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Analysis of the use of e-procurement in the public and private sectors of the UK construction industry [PDF]

, 2011
Summary: Eadie et.al (2010a, 2010b) identified 20 advantages in the adoption of e-procurement within a construction organisation. The Glover report (2008) indicated that by the end of 2010 all public sector procurement should be electronic.
Eadie, Robert, Perera, Srinath (R18622), Perera, Srinath, Heaney, George   +3 more
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Liquid Metal Resistive Sensing Architectures for Measuring Diaphragm Strain Responses on Obstructed Surfaces

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A liquid metal‐based strain‐sensing architecture to measure the deformation of a circular diaphragm against obstructed surfaces is formulated using finite element modeling and confocal imaging to establish the mechanical framework and is utilized to control diaphragm‐induced confinement on a bead array, as validated by biomolecular loading level ...
Abdullah‐Bin Siddique, Jui‐Hong Weng, Deng‐Kai Yang, Chia‐Fu Chou, Nathan S. Swami   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Degradable Magnetic Composites from Recycled NdFeB Magnets for Soft Actuation and Sensing

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This work presents a degradable soft magnetic composite made from recycled NdFeB particles embedded in a gelatin‐based organogel. The material is processed into magnetic sensors and soft robotic components, which can later be dissolved in a green solvent to recover NdFeB magnetic particles.
Muhammad Bilal Khan, Lin Guo, Kilian Schäfer, Eduardo Sergio Oliveros‐Mata, Xiaotao Wang, Florian Hofmann, Matthias Lutzi, Mark Suppelt, Proloy Taran Das, Jan Schmidtpeter, Imants Dirba, Stephan Rinderknecht, Mario Kupnik, Denys Makarov, Oliver Gutfleisch   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Determinants of Suppliers’ Performance in E-Procurement: Evidence from the Italian Government’s E-Procurement Platform [PDF]

Participation of small businesses in the market for public contracts is widely recognized as a key policy issue. It is also commonly held that the adoption of e-procurement solutions can be effective in pursuing such an objective. To this end, we analyze
Roberto Zampino, Gian Luigi Albano, Federico Dini, Marta Fana   +3 more
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Edible Pouch Motors

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Edible robotics is an emerging field that leverages edible materials to construct robotic systems. This study presents a method to create thin, lightweight, yet powerful edible soft actuators, namely edible pouch motors. The successful operation of these edible actuators and grippers renders their potential to advance future developments in edible ...
Keigo Takahashi, Kazuma Takai, Ryuma Niiyama, Jun Shintake   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Drivers And Barriers To Public Sector E-Procurement Within Northern Ireland’s Construction Industry [PDF]

, 2007
With the increasing use of the internet, E-Procurement and E-Tendering can offer viable alternatives to traditional paper-based processes. Despite the many benefits, and theorising about its pitfalls, little work has been carried out in the UK regarding ...
Eadie, Robert, Carlisle, Jim, Perera, Srinath, Heaney, George   +3 more
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Coixenolide Enhances Antitumor Immunity of Cytotoxic CD8+ T Cells by Inhibiting S100A8/A9‐CD36 Axis in Obesity‐Associated Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PAAD) remains highly lethal with limited treatment options. This study demonstrates that coixenolide, a bioactive compound from Coix lacryma‐jobi L. and a key component of the clinically approved Kanglaite injection, exhibits enhanced antitumor efficacy in high‐fat diet (HFD)‐induced obese mice bearing PAAD tumors compared to
Kaidi Chen, Rong Chen, Wei Li, Bin Song, Ruiying Zhang, Lewei Dai, Yuwei Qi, Ruqian Chen, Yifan Xu, Hangbin Li, Jingyi Huang, Fangping Wu, Jianan Peng, Xinyu Wang, Yang Xiong, Chaofeng Mu, Guilin Cheng, Zhaoshen Li, Shanming Ruan, Lei Huang, Mancang Gu   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

Procurement of Fair Trade Products

, 2016
This Procurement Guidance Note (PGN 02/06) defines fair and ethical trade, details the range of products currently recognised as fair trade products and provides Contracting Authorities with advice and guidance on the action that can be taken, under the ...

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Selenium Nanoparticles Selectively Target KRAS G13D to Inhibit Colorectal Cancer

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The mechanisms of SeNPs therapy in cancer treatment, encompass three parallel actions: (1) seleno‐amino acids, key metabolites, upregulate GPX2 expression, thereby inhibiting tumor metastasis via the GPX2‐HIF1α‐VEGF signaling pathway; (2) selenite (SeO32−), an inorganic metabolite, forms hydrogen bonds with amino acid residues 13–17 of the KRAS G13D ...
Xiaoting Liu, Chong Wu, Shiyao Song, Li Ma, Shaoqing Huang, Yuting He, Qinghai Li, Yanzhou Chang, Dan Jiang, Yong Mei, Junchao Cai, Zhenshuang Du, Tianfeng Chen, Weiling He   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Condition‐Associated Pattern Extraction and Recovery From Multi‐Condition Single‐Cell RNA‐seq Data With CAPER

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Decoupling biological signals from unwanted variation in multi‑condition single‑cell RNA sequencing data remains challenging. CAPER disentangles condition‑associated biological effects from sample heterogeneity through matrix factorization, producing interpretable latent factors and a batch‑corrected expression matrix.
Ye Li, Jin Ning, An Wang, Minxi Shi, Yuanze Chen, Guoliang Liu, Shiquan Sun   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source