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Chemically Doped Conductive Polymers for Wearable Health Monitoring
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.Among conductive polymers, poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS), polyaniline (PANI), and polypyrrole (PPy) are the most studied and applied. Chemical doping significantly boosts intrinsic conductivity and mechanical robustness.
Mengdi Zuo +5 more
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Our life with plastic, a review of plastic product abuse in the age of consumerism
Rozprawy SpołeczneIt is estimated that up to 9 million tons of plastic waste enters the oceans every year. There is a top of research on the harmfulness of microplastics to our health.
Ewa Plażuk, Łukasz Zbucki
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Recreation in the ME or is it WE jungle [PDF]
, 2006 At this years Thinking Recreation symposium I was inspired by the enthusiasm delegates shared for debating, rather than seeking solutions to, a range of issues such as youth deviance, physical inactivity, resource allocation, and managing the environment.
Grant, Bevan C.
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Passive Shape‐Adaptive Fluidic Interface for Enhanced Skin‐Sensor Coupling in Wearable Devices
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.This study presents a passive fluidic interface for wearable biosensors that adapts to static and dynamic body shape changes to maintain consistent skin contact. Flexible, fluid‐filled pouches redistribute pressure from high‐load areas to regions requiring improved contact, enhancing signal quality and comfort in a compact, low‐energy design for ...
Natalia Sanchez‐Tamayo +6 more
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Waveguide Photoactuators: Materials, Fabrication, and Applications
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Waveguide photoactuators convert guided light into mechanical motion. Their tethered‐flexible design enables minimally invasive surgery and confined‐space robotics. This review aims to guide materials selection, device design, and system integration, accelerating the transition of waveguide photoactuators from laboratory prototypes to versatile ...
Minjie Xi +4 more
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MYTH OF HAPPINESS FROM THE CONSUMERISM PERSPECTIVE IN SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR’S LES BELLES IMAGES
Paradigma: Jurnal Kajian BudayaFrance’s post-World War II—the thirty years of glory—resulted in the growth of purchasing power among the French, which triggered growth in consumerism, notably among the bourgeois, i.e. France’s upper-middle-class society. People believed in a myth that
Joesana Tjahjani, Sekar Dewantari
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‘Bag for Life’ – using multidisciplinary approaches in design pedagogy to develop global citizenship [PDF]
, 2010 As the need to integrate approaches to sustainable thinking and global citizenship becomes ever more pressing, a multi disciplinary project has been initiated at Northumbria University's School of Design to address these issues.
Ghassan, Aysar, Rowe, Gill
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Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Automated poultry processing lines still rely on humans to lift slippery, easily bruised carcasses onto a shackle conveyor. Deformability, anatomical variance, and hygiene rules make conventional suction and scripted motions unreliable. We present ChicGrasp, an end‐to‐end hardware‐software co‐designed imitation learning framework, to offer a ...
Amirreza Davar +8 more
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Gender StudiesThis paper critically analyses the motion picture Barbie (2023) within the context of gender discourse and consumer culture, exploring its dual role as a feminist artefact and a commodity.
Bobaru Nicolae
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Methods and Means to Overcome Agents of Atheistic Anthropocentrism and Laudato Si’
DiacovensiaThe article is a continuation of the previous two studies conducted by the authors. The first was a conceptual analysis of the four agents of atheistic anthropocentrism: relativism, hedonism, consumerism, and materialism.
Richard Pavlić, Bruno Rukavina
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