Molecular basis for azetidine-2-carboxylic acid biosynthesis by Tim J. Klaubert, Jonas Gellner, Charles Bernard, Juliana Effert, Carine Lombard, Ville R. I. Kaila, Helge B. Bode, Yanyan Li, Michael Groll

“…Here, we combine structural and biochemical analyses with quantum mechanical calculations and mutagenesis studies to reveal catalytic insights into AZE synthases. …”
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Exploring Water-Induced Helical Deformation Mechanism of 4D Printed Biomimetic Actuator for Narrow Lumen by Che Zhao, Lei Duan, Hongliang Hua, Jifeng Zhang

“…A numerical model was established to analyze its helical deformation mechanism, and the helical deformation characteristics of the actuator were calculated under different structural parameters. Based on four-dimensional (4D) printing technology, which integrates three-dimensional printed structures with responsive materials, experimental samples of biomimetic actuators were fabricated by combining thermoplastic polyurethane fiber scaffolds with water-absorbing polyurethane rubbers. …”
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Analysis of a Novel Magnetic-Hydrodynamic Double Levitated Motor for an Implantable Axial Flow Blood Pump by Liang Wang, Xiaoyan Tang, Zhong Yun, Chuang Xiang

“…The suspension force, stiffness, and torque of the rotor are calculated by the theoretical method and finite element method. …”
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Transmission Power Controlled Localization with Topology Building for NLOS Environments by Jin-Ho You, Jong-Hyeok Jeon, Tae-Hyung Lee, Young-Goo Kwon

“…The update procedures cause frequent broadcasting and calculation for relocalization; therefore, maintaining the transmission power control (TPC) in the wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is valuable to the network. …”
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Visualizing stepwise evolution of carbon hybridization from sp 3 to sp 2 and to sp by Wei Xiong, Guang Zhang, De-Liang Bao, Jianchen Lu, Lei Gao, Yusen Li, Hui Zhang, Zilin Ruan, Zhenliang Hao, Hong-Jun Gao, Long Chen, Jinming Cai

“…Density-functional-theory calculations unveil the pivotal role of the electron-withdrawing cyano group in activating neighboring methylene to form C(sp 3 )–C(sp 3 ) bonds, and in facilitating subsequent stepwise HCN eliminations to realize the transformation across three carbon-carbon bond types. …”
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Bus Priority Signal Control Considering Delays of Passengers and Pedestrians of Adjacent Intersections by Jiali Li, Yugang Liu, Hongtai Yang, Bin Chen

“…Firstly, passenger and pedestrian delays at adjacent intersections are calculated under different traffic situations. Secondly, models with the goal of maximizing the reduced total delays are established. …”
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Multi-segment cooling design of a reflection mirror based on the finite-element method by Zhen Wang, Yajun Tong, Fang Liu, Chaofan Xue, Limin Jin, Zhi Liu

“…To effectively manage thermal deformation in the first reflection mirrors M1, we optimized the cooling length and position of the cooling groove with numerical calculations. For example, the root mean square of the height error of the thermal deformation of the mirror at a photon energy of 900 eV was optimized, resulting in a 12.7× reduction, from 13.76 nm to 1.08 nm. …”
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Adsorption of Oleic Acid on Silica Gel Derived from Rice Ash Hulls: Experimental and Theoretical Studies by Asem A. Atia, Ahmed M. El-Nahas, Asmaa M. Marie, Laila D. Al Mahdy

“…Experimental and quantum chemical calculations have been used to study the adsorption of oleic acid on silica gel derived from rice ash hulls. …”
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Numerical Analysis of Chaos in a Phononic Crystal Waveguide with Circular Inclusions of Real Materials by Hugo Enrique Alva-medrano, Héctor Pérez-aguılar, Alejandro Bucio

“…In addition, spatial statistical properties of pressure intensity such as the autocorrelation function (ACF) and its standard deviation called correlation length were calculated. The results show that when the correlation length is very small, the system presents disordered patterns of field intensities. …”
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A Near Room Temperature Curie Temperature in a New Type of Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor (Ba,K)(Zn,Mn)2As2 by Yi Peng, Xiang Li, Luchuan Shi, Guoqiang Zhao, Jun Zhang, Jianfa Zhao, Xiancheng Wang, Bo Gu, Zheng Deng, Yasutomo J. Uemura, Changqing Jin

“…In this work, progress in further experimentally enhancing TC of BZA to 260 K is reported by increasing Mn concentration with parallel K doping, as supported by complementary first‐principles calculations. A sufficient carrier concentration can suppress the short‐range antiferromagnetic interaction of the nearest Mn─Mn pair, which suppresses ferromagnetism in DMS materials. …”
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Effects of the land use change on ecosystem service value by J. Zhou, L. Sun, S.Y. Zang, K. Wang, J.Y. Zhao, Z.X. Li, X.M. Liu, X.R. Liu

“…Xie Gaodi and ecosystem service value calculation formula from Costanza. Results showed that the ecosystem service value of Daqing decreased from US $4343.1559m in 1995 to US $3824.327m in 2015, with the ecological value of US $518.8289 m decreased during the past 20 years. …”
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Modeling and Characterization of Multilayer Piezoelectric Stacks via Dynamic Stiffness Method by Wenxiang Ding, Zhaofeng Liang, Wei Zhao, Hongmei Zhong, Dan Chen, Maxime Bavencoffe, Marc Lethiecq

“…The electrical impedances and the mode shapes of a piezoelectric stack consisting of two piezoelectric disks connected in series and in parallel are calculated using our method as well as by the finite element method. …”
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A Mobile Anchor Assisted Localization Algorithm Based on Regular Hexagon in Wireless Sensor Networks by Guangjie Han, Chenyu Zhang, Jaime Lloret, Lei Shu, Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues

“…This paper proposes a mobile anchor assisted localization algorithm based on regular hexagon (MAALRH) in two-dimensional WSNs, which can cover the whole monitoring area with a boundary compensation method. Unknown nodes calculate their positions by using trilateration. We compare the MAALRH with HILBERT, CIRCLES, and S-CURVES algorithms in terms of localization ratio, localization accuracy, and path length. …”
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Mosaic Structure Characterization of the AlInN Layer Grown on Sapphire Substrate by Engin Arslan, Pakize Demirel, Huseyin Çakmak, Mustafa K. Öztürk, Ekmel Ozbay

“…The Indium content (x), lattice parameters, and strain values in the AlInN layers were calculated from the reciprocal lattice mapping around symmetric (0002) and asymmetric (10–15) reflection of the AlInN and GaN layers. …”
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Dielectric and Microwave Properties of Siloxane Rubber/Carbon Black Nanocomposites and Their Correlation by Omar A. Al-Hartomy, Falleh Al-Solamy, Ahmed Al-Ghamdi, Nikolay Dishovsky, Vladimir Iliev, Farid El-Tantawy

“…It has been established that in all cases the degree of correlation between dielectric and microwave properties evaluated on the basis of the coefficients of correlation calculation is perfect.…”
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Determination of technical condition of high-pressure pump and injectors of MAN B&W 6S50MC-C marine diesel engine by changing the pressure and temperature in pipeline by L. Yu. Volkova

“…The fuel temperature during compression is determined depending on the pressure value. The calculation of the heat transfer process through the pipeline wall and from the heated wall surface to the air is performed. …”
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Effects of Welded Mechanical Heterogeneity on Interface Crack Propagation in Dissimilar Weld Joints by Fu-qiang Yang, He Xue, Ling-yan Zhao, Xiu-rong Fang

“…In many SCC prediction models, the stress intensity factor calculated with homogeneous materials is used to characterize the crack tip stress state. …”
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Investigation on Two-Stop-Line Signalized Roundabout: Capacity and Optimal Cycle Length by Ze-hao Jiang, Tao Wang, Chao-yang Li, Fei Pan, Xiao-guang Yang

“…Two-stop-line signalized roundabouts (TSLSR) are widely utilized in China. To calculate the capacity and optimal cycle length accurately, a model considering internal space constraint of the roundabout is developed in this paper. …”
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Transient Electromagnetic 1-Dimensional Inversion Based on the Quantum Particle Swarms Optimization-Smooth Constrained Least Squares Joint Algorithm and Its Application in Karst Ex... by Xue Liu, Chunwei Pan, Fangkun Zheng, Ying Sun, Qingsong Gou

“…Based on the inversion calculation results of simulation data and field test data, it is further demonstrated that the QPSO-CLS joint algorithm has high optimization efficiency without manually setting the initial model. …”
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Reduced-Order Modeling of Cavity Flow Oscillations across Multi-Mach Numbers Using Deep Learning by Zhe Liu, Fangli Ning, Hui Ding, Qingbo Zhai, Juan Wei

“…In addition, due to the performance of LSTM is better than that of MLP, its calculation speed is faster.…”
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