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Wholesale CBDC Payment Systems and the Potential of the Digital Ruble in Cross-border Settlements [PDF]
Финансовый журналA new payment infrastructure based on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) can improve the efficiency of cross-border payments. Currently, the main focus of research in this area is on creating and testing the advantages of multi-CBDC platforms ...
Elena V. Sinelnikova-Muryleva +1 more
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Fabric‐Based Wearable Robotic Exoskeleton Gloves: Advancements and Challenges
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.This review highlights interdisciplinary technological advances in fabric‐based robotic gloves, focusing on progress in design, fabrication, actuation, sensing, control, and power and energy requirements. It also addresses performance testing and validation, including biomechanical, strength, functional, user experience, and durability assessments, to ...
Ayse Feyza Yilmaz +2 more
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Electronic payments in the U.S. economy : an overview [PDF]
Business publications are filled these days with stories about the digital or electronic economy. One routinely reads about e-commerce, e-business, and e-banking. Terms such as e-mail and e-tickets have entered the common lexicon. Some analysts have gone
Stuart E. Weiner
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Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce ResearchThis study investigates the impact of digital transactions on sustainable economic growth in Turkey, utilizing a vector autoregressive (VAR) model and quarterly data from 2006 to 2023. The results indicate a positive long-term association between digital
Eyup Kahveci, Tugrul Gurgur
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Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.A soft robotic simulator is developed to replicate the digital removal of feces (DRF), a sensitive yet essential nursing procedure. Integrating soft actuators, sensors, and a realistic rectal model, the simulator balances functional fidelity with perceptual realism. Engineering evaluations and nurse feedback confirm its potential to enhance training in
Shoko Miyagawa +10 more
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Envy Freedom and Prior-free Mechanism Design [PDF]
, 2012 We consider the provision of an abstract service to single-dimensional agents. Our model includes position auctions, single-minded combinatorial auctions, and constrained matching markets.
Devanur, Nikhil R. +2 more
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Strong‐Magnetic Flexible Composites for Magnetically Responsive Soft Robots
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This perspective provides an overview of the performance mechanisms, preparation methods, and applications of strong magnetic flexible composite materials in soft actuators (such as gripping, movement, and sensing), and further explores current opportunities and challenges.
Wenwen Li +4 more
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The Demand for Stored Value Payment Instruments [PDF]
Due to their functionality, stored value purses based on smart card technology are prominent candidates for being the dominant medium of exchange for micropayments.
Pippow Ingo, Schoder Detlef
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Growing Retail Digital Payments
Fintech NotesPolicymakers in many countries aim to increase the uptake of retail digital payment systems. This Note examines whether interoperability can help achieve this goal. We provide a conceptual framework that explains how interoperability can support the adoption of digital payments by increasing users’ freedom to choose their favorite app.
Alexander Copestake +2 more
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Tumbling Magnetic Microrobots for Targeted In Vivo Drug Delivery in the GI Tract
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.We introduce a microrobot design and integrated system for on‐demand targeted drug release in the gastrointestinal tract. The microrobot has an embedded magnet for actuation with external magnetic fields and is visualized in real time using ultrasound. It has two drug release ports sealed with a thermally sensitive wax. Local heating of the wax using a
Aaron C. Davis +7 more
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