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From Clinic to Computation: Multiscale Bioengineering Strategies for Durable Biological Aortic Valve Replacements

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Bioprosthetic aortic valves have revolutionized the treatment of aortic stenosis, but their durability is limited by structural valve deterioration (SVD). This review focuses on the pericardial tissue at the heart of these valves, examining how its mechanical properties and calcification drive fatigue and failure.
Gabriele Greco   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

When normal and deviant identities collide: Methodological considerations of the pregnant acafan

open access: yesTransformative Works and Cultures, 2010
In this article, I examine how my visibly pregnant body influenced my experience as a field researcher at a fan convention, interviewing amateur fan fiction authors who write Harry Potter male-pregnancy fan fiction.
Mary Ingram-Waters
doaj   +1 more source

Authorizing Tolkien: Control, Adaptation, and Dissemination of J.R.R. Tolkien\u27s Works [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This article is the introduction to the special theme issue consisting of four essays on Authorizing Tolkien. Reid and Elam discuss medieval and postmodern theories of adaptation and interpretation and introduce the essays in the ...
Elam, Michael D., Reid, Robin A.
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Sherlock Holmes, Canon and Curiosities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
By the end of this course, you will have encountered Sherlock in just about as many media and textual forms as the great detective has disguises: novels, short stories, illustrated serials in The Strand, plays, poems, essays, parodies, TV episodes ...
Shawna Ross
core   +1 more source

An Engineered Living Material With Pro‐Angiogenic Activity Inducible by Near‐Infrared Light

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
NIR‐responsive engineered living materials (ELMs) for controlled angiogenesis: Near‐infrared (800 nm) light activates engineered probiotic bacteria within alginate‐based living materials to secrete a blood vessel‐regenerating protein. The released protein promotes pro‐angiogenic effects in endothelial networks and chick chorioallantoic membranes.
Anwesha Chatterjee   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Selbstbestimmung in Fan Fiction-Kulturen. Transformative Medienpraxis und Urheberrecht als Antagonisten?

open access: yesMedien & Kommunikationswissenschaft, 2018
Transformative Bearbeitungen von bestehenden Medienprodukten (Bildern, Büchern, Serien, Filmen etc.) sind zuhauf im Netz zu finden. Ihre Zirkulation in diversen Plattform- und Netzwerköffentlichkeiten bringt jedoch urheberrechtliche Spannungen und ...
Wolfgang Reißmann, Dagmar Hoffmann
doaj   +1 more source

Science Fiction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Science fiction (SF) emerges as a distinct literary and cultural genre out of a familiar set of world-famous texts ranging from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818) to Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek (1966–) to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (2008–) that have,
Canavan, Gerry
core   +1 more source

Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to rule by sense of smell! Superhuman Kingship in the Prophetic Books [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
An exploration of the Hebrew Bible's prophetic literature vis-à-vis Science Fiction and Science Fiction ...
Frauke Uhlenbruch, Ian Wilson
core   +1 more source

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