Thermal comfort is of great significance to maintain the normal metabolism of life. Personal thermal management (PTM) that passively regulates the immediate environment around the human body is a promising alternative. In this work, we report a state-of-the-art concept of self-healing inorganic...

The conventional rough-and-tumble pattern of industrial development in the northeast has severely affected China's sustainable development in recent years. As a result, the industrial park emerged and prospered with the advantages of clear industrial positioning, optimized functional layout and...

We developed a [001] B2 preferentially oriented Co-Ni-Ga alloy with Cu and B co-alloying, which contains two kinds of ductile secondary phases precipitated in the columnar grain interior and grain boundaries, respectively. This textured Co-Ni-Ga-Cu-B heterostructural alloy presents remarkable...

Smart contract brings more versatile functions in blockchain technology. However, its adoption rate is not as high as expected. Currently, there is not thorough study addressing the issue. To fill such gap, we propose to use social influence to explain smart contract adoption in blockchain user...

Web3 and DeFi are widely advocated as innovations for greater financial inclusion and democratization. We conduct an initial investigation using data from the Ethereum network. We describe its network structure and distributions of transactions, mining, and ownership. Mining and ownership of...

Recently, China's Ministry of Education has established a new department to regulate extracurricular tutoring for the purpose of reducing students' excessive academic burden. In this paper, we provide empirical evidence that academic competitiveness among students is a key driver of the...

Web3 and DeFi are widely advocated as innovations for greater financial inclusion and democratization. We conduct an initial investigation using large-scale computing and big data concerning Ethereum, the largest Web3 platform. We describe its network structure, time trends, and distributions of...

Do elementary statistics or equilibrium theory deliver any rules of thumb regarding how we should argue in debates? We suggest a framework for normative analysis of debates. In our framework, each discussant wants the audience to believe that the actual state coincides with the discussant's...