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The Benefits of Believing in Chance or Fate: External Locus of Control as a Protective Factor for Coping with the Death of a Spouse [PDF]

The death of a spouse is an extremely stressful life event that consequently causes a large drop in life satisfaction. Reactivity to the loss, however, varies markedly, a phenomenon that is currently not well understood.
Boris Egloff, Stefan C. Schmukle, Jule Specht   +2 more
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Mechanical behavior and strength prediction of UHPC pipes under radial external loading

Case Studies in Construction Materials
Ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC), with its advantages of high strength, toughness, and durability, shows excellent applicability in drainage pipeline engineering.
Xiaojun Zhou, Jiaxi Wang, Gaozhan Zhang, Zhilun Li, Qingjun Ding, Yuan Yang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Swelling‐Programmed Topographical Guidance for Dynamic Spheroid Self‐Assembly via a Mechanochemical Hydrogel Niche

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A swelling‐programmed micropatterned hydrogel guides adherent cells through a controlled transition from cell–matrix anchoring to cadherin‐mediated cell–cell compaction, enabling rapid assembly of high‐viability spheroids with defined size and morphology.
Han Gyeol Nam, Seon Yeong Chae, Young Woo Kwon, Hye Jin Heo, Hye Rin Lee, Ji Hyeok Lee, Dong‐Wook Han, Yun Hak Kim, Suck Won Hong   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Glissile Interphase Boundaries Enable Collective Phase Switching in Epitaxial Polar Oxides

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A triple point is identified in the phase diagram of low‐symmetry epitaxial BiFeO3 thin film along with an extended regime of phase competition associated with a flattened energy landscape. The electromechanical response is shown to be governed by correlated interphase‐boundary motion, including scale‐free avalanche dynamics characteristic of systems ...
Mohammad Moein Seyfouri, Oliver Paull, Ralph Bulanadi, Yasuhiro Sakamoto, Shintaro Yasui, Mikayla Lord, Mahak Chhabra, David Walker, Patrycja Paruch, Shery Chang, Nagarajan Valanoor, Daniel Sando   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Electrocapillary Modulated Interfacial Tension Amplifies Liquid Metal Transduction

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study presented an electrocapillary‐enhanced magnetohydrodynamic pumping strategy that harnesses the Lorentz force and interfacial tension modulation of liquid metal droplets to achieve amplified fluidic power. The system enabled low‐voltage, self‐oscillating fluidic transduction with enhanced pressure and flow generation, supporting compact ...
Saba Firouznia, Ciqun Xu, Michael D. Dickey, Jonathan Rossiter   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This Review examines advances in wearable textile‐based soft robotics, focusing on sustainable materials, integrated sensing, and scalable actuation. It discusses manufacturing and system integration across healthcare, assistive robotics, prosthetics, and human–machine interfaces, and highlights key challenges in circular design, including life‐cycle ...
Zahir Abbas, Marzia Dulal, Sophia K. Novoselov, Victoria K. Novoselov, Kostya S. Novoselov, Shaila Afroj, Nazmul Karim   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Probability Matching and Reinforcement Learning* [PDF]

Probability matching occurs when an action is chosen with a frequency equivalent to the probability of that action being the best choice. This sub-optimal behavior has been reported repeatedly by psychologist and experimental economist.
Javier Rivas
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Structure‐Guided Dynamical Mechanics in Bioinspired Double Twisted Laminated Thin Films

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This work explores a dynamic mechanistic study of crack propagation and puncture testing via real‐time monitoring of crack initiation, propagation, and termination through nature‐inspired single and double twisted architectures fabricated from cellulose nanocrystals.
Justin Brackenridge, Olivia Harper, Jaejun Lee, Sergio Gonzalez‐Munoz, Vladimir V. Tsukruk   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Support‐Controlled Reaction Pathways via Dynamic Sulfur‐Mediated Interfaces for Selective Urea Electrolysis

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Sulfur‐doped graphitized carbon nanofibers act as adaptive catalyst–support platforms, enabling dynamic sulfur‐mediated reconstruction and strong metal–support interactions. This unique behavior enhances catalyst stability and controls reaction pathways, achieving highly selective urea oxidation (∼92% N2) coupled with efficient hydrogen evolution ...
Melanie Guillén‐Soler, Lucía Vizcaíno‐Anaya, Ahmad Tayyebi, José Manuel Vila‐Fungueiriño, María del Carmen Giménez‐López   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Non‐Monotonic Changes in the Thermal Conductivity of Conjugated Polymer Films with Increasing Levels of Chemical Doping

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Thermal conductivity changes non‐monotonically as regioregular (RR) and regiorandom (RRa) P3HT films are doped with F4TCNQ as a function of the extent to which P3HT is doped: an increase in thermal conductivity is observed upon lightly doping P3HT compared to the undoped film, followed by a decrease in the heavily doped regime. ABSTRACT The performance
Reid W. Wilson, Xinping Shi, Diego Garcia Vidales, Abigail Slimp, Zerina Mehmedović, Alexander F. Simafranca, Eric C. Wu, Sarah H. Tolbert, Richard B. Wilson, Benjamin J. Schwartz   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source