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Are Foreign Multinationals More Efficient? A Stochastic Production Frontier Analysis of Malaysia’s Automobile Industry

International Journal of Management Studies, 2008
This paper compares the sources of total factor productivity (TFP) growth of foreign (establishments with 51% and above foreign equity ownership) and local establishments in Malaysia’s automotive sector by applying a stochastic production frontier to a
Noor Aini Khalifah, Basri Abdul Talib, Putri Zharifa Amdun   +2 more
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Can Elastomers Combine Stiffness, Toughness and Fatigue Resistance?

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review studies how the molecular and macroscopic architecture of elastomers influence their mechanical properties including: stiffness, stretchability, toughness, fatigue resistance, and damping behavior. By linking the structure to performance, it proposes design principles for advanced elastomeric systems that combine mechanical properties ...
Eva Baur, Esther Amstad
wiley   +1 more source

Ionizable Lipid‐Dependent Optimization of Steroid Lipid Nanoparticles With Tunable Immunomodulatory Properties

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A novel engineering strategy that establishes material design principles for incorporating anti‐inflammatory steroids into lipid nanoparticles to reduce LNP‐induced inflammation while retaining mRNA delivery. Results are validated in vitro and in three animal models of inflammation and autoimmunity in vivo.
Ajay S. Thatte, Benjamin E. Nachod, Julia Baena, Jenna Muscat‐Rivera, Lesley Chaboub, Hannah C. Safford, Hannah C. Geisler, Hannah M. Yamagata, Melgious J. Y. Ang, Michael Kegel, Alexandre Poirier, Elaine R. Tong, Zhe Zhong, Qiangqiang Shi, Jinjin Wang, Elisa Battistini, Ye Zeng, Alex G. Hamilton, Kelsey L. Swingle, Drew Weissman, Jilian R. Melamed, Michael J. Mitchell   +21 more
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Beijing’s Peak Car Transition: Hope for Emerging Cities in the 1.5 °C Agenda

Urban Planning, 2018
Peak car has happened in most developed cities, but for the 1.5 °C agenda the world also needs emerging cities to go through this transition. Data on Beijing shows that it has reached peak car over the past decade.
Yuan Gao, Peter Newman
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Metal Oxide Nano‐Interface Boosting the Deep Ultraviolet Adjustable Noise‐Filtering In‐Sensor Computing

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
We show that sol‐gel‐fractured indium–magnesium oxide combines deep‐ultraviolet responsivity, high carrier mobility, and an excellent memory dynamic range. This unique materials platform enables deep‐ultraviolet long‐afterglow light‐emitting devices with multifunctional integration.
Zhongshi Ju, Peng Li, Jingsong Yuan, Boyuan Yu, Bin Han, Yusheng Chen, Jiangang Ma, Haiyang Xu, Yichun Liu, Paolo Samorì   +9 more
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Data‐Driven Materials Science for Energy‐Sustainable Applications

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Data‐driven approaches powered by artificial intelligence are transforming materials discovery for energy sustainability. This review examines how auto‐generated high‐quality materials databases and domain‐specific language models accelerate research in photovoltaics, thermoelectrics, batteries and magnetic materials. Applications involve extraction of
Jacqueline M. Cole
wiley   +1 more source

Polyphenol‐Inspired Materials for Agricultural Applications

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review outlines the use of polyphenol‐inspired materials for sustainable agriculture, highlighting their molecular design, interfacial assembly, structure–property relationships, and prospects toward precision agriculture, climate resilience, ecosystem protection, and circular bioeconomy strategies.
Haofu Liu, Omid Mazaheri, Zhixing Lin, Tianzheng Wang, Jingqu Chen, Yuang Gu, Xia Liang, Deli Chen, Frank Caruso   +8 more
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Defect‐Engineered Microwave‐Responsive Ni@C Composites From Waste PET for Catalytic Plastic Upcycling

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A circular upcycling strategy transforms waste poly(ethylene terephthalate) bottles into microwave‐responsive Ni@C catalyst featuring lattice‐distorted nickel cores and defective carbon shells. These strain‐rich heterointerfaces enhance dielectric loss and promote localized microwave hotspots, accelerating peroxymonosulfate activation and polymer‐chain
Xiao Lu, Shiying Ren, Jingkai Lin, Kunsheng Hu, Yalan Mo, Shaobin Wang, Wenjie Tian, Xiaoguang Duan   +7 more
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Elastomeric 3D‐Printed Microenvironments Enable Nanonewton Force Measurements in Healthy and Diseased Human Pluripotent Stem Cell‐Derived Neuroepithelial Cells

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
We present elastomeric three‐dimensional (3D) microstructures fabricated via two‐photon polymerization (2PP) and post‐processed through wet etching, for quantifying nanonewton (nN)‐scale forces applied by healthy and diseased neural cells. The mechanically characterized free‐standing beam architectures enable measurement of traction forces of ...
Pieter F. J. van Altena, Lucia Castillo Ransanz, Ruben H. Guis, Giulia Bergamaschi, Nanne J. Paauw, Urs Staufer, Vivi M. Heine, Angelo Accardo   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nation of Mechanics: Automobility, Animality, and Indigeneity in John Joseph Mathews’s Sundown (1934)

European Journal of American Studies
In the early twentieth century, American national identity became increasingly associated with automobility and the move from “a nation of horsemen to a nation of mechanics,” as automotive periodical Horseless Age described it.
Daniel Bowman
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