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Is gratitude an alternative to materialism?

Journal of Happiness Studies, 2006
Materialistic strivings have been implicated as a cause of unhappiness. Gratitude, on the other hand – both in its manifestations as a chronic affective trait and as a more temporary emotional experience – may be a cause of happiness. In the present paper we review the empirical research on the relationships among materialism, gratitude, and well-being.
Emily L. Polak, Michael E. McCullough
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Asbestos and Alternative Materials

Applied Mechanics and Materials, 2014
Asbestos is the trade name of material widely used in construction, especially in BRICS members. The high usage of asbestos due to its low cost coupled with their properties, such as electrical resistance, tensile strength, heat resistance and some acids, in addition to its flexibility derived from its fibrous feature, which allows it to be woven ...
Luiz Antonio Coelho Lopes, LUIZ ANTONIO Salles   +1 more
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The Material Constitution: There is no Alternative … or is There?

2021
Abstract This chapter examines how the material constitution of economic liberalism was entrenched after Maastricht, with Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and the neo-liberal drift. In the domain of political economy, the deepening and widening of post-war trends was most evident, the logic of the market being brought to bear on ...
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Alternate Materials for Alternate Fuels

SAE Technical Paper Series, 1992
<div class="htmlview paragraph">The advent of flexible fuels has created a need in the automotive industry for materials that perform in the exceptionally aggressive environment of alternate fuels.</div> <div class="htmlview paragraph">This Paper outlines an extensive alternate fuel testing study by Hoechst Celanese of five different ...
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Alternative Materials for Fracture Fixation

Connective Tissue Research, 1995
Biodegradable polymers are gaining acceptance as alternative materials to metallic devices in fracture fixation applications. Self-reinforced polyglycolide and polylactide fixation devices have been used effectively in managing several thousand clinical cases involving small-fragment fractures.
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Alternative materials for radiovoltaics

2021
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This work explores alternative materials for the improvement of radiovoltaic devices. First, lithium fluoride is explored as an effective material for generating and retaining tritium radionuclides for use in radiovoltaics.
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A review of alternative materials for replacing existing timber sleepers

Composite Structures, 2010
Timber is the most widely used material for railway sleepers, however, as a sleeper material it deteriorates with time and needs appropriate replacement. In recent years, hardwood timber for railway sleepers is becoming more expensive, less available and
Adriana Ticoalu, Allan C Manalo, Thiru Aravinthan   +2 more
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Concrete, an Alternative Material

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1978
If ordinary Portland cement had been an expensive product it would still have been widely used, but much more highly respected. While its dominant use is as a structural material in civil engineering there are many other applications that can be made in which cement-based materials are economically and technically sound.
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Alternative materials for three endosseous implants

The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, 1989
Three endosseous post-type implant geometries were evaluated: a serrated solid with a 2-degree taper and a rectangular cross section, a cylindrical screw-type solid, and a finned solid with a 1-degree 9' taper and a circular cross section. Each implant geometry was analyzed with 10 different moduli of elasticity.
M R, Rieger, W K, Adams, G L, Kinzel, M O, Brose   +3 more
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The Acquisition of Alternative Materials

Collection Building, 1980
As is true of so much that we read and hear, neither of these statements is wholly accurate. While the Association of American Publishers may not have a position in favor of increasing conglomeration in the publishing industry, it is most certainly not opposed to it. As others have noted in this handbook, the growing domination of publishing by a small
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