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Large‐Scale and Cost‐Effective Fabrication of Ultra‐Thin, Biodegradable Microelectrode Arrays and Pressure Sensors Using Laser Micromachining

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A mask‐free and cost‐effective UV‐pico‐second laser‐based microfabrication method is proposed to fabricate large‐area biodegradable microelectrode arrays and pressure sensors. These devices demonstrate low impedance, good conformability, excellent biocompatibility, and rapid degradation, providing a new route for next‐generation transient electronics ...
Bhavani Prasad Yalagala, Asfand Tanwear, María Cerezo‐Sánchez, Hossein Parvizi, Morteza Amjadi, Hadi Heidari   +5 more
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Taking forward public procurement reforms in Ghana

, 2006
The construction industry in Ghana, like many others worldwide, has had its fair share of damning independent reviews. Huge and unsustainable foreign debt, excessive budget deficits, huge contractual payment arrears, poor construction performance ...
Male, S, Anvuur, A, Kumaraswamy, M, Anvuur, AM, Kumaraswamy, MM   +4 more
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The role of e-procurement in purchasing management [PDF]

, 2010
This exposition summarises research published in several academic articles, in order to meet the requirements of PhD by publication. The focus of the work is on the role of electronic procurement in management of the purchasing function. From the late
Smart, Alan
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Flexible Chemiresistive Chitosan‐Glycerol Sensors on Laser‐Induced Graphene Electrodes for Room‐Temperature Ammonia Detection

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Flexible Chitosan‐glycerol sensor integrated with porous laser‐induced graphene (LIG) electrodes enable room‐temperature chemiresistive detection of ammonia (NH3) and proof‐of‐concept detection of fish spoilage. ABSTRACT We report a metal‐free sensor platform combining laser induced graphene (LIG) electrodes with drop‐deposited, glycerol‐plasticized ...
Mintesinot Tamiru Mengistu, Richard Murray, Cara‐Lena Nies, Cathal Larrigy, Martina Piletti, Jahidul Islam, Daniela Iacopino, Eileen Hurley, Michael Nolan, Aidan J. Quinn   +9 more
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A multi-dimensional evaluation model for power enterprise procurement performance based on fuzzy analytic hierarchy process and TOPSIS integration

Scientific Reports
Power enterprises face unique procurement challenges, including grid reliability requirements, regulatory complexities, and long-term asset investment considerations that existing evaluation methods inadequately address.
Haigang Zhao, Shugui Song, Xiaoqing Lv, Yu Bao   +3 more
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Multimodal Haptic Perception Through Synergistic Nanocomposite Sensor Arrays

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Multi‐modal fingertip haptics are advanced through a bioinspired &vertical‐via' electronic skin architecture. A confined PDMS/MWCNT/NiNP nanocomposite, sitting at the percolation threshold, enables tactile, thermal, and magnetic sensing. A unique via‐density gradient and dedicated &Un‐Touch' reference nodes provide robust spatial resolution and signal ...
Amos Bardea, Fernando Patolsky
wiley   +1 more source

Competition Policy and Public Procurement in Developing Countries [PDF]

Measures to support Competition Policy and enhance the efficiency of Public Procurement can enhance the impact of regional integration agreements. The first part addresses Competition Policy - measures employed by government to ensure a fair competitive ...
Oliver Morrissey, Evious Zgovu, Annamaria La Chimia, Rod Falvey   +3 more
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Procurement and Predation: Dynamic Sourcing from Financially Constrained Suppliers [PDF]

, 2013
This paper studies the interaction between financially constrained and financially strong firms on a procurement market. It characterizes and discusses a procurement agency’s optimal response when faced with financially asymmetric firms. By considering a
Arve, Malin
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Direct Measurement of the Singlet Lifetime and Photoexcitation Behavior of the Boron Vacancy Center in Hexagonal Boron Nitride

Advanced Optical Materials, EarlyView.
Negatively charged boron vacancy defects in hexagonal boron nitride promise near‐surface quantum sensing, but their internal spin transition rates are only partly understood. This work directly measures the defect's singlet‐state lifetime, 15(3) ns, using a nanosecond rise‐time dual‐pulse photoluminescence‐recovery method, and shows that high laser ...
Richard A. Escalante, Andrew J. Beling, Daniel G. Ang, Niko R. Reed, Justin J. Welter, John W. Blanchard, Cecilia Campos, Edwin Coronel, Klaus Krambrock, Alexandre S. Leal, Paras N. Prasad, Ronald L. Walsworth   +11 more
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Degradable Magnetic Composites from Recycled NdFeB Magnets for Soft Actuation and Sensing

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This work presents a degradable soft magnetic composite made from recycled NdFeB particles embedded in a gelatin‐based organogel. The material is processed into magnetic sensors and soft robotic components, which can later be dissolved in a green solvent to recover NdFeB magnetic particles.
Muhammad Bilal Khan, Lin Guo, Kilian Schäfer, Eduardo Sergio Oliveros‐Mata, Xiaotao Wang, Florian Hofmann, Matthias Lutzi, Mark Suppelt, Proloy Taran Das, Jan Schmidtpeter, Imants Dirba, Stephan Rinderknecht, Mario Kupnik, Denys Makarov, Oliver Gutfleisch   +14 more
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