Analyzing and modelling the relationship between particle size and size distribution of engineered nanoparticles (NPs) in vivo represents an important challenge to properly assess the environmental fate and effects of NPs. This study used single-particle ICP-MS to investigate how three sizes of...

Prior literature emphasizes that aligning with regulatory, normative, and cognitive institutional arrangements aids organizational formation, resource gathering, and performance. However, during institutional changes, the old and the new rules often coexist and interact, resulting in conflicting...

Based on CO2 acceptor gasification technology, a biomass anaerobic gasification technology for H2 production was proposed. Utilizing thermodynamic equilibrium calculation software FactSage 5.2, the rules of biomass/CaO/H2O and C/CaCO3/air reaction system involved in this H2 production technology...

The prediction of high extremes in sustained water level is very important for coastal engineering design and planning. The recorded historical water level datasets in Colombo, Sri Lanka, are not long enough for the traditional frequency analysis in predicting extreme water levels, such as 50-,...

“Bottom-up” visual perception is fast, universal, and does not depend on personal goals or experience. Where exactly bottom-up attention is directed in a visual image-- usually based on contrast, color, feature orientation, and centrality-- can be accurately predicted by machine-learned...

Hidden Markov models (HMMs) are used to study language, sleep, and other processes that reflect probabilistic transitions between states that cannot be observed directly. We apply HMMs to data from experiments on visual location games. In these games, people choose a pixel from an image. They...

The per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are substantially produced and applied in industrial and domestic products, which have recently aroused great public concern for their potential toxicity to humans. In the present study, raw milk (n = 107) and cow feed samples (n = 70) were...

Rational design of non-noble metal catalysts for alkaline electrochemical water splitting under large current densities is of great significance for realizing hydrogen economy and remains a daunting challenge. Herein, a series of crystalline CoMP-decorated (M=Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn) amorphous CoM...

China's coal resources are being mined gradually deeper. Compared with the shallow part, the content and the emission of gas are significantly increased in the deep coal seam. In the mining of the highly-gassy coal seam, strengthening gas drainage in the goaf and fissure zone can improve the...