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Enduring Collapse: Households and Local Autonomy at Talambo, Jequetepeque, Peru [PDF]
, 2021 Kari A. Zobler
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Significance and Determination of Fees for Municipal Finance [PDF]
The idea of fiscal decentralisation has become increasingly fashionable world-wide. But every country has unique features of the intergovernmental fiscal system. In general municipal expenditures are rapidly growing in European countries.
Anita Kaltschuetz +2 more
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Poka: A Necro‐Robot Beetle with a Measured Payload Ratio of 6847%
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Here, Poka, a necro‐robot beetle with the ability to carry more than 68 times its own weight, is introduced, making it also a walking robot with the highest payload ratio measured to date. This paper is concerned with the design, manufacture and validation of ‘Poka', a novel millimetre‐scale necro‐robot aimed at bridging the performance gap between ...
Yordan Tsvetkov, Parvez Alam
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Democracy and Local Autonomy Policy in Indonesia: A Particularist Perspective [PDF]
, 2016 Rusnaini
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Vision‐Assisted Avocado Harvesting with Aerial Bimanual Manipulation
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This work outlines the design and implementation of a bimanual aerial robot that employs visual perception and learning to detect, reach, and harvest avocados. A new gripper and fixer arm assembly is used to harvest avocados, while visual perception enables the detection of avocados and estimation of their position and orientation for determining ...
Zhichao Liu +3 more
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Bleeding‐Mimetic Damage‐Detecting and Self‐Healing Modular Skin for Inflatable Structures
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.A damage‐detecting and self‐healing system inspired by the human bleeding mechanism is developed for inflatable structures, using a liquid conductive elastomeric material enclosed in a small pouch. This material, composed of uncured elastomer, its curing agent, conductive particles, and a dispersant, solidifies only after being exposed to air and ...
Hyun Jae Lee, Ryuma Niiyama
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Exploring the cross-cultural communication challenges of foreign students in China: the mediating effects of social media interaction and psychological resilience. [PDF]
Front PsycholXu M, Bt Shapii A.
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