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Space-charge-limited currents in insulators with two sets of traps distributed in energy: Theory and experiment
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Trapping center parameters in indium selenide single crystals by thermally stimulated current measurements
No full textObesity and HFpEF
No full textHeart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) has represented a therapeutic challenge in recent decades [...
Decentralization and fuel subsidies
No full textThis is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Elsevier via the DOI in this recordThis paper explores the role of decentralization in explaining variation in fuel subsidies across countries. Using panel data over the period 1998-2008 and for 108 countries, it emerges that the effect of ‘decentralization’ (taken to be an increase in the number of government levels) broadly decreases both diesel and gasoline subsidies, with this effect being more pronounced when the level of political accountability is low. For developing countries, for which political accountability is low, decentralization decreases gasoline and diesel subsidies by at least 6.98% and 12.99%, respectively. For developed countries, for which political accountability is high, decentralization does not have any impact on both gasoline and diesel. What this evidence points to is that in developing economies, where voters are poorly informed and accountability is low, decentralization appears to be associated with lower fuel subsidies.Leonzio Rizzo thankfully acknowledges financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (ECO2012-37873) and also from FIR 2016
Cooperative ways of working: towards a Mediterranean research project
No full textedited by Godfrey Baldacchino. Saviour Rizzo, Edward L. Zammit.; Includes bibliographical references.Source type: Print(0
Light-driven reversible shaping of 2D polymeric lattices
No full textWe propose optically reconfigurable polymeric microstructures. Azopolymer-PMMA composite is pre-structured in micro-pillar array. The reversible shaping of photosensitive structures guided by the polarization state of the incident light is demonstrated
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