This study aimed to explore the combustion kinetics of organic matter in Huadian oil shale using thermogravimetric analysis. Increases in particle size or heating rate shifted the combustion process to a higher temperature, because of mass transfer resistance and thermal hysteresis. An...

Recent work on stock splits have attempted to relate the information value associated with splits with that from dividends signaling. This paper extends this genre of research by evaluating the issue of dividend predictability using REIT data where the self-selection issue associated with...

In order to provide high reliability for train control networks, ring redundant network configuration has been widely deployed in Chinese Train Control System Level-3. In this paper, we propose a centralized ring redundant link failure failover management scheme that is based on a...

In the dynamic floor field model, the bosons are homogeneous. This causes a problem that the pedestrians are confused by their own traces. The model has been modified by the heterogeneous bosons. Compared with the dynamic floor field model based on the homogeneous bosons, the modified model...

The synthesis of hard composite coating on titanium alloy by laser cladding of Al/Fe/Ni+C/Si3N4 pre-placed powders has been investigated in detail. SEM result indicated that a composite coating with metallurgical joint to the substrate was formed. XRD result indicated that the composite coating...

A model of tumor–immune system interplay with time delays and cross-correlated sine-Wiener noises is investigated by numerical simulations for the stationary probability distribution (SPD) and stationary mean value 〈x〉st of tumor cell population. Results show that (i) the structure of the...

Stochastic resonance (SR) induced by the bounded noise in an asymmetric bistable system is investigated. Based on stochastic simulation, the signal power amplification SPA is derived for the case of the additive modulated signal. The simulation results indicate that: (1) the SR phenomenon is...

Immunotherapy is one of the most recent approaches in cancer therapy. A mathematical model of tumor–immune interaction, subject to a periodic immunotherapy treatment (imitated by a periodic signal), correlative and bounded stochastic fluctuations and time delays, is investigated by numerical...

This paper gives an overview of the development-oriented poverty alleviation of advancing entire villages in Ningxia, and then relates the implementation of 1 000-village poverty alleviation program of Ningxia by stages as follows: at the first stage (2005-2006) , 203 villages began to implement...

Oxidative desulfurization of hydrogenation diesel (40 mL) was studied using air as oxidant, tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) as radical initiator at ambient pressure and moderate temperature in the presence of isobutyl aldehyde. TBHP could accelerate the production of carbonyl radical and its...