The rising interest in soft robotics, combined to the increasing applications in the space industry, leads to the development of novel lightweight and deployable robotic systems, that could be easily contained in a relatively small package to be deployed when required.The main challenges for soft robotic systems are the low force exertion and the c
Conventional algebraic estimate of the fiscal multipliers ignores the concept of velocity of money and mistakenly assumes that money changes hands an infinite number of times during a given year while we know money only has a finite velocity.Apart from the velocity of money, fiscal multipliers tend to depend on average propensity to consume and ave
Loss of natural wetlands is a global phenomenon that has severe consequences for waterbird populations and their associated ecosystem services.Although agroecosystems can reduce the impact of natural habitat loss, drivers of use of such artificial habitats by waterbirds remain poorly understood.Using the cosmopolitan northern pintail Anas acuta as
This study aims at a synthesis of European policies, programs, mechanisms and instruments directed at developing a special good neighbourly relationship at the borders of the European Union.Methodologically, we aim to identify the main reforming guidelines concerning primarily the neighbourhood policies and instruments in the post-2020 period.The n
Troodontids are a predominantly small-bodied orly happy camper group of feathered theropod dinosaurs notable for their close evolutionary relationship with Avialae.Despite a diverse Asian representation with remarkable growth in recent years, the North American record of the clade remains poor, with only one controversial species--Troodon formosus-