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Analysis of Productive Performance of Crop and Animal Production Systems: An Integrated Analytical Framework [PDF]
This article presents a two-stage analytical framework that integrates ecological crop (animal) growth and economic frontier production models to analyse the productive efficiency of crop (animal) production systems.
Viet-Ngu Hoang
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Bio‐based and (semi‐)synthetic zwitterion‐modified novel materials and fully synthetic next‐generation alternatives show the importance of material design for different biomedical applications. The zwitterionic character affects the physiochemical behavior of the material and deepens the understanding of chemical interaction mechanisms within the ...
Theresa M. Lutz +3 more
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Privatization, Efficiency, and Economic Growth [PDF]
, 2007 Privatization is shown to increase national economic output in a two-sector full-employment general-equilibrium model by enhancing efficiency as if a relative price distortion were being removed through price reform, trade liberalization, or stabilization.
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Energy Efficiency in Buildings: A Global Economic Perspective [PDF]
At the 2008 summit in Hokkaido, Japan, G-8 leaders called for a 50 percent reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 in order to avert the most serious dangers from climate change.
Trevor Houser
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.This review explores functional and responsive materials for triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) in sustainable smart agriculture. It examines how particulate contamination and dirt affect charge transfer and efficiency. Environmental challenges and strategies to enhance durability and responsiveness are outlined, including active functional layers ...
Rafael R. A. Silva +9 more
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A General Framework to Evaluate Economic Efficiency with an Application to British SME [PDF]
This article formalises the idea of money-metric production frontiers, which we propose as a general framework for nonparametric evaluation of economic efficiency.
Jan Průša
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Ice Lithography: Recent Progress Opens a New Frontier of Opportunities
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.This review focuses on recent advancements in ice lithography, including breakthroughs in compatible precursors and substrates, processes and applications, hardware, and digital methods. Moreover, it offers a roadmap to uncover innovation opportunities for ice lithography in fields such as biological, nanoengineering and microsystems, biophysics and ...
Bingdong Chang +9 more
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Aquaculture ReportsSepia pharaonis, commonly known as the pharaoh cuttlefish, is a valued cephalopod in aquaculture. However, its sensitivity to salinity fluctuations has constrained its cultivation, especially in regions with varying salinity and during rainy seasons.
Xingyu Zhang +6 more
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ECONOMIC RESEARCH TRADE-OFFS BETWEEN EFFICIENCY AND EQUITY [PDF]
Research Methods/ Statistical Methods,
West, Quentin M.
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Free‐standing plasmonic gold‐based fractal antennas are fabricated by 3D nanoprinting, employing focused electron beam induced deposition and an optimized purification method to remove carbon while conserving structural fidelity. Simulation and experiment show broadband plasmonic activity, including customizable polarizability, thereby paving the way ...
Verena Reisecker +6 more
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