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Journal of Contemporary Governance and Public PolicyThis paper focuses on foreign and domestic palm oil investment promotion strategies in Dumai, Indonesia, to assess the sustainable development investment climate.
Nina Yuslaini +3 more
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Scotland: A New Fiscal Settlement [PDF]
Tax and Expenditure Devolution, Inter-Government Relations, Fiscal Federalism, State Budget, Fiscal Coordination.
Andrew Hughes Hallett, Drew Scott
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Passive Shape‐Adaptive Fluidic Interface for Enhanced Skin‐Sensor Coupling in Wearable Devices
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.This study presents a passive fluidic interface for wearable biosensors that adapts to static and dynamic body shape changes to maintain consistent skin contact. Flexible, fluid‐filled pouches redistribute pressure from high‐load areas to regions requiring improved contact, enhancing signal quality and comfort in a compact, low‐energy design for ...
Natalia Sanchez‐Tamayo +6 more
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Development of Heat Engines Powered by Twisted and Coiled Polymer Fiber Actuators
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.Continuously rotating engines driven by thermally responsive actuating materials can turn waste heat into useful energy. For the first time heat engines operated by twisted and coiled polymer fiber actuators are demonstrated with engine design guided by two simple analytical models.
Geoffrey M. Spinks +2 more
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On the History of Political Philosophy: Great Political Thinkers from Thucydides to Locke [PDF]
, 2012 On the History of Political Philosophy: Great Political Thinkers from Thucydides to Locke is a lively and lucid account of the major political theorists and philosophers of the ancient Greek, Roman, medieval, renaissance, and early modern periods.
Korab-Karpowicz, W. Julian
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Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.A codesign multiobjective optimization framework was developed to enhance the morphology and controller of a snake‐like robot driven by artificial muscles. It improved planar locomotion, agility, and power efficiency. The approach optimized link geometry and controller gains, revealing that shorter muscles near joints and longer linkages maximize ...
Ayla Valles, Mahdi Haghshenas‐Jaryani
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Public relations professionals’ perspectives on the communication challenges and opportunities they face in the U.S. public sector [PDF]
, 2010 This study reports common challenges and opportunities 49 government public relations professionals face in the United States of America (U.S.) when communicating internally and externally.
Levenshus, Abbey, Liu, Brooke
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Hard‐Magnetic Soft Millirobots in Underactuated Systems
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This review provides a comprehensive overview of hard‐magnetic soft millirobots in underactuated systems. It examines key advances in structural design, physics‐informed modeling, and control strategies, while highlighting the interplay among these domains.
Qiong Wang +4 more
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Employment: Can We Keep Old Jobs and Create New Ones? [PDF]
Associated with the goals of economic growth and reform is the generation of employment and cooperation in industrial relations. This issue assesses the accomplishments of the government in achieving these goals and its impact on the national objective ...
Jurado, Gonzalo +1 more
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Venezuela\u27s Collapsed Economy and the Resulting Effect on International Business with the United States [PDF]
, 2019 This thesis explores the current economic and political state of Venezuela, as well as the factors that contributed to the nation’s present challenges.
Caldwell, Sarah
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