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Bamboo Medical Application: A State‐of‐the‐Art Review
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.This review presents a structured classification of bamboo's current use in healthcare. It organizes applications into medical textiles and medical devices, with further divisions based on function and level of invasiveness. It also examines material utilization based on bamboo's structural role, highlighting how it supports both protective and ...
Haymanot Beza Lamesgin +3 more
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Transformation and continuity of the Argentine welfare state -- evaluating social security reform in the 1990s [PDF]
Beginning after World War II, Argentina institutionalized a limited conservative corporatist welfare state where occupation-linked social insurance held a central position and social assistance had a residual character.
Usami, Koichi
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Social policy reform and participation in Latin America: the Bolivian experiment
, 1998 Using the example of reforms in Bolivia, the author discusses `second generation' structural and institutional reforms taking place in Latin America, in the aftermath of Structural Adjustment Programmes' (SAPs) failure to reduce poverty and inequality ...
Ticehurst, Simon
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Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Permanent magnet putty (PMP) integrates high‐coercivity NdFeB particles with a dynamic polyborosiloxane–Ecoflex matrix, achieving rapid self‐healing (90% mechanical recovery in 10 s) and magnetic recovery within 20 min. With twice the sensitivity of commercial putties, PMP enables precise 5–30 N force detection and discrimination between pressing and ...
Ruotong Zhao +5 more
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Education reform for at-risk youth : a social capital approach\ud
, 2005 Using the Education Queensland Reform Agenda to illustrate examples and approaches to education reform, this article discusses education reform for at-risk youth.
Jorgensen, Brad
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.The pholidota‐inspired electronic skin is successfully constructed, originally realized four‐state reversible switching of terahertz‐wave reflection, absorption, transmission, and secondary reflection. In response to external demands, it issues deformation instructions, verifies the deformation state after the equipment executes the action, and thus ...
Shangjing Li +4 more
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Once upon a time in the west: social deprivation and rural youth crime
, 2005 This new report from the Howard League for Penal Reform examines the experiences of young people growing up in rural communities. It is essential reading for all those working with young people in the criminal justice system, youth workers, as well as ...
Meek, Rosie +1 more
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Taxation and social security system reform [PDF]
, 2013 General observations The case for reform of the taxation and social security systems, together with reform blueprints, were provided in the Henry Review released in May 2010. To the Henry Review reform proposals should be added a more comprehensive and
John Freebairn
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.Grain‐like Zr3+‐ZrO2 and Pt single atoms are integrated into an S‐scheme Zr3+‐ZrO2@g‐C3N4 heterostructure to enable efficient visible‐light‐driven seawater hydrogen production. The combined effect of Pt single‐atom sites and the S‐scheme charge‐transfer pathway accelerates carrier separation, preserves strong redox ability, and markedly enhances ...
Hezheng Sun +8 more
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Pension Reform in Germany: [PDF]
The paper examines the long-term implications of various reform options on retirement entry decisions and the actual retirement age of older workers.
Berkel, Barbara, Börsch-Supan, Axel
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