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Two‐Dimensional Piezoelectric Nanomaterials for Nanoelectronics and Energy Harvesting

ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
Two‐Dimensional Piezoelectric Nanomaterials from properties to applications. Smart materials, especially piezoelectric materials, have gained popularity over the last two decades. Two‐dimensional (2D) piezoelectric materials exhibit attributes including great flexibility, ease of workability, extensive surface area, and many active sites, indicating ...
Yujun Cao, Sikandar Aftab, Zeeshan Ali, Muhammad Farooq Khan, Ghazanfar Nazir, Awais Khalid, Hosameldin Helmy Hegazy, Ibrahim S. Yahia, Altaf Hussain Rajpar, Burragoni Sravanthi Goud, Jae Hong Kim, Erdi Akman, Xin Li   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Why is it difficult to implement e-health initiatives? A qualitative study [PDF]

, 2011
<b>Background</b> The use of information and communication technologies in healthcare is seen as essential for high quality and cost-effective healthcare.
A Jeyaraj, A McDonnell, A Nolan, A Webster, AD Mackinnon, AK Jha, AK Yarbrough, B Chaudhry, B Doolin, BA de, C May, C May, C May, CA Barry, Carl May, Catherine O'Donnell, CD Helfrich, Clinical Effectiveness Research Agenda Group, CR May, CR May, DA Ludwick, DD Pothier, EG Poon, Elizabeth Murray, F Mair, Frances Mair, FS Mair, J Bell, J Ritchie, J Sinclair, J Watkins, Joanne Burns, K Davis, L Gask, L Luck, M Berg, M Cross, M Cross, MC Christensen, MP Eccles, National Audit Office, P Legris, P Shekelle, Paul Wallace, R Grol, R van de Wetering, R van de Wetering, RK Yin, S Anthony, S Collin, SH Woolf, T Finch, T Greenhalgh, The World Health Report 1999, TL Finch, Tracy Finch, VJ Dzau   +56 more
core   +6 more sources

Exploring the Spatial Dynamics of a Just Regional Energy Transition: What If We Ask Citizens?

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The installation of wind turbines and solar parks in valued rural landscapes has led to local concerns and perceived injustices to the extent that the societal acceptance of the energy transition is at stake. Although the literature on energy justice is blooming, research into citizens' understandings of justice with regards to regional energy
Simone Haarbosch, Sanneke Kloppenburg, Bas Van Vliet, Tamara Metze   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of polypropylene fibers on concrete fire resistance / Polipropireno pluoštoį taka betono atsparumui ugniai

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, 2011
The objective of this study is to investigate the impact of polypropylene fibers on fire resistance of concrete. In order to achieve this, concrete mixtures are prepared by using different percentages of polypropylene; 0%, 0.5% and 1%, by volume.
Samir Shihada
doaj   +1 more source

Recycling of tailings from the Barruecopardo tungsten deposit for the production of glass [PDF]

, 2016
Peer ReviewedPostprint (author's final ...
Alfonso Abella, María Pura, Castro López, David, García-Vallès, Maite, Martínez Manent, Salvador, Tarragó Aymerich, Mariona, Tomasa Guix, Oriol   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Policy Entrepreneurs and the Design of Administrative Reform: A Conceptual Framework and the Israeli Case

European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT What is the role of policy entrepreneurs in promoting the design of public administrative reform? We present a conceptual framework for assessing the influence of policy entrepreneurs on public administrative reform. We start by proposing a typology of the various policy entrepreneurs active in the administrative reform arena.
Nissim Cohen
wiley   +1 more source

Features requirement elicitation process for designing a chatbot application

IET Networks, EarlyView., 2022
This article seeks to assist the chatbot community by outlining the characteristics that a chatbot needs to possess and explaining how to create a chatbot for a bank. In order to determine which capabilities are most crucial to ending users, a study of a small sample of chatbot users was conducted.
Nurul Muizzah Johari, Puteri N. E. Nohuddin, Ahmad Hanif Ahmad Baharin, Noor Azuddin Yakob, Mohammad Javad Ebadi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reduction of cement consumption by the aid of silica nano-particles (investigation on concrete properties)

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, 2012
In this study, effects of replacing cement with colloidal amorphous silica nano-particles have been experimentally investigated on the physical and mechanical properties, durability and microstructure of concrete. Experimental results include workability,
Hadi Bahadori, Payam Hosseini
doaj   +1 more source

An identity for the inscrutable Homo habilis

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Ian Tattersall
wiley   +1 more source

How Changing Narratives About the Future Shape Policymaking for the Long Term

European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How can we explain decisions by governments to engage in policy investments—accepting short‐term costs in return for anticipated gains in the longer term—after previously sustaining the status quo? Our article examines the role of narratives in changing expectations about the future as a key driver of intertemporal policymaking. In light of an
Pieter Tuytens, Charlotte Haberstroh
wiley   +1 more source