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Thermo‐Fluorescent Bactericidal Quantum Dots Based Smart Multifunctional Textiles via Molecular Surface Engineering and 3D‐Printed Interlocked Architectures

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
A versatile approach is presented for fabricating smart multifunctional textiles by integrating thermo‐fluorescent carbon dot/polymer nanocomposite coatings with 3D‐printed interlocked architectures. The fabrics exhibit temperature‐responsive fluorescence, durable hydrophobicity, strong antibacterial and antioxidant activity, and enhanced UV protection.
Poushali Das, Sayan Ganguly, Parham Khoshbakht Marvi, Misha Muthalali, Fatemeh Parniani, Shiza Hassan, Xiaowu (Shirley) Tang, Seshasai Srinivasan, Amin Reza Rajabzadeh   +8 more
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What Extension Personnel Should Know About Midwestern Goat Producers

Journal of Extension, 2018
The growth of the goat industry has created opportunities for producers looking for a profitable alternative enterprise. Little is known about goat production or educational needs of producers in Missouri and Arkansas. A survey of goat producers in Missouri and Arkansas addressed farm characteristics, product marketing characteristics, preferred ...
Cole, Kelsey F., Hoegeman, Catherine, Onyango, Benjamin M., Pennington, Jodie A.   +3 more
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From the Discovery of the Giant Magnetocaloric Effect to the Development of High‐Power‐Density Systems

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
The article overviews past and current efforts on caloric materials and systems, highlighting the contributions of Ames National Laboratory to the field. Solid‐state caloric heat pumping is an innovative method that can be implemented in a wide range of cooling and heating applications.
Agata Czernuszewicz, Yaroslav Mudryk, Jun Cui, Lucas Griffith, Duane D. Johnson, Julie Slaughter   +5 more
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Building the capacity of agricultural extension personnel for effective implementation of agricultural transformation agenda in Nigeria

Journal of Agricultural Extension, 2013
This paper reviews the capacity (number, quality and motivation) of the extension personnel in Nigeria; and describes farmers’ perception of the quality of extension service delivery using evidences from literature, reports of organizations as well ...
F O Issa, M A Issa
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3D Printing of Highly Dense and Translucent Zirconia Parts for Dental Applications: Effect of Filament Overlapping

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This study formulated a 5Y‐PSZ zirconia paste for extrusion‐based additive manufacturing via direct ink writing, producing dense ceramic structures for dental applications. A colloidal approach with 47 vol% nanometric powder and tailored additives optimized rheology and printability.
Juliana de Freitas Gouveia Silva, Manuel Fellipe Rodrigues Pais Alves, Ana Carolina da Silva, Tiago Moreira Bastos Campos, Renata Marques De Melo, Susana Maria Henriques Olhero   +5 more
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RISK IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND IMPLICATIONS FOR EXTENSION PROGRAMMING - RESULTS OF FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS WITH DAIRY AND GREEN INDUSTRY MANAGERS [PDF]

Employees are both a source of risk and means of addressing risk, and good employee management practices can increase risk resilience. Forty green industry managers and 22 dairy managers discussed personnel issues related to their industry.
Bitsch, Vera, Harsh, Stephen B., Mugera, Amin W.   +2 more
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Passenger ride quality response to an airborne simulator environment [PDF]

, 1975
The present study was done aboard a special aircraft able to effect translations through the center of gravity with a minimum of pitch and roll. The aircraft was driven through controlled motions by an on-board analog computer.
Gee, S. W., Rezek, T. W., Wolf, T. D.
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FARM ADVISORY SERVICES AND PESTICIDE TOXICITY ON COTTON AND PEANUTS IN THE ALBEMARLE-PAMLICO WATERSHED [PDF]

According to a Virginia-North Carolina watershed survey, farmers view advisory services as having the effect of decreasing pesticide use. However, analysis of pesticide use shows that hired staff, scouting personnel, and extension agents are associated ...
Bosch, Darrell J., Mitra, Sonali, Pease, James W., Taylor, Daniel B.   +3 more
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Extension Education: How do we learn best? [PDF]

, 2018
Due to the rise of new educational methods, one may begin to wonder, what is the best way to learn information? Can these new methods truly replace traditional methods?
Johnson, Wendy, Soehner, Madalyn
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Smart Closed‐Loop Systems in Personalized Healthcare: Advances and Outlook

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A smart closed‐loop e‐textile integrates multimodal sensing, onboard processing, wireless communication, and wearable power to enable real‐time physiological/biochemical monitoring and feedback‐controlled therapy. ABSTRACT Smart textiles represent a revolutionary frontier in healthcare, seamlessly blending fabric and advanced technologies to create ...
Safoora Khosravi, Sang Won Lee, Mohammad Abrar Uddin, Sina Hassanpoor, Neha Suvindran, Katherine Le, Harun Arkaz, Harishkumar Narayana, Saeid Soltanian, Danial Khorsandi, Negar Hosseinzadeh Kouchehbaghi, Taeil Kim, Yangzhi Zhu   +12 more
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