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The $19 Million ATM Fee: How Better Banking Services Would Protect Our Public Investment in Families [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This report cites the $19.4 million in ATM fees paid by recipients of CALWORKs and other public assistance programs in 2012. The report calls on banks, the State of California, local counties, and nonprofit partners to work together to reduce the amount ...
Andrea Luquetta
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Electrochemical Behavior of Flame‐Sprayed Sc‐Doped AlCoCrFeMo High‐Entropy Alloy Coatings in 3.5% Sodium Chloride Solution

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Scandium (Sc)‐doped AlCoCrFeMo HEA coatings are fabricated via flame spraying with 0.1, 0.3, and 0.5 wt% Sc additions. Among these, the HEA‐Sc0.3 coating exhibits the highest corrosion resistance, indicated by a more positive corrosion potential and lower current density.
Pankaj Kumar   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Local Predatory Lending Laws on the Flow of Subprime Credit [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Local authorities in North Carolina, and subsequently in at least 23 other states, have enacted laws intending to reduce predatory and abusive lending.
Ho, Giang, Pennington-Cross, Anthony
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Don't Increase Federal Gasoline Taxes - Abolish Them [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Many experts believe that gasoline taxes should be increased for a variety of reasons. Their arguments are unpersuasive. Oil is not disappearing, and when it becomes more expensive, market agents will substitute away from gasoline to save money. The link
Jerry Taylor, Peter Van Doren
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Nanozymes at the Bio‐Nano Interface: From Synthesis, Defect Engineering, Catalytic Behavior in Biological Microenvironments, and Biosafety Implications

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
Nanozymes (NZs) have emerged as versatile artificial enzymes with tunable catalytic properties driven by atomic coordination, defect engineering, and surface chemistry. This review presents a bio–nano interface framework linking synthesis strategies, structural design, and catalytic behavior within complex biological microenvironments.
Karen Guadalupe Quintero‐Garrido   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modern realities of local taxatoin [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
У статті висвітлено склад місцевих податків і зборів. Проаналізовано нинішній стан дохідної частини місцевих бюджетів. Досліджено структуру місцевих податків і зборів у забезпеченні фінансових ресурсів органів місцевої влади.
Humeniuk, Oleksandr M.   +3 more
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Overcoming Printing and Interfacial Challenges in Liquid Metal Direct Writing for Integrated Stretchable Electronics

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Liquid metal direct writing is advanced from a technological and fundamental point. Utilizing a kinematic bed, printing on large surfaces with irregularities is enabled. Furthermore, a pressure‐driven flow during printing is discovered that affects the thickness of traces.
Maximilian Krack   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Regulation in the Market for Education and Optimal Choice of Curriculum [PDF]

open access: yes
We analyze educational institutions’ incentives to set up demanding or lax curricula in duopolistic markets for education with endogenous enrolment of students.
Ansgar Wohlschlegel, Gerald Eisenkopf
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Liquid Metal‐Based Stretchable Strain Sensor for Fruit Growth Monitoring

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Schematic overview of the fruit growth sensor development workflow, including sensor fabrication by injection molding, electromechanical and environmental characterization, mechanical stability testing, electronic readout integration, and outdoor field validation for monitoring of fruit growth under practical orchard conditions.
Asad Ullah   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transparency and Accountability in Local Public Finance: Evidence from Public Parking Fee Allocation

open access: yesReview of European and Comparative Law
Municipalities worldwide play a crucial role in delivering essential public services to citizens. However, securing adequate resources and sustainable funding remains a persistent challenge for local self-governments.
Kristina Misheva, Kristijan Panev
doaj   +1 more source

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