Material Nonlinearity: Generation of Symmetric Zero-Frequency Mode

  • Xiaoqiang Sun,
  • Xiangyan Ding,
  • Feilong Li,
  • Shijie Zhou,
  • Yaolu Liu,
  • Ning Hu,
  • Zhongqing Su,
  • Youxuan Zhao,
  • Jun Zhang and
  • Mingxi Deng

28 July 2018

The symmetric zero-frequency mode induced by weak material nonlinearity during Lamb wave propagation is explored for the first time. We theoretically confirm that, unlike the second harmonic, phase-velocity matching is not required to generate the ze...

  • Article
  • Open Access
367 Views
24 Pages

27 December 2025

In recent years, China has made strong national commitments to waste reduction and circular economy, including the implementation of mandatory municipal solid waste separation policies and the rollout of zero-waste city initiatives. These efforts rep...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,554 Views
10 Pages

Wideband Band-Pass Filter Design Using Coupled Line Cross-Shaped Resonator

  • Dong-Sheng La,
  • Xin Guan,
  • Shuai-Ming Chen,
  • Yu-Ying Li and
  • Jing-Wei Guo

17 December 2020

In this paper, a wideband bandpass filter with a coupled line cross-shaped resonator (CLCSR) is proposed. The proposed bandpass filter is composed of two open-end parallel coupled lines, one short-end parallel coupled line, one branch microstrip line...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,311 Views
30 Pages

Homogeneously Weighted Moving Average Control Charts: Overview, Controversies, and New Directions

  • Jean-Claude Malela-Majika,
  • Schalk William Human and
  • Kashinath Chatterjee

21 February 2024

The homogeneously weighted moving average (HWMA) chart is a recent control chart that has attracted the attention of many researchers in statistical process control (SPC). The HWMA statistic assigns a higher weight to the most recent sample, and the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
7,260 Views
18 Pages

The Relationship between Knowledge, Attitudes, Values, and Technology in Promoting Zero-Waste Pro-Environmental Behaviour in a Zero-Waste Campus Framework

  • Mayawi Baba-Nalikant,
  • Nor Athiyah Abdullah,
  • Mohd Heikal Husin,
  • Sharifah Mashita Syed-Mohamad,
  • Mohamad Saifudin Mohamad Saleh and
  • Asyirah Abdul Rahim

This study aimed to investigate the relationships between knowledge, attitudes, and values in promoting zero-waste, pro-environmental behaviour among the university campus community and how technology plays its role. A survey instrument was developed...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,767 Views
33 Pages

9 October 2022

This paper addresses the issue of optimal redundancy allocation in hybrid structure large binary systems. Two aspects of optimization are considered: (1) maximizing the reliability of the system under the cost constraint, and (2) obtaining the necess...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
3,821 Views
17 Pages

Engineered Shellac Beads-on-the-String Fibers Using Triaxial Electrospinning for Improved Colon-Targeted Drug Delivery

  • Yaoyao Yang,
  • Wei Chen,
  • Menglong Wang,
  • Jiachen Shen,
  • Zheng Tang,
  • Yongming Qin and
  • Deng-Guang Yu

9 May 2023

Colon-targeted drug delivery is gradually attracting attention because it can effectively treat colon diseases. Furthermore, electrospun fibers have great potential application value in the field of drug delivery because of their unique external shap...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,225 Views
22 Pages

5 October 2022

In the present paper, we investigate the financial homogeneity of the euro area economies by contrasting eurozone countries’ responses to monetary policy steps to the theoretical assumptions of the liquidity trap phenomenon. Our assumption is t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,913 Views
10 Pages

Retrieval of Effective Parameters of Subwavelength Periodic Photonic Structures

  • Alexey A. Orlov,
  • Elizaveta A. Yankovskaya,
  • Sergei V. Zhukovsky,
  • Viktoriia E. Babicheva,
  • Ivan V. Iorsh and
  • Pavel A. Belov

17 September 2014

We revisit the standard Nicolson–Ross–Weir method of effective permittivity and permeability restoration of photonic structures for the case of subwavelength metal-dielectric multilayers. We show that the direct application of the standard method yie...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,060 Views
27 Pages

Design and Performance Analysis of a Lightweight Flexible nZEB

  • Graziano Salvalai,
  • Marta Maria Sesana,
  • Diletta Brutti and
  • Marco Imperadori

24 July 2020

Starting from an experimental activity, the paper describes research analysis that has been conducted on a real case construction with the aim to design its adaptation as a nearly zero energy building in three possible alternative scenarios: (i) a la...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,053 Views
20 Pages

9 June 2022

The algebraic structures of zero curvature representations are furnished for multilayer integrable couplings associated with matrix spectral problems, both discrete and continuous. The key elements are a class of matrix loop algebras consisting of bl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,104 Views
11 Pages

Stable Majorana Zero-Energy Modes in Two-Dimensional Josephson Junctions

  • Yuting Huang,
  • Qinyi Wang,
  • Lei Li and
  • Zhenying Wen

19 August 2024

In this paper, a modified Josephson junction model is proposed, which splits the two-dimensional electron gas by inserting a middle superconductor strip into a conventional Josephson junction. This modification enhances the superconducting proximity...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
6,127 Views
14 Pages

Design of a Compact Ultra-Wideband Microstrip Bandpass Filter

  • Chen Li,
  • Zhong-Hua Ma,
  • Jia-Xiang Chen,
  • Meng-Nan Wang and
  • Jian-Mei Huang

A compact ultra-wideband bandpass filter based on a multilayer printed circuit board (MPCB) structure is proposed in this paper. RO4450F prepreg is used to bond three RO4350B dielectric substrates with different thicknesses in the MPCB structure. The...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
890 Views
19 Pages

Differential and Integral Equations Involving Multivariate Special Polynomials with Applications in Computer Modeling

  • Mohra Zayed,
  • Taghreed Alqurashi,
  • Shahid Ahmad Wani,
  • Dixon Salcedo and
  • Mohammad Esmael Samei

This work introduces a new family of multivariate hybrid special polynomials, motivated by their growing relevance in mathematical modeling, physics, and engineering. We explore their core properties, including recurrence relations and shift operator...

  • Feature Paper
  • Communication
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,692 Views
9 Pages

12 November 2022

Bandwidth expansion has always been an important dimension in investigating angle filters (AFs) and is critical for optical communication and radar detection. In this paper, the AF with strong selectivity is realized by using the epsilon-near-zero (E...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,946 Views
25 Pages

28 May 2025

Zeroing Neural Networks (ZNNs), an ODE-based neural dynamics framework, has become a pivotal approach for solving time-varying problems in dynamic systems. This paper systematically reviews recent advances in improving the convergence of ZNN models,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,738 Views
23 Pages

DenseZDD: A Compact and Fast Index for Families of Sets

  • Shuhei Denzumi,
  • Jun Kawahara,
  • Koji Tsuda,
  • Hiroki Arimura,
  • Shin-ichi Minato and
  • Kunihiko Sadakane

17 August 2018

In this article, we propose a succinct data structure of zero-suppressed binary decision diagrams (ZDDs). A ZDD represents sets of combinations efficiently and we can perform various set operations on the ZDD without explicitly extracting combination...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,136 Views
28 Pages

This paper investigates the impact of product market competition (PMC) on firms’ adoption of zero-leverage (ZL) strategies and examines whether this relationship is influenced by earnings volatility. Using data from 1989 to 2019, we analyze the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,578 Views
16 Pages

A Distribution-Free Model for Longitudinal Metagenomic Count Data

  • Dan Luo,
  • Wenwei Liu,
  • Tian Chen and
  • Lingling An

1 July 2022

Longitudinal metagenomics has been widely studied in the recent decade to provide valuable insight for understanding microbial dynamics. The correlation within each subject can be observed across repeated measurements. However, previous methods that...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,244 Views
23 Pages

Storing Set Families More Compactly with Top ZDDs

  • Kotaro Matsuda,
  • Shuhei Denzumi and
  • Kunihiko Sadakane

31 May 2021

Zero-suppressed Binary Decision Diagrams (ZDDs) are data structures for representing set families in a compressed form. With ZDDs, many valuable operations on set families can be done in time polynomial in ZDD size. In some cases, however, the size o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,133 Views
31 Pages

The design of a flapping fins stabilization system for yachts at anchor (zero speed conditions) is presented in this study. The solution presented in this manuscript took inspiration from a solution proposed for the design of a biologically inspired...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
6,197 Views
12 Pages

8 December 2016

Crystal structures and magnetic properties of polymeric and trinuclear heterobimetallic MnIII···PtII···MnIII coordination compounds, prepared from the Ba[Pt(CN)4] and [Mn(L4A/B)(Cl)] (1a/b) precursor complexes, are reported. The polymeric complex [{M...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,346 Views
18 Pages

20 August 2019

The planning process of nearly Zero Energy Buildings (nZEB), as defined in Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), requires that designers check their solutions at all stages of planning. In the initial design phase, methods and tools for w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
1,457 Views
25 Pages

30 May 2025

To scientifically assess the energy-saving effects of China’s zero-waste city pilot (ZWCP) policies and provide empirical evidence and policy insights for advancing pilot policies and accelerating energy conservation and emission reduction goal...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,586 Views
22 Pages

We present an overview over eight brightly luminescent Cu(I) dimers of the type Cu2X2(P∩N)3 with X = Cl, Br, I and P∩N = 2-diphenylphosphino-pyridine (Ph2Ppy), 2-diphenylphosphino-pyrimidine (Ph2Ppym), 1-diphenylphosphino-isoquinoline (Ph2Piqn) inclu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,560 Views
20 Pages

27 July 2024

When an ultrasonic pulse propagates in a thin plate, nonlinear Lamb waves with higher harmonics and a zero-frequency component (ZFC) will be generated because of the nonlinearity of materials. The ZFC, also known as the static displacement or static...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,838 Views
16 Pages

14 December 2022

We perform a thorough study of the ground state magnetic properties of nickel-based 3d8 complexes. This includes an in-depth analysis of the contribution of the crystal field, spin exchange and spin–orbit interactions to the ground state magnet...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,781 Views
30 Pages

22 November 2024

This study presents a comprehensive investigation of an innovative mechanical system inspired by recent advancements in metamaterials; more specifically, the work is focused on origami-type structures due to their intriguing mechanical properties. Or...

  • Article
  • Open Access
43 Citations
7,175 Views
22 Pages

21 April 2017

The zero-sum matrix game is one of the most classic game models, and it is widely used in many scientific and engineering fields. In the real world, due to the complexity of the decision-making environment, sometimes the payoffs received by players m...

  • Review
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,676 Views
18 Pages

27 November 2022

Zero-biased photodetectors have desirable characteristics for potentially next-generation devices, including high efficiency, rapid response, and low power operation. In particular, the detector efficiency can be improved simply by changing the elect...

  • Letter
  • Open Access
3,134 Views
7 Pages

31 December 2020

We numerically demonstrate one-way zero reflection using the transfer matrix method. Using simulations, we adjusted the thickness of SiO2 layers in a simple SiO2-Au-SiO2 layer structure. We found two solutions, 47 nm-10 nm-32 nm and 71 nm-10 nm-60 nm...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,197 Views
18 Pages

20 December 2024

Super invar, with its near-zero coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), has a great potential to be used in the design and fabrication of high-precision optical structures, such as optical mirror substrates. In order to reduce the weight and maintain...

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