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GaN HEMTs-based compact power factor corrected 96.1% peak efficiency LED driver with gate assisted circuit. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Faizan M, Qian Z, Zhu H, Fan S, Yousaf MZ, Bajaj M, Zhichu C, Aziz A.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Transparency upon request: the right to pay information and the gender pay gap

Economica, EarlyView.
Abstract Pay transparency measures are widely adopted policy instruments to decrease the gender pay gap. This paper studies a policy that grants access to wage information only upon request, analysing a German pay transparency law that grants workers the right to request information about the earnings of colleagues in comparable positions.
Katharina Brütt, Huaiping Yuan
wiley   +1 more source

Smart EV charging via advanced ongrid MPPT-PV systems with quadratic-boost split-source inverters. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Lotfy MW, Ramadan HS, Dabour SM.
europepmc   +1 more source

The effect of high school gender composition on university major choice: Evidence from Canada

Economic Inquiry, EarlyView.
Abstract Does the gender composition of high school peers affect whether students pursue a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) major at university? Using administrative data from British Columbia, Canada, I exploit idiosyncratic within‐school variation in gender composition. I find that having larger proportions of female peers has
Yu Wang
wiley   +1 more source

Ni redispersion from SiO₂ to molybdenum carbide creates dual interfaces to boost tandem CO₂ hydrogenation. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Wang H, Qin X, Gao Z, Diao Y, Liu S, Peng M, Liu S, Hou S, Liu X, Guo X, Ma D, Shi C.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Challenges of Backsourcing

Financial Accountability &Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Public sector outsourcing sometimes ends in unexpected termination, forcing authorities to engage in backsourcing. The aim of this study is to identify the challenges posed by unexpected terminations of sourcing contracts in the public sector and analyze how actual practices in these situations diverge from theoretical expectations in the ...
Johan Berlin, Eric Carlström, Magnus Jansson, David Karlsson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimized Rectifier Topologies for Low-Voltage Electromagnetic Energy Harvesters. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel)
Krug N, Heer F, Fischerauer G.
europepmc   +1 more source

Mergers and Acquisitions as Navigators of Climate Policy Shocks: Evidence from the NOx Budget Trading Program

Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine how mergers and acquisitions (M&As) enable firms to adapt to climate policy shocks. Exploiting the adoption of the Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) Budget Trading Program (NBP) across US states as an exogenous shock, we find that firms with NOx‐emitting plants subject to the NBP are more likely to engage in M&As, particularly through vertical ...
Samer Adra, Yang Gao, Malika Hamadi, Jiayi Yuan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Helicity-selective and spectrally tunable chiral thermal emissions. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Sun K, Qin H, Liu M, Chen F, Cai Y, Wu P, Qiu CW, Han Z.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Effects of Information Technologies on the Bankruptcy Decision

Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Exploiting the staggered adoptions of electronic systems across 70 bankruptcy courts in the United States, I investigate the impacts of digital transformation on bankruptcy behavior. The digital transformation in bankruptcy courts significantly lowered the cost of filing by enabling debtors to file for bankruptcy online, yet empirical tests ...
Jeyul Yang
wiley   +1 more source