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Dual‐Mode Film Based on Highly Scattering Nanofibers and Upcycled Chips‐Bags for Year‐Round Thermal Management

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Intelligent radiative cooling devices, adaptable to various weather conditions, have the potential for year‐round energy savings. This study introduces a sustainable dual‐mode film made from polycaprolactone nanofibers and upcycled chip bags for effective thermal management.
Qimeng Song   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing the Conversion Efficiency of Ecological Product Value Through Digital Finance: Measurement and Mechanism Analysis

open access: yesLand
The conversion of ecological product value is vital for reconciling economic growth with environmental sustainability. As a financial innovation that combines digital technology with inclusive finance, digital finance has emerged as a key driver of this ...
Weifeng Deng, Yaobin Liu, Shuoshuo Li
doaj   +1 more source

2017 Trade Finance Gaps, Growth and Jobs Survey [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Key Points • The global trade finance gap is estimated at $1.5 trillion. • 40% of the gap originates in Asia and the Pacific. • 74% of rejected trade finance transactions come from SMEs and midcap firms. • Female-owned firms report higher rejection rates,
Beck, Steven   +2 more
core   +1 more source

3D (Bio) Printing Combined Fiber Fabrication Methods for Tissue Engineering Applications: Possibilities and Limitations

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Biofabrication aims at providing innovative technologies and tools for the fabrication of tissue‐like constructs for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications. By integrating multiple biofabrication technologies, such as 3D (bio) printing with fiber fabrication methods, it would be more realistic to reconstruct native tissue's ...
Waseem Kitana   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

(WP 2014-01) Is Bitcoin the \u27Paris Hilton\u27 of the Currency World? Or Are the Early Investors onto Something That Will Make Them Rich? [updated version] [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The bitcoin phenomenon, and the technological innovation that made it possible, is interesting - but for investors large and small, the more pertinent question is whether they should buy the digital currency or avoid it.
Chowdhury, Abdur
core   +1 more source

Cool Kitchen: Processing Starch and Eggshell Powder into Sustainable Coatings for Passive Daytime Cooling

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A food‐grade cooling composite made from starch and recycled eggshell powder offers a scalable, ultra‐low‐cost solution for passive daytime radiative cooling. Easily prepared using basic kitchen tools, this material empowers communities, even in areas with limited infrastructure, to stay cooler during worsening summer heat waves.
Qimeng Song   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Slight Truncation Changes in Iron Oxide Nanocubes Strongly Affect Their Magnetic Properties

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Subtle variations in nanoparticle morphology can lead to significant changes in functional properties. An automated shape‐fitting method captures minor differences in corner truncation between iron oxide nanocubes of similar sizes synthesized under identical conditions, revealing pronounced disparities in their magnetic and hyperthermia behavior ...
Kingsley Poon   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Information technology innovations and commercial banking: A review and appraisal from an historical perspective [PDF]

open access: yes
Technological innovation in general and information technology (IT) applications in particular, have had a major effect in banking and finance. Following Garbade and Silber (1978), this research reviews the effects on banking organisations with reference
Bernardo Batiz-Lazo, Douglas Wood
core  

Influencing Public Policy in the Digital Age: The Law of Online Lobbying and Election-Related Activities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Examines what is permissible for 501(c)(3)s, 501(c)(4)s, and 527s in using social media, blogs, e-mail lists, Web sites, social networking sites, and other communication technologies under laws that govern advocacy and political activity by ...

core  

Meta‐Rod Mechanical Metamaterials With Programmable Reconfiguration

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Existing mechanical metamaterials achieve programmable large deformations in planar square or cubic configurations, restricted by required complex boundary conditions. This research proposes a 1D metamaterial, Meta‐rod, with linear, bending, twisting, area, and volume deformation modes.
Atharva Pande, Lyes Kadem, Hang Xu
wiley   +1 more source

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