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Influence of customer satisfaction and perceived water service quality on urban water supply management: A systematic review

Cleaner and Responsible Consumption
Previous studies have found relationships among customer satisfaction, the management of water utilities, and users' willingness to pay (WTP) for improved water service quality. However, these studies have captured only part of the water supply situation
Ryuji Ogata, Shigeyuki Matsumoto, Takahiro Otsuka, Yoko Hattori, Hidetoshi Kitawaki   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

International Sport in the Struggle for Political Cooperation [PDF]

, 2014
Political signifi cance of sport is usually bound with international rivalry and confl ict. However, sport tends to have a role in fostering international dialogue and cooperation as well.
Kobierecki, Michał Marcin
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Water Permeates and Plasticizes Amorphous Carbon Dots: Unraveling the Inner Accessibility of the Nanoparticles by Glass Transition Studies

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
The water permeability of amorphous carbon dots (CDs) is demonstrated by investigating their plasticization. Novel polyamide‐based and amorphous nanoparticles are synthesized by controlling their inner packing density. Water plasticization is evidenced by the decrease of the CDs glass transition temperature with increasing the hydration degree.
Elisa Sturabotti, Valerio Di Lisio, Lucia Cardo, Alessandro Camilli, Estela Moretón Alfonsín, Daniele Cangialosi, Amaia Iturrospe Ibarra, Arantxa Arbe, Maurizio Prato   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

International Cooperation to Resolve International Pollution Problems [PDF]

This article provides a non-technical overview of important results of the game theoretical literature on the formation and stability of international environmental agreements (IEAs) on transboundary pollution control. It starts out by sketching features
Micheal Finus
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Porosity Engineering of MXene Architectures: Toward High‐Performance Aqueous Electrochemical Energy Storage

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review systematically summarizes recent advances in porosity engineering of MXenes, with a focused discussion on their structure‐governed energy storage properties. A critical analysis of structure–property relationships is presented across alkali‐ion batteries, multivalent‐ion batteries, and supercapacitors.
Shude Liu, Jieming Chen, Xue Peng, Huilin Zhang, Ling Kang, Ming Ma, Zhaoling Li, Yusuke Yamauchi, Bin Ding   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating the service readiness of a Paraguay public healthcare center for the primary healthcare system using the WHO SARA tool

Rural and Remote Health
Introduction: Universal health coverage (UHC) aims to ensure access to quality health care for all individuals, without causing financial hardship.
Ji Eon Kim, Yanghee Kang, Min Ah Chung, Daehwan Kim, Baek Jo, Renato Ronnebeck, Adriana Amarilla Vallejo, Eun Woo Nam   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Conditionality, separation, and open rules in multilateral institutions [PDF]

, 2001
We examine the implications for the viability of multilateral cooperation of different legal principles governing how separate international agreements relate to each other. We contrast three alternative legal regimes: conditionality - making cooperation
Conconi, Paola
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Metamaterial Antennas Enhance MRI of the Eye and Occipital Brain

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A radiofrequency antenna platform comprising planar and bend configurations is developed, incorporating structurally integrated epsilon‐negative metamaterial unit cells to enhance MRI. These antennas enable high‐resolution in vivo human MRI of the eye, orbit, and occipital brain. Comprehensive validation, including simulations, phantom experiments, SAR,
Nandita Saha, Bilguun Nurzed, Mostafa Berangi, Andre Kuehne, Helmar Waiczies, Igor Fabian Tellez Ceja, Xiang Hu, Thomas Gladytz, Lisa Krenz, Dave Huebler, Beate Endemann, Claudia Brockmann, Ebba Beller, Oliver Stachs, Thoralf Niendorf   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gapless Superconductivity From Extremely Dilute Magnetic Disorder in 2H‐NbSe2‐xSx

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
We demonstrate that 2H‐NbSe2‐xSx hosts gapless superconductivity at unexpectedly low magnetic impurity concentrations. Combining STM, Bogoliubovde Gennes simulations, DFT, and quasiparticle interference, we comprehensively study the development of gapless behavior and show that SeS substitution reshapes the band structure, enhances nesting, and drives ...
Jose Antonio Moreno, Mercè Roig, Víctor Barrena, Edwin Herrera, Alberto M. Ruiz, Samuel Mañas‐Valero, Antón Fente, Anita Smeets, Jazmín Aragón, Yanina Fasano, Beilun Wu, Maria N. Gastiasoro, Eugenio Coronado, José J. Baldoví, Brian M. Andersen, Isabel Guillamón, Hermann Suderow   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cooperation in the Western Hemisphere Factsheet [PDF]

, 2008
Information about the Bureau of International Labor Affairs’ international cooperation and programs in the Western ...
United States Department of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs
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