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Postfeminist Fiction in Chick Lit Novels
Gender Studies, 2015 The intersection of postfeminist arguments with popular culture and popular cultural forms is of great significance for investigating representational politics and issues of identity.
Ilief-Martinescu Alina
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Consumerism Meets Agri-Business [PDF]
, 1970 The wave of consumerism sweeping the country today appears pretty frightening to many of our farmers and ranchers.
Lessiter, Frank, Frank Lessiter
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Wavelength‐Multiplexed 2D Beam Steering via a Passive Diffractive Network
Advanced Optical Materials, EarlyView.Illustration of a wavelength‐multiplexed diffractive beam steering system, which is composed of K cascaded diffractive layers, each containing phase‐modulating elements that are jointly optimized using deep learning–based optimization. When illuminated with a set of wavelengths {λ1,λ2,…,λNw}$\{ {{{\lambda }_1},{{\lambda }_2},\ldots ,{{\lambda }_{{{N}_w}
Che‐Yung Shen +5 more
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Fine Lines: cosmetic advertising and the perception of ageing female beauty
International Journal of Ageing and Later Life, 2017 Fine Lines is a study investigating the language used in adverts for female facial cosmetics (excluding makeup) in UK Vogue magazine. The study queries whether this has been affected by the introduction and rise in popularity of minimally invasive ...
Caroline Searing, Hannah Zeilig
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Facing the challenges of consumerism in Saudi Arabia
, 2006 As Saudi Arabia seeks sustainable development progress through reducing reliance on petroleum, a service-based economy and a subsidized welfare state, it is also important that the nation adopts and implements policy and strategies to curb consumerism ...
Assad, Soraya W.
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Dynamic Fluorescence Modulation via Light‐Driven Competitive Protonation
Advanced Optical Materials, EarlyView.A two‐component molecular system demonstrates reversible, light‐driven fluorescence write–erase cycling and thermal imaging. Illumination of a merocyanine photoacid transfers a proton to a highly efficient fluorescent pyridinium dye, switching its emission color; thermal relaxation reverses the process in the dark.
Serena X. Liu +10 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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Seduced or Sceptical Consumers? Organised Action and the Case of Fair Trade Coffee [PDF]
This article brings together research on political consumerism, social movements and markets to analyse the phenomenon of fair trade coffee. It does this to demonstrate the influence of organised consumers in shaping markets, and to show that people are ...
Janette Webb
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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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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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