Critical Behavior Research Articles

Interfacial charge transfer and its impact on transport properties of LaNiO3/LaFeO3 superlattices.

Charge transfer or redistribution at oxide heterointerfaces is a critical phenomenon, often leading to remarkable properties such as two-dimensional electron gas and interfacial ferromagnetism. Despite studies on LaNiO3/LaFeO3 superlattices and heterostructures, the direction and magnitude of the charge transfer remain debated, with some suggesting no charge transfer due to the high stability of Fe3+ (3d5). Here, we synthesized a series of epitaxial LaNiO3/LaFeO3 superlattices and demonstrated partial (up to ~0.5 e-/interface unit cell) charge transfer from Fe to Ni near the interface, supported by density functional theory simulations and spectroscopic evidence of changes in Ni and Fe oxidation states. The electron transfer from LaFeO3 to LaNiO3 and the subsequent rearrangement of the Fe 3d band create an unexpected metallic ground state within the LaFeO3 layer, strongly influencing the in-plane transport properties across the superlattice. Moreover, we establish a direct correlation between interfacial charge transfer and in-plane electrical transport properties, providing insights for designing functional oxide heterostructures with emerging properties.

Reexamining pay-for-delay agreements: anticompetitive practices or strategic settlements under Article 101(1) TFEU?

ABSTRACT This article explores whether pay-for-delay agreements between originator and generic pharmaceutical companies constitute anticompetitive practices under Article 101(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). These agreements, where originator firms compensate generics to delay market entry, raise concerns about competition law violations. The European Commission has investigated such cases extensively, imposing fines on companies like Generics UK, Lundbeck, and Servier. The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has found certain agreements inherently restrictive, focusing on the role of value transfers. While the Commission favours case-by-case assessments, its analyses often lack depth. This research evaluates the criteria for anticompetitive behavior under Article 101 TFEU, examining key issues such as restriction by object, patents as entry barriers, and transfer value. It argues for a nuanced approach that balances legal and economic considerations to promote genuine competition and innovation in the pharmaceutical sector.

Median U-Turn Intersection Critical Parameter Research and Operational Performance Evaluation

As one of the unconventional intersection designs, the median U-turn (MUT) intersection design has been confirmed to have the potential to improve intersection efficiency and produce lower vehicle delays, and it has been widely applied to many urban networks. Most existing studies have successfully evaluated the operational performance of MUT intersections by analyzing the overall traffic flow, particularly for intersection delay and capacity. However, the impact of the critical parameters and behavior of individual vehicles in MUT intersection operations has not been adequately studied. These limitations cannot provide a complete and objective evaluation of MUT intersections. Therefore, a comprehensive cellular automata model is proposed to simulate vehicle dynamic variations, considering road channelization information and vehicle random movements. This model will be compared to the VISSIM model to validate rationality by using field data, and it shows a good agreement between the simulation results of both models. In addition, sensitive experiments reveal that properly adjusting the elements, including the separation distance, the proportion of left-turn vehicles, and green phase percentage, can improve the operation of MUT intersections to varying degrees. By appropriately improving intersection features and conducting reasonable evaluations, the overall performance and sustainability of the MUT intersections in Xi’an city can be enhanced. Finally, this paper offers a valuable guideline for the evaluation and modeling strategies of MUT intersections.

Walking behavior induced by PT -symmetry breaking in a non-Hermitian XY model with clock anisotropy

A quantum system governed by a non-Hermitian Hamiltonian may exhibit zero-temperature phase transitions that are driven by interactions, just as its Hermitian counterpart, raising the fundamental question of how non-Hermiticity affects quantum criticality. In this context, we consider a non-Hermitian system consisting of an XY model with a complex-valued four-state clock interaction that may or may not have parity-time-reversal (PT) symmetry. When the PT symmetry is broken, and time-evolution becomes nonunitary, a scaling behavior similar to the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless phase transition ensues, but in a highly unconventional way, as the line of fixed points is absent. From the analysis of the d-dimensional renormalization group equations, we obtain that the unconventional behavior in the PT broken regime follows from the collision of two fixed points in the d→2 limit, leading to walking behavior or pseudocriticality. For d=2+1 the near critical behavior is characterized by a correlation length exponent ν=3/8, a value smaller than the mean-field one. These results are in sharp contrast with the PT-symmetric case where only one fixed point arises for 2<d<4 and in d=1+1 three lines of fixed points occur with a continuously varying critical exponent ν. Published by the American Physical Society 2024

Rheological characterization and modeling of ultra-high-velocity fluidized submarine landslides

Submarine landslides are critical phenomena due to their potential to reshape seabed topography, trigger tsunamis, and compromise offshore infrastructure. Understanding the rheological properties, particularly shear stress and viscosity under high shear rates, is essential for comprehending the dynamics of these landslides, a topic often underexplored in previous research. This study explores the rheological behavior of fluidized submarine landslides, with a focus on in-site sediments from the South China Sea and the Western Pacific Ocean. Samples prepared with varying densities were subjected to extensive rheological testing in the laboratory and analyzed under shear rates of up to 2000 s−1. Results indicated that all samples exhibited non-Newtonian fluid characteristics, showing shear-thinning behavior at low shear rates and shear-thickening behavior at higher shear rates. This transition is attributed to the breakdown of internal sediment structures, leading to changes in viscosity. This study also found that higher water content generally results in lower yield stress and consistency coefficients, while increasing the shear rate reduces the nonlinearity of the fluid's behavior. To model this complex behavior, a piecewise rheological model based on the Herschel-Bulkley framework was proposed. This model effectively captures the variations in rheological properties across different shear rate stages, with critical shear rates influenced by the sediment type and water content. These findings contribute to a deeper understanding of submarine landslides under extreme conditions, and the proposed model offers a more accurate tool for predicting the behavior of fluidized submarine landslides.

Information structure of heterogeneous criticality in a fish school

Integrated information theory (IIT) assesses the degree of consciousness in living organisms from an information-theoretic perspective. This theory can be generalised to other systems, including those exhibiting criticality. In this study, we applied IIT to the collective behaviour of Plecoglossus altivelis and observed that the group integrity (Φ) was maximised at the critical state. Multiple levels of criticality were identified within the group, existing as distinct subgroups. Moreover, these fragmented critical subgroups coexisted alongside the overall criticality of the group. The distribution of high-criticality subgroups was heterogeneous across both time and space. Notably, core fish in the high-criticality subgroups were less affected by internal and external stimuli compared to those in low-criticality subgroups. These findings are consistent with previous interpretations of critical phenomena and offer a new perspective on the dynamics of an empirical critical state.

Critical phenomena in dynamical scalarization with a massive and self-interacting scalar field

Critical phenomena in dynamical scalarization with a massive and self-interacting scalar field

Holographic thermodynamics of a charged AdS black hole with a global monopole

By regarding the Newton constant G N and cosmological constant Λ as variables, in this paper we study the thermodynamics and phase transition of the Reissner-Nordstr öm anti-de Sitter (RN-AdS) black hole with a global monopole within the framework of AdS/CFT correspondence. We find interesting critical phenomena and phase behavior in the (grand) canonical ensembles of fixed ( Q˜,V,C ), ( Φ˜,V,C ) and ( Q˜,V,μ ). When the other parameters are fixed, the free energy decreases with the global monopole increases. In the ( Q˜,V,C ) ensemble, the range of the unstable region decreases with the increase of the global monopole. In the ( Φ˜,V,C ) ensemble, when Φ˜<Φc , the free energy appears as two branches, where the upper and lower branches correspond to low and high entropy, respectively. When ( Q˜,V,μ ) is fixed, a new zero-order phase transition occurs in the high-entropy phase and the low-entropy phase at certain μ-dependent temperatures. When μ increases to a certain value, this zero-order phase transition disappears. This certain value is negatively related to the magnitude of the global monopole. Finally, we find that p−V criticality does not appear with the change of global monopole. Therefore, it is important to note that the CFT states of charged black holes with global monopoles do not correspond to van der Waals fluids. Finally, we find that charged black holes with global monopoles can better reflect thermodynamic phase transitions and critical phenomena under the AdS/CFT correspondence. By adjusting the change of the global monopole, the thermodynamic phase transition will also change.

Semi-Automated rock block volume extraction from high-resolution 3D point clouds for enhanced rockfall hazard analysis

Rockfalls are critical landslide phenomena affecting human activities, with risk assessment based on hazard evaluation and potential impacts on exposed elements. Traditional methods for estimating unstable rock block volumes require direct measures often in hard-to-reach areas, hazardous, with time consuming approaches. This study introduces a semi-automatic method for estimating the most probable volume of the unstable blocks using open-source software (CloudCompare) to process 3D Point Cloud (PC) data obtained via Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS). The application area is a rock slope in a coastal sector of the northern Sicily (Italy) affected by frequent rockfalls phenomena. Both traditional field surveys and TLS were employed to characterize discontinuities and perform kinematic analyses. Volumes of already fallen blocks were directly measured, while unstable blocks were identified and volumetrically assessed using the PC-based procedure. Statistical analysis revealed that both created datasets conform to lognormal distributions; direct measurements show a better fit due to a larger sample size. Moreover, direct and indirect approaches were applied for recognition of main discontinuity sets influencing block detachment through planar sliding, toppling, and wedge failure. The proposed method offers a safer, more efficient alternative for rock mass characterization. Integration of traditional and remote sensing techniques facilitates accurate hazard evaluation, enhancing risk reduction strategies in vulnerable areas.

Procrastination and preventive health-care in the older U.S. population

ObjectiveMaintaining health preventive behaviours in later life reduces the risk of non-communicable diseases. However, these behaviours often require effort and discipline to adopt and may be prone to procrastination. This study examined whether procrastination affected engagement in health preventive behaviours among older adults. MethodsWe applied generalised additive models to data from the 2020 wave of the United States Health and Retirement Study. Our analytic sample consisted of adults aged 50+ (n = 1338; mean = 68.24; range = 50–95). Our analysis focused on six health preventive behaviours: prostate exams, mammograms, cholesterol screenings, pap smears, flu shots, and dental visits. ResultsProcrastination was associated with less frequent engagement in mammograms and cholesterol screenings among women, though it had no significant association with pap smears or flu shots. Additionally, procrastination interacted with depression reducing the likelihood of prostate exams in men and dental visits in both men and women, such that individuals with high procrastination and low depression were associated with less frequent engagement in both preventive health behaviours. ConclusionsProcrastination may be a behavioral risk factor for maintaining optimal health in older adults. Given that procrastination is a potentially modifiable behaviour, interventions aimed at reducing procrastination, such as simplifying tasks or providing default appointment, could improve engagement in critical health preventive behaviours.

$\mathbb{Z}_4$ transitions in quantum loop models on a zig-zag ladder

We study the nature of quantum phase transitions out of \mathbb{Z}_4ℤ4 ordered phases in quantum loop models on a zig-zag ladder. We report very rich critical behavior that includes a pair of Ising transitions, a multi-critical Ashkin-Teller point and a remarkably extended interval of a chiral transition. Although plaquette states turn out to be essential to realize chiral transitions, we demonstrate that critical regimes can be manipulated by deforming the model as to increase the presence of leg-dimerized states. This can be done to the point where the chiral transition turns into first order, we argue that this is associated with the emergence of a critical end point.

A Wavelet Multi-Scale Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy Approach for Financial Time Series Modeling

Fuzzy logic has been introduced as a modeler suitable for many situations where the data may be uncertain, and difficult to be described via the existing exact and analytic tools. However, although fuzzy models have succeeded to fit many situations, they fail in many others especially nonlinear, non-stationary, volatile, fuzzy, and fluctuated data such as financial time series. In this context, the need has emerged for more effective models to describe the data while preserving the fuzzy model as a basic descriptor of data fuzziness. In the present work, we develop a hybrid approach combining the Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy model with the wavelet decomposition to investigate financial time series as complex systems. The new approach showed effectively a high performance compared to existing methods via error estimates and Lyapunov theory of stability. The model is applied empirically to the Saudi Arabia Tadawul market traded over the period January 01, 2011, to December 31, 2022, a period characterized by many critical movements and phenomena such as the Arab Spring, Qatar embargo, Yemen war, NEOM project, 2030 KSA vision and the last COVID-19 pandemic, which makes its study of great importance to understand markets situations and also for policymakers, managers and investors.

Assessment and treatment of gesture in neurogenic communication disorders: An international survey of practice.

Gesture and speech collaborate in conveying meaning, and gesture is often leveraged by people with neurogenic communication disorders, such as aphasia, cognitive-communicative impairments and primary progressive aphasia, when words fail them. Because gesture is imagistic, transitory and holistic, there are inherent challenges when assessing and treating it. The survey had three primary research questions: (1) what gesture assessment practices, and (2) what gesture treatment practices, are employed by speech and language therapists (SLTs) internationally; and (3) what are the factors that influence these practices? An online survey of practice using Qualtrics was piloted and then disseminated to practising SLTs working with people with neurogenic communication disorders. In addition to descriptive statistics summarising across the three research questions, statistical comparisons were made for two independent groups: primary work setting (research versus clinical), and primary work setting considering years of experience specific to neurogenic communication disorders (research, high; research, low; clinical, high; and clinical, low). A total of 130 international SLTs completed the first two parts of the survey. A total of 107 completed all four sections of the survey. Fifty percent of respondents reported assessing gesture sometimes/for some clients, with only 5% reporting that they never assessed gesture. Nearly 70% of respondents reported never using a published test to evaluate gesture, with qualitative results suggesting a lack of formal assessments. This was further highlighted by the most prominent barrier being a lack of published tests (50% of respondents said this). The primary reason for evaluating gesture was to assess nonverbal communication.There was no significant difference in gesture assessment practices across comparison groups. The research group, and those within the research group with most years of experience, tended to target gestures during treatment and write treatment goals containing gesture more than other respondents. The most common facilitator to assessing or treating gesture was that the family or individual prioritised gesture for enhancing communication (53.1% of respondents). No group differences were identified for barriers/facilitators. Findings indicate that whilst gesture is a critical nonverbal communicative behaviour, there is an unmet need for empirical and standardised methods for assessing gesture in speech and language clinical practice and there is a lack of gesture-specific treatment resources. SLTs working in research settings may feel more able, or have more resources, to include gesture during treatment. Essential next steps include creating empirical and standardised methods for assessing gesture in speech and language clinical practice. What is already known on the subject Gesture is a complex and crucial aspect of communication. It is a key part of the role of speech and language therapists (SLTs), as described in clinical guidelines, to assess people with aphasia's use of gesture and consider whether it could be enhanced through treatment. What this study adds to existing knowledge This is the first international survey of practice focusing on gesture assessment and treatment. It highlights the variety of methods used by SLTs to assess and treat gesture, the importance they attach to this area and the need for standardised assessment tools and treatment resources. What are the clinical implications of this work? This study provides a comprehensive overview of practices for assessing and treating gesture in neurogenic communication disorders, as well as a list of gesture resources being actively used by clinicians and researchers. These may be useful for clinicians looking to expand their understanding of approaches and resources for assessment and treatment in this domain. The study also reports on the reasons clinicians assess gesture and the barriers and facilitators they encounter which may inform clinical practice in this area.

Real-time safety and worker self-assessment: Sensor-based mobile system for critical unsafe behaviors

Human error significantly contributes to construction accidents, exacerbated by the lack of a digital tool for assessing and improving workers' safety performance. This paper addresses this gap by developing: 1) a Real-Time Safety Performance Assessment and Report System; 2) a Safety Behavior Self-Assessment and Improvement System; and 3) a Sensor-Based Safety Performance Analytic Mobile System (SBSPAMS) to detect, assess, and modify workers' unsafe behaviors. Through a comprehensive literature review, this paper developed a real-time safety performance assessment method, a safety behavior self-assessment questionnaire, and tailored recommendations for workers' safety performance improvement. The SBSPAMS was developed by integrating the safety performance assessment and safety behavior self-assessment functions into a Sensor-Based Safety Monitoring Mobile System (SBSMMS), along with a framework for the practical implementation of the SBSPAMS. This paper enriches construction safety knowledge by providing a performance assessment and improvement approach and contributes to the construction industry by developing a tool for worker-oriented safety management.

Diversity and role of volatile terpene and terpenoid pheromones in insects.

Insect pheromones are critical chemical signals that regulate intraspecific behavior and play a key role in the dynamic monitoring and control of pest populations. Historically, research on insect pheromones has primarily focused on lipid-based compounds. However, terpenes and terpenoids, which are widely occurring classes of bioactive compounds, also play significant roles in insect pheromone blends. Over 50 terpene and terpenoid-based pheromones have been identified in over 52 insect species, spanning various orders such as Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Blattodea, Hemiptera, Diptera, and Lepidoptera. These compounds are associated with several types of pheromones, including female or male sex pheromones, aggregation pheromones, alarm pheromones, and aphrodisiac pheromones. Terpenes and terpenoids may act as either primary or secondary components of pheromone blends and influence a wide range of critical insect behaviors. They play essential roles in the physiological and ecological adaptation of insects to their environment. This review provides a comprehensive overview of current research on terpene and terpenoid-based pheromones in insects, examining their structures, types, and physiological and ecological functions. Additionally, we propose future research directions to guide the application of these pheromones in insect behavioral regulation and pest management, while advocating for their broader use in insect pest monitoring and control.

RIP3 augments neuroinflammation by facilitating neutrophil infiltration during an ischemic stroke.

Neutrophil infiltration is responsible for the neuroinflammation during an ischemic stroke. Here, we explored the role of receptor-interacting protein kinase 3 (RIP3) in neutrophil infiltration during an ischemic stroke. The rat middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) model was utilized to identify pivotal proteins involved in neutrophil infiltration during an ischemic stroke. Neutrophils were isolated from the peripheral blood of mice, and a co-immunoprecipitation (co-IP) assay was performed to identify the proteins that interact with RIP3. The rat MCAO model was successfully established. Myeloperoxidase (MPO) was significantly up-regulated in the MCAO group, indicating the presence of neutrophil infiltration. RIP3 protein level exhibited a similar trend to MPO protein level, suggesting that neuroinflammation might be partly activated by RIP3 through the promotion of neutrophil infiltration. Co-immunoprecipitation (co-IP) and mass spectrometry (MS) analyses suggested that RIP3 facilitated neutrophil infiltration partly by affecting protein kinases (Rock1 and Prkaca) downstream of RIP3, and the interaction between RIP3 and Rock1 or Prkaca was validated by IF and co-IP assays. In this study, it was observed that RIP3 affects neutrophil infiltration, a critical phenomenon associated with neuronal injury during ischemic stroke, partly by the modulation of downstream proteins such as Rock1 and Prkaca.

Has the switch to sexual risk behaviour screening impacted deferrals for pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis therapy for human immunodeficiency virus?

Canadian Blood Services defers donors during and for 4 months after oral pre-exposure or post-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP/PEP) for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) because of concerns about altered viral kinetics. We assessed the impact of the switch from a time-based deferral for men who have sex with men (MSM) to sexual risk behaviour criteria on PrEP/PEP deferrals. Data on PrEP/PEP deferral codes were extracted from our National Epidemiology Database for the 22 months before (Period 1) and after (Period 2) the criteria change. PEP deferrals remained stable (2.3 vs. 1.7 per 100,000 donations in Periods 1 and 2, p = 0.2892), about 45% and 33%, respectively, of these donors who reported a recent needle stick injury. PrEP deferrals increased from 5.9 to 12.4 per 100,000 (p = 0.0001); approximately 30% of donors in both periods had other HIV risk factor deferrals. Donors deferred for PrEP use alone were more likely to be male, first-time users and younger than other donors. The switch to sexual risk behaviour led to a small increase in deferrals for PrEP. We may not be measuring the full impact of deferral criteria because potential donors may self-defer and PrEP use is increasing.

Dissecting Superradiant Phase Transition in the Quantum Rabi Model

Abstract The phase transition is both thermodynamically and quantum-mechanically ubiquitous in nature or laboratory and its understanding is still one of most active issues in modern physics and related disciplines. The Landau's theory provides a general framework to describe phenomenologically the phase transition by the introduction of order parameters and the associated symmetry breakings; and is also taken as starting point to explore the critical phenomena in connection with phase transitions in renormalization group, which provides a complete theoretical description of the behavior close to the critical points. In this sense the microscopic mechanism of the phase transition remains still to be uncovered. Here we make an attempt to explore the microscopic mechanism of the superradiant phase transition in the quantum Rabi model (QRM). We firstly perform a diagonalization in an operator space to obtain three fundamental patterns marked by $\lambda_1, \lambda_2$ and $\lambda_3$ involved in the QRM and then analyze explicitly their energy evolutions with increasing coupling strengths. The characteristic behaviors found uncover the microscopic mechanism of the superradiant phase transition as a consequence of the competing patterns due to different phase relations: with increasing coupling strengths, the pattern $\lambda_1$ drives the phase transition, the pattern $\lambda_2$ has a similar response speed but a less energy compensation in comparison to the pattern $\lambda_1$, and the pattern $\lambda_3$ has a slow response speed but play a key role in balance to the pattern $\lambda_1$, which stabilizes the new phase. This kind of dissecting mechanism explains why and how the superradiant phase transition occurs in the QRM and paves a way to explore the microscopic mechanism of the phase transitions occurring popularly in nature.

Thermodynamics of AdS-Schwarzschild-like black hole in loop quantum gravity

We obtained the metric of the Schwarzschild-like black hole with loop quantum gravity (LQG) corrections in anti-de Sitter (AdS) space-time, under the assumption that the cosmological constant is decoupled in LQG. We investigated its thermodynamics, including the equation of state, criticality, heat capacity, and Gibbs free energy. The P-v\\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \\usepackage{amsmath} \\usepackage{wasysym} \\usepackage{amsfonts} \\usepackage{amssymb} \\usepackage{amsbsy} \\usepackage{mathrsfs} \\usepackage{upgreek} \\setlength{\\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \\begin{document}$$P-v$$\\end{document} graph was plotted, and the critical behavior was calculated. It was found that, due to the LQG effect, the quantum-corrected Schwarzschild-AdS black hole exhibits a critical point and a critical ratio of 7/18, which differs from the Reissner–Nordstro¨\\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \\usepackage{amsmath} \\usepackage{wasysym} \\usepackage{amsfonts} \\usepackage{amssymb} \\usepackage{amsbsy} \\usepackage{mathrsfs} \\usepackage{upgreek} \\setlength{\\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \\begin{document}$$\\ddot{\ extrm{o}}$$\\end{document}m-AdS black hole’s ratio of 3/8 (the same as that of the Van der Waals system) slightly. However, there are still some similarities compared to the Van der Waals system, such as the same critical exponents and a similar P-v\\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \\usepackage{amsmath} \\usepackage{wasysym} \\usepackage{amsfonts} \\usepackage{amssymb} \\usepackage{amsbsy} \\usepackage{mathrsfs} \\usepackage{upgreek} \\setlength{\\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \\begin{document}$$P-v$$\\end{document} graph. Moreover, it is concluded that the energy-momentum tensor related to the black hole’s mass could violate the conventional first law of thermodynamics. This modified first law may violate the conservation of Gibbs free energy during the small black hole-large black hole phase transitions, potentially indicating the occurrence of the zeroth-order phase transition. The Joule–Thomson expansion was also studied. Interestingly, compared to the Schwarzschild-AdS black hole, the LQG effect leads to inversion points. The inversion curve divides the P,T\\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \\usepackage{amsmath} \\usepackage{wasysym} \\usepackage{amsfonts} \\usepackage{amssymb} \\usepackage{amsbsy} \\usepackage{mathrsfs} \\usepackage{upgreek} \\setlength{\\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \\begin{document}$$\\left( P,T\\right) $$\\end{document} coordinate system into two regions: a heating region and a cooling region, as shown in detail by the inversion curves and isenthalpic curves. The results indicated that there is a minimum inversion mass, below which any black hole will not possess an inversion point.

Controlled Separation of Skyrmions and Antiskyrmions by Kitaev Interaction.

As topological quasi-particles in magnetic materials, skyrmions and antiskyrmions show potential in spintronics for information storage and computing. However, effectively controlling and separating these entities remain significantly challenging. Here, we demonstrate that anisotropic Kitaev exchange can distinctly influence the static and dynamic behaviors for skyrmions and antiskyrmions, thus aiding their manipulation and separation. Employing the monolayer frustrated magnet NiBr2 as a model system, we construct a magnetic field-strain phase diagram to explore the strain-controlled stability of these topological structures. The introduction of the Kitaev term breaks the energy degeneracy among magnetic structures with various helicities, leading to a translation-rotation mode transition with an increase in current. Importantly, due to their different rotational symmetries, the skyrmion and antiskyrmion show distinct critical behaviors and rotational dynamics, which are governed by the Kitaev parameters. These phenomena enable the design of two proof-of-concept spintronics devices, i.e., a skyrmion separator and a non-gate logic unit.