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Technology adoption and contractual arrangements under credit constraints: evidence from apple growers in rural China

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Sustainable agricultural transformation necessitates a synergistic evolution between the adoption of technology and institutional innovation. However, prevalent studies frequently regard technology as an exogenous tool, neglecting how its selection is ...
Hongtu Deng, Hongtu Deng, Yubing Duan, Yubing Duan, Yan Zhao, Yan Zhao   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lex sportiva as the contractual governing law [PDF]

The International Sports Law Journal, 2017
Contracts involving sports matters, such as the participation of an athlete in an international sports competition, would normally have a clause submitting disputes to arbitration under the rules of the Court of Arbitration for Sports. As a result, in international sports disputes, the subject matter of disputes has been predominantly decided by a ...
openaire   +1 more source

Feasibility of Nitrogen as a Carrier Gas for Inconel Cold Spray in Hydropower Application

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
N2, despite being nearly two orders of magnitude cheaper than He, is a feasible carrier gas for cold spray Inconel coatings in hydropower repair applications when higher gas temperature and pressure are used. Reducing powder size significantly improved cavitation resistance, while the addition of fine chromium carbide particles further enhanced erosion
Tianhao Wang, Mayur Pole, Tingkun Liu, Kenneth A. Ross, Christopher B. Smith   +4 more
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The governance of formal university–industry interactions: understanding the rationales for alternative models

Prometheus, 2012
This article develops a conceptual framework to explain the economic rationale underpinning the choice of different modes of governance of formal university–industry interactions: personal contractual interactions, where the contract regulating the ...
Isabel M. Bodas Freitas, Aldo Geuna, Federica Rossi   +2 more
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Facilitating Expedited Drug Approval—the Past, Present, and Future of Clinical Trials for Pediatric Rheumatic Disease

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Pamela F. Weiss, Hermine I. Brunner
wiley   +1 more source

Microstructure, Thermal Transport, and Dry‐Sliding Tribology of Powder‐Metallurgy Al7075 Composites Reinforced With Sol–Gel‐Derived ZnO–rGO Hybrid Nanoparticles

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Sol–gel‐derived ZnO–rGO hybrid nanoparticles enable Al7075 powder‐metallurgy composites to achieve concurrent gains in hardness and thermal conductivity while markedly lowering friction and wear. The hybrid architecture couples ZnO‐based load support with rGO‐assisted lamellar sliding and heat spreading, revealing a promising route toward lightweight ...
Bunyamin Aksakal, Cevher Kursat Macit, Merve Ayık, Hakan Tutumlu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Contract Functions on Contractors’ Performance Behaviors: A Mixed-Methods Approach

Buildings
Understanding how contract functions influence contractors’ performance behaviors is critical for improving project outcomes in the construction industry.
Mingzhu Yang, Haitao Chen, Yongshun Xu, Jinjian Wu   +3 more
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Counterion Dependent Side‐Chain Relaxation Stiffens a Chemically Doped Thienothiophene Copolymer

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Oxidation of a thienothiophene copolymer, p(g3TT‐T2), via different doping strategies and dopant molecules resulted in materials with similar oxidation levels and a high electrical conductivity of ≈100 S cm−1. However, mechanical properties varied significantly, with sub‐glass transition temperatures and elastic moduli spanning from –44°C to –3°C and ...
Mariavittoria Craighero, Meghna Jha, Elsa Veronica Flores‐Vela, Joost Kimpel, Andreas Schaefer, Jiali Guo, Jesika Asatryan, Alberto Peinador Veiga, Shuichi Haraguchi, Per‐Anders Carlsson, Jaime Martín, Mariano Campoy‐Quiles, Christian Müller   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Readiness-Gate Governance in Public Infrastructure Projects Preventing Premature Milestones, Infrastructure Gridlocks and Trust Loss

Journal of Asia Entrepreneurship and Sustainability
Public infrastructure projects often lose time and trust not simply because engineering work is difficult, but because leaders commit to milestones before the conditions required for those milestones are mature.
Dr. Alok Kumar Bhargava, Dr. Sonali Sneha   +1 more
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Polarizable Vanadium Dipoles Promote Water Dissociation on Vanadium‐Based Metal Organic Framework

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The polarization of unpaired V 3d electrons weakens the H─O bond to improve water dissociation by the dual Vδ+:O─H and Pλ−:H─O coupling hydrogen bonds formation and relaxation. P@V‐MOF electrocatalyst shows low overpotentials (94 mV in acid, 178 mV in neutral, and 77 mV in alkaline solutions) with excellent stability for effective overall water ...
Xinjuan Liu, Jun Xu, Minmin Fan, Jingcheng Xu, Mengyuan Li, Yun Gong, Weiwei Yang, Lei Li, Yong Zhou, Deqiang Zhao, Yuhua Xue, Xingtao Xu, Chang Q. Sun, Liming Dai   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source