In this paper, we study the semilocal convergence on a class of improved Chebyshev methods for solving nonlinear equations in Banach spaces. Different from the results for Chebyshev method considered in Hernández and Salanova (J Comput Appl Math 126:131–143, <CitationRef CitationID="CR5">2000</CitationRef>), these methods are free from...</citationref>

A Brownian particle in an asymmetric periodic potential and subjected to an asymmetric dichotomous noise was investigated. In the frame of Fokker-Planck equation, exact expression of current of the system was derived. By means of numerical calculations, the results indicate that: (i) as the...

A major concern of policymakers and researchers in China is finding an appropriate size of the gross fixed capital investments for water conservancy (GFCIWC). This paper determines the optimal proportion of GFCIWC to GDP. Unlike engineering economics, we investigate the benefits of GFCIWC at a...

In 2013, China imported 282 million tons of crude oil with an external dependence of 58.1%, surpassing the USA as the world’s largest net oil importer. An import source diversification strategy has been adopted by China to ensure oil supply security and to prevent oil supply disruption....

This paper develops a practical miniature and portable vapor compression refrigerator. The dimensions of the refrigerator are 190mm×190mm×100mm and its weight is 2.75kg. It integrates a miniature variable speed rotary compressor with a miniature electronic expansion valve (EXV) operating in...

The process of microwave irradiation (MWI) pretreatment on microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) with different sizes with/without NaOH was investigated on the variation of the ratio of degradated solid residue (RDS), particle size, crystallinity index (CrI), crystallite size (Sc) and specific...

Hot-water extracts from sugar maple chips prior to papermaking was employed in this study to produce ethanol by Pichia stipitis 58784. The effects of several factors, seed culture age, fermentation time, inoculum quantity, agitation rate, percent extract, concentration of inorganic nitrogen...

Environmental damage cost (EDC) is traditionally ignored in the pavement cost evaluation. This study used a combined life cycle assessment–life cycle cost analysis (LCA–LCCA) model to optimize the pavement maintenance plans with the incorporation of EDC. The paper introduced a comprehensive...

This paper introduces the characteristics of the agricultural high-tech industries, and points out that the agricultural high-tech industries are intelligence-intensive and knowledge-intensive industries with the characteristics of high investment, high risk, high value-added, which focuses on...