Institutional differences and local government performance : evidence from property tax assessment quality by Kim, Soojin, Chung, Il Hwan, Eom, Tae Ho

“…Based on panel data of cities and towns in New York State between 1993 and 2010, our analysis indicates that, among other institutional arrangements, municipalities employing the council–manager form with appointed assessors are most likely to achieve higher levels of assessment quality (uniformity) of the residential property. …”
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The urban beautician : a practice of transferring ephemeral interventions in the public space via media into a work of art by Reinhuber, Elke

“…An assiduous assessment of her artistic ancestry is given and a catalogue of her endeavours, categorised by diverse subjects, arranged to isolate the themes and to connect the topics.…”
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Surface lattice resonances in THz metamaterials by Tan, Thomas CaiWei, Plum, Eric, Singh, Ranjan

“…In metamaterials, lattice diffraction appears across microwave to optical frequencies due to collective Rayleigh scattering of periodically arranged structures. Light waves diffracted by these periodic structures can be trapped along the metamaterial surface resulting in the excitation of surface lattice resonances, which are mediated by the structural eigenmodes of the metamaterial cavity. …”
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What causes changes in international governance details? : an economic security perspective by Pitakdumrongkit, Kaewkamol

“…by establishing the causal pathways linking countries’ economic security with their institutional responses and decisions to rejig particular arrangement terms. I argue that different types of major powers’ behavior – rivalry among themselves, their economic statecraft, and their gaining advantage in existing negotiation frameworks – undermine small states’ economic security differently, causing them to select dissimilar institutional responses and adjust dissimilar institutional rules. …”
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Plane-strain consolidation theory with distributed drainage boundary by Chen, Z., Ni, Pengpeng, Chen, Y., Mei, G.

“…In practice, the full arrangement of sand blankets overlying soft clays could result in an uneconomic design for soft soil treatment using the surcharge preloading method. …”
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Why quasi-alliances will persist in the Indo-Pacific? The fall and rise of the quad by Kliem, Frederick

“…This article analyses both form and function of Quad and argues that both the diplomatic and military arrangements between Quad members are a direct response to ever-increasing Chinese assertiveness. …”
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Energy dissipation in composites with hybrid nacre-like helicoidal microstructures by Chan, Xin Ying, Chua, Clarence, Tan, Sharlene, Le Ferrand, Hortense

“…Among all possible microstructures, a hybrid design between nacre-like and helicoidal arrangements was selected due to its ability to tilt and twist the crack path. …”
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Direct growth of single-metal-atom chains by Guo, Shasha, Fu, Jiecai, Zhang, Peikun, Zhu, Chao, Yao, Heming, Xu, Manzhang, An, Boxing, Wang, Xingli, Tang, Bijun, Deng, Ya, Salim, Teddy, Du, Hongchu, Dunin-Borkowski, Rafal E., Xu, Mingquan, Zhou, Wu, Tay, Beng Kang, Zhu, Chao, He, Yanchao, Hofmann, Mario, Hsieh, Ya-Ping, Guo, Wanlin, Ng, Michael, Jia, Chunlin, Zhang, Zhuhua, He, Yongmin, Liu, Zheng

“…Although several SMACs have been realized so far, their controllable fabrication remains challenging due to the need to arrange single atoms in an atomically precise manner. …”
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A simulation-based reinforcement learning solution for a dynamic mixed-model assembly line sequencing problem by Yu, Dongsheng

“…To implement Assembly-to-order, a corresponding production arrangement known as the Mixed-Model Assembly Line is utilized. …”
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3D printing shape memory polymer of laminated multi-component metamaterial towards optimization of auxetic and shape recovery behaviors by Liu, Yuheng, Shu, Dong Wei, Lu, Haibao

“…A synergistic effect of laminated structure arrangement and cell radius has been identified as the driving force to achieve the auxetic behavior (for metamaterial), high storage strain energy (for yielding strength) and release rate (for shape recovery behavior). …”
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Programmable nonreciprocal Poynting effect enabled by lattice metamaterials by Dong, Le, Zhou, Kun, Wang, Dong

“…Shear nonreciprocity, implying unequal shear forces in opposite shear directions, can be achieved by arranging structures asymmetrically. However, the nonreciprocal Poynting effect, i.e., unequal normal stresses induced by the same shear displacements to the left and right, has not been fully explored. …”
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Electric and magnetic circuit design for electric vehicle wireless charging by Yang, Jin Dian

“…In addition, this thesis also involves reducing the weight of the wireless charging system through advanced magnetic design without sacrificing the system performance, exploring the advantages of the anisotropic material arrangement over the traditional ferrite, and proposing a new magnetic circuit modelling method. …”
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Chiral stacks of a curved nanographene by Zhang, Zhongbo, Csókás, Daniel, Fernández, Israel, Stuparu, Mihaiela Corina

“…Here, we show the synthesis of a curved C60S5 nanographene comprising quintuple [5]thiahelicenes arranged in a C5-symmetric fashion on the zigzag edge (L-region) of a bowl-shaped corannulene core. …”
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Bioinspired processing for the sustainable fabrication of high-performance bioinspired ceramic-reinforced polymer composites by Sapasakulvanit, Slocha, Teoh, Jia Heng, Le Ferrand, Hortense

“…Based on highly mineralized biological ceramic composites, five key structural elements were identified: (1) anisotropic inorganic building blocks, (2) tight packing of the organic phase, (3) weak inorganic-inorganic interfaces but strong inorganic-organic bonding, (4) complex microstructural arrangements, and (5) presence of water. While there is a bioinspired strategy for each established element, some 3D printing methods appear promising in combining all into a single process. …”
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Chinese economic statecraft : a comparative study of China’s oil-backed loans in Angola and Brazil by Alves, Ana Cristina

“…Over the past decade, such an arrangement for pursuing China’s resource-security goals overseas – namely, securing long-term supply contracts and accessing exploration rights – has proved more effective in Africa than in South America. …”
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Structure of BipA in GTP form bound to the ratcheted ribosome by Kumar, Veerendra, Chen, Yun, Ero, Rya, Ahmed, Tofayel, Tan, Jackie, Li, Zhe, Wong, Andrew See Weng, Bhushan, Shashi, Gao, Yong-Gui

“…In addition to having a distinctive domain arrangement, the C-terminal domain of BipA has a unique fold. …”
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Specular optical activity of achiral metasurfaces by Plum, Eric, Fedotov, Vassili A., Zheludev, Nikolay I.

“…The effect arises at oblique incidence from a 3D-chiral arrangement of the wave's direction and the metasurface's structure that itself does not possess chiral elements. …”
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Image and Substance Failures in Regional Organisations: Causes, Consequences, Learning and Change? by Howlett, Michael, Koga, Kei, Chou, Meng-Hsuan

“…We observe failures occurring in these arrangements and activities in two areas: substance and image. …”
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Tunable electromagnetically induced transparency in coupled three-dimensional split-ring-resonator metamaterials by Han, Song, Cong, Longqing, Lin, Hai, Xiao, Boxun, Yang, Helin, Singh, Ranjan

“…However, when the six-fold rotationally symmetric unit cell design was re-arranged into a fourfold rotational symmetry, we observed the excitation of a polarization insensitive dual-band transparency. …”
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Significant enhancement of UV emission in ZnO nanorods subject to Ga+ ion beam irradiation by Yadian, Boluo, Chen, Rui, Liu, Hai, Sun, Handong, Liu, Qing, Gan, Chee Lip, Kun, Zhou, Zhao, Chunwang, Zhu, Bin, Huang, Yizhong

“…It is believed that the perfect arrangement of the crystal lattice upon removal of surface defects and the introduction of compressive strain are two factors that contribute to the significant enhancement of UV light generation.…”
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