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Enhanced Resistive Switching Uniformity in Tantalum Oxide Memristor Devices via Copper Implantation

Advanced Electronic Materials, EarlyView.
Metal oxide memristor devices typically suffer from uncontrolled forming processes and limited resistive switching uniformity due to the stochastic formation of an oxygen vacancy filament. Improved resistive switching uniformity in Ta2O5 memristor is developed by Cu implantation in the switching oxide.
Shaochuan Chen, Ilia Valov
wiley   +1 more source

Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes, Amanda M. Countryman, Dustin L. Pendell   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Courts in a Transition Economy: Case Disposition and the Quantity-Quality Tradeoff in Bulgaria

Social Science Research Network, 2016
The lack of an effective judiciary in post-socialist countries has been a pervasive concern and successful judicial reform an elusive goal. Yet to date little empirical research exists on the functioning of courts in the post-socialist world.
Valentina P. Dimitrova-Grajzl, Peter Grajzl, A. Slavov, K. Zajc   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková, Michiel van Dijk, Robert M'Barek, Hans van Meijl, Tomas Ratinger   +4 more
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Bulharský deník Františka Kubky jako pramen k poznání dějin Vojvodova [PDF]

Studia Ethnologica Pragensia, 2016
The article presents an annotated edition of the parts of František Kubka’s Bulgarian Diary (1949) where the author — at that time the ambassador of the Czechoslovak Republic in Bulgaria — describes the life in Voyvodovo, the only Czech village in ...
Marek Jakoubek
doaj  

Exposures to road traffic, noise, and air pollution as risk factors for type 2 diabetes: A feasibility study in Bulgaria

Noise and Health, 2016
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a growing public health problem in Bulgaria. While individual and lifestyle determinants have been researched; till date there has been no study on environmental risks such as road traffic, noise, and air pollution.
A. Dzhambov, D. Dimitrova
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Import Wheat Tenders and the Effects of the Russian Invasion

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Risk and volatility for many commodities escalated sharply following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, creating numerous uncertainties for trading firms and importers. The purpose of this study is to analyze the bidding behavior in Egyptian wheat import tenders in the pre‐ and post‐invasion periods.
William W. Wilson, Sumadhur Shakya, Isaac Dubovoy   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A fly in amber? Nordic-Balkan citizen diplomacy and cultural connections then and now [PDF]

Revista Română pentru Studii Baltice şi Nordice, 2020
Active citizen diplomacy and cultural connections between the Nordic countries and the Balkans date their beginnings to the eighteenth century. The contacts between ordinary people in Finland and Bulgaria, Sweden and Serbia are a little researched but ...
Dorijan Hajdu, Sabira Ståhlberg
doaj  

Heterogeneity in Food Price Inflation Convergence Across the EU: Evidence From Club Dynamics and Structural Breaks

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines food price inflation rate convergence among EU27 Member States from 2005 to 2024, focusing on structural breaks, external shocks, and regional disparities. Using panel unit root tests and club convergence analysis, the findings reveal no overall convergence but identify multiple convergence clubs.
Tibor Bareith, Imre Fertő
wiley   +1 more source

Here, There, Nowhere: Urban Eviction as State Erasure of Roma Rights and Heritage between Bulgaria and Germany

Comparative Southeast European Studies
The latest urban eviction of dwellers from Sofia’s district of Zaharna Fabrika, home to one of the oldest Roma settlements in the city, has shone a spotlight on an “archipelago” of residential clusters in which spatial confinement and the steady erosion ...
Trupia Francesco
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