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"May the journey continue": Earth 2 fan fiction, or Filling in gaps to revive a canceled series

open access: yesTransformative Works and Cultures, 2010
This essay explores writing practices in a fan community having to give life to a story deprived of an "official" version: the television series Earth 2.
Francesca Musiani
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Benefits of quantitative and doctrinal methodological approaches to fan studies research

open access: yesTransformative Works and Cultures, 2020
This discussion of the main practices of both legal research and fan studies research explores their key differences and similarities to demonstrate that there are important conclusions that can be drawn from the discourse between the two.
Ruth Flaherty
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Revisiting Gender Theory in Fan Fiction: Bringing Nonbinary Genders into the World

open access: yesTransformative Works and Cultures, 2022
While these facts are generally ignored, nonbinary gender is a theme in fan spaces, and Judith Butler's theory of gender creation mostly excludes the possibility of any genders outside of the binary.
Dean Leetal
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Carboxylic‐Acid Functionalized Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube‐Alkane‐Based Resistive Temperature Sensor for Cold Chain Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
This study presents a reversible temperature sensor with high switching ratio, ∼103. The device is fabricated using PET‐ITO and carbon nanotube dispersions in alkane. Considering its application in cold chain logistics, a proof‐of‐concept with LED is showcased. Thus, a temperature drop below the threshold temperature (crystallization temperature of the
Sunil Kumar Behera   +8 more
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Jane Austen's pride and prejudice in cyberspace: charting the worldmaking practices of online fandom [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
In this paper, I posit that narrative theories on storyworlds, and particularly on fictional situations, can help us chart the worldmaking practices that shape online fan fiction - that is, the ways in which fan writers use narrative resources to evoke ...
Van Steenhuyse, Veerle
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Prediction of Surface Topography Parameters in Direct Laser Interference Patterning of Stainless Steel Using Infrared Monitoring and Convolutional Neural Networks

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
This study presents an infrared monitoring approach for direct laser interference patterning (DLIP) combined with a convolutional neural network (CNN). Thermal emission data captured during structuring are used to predict surface topography parameters.
Lukas Olawsky   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Legal Fictions: Copyright, Fan Fiction, and a New Common Law [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
A girl owns a number of Barbie dolls. She makes outfits for them and constructs elaborate scenarios in which they play starring roles. She enacts her dramas in her front yard, where passers-by can easily see. Does she violate the law?
Tushnet, Rebecca
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Additive Gaussian Process Regression for Predictive Design of High‐Performance, Printable Silicones

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
A chemistry‐aware design framework for tuning printable polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) for vat photopolymerization (VPP) is developed using additive Gaussian process (GP) modeling. Polymer network mechanics informs variable groupings, feasible formulation constraints, and interaction variables.
Roxana Carbonell   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

I Do Not Own Gossip Girl”: Examining the Relationship between Teens, Fan Fiction, and Gossip Girl

open access: yesLanguage and Literacy: A Canadian Educational e-journal, 2010
After reading Gossip Girl, I explored several pieces of fan fiction related to the series that were created by teen authors. From these pieces, I observed how teens can use fan fiction to exercise their own creative ideas, align a fictional world with ...
Caroline Land
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Affirmational and Transformational Values and Practices in the Tolkien Fanfiction Community [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Fanfiction based on the legendarium of J.R.R. Tolkien has existed for at least six decades and has been, within the past two, one of the most consistently active online fanfiction communities. Despite this, the fandom has been relatively unstudied by fan
Walls-Thumma, Dawn M.
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