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, 2016 This chapter explores 'transnational cultural fandom' and discusses its location within the intricate landscape of cultural globalization, global cultural industries and nation branding projects. The socio-cultural, technological and geographical contexts where cultural fandom operates have changed noticeably.
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Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.A multimaterial robotic gripper fabricated via multimaterial 3D printing integrates conductive thermopolymer joints with flexible elastomeric components. Joule heating enables precise joint‐level stiffness modulation, enhanced by embedded temperature sensors, passive shape restoration, and active cooling, enabling versatile manipulation capabilities ...
Daniel Jee Seng Goh +4 more
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Soft Robotic Snake with Tunable Undulatory Gait for Efficient Underwater Locomotion
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This study designs an underwater soft snake robot using 3D‐printed soft actuators, controlled by specific signals to generate sinusoidal undulation. Results show a positive correlation between speed and swing amplitude, with optimal performance at 2/3π phase offset, PLA tail, 1.2 voltage growth rate, and 6s undulation period achieving a maximum speed ...
Huichen Ma, Junjie Zhou, Raye Yeow
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Hard‐Magnetic Soft Millirobots in Underactuated Systems
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This review provides a comprehensive overview of hard‐magnetic soft millirobots in underactuated systems. It examines key advances in structural design, physics‐informed modeling, and control strategies, while highlighting the interplay among these domains.
Qiong Wang +4 more
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Definitions of the humorous in Chris Rock and Russell Peters fan blogs: A discussion of the problem of incongruity [PDF]
, 2011 There is an old and unsolved problem in the philosophy of humour that examines the conditions under which some incongruities are deemed funny and some are not.
Weaver, S
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Origami‐Inspired Structural Design for Aquatic‐Terrestrial Amphibious Robots
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This work presents a lightweight amphibious origami robot actuated by a single shape memory alloy wire. A rigid foldable origami structure with displacement amplification enables efficient terrestrial crawling and aquatic swimming. The addition of fan‐shaped units allows controllable turning in both environments.
Weiqi Liu +5 more
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Tendon Organoids Enable Functional Tendon Rejuvenation Through ALKBH5‐Dependent RNA Demethylation
Advanced Science, EarlyView.FT organoids reverse the aged phenotype of tendon cells, reinstating a fetal‐like state. This breakthrough establishes a potent cell source for tendon tissue engineering, effectively advancing regenerative medicine. ABSTRACT Adult tendon injuries pose a major clinical challenge due to limited self‐repair capacity, resulting in suboptimal regeneration ...
Tian Qin +14 more
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Smith on Bacon-Smith, \u27Enterprising Women: TelevisionFandom and the Creation of Popular Myth [PDF]
, 1997 In Enterprising Women scholar Camille Bacon-Smith describes the underground culture of media fandom, that is, the network of fans who create fiction, poetry, art, and other creative works based on favorite television shows and then gather to circulate ...
Smith, Anne Collins
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Robotic Materials With Bioinspired Microstructures for High Sensitivity and Fast Actuation
Advanced Science, EarlyView.In the review paper, design rationale and approaches for bioinspired sensors and actuators in robotics applications are presented. These bioinspired microstructure strategies implemented in both can improve the performance in several ways. Also, recent ideas and innovations that embed robotic materials with logic and computation with it are part of the
Sakshi Sakshi +4 more
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