It is common that the deformation of an excavation slope leads to the displacement or even destruction of the surrounding buildings. An effective way to put an end to such accidents is to have adequate knowledge on the trigger factors of the deformation and failure of excavation slopes. Herein,...

Relevance vector machine, a sparse probabilistic learning machine based on the kernel function, has excellent ability of prediction and generalization. It is proposed by this paper that the optimized relevance vector machine (ORVM) is a wind power interval forecasting model which is able to...

The aim of this research is to prepare of a novel form-stable composite phase change material (PCM) for the latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) in buildings, passive solar space heating or functional fluid by entrapping of SA into PMMA cell through ultraviolet curing dispersion...

In 2006 China had become the fifth leading nation in terms of its share of the world's scientific publications. Today it is second only to the United States. This achievement has been accomplished in part by a conscientious effort by the government to improve the research performance of China's...