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With or Against the People? The Impact of a Bottom-Up Approach on Tax Morale and the Shadow Economy [PDF]
Policymakers often propose strict enforcement strategies to fight the shadow economy and to increase tax morale. However, there is also a bottom-up approach: decentralizing the political power to those who are close to the problems and give them a direct
Benno Torgler +2 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Topological van der Waals contacts represent a new class of electrodes for 2D semiconductors, enabling precise control of the Schottky barrier height (SBH) and contact resistance (RC) through interlayer distance and orbital hybridization engineering. In Se‐based transition metal dichalcogenides, these contacts achieve an ultralow SBH of 7 meV, RC of 0.
Soheil Ghods +15 more
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Advancing local government in Pacific Island Countries: a practitioner reflects
Commonwealth Journal of Local GovernanceThis paper presents the author’s reflections on efforts to advance the scope and role of elected local government in the Pacific Islands. It focuses primarily on the Commonwealth Local Government Forum Pacific Project, which has been operating since ...
Terry Parker
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Immigration and Local Urban Participatory Democracy: A Boston-Paris Comparison [PDF]
This paper deals with a comparison of two governmental initiatives in the direction of immigrants – the Mayor’s Office of New Bostonians (Boston, 1998) and Conseil de la Citoyenneté des Parisiens Non-Communautaires (Paris, 2001).
Linda Chaib
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Multimodal Structural Color Graphics Based on Colloidal Photonic Microdome Arrays
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.A hybrid photonic system combining colloidal crystals and microscale domes is designed to achieve four switchable optical states via the interplay of Bragg reflection and TIR interference. The graphics composed of the photonic microdome arrays provide tunable, angle‐sensitive structural coloration and concealed‐to‐revealed transitions, offering a ...
Jun‐Gu Kang +4 more
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Better Together: An Analysis of Public Participation in Flower Mound, Texas [PDF]
, 2014 Public participation has become a buzzword among planners and local officials in the past few decades as citizens demand more transparency and involvement in local matters.
Ezell, Rachel
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Interconnected Porous Hydrogels with Tunable Anisotropy Through Aqueous Emulsion Bioprinting
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.A 3D bioprintable microporous bioink is developed using an aqueous two‐phase system (ATPS) composed of extracellular matrix (ECM) mimetic biopolymers. The ATPS bioink enables the fabrication of interconnected porous architectures with up to 70% porosity, supporting long‐term cell viability and 3D cell alignment, enabling a simultaneous generation of ...
Hugo Edgar‐Vilar +4 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.A dual‐functional Li2B4O7 coating on carbon fibers is designed to resolve the critical interfacial degradation in sulfide all‐solid‐state batteries. The conformal layer acts as a physical barrier to suppress parasitic reactions while its unique dielectric properties simultaneously facilitate Li+ transport.
Yeonghoon Kim +5 more
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The youth and the employment situation in Togo. [PDF]
Since 1993, when Togo got into the democracy process, the economic and the social conditions were affected by the political crisis that emerged from the lack of democracy and respect of human rights by the Togolese authorities.
Mawudeku, Koffi
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Toward a Grand Vision: Early Implementation of California's Local Control Funding Formula [PDF]
, 2014 California has taken the first steps down an historic path that fundamentally alters how its public schools are financed, education decisions are made, and traditionally underserved students' needs are met.
Daniel C. Humphrey, Julia E. Koppich
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