Micro-ductile fracture mechanism of a newly-produced meta-steel with a distinct auxetic effect is investigated mainly by performing in-situ X-ray micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) experiments. Conventional Q235 steel is chosen as a reference. The newly-produced meta-steel demonstrates a...

This article examines the impacts of two types of social capital – bonding and bridging – upon the performance of grassroots selfgovernment institutions in rural China, based on an original survey of 410 villages throughout the whole of China. The findings indicate that, on the one hand,...

Since the impoundment of the Three Gorges Reservoir in June 2003, numerous preexisting landslides have been reactivated. This paper seeks to find the factors influencing landslide deformation and the relationship between displacement and fluctuation of the reservoir water level, while the...

In this study, a novel adaptive neural network (ADNN) with the adaptive metrics of inputs and a new mechanism for admixture of outputs is proposed for time-series prediction. The adaptive metrics of inputs can solve the problems of amplitude changing and trend determination, and avoid the...