Based on the importance analysis with independent random variables, an ordering importance measure is proposed to evaluate the effects of variables on the uncertainty of output response first, in which not only independent random variables but also correlated ones are included, and it provides a...

In this article, decane, methyl benzene, pyridine and acetic acid were selected as different polarity components in crude oil, and their adsorption behavior on water-wet silica surface was investigated by molecular dynamics simulation. Simulation results indicated that polar components could...

The carbon based microwave absorption materials are considered as new generation absorbers owing to their lightweight, thin-thickness and good electronic conductivity. The challenge to develop excellent carbon absorbers is to decrease its skin effect and improve its impedance matching behavior....

As China has rapidly emerged as one of the world’s largest investors abroad, there has been a hectic debate in the literature on whether its emergence as a major foreign investor may have undermined the importance of western industrialised economies, including those in the Organisation for...