Nernst's theorem—a general experimental observation presented in 1905 that entropy exchanges tend to zero when the ...

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The year’s biggest computer science stories included a new understanding of large language models, and a breakthrough in being able to compute complex quantum systems. We look back at three of the ...

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This study presents systematic research of the parallel slits originating from the polytype boundaries in the 4H silicon carbide (4H-SiC) single crystals grown by the physical vapor transport (PVT) ...

Using an exclusive-read and exclusive-write (EREW) parallel random-access memory (PRAM) model with a fixed number of processors, optimal parallel algorithms are presented for several problems on ...

Multi-layer boundary value problems have received a great deal of attention in the past few years. This is due to the fact that they model many engineering applications. Examples of applications ...

The ‘rd:SELECT’ modular system consists of parallel-axis and coaxial reduction gearboxes that are designed for the torques of the electric motors. And ‘sw:SELECT’ is the software library. For an ...

A problem statement is a short description of a situation you’d like to change. There are different ways to write a problem statement, but its distinguishing feature is the absence of a proposed ...