Portfolio Selection and Risk Control for an Insurer With Uncertain Time Horizon and Partial Information in an Anticipating Environment

Methodology and Computing in Applied Probability - This paper is devoted to the study of an optimal investment and risk control problem for an insurer. The risky asset process and the insurance...     

Separation,Preconcentration, and Determination of Lead,Cadmium, and Iron Using Cloud Point Extraction with Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry

Journal of Applied Spectroscopy - The concentration of heavy metals in drinking water is an important standard for water quality evaluation and water pipeline corrosion detection. This research...     

Multistable dynamics in a Hopfield neural network under electromagnetic radiation and dual bias currents

Nonlinear Dynamics - This paper investigates a Hopfield neural network under the simulation of external electromagnetic radiation and dual bias currents, in which the fluctuation of magnetic flux...     

A new direct band gap silicon allotropeο-Si32

Silicon is a preferred material in solar cells,and most of silicon allotropes have an indirect band gap.Therefore,it is important to find new direct band gap silicon.In the present work,a new direct band gap silicon allotrope of o-Si32 is discovered.The elastic constants,elastic anisotropy,phonon spectra,and electronic structure of o-Si32 are obtained using first-principles calculations.The results show that o-Si32 is mechanically and dynamically stable and is a direct semiconductor material with a band gap of 1.261 e V.     

Additive Hermitian idempotent preservers between operator algebras

Let L be an additive map between (real or complex) matrix algebras sending $n\times n$ Hermitian idempotent matrices to $m\times m$ Hermitian idempotent matrices. We show that there are nonnegative integers $p,q$ with $n(p+q)=r\le m$ and an $m\times m$ unitary matrix U such that$L(A)=U[(I_p?A)\oplus (I_q?A^t)\oplus 0_{m?r}]U^{?},\text{for any}n\times n\text{Hermitian}A\text{with rational trace}.$ We also extend this result to the (complex) von Neumann algebra setting, and provide a supplement to the Dye-Bunce-Wright Theorem asserting that every additive map of Hermitian idempotents extends to a Jordan ?-homomorphism.     

Impact Force Identification on Carbon Fibre–Epoxy Honeycomb Composite Panel Based on Local Convex Curve Criterion

Experimental Mechanics - Identification of impact force is essential for various engineering applications, such as performance evaluation, design optimisation, noise suppression, and vibration...     

Adsorption of Th(IV) from aqueous solution by the graphene oxide nanoribbons/chitosan composite material

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry - In order to reduce the potential toxicity to the environment after treatment of radioactive waste water, an eco-friendly graphene oxide...     

Enantioselective C−H Activation with Earth‐Abundant 3d Transition Metals

Molecular syntheses largely rely on time‐ and labour‐intensive prefunctionalization strategies. In contrast, C?H activation represents an increasingly powerful approach that avoids lengthy syntheses of prefunctionalized substrates, with great potential for drug discovery, the pharmaceutical industry, material sciences, and crop protection, among others. The enantioselective functionalization of omnipresent C?H bonds has emerged as a transformative tool for the step‐ and atom‐economical generation of chiral molecular complexity. However, this rapidly growing research area remains dominated by noble transition metals, prominently featuring toxic palladium, iridium and rhodium catalysts. Indeed, despite significant achievements, the use of inexpensive and sustainable 3d metals in asymmetric C?H activations is still clearly in its infancy. Herein, we discuss the remarkable recent progress in enantioselective transformations via organometallic C?H activation by 3d base metals up to April 2019.     

Synthesis of γ-(Arylamino)butyric Acid Derivatives via Ring-Opening Addition of Arylamines to Cyclopropane-1,1-Dicarboxylates

Russian Journal of Organic Chemistry - A rapid and efficient catalytic approach has been proposed for the synthesis of dimethyl 2-[2-(aryl-amino)but-3-en-1-yl]- and...