Southeast University

Field-Validated Hyperbolic Model Predicts Load Displacement of Untested Grouted Railway Piles

ABSTRACT Current design codes for grouted piles focus exclusively on bearing capacity improvements (β factors) and lack reliable methods for displacement prediction, creating significant risks for settlement-sensitive railway infrastructure. To address this gap, this study propos...

Ensemble clustering: A practical tutorial

Abstract Cluster analysis is an explorative analytical method, serving as a critical tool in psychology, psychiatry, and related fields to map heterogeneous data into meaningful subgroups. Despite their extensive historical use, traditional clustering techniques suffer from a lac...

Exploring baryon semileptonic decays through polarization and entanglement

Abstract The unitarity of the Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa (CKM) matrix is a cornerstone of the standard model (SM). Precise tests of this unitarity require independent determinations of its elements, such as | V us |, which governs the transition between strange and up quarks. Curr...

In Situ Peptide Assembly for Cancer Therapy

Peptides have emerged as promising anticancer agents due to their biocompatibility and functional versatility, such as tumor targeting and cell penetrating capabilities. However, their clinical application is often limited by poor stability and rapid clearance. To overcome these...

Mission-oriented investment and South-South industrial cooperation: theoretical foundations and empirical analysis

Abstract Industrialization remains a central objective for countries of the Global South, yet for many it has remained elusive. This paper investigates whether and how China’s outward investment cooperation can help mitigate the obstacles to industrialization in these countries....

Van der Waals/MCT heterostructure enabled high-performance uncooled mid-infrared photodetectors via synergistic suppression of dark current and interfacial recombination

Abstract Mid-wavelength infrared (MWIR) photodetection is crucial for applications such as night vision, remote sensing, spectral imaging and optical communication, yet its room-temperature operation faces a fundamental challenge of excessive dark current. While high-operating-te...

Corporate ethics and conscientious brands: convergent evidence for brand authenticity amid structural and intellectual fragmentation

Abstract Corporate ethics and conscientious branding have attracted growing academic and managerial attention as firms face increasing demands for responsible conduct, sustainability, and credible brand positioning. This study examines the evolution, intellectual structure, and t...

Dual Nickel/Photoredox‐Catalyzed Regio‐ and Enantioselective Alkenylation of Epoxides

ABSTRACT β ‐Chiral phenethyl alcohols represent a privileged scaffold in bioactive molecules, chemical probes, and functional materials, serving as versatile synthons in organic synthesis. Herein, we report the first Ni/photoredox‐catalyzed stereoconvergent C(sp 3 )−C(sp 2 ) cros...

Multi-omics integration reveals human placental molecular signatures associated with microplastics exposure

Abstract Background Microplastics (MPs) are pervasive environmental contaminants that have been increasingly detected in human tissues. However, their molecular effects on the human placenta, a critical interface for maternal–fetal exchange and fetal development, remain poorly un...

Hydration mechanisms of calcium sulfoaluminate (CSA) cements: the role of barium carbonate in sulfate-carbonate balance

Abstract This study investigates the partial and total replacement of CaSO 4 by BaCO 3 in calcium sulfoaluminate (CSA) cement systems through a systematic compositional series to examine the coupled effects of decreasing initial sulfate content, carbonate incorporation, and BaSO...

Dynamic Scheduling of a Photovoltaic–Storage Office Building with Heating, Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning and Electric-Vehicle Flexibility

High photovoltaic (PV) penetration can create hourly mismatches among office-building demand, renewable generation, electricity prices, and grid carbon intensity. This study develops a reproducible, deterministic, time-coupled day-ahead mixed-integer linear programming model for...

Experimental Study on Thermal Protection Performance of an Insulation-dissipation Structure

Abstract Hypersonic vehicles experience sustained and spatially distributed aerodynamic heating usually. For the thermal protection of large-area regions of vehicles,conventional passive systems only delay heat conduction and cannot suppress heat accumulation during prolonged hea...

Estimates for Linear Wave Equation with Scale-Invariant Damping

This study is devoted to deriving precise pointwise estimates for the linear Cauchy problem of the wave equation with scale-invariant damping. The proof relies on representing the solution via Fourier integral operators and employing techniques from microlocal analysis. As an app...

A ticket to formal finance: credit rating and farmers’ financing choices

This paper examines how credit rating affects farmers’ financing choices within China’s dual rural financial structure. Using four waves of household survey data and a difference-in-differences model, we show that credit rating increases formal borrowing while reducing both inter...

Correlation between maternal serum pgRNA levels during pregnancy and neonatal virological characteristics at birth in HBV-infected pregnant women

To investigate the relationship between serum pregenomic RNA (pgRNA) in pregnant women with chronic HBV (CHB) infection during pregnancy and maternal clinical characteristics, virological characteristics of newborns at birth, and mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) outcomes. 312...

Environmental Misconduct and Legitimacy Repair: Evidence From Targeted Poverty Alleviation Campaigns in China

ABSTRACT Environmental administrative penalties not only impose regulatory and economic costs on firms but also threaten their legitimacy by undermining stakeholders' perceptions of their responsibility and reliability. Based on legitimacy theory, these legitimacy threats may mot...

Efficient Acidic CO 2 Reduction via Local Strain Engineering of Nickel Single‐Atom Catalysts

ABSTRACT Acidic CO 2 reduction reaction (CO 2 RR) enhances carbon efficiency and electrolyzer stability. Although nickel single‐atom catalysts (Ni‐SACs) effectively convert CO 2 into CO in neutral/alkaline conditions, their performance in acid is hindered by the competing hydroge...

A Dual‐Loss‐Suppression Meta‐Unit for Low‐Loss Continuously Tunable Spoof Surface Plasmon Polaritons

ABSTRACT Dynamic tuning of spoof surface plasmon polaritons (SSPPs) is typically accompanied by substantial loss, which mainly originates from two sources: parasitic loss in tunable semiconductor components and dielectric loss dominated by the substrate. Here, we propose a contin...

An explainable visual structural health monitoring framework for corrosion diagnosis of steel components using high-resolution UAV images

Reliable corrosion monitoring is essential for maintaining the safety, serviceability, and durability of steel structures. However, most vision-based corrosion monitoring methods have been developed for bridges or exterior steel surfaces, and their applicability to indoor industr...

Can the mitigation of water constraints promote regional entrepreneurial activity? Evidence from China

Traditional entrepreneurial choice models typically consider only entrepreneurial talent and capital inputs, neglecting natural resource endowments. The debate over whether the scarcity of natural resources affects regional entrepreneurial activity remains inconclusive. In countr...