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Sonic Pictures [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Winning essay of the American Society for Aesthetics' inaugural Peter Kivy Prize. Extends Kivy's notion of sonic picturing through engagement with recent work in philosophy of perception.
Leddington, Jason P.
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A perceptual glitch in serial perception generates temporal distortions

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
Precisely estimating event timing is essential for survival, yet temporal distortions are ubiquitous in our daily sensory experience. Here, we tested whether the relative position, duration, and distance in time of two sequentially-organized events ...
Franklenin Sierra   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Active Fabric Origami Enabled by Digital Embroidery of Magnetic Yarns

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
This study demonstrates a scalable textile manufacturing process that fabricates active origami fabrics (AFO) via digital embroidery of magnetic yarns. The programmable AFO exhibits reversible 2D and 3D transformations under magnetic fields, enabling functionalities such as altering surface roughness and linear actuation.
Haiqiong Li   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Materials and Device Engineering Perspective: Recent Advances in Organic Photovoltaics

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review article provides a comprehensive overview of recent advances in organic photovoltaics (OPVs), covering key aspects such as material development, morphology control, stability challenges, and emerging applications—including semitransparent OPVs.
Ying Zhang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Discourses of positionality and the challenges of democratization in the global south: The case of Nepal and Cameroon

open access: yesMedieKultur: Journal of Media and Communication Research, 2012
In this article, we argue that to conceptually and empirically grasp the dynamics and challenges of processes of civic participation, i.e., the deliberation and empowerment of disenfranchised and marginalized populations in the Global South ...
Jacob Thorsen, Teke J Ngomba
doaj   +3 more sources

Exploring the psychological and social motivations for aesthetic treatments in the post-COVID era

open access: yesJournal of Cosmetic Medicine
Background: Minimally invasive injectable aesthetic treatments have seen a surge in popularity, particularly in the post-COVID era. However, our understanding of the psychological and social factors that influence patients’ choices when seeking these ...
Emmaline Ashley   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Thermally Actuated Soft Robotics

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review focuses on the recent development of thermally actuated soft robotics, highlighting the four major heating mechanisms, as well as structural designs, thermal management, material innovations, and emerging applications. A summary and outlook section present the current challenges of thermally actuated soft robots and the future directions to
Shuang Wu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Aesthetics and class interests: Rethinking Kant [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Third Text, 28(2), 137 - 148, 2014, copyright Taylor & Francis, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/09528822.2014.890788.Immanuel Kant's philosophy of the aesthetic is
Wayne, M
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Aesthetics [PDF]

open access: yesStudies in Transcendental Philosophy, 2010
      
openaire   +1 more source

Ceramics Surface Design by Laser Texturing: A Review on Structures and Functionalities

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
Laser surface texturing (LST) is a huge source for innovation in ceramics, as its versatility allows a swift production of very distinct functionalities for attaining high performances in several fields. This function‐oriented review gathers highly relevant applications of laser surface textured ceramics, from optical, thermal, electronic ...
Edna Silva   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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