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Digital Divide and Digital Inequality in Global Food Systems

Vestnik RUDN. International Relations, 2022
The article explores the impact of the digital divide and digital inequality on the transformation processes in the world’s food sector through the lens of a new paradigm developed in preparation of the September 2021 UN Food Systems Summit.
Lilia S. Revenko, Nikolay S. Revenko
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Biodegradable Chitosan Films as Green Resists for Gold Nanowires Fabrication Through AFM‐Based Nanolithography

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
Schematic illustration of a sustainable nanofabrication process: chitosan derived from natural sources is used as a biodegradable thin film resist, patterned via Constant Pulse‐Assisted Force Lithography (CP‐AFL) to create tunable nanogrooves. These grooves template gold nanowire formation, enabling high‐resolution nanopatterning under ambient ...
Paolo Pellegrino, Lorenzo Vincenti, Isabella Farella, Valeria De Matteis, Mariafrancesca Cascione, Annalisa Bianco, Fabio Quaranta, Rosaria Rinaldi   +7 more
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Three essays on inequality [PDF]

, 2012
"This dissertation analyzes inequality focusing on labor market frictions that determine occupational choice and on different educational policies that determine the level of education and human capital accumulation.
Alexopoulos, Joanna
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Gender responsive climate-smart agroforestry: evidence from the Western Himalaya

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Agroforestry systems play an important role in supporting the livelihoods of farming communities in the Western Himalayas. However, ongoing income inequalities and gender disparities reduce their capacity to deliver equitable benefits.
Benatul Behar, Nazir A. Pala, G. M. Bhat, N. S. Kaler   +3 more
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Global Passivity in Microscopic Thermodynamics

Physical Review X, 2018
The main thread that links classical thermodynamics and the thermodynamics of small quantum systems is the celebrated Clausius inequality form of the second law. However, its application to small quantum systems suffers from two cardinal problems.
Raam Uzdin, Saar Rahav
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Multiobjective Codesign Optimization of a Planar Pneumatic Artificial Muscle‐Based Snake‐Like Robot for Enhanced Agility and Energy Efficiency

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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Framing data inequality as an information justice lens: Access, representation, and control in algorithmic decision-making

Information Research: An International Electronic Journal
Introduction. This study investigates how data inequality manifests within algorithmic systems and explores how an information justice framework can be applied to reframe these inequalities. Method.
Shiwei Jia, Hui Yan, Jia Tina Du
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Technological fascination and reluctance: gendered practices in the smart home

Buildings & Cities, 2022
Smart home technology (SHT) is becoming more widespread, implemented to enhance convenience as well as energy flexibility and efficiency. Smart heating, lighting, security and entertainment systems are affecting social practices and the use of energy in ...
Line Kryger Aagaard, Line Valdorff Madsen   +1 more
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DRIVE‐SAFE: Data‐Driven Robustness and Informed Validation for Evolving Specifications via Formal Evaluation

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
DRIVE‐SAFE evaluates learning‐based, black‐box autonomous driving policies against evolving temporal safety requirements using Signal Temporal Logic robustness metrics. It aggregates distributional robustness measures with domain‐informed weights to guide iterative retraining.
Kristy Sakano, Jianyu An, Dinesh Manocha, Huan Xu   +3 more
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Existence and stability of solutions to non-linear neutral stochastic functional differential equations in the framework of G-Brownian motion

Advances in Difference Equations, 2017
In the past decades, quantitative study of different disciplines such as system sciences, physics, ecological sciences, engineering, economics and biological sciences, have been driven by new modeling known as stochastic dynamical systems.
Faiz Faizullah, M Bux, MA Rana, Ghaus ur Rahman   +3 more
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