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Design of a Multistable Finger Prosthesis with Programmable Metamaterials

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
This research article shows the development of a multistable programmble metamaterial for the use as a finger prosthesis. The material was designed on different hierarchical levels where the influence of geometrical parameters and combination of mechanical elements was explored.
Franziska Wenz, Jannik Krohn, Alexander Leichner, Dilip Challisery, Heiko Andrae, Chris Eberl   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Debunking Myths on Hyaluronic Acid Injectable Gels in Clinical Practice

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Background:. Hyaluronic acid (HA)–based soft-tissue fillers are the most widely used injectables for nonsurgical facial rejuvenation, valued for their reversibility, versatility, and safety profile.
Navid Alizadeh, MD, Silvia Caboni, MD, Karl Hasenöhrl, MD, Zbigniew Paul Lorenc, MD, Paula Rosso Millan, MD, Billur Sezgin, MD, Fang-Wen Tseng, MD, Lee Walker, MD   +7 more
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Review of "The Aesthetics of Excess: The Art and Politics of Black and Latina Embodiment" by Jillian Hernandez (Duke University Press)

Lateral, 2022
"The Aesthetics of Excess" by Jillian Hernandez is a dazzling and provocative book that deploys the aesthetic as a category to grasp with great care the lives and representations of Black and Latina women whose performance of gender exceeds the white ...
Iván Ramos
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Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This Review examines advances in wearable textile‐based soft robotics, focusing on sustainable materials, integrated sensing, and scalable actuation. It discusses manufacturing and system integration across healthcare, assistive robotics, prosthetics, and human–machine interfaces, and highlights key challenges in circular design, including life‐cycle ...
Zahir Abbas, Marzia Dulal, Sophia K. Novoselov, Victoria K. Novoselov, Kostya S. Novoselov, Shaila Afroj, Nazmul Karim   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Anosmic Aesthetics [PDF]

, 2012
Anosmia is a sensory disability that consists of the inability to perceive odors. The sense of smell can be lost at any time during life, but people suffering from congenital anosmia, as I do, have never had any experience of smelling.
Tafalla, Marta
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The aesthetics of care; creation as attitude and commitment

Anales de Historia del Arte, 2016
This article sets out to analyze the ethics and aesthetics of care in relation to collaborative art practices in which life experience is fused with the artistic creation. This close link between the intimate and the social sphere leads us to the slogan “
Laia Manonelles Moner
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Baumgarten’s Diet: Physical Exercise, Health, and Beauty

Aisthesis, 2023
In this paper, I intend to analyze Baumgarten’s position about the dietetic care of the body in its relation to nascent aesthetics, with special regard to the problem of physical exercise.
Alessandro Nannini
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Unveiling a Near‐Total Rear Passivation for High Performance of Ultra‐Thin ACIGS

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Ultra‐thin solar cells of (Ag,Cu)(In,Ga)Se2 (ACIGS) suffer from rear interface recombination, limiting their performance. To tackle it, a full coverage plasma enhanced chemically vapor‐deposited 8 nm porous SiOx passivation layer was implemented and evaluated. It is shown that a combination of the near‐complete passivation from silica and the formation
Xavier L. Pinheiro, António J. N. Oliveira, André F. Violas, Kevin Oliveira, Paulo A. Fernandes, Marika Edoff, Pedro M. P. Salomé, Jennifer P. Teixeira   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of Home Care Supports Funded by the HSE 2008–2016 [PDF]

, 2016
This paper seeks to summarise the situation of publicly funded home care over the period 2008- 2016. Of particular interest is the overall change to the level of resources being directed to home care in the 2016 HSE Service Plan, in particular the actual
Care Alliance Ireland
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A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study Evaluating a Novel Skin Care Cream with Olea europaea Stem Cell Extract Following Nd:YAG 1064 nm Laser Epilation

Cosmetics
The European Society for Laser Dermatology (ELSD) has established recommendations for safe and effective photo epilation; however, short-term common adverse effects occur as a result of laser treatment, such as edema and perifollicular erythema.
Vassiliki Gardiki, Athanasia Varvaresou, Spyridon Papageorgiou, Evangelia Protopapa, Panagoula Pavlou, Efstathios Rallis, Apostolos Papadopoulos, Dimitrios Chaniotis   +7 more
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