Investigating the Complex Relationship between Financial Performance and Company’s Green Behavior: A Comparative Analysis by Wenyao Zhang, Ruzhi Xu, Lu Wang

“…Thus, by adopting a mixed methodology, we conduct a quantitative study by selecting 228 companies as samples with good and poor green behavior for comparative analysis, followed by a qualitative study of 20 specific cases, to analyse the complex relationship mechanism of how financial performance in terms of business solvency, profitability, and development ability affect company’s green behavior. …”
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A bi‐level mobile energy storage pre‐positioning method for distribution network coupled with transportation network against typhoon disaster by Ke Zhou, Qingren Jin, Bin Feng, Lifang Wu

“…Secondly, the analysis covering the diverse impacts of typhoons on the ‘generation‐transmission‐load‐road’ system was conducted. Subsequently, a bi‐level pre‐positioning model, considering multi‐index evaluation, was established based on scenario‐based stochastic optimization. …”
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Effective Density-Based Clustering Algorithms for Incomplete Data by Zhonghao Xue, Hongzhi Wang

“…To avoid these problems, we develop a novel density-based clustering approach for incomplete data based on Bayesian theory, which conducts imputation and clustering concurrently and makes use of intermediate clustering results. …”
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Optimal capacity planning with economic emission considerations in isolated solar-wind-diesel microgrid using combined arithmetic-golden jackal optimization by Sujoy Barua, Adel Merabet, Ahmed Al-Durra, Tarek El Fouly, Ehab F. El-Saadany

“…Performance analysis is conducted by simulating and comparing three scenarios of only diesel generators, solar-wind-diesel and solar-wind with low number of diesel generators. …”
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Broadband Loop Antenna on Soft Contact Lens for Wireless Ocular Physiological Monitoring by Ssu-Han Ting, Bo-Ming Jeng, Wen-Shan Chen, Jin-Chern Chiou, Ching-Hsing Luo

“…Because the pig's eye and human's eye have similar parameters of conductivity and permittivity, the experimental results are obtained by applying the proposed antenna on the pig's eye and cover from 1.54 to 6 GHz for ISM band (2.4 and 5.8 GHz) applications. …”
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Chlorine corrosion of blast furnace gas pipelines: Analysis from thermal perspective by Sun W.-Q., Xu X.-D., Zhang Y., Wu J.-Z.

“…Existing methods in preventing the corrosion, such as spraying alkali or installing corrosion-resistant materials, require a significant amount of investment. This paper conducted a novel thermal analysis of the corrosion mechanism to support the study on corrosion prevention without using additional materials. …”
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Decentralized Adaptive Control for Quasi-Consensus in Heterogeneous Nonlinear Multiagent Systems by Jiaju An, Wei Yang, Xiaohui Xu, Tianxiang Chen, Bin Du, Yi Tang, Quan Xu

“…Numerical tests are conducted to show the feasibility of the theoretical derivation. …”
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Evaluation of learning during the COVID-19 pandemic by Fitriani Sabila, Naureza Rania Shafa, Nisrina Kurnia Maharani, Sadam Mochammad Rashad, Theitsar Syakhisksar Rohim Permana, Lien Halimah

“…Learning evaluation aims to assess the development of students' learning outcomes after participating in the learning process. Evaluation is also conducted to determine the effectiveness and efficiency of the methods employed by the teacher during the learning process. …”
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Adaptive Hybrid Control of Vehicle Semiactive Suspension Based on Road Profile Estimation by Yechen Qin, Mingming Dong, Reza Langari, Liang Gu, Jifu Guan

“…The results of simulations conducted with random road excitation show that the efficiency of the proposed control strategy compares favourably to that of a passive system.…”
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A review of research progress on disease burden of foodborne aflatoxins by Mei QIN, Jinyao CHEN, Lishi ZHANG, Jiao HUO, Yang SONG, Li CHENG

“…The World Health Organization published the global burden of foodborne AF in 2015, and several countries and regions have conducted population-based studies on the burden of foodborne AF. …”
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New materials based on InP-ZnS system for semiconductor gas analyzers by I. A. Kirovskaya, R. V. Ekkert, A. O. Ekkert, E. V. Mironova, I. Yu. Umansky, A. I. Blesman, D. A. Polonyankin, L. V. Kolesnikov, E. N. Kopylova, V. B. Goncharov

“…X-ray examinations have been conducted which allows to certify them as substitution solid solution with sphalerite structure and acid-base properties studies (pH isoelectric state — pHISO). …”
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Rice Tolerance to Saflufenacil in Clomazone Weed Control Program by E. R. Camargo, S. A. Senseman, G. N. McCauley, J. B. Guice

“…This research was conducted to evaluate (1) rice tolerance to saflufenacil applied preemergence (PRE) and postemergence (POST) and (2) the combination of saflufenacil and clomazone in light-textured soils. …”
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Planar Two-Dimensional Vibration Isolator Based on Compliant Mechanisms by Ruizhe Zhu, Jinpeng Hu, Long Huang, Leiyu Zhang, Guangan Ren

“…Based on the dynamic model, the influence of different parameters on the displacement transmissibility is discussed, including damping ratio, system stiffness, and excitation amplitude. Finally, we conducted the vibration isolation experiments and obtained the displacement transmissibility of the isolator. …”
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Principal-shared instructional leadership in differentiated instruction classrooms: its effect on pedagogical practices by Pipit Pudji Astutik, Punaji Setyosari, Anang Santoso, Syamsul Hadi, Shirly Rizki Kusumaningrum

“…This instructional strategy is used along with the implementation of the independent curriculum, and teachers have to pay attention deeply to students’ learning needs. This study was conducted as explanatory research on mover teachers throughout Indonesia, and 890 teachers participated voluntarily. …”
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Coal Fly Ash as a Soil Amendment for Phosphorus Adsorption in Red Clay Soils of the Loess Plateau by GAO Jiangqi, DUAN Runbin, LU Xinyu, LI Yuzhen, SUN Yao, ZHU Bingzi

“…[Methods] Batch studies with coal fly ash as a soil amendment were conducted to systematically investigate the impact of dosage, pH, initial phosphorus concentration, time, and temperature on phosphorus adsorption in red clay soils with amendment of coal fly ash. …”
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A New Uncertain Analysis Method for the Prediction of Acoustic Field with Random and Interval Parameters by Mingjie Wang, Zhimin Wan, Qibai Huang

“…Two numerical examples are conducted to validate the accuracy and efficiency of the approach. …”
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Significance of MHD Radiative Non-Newtonian Nanofluid Flow towards a Porous Channel: A Framework of the Casson Fluid Model by N. Thamaraikannan, S. Karthikeyan, Dinesh Kumar Chaudhary

“…The result reveals that adding the nanoparticles has enhanced the heat transfer of the base fluid as the nanoparticles increase the heat conductivity. Furthermore, it is noticed that the temperature profile decreases rapidly for higher values of the cross Reynolds number and the radiation parameter. …”
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Customers’ behavior changes of Russian representatives of generations X and Z due to social and economic factors in 2022 by L. G. Akhmaeva, D. V. Dolgopolov, A. I. Eremeeva

“…To test this hypothesis, a questionnaire survey was conducted among the representatives of the two generations. …”
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Excavation Method of Reducing Blasting Vibration in Complicated Geological Conditions by Lixiang Xie, Wenbo Lu, Jincai Gu, Gaohui Wang

“…To effectively reduce the blasting vibration by optimizing the blasting excavation method, firstly, the site test on blasting vibration is conducted to obtain the blasting vibration data; secondly, the LS-DYNA software is applied to simulate the vibration generated by blasting in site test, based on back analysis on the blasting vibration, the mechanical parameters of the rock mass are obtained, and they are used to simulate six different types of blasting excavation method. …”
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On the edge of Prehistory. Preliminary results of excavations at three Chalcolithic and Bronze Age sites in southern Jordan by Piotr Kołodziejczyk, Marek Nowak, Michał Wasilewski, Barbara Witkowska, Jacek Karmowski, Marcin Czarnowicz, Justyna Zakrzeńska, Agnieszka Brzeska-Zastawna

“…This article summarizes the research conducted between 2019 and 2022 by a Jagiellonian University (JU) team at three important sites in southern Jordan: Umm Tuweyrat, Wadi Quseir/Huseiniya, and Wadi Faynan 731. …”
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