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The Form of Organization for Small Business [PDF]

open access: yes, 1945
Matching and integrating ontologies has been a desirable technique in areas such as data fusion, knowledge integration, the Semantic Web and the development of advanced services in distributed system.
Breckenridge, M. S.
core   +3 more sources

Durability of Soft Pneumatic Actuators: A Review and Benchmarking Protocol

open access: yesAdvanced 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   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

ENHANCEMENT OF STEREO IMAGERY BY ARTIFICIAL TEXTURE PROJECTION GENERATED USING A LIDAR [PDF]

open access: yesThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2016
Passive stereo imaging is capable of producing dense 3D data, but image matching algorithms generally perform poorly on images with large regions of homogenous texture due to ambiguous match costs.
J. Veitch-Michaelis   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Small Business: Access to Capital and Job Creation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
[Excerpt] This report addresses a core issue facing the 113th Congress: What, if any, additional action should the federal government take to enhance small business access to capital?
Dilger, Robert Jay
core   +3 more sources

Timing Mechanotransduction: Mechanically Dynamic Biomaterials Reveal the Temporal Hierarchy of YAP/TAZ Control Nodes

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
This work develops dynamically softening polyacrylamide hydrogels for time‐resolved imaging during continuous mechanical transitions. The study revealed that mechanotransduction is biphasic; YAP/TAZ inactivation is driven by early loss of the nucleocytoskeletal continuum connecting subnuclear adhesions, F‐actin, and the nuclear envelope, coupled with ...
Alessandro Gandin   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Psychological capital and entrepreneurial success: the mediating role of entrepreneurial bricolage among Ugandan microentrepreneurs

open access: yesCogent Business & Management
This study explores the mediating role of entrepreneurial bricolage in the relationship between psychological capital and entrepreneurial success among microentrepreneurs in Kampala, Uganda.
David. Iga   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

An International Comparison of Small Business Employment [PDF]

open access: yes
Contrary to popular perceptions, the United States has a much smaller small-business sector (as a share of total employment) than other countries at a comparable level of economic development, according to this new CEPR report.
John Schmitt, Nathan Lane
core  

Pro-growth small businesses: learning 'architecture' [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Internationally, a certain market failure has become apparent in terms of the effective engagement of small business owner-managers in business support programs, and in the wider concept of life long learning.
Bergin-Seers, Suzanne, Morrison, Alison
core   +1 more source

Postsynaptic Complexin Mediates Constitutive Exocytosis of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Beyond its established presynaptic role, complexin is identified as a postsynaptic regulator of neurotransmitter receptor trafficking. By promoting constitutive and activity‐dependent exocytosis of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, complexin controls spontaneous synaptic signaling at the C.
Ya Wang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Technopreneurship as a Sustainable Employment Pathway for Youth in South Africa

open access: yesCECCAR Business Review
This study analyses technopreneurship as a sustainable employment pathway for youth in South Africa using cross-sectional survey data from 533 respondents across provinces. Employing Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression, the study examines the effects
Cyril BALOYI, Lawrence OBOKOH
doaj   +1 more source

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