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  • Decomposition of productivity growth among the cooperative banks in Jammu and Kashmir (India)

    Data and specification of outputs and inputs Our sample includes balanced panel data for eight cooperative banks operating in Jammu and Kashmir for the period 2004–2019.Footnote 2 Individual bank-level data is culled out from the National Federation of State Cooperative Banks (NAFSCOB) database, which supplies all the relevant variables for rural cooperative banks, including all…

  • The cost of mitigating nitrogen pollution

    Gu and colleagues identified a group of 11 key measures, including enhanced-efficiency fertilizers, 4R nutrient stewardship (right fertilizer type, right amount, right placement and right time), irrigation and legume rotation, which could effectively reduce total N losses by 30–70%, while increasing yield and N use efficiency by 10–30% and 10–80%, respectively. Using data from 2015,…

  • The mobile-assisted showroomer’s dilemma: where to buy? Actions to prevent sales leakage

    Competitive vs. loyal showrooming behavior The ability to combine online and offline channels in the purchase process has encouraged “research shopping” and “free-riding” behavior (Verhoef et al., 2007). These concepts refer, respectively, to “the propensity of consumers to research the product in one channel (e.g., the Internet), and then purchase it through another channel (e.g.,…

  • Indigenous perspectives in Norway | Nature Energy

    Small hydropower plants have the potential to serve small and remote communities with fewer negative environmental impacts than large hydropower plants. However, despite increasing recognition that local communities should have a say in their establishment, few studies have accounted for Indigenous peoples’ perspectives on small hydropower plant development. Now, Sigrid Engen and colleagues from the…

  • Discovery of massive early galaxies defies prior understanding of the universe — ScienceDaily

    Discovery of massive early galaxies defies prior understanding of the universe — ScienceDaily

    Six massive galaxies discovered in the early universe are upending what scientists previously understood about the origins of galaxies in the universe. “These objects are way more massive? than anyone expected,” said Joel Leja, assistant professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Penn State, who modeled light from these galaxies. “We expected only to find tiny,…

  • How one of Saturn’s moons ejects particles from oceans beneath its surface — ScienceDaily

    How one of Saturn’s moons ejects particles from oceans beneath its surface — ScienceDaily

    Although it is relatively small, Enceladus — the sixth largest of Saturn’s 83 moons — has been considered by astronomers to be one of the more compelling bodies in our solar system. Enceladus stands apart from other celestial bodies because of both its appearance and its behavior. It has the whitest and most reflective surface…

  • Global Dam Tracker: A database of more than 35,000 dams with location, catchment, and attribute information

    In this section, we present an overview of the data collection process and demonstrate an application where GDAT is used to calculate dam-induced global surface water changes. The first subsection, “Global Dam Tracker (GDAT),” presents the GDAT database and describes the data sources. The second subsection,“GDAT Use Case,” details our application of GDAT and outlines…

  • Environmental impact of direct lithium extraction from brines

    Trahey, L. et al. Energy storage emerging: a perspective from the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 117, 12550–12557 (2020). Article  Google Scholar  Koohi-Fayegh, S. & Rosen, M. A. A review of energy storage types, applications and recent developments. J. Energy Storage 27, 101047 (2020). Article  Google Scholar  Dehghani-Sanij, A.…

  • Why MXenes Matter – IEEE Spectrum

    Why MXenes Matter – IEEE Spectrum

    Even though they were discovered only about a dozen years ago, MXenes (max-eens) have delighted materials engineers with their versatility. These conductive 2D layered nanomaterials are exceptionally durable, impermeable to electromagnetic radiation, and can store energy faster that materials currently used in batteries and supercapacitors. MXenes are a large family of nitrides and carbides of…

  • Small Modular Reactors: Supply Chain Capacity & Resource Planning

    Small Modular Reactors: Supply Chain Capacity & Resource Planning

    Overcome supply chain delivery challenges including fuel sourcing, analyze energy security impacts on SMRs and advanced reactor supply chains, and understand how to resolve global disruptions to shipping, parts shortages, and transportation delays. Trends suggest SMR developers will have to compete fiercely both with other projects in nuclear and with other sectors as they seek…