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Innovations in rural and agricultural finance: Financial literacy
, 2017 The global financial crisis has intensified the problems of over-indebtedness, especially for the poor. In this context, the microfinance industry is giving more attention to building their customers' financial capabilities, designing products that ...
Cohen, Monique
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Advances in Se Wide‐Bandgap Photovoltaics and TexSe1‐x SWIR Photodiodes
Advanced Science, EarlyView.In this review, fundamental properties and current challenges in Se photovoltaics (PVs) for tandem and indoor PVs and TexSe1‐x alloys for short wave infrared photodiodes are discussed. A case is made for the practicality of elemental chalcogenide optoelectronics, and a pathway toward resolving the key challenges in these respective technologies is ...
Adam D. Alfieri, Deep Jariwala
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Analysis of an international collaboration for capacity building of human resources for eye care: case study of the college-college VISION 2020 LINK. [PDF]
Hum Resour Health, 2017 Mwangi N, Zondervan M, Bascaran C.
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A Physical Adaptive Material Motor Unit Neural Network: A Hygromorph Composite Material Machine
Advanced Science, EarlyView.This study introduces a new class of material‐based intelligent machines. It presents a Physical Adaptive Material Motor Unit Neural Network, an assembly of smart 4D printed actuators and a controlling system that adapt through environmental interaction its shading behavior.
Charles de Kergariou +2 more
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Micro/Nanoscale Acoustic Manipulation: From Particle Control to Autonomous Microswimmers
Advanced Science, EarlyView.This conceptual framework illustrates acoustic technology as a multifunctional platform enabling passive particle manipulation across scales and autonomous propulsion of microswimmers. ABSTRACT Acoustic manipulation and propulsion technologies have emerged as powerful platforms for micro/nanoscale control, enabled by their non‐contact operation, label ...
Jiahui Chu +4 more
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, 2015 Farmers face a variety of market and production risks that make their incomes volatile from year to year. In many cases, farmers also confront the risk of catastrophe, as, for example, when crops are destroyed by drought or pest outbreaks or when assets ...
Hess, Ulrich; Hazell, P. B. R.
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Abstract Representation of Movement Parameters in Basal Ganglia Output
Advanced Science, EarlyView.The basal ganglia output provides a scalable velocity/position signal across behavioral contexts, supporting the idea that these variables are represented in the brain as abstract entities rather than as fixed changes in joint angles or specific sets of body effectors.
Ana Silvia Báez‐Cordero +3 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.Organic electrochemical transistors bridge biological ionic signaling and neuromorphic computation through volumetric electrochemical gating. This review connects Organic mixed ionic–electronic conductor materials, device architectures, and manufacturing technologies to show how geometry, ion transport, and fabrication strategies program plasticity ...
Hyunjin Lee +5 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.Recent advances in metasurface‐enabled low‐observable technologies are reviewed from the perspective of cross‐scale material–structure synergy. Electromagnetic, thermal, optical, and acoustic stealth are highlighted together with dynamic tuning, programmable coding, data‐driven inverse design, artificial intelligence, multispectral compatibility, and ...
Shuhao Wang +5 more
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