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A transportation model for an effective disaster relief operation in the SADC region

South African Journal of Industrial Engineering, 2017
This paper reviews some challenges faced by humanitarian logistics and supply chain organisations in the transportation of resources, evacuees, and emergency supplies for disaster relief operations in the SADC region.
Baraka, Jean-Claude Munyaka, Yadavalli, Sarma, Singh, Ranil   +2 more
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New‐Era Polymer Thermoelectrics: Material Innovations, Doping Frontiers, Decoupling Strategies, and Unconventional Applications

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
The field of polymer thermoelectrics is entering a new era, featuring breakthroughs in addressing the conventional performance disparity between p‐type and n‐type polymers, pioneering doping frontiers, and sophisticated decoupling strategies. This review explores innovations in molecular design and superior stabilities, bridging the gap from ...
Suhao Wang
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Neuromorphic Electronics for Intelligence Everywhere: Emerging Devices, Flexible Platforms, and Scalable System Architectures

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
The perspective presents an integrated view of neuromorphic technologies, from device physics to real‐time applicability, while highlighting the necessity of full‐stack co‐optimization. By outlining practical hardware‐level strategies to exploit device behavior and mitigate non‐idealities, it shows pathways for building efficient, scalable, and ...
Kapil Bhardwaj, Roshni Satheesh Babu, Yuxin Xia, Eva Bestelink, Radu Sporea, Nikos Hastas, Ioannis Zeimpekis, Dimitra G. Georgiadou, Sayani Majumdar   +8 more
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Analyzing the Poverty Impact of the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative in Bolivia [PDF]

The purpose of this article is to analyse the impact of debt relief programs on poverty reduction in Bolivia by focusing on the enhanced HIPC initiative.
Heylen, Fanny Heylen
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Phase Engineering of Nanomaterials (PEN): Evolution, Current Challenges, and Future Opportunities

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review summarizes the synthesis, phase transition, advanced characterization spanning ex situ to in situ and operando techniques, and diverse applications of phase engineering of nanomaterials (PEN). It further outlines key challenges and future opportunities, such as phase stability, architecture control, and artificial intelligence (AI)‐driven ...
Ye Chen, Zhanxi Fan, Jingjie Ge, Qiyuan He, Zhuangchai Lai, Jiawei Liu, Chaoliang Tan, Hua Zhang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Debt relief and growth : a study of Tanzania and Zambia

, 2004
This paper discusses some issues on how to evaluate the impact of HIPC debt relief in the cases of Tanzania and Zambia using two computable general equilibrium models.
Levin, Jörgen,, Bigsten, Arne,, Persson, Håkan,   +2 more
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The State’s Dealing with the Poor before, in and after National Socialism

S: I. M. O. N.
This article reconstructs the continuities and differences in the treatment of the poor and unemployed before, during, and after National Socialism. To this end, it takes as its starting point previous research on the socio-political history of poor ...
Beate Kutschke
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Advancing Lithium–Oxygen Batteries: Pioneering Cathode Catalyst Innovation and Artificial Intelligence‐Driven Design Paradigms

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review summarizes the principles and challenges of nonaqueous lithium‐oxygen batteries and recent advances in cathode catalysts, including carbon‐based materials, metals, oxides, sulfides, nitrides, carbides, and redox mediators. It highlights emerging design strategies and artificial intelligence‐driven approaches, emphasizing data‐assisted ...
Yuqing Yao, Chongyang Hao, Karol Viviana Mejia‐Centeno, Malik Dilshad Khan, Shang Wang, Longqiu Li, Yanhong Tian, Andreu Cabot, Qing Sun   +8 more
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Debt Relief under the HIPC Initiative: Context and Outlook for Debt Sustainability and Resource Flows [PDF]

Debt relief, External debt sustainability, HIPC Initiative, Poverty ...
Ross, Doris C., Abrego, Lisandro
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The Blameless and the Feckless: The Enduring Stereotypes of the Deserving and Undeserving Poor in Britain’s Past and Present

Historická sociologie
Since the onset of the Early Modern era, which unleashed forces of unprecedented economic growth while also engendering considerable social instability, Britain has faced increased risks of mass poverty.
Alice Tihelková
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