Publications by authors named "Yishan Xu"

Modulating surface-active hydrogen (*H) supply represents a critical strategy to boost the electrocatalytic CO reduction reaction (ECRR), yet the mechanistic interplay between *H dynamics and catalytic behavior remains ambiguous. Herein, we construct tandem catalysts (M/NiNC, M = Fe, Co, Cu, or Mn) by coupling tetranuclear metal clusters (M) with single-atom Ni sites on N-doped carbon (NiNC) to regulate *H supply. Experimental and theoretical results reveal that the *H supply is governed by both thermodynamics and kinetic factors.

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  • The text presents a new method for calculating the noise spectrum of transport current in interacting mesoscopic systems using a time-nonlocal quantum master equation.
  • By introducing specific current-related density operators, the method achieves an efficient time-local equation of motion to capture emission and absorption details.
  • The approach is validated with double quantum dots systems, showing accurate results when the system-reservoir coupling is less than the temperature.
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This study examined how sexual attraction varied across age, gender of participant, and gender of romantic partner, from adolescence to early adulthood. Comparisons between same-sex and both-sex attracted individuals were of particular interest. Using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (AddHealth), we examined the responses of participants who reported experiencing same-sex attractions or both-sex attractions at least once within four waves (n = 1889).

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Large numbers of infants and toddlers have parents who live apart due to separation, divorce, or nonmarital/noncohabiting child-bearing, yet this important topic, especially the controversial issue of frequent overnights with nonresidential parents, is understudied. The authors analyzed data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, a longitudinal investigation of children born to primarily low-income, racial/ethnic minority parents that is representative of 20 U.S.

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Married adults show better psychological adjustment and physical health than their separated/divorced or never-married counterparts. However, this apparent "marriage benefit" may be due to social selection, social causation, or both processes. Genetically informed research designs offer critical advantages for helping to disentangle selection from causation by controlling for measured and unmeasured genetic and shared environmental selection.

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