Qing Yang

Jan 23, 2025 | illinoistimes.com | Qing Yang |Kevin Parker

The wind is howling and snowflakes are dancing outside. The sky is monotone gray and there's more than a foot of snow on the ground. The kids are restless and can't wait to jump in the first snow of the year, but it'll already be dark by the time they get out of school. The sliver of setting sun doesn't leave much time for building forts and snowball fights. We passed the winter solstice on Dec.

Jan 13, 2025 | scirp.org | Anran Li |Qing Yang

1. IntroductionNowadays, researchers have placed more attention on the development of fractional differential equations as these equations are widely used in fractal media, mathematical biology, chemistry, statistical mechanics, engineering and so on [1]-[7]. Time delay occurs in many real-life applications such as population ecology, cell biology, control theory [8]-[13]. Therefore, development of numerical methods for fractional equations with time delay seems to be vital and essential.

Dec 24, 2024 | mdpi.com | Qing Yang

1. IntroductionThe escalating consumption of fossil fuels has resulted in notable energy deficits and environmental contamination, highlighting the critical necessity for a shift to renewable energy sources. Hydrogen energy, characterised by its high energy density and environmental advantages, offers a promising alternative [1].

Nov 22, 2024 | nature.com | Qing Yang

AbstractEnsuring the long-term safe usage of lithium-ion batteries hinges on accurately estimating the State of Health \((\textrm{SOH})\) and predicting the Remaining Useful Life (RUL). This study proposes a novel prediction method based on a AT-CNN-BiLSTM architecture. Initially, key parameters such as voltage, current, temperature, and SOH are extracted and averaged for each cycle to ensure the uniformity and reliability of the input data.

Nov 5, 2024 | nature.com | Qing Yang |Mohammad Masukujjaman |Xiaofang Lin |Abdullah Al Mamun

Reserving existing customers is significantly more meaningful than acquiring new customers, particularly for logistics service providers. This long-standing view emphasizes the importance of customer retention for maintaining favorable relationships between logistics service providers and their clients. Drawing on the framework of the stimulus-organism-response model, this study proposes a model that integrates entertainment, interaction, trendiness, customization, and electronic word-of-mouth to examine how social media marketing activities and trust affect brand equity and reuse intentions for logistics services, both directly and indirectly. Empirical evidence was obtained from an online survey using WeChat and QQ, which administered a structured questionnaire to individuals with prior experience in logistics services at least once a week. We collected the data using a purposive sampling method from 932 participants, who represented the demographic of adult Chinese consumers. By applying partial least squares structural equation modeling, this study shows that interaction, trendiness, customization, electronic word-of-mouth, and trust positively affect the brand equity of logistics services, while the effect of entertainment on brand equity is not significant. In addition, the brand equity of logistics services positively affects the logistics service reuse intention. Furthermore, the result of the mediation analysis revealed that brand equity mediates the connection between interaction, trendiness, customization, electronic word-of-mouth, trust, and logistics service reuse intention. This study’s uniqueness lies in its thorough analysis of logistics service providers’ social media marketing efforts, trust, and their combined impact on brand equity and reuse intention. This study offers valuable perspectives on the significance of brand equity within the logistics sector, emphasizing the importance of prioritizing brand equity enhancement to improve performance and competitive edge.