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The effect of polytechnic reform on migration [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper examines the effect of polytechnic reform on geographical mobility. A polytechnic, higher education reform took place in Finland in the 1990s.
Böckerman, Petri, Haapanen, Mika
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The Hidden Connection in City-wide Reform: How Charter Schools Can Bring Equity to Public Education [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Many civic leaders believe that the New Orleans reform strategy holds promise for increasing educational outcomes in other cities. This is likely true. But this is also true: New Orleans continues to make an equally meaningful contribution to advancing ...
Neerav Kingsland
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Tuning Desolvation Kinetics with Perovskite‐Type Ion‐Conductive Modulators toward Low‐Temperature Zn Metal Batteries

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
A strategy of constructing perovskite‐type ion‐conductive interphase modulation layer is proposed to break down ion‐dipole interactions of [Zn(H2O)x]2+ to promote Zn2+ desolvation and diffusion kinetics against dendrite growth and active water‐induced hydrogen evolution reactions.
Wenbin Wang   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advances and Perspectives in Graphene‐Based Quantum Dots Enabled Neuromorphic Devices

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Graphene‐based QDs are zero‐dimensional carbon nanomaterials with pronounced quantum confinement and tunable electronic structures. Herein, we summarize their synthesis strategies and functionalization methods, and highlight their functional roles and operating mechanisms in devices, as well as recent advances in neuromorphic electronics. We anticipate
Yulin Zhen   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Electrolyte‐Dependent Sodium Plating for Anode‐Free Na‐Ion Batteries Studied by Operando Optical Microscopy

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Anode‐free sodium‐ion batteries are examined using carbonate‐, glyme‐, and localized high‐concentration electrolytes. Distinct sodium plating morphologies are identified by operando optical microscopy, revealing uniform crystalline deposition for glyme‐based systems.
Moritz Exner   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effect of 12 Weeks Exercise in the Water and Land on the Static and Dynamic Balance and the Risk of Falling the Old People

open access: yesSālmand, 2016
Objectives: This study aimed to examine the effect of exercise in and out of the water on the balance level and falling risk of healthy male older people.
Nemat Rezazadeh, Ramin Baluchi
doaj  

A systematic literature review on the reform of vocational education in China

open access: yesCogent Education
In recent years, vocational education reform has become an issue of common concern for the government, academia, and the education sector, as the difficulty in finding employment for Chinese university students and the labor shortage of senior technical ...
Dexia Zhao, Doris Padmini Selvaratnam
doaj   +1 more source

Returns to university education; evidence from an institutional reform [PDF]

open access: yes
In 1982, duration of university education in the Netherlands decreased from five to four years. This institutional reform is exploited for estimating the causal effect of one year of university education on wages in 1997.
Dinand Webbink
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Devolved school-based financial management in New Zealand : observations on the conformity patterns of school organisations to change [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
This paper examines the intent and consequences of ‘new’ financial management (the ‘New Public Financial Management’) (NPFM) procedures invoked to facilitate a macro-micro interface within the context of the significant administrative reform of the New ...
Guthrie, J., Tooley, S.
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Cognitive skills and the LOGSE reform in Spain: evidence from PIAAC [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
We use data from the Spanish sample of the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies to analyze the effect of the LOGSE (Spanish acronym for General Law of the Education System) reform passed in 1990 on numeracy and literacy ...
Robles-Zurita, Jose Antonio
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