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Non-Fiction from a Historical Perspective: Situation of Lithuanian Statemen Amid Tragic Events of 1940–1941

open access: yesPitannâ Lìteraturoznavstva
Non-fiction literature has become the crucial historical drama of the present, with its power to change the fate of the state and its interpretations. The line of statehood defence in the context of history or the so-called Mannerheim line is crucial in
Юрате Ландсберґіте-Бехер
doaj   +1 more source

Entre história e ficção: O fracasso do homem de exceção. Une saison au Congo (Aimé Césaire) e Lumumba (Raoul Peck)

open access: yesRevista Crítica de Ciências Sociais, 2015
This essay examines how Aimé Césaire’s tragedy Une Saison au Congo [A Season in the Congo] and Raoul Peck’s film Lumumba contribute to the production of historical discourse about the death of Patrice Lumumba.
Fabrice Schurmans
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Fictorians: historians who \u27lie\u27 about the past, and like it [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Debates about history and fiction tend to pitch novelist against historian in a battle over who owns or best represents the past. This article posits that things are not quite so dichotomous: novelists write non-fiction histories, and historians even ...
de Matos, Christine M
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Narratives of Modern Architecture: learning at the intersection of cross-historical constructions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This paper presents the results of experimental course work in 2015 with secondyear students at IE School of Architecture and Design under the auspices of Culture and Theory in Architecture I.
Vela Castillo, José
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Composites of Shellac and Silver Nanowires as Flexible, Biobased, and Corrosion‐Resistant Transparent Conductive Electrodes

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Shellac, a centuries‐old natural resin, is reimagined as a green material for flexible electronics. When combined with silver nanowires, shellac films deliver transparency, conductivity, and stability against humidity. These results position shellac as a sustainable alternative to synthetic polymers for transparent conductors in next‐generation ...
Rahaf Nafez Hussein   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

(Un)Necessary Adaptations in Recent Historic Spanish TV Series

open access: yesIndex Comunicación, 2016
Most film and television critics agree that fiction series are currently living a golden age, referring to recent American productions and very especially to HBO products.
María Rocío Ruiz Pleguezuelos
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MOFs and COFs in Electronics: Bridging the Gap between Intrinsic Properties and Measured Performance

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Metal‐organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent organic frameworks (COFs) hold promise for advanced electronics. However, discrepancies in reported electrical conductivities highlight the importance of measurement methodologies. This review explores intrinsic charge transport mechanisms and extrinsic factors influencing performance, and critically ...
Jonas F. Pöhls, R. Thomas Weitz
wiley   +1 more source

A Surface‐engineered Microfluidic Device for Antibody‐Mediated Negative Selection of High‐Quality Sperm for Assisted Reproduction

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study reports a microfluidic device with a functionalized surface utilizing a polyoxazoline coating and covalently immobilized gold nanoparticles and anti‐phosphatidylserine antibody. The device efficiently eliminates pre‐apoptotic and apoptotic spermatozoa and yields sperm with substantially improved quality and low DNA damage, offering a simple ...
Soraya Rasi Ghaemi   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN HISTORICAL PROSE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE LITERARY PROCESS OF 2000-2010th

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism, 2017
The purpose of the article is to identify the main principles of creation of the modern historical fiction and to determine the reasons for its popularity. In the course of the current study, the following features of modern Russian historical prose were
Yanina Viktorovna Soldatkina
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Quasi‐Static to Supersonic Energy Absorption of Nanoarchitected Tubulanes and Schwarzites

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Nanoarchitected energy‐absorptive Tubulanes exhibit record energy absorption under quasi‐static conditions and exceptional inelastic energy dissipation under 750 m s−1 ballistics impact, with high performance spanning strain rates of 12 orders of magnitude.
Peter Serles   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

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