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Privatization and competition in the delivery of local services: An empirical examination of the dual market hypothesis [PDF]
This paper empirically analyses the hypothesis of the existence of a dual market for contracts in local services. Large firms that operate on a national basis control the contracts for delivery in the most populated and/or urban municipalities, whereas ...
Germà Bel, Xavier Fageda
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Internal Migration and Regional Population Dynamics in Europe: Norway Case Study [PDF]
, 1998 This paper reports on internal migration and regional population dynamics in Norway. It examines internal migration patterns and trends in two years, 1984 and 1994, and compares them.
Durham, H. +3 more
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Maximizing atomic utilization of Pt is crucial for efficient electrocatalysis. We constructed a tensile‐strained PdPt1 single‐atom alloy (SAA) skin by implanting atomically dispersed Pt onto the surface of intermetallic Pd5Bi3 core‐ultrathin Pd shell octahedrons, fully exposing active Pt atoms to boost ethanol oxidation electrocatalysis.
Wen Chen +11 more
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Energy‐Efficient, Sustainable Cascade Glucose Electrooxidation into Glucaric Acid
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.This study presents a tandem system that efficiently converts glucose into glucaric acid while generating renewable electricity. By decoupling the oxidation process into two cascaded steps, the system achieves an overall 90% Faradaic efficiency and 80% conversion efficiency at ∼0.6 VRHE, significantly reducing energy consumption compared to traditional
Mingming He +15 more
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Main Findings on Free Basic Services from National Treasury Fiscal Incidence Report [PDF]
This study analyses the extent to which the poor benefit from Free Basic Services (FBS), which include free basic water, free basic electricity, free basic sanitation and free basic solid waste removal. Unfortunately, none of the data sets analysed could
Eldridge Moses, Hassan Essop
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.To enhance stability and long‐term biocompatibility of wearable microneedle sensors, a crosslinking‐recombination bovine serum albumin material is used as a buffer layer coated on microneedle sensors. This coating layer possesses a unique stiff‐to‐soft transition function balancing the mechanical stiffness desired for puncturing and soft required for ...
Lihao Guo +16 more
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Earlier hospital discharge: a challenge for Norwegian municipalities
, 2017 Aim: In order to improve patient outcomes and minimize health care costs, many Western countries are attempting to reduce the length of stay in hospitals by transferring responsibilities from specialist care to primary care.
Heidi Gautun, A. Syse
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Heterophase fcc‐hcp‐fcc RuFeMMnMo (M═CoNi, Co, and Ni) high‐entropy alloy nanomaterials have been successfully synthesized using a one‐pot approach. The highly random distribution of multiple metal components and the tunable diversity of metal atomic arrangements can be realized simultaneously. By combining metals with different work functions, fcc‐hcp‐
Xiang Meng +18 more
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On‐Surface Synthesis of Bismuth Monolayers through Ice‐Confined Redox Reactions
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.We report an ice‐confined growth strategy for the synthesis of atomically thin 2D bismuth and related 2D metals. This approach involves rapid freezing of a BiCl3 aqueous solution on an aluminum foil using liquid nitrogen, which triggers interfacial redox reactions between the ice and the aluminum surface.
Zexiang He +8 more
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