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Comparison of Frontier Efficiency Methods: An Application to the U.S. Life Insurance Industry [PDF]

The objective of this paper is to provide new information on the performance of efficiency estimation methods by applying a wide range of econometric and mathematical programming techniques to a sample of U.S. life insurers.
Hongmin Zi, J. David Cummins
core  

In Situ Study of Resistive Switching in a Nitride‐Based Memristive Device

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
In situ TEM biasing experiment demonstrates the volatile I‐V characteristic of MIM lamella device. In situ STEM‐EELS Ti L2/L3 ratio maps provide direct evidence of the oxygen vacancies migrations under positive/negative electrical bias, which is critical for revealing the RS mechanism for the MIM lamella device.
Di Zhang, Rohan Dhall, Matthew M. Schneider, Cun Li, Chengyu Song, Sundar Kunwar, Hongyi Dou, Natanii R. Yazzie, Henry Tran, Daniel Appuing, Jim Ciston, Nicholas G. Cucciniello, Pinku Roy, Michael T. Pettes, John Watt, Winson Kuo, Haiyan Wang, Ye Cao, Rodney J. McCabe, Aiping Chen   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Charge‐Induced Morphing Gels for Bioinspired Actuation

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study introduces a novel electroactive actuation mechanism that enables the gel material to generate substantial and reversible shape‐changing while preserving topological and isochoric (volumetric) equivalence. The resultant morphing behaviors can mimic the movements of muscle‐driven organelles in nature, including cilia‐like beating and ...
Ciqun Xu, Saba Firouznia, Charl F. J. Faul, Majid Taghavi, Jonathan Rossiter   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Discretely Distributed Scheduled Jumps and Interest Rate Derivatives: Pricing in the Context of Central Bank Actions

Economies
Interest rate dynamics are influenced by various economic factors, and central bank meetings play a crucial role concerning this subject matter. This study introduces a novel approach to modeling interest rates, focusing on the impact of central banks ...
Allan Jonathan da Silva, Jack Baczynski
doaj   +1 more source

Microsphere Autolithography—A Scalable Approach for Arbitrary Patterning of Dielectric Spheres

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
MicroSphere Autolithography (µSAL) enables scalable fabrication of patchy particles with customizable surface motifs. Focusing light through dielectric microspheres creates well defined, tunable patches via a conformal poly(dopamine) photoresist. Nearly arbitrary surface patterns can be achieved, with the resolution set by the index contrast between ...
Elliott D. Kunkel, Alec G. Burnett, Katherine E. Scheiber, Hans D. Robinson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Approximate Methods in Mathematics [PDF]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1953
openaire   +2 more sources

Quantifying Spin Defect Density in hBN via Raman and Photoluminescence Analysis

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
An all‐optical method is presented for quantifying the density of boron vacancy spin defects in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN). By correlating Raman and photoluminescence signals with irradiation fluence, defect‐induced Raman modes are identified and established an relationship linking optical signatures to absolute defect densities. This enables direct
Atanu Patra, Paul Konrad, Andreas Sperlich, Timur Biktagirov, Wolf Gero Schmidt, Lesley Spencer, Igor Aharonovich, Sven Höfling, Vladimir Dyakonov   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Electrochemical Formation of BiVO4/BiPO4 Photoanodes for Enhanced Selectivity toward H2O2 Generation

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
In acidic KPi, V dissolves from the BiVO4 lattice, while adsorbed phosphate reacts with the electrode under an external bias, forming a BiPO4 surface layer. This BiPO4 layer exhibits stronger bicarbonate adsorption, redirecting the water oxidation pathway toward two‐electron H2O2 production.
Kaijian Zhu, Xinyi Zhang, Lan Wen, Hongjiang Chen, Yudhistira Tirtayasri Amrillah, Vivi Fauzia, Hongzhen Dong, Shaoqiang Su, Wenjun Luo, Ferry Anggoro Ardy Nugroho, Patrick H.‐L. Sit, Yun Hau Ng, Fatwa F. Abdi   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reconfigurable Magnetic Soft Microrobot for Acoustically Triggered Targeted Bacterial Sterilization

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Reconfigurable magnetic soft microrobots integrate in situ‐grown piezoelectric zinc oxide nanorods that produce reactive oxygen species upon acoustic excitation. Combining magnetically guided transport with thermally induced planar reconfiguration, the microrobots achieve targeted delivery and enhanced bacterial sterilization through efficient on ...
Quan Gao, Fan Li, Jiajie Gao, Elric Zhang, Yingdong Su, Ni Qin, Hao Ye, Josep Puigmartí, Giuseppe Cantarella, Simone Schuerle, Jiang Wu, Bradley J. Nelson, Salvador Pané   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mathematical methods for visualization and anomaly detection in telemetry datasets. [PDF]

Interface Focus, 2020
Aminian M, Andrews-Polymenis H, Gupta J, Kirby M, Kvinge H, Ma X, Rosse P, Scoggin K, Threadgill D.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source