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Zhang, Yuquan W. (author), Geng, Yong (author), Zhang, Bin (author), Yang, Shaohua (author), Izikowitz, David V. (author), Yin, Haitao (author), Wu, F. (author), Yu, Haishan (author), Liu, Huiwen (author), Zhou, Weiduo (author)Very few developed economies have a full free trade agreement (FTA) with China. This study employs one GTAP model and builds an extended environmental multi-region input–output model to investigate a hypothetical China-UK FTA, concerning embodied industrial emissions of SO2, PM2.5, NOX, and NH3. The economic sectors are also classified based on...journal article 2022
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Liu, Gang (author), Du, Zhao (author), Xiao, Tian (author), Guo, Junfei (author), Lu, Liu (author), Yang, Xiaohu (author), Hooman, K. (author)Solar energy, as a kind of renewable energy, offers a large reserve to be harvested at a reasonably low cost for engineering applications. To decouple the temporal and spatial relevance of the continuous energy supply of solar energy, latent heat thermal energy storage can deal with this problem at different temperatures. Aiming to improve...journal article 2022
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Yang, Dayu (author), Lai, F. (author), Liu, Songyu (author)There is currently a lack of an available design approach to estimate the earth pressure in narrow backfills behind retaining walls rotated about the top (RT). The considerations of some significant factors, primarily load transfer mechanisms (soil arching effect and horizontal shear stress in soils), failure mechanisms (shape and number of...journal article 2022
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Zhao, Jianxin (author), Han, Rui (author), Yang, Yongkai (author), Catterall, Benjamin (author), Liu, Chi Harold (author), Chen, Lydia Y. (author), Mortier, Richard (author), Crowcroft, Jon (author), Wang, Liang (author)With the massive amount of data generated from mobile devices and the increase of computing power of edge devices, the paradigm of Federated Learning has attracted great momentum. In federated learning, distributed and heterogeneous nodes collaborate to learn model parameters. However, while providing benefits such as privacy by design and...journal article 2022
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Geng, S. (author), Yang, M. (author), Liu, Sifeng (author)Complex engineered systems with various components and dynamic behaviors are connerstones to develop resilient cities and societies. These systems are robust but also vulnerable to adverse events and inevitably suffer performance degradation. An immediate question would be, “how can we manage and improve the resilience of a complex engineered...journal article 2022
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Yuan, Xiangyang (author), Cui, Endian (author), Liu, K. (author), Jiang, Ying (author), Yang, Xiaoyan (author), Tang, Jianfeng (author), Yang, Lu (author), Liao, Xiaoling (author), Zhao, Yanan (author)In this work, different lanthanides (Tm<sup>3+</sup>, Er<sup>3+</sup>; Yb<sup>3+</sup>, Ho<sup>3+</sup>, Nd<sup>3+</sup>) were doped into NaYF<sub>4</sub> via a high-temperature coprecipitation method, and followed by SiO<sub>2</sub> coating to improve the water dispersibility, resulting in NaYF<sub>4</sub>:Tm<sup>3+</sup>, Er<sup>3+</sup>...journal article 2022
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Tan, C. (author), Wang, S. (author), Yang, Huiru (author), Huang, Qianming (author), Li, Shizhen (author), Liu, X. (author), Ye, H. (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)Recent reports focus on the hydrogenation engineering of monolayer boron phosphide and simultaneously explore its promising applications in nanoelectronics. Coupling density functional theory and finite element method, we investigate the bowtie triangle ring microstructure composed of boron phosphide with hydrogenation based on structural and...journal article 2022
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Yang, Fan (author), Li, Xueyuan (author), Liu, Qi (author), Li, Z. (author), Gao, Xin (author)In the autonomous driving process, the decision-making system is mainly used to provide macro-control instructions based on the information captured by the sensing system. Learning-based algorithms have apparent advantages in information processing and understanding for an increasingly complex driving environment. To incorporate the...journal article 2022
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Gao, Xin (author), Li, Xueyuan (author), Liu, Qi (author), Li, Z. (author), Yang, Fan (author), Luan, Tian (author)As one of the main elements of reinforcement learning, the design of the reward function is often not given enough attention when reinforcement learning is used in concrete applications, which leads to unsatisfactory performances. In this study, a reward function matrix is proposed for training various decision-making modes with emphasis on...journal article 2022
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Guo, Y. (author), Wang, Shilei (author), Jing, Guoqing (author), Yang, Fei (author), Liu, Guixian (author), Qiang, Weile (author), Wang, Yan (author)Ballast layer condition should be more regularly and accurately inspected to ensure safe train operation; however, traditional inspection methods cannot sufficiently fulfil this task. This paper presents a method of ground penetrating radar (GPR) application to reflect ballast layer fouling levels under diverse field conditions (annual gross...journal article 2022
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Lv, Guoping (author), Yan, Haidong (author), Yan, Haidong (author), Yang, Daoguo (author), Wu, Xinke (author), Sheng, Kuang (author), Liu, Chaohui (author), Zhang, Yakun (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)As a key heat-dissipating and electrical interconnecting component in high-temperature power modules, die-attach and substrate-attach layers play an important role in effectively reducing the thermal resistance and improving the long-term reliability. Traditional substrate-attach materials limit the high-temperature applications of packaging...conference paper 2022
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Niu, D. (author), Zhang, Zhao (author), Meng, Jiandang (author), Yang, Zhengxian (author), Jing, R. (author), Liu, X. (author), Lin, P. (author), Sheng, Yanping (author)The proper disposal of steel slag has always been a great challenge for the metallurgical industry in China and around the world. In this work, the steel slag aggregate (SSA) was surface pretreated (PSSA) and applied into asphalt mixture. The adhesive behavior between the bitumen and five different types of aggregates (i.e., limestone, diorite,...journal article 2022
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Hou, Shuhan (author), Wang, Zhaokun (author), Yang, Huiru (author), Jiang, Jing (author), Gao, Chenshan (author), Liu, Yufei (author), Tang, Xiaosheng (author), Ye, H. (author)For the relevant properties of pristine and doped (Si, P, Se, Te, As) monolayer WS<sub>2</sub> before and after the adsorption of CO, CO<sub>2</sub>, N<sub>2</sub>, NO, NO<sub>2</sub> and O<sub>2</sub>, density functional theory (DFT) calculations are made. Calculation results reveal that the monolayer WS<sub>2</sub> doped with P and As atoms...journal article 2022
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Yang, Huiru (author), Li, Junfeng (author), Shao, Ziyuan (author), Tan, C. (author), Gao, Chenshan (author), Cui, Hongyuan (author), Tang, Xiaosheng (author), Liu, Yufei (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author), Ye, H. (author)The development of high-performance gas sensing materials is one of the development trends of new gas sensor technology. In this work, in order to predict the gas-sensitive characteristics of HfSe<sub>2</sub> and its potential as a gas-sensitive material, the interactions of nonmetallic element (O, S, Te) doped HfSe<sub>2</sub> monolayer and...journal article 2022
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Burdyny, T.E. (author), Sassenburg, M. (author), de Rooij, R. (author), Nessbit, Nathan (author), Kas, R. (author), Chandrashekar, S. (author), Firet, N.J. (author), Yang, K. (author), Liu, K. (author), Blommaert, M.A. (author), Kolen, M. (author), Ripepi, D. (author), Smith, W.A. (author)Continued advancements in the electrochemical reduction of CO 2 (CO 2RR) have emphasized that reactivity,selectivity, and stability are not explicit material properties butcombined effects of the catalyst, double-layer, reaction environ-<br/>ment, and system configuration. These realizations have steadily built upon the foundational work...journal article 2022
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Yang, Zhe (author), Liu, Zhou (author), Zhang, Qi (author), Chen, Zhe (author), de Jesus Chavez, Jose (author), Popov, M. (author)The traditional fault control strategy of converter-interfaced renewable energy sources (CIRESs) may bring about a lower sensitivity level or misoperation of fault component-based directional elements. To overcome this problem, a new control scheme is proposed to adjust sequence impedance angles of CIRESs by computing suitable current...journal article 2023
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Geng, S. (author), Yang, M. (author), Mitici, Mihaela (author), Liu, Sifeng (author)System resilience characterizes the capability of maintaining the required functionality under disruptions, which is of great significance in evaluating the productivity and safety of complex engineered systems. Although most studies conduct resilience assessment from qualitative and quantitative perspectives, system functionality that reflects...journal article 2023
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Tan, C. (author), Wang, S. (author), Yang, Huiru (author), Huang, Qianming (author), Li, Shizhen (author), Liu, X. (author), Ye, H. (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)Short-wave ultraviolet (also called UVC) irradiation is a well-adopted method of viral inactivation due to its ability to damage genetic material. A fundamental problem with the UVC inactivation method is that its mechanism of action on viruses is still unknown at the molecular level. To address this problem, herein we investigate the...journal article 2023
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Xin, Haohui (author), Liu, Jielin (author), Correia, Jose A.F. (author), Berto, Filippo (author), Veljkovic, M. (author), Yang, Fei (author)Strengthening fatigue damage of orthotropic steel decks (OSDs) needs to comprehensively consider the strengthening effect and the dead weight introduced during the strengthening process, especially for OSDs in super large-span bridges or old renovated bridges, where the dead weight cannot be significantly increased during repair and...journal article 2023
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Yang, X. (author), Guo, Fucheng (author), Liu, Tao (author), He, Qiang (author), Vymazal, Jan (author), Chen, Yi (author)Ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms (AOMs, archaea (AOA) and bacteria (AOB)) are primarily responsible for the ammoxidation in constructed wetlands (CWs). However, little is known about evaluating the response of AOA and AOB to engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) and quantifying the shift of their contribution to ammoxidation. Herein, we operated a...journal article 2023