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Assessing the effectiveness of voluntary solid waste reduction policies: methodology and a Flemish case study [PDF]
The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the use of statistical techniques to evaluate the effectiveness of voluntary policy instruments for waste management.
Johan Eyckmans, Simon De Jaeger
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Loading Mode Dependence of Twin‐Twin Boundary Formation in a Textured Magnesium Alloy
Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.The structures of twin‐twin boundaries formed by interactions between twin variants sharing the same or different zone axes in a deformed magnesium alloy are demonstrated. Lattice distortion around complicated interfaces promotes grain refinement in the subsequent thermomechanical process, enhancing the mechanical performance of magnesium alloys ...
Yuzhi Zhu +7 more
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Institutions and growth: a developing country case study [PDF]
The Brazilian municipalities show an enormous inequality on its development level. Even within the states considered relatively prosperous, there are huge internal disparities on income levels. The richest Brazilian municipality's GDP per capita is about
Adolfo Sachsida +2 more
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Terahertz Chiral Recognition Based on Metasurfaces
Advanced Photonics Research, EarlyView.A novel terahertz chiral sensing method based on a multilayer metallic metasurface is proposed. The left‐handed circularly polarized and right‐handed circularly polarized components in the linearly polarized illuminating light into two focal points and convert them back into linear polarization for convenient measurement.
Xuyang Ji +5 more
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Polish Sceptics and Czech Optimists: Perception of the Development within Euroregion Beskydy
Tér és TársadalomThe openness of space is one of the fundamental ideas behind the existence of the European Union. The benefits arising from this should outweigh the disadvantages associated with it.
Suchaček Jan, Urminský Jaroslav
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Bound States in the Continuum in Metasurface Absorbers: A Comparison with Metasurfaces
Advanced Photonics Research, EarlyView.Bound states in the continuum (BICs) offer a powerful mechanism for enhancing light–matter interactions. This work systematically investigates the radiation characteristics of BICs under both transmission and reflection configurations using multipolar analysis.
Guizhen Xu +3 more
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Monitoring and evaluation strategies: lessons learned from COVID-19 pandemic
Cogent Business & ManagementThe COVID-19 pandemic presents unique challenges that necessitate a new approach to monitoring and evaluation (M&E) in local government. The culture of poor performance, high incompetency levels among employees and financial mismanagement – widely ...
Babalo Yekani +2 more
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Tax interaction dynamics among Belgian municipalities, 1984-1997 [PDF]
The purpose of this paper is to test econometrically the existence of fiscal interactions between Belgian municipalities. At the time of writing, the motivation was to provide scientific support to the lively debate on fiscal competition that took place ...
Henry, TULKENS +2 more
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Local Government Website Updated Report Card [PDF]
, 2018 In 2017, the Buffalo Niagara Coalition for Open Government evaluated the websites of sixteen municipalities in Erie and Niagara ...
Buffalo Niagara Coalition for Open Government
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Continuum Mechanics Modeling of Flexible Spring Joints in Surgical Robots
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.A new mechanical model of a tendon‐actuated helical extension spring joint in surgical robots is built using Cosserat rod theory. The model can implicitly handle the unknown contacts between adjacent coils and numerically predict spring shapes from straight to significantly bent under actuation forces.
Botian Sun +3 more
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