Highly angle-sensitive and efficient optical metasurfaces with broken mirror symmetry by Kim Nayoung, Kim Myungjoon, Jung Joonkyo, Chang Taeyong, Jeon Suwan, Shin Jonghwa

“…Based on an effective medium theory, we intuitively explain which material parameters affect the sensitivity and efficiency and prove that high sensitivity and high efficiency can be achieved simultaneously by breaking the mirror symmetry. …”
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A Fractional Creep Constitutive Model for Frozen Soil in Consideration of the Strengthening and Weakening Effects by Feng Hou, Quanming Li, Enlong Liu, Cheng Zhou, Mengke Liao, Huiwu Luo, Xingyan Liu

“…Both the hardening parameter and the damage variable were introduced to describe the strengthening and weakening effects, respectively, and a new creep constitutive model for frozen soil considering these effects was put forward based on the theory of elastoviscoplastic and the fractional derivative. …”
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A Closed-Loop Supply Chain Problem with Retailing and Recycling Competition by Chuanchao Xu, Bo Li, Yanfei Lan, Yi Tang

“…In order to analyze the impact of retailing and recycling competitions on the profits of the manufacturer and the competitive retailers, two collection models (coordinated collection (Model C) and decentralized collection (Model D)) are established, respectively. Then, based on game theory, we derive the optimal retail price, the optimal repurchase price, and the optimal profits of the manufacturer and the retailers. …”
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Research on the Classification of Traditional Building Materials in Southern Fujian Using the Reflection Intensity Values of Ground-Based LiDAR by Tsung-Chiang Wu, Neng-Gang Kuan, Wei-Cheng Lu

“…This study addresses these challenges by using the laser reflectance intensity (I-value) for automated classification. Boxplot theory is applied to calibrate the data, remove noise, and establish polynomial regression equations correlating intensity with scanning distances. …”
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Method of product placement in computer games. Qualitative research amongst Polish players by Magdalena Hofman-Kohlmeyer

“…The presented paper contributes to the theory of marketing communication and branding.…”
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How rural school teachers can support the learning adjustment of left‐behind children under the ‘double‐reduction’ policy by Xuedi Pi, Jianping Huang, Jiong Niu

“…Guided by social support theory, this qualitative research highlighted the importance of teacher support on children's learning adjustment through social support networks. …”
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Flight Loads Prediction of High Aspect Ratio Wing Aircraft Using Multibody Dynamics by Michele Castellani, Jonathan E. Cooper, Yves Lemmens

“…The multibody dynamics framework developed employs quasi-steady aerodynamics strip theory and discretizes the wing as a series of rigid bodies interconnected by beam elements, representative of the stiffness distribution, which can undergo arbitrarily large displacements and rotations. …”
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Improving Driver Assistance in Intelligent Transportation Systems: An Agent-Based Evidential Reasoning Approach by M. Benalla, B. Achchab, H. Hrimech

“…Based on a series of information handling techniques, specifically, the belief functions theory and heuristic inference operations to achieve a consensus about daily driving activity in automatically inferring. …”
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Recommendation System with Biclustering by Jianjun Sun, Yu Zhang

“…For the selection of better neighbors, this study proposes a novel biclustering method based on modified fuzzy adaptive resonance theory. To reflect the similarity between users, a new measure that considers the effect of the number of users’ common items is proposed. …”
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A Fixed-Time Zero Sequence Circulating Current Suppression Strategy Based on Extended Kalman Filter by Xiaopeng Li, Guofeng He, Yuanhao Zhou, Yanfei Dong, Hang Wang

“…Firstly, the detailed mathematical model of ZSCC is described, where the inductance perturbations are considered according to the generation mechanism of ZSCC, and a novel ZSCC controller is designed based on the principles of the fixed-time stability theory which can assure the action time of the zero vectors in one switching cycle. …”
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A Robust Two-Machine Flow-Shop Scheduling Model with Scenario-Dependent Processing Times by Chia-Lun Hsu, Win-Chin Lin, Lini Duan, Jan-Ray Liao, Chin-Chia Wu, Juin-Han Chen

“…Furthermore, we set proposed 12 simple heuristics as the 12 initial seeds to design 12 variants of a cloud theory-based simulated annealing (CSA) algorithm. …”
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Unidirectional Alleviation of the Diffraction Limit in Geometrically Anisotropic Photonics by El Badri Youssef, Mangach Hicham, Belkacem Abdelhaq, Oubeniz Hammou, Bouzid Abdenbi, Achaoui Younes

“…Rationally constructed materials have enabled access to optical capabilities beyond nature’s limitations, thanks to advances made in both theory and experiment. These synthetic composites allow subwavelength confinement of electromagnetic energy and facilitate unparalleled control over different aspects of electromagnetic waves (polarization, amplitude, frequency, etc.). …”
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Cooperative Systems Increasing the Chance of Success of Innovative Projects: A Case from the Brazilian Aerospace Sector by Michelly Karoline Alves Santana, Milton Freitas Chagas Jr.

“…Based on the administrative theory of cooperative systems, the study focuses on collaboration and trust in innovative projects, using the Technology Readiness Level as a guide for decisions. …”
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Optimal Control in Two Strain Pneumonia Transmission Dynamics by Mary C. Swai, Nyimvua Shaban, Theresia Marijani

“…Furthermore, we apply optimal control theory to the model aiming at minimizing the number of infections from drug-sensitive and drug-resistant strains. …”
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Health information-seeking on Reddit, by people who use opioids by Margaret Sullivan, Jonah Hancock, George Shaw, Chaoqun Ni

“…The text analysis demonstrated evidence of Foucault’s discourse theory. People who use opioids need more information on harm reduction strategies, and especially safely administering and withdrawing from them.…”
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A Study of Determining Factors Influencing the Intention of Cryptocurrency Investors Using UTAUT 2 Approach by Ladia Puspanegara, Jono M. Munandar, Bagus Sartono

“…This study aims to identify the factors that influence consumer behavior in adopting cryptocurrency technology, utilizing the unified theory of acceptance and use of Technology (UTAUT 2) model as the theoretical framework. …”
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Verbal behaviour as an indicator of personnel wellbeing by T. S. Putilovskaya, G. M. Kassymova, E. V. Zubareva

“…The article examines one of the possible applications of speech activity theory and the text psychological structure as the product of this activity to the research of personnel wellbeing. …”
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Quantitative Identification of the Water Resistance Capacity of Composite Strata in Mining Coal Seam Floors by Xinyi Wang, Fang Li, Qi Wang, Bo Chen, Yu Zou, Bo Zhang

“…The comprehensive weight of each index factor was determined by using the entropy weight theory. The water resistance of the J16-17 coal seam floor composite rock in the study area was quantitatively evaluated using the fuzzy variable set mathematical model and was divided into five grades: extremely weak, weak, medium, strong, and very strong. …”
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Reconstructing J. L. Austin’s Method: ‘Linguistic Phenomenology’ as a Technology of Philosophical Research by S. N. Kasatkin

“…Some related limitations of the author’s method are also fixed, first of all, its focus not so much on creating a ‘high’ philosophical ‘theory’, as on ensuring a greater rigor, factual rootedness and thereby usefulness of philosophical reasoning.…”
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Simulating the Formation of Blasting-Excavation-Induced Zonal Integration in Deep Tunnels with an Elastoplastic Damage Model by Qiang Gao, Chuanxiao Liu, Jian Zhang, Guangtan Cheng

“…To explain the mechanisms underlying the formation of zonal disintegration, an elastoplastic damage model and failure criterion are proposed in this study based on the strain gradient theory and the damage property of rock mass. A coupling calculation subroutine is thereafter developed by the ABAQUS code. …”
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