Large‐Area Lead Monolayers under Cover: Intercalation, Doping, and Phase Transformation by Franziska Schölzel, Peter Richter, Andres David Peña Unigarro, Susanne Wolff, Holger Schwarz, Adrian Schütze, Niels Rösch, Sibylle Gemming, Thomas Seyller, Philip Schädlich

“…The low‐energy bands of Pb show good agreement with density‐functional theory calculations. A uniform Pb intercalation layer with (1 × 1) periodicity with respect to the SiC substrate is found. …”
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Adaptive Fixed-Time Nonsingular Terminal Sliding Mode Attitude Tracking Control for Spacecraft with Actuator Saturations and Faults by Zhiguo Han, Minghao Wang, Xunliang Yan, Hang Qian

“…Based on the adaptive nonsingular terminal sliding mode control theory, we design a kind of fixed-time convergence control method. …”
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Price Cap Models in Pharmaceutical Online-to-Offline Supply Chains by Yi Zheng, Li Liu, Victor Shi, Bin Liu, Wenxing Huang

“…We focus on four price cap models: no price cap regulation, pharmaceutical manufacturer’s price cap regulation, pharmacy price cap regulation, and linkage price cap regulation. We apply game theory, investigate how the price cap regulations affect the firms’ pricing, and evaluate the economic performance and social welfare of the dual-channel pharmaceutical supply chain. …”
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The University Students’ Awareness of Hyperreality on Social Media and Problematic Social Media Usage: A Qualitative Study by Huri Deniz Karcı

“…Thematic analysis was employed depending on Baudrillard’s Simulations Theory and Griffiths’ addiction variables used in the BSMAS as SM addiction components. …”
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Isobaric (vapour + liquid) equilibria of binary Pb-Sn and Sb-Sn system AT2Pa by Gao J., Xu J., Yang B., Kong L., Xu B., You Y.

“…The VLE data of Pb-Sn and Sb-Sn alloys were calculated based on the VLE theory and MIVM, and the calculated results agreed well with the experimental VLE data. …”
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Counterintuitive DNA destabilization by monovalent salt at high concentrations due to overcharging by Chen Zhang, Fu-Jia Tian, Hong-Wei Zuo, Qi-Yuan Qiu, Jia-Hao Zhang, Wei Wei, Zhi-Jie Tan, Yan Zhang, Wen-Qiang Wu, Liang Dai, Xing-Hua Zhang

“…These findings challenge the traditional belief that DNA overcharging occurs only with multivalent ions and have significant implications for polyelectrolyte theory, DNA nanomaterials, DNA nanotechnology, and DNA biophysics.…”
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HYDROGEN DEFECTS ON THE SURFACE OF LEAD-FREE FERROELECTRIC Na\(_{0.5}\)Bi\(_{0.5}\)TiO\(_3\) MATERIALS by Tien Lam Vu, Hoang Thoan Nguyen, Huu Lam Nguyen, Ngoc Trung Nguyen, Quoc Van Duong, Duc Dung Dang

“…Hydrogen atomic chemisorption and adsorption at all possible vacancy sites on the surface of perovskite Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3 (110) were explored using calculations from density functional theory. Our calculations reveal that a pristine Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3 (110) surface can exhibit direct and indirect transitions characterized by optical bandgaps of 2.68 eV and 2.75 eV, respectively. …”
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SPOCK2 controls the proliferation and function of immature pancreatic β-cells through MMP2 by Katarzyna Blaszczyk, Anna P. Jedrzejak, Natalia Ziojla, Ekaterina Shcheglova, Karolina Szarafin, Artur Jankowski, Christine A. Beamish, Jolanta Chmielowiec, Omaima M. Sabek, Ashok Balasubramanyam, Sanjeet Patel, Malgorzata Borowiak

“…Although mitogens could in theory be used to expand β-cells, adult β-cells very rarely replicate. …”
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The important role of the DTPB in the development of Islamic P2P lending in Indonesia by Azidni Rofiqo, Ainul Zamarkasi, Abdurrizqi Bin Abd Razak

“…Originality − Decomposed Theory of Planned Behavior model (DTPB) used in the study as the first study in Islamic P2P lending in Indonesia …”
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Study of social network interference of memory processes in adolescence by V. E. Baryshnikova, V. B. Nikishina, E. A. Petrash, V. A. Sotnikov, E. I. Kulikova

“…According to one of the provisions of the theory of interference, information storage is characterized by the “unbinding” of representations of objects, followed by their reverse linking in an arbitrary combination during further reproduction.…”
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Design of resonant cavity-enhanced InAs/GaSb superlattice LWIR photodetector by Ruixin Gong, Lianqing Zhu, Lidan Lu, Qingsong Feng, Yang Chen, Bingfeng Liu, Yuhao Chen, Yuanbo Zhang, Shiya Zhang, Zhiying Liu

“…In this work, we have conducted a theoretical investigation into the band structure and optical properties of 14/7 monolayers (ML) InAs/GaSb superlattices (SLs), employing density functional theory. Our findings indicate that the energy gap of these SLs is determined to be 0.111 eV through energy band structure analysis using the Heyd–Scuseria–Ernzerhof method. …”
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Vision-Based Damage Detection Method Using Multi-Scale Local Information Entropy and Data Fusion by Yiming Zhang, Zili Xu, Guang Li, Cun Xin

“…To tackle these challenges, we propose a novel vision-based damage detection method combining multi-scale signal analysis theory and data fusion algorithm. For high-spatial-resolution vibration measurements, phase-based optical flow estimation algorithm is adopted to deploy virtual sensors on the structure, yielding reliable mode shapes. …”
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High-Performance stacking ensemble learning for thermoelectric figure-of-merit prediction by Yuelin Wang, Chengquan Zhong, Jingzi Zhang, Honghao Yao, Junjie Chen, Xi Lin

“…The model identifies 43 potential high-zT materials, including Pb0.97K0.03Te0.65S0.25Se0.1 with a predicted zT of 1.9. Density functional theory calculations confirm the superior electrical properties of this compound. …”
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Nonlinear Seepage Model of Gas Transport in Multiscale Shale Gas Reservoirs and Productivity Analysis of Fractured Well by Ting Huang, Xiao Guo, Kun Wang

“…It is crucial to figure out the influence of gas flow in nano/micro pores on actual productivity, which can provide basic theories for optimizing parameters and improving the gas production from engineering perspective. …”
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Modeling and Analysis of Silicon Reflective-type Microring Resonator Assisted MZI as Filtering Device by Esraa El-edresee, Alhuda A. Al-mfrji

“…This paper presented a comprehensive optical transmission analysis of a reflective-type microring resonator (R-MRR) using coupled mode theory, and design guidelines for MPF through two cascaded R-MRR using COMSOL software simulation results. …”
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Quantitative Diagnosis of Rotor Vibration Fault Using Process Power Spectrum Entropy and Support Vector Machine Method by Cheng-Wei Fei, Guang-Chen Bai, Wen-Zhong Tang, Shuang Ma

“…The fault diagnosis model of PPSE-SVM was established by fusing PPSE method and SVM theory. Based on the simulation experiment of rotor vibration fault, process data for four typical vibration faults (rotor imbalance, shaft misalignment, rotor-stator rubbing, and pedestal looseness) were collected under multipoint (multiple channels) and multispeed. …”
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Synthesis, biological evaluations, and in silico assessments of phenylamino quinazolinones as tyrosinase inhibitors by Sara Moghadam Farid, Shahram Moradi Dehaghi, Aida Iraji, Mohammad Mahdavi, Mina Saeedi

“…Additionally, density functional theory analysis was performed on the potent derivatives, indicating their stability and reactivity. …”
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Detection of Helicobacter pylori in City Water, Dental Units' Water, and Bottled Mineral Water in Isfahan, Iran by Ahmad Reza Bahrami, Ebrahim Rahimi, Hajieh Ghasemian Safaei

“…One of the suggested theories is transmission via water. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence rate of H. pylori in tap water, dental units' water, and bottled mineral water in Iran. …”
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Subloading Surface Model and Experimental Study of Coal Failure under Cyclic Loading by Si-fei Liu, Zhi-jun Wan, Jing-chao Wang, Shuai-feng Lu, Tong-huan Li

“…In order to accurately describe the deformation characteristics of coal under cyclic loading, an elastic-plastic model of coal based on the theory of subloading surface was established and verified by experiments. …”
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Numerical Simulation of the Thermal-Hydro-Mechanical Characteristics of High-Speed Railway Roadbeds in Seasonally Frozen Regions by Yuzhi Zhang, Jianghui Bei, Pei Li, Xiaojie Liang

“…Based on the classical hydrodynamic model and fundamental thermoelasticity theories, we propose a thermo-hydro coupled model, based on the soil-water characteristic curve and solid-liquid ratio as the relation equations, with the effects of the ice-water phase change and water migration due to temperature change considered. …”
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