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SBA Veterans Assistance Programs: An Analysis of Contemporary Issues [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
[Excerpt] This report opens with an examination of the economic circumstances of veteran-owned businesses drawn from the Bureau of the Census’s 2012 Survey of Business Owners (SBO).
Dilger, Robert Jay, Lowry, Sean
core   +1 more source

High‐Performance Low‐Emissivity Paints Enabled by N‐Doped Poly(benzodifurandione) (n‐PBDF) for Energy‐Efficient Buildings

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study introduces a scalable and colored low‐emissivity (low‐e) paint achieved by spraying an ultrathin n‐doped poly(benzodifurandione) (n‐PBDF) coating onto various colored substrates. The low‐e paint enhances thermal regulation by reducing mid‐infrared thermal emissivity to 0.19, thereby stabilizing indoor temperatures across diverse climates ...
Xiaojie Liu   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimizing maize–bean cropping systems for sustainable intensification in southern Ethiopia

open access: yesAgronomy Journal, Volume 114, Issue 6, Page 3283-3296, November/December 2022., 2022
Abstract Declining productivity and scarcity of cultivable land in smallholder systems call for exploring sustainable intensification options to increase productivity. Field experiments were conducted at five sites (Sites 1–5) of the Sidama region, southern Ethiopia, in 2018 and 2019 to determine the effects of cropping systems on maize (Zea mays L ...
Tigist Yimer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patient- and Family-Identified Problems of Traumatic Brain Injury: Value and Utility of a Target Outcome Approach to Identifying the Worst Problems

open access: yesJournal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews, 2016
Purpose: This study aimed to identify the sequelae of traumatic brain injury (TBI) that are most troubling to veterans with TBI and their families and identify veteran-family differences in content and ranking. Instead of standardized measures of symptom
Laraine Winter   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Harnessing Outer Space for Improved Electrocaloric Cooling

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A novel radiative heat sink/source‐integrated electrocaloric (R‐iEC) system combines the electrocaloric (EC) effect with a thermally conductive radiative cooler (TCRC) to address heat dissipation limitations in EC devices. Utilizing outer space as a heat sink, the system achieves up to 240 W m−2 of heat dissipation performance, making it highly ...
Dong Hyun Seo   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparing various sulfur sources for soybean grown on an acid Oxisol in Brazil

open access: yesAgronomy Journal, Volume 114, Issue 6, Page 3420-3428, November/December 2022., 2022
Abstract A greenhouse experiment and a 2‐yr field trial were conducted to compare various S sources for soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] grown on an acid Oxisol in Brazil. In the greenhouse, the sources included ammonium sulfate (AMS), monoammonium phosphate with a S ratio = 50:50 of AMS/elemental S (ES) – (AMS + ES), and ES + bentonite containing 90 ...
Eros A. B. Francisco   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative survey self esteem and mental wellbeing between group athletic devotee and individual athletic devotee and unauthentic devotee in boushehr

open access: yesطب جانباز, 2011
Purpose: This study compares self-esteem and psychological well-being in groups and individual athlete veterans and non athletes of Bushehr. Method and Materials: From 2242 over 25% Veterans of Bushehr Province, 327 subjects were randomly selected in ...
A. poladei   +2 more
doaj  

It Takes an Act of Congress or Does It? Naming Practices of VA Facilities

open access: yesNames, 2018
The Veterans Health Administration, a division under the US Department of Veterans Affairs, oversees more than 1700 healthcare facilities that provide support for more than eight million veterans annually.
Alice Crosetto, Thomas Atwood
doaj   +1 more source

The veteran and the rookie [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean Heart Journal, 2004
This editorial refers to ‘Mortality rates in patients with ST-elevation vs. non-ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction: observations from an unselected cohort’† by C.J. Terkelsen et al. , on page 18 Clinical registries have systematically shown that routine clinical practice deals with sicker patients and faces higher morbidity and mortality than ...
openaire   +3 more sources

A veterans transition support program [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The purpose of this project was to provide an alternative guideline for creating and establishing an effective veterans affairs program which aides in the transition and success of student veterans.
Howard, Brandin
core   +3 more sources

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