By the infinite time-evolving block decimation (iTEBD) technique, the quantum phase transitions (QPTs) and the ground-state properties of a spin-1/2 alternating Heisenberg-Ising chain are investigated. As the Ising coupling is generalized into the ferromagnetic case (J <Subscript> I </Subscript> 0), in addition to...</subscript>

<title>Abstract</title> We examine the effects of 33 state predatory lending regulatory regimes on the flow and cost of subprime residential mortgage credit. We use the Loan Performance Subprime Asset‐Backed Securities Database to analyze almost 7 million subprime home loans originated between January 1998...

Microcapsules containing n-octadecane with different methylmethacrylate (MMA (methyl methacrylate))-based copolymer shells were fabricated by a suspension-like polymerization. Butyl acrylate (BA), butyl methacrylate (BMA), lauryl methacrylate (LMA) and stearyl methacrylate (SMA) were employed as...

Microencapsulated phase change material with a low supercooling degree is one of the increasing important researches as well as industrial application for thermal energy storage. This study develops a novel and low supercooling microencapsulated n-octadecane (MicroC18) with n-octadecyl...

A series of microencapsulated phase change materials (MicroPCMs) with n-octadecane as core were successfully fabricated by suspension-like polymerization. The influence of initiator type and polymerization temperature on MicroPCMs were investigated systemically. The morphology of these...

We introduce and study an evolutionary complementarity game where in each round a player of population 1 is paired with a member of population 2. The game is symmetric, and each player tries to obtain an advantageous deal, but when one of them pushes too hard, no deal at all can be concluded,...

Dimer statistics is a central problem in statistical physics. In this paper the enumerations of close-packed dimers of honeycomb lattices on Klein bottle, Möbius strip and cylinder are considered. By establishing a Pfaffian orientation or a crossing orientation, and then computing the...

In this paper, the dynamics of opinion formation is investigated based on a BA (Barabási–Albert) scale-free network, using a majority–minority rule governed by parameter q. As the value of q is smoothly varied, a phase transition occurs between an ordered phase and a disordered one. By...

A set of jobs, with stochastic processing times, is to be processed on a machine which is subject to breakdown and repair. The machine’s uptime is assumed to have a general phase type distribution, the processing time of each job and the repair times of the machine are generally considered as...