A two or three compartments hyperbolic reaction-diffusion model for the aquatic food chain by Elvira Barbera, Giancarlo Consolo, Giovanna Valenti

“…Two hyperbolic reaction-diffusion models are built up in the framework of Extended Thermodynamics in order to describe the spatio-temporal interactions occurring in a two or three compartments aquaticfood chain. …”
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Rips and regular future scenario with holographic dark energy: a comprehensive look by I. Brevik, Maxim Khlopov, S. D. Odintsov, Alexander V. Timoshkin, Oem Trivedi

“…We also discuss the validity of the generalized second law of thermodynamics and various energy conditions in these regimes. …”
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Tautomeric Equilibria in Solutions of 2-Phenacylbenzimidazoles by Agnieszka Skotnicka, Przemysław Czeleń, Ryszard Gawinecki

“…., 2-(1,3-dihydro-2H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-ylidene)-1-phenylethan-1-one, was thermodynamically most stable, the results of MP2 ab initio calculations reveal the following order of stability: ketimine > enolimine > enaminone (substituents do not affect this sequence). 13C CPMAS NMR spectral data reveal that in the crystalline state the enolimine tautomer O is predominant in the p-CH3 and p-NO2 substituted congeners.…”
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The Plastic Glial-Synaptic Dynamics within the Neuropil: A Self-Organizing System Composed of Polyelectrolytes in Phase Transition by Vera Maura Fernandes de Lima, Alfredo Pereira

“…The use of nonlinear thermodynamics supports experiments at convenient biological spatiotemporal scales, while an understanding of the properties of ions and their interactions with water requires explanations based on quantum theories. …”
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Chiral Phase Transition in Linear Sigma Model with Nonextensive Statistical Mechanics by Ke-Ming Shen, Hui Zhang, De-Fu Hou, Ben-Wei Zhang, En-Ke Wang

“…The corresponding nonextensive distribution, based on Tsallis’ statistics, is characterized by a dimensionless nonextensive parameter, q, and the results in the usual Boltzmann-Gibbs case are recovered when q→1. The thermodynamics of the linear sigma model and its corresponding phase diagram are analysed. …”
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A satellite-based analysis of semi-direct effects of biomass burning aerosols on fog and low-cloud dissipation in the Namib Desert by A. Mass, A. Mass, H. Andersen, H. Andersen, J. Cermak, J. Cermak, P. Formenti, E. Pauli, E. Pauli, J. Quinting

“…., through adjustments of atmospheric stability and thermodynamics via the interaction of aerosols with radiation. …”
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Thomas Hardy : une écriture paradoxale entre génération et dégradation entropique by Annie Escuret

“…Some of Hardy’s narratives do not belong to this modern conception of time : when time means loss in Hardy’s fiction, it refers to thermodynamics and to the loss of energy, that is to say time as degradation and no longer time as poetic creation embodied in Hardy’s Wessex.…”
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Mechanism Design and Kinematics Analysis of a Hybrid-driven Waist Rehabilitation Robot by Yin Guangcai, Zi Bin, Chen Qiao, Li Yuan

“…A cable-pneumatic-muscle hybrid-driven waist rehabilitation robot is designed for human waist and gait rehabilitation training.The presented data and curves indicate that the state of motion of human torso during normal walking and the rehabilitation robotics fundamental functions are confirmed.According to these,the structure of the rehabilitation robot that employed the double parallel mechanism is designed.The cable- driven parallel mechanism is chosen to drive the human lower limb,and the pneumatic muscle（PM） is chosen to twist the human waist.The adaptability and safety of the rehabilitation robot is enhanced by synthesized the features of the two actuators.The inverse kinematics are solved by using the closed-vector-circle method,and the velocity Jacobian matrix is established.In addition,the rehabilitation robotics kinematics model and the PM element thermodynamics model are established in view of the parameters of different trainers is diverse.Then the kinematics character of cables and PM during the normal walking are obtained through numerical simulation,and the force variation trend of PM elements is also simulated to verify the feasibility of mechanism.…”
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Continuous Dual Resetting of the Immune Repertoire as a Basic Principle of the Immune System Function by Silvana Balzar

“…The CDR functions as a consequence of system’s thermodynamically determined intrinsic tendency to acquire new states of inner equilibrium and equilibrium against the environment. …”
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Inverse catalysts: tuning the composition and structure of oxide clusters through the metal support by Luuk H. E. Kempen, Mie Andersen

“…Structural geometry trends are identified, including stable motifs such as tripod, rhombus, and pyramidal motifs. Using ab initio thermodynamics, we explore the in situ stability of the structures, including single-atom alloys, at a range of oxygen availabilities. …”
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Catalytic transformation of carbon dioxide into seven-membered heterocycles and their domino transformation into bicyclic oxazolidinones by Wangyu Shi, Jordi Benet-Buchholz, Arjan W. Kleij

“…This methodology avoids the formation of thermodynamically more stable, smaller-ring by-products and has good functional group tolerance. …”
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Optical Absorption and Electron Injection of 4-(Cyanomethyl)benzoic Acid Based Dyes: A DFT Study by Yuehua Zhang, Penghui Ren, Yuanzuo Li, Runzhou Su, Meiyu Zhao

“…The excited states properties and the thermodynamical parameters of electron injection were studied. …”
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Characterization of Conjugated Polymer Poly(fluorene-co-thiophene) and Its Application as Photosensitizer of TiO2 by Rongliang Qiu, Lin Song, Dongdong Zhang, Yueqi Mo, Eric Brewer, Xiongfei Huang

“…Consequently, it was deemed that transfer of electrons from the excited PFTs to the conduction band of TiO2 was thermodynamically possible. PFTs with higher thiophene content had more electron transitions in the excited state, resulting in increased photocatalytic activity of PFT-sensitized TiO2. …”
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Calculation of Capillary Rise Height of Soils by SWCC Model by Yuhan Li, Chen Zhang, Chenghao Chen, Hao Chen

“…Based on the BCC model and principles of thermodynamics, the soil-water characteristic curve test is designed for the purpose of calculating the pore distribution of soil samples. …”
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Atomic-scale understanding of the effects of Cr and Ti on γ′ growth kinetics in the Ni–Al-X ternary system: Diffusion couple technique and DFT study by Xinyu Gao, Yuan Tian, Xin Wen, Shichang Qiao, Fengzhen Wang, Na Li, Zhikang Xia, Yongqianag Wang, Shuai Liu, Chao Yuan

“…First-principles calculations indicate that Cr and Ti favor γ′ phase formation thermodynamically and kinetically. Al compressibility from Cr and Ti doping promotes γ′ formation. …”
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Grain Boundaries Control Lithiation of Solid Solution Substrates in Lithium Metal Batteries by Leonardo Shoji Aota, Chanwon Jung, Siyuan Zhang, Ömer K. Büyükuslu, Aparna Saksena, Ezgi Hatipoglu, Poonam Yadav, Mahander Pratap Singh, Xinren Chen, Eric Woods, Christina Scheu, Se‐Ho Kim, Dierk Raabe, Baptiste Gault

“…The role of kinetics and mechanical constraint from the microstructure over equilibrium thermodynamics in dictating the lithiation process is evidenced. …”
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Calculation of Free Energy Consumption in Gene Transcription with Complex Promoter Structure by Lifang Huang, Peijiang Liu, Kunwen Wen, Jianshe Yu

“…From the viewpoint of thermodynamics, gene transcription necessarily consumes free energy due to nonequilibrium processes. …”
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Tension-Compression Damage Model with Consistent Crack Bandwidths for Concrete Materials by Wei He, Ying Xu, Yu Cheng, Peng-Fei Jia, Ting-Ting Fu

“…This paper proposes a tension-compression damage model for concrete materials, formulated within the framework of thermodynamics of irreversible processes. The aim of this work is to solve the following problems: the premature divergence of numerical solutions under general loading conditions due to the conflict of tensile and compressive damage bounding surfaces, which is a result of the application of the spectral decomposition method to distinguish tension and compression, and the unsatisfactory reproduction of distinct tension-compression behaviors of concrete by strain-driven damage models. …”
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Boron removal from metallurgical grade silicon using a FeCl2 molten salt refining technique by Jia B.J., Wu J.J., Ma W.H., Yang B., Liu D.C., Dai Y.N.

“…The rate equation of boron removal using FeCl2 molten salt was proposed and established in kinetic, which showed a large difference in removal limitation of boron compared with thermodynamics.…”
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Removal of Lead(II) Ions from Aqueous Solutions Using a Modified Cellulose Adsorbent by David W. O'Connell, Colin Birkinshaw, Thomas F. O'Dwyer

“…The adsorption process is best described by the Langmuir adsorption model and the thermodynamics of the process suggest that the binding process is exothermic. …”
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