Recent Advances on Thermochromic Inks for Security Applications
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.Thermochromic security inks have garnered interest in recent years as security elements for authentication, information encryption, and anti‐counterfeiting. This review outlines different types of thermochromic materials, how they have been developed as functional inks, and how advancements in property enhancement, sustainability, and printing ...
Duarte B. Oliveira +5 more
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Investment Risk Evaluation and Preventive Measures in Chemical Industry
Chemical Engineering Transactions, 2018 Chemical industry is one of important cornerstone industries in China. Along with the irresistible development of China's economy, the speculative risks of China's chemical companies have been coming up as a major impediment to development of China's ...
Lei Chen, Luan Hu
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A Theory of Health Investment under Competing Mortality Risks [PDF]
In this paper we present a theory of health investment when there are multiple causes of death. Since there are several risks “competing“ for one's life, the health investments in avoiding different causes of death are not independent in general.
Fwu-Ranq Chang
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Hydrogel Confinement Strategies for 3D Cell Culture in Microfluidic Systems
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.Hydrogel confinement structures are key to organizing 3D cell cultures in microfluidic devices. This review classifies five structural strategies (micropillar, phaseguide, porous membrane, stepped‐height, and support‐free) and examines their trade‐offs alongside fabrication methods.
Soohyun Kim, Min Seok Lee, Sung Kyun Lee
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The perception and management of risk in UK office property development [PDF]
, 2006 Risk is an ever-present aspect of business, and risk taking is necessary for profit and economic progress. Speculative property development is popularly perceived as a 'risky business' yet, like other entrepreneurs, developers have opportunities to ...
Antwi A. +20 more
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Investment under duality risk measure [PDF]
European Journal of Operational Research, 2014 One index satisfies the duality axiom if one agent, who is uniformly more risk-averse than another, accepts a gamble, the latter accepts any less risky gamble under the index. Aumann and Serrano (2008) show that only one index defined for so-called gambles satisfies the duality and positive homogeneity axioms. We call it a duality index.
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Could Edible Photonic Structures Be an Alternative to Traditional Food Coloring?
Advanced Optical Materials, EarlyView.What if color in food came from photonic structures? This perspective introduces structural color as a potential next‐generation solution to replace conventional colorants in foods. It discusses edible photonic materials, their unique benefits, and the technological, safety, and consumer acceptance challenges that must be addressed to bring this ...
Miguel A. Cerqueira +5 more
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ON THE ASSESSMENT OF THE TRANSPORT COMPONENT OF THE ECONOMIC SECURITY OF MOSCOW MEGAPOLIS
RUDN Journal of Public Administration, 2015 The article cosiders the possibility of estimating the economic security of Moscow-city in its transport component. Expounds the approach to the assessment, which is based on the cumulative effect of investment risks: economic, social and financial, when
Sergei A Zakharikov
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Employee associations with R&D investment, firm performance, disruption risk, and supply chain performance during the COVID-19 pandemic: A multiple mediational model [PDF]
, 2023 Numair Ahmed Sulehri +5 more
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An analysis of the systemic risks posed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and an evaluation of the policy options for reducing those risks [PDF]
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are government-sponsored enterprises that are central players in U.S. secondary mortgage markets. Over the past decade, these institutions have amassed enormous mortgage- and non-mortgage-oriented investment portfolios that ...
Larry D. Wall +2 more
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