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Budget constraints in party-states nested in power relations: the key to different paths of transformation [PDF]

This paper revisits the widely known and used concept of soft budget constraints in party-states introduced by Kornai (1980), from the point of view of a comparative analytical model (Csanádi, 2003). It embeds budget constraints in the structure of power
Maria Csanadi
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Micro and Nanostructural Diversity of Lizard Osteoderm Capping Tissue in Relation to Mechanical Performance

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study shows that lizard osteoderm capping tissue is a hyper‐mineralized hydroxyapatite layer consistently covering the superficial osteoderm surface in those species studied here, yet it varies greatly in morphology, nanostructure, and mechanical performance across species.
Adrian Rodriguez‐Palomo, Marius Didziokas, Malene Siri Berg Jacobsen, Thorbjørn Erik Køppen Christensen, Innokenty Kantor, Mads Ry Vogel Jørgensen, Klaus Pagh Almtoft, Jesper Skovhus Thomsen, Anthony Herrel, Catherine J.A. Williams, Henrik Birkedal   +10 more
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Financial constraints in economic transition: Empirical evidence from Ukrainian large farms [PDF]

This paper addresses the question of financial constraints in Ukrainian agriculture in transition. The main objective is to reveal the evidence of the both phenomena, soft budget constraints and credit rationing, investigating investment behaviour of ...
Huettel, Silke, Odening, Martin, Zinych, Nataliya   +2 more
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Dual‐Interface‐Dominant Cathode Architectures Enabling Fast Sulfur Redox and Stable Interfaces in All‐Solid‐State Li‐S Batteries

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
An optimized carbon host nanostructure enables a dual‐interface‐dominant architecture in sulfur cathodes of solid‐state Li‐S batteries by selectively forming sulfur|carbon and sulfur|solid electrolyte interfaces. This tailored interfacial configuration accelerates sulfur redox kinetics by establishing enriched Li+/e– transport networks, while ...
Zhao Yang, Yuxiao Zhang, Yihong Liu, Geng Xie, Yu Dou, Jeremy Dawkins, Lijia Liu, Yixiang Wang, Lingzi Sang, Mohsen Shakouri, Sixu Deng, Karim Zaghib, Tsun‐Kong Sham, Xia Li   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Managing temporal relations in the MAESTRO scheduling system [PDF]

A set of viewgraphs on managing temporal relations in the MAESTRO scheduling system are given. The viewgraphs present information on such topics as why scheduling is hard, managing temporal relations, constraints on the placement of a single activity ...
Britt, Daniel L.
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Conductive Bonding and System Architectures for High‐Performance Flexible Electronics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This review outlines bonding technologies and structural design strategies that support high‐performance flexible and stretchable electronics. Bonding approaches such as surface‐activated bonding and anisotropic conductive films, together with system‐level architectures including buffer layers and island‐bridge structures, possess distinct mechanical ...
Kazuma Nakajima, Kenjiro Fukuda
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Investment, Credit Rationing, and the Soft Budget Constraint: What Would a Well-Functioning Credit Market Look Like? [PDF]

IV estimates of the link between profits and investment in the Czech Republic find a complex relationship. While firms may occasionally be credit rationed or face soft budget constraints, investments generally flow to industries with the greatest profit ...
Jan Hanousek, Randall K. Filer
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Electric Field‐Dependent Conductivity as Probe for Charge Carrier Delocalization and Morphology in Organic Semiconductors

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Applying a high electric field to a doped organic semiconductor heats up the charge carrier distribution beyond the lattice temperature, enhancing conductivity. It is shown that the associated effective temperature can be used to extract the effective localization length, which is a characteristic length scale of charge transport and provides ...
Morteza Shokrani, Felix Maximilian Graf, Anton Kompatscher, Dennis Derewjanko, Martijn Kemerink   +4 more
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How has the continuation of ‘soft’ budget constraints affected the performance of state‐owned enterprises and is the alternative of privatisation feasible?

Technological and Economic Development of Economy, 2007
This paper will argue that the continued existence of state‐owned enterprises (SOE) soft budget constraints, while adversely affecting SOE performance, reflects wider problems in the regulation of Chinese industry.
Bryane Michael
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Deciphering Small Molecule Diffusion Parameters Across Light Responsive Polymersome Membranes

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Light‐responsive polymersomes bearing donor–acceptor Stenhouse adducts (DASAs) enable programmable control over small‐molecule transport across synthetic membranes. By systematically varying DASA density, an optimal functionalization regime is identified that maximizes light‐gated permeability.
Farzina Matubbar, Beyzanur Kaya, Buse Ipek, Tenzin Dorjee, Shoghik Hakobyan, Mohamed Chami, Julien E. Gautrot, Omar Rifaie‐Graham   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source