Noisy Politics, Quiet Technocrats: Strategic Silence by Central Banks
Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In contrast to the “quiet” politics of the pre‐2008 period, macroeconomic policy has become “noisy”. This break raises a question: How do independent agencies designed for quiet politics react when a contentious public turns the volume up on them?
Benjamin Braun, Maximilian Düsterhöft
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Toward Fully Bio-Based Polyurethane Foams: Effects of Radish Seed and Tall Oil Polyols on Biofoam Properties. [PDF]
Materials (Basel)Kirpluks M +6 more
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Standards as Authority: Self‐Legitimation in the European Union's Global Forest Governance
Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates how the EU's introduction of binding sustainability standards through the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) constitutes an authoritative claim and how this claim is legitimized. Using qualitative content analysis, the paper examines three interconnected self‐legitimation strategies: (1) framing standards as optimal ...
Julia Drubel
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A Gas Production Classification Method for Cable Insulation Materials Based on Deep Convolutional Neural Networks. [PDF]
Polymers (Basel)Wang Z +5 more
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Virtues of Regulatory Criminology
Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This special issue demonstrates that regulatory studies and criminology both have virtue. Regulatory criminology has neglected virtues that exceed the sum of its parts. The editors did a splendid job of pointing out in their introduction that criminology created a number of theoretical traditions that have had moments of passing value and ...
John Braithwaite, Valerie Braithwaite
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Eco-friendly Dielectric Insulation Materials with Life Cycle Sustainability. [PDF]
Research (Wash D C)Zha JW, Zhang W, Zhang Y, Wan B.
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Political Naturalisation: Conscripting Transit Citizens in the United Arab Emirates
Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Since its formation, the United Arab Emirates has sought to construct a cohesive sense of national identity among its citizens, centred on a system of material and legal privileges granted exclusively to Emirati nationals. A pillar of its nation‐building project was the strict exclusion of foreigners from citizenship and the upholding of a ...
Mira Al Hussein
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Ultrashort-pulse laser-modified surface texturing for heat transfer reduction in die-cast aluminum alloys. [PDF]
Sci RepGoto R, Yamaguchi M.
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Advances in Floating Solar Desalination Systems
Water and Environment Journal, EarlyView.This review critically classifies floating solar desalination systems into five main categories and compares their thermal performance, productivity and technological limitations. Membrane‐based and multieffect systems showed the highest efficiencies, while traditional designs remain limited by heat losses and scaling.
Daiane Silva de Abreu Benedito +4 more
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Additive Manufacturing of Biobased Material Used in Electrical Insulation: Comparative Studies on Various Printing Technologies. [PDF]
Polymers (Basel)Sekula R +8 more
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