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How Should Oil Exporters Spend Their Rents? [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2010
Oil and other mineral rents are, in most countries, owned by producing states on behalf of their citizens. The paper focuses on three questions. First, how should countries take into account the great uncertainty over future export prices in planning their spending programs?
Alan Gelb, Sina Grasmann
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Durability of Soft Pneumatic Actuators: A Review and Benchmarking Protocol

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Lack of durability is a key challenge hindering the broad scale adoption of soft pneumatic actuators (SPAs) in automation industries. This review provides a comprehensive overview of existing research on SPA durability, introduces a standardized durability benchmarking protocol to consolidate the testing of SPAs, and outlines promising directions for ...
Dickson Chiu Yu Wong, Yucheng Luo, Rob Bernardus Nicolaas Scharff   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Le régime rentier d’accumulation en Arabie saoudite et son mode de régulation

Revue de la Régulation, 2014
The oil export revenues contribute to the settlement of economic and institutional structures that make Saudi Arabia a prototypical rentier-state. The predominance of oil revenues, combined with socio-political parameters specific to the countries, has ...
Adrien Faudot
doaj   +1 more source

Harnessing Phase Separation for the Development of High‐Performance Hydrogels

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hydrogels are indispensable for the development of next‐generation bioelectronics, soft robotics, and biomedical devices, where their mechanical properties determine performance and reliability. Among strategies to enhance hydrogel mechanics, phase separation enables controlled heterogeneity resulting in gel networks that are reinforced by ...
Yue Shao, Yiming Ma, Baihao Shao, Molly M. Stevens   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Threshold Effect of Fintech on the Impact of Oil Rent on Economic Growth in Iran [PDF]

فصلنامه پژوهش‌های اقتصادی ایران
This study aimed to examine the threshold effect of fintech on the relationship between oil rents and economic growth in Iran. To analyze the relationships among variables, the study used a threshold regression approach and seasonal data from 2013 to ...
Reza Maaboudi, Zeynab Dare Nazari
doaj   +1 more source

Thermochemical Micro‐Explosion for Prompt Thrombolysis via Proximal Injection of Liquid Alkali Metal

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
We report a micro‐explosive thermochemical thrombolysis (METCT) therapy via injectable liquid alkali metal encapsulated in dimethyl silicone (LAM@oil). METCT enables prompt and safe vascular recanalization within 90 s. Critically, the LAM@oil system demonstrates significantly higher thrombolytic efficacy compared to clinically available thrombolytic ...
Xin Liao, Yi Hou, Jie Zhang, Bo Wang, Minghui Guo, Hua Qu, Wei Rao, Jing Liu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Breaking the Trade‐Off of Mechanical Robustness and Energy Storage Capacity in Phase Change Materials Through a Molecular Design Strategy of Hard‐Segment‐Anchored/Side‐Chain‐Storage

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
To decouple mechanical robustness and energy storage capacity in phase change materials (PCMs), a series of polyurethane‐based PCMs bearing crystallizable alkyl side chains are synthesized via a hard‐segment‐anchored/side‐chain‐storage molecular design.
Huizhou Luo, Hebo Shi, Jun Zhang, Henghui Deng, Yongyin Zhu, Zehong Chen, Chaoqun Zhang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The KIF6‐RBP Complex Orchestrates mRNA Transport Required for Sperm Flagellar Assembly

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Two homozygous deleterious KIF6 variants are identified in unrelated men with impaired sperm motility. Mouse models and multi‐omics analyses reveal that KIF6 cooperates with the RNA‐binding proteins FMRP and FXR1 to deliver mRNAs essential for sperm flagellar assembly, linking disrupted mRNA transport to reduced abundance of key structural and ...
Chunbo Xie, Sibing Yi, Xinle Lin, Shen Zhang, Weili Wang, Shimin Yuan, Lanlan Meng, Yong Li, Chen Tan, Chunjia Wei, Yanyan Yu, Yaoqiong Liang, Huan Zhang, Liang Hu, Guangxiu Lu, Wenbin He, Qianjun Zhang, Juan Du, Ge Lin, Chaofeng Tu, Yue‐Qiu Tan   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Sustainable Bio‐Based Epoxy Thermoset as a High‐Performance Alternative to BPA‐Based Resins

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A rigid–flexible bio‐based epoxy network integrates soybean oil, lignin, and maleic anhydride to overcome the strength–toughness–sustainability trade‐off of conventional BPA epoxy. The thermoset delivers excellent performance as both a structural adhesive and a matrix for glass‐fabric composites, while enabling pH‐responsive degradation, environmental ...
Jiyun Qi, Xinyi Hui, Xipeng Zhang, Jia‐Long Wen, Tong‐Qi Yuan   +4 more
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Anomalous Enhancement in MXene‐Based Electrochemical Actuators: Pseudo‐Capacitance‐Induced Multi‐Charge Accumulation in Confined Space

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
We elucidate the electrochemical actuation mechanism of 2D material‐based electrodes within a MXene‐centered framework, linking atomic‐scale surface chemistry to macroscopic performance (see schematic). Mechanistically, the reduction of Ti─O─Ti sites in H2SO4 triggers the accumulation of hydrated ions at confined active sites, resulting in anomalous ...
Jiang Xu, Jipeng Feng, Bingqing Hu, Xude Li, Shifei Huang, Shanhai Ge, Guoxiu Wang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source