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Superhydrophobic surfaces

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Materials, 2012
Superhydrophobicity – also known as water repellency – has recently attracted considerable attention because of its numerous potential applications. However, the fundamental concepts and equations describing the wettability of superhydrophobic surfaces ...
Karapanagiotis Ioannis, Manoudis Panagiotis   +1 more
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Augmented Reality Applications in Education: Teachers Point of View

Education Sciences, 2019
A common conclusion of several studies is that augmented reality (AR) applications can enhance the learning process, learning motivation and effectiveness. Despite the positive results, more research is necessary.
Stavroula Tzima, Georgios Styliaras, Athanasios Bassounas   +2 more
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Bioarchaeological investigations of the princely grave at Helmsdorf attesting to the violent death of an Early Bronze Age leader

Scientific Reports, 2022
The Helmsdorf “princely” tomb, excavated at the beginning of the twentieth century, is one of the most important archaeological discoveries dating from the Early Bronze Age in central Germany.
Nicole Nicklisch, Frank Ramsthaler, Jan-Heinrich Bunnefeld, Georg Schulz, Ronny Friedrich, Kurt W. Alt, Harald Meller   +6 more
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3D modelling of geological and anthropogenic deposits at the World Heritage Site of Bryggen in Bergen, Norway [PDF]

, 2012
The landscape of many historic cities and the character of their shallow subsurface environments are defined by a legacy of interaction between anthropogenic and geological processes. Anthropogenic deposits and excavations result from processes ranging
Caple, Culshaw, De Beer, De Beer, Dunlop, Dunlop, Dunlop, Dunlop, Dunlop, Dunlop, Dunlop, Dunlop, Ellingsen, Ford, Fossen, Fossen, Herteig, Hinze, Holden, Holden, Jensen, Johannes de Beer, Jonathan R. Ford, Kenward, Kessler, Lelliott, Marstein, Mathers, Matthiesen, McMillan, Price, Price, Rosenbaum, Royse, Schia, Simon J. Price, Van de Noort, Wilgocki   +37 more
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Realising Aboriginal Community Controlled Approaches to Child Reunification

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Reunification rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out‐of‐home care (OOHC) in Australia are critically low, even though reunification is the preferred permanency outcome for children following removal, and despite a range of mechanisms and strategies ostensibly to support effective reunification. To better understand the
B. J. Newton, Paul Gray, Kathleen Falster, Ilan Katz, Kyllie Cripps   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Framework for Fracture Extraction Under Glaciological Property‐Based Constraints: Scientific Application on the Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf of Antarctica

Earth and Space Science, 2022
Fractures are an important indicator of ice shelf instability and predecessors of calving events. It is of great importance to identify fractures and understand the formation and propagation processes of fractures.
D. lv, Y. Cheng, H. Xiao, G. Hai
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Culturally Safe Assistive Technology Provision in Australia: Concept Mapping Perspectives From Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Disparities in Assistive Technology (AT) access exist for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples despite recent policy reforms. This paper brings together First Nations and Western academic ways of being, knowing and doing to deliver an AT practice analysis based upon primary data from two research reports into the cultural safety of AT
Shane Hearn, Vanessa Langenberg, Kristy Harper, Libby Callaway, Hilary O'Connell, Eleanor Kennett‐Smith, Natasha Layton   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the climate vulnerability of the world’s natural and cultural heritage [PDF]

, 2020
Climate change is the fastest-growing global threat to the world’s natural and cultural heritage. No systematic approach to assess climate vulnerability of protected areas and their associated communities has existed—until now.
Day, Jon C., Heron, Scott F., Markham, Adam   +2 more
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Conjunto clash : competition and sustainability in 21st-century cultural heritage management [PDF]

, 2017
Scholar Dan Margolies has noted the growing presence of music initiatives in the Texas-Mexican conjunto community that conform to the framework of “cultural sustainability,” as defined by ethnomusicologist Jeff Todd Titon (Margolies 2011: 30).
Parme, Kevin Matthew
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Family Dispute Resolution in Australia: The Under‐Servicing of Indigenous, Migrant and Refugee Families Experiencing Family Violence

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Improving access to legal services for Indigenous, migrant and refugee women is critical to addressing family violence. In this context, Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) has long been discussed as a solution for separating families. This paper presents key findings of a research evaluation of an Australian Government $8.37 million pilot project
Siobhan McDonnell, Alyson Wright
wiley   +1 more source