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Smart Bioinspired Material‐Based Actuators: Current Challenges and Prospects

Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.
This work gathers, in a review style, an extensive and comprehensive literature overview on the development of autonomous actuators based on synthetic materials, bringing together valuable knowledge from several studies. Furthermore, the article identifies the fundamental principles of actuation mechanisms and defines key parameters to address the size
Alejandro Palacios, Léon Chiriatti, Simon Poppinga, Thomas Speck, Vincent Le Houérou   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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 Comment on "Assimilation of Achromatic Color Cannot Explain the Brightness Effects in the Achromatic Neon Effect" by Marc K. Albert [PDF]

, 1999
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Office of Naval Research (N00014-95-1-0409); Office of Naval Research (N00014-95-1 ...
Grossberg, Stephen
core   +1 more source

Rising Strong: Cultivating Resilience in Edible City Entrepreneurship. Insights Into the Landscape of Urban Food Initiatives

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In response to growing global challenges, this study explores how social entrepreneurship within the Edible City movement contributes to building resilient, sustainable, and equitable urban food systems. Drawing on semistructured interviews with over 70 stakeholders across five cities—Berlin, Andernach, Oslo, Rotterdam, and Havana—we ...
Ina Säumel, Stephanie Ligan, Alice Bischof, Edi Emilov Ivanov, Laura Martinez‐Izquierdo, Sara Noémie Plassnig, Marisa Pettit   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Digital Analysis of the ″Digitally-Derived Geometric Design″ of the Front Wall of St. Paul′s Church in Macao -A Study on the Architecture and City of Macao, No. 1-

Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 2018
With reference to related historical archives and literature, this study conducted research into the history, the designer and the design dimensions of St. Paul′s Church in Macao.
Jian Tang
doaj   +1 more source

Design strategies in facades for the reduction of housing energy consumption [PDF]

, 2010
This article analyzes the energy-saving potential of various facade design strategies from a life cycle perspective, including the energy needed in the use stage and the embodied energy of materials. The results provide reference data on the behaviour of
Alonso Ruiz-Rivas, Carmen, García Navarro, Justo, Oteiza Sanjosé, Ignacio   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Polyvinylidene Fluoride: A Growing Specialty Polymer with Many Facets

Chinese Journal of Chemistry, EarlyView.
Comprehensive Summary Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), the second largest produced fluoropolymer, exhibits outstanding chemical, physical, electroactive and electrochemical properties and is involved in many High‐Tech applications. This review reports recent novelties in synthesis, characterization, processes and applications. Recent preparation studies
Bruno Améduri
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of Rural Heritage House Facades as the Initial Step Towards Their Adaptive Reuse and Renovation: A Case Study of Sixteen Houses in Mazandaran Province, Iran

Buildings
The facades of buildings stand as one of the most influential aesthetic elements in urban and rural districts, serving as a boundary between exterior and interior while historically expressing various cultural and climatic functions.
Soufia Ahmadi, Fatemeh Hedieh Arfa, Seyed Ali Seyedian   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Application of Silica-Aerogel-Fibre-Based Thermal Renders for Retrofits in Building Walls: A Comparative Assessment with Benchmark Solutions

Gels, 2023
The current climate change context raises the demand for reducing energy and environmental impacts while keeping an economic balance and building users’ comfort.
Marco Pedroso, José Dinis Silvestre, M. Glória Gomes, Jéssica D. Bersch, Inês Flores-Colen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Critical Discourse Analysis in Corporate Reports: Legitimation Strategies in the Context of Environmental Controversies

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the use of environmental disclosure as a strategic tool to manage legitimacy crises in a mining company, adopting critical discourse analysis (CDA) as the main methodology. Focusing on a case of environmental disaster, this research reveals how corporate narratives can be manipulated to minimize responsibility and reinforce
Renata Luiza de Castilho Rossoni, Manolita Correia Lima   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source