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Highway Project Value of Money Assessment under PPP Mode and Its Application
Journal of Advanced Transportation, 2018 The application of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode in transportation infrastructure construction has achieved more progress worldwide; now this mode has been adopted in highway projects of China from 2015.
Xiaowei Hu, Juan Han
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The Information Content of German Discount Rate Changes [PDF]
Discount rate changes always receive considerable attention in financial markets. Two hypotheses compete to explain financial market reactions: the direct ‘borrowing cost effect’ and the announcement effect.
Manfred J.M. Neumann, Jens Weidmann
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Environmental Synthesis Radar (ESR) evaluates the environmental impact of (early‐stage) multi‐step chemical syntheses, providing a holistic view by using 18 midpoint impact categories. Unlike conventional life‐cycle assessment (LCA) approaches, ESR reveals three complementary metrics: overall impact Vtotal, environmental hotspots VEF, and critical ...
Laura Plein +8 more
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Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.An intentionally added, chemically formed LixAlSy coating stabilizes the lithium–electrolyte interface in solid‐state Li–S batteries. The layer suppresses side reactions, preserves smooth charge transfer, and improves ion transport from the start. This approach offers a practical route to more durable solid‐state batteries and a clearer understanding ...
Xinyi Wang +4 more
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Cash flow and discount rate risk in up and down markets: what is actually priced? [PDF]
, 2010 We test whether asymmetric preferences for losses versus gains as in Ang, Chen, and Xing (2006) also affect the pricing of cash flow versus discount rate news as in Campbell and Vuolteenaho (2004).
Botshekan, M. +7 more
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Enhanced Magnetism in Cation‐Modulated Manganite Heterostructures
Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.Magnetic contrast is introduced within a single manganite system via a small modulation of the cation ratio. Enhanced magnetization occurs in superlattices with small stoichiometric differences. The combined SQUID, polarized neutron reflectometry, and x‐ray absorption spectroscopy results are consistent with the interfacial electronic reconstruction ...
Sangkyun Ryu +7 more
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Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.A combined experimental and simulation study of light‐responsive liquid crystal elastomer surfaces operating under physiological conditions is reported, demonstrating programmable and highly spatially controlled topography formation through bottom‐side photomask exposure. Our study establishes a foundation for dynamic, light‐responsive biosurfaces with
Ruth M. C. Verbroekken +4 more
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Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Here, we present a textile, wearable capacitive interface enabling multidirectional remote control by dynamically modulating electrode overlap and spacing via a freely gliding upper electrode. A forearm‐mounted prototype drives robotic and media tasks with 12–15 ms latency, maintains < 0.8% drift after 500 cycles, and remains stably functional at 90 ...
Cagatay Gumus +8 more
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Measuring the Social Discount Rate under Uncertainty: A Methodology and Application [PDF]
It is well recognised that the issue of the social rate of discount applies only to the gains from public investment that accrues to the public sector. When it comes to measurement, however, there is a problem: public investment in infrastructure and the
Syed Ahsan, Panagiotis Tsigaris
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A Soft Robotic Fish With a Dielectric Elastomer Actuator Body and Negative Stiffness Spine
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This work introduces a bio‐mimetic soft robotic fish driven by fiber‐reinforced dielectric elastomer actuators integrated as its body. By prestretching this active skin against a flexible spine, a negative stiffness system is created, enabling large‐amplitude bending.
Markus Koenigsdorff +4 more
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