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Bioinspired Electrospun Chitosan–Based Materials for Tissue Regeneration
Advances in Polymer Technology, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.Chitosan (CS) is a cationic biopolymer that has shown unique opportunities in tissue engineering. The well‐defined geometry, porosity, easy processability, and antimicrobial and antifungal properties are particularly beneficial for tissue regeneration.
Teboho Clement Mokhena +11 more
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The tentacles of surveillance: Cephalopods and United States satellite intelligence
Journal for the Anthropology of North America, Volume 28, Issue 1, Spring 2025.Abstract This article examines the symbol placed on a US spy satellite, National Reconnaissance Office Launch–39 (NROL‐39). In 2013, NROL‐39 was launched into space, the payload vehicle and mission patch emblazoned with a gigantic octopus, its tentacles surrounding the globe, and the words “Nothing Is Beyond Our Reach” written below the globe.
Andrew Bickford
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The Significance of Art Education for the Post‐Anthropocene: Non‐Philosophy in a Newer Key
International Journal of Art &Design Education, Volume 43, Issue 3, Page 478-492, August 2024.Abstract This essay is a plea to art educators in what is a global climate in a permacrisis both politically and physically. This is a deliberate and persuasive provocation to reorientate art education to avoid a reiteration that is taking place when the 20th and 21st centuries are compared in relation to the striking changes that are taking place in ...
jan jagodzinski
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Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials, Volume 112, Issue 1, January 2024.Abstract We engineered an in vitro model of bioartificial 3D bone organoid consistent with an anatomical and vascular microenvironment common to mammalian flat and short bones. To achieve this, we chose the decellularized–decalcified matrix of the adult male rat scapula, implemented with the reconstruction of its intrinsic vessels, obtained through an ...
Roberto Toni +14 more
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ECO DESIGN IN DESIGN PROCESS [PDF]
Annals of the University of Oradea: Fascicle of Textiles, Leatherwork, 2014 Eco-design is a new domain, required by the new trends and existing concerns worldwide, generated by the necessity of adopting new design principles. New design principles require the designer to provide a friendly relationship between concept created ...
PRALEA Jeni, SOLTUZ Elena
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Innovation and evolution of forms and materials for maximising dew collection
Ecocycles, 2015 A year long study focusing on maximising dew collection using new and novel forms and materials commenced with a literature review and then the testing of nearly two hundred materials and forms using a dew simulation chamber.
Benzion Kotzen
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Biomímesis: un abordaje transdisciplinar a la educación para la ciudadanía mundial
Revista Iberoamericana de Aprendizaje Servicio, 2017 El presente artículo reflexiona sobre la Educación para la Ciudadanía Mundial (ECM), dentro de la estructura general de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) de las Naciones Unidas.
Javier Collado
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Optimización Energética con Patrones Geométricos Bioinspirados
Anales de Investigación en ArquitecturaEl cambio climático, sumado al aumento sostenido del consumo de energía en la edificación, plantea retos críticos para la sostenibilidad arquitectónica, particularmente en climas mediterráneos donde la radiación solar durante el verano resulta ...
Marcelo Fraile Narváez
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Clean by Nature. Lively Surfaces and the Holistic-Systemic Heritage of Contemporary Bionik.
communication +1, 2014 This paper addresses questions regarding the prospering field of Bionik in Germany. Its starting point is the wide spread assumption that universal functional principles exist in nature and that these ‘solutions’ can be transferred into technological ...
Jan Mueggenburg
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Gestión y Ambiente, 2016 Nos encontramos en lo que el intelectual español Jorge Riechmann denomina “el siglo de la gran prueba”. La actual crisis ambiental, cuyos síntomas no dejan de aparecer, nos impone retos en todos los niveles de nuestra vida.
Nicolás Jiménez Iguarán +1 more
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