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Chinese agriculture technology demonstration centres in Southern Africa: The new business of development [PDF]
, 2016 Chinese aid in the African agriculture sector is one of the enduring forms of involvement on the continent. The launching of Agriculture Technology Demonstration Centres (ATDCs) in 2006 marked a new intensive phase in agricultural aid, which seeks to ...
Alden, Chris +3 more
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Ultrasound in Women's Health: Mechanisms, Applications, and Emerging Opportunities
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.As healthcare moves toward decentralization, ultrasound technologies are evolving from strictly imaging tools in clinical settings into versatile diagnostic and therapeutic platforms, with growing roles addressing women's health needs. This review highlights how ultrasound's underlying physical mechanisms can be harnessed to reduce disparities in women'
Sarah B. Ornellas +7 more
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Transactions accounts and loan monitoring. [PDF]
We provide evidence that transactions accounts help financial intermediaries monitor borrowers by offering lenders a continuous stream of data on borrowers’ account balances.
Leonard I. Nakamura +2 more
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Perspective on Aqueous Batteries: Historical Milestones and Modern Revival
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.This review retraces the development of aqueous batteries from classical Zn‐MnO2 chemistry to modern Zn and Ni systems, correlating voltage, capacity, and electrolyte formulation with practical performance. By mapping historical success and failure onto current and future research directions, it identifies guiding principles that steer the design of ...
Fangwang Ming +5 more
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The role of non-bank financial intermediaries (with particular reference to Egypt) [PDF]
Non-bank financial intermediaries (NBFIs) comprise a mixed bag of institutions, ranging from leasing, factoring, and venture capital companies to various types of contractual savings and institutional investors (pension funds, insurance companies, and ...
Vittas, Dimitri
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Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.Laser treatment of materials is a versatile technique for generating ordered surface structures. Nevertheless, such structures are the result of laser parameters such as laser pulse fluence. We demonstrate that homogeneous low special frequency laser‐induced periodic surface structures are contingent on both single and effective fluence dose and can be
Iana Fomicheva +6 more
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Advanced Materials Technologies, Volume 10, Issue 6, March 18, 2025.This review focuses on the application of synthetic biodegradable microarray patches (MAPs) in sustained drug delivery. Compared to conventional MAPs which release drugs into the skin in an immediate manner, these implantable MAPs release drugs into skin microcirculation gradually as the biodegradable polymers degrade, thus offering sustained release ...
Li Zhao +6 more
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Privatisation and Public Ownership in Finland [PDF]
Finland’s state-enterprise sector has been larger than in most countries and included several manufacturing companies. These were usually established because of a scarcity of private venture capital, with a mission to contribute to industrialisation ...
Johan Willner
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