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The Aesthetic Uncanny: Staging Dorian Gray [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This article discusses my theatrical adaptation of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891) for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (2008). Freud's concept of the uncanny (1919) was treated as a purely aesthetic phenomenon and related to late nineteenth
Darren Tunstall   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Top‐Down Fabricated Wood‐Derived Pressure and Strain Sensors: A Review

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
This review focuses on wood‐derived pressure/strain sensors fabricated via top‐down strategies. It analyzes wood's structural composition, examines processing techniques, discusses sensor types and sensing mechanisms, and reviews existing research. The article concludes with future directions for enhancing performance and scalability.
Yi Ren   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Aesthetic Energy of an Ordinary Place [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The paper discusses the transformation of not a very representative part of the city, important however for the community that resides there. The author keeps track of how a seemingly rather ineffective change, which is the creation of a mural, affects ...
Kazimierska-Jerzyk, Wioletta
core   +1 more source

DNA‐Inspired Multi‐Functional Double‐Cross‐Linking Self‐Healing Hydrogel Promotes the Healing of Diabetic Wounds

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
A self‐healing hydrogel crosslinked with dynamic nucleobase‐mimetic bonds delivers curcumin‐loaded exosomes. It promotes diabetic wound healing via a synergistic combination of antibacterial, anti‐inflammatory, pro‐angiogenic, and immunomodulatory mechanisms, providing a comprehensive therapeutic approach.
Pu Yang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Aesthetic experiences and their transformative power: a systematic review

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology
BackgroundTransformative experiences (TEs) have been conceptualized in many ways, contexts, magnitudes, and durations, but at their heart, they entail some manner of adjustment, which contributes to changing individuals’ worldviews, actions, views of ...
Marta Pizzolante   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of aesthetic integration between composite restorations and natural tooth in NCCL: a case report [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
NCCL (non carious cervical lesion) is defined as irreversible loss of dental hard tissue that does not involve bacteria. It consists of erosion, attrition, abrasion and abfraction that rarely occur alone.
CORRIDORE, DENISE   +6 more
core  

Dead Matter, Living Machines: Repurposing Crustaceans' Abdomen Exoskeleton for Bio‐Hybrid Robots

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Crustacean exoskeletons, repurposed from food waste, are engineered into sustainable bending actuators combining biotic structure with synthetic control. The augmented exoskeletons achieve rapid and robust motion with lightweight body and can be used as part of robotic manipulators, grippers and swimmers.
Sareum Kim, Kieran Gilday, Josie Hughes
wiley   +1 more source

A Case Series of Rare Long-Term Bruising Following Injection of Liquid-Form Polycaprolactone: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Insights

open access: yesClinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology
Hyeonseob Byeon,1,* Halim Baek,2,* Vasanop Vachiramon,3,* Youngjin Park,4,* Kyungtae Bae,5,* Kateryna Chymber,6 Jaeyun Jung,7 Xue Li,8 Seunghyeon Lee,9 Sheau Jye Teh,10 Olha Shestakova,9 Chanjong Lee,9 Rassapoom ...
Byeon H   +12 more
doaj  

The nature of sport and its relation to the aesthetic dimension of sport

open access: yesActa Universitatis Carolinae: Kinanthropologica, 2016
In order to discuss the aesthetics of sport I shall start with some metaphysical considerations: instead of using the notion of essence (definition) of sport, understood as a set of necessary and sufficient conditions, I shall try to base these ...
Filip Kobiela
doaj   +1 more source

Monolithic 3D Printing of Origami‐Inspired Soft Robotics from Sustainable Bio‐Based Resin

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
This work develops a photocurable, bio‐based resin from soybean oil for the monolithic fabrication of sustainable soft robots via Digital Light Processing. An origami‐inspired, vacuum‐actuated soft gripper is designed and fabricated, enabling reliable operation despite the material's lower elongation.
Ramin Montazeri   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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