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The Construction of Compliance with the European Union Deforestation Regulation in Global Coffee Value Chains

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The European Union's Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) obliges the importers and users of seven agricultural commodities to achieve supply chain traceability and prevent deforestation‐linked products from entering the EU market. This paper investigates how companies and producing countries in the coffee sector prepared for EUDR compliance by ...
Janina Grabs
wiley   +1 more source

Fluidic torque-enabled object manipulation by microrobot collectives. [PDF]

Sci Adv
Ceron S, Gardi G, Petersen K, Sitti M.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Fragility of Trust: Interpersonal Encounters, Institutional Distrust, and Conditional Spillovers in the Area of Social Service Delivery

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines social assistance for vulnerable families at the frontline level of service delivery, exploring how citizens' trust and distrust are shaped within this administrative context. It addresses three questions: Do citizens distinguish between trust and distrust in frontline workers and public institutions when reporting on their
Christian Lahusen, Jelena Ceriman, Anastasia Kafe   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Study on vibration characteristics of shearer spiral drum and fatigue life prediction of cutting unit housing under multi-factor coupling. [PDF]

PLoS One
Wang Y, Jia B, Ge C, Lin G, Zhao L, Yu J, Liu X.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

IMF Conditionality on Corruption: The Politics of Good Governance

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We offer a systematic analysis of IMF loan conditionality on corruption and argue that the Fund's pursuit of anti‐corruption measures is tempered by two political costs. First, because corruption is politically sensitive, the IMF risks destabilizing recipient governments and provoking crises.
Merih Angin, Ayse Kaya, Saliha Metinsoy, Bernhard Reinsberg   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Computational and Experimental Modeling of Interfaces and Joints in Advanced Materials. [PDF]

Materials (Basel)
Grzejda R.
europepmc   +1 more source

What Candidates Benefit From Corruption? Opportunities for Corruption and the Prevalence of Candidates With Business Ties

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Which candidates benefit from corruption and favoritism in public procurement? While existing studies show that politically connected firms profit from corruption risks in public procurement, we know less about whether these risks also increase the prevalence of political candidates with ties to business.
Saverio Di Giorno, Monika Bauhr, Francesco Busato   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Physics-Informed Cascaded Learning for Predicting and Optimizing Geometry and Quality in Laser Cladding Repair of Carburized Gear Steel. [PDF]

Materials (Basel)
Xu Y, Zheng P, Liu Z, Du L, Yan S, Xie M, Gao Z, Luo Y.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Public Procurement's Long COVID: Emergency Responses and Shifting Corruption Risks in Europe

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The COVID‐19 pandemic caused an unprecedented surge in spending to combat the pandemic with widespread accusations of corruption. The magnitude, drivers, and trajectory of corruption across the pandemic response remain underexplored. This paper approximates the impacts of the pandemic on public procurement corruption risks and the mechanisms ...
Mihály Fazekas, Zdravko Veljanov, Aly Abdou   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Structural Design and Optimization of a Novel Independently Driven Bionic Ornithopter. [PDF]

Biomimetics (Basel)
Dai M, Wu R, Ye M, Gao K, Chen B, Tao X, Fan Z.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source