No differences in efficiency between public and private utilities [PDF]
, 2016 The increase in municipal economic activity in the utilities sector frequently comes under scrutiny. It is presumed that public utilities have less incentive to provide efficient service than private companies.
Cullmann, Astrid +3 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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The Funds Policy and the Federative Responsibilities for the Offer of Basic Education
Fineduca, 2020 Since 1997, Brazil has counted on accounting funds to finance basic education, the Fund for the Maintenance and Development of Elementary Education and the Valorization of Teaching (Fundef, from 1997 to 2006) and the Fund for Maintenance and Development ...
Nalú Farenzena
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The transformation of provisioning systems from an integrated perspective of social metabolism and political economy: a conceptual framework. [PDF]
Sustain Sci, 2021 Schaffartzik A +5 more
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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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Lobbying at the local level: Social assets in Russian firms [PDF]
IIn the planned economy firms were made responsible for providing their workers with so-cial services, such as housing, day care and medical care. In the transforming Russia of the 1990s, social assets were to be transferred from industrial enterprises ...
Juurikkala, Tuuli, Lazareva, Olga
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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
wiley +1 more source
O Fundef e a Educação Básica em São Paulo: análise de quatro municípios
Educação: Teoria e Prática, 2007 This paper presents a comparison of the performances adopted by municipalities in the State of São Paulo: Leme, Pirassununga, Rio Claro and Limeira, during the period between 1996 - 2000, executing the constitutional obligations regarding the supply of ...
Theresa Maria de Freitas Adrião +1 more
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Lessons learnt from international environmental agreements for the Stockholm + 50 Conference: celebrating 20 Years of INEA. [PDF]
Int Environ Agreem, 2022 Gupta J, Vegelin C, Pouw N.
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Организационно-экономический механизм управления социальной инфраструктурой промышленного предприятия [PDF]
, 2014 У статті досліджуються особливості управління соціальною інфраструктурою промислових підприємств та можливості досягнення ефективності закладів соціальної інфраструктури за різними складовими.
Letunovska, Nataliia Yevhenіvna +5 more
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