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Behavioral Modeling of IC Ports Including Temperature Effects [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
The development of temperature-dependent macromodels for digital IC ports is addressed. The proposed modeling approach is based on the theory of discrete-time parametric models and allows one to estimate the model parameters from voltage and current ...
Becker, D.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Towards runtime discovery, selection and composition of semantic services [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Service-orientation is gaining momentum in distributed software applications, mainly because it facilitates interoperability and allows application designers to abstract from underlying implementation technologies.
Ferreira Pires, Luis   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

The celebrity factory: new modes of fashion entrepreneurship [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The aim of the paper is to analyze the contribution of celebrity culture to the re-shaping of the fashion industry, distancing from an oppositional view while embracing a systemic one, where celebrity is considered a fundamental engine of the ...
Marta Martina, Silvia Vacirca
core   +2 more sources

Fast Food Enterprise Opportunities Available to Graduates from Tertiary Institutions for Self-Employment in Delta State

open access: yesInternational Journal of Home Economics, Hospitality and Allied Research
In Delta State, Nigeria, this study analysed fast-food businesses available to college graduates for self-employment. Based on a descriptive survey design, 40 Delta State Home Economics teachers from various schools and 238 registered fast-food ...
Tessy Nkechi Apaokueze   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Thinking in Islands; the Portuguese Perception of the Indonesian Archipelago and Particularly of Sunda in Early Texts and Charts [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This article discusses various early sources on the Indonesian archipelago. It starts with the status of knowledge before the first voyage of the Portuguese to the Moluccas from accounts of travellers to insular Southeast Asia in the Middle Ages and the ...
Langguth, S. (Svann)
core   +2 more sources

Nonthermal Food Processing Technologies: A Comprehensive Review

open access: yesFuture Postharvest and Food, EarlyView.
The graphical abstract illustrates the shift from traditional thermal food preservation methods to advanced nonthermal technologies. Traditional methods, represented by heating, often compromise the nutritional and sensory quality of foods. In contrast, nonthermal approaches such as high‐pressure processing (HPP), pulsed electric field (PEF ...
Ashok Kumar Yadav   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relational Healing: Survivors of Sex Trafficking and Their Experiences of Connection, Disconnection, and Growth

open access: yesJournal of Counseling &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this interpretive phenomenological analysis, we interviewed 10 women to make meaning of their lived experiences of sex trafficking and mental health challenges and how relational dynamics influenced their healing and sense of self. Our analysis revealed four themes: (a) central relational paradox, which described internalized shame and ...
Claudia G. Interiano‐Shiverdecker   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does Mobile Money Adoption Improve Dietary Quality? Assessing Household and Individual Level Impacts in Cameroon

open access: yesJournal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mobile money—a digital financial service—has proliferated in many developing countries. Owing to its ability to reduce transaction costs and allow even the poor to be financially included, it has been widely adopted. While a growing body of literature has examined its welfare effects, its effects on diet quality of households and individuals ...
Francis E. Ndip   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Where's the beef? The feminisation of weight‐loss dieting in Britain and Scandinavia c.1890–1925

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract Representations of the slim body have traditionally been at the centre of scholarly interest in dieting culture, whereas food often remains a shadowy presence compared with more persistent themes of body discipline, slenderness and anti‐fat messages.
Emma Hilborn
wiley   +1 more source

Macau as Method: Recombinant Urbanism in Post‐Socialist China

open access: yesAsia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In ‘Asia as Method’, Chen Kuan‐Hsing argues for the value of an indigenous inter‐Asian approach to analysing the effects of European imperialism on the countries and citizens of Asia. This article mobilises both Chen's inter‐Asian referencing strategy and the city‐state of Macau to explore Macau's role in China's engagements with global ...
Tim Simpson
wiley   +1 more source

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