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The Influence of Informal Language Learning Environment (Parents and Home Environment) on the Vocabulary Learning Strategies

English Language and Literature Studies, 2011
The editorial board announced that this article has been retracted on Feb. 24, 2017.
Azadeh Asgari, Ghazali Mustapha
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Application of Ibuprofen Sodium Dihydrate for Thermochemical Energy Storage

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Ibuprofen sodium dihydrate is introduced as a durable organic salt hydrate for low‐temperature thermochemical energy storage, operating within 60°C–110°C with high energy density. At the material level, it delivers ∼99.9% cycling efficiency over 150 cycles without deliquescence, enabled by a dual energy‐storage mechanism coupling dehydration and phase ...
Kavin Chakravarthy Thangaraj, Hannah F. Chang, Shannon J. Lee, Mark E. Bowden, J. David Bazak, Vaithiyalingam Shutthanandan, Venkateshkumar Prabhakaran, Xiao Zhang, David M. Reed, Ajay S. Karakoti, Vijayakumar Murugesan   +10 more
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Epidermal Patch Technologies for Integrated Healthcare and Infection Management

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Epidermal patches have evolved from simple wound coverings into multifunctional, skin‐conformable platforms integrating drug delivery, biosensing, and therapeutic functionalities. This review highlights their material innovations, fabrication strategies, and intelligent designs, including hydrogels, microneedles, and flexible electronics, while ...
Yuqi Wang, Atakan Tevlek, Pawel L. Urban, Boaz Mizrahi, Onome Ejeromedoghene, Roshan Deen, Yuanjing Lin, Jagan Mohan Dodda   +7 more
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Early home literacy and math environment: cross-domain associations between parental literacy and math beliefs

Frontiers in Psychology
We examined how parents’ beliefs are related to home environment practices within and across academic domains (i.e., literacy and math) and the mechanisms through which parents’ beliefs shape home environments. The sample included 945 parents of 0–6-year-
Jamlick Peter Ondieki Bosire, Francisco Palermo, Amy R. Napoli   +2 more
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New‐Era Polymer Thermoelectrics: Material Innovations, Doping Frontiers, Decoupling Strategies, and Unconventional Applications

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
The field of polymer thermoelectrics is entering a new era, featuring breakthroughs in addressing the conventional performance disparity between p‐type and n‐type polymers, pioneering doping frontiers, and sophisticated decoupling strategies. This review explores innovations in molecular design and superior stabilities, bridging the gap from ...
Suhao Wang
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Teachers’ well-being, home learning environment and children learning outcomes in emergencies: a case of Afghanistan

Cogent Education
Teachers’ well-being and a conducive home learning environment play a pivotal role in improving children learning outcomes, but little is known about this in a humanitarian setting. This article assesses the role of teachers’ well-being and home learning
Conrad Murendo, Zahra Azemi, Than Zaw Oo, Silvia M. Arlini, Men Chanbona, Rachel Fermin, Nishtha Shrestha, Sayed Maher Sadat, Edwin Kimani, Kasundu Bosco   +9 more
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Weaving Intelligence: Thermally Drawn Multimaterial Fibers Toward AI‐Enabled Smart Textiles

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Thermally drawn multimaterial fibers are rapidly advancing as intelligent structural units for next‐generation smart textiles. Integrating multimaterial architectures with neuromorphic and spiking‐neural‐network principles enables fabrics that can sense, compute, and adapt autonomously.
Vuong Dinh Trung, Jiaxiang Yi, Hieu Nguyen‐Duc, Tien Nu Hoang Lo, Weili Zhao, Chaoqun Dong, Fabien Sorin, Baris Caglar, Lei Wei, Tung Nguyen‐Dang   +9 more
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Understanding Operando Water Management in Hydroxide‐Exchange‐Membrane Fuel Cells

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
Effective water management is vital for high‐performance hydroxide‐exchange‐membrane fuel cells. Using a custom water‐flux station, this study quantifies how membrane thickness, microporous layers, and operating conditions dictate internal water transport.
Catherine M. Weiss, Shiyi Wang, Brian P. Setzler, Yushan Yan, Adam Z. Weber   +4 more
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From the Discovery of the Giant Magnetocaloric Effect to the Development of High‐Power‐Density Systems

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
The article overviews past and current efforts on caloric materials and systems, highlighting the contributions of Ames National Laboratory to the field. Solid‐state caloric heat pumping is an innovative method that can be implemented in a wide range of cooling and heating applications.
Agata Czernuszewicz, Yaroslav Mudryk, Jun Cui, Lucas Griffith, Duane D. Johnson, Julie Slaughter   +5 more
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Conducting Research on Home Environments: Lessons Learned and New Directions [PDF]

The Gerontologist, 2003
The study of home environments is a research domain within the field of environmental gerontology that addresses issues related to aging in place. Despite the importance of aging at home, there are few recent studies in this area and most are descriptive and lack theoretical direction.
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