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Sparks from the Tail of a Comet: Historical Materialism and Genetic Imperialism in Octavia E. Butler’s Xenogenesis Novels [PDF]

Intersections, 2016
Through a close reading of Octavia Butler’s Dawn (1987), Adulthood Rites (1988) and Imago (1989), this article examines how implicitly decolonialist science fiction is shaped by the socio-historical context of the Cold War.
Sandra Cox
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The power of critique in the time of emergency: on normative fiction and critical fiction

Journal of Political Power
This article begins by reflecting on crisis and democracy, arguing that the claim that democracy is in a state of crisis is a normative fiction that sustains rather than transforms extant self-other-world relations. An alternative is to frame the present as ‘the time of emergency’, which implies scope for ‘emergent’ possibilities.
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Creep‐Induced Microstructural Evolution in an A2‐B2 Superalloy

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
A 27.3Ta‐27.3Mo‐27.3Ti‐8Cr‐10Al (at.%) refractory high‐entropy alloy with precipitation‐strengthened A2‐B2 microstructure was studied by creep tests at 1030°C, which demonstrate a transition in deformation mechanisms in the range of 100–150 MPa applied stress. This is associated with changes in dislocation–precipitate interactions. Relevant deformation
Liu Yang, Aparajita Pramanik, Sandipan Sen, Shubhashis Dixit, Marcel Muench, R. J. Vikram, Daniel Schliephake, Yolita M. Eggeler, Ankur Chauhan, Martin Heilmaier, Alexander Kauffmann   +10 more
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The Strange Career of a Black Utopia

Annali di Ca’ Foscari: Serie Occidentale
This essay presents archival information about Charles H. Holmes and argues that his understudied novel, Ethiopia, The Land of Promise (1917), represents an important chapter in the history of Afrofuturism and American speculative fiction.
Fabi, M. Giulia
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Influence of Test Temperature and Test Frequency on Fatigue Life of Aluminum Alloy EN AW‐2618A

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
The influence of test temperature and test frequency on the fatigue life of EN AW‐2618A is investigated. High‐cycle fatigue tests are performed at different test temperatures and frequencies on the 1000 h/230°C overaged state. Both test parameters reduce fatigue life due to time‐dependent damage mechanisms.
Ying Han, Julian M. Rosalie, Jan Radners, Mauro Madia, Philipp von Hartrott, Birgit Skrotzki   +5 more
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Workflow for Design of Experiments‐Based Modeling of Species Transport and Growth Kinetics in GaN Hydride Vapor Phase Epitaxy

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
A novel workflow for investigating hydride vapor phase epitaxy for GaN bulk crystal growth is proposed. It combines Design of experiments (DoE) with physical simulations of mass transport and crystal growth kinetics, serving as an intermediate step between DoE and experiments.
J. Tomkovič, G. Lukin, H. Torkashvand, A. Kerschbaum, M. Müller, S. Besendörfer, J. Heitmann, J. Friedrich   +7 more
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Soft Mechanical‐Electrical Logic Using Liquid Metal‐Filled 3D‐Printed Architectures

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
We present 3D‐printed soft mechanical–electrical logic elements that use liquid metal–filled silicone tubes actuated by thermoplastic polyurethane/polylactic acid (TPU/PLA) architectures to produce Boolean operations. Complementary normally open and normally closed unit cells perform repeatable binary transitions and can be combined into more complex ...
Christoph Lehmann, Ryan Kalgreen, Laura M. Comella   +2 more
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Exploring Fictional Critique and Literary Evaluations

Poster presented at the DH 2024 in Washington. DFG Schwerpunktprogramm SPP 2207 "Computational Literary Studies" Online: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/402743989 https://dfg-spp-cls.github.io/ Associated project: "Modernity as Loss? Text Structures, Variants and Cycles of Literary Cultural Critique" Online: https://tcdh.uni-trier.de ...
Gittel, Benjamin, Bei der Wieden, Gesa
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A Critique of Njabulo Ndebele’s Criticism of Protest Fiction

Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 2014
In his critical writings contained in his book, Rediscovery of the Ordinary: Essays on South African Literature and Culture, Njabulo Ndebele propagates the view that black South African writers during the struggle years persistently wrote about the political environment and the conditions in which they found themselves, and are therefore guilty of ...
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Enhanced Strength and Corrosion Resistance of Ti‐13Nb‐12Ta‐10Zr‐4Sn Alloy by Aging Treatment

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
This work systematically investigates the effect of aging treatment on mechanical properties and corrosion behavior of vacuum arc‐melted Ti‐13Nb‐12Ta‐10Zr‐4Sn alloy. Owing to the increased α″ martensite, strength and corrosion resistance were significantly enhanced by aging treatment.
Yuhua Li, Rong Zhao, Qian Zhang, Haojie Wang, Yujing Liu, Lai‐Chang Zhang   +5 more
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