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‘Turkeys Cannot Vote for Christmas’: Why Epistemic Disobedience in an Anti‐Black World Matters

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Never in the history of global coloniality has the idea of epistemic disobedience been as important as in the 21st century. This is not only because the struggle for decolonisation has shifted from physical confrontation between the coloniser and the colonised into a battle of ideas but also because the former has deployed the idea of ...
Morgan Ndlovu
wiley   +1 more source

A review: Enhancing tribological properties of journal bearings composite materials

open access: yesOpen Engineering
Tribology is the science of studying friction, wear, and lubrication. Composite materials consist of two or more constituents (phases): the discontinuous phase represents the reinforcement and the continuous phase represents the matrix.
Ghani Suadad Noori   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Comparative Study of Theoretical and Experimental Analysis on Balanced and Unbalanced Rotors Supported by Oil- and Water-Lubricated Journal Bearings

open access: yesMachines
Studying rotor-bearing systems involving fluid film bearings is essential for designing and assessing the dynamic responses and performance of rotating machinery. They are involved in many applications such as pumps, turbines, and engines.
Omar Ahmed   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Monitoring hydrodynamic bearings with acoustic emission and vibration analysis

open access: yes, 2012
Acoustic emission (AE) is one of many available technologies for condition health monitoring and diagnosis of rotating machines such as bearings. In recent years there have been many developments in the use of Acoustic Emission technology (AET) and ...
Mirhadizadeh, S. A.
core  

On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
wiley   +1 more source

Making Sense of Standardised Assessment Data: A Response to Snow et al. (2025)

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT I write in response to the commentary by Snow et al. (2025) on the paper Are Australian students' academic skills declining? Interrogating 25 years of national and international standardised assessment data published in this journal (Larsen 2024).
Sally A. Larsen
wiley   +1 more source

Research on the Support Performance of Internal Feedback Hydrostatic Thrust and Journal Bearing Considering Load Effect

open access: yesMathematics
This study aims to analyze the impact of uniform and eccentric load conditions on the performance of internal feedback hydrostatic thrust and journal bearing.
Honglie Ma   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Simulating Friction Power Losses in Automotive Journal Bearings

open access: yes, 2013
Journal bearings are used in a large number of critical positions in automotive internal combustion engines (ICE) and contribute a major contribution to the total friction power losses in these engines. Due to the worldwide effort to reduce CO2 emissions,
Allmaier, H., Sander, D.E., Reich, F.M.
core   +1 more source

‘We Are Australia’: Unpacking Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People's Understandings and Experiences of Australian Identity

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are the oldest living custodians in the world. However, Australian identity has been purposefully established to exclude Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, contributing to systemic oppression and harmful consequences. Understanding the perspectives and experiences of Aboriginal and Torres
Jack Farrugia, Jonathan Bullen
wiley   +1 more source

Rationale of New Grading System: Central Compartment Atopic Disease

open access: yesInternational Forum of Allergy &Rhinology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Central compartment atopic disease (CCAD) has recently been recognized as a distinct phenotype within the spectrum of type 2–dominant chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). Although international guidelines highlight polypoid changes in the central nasal cavity, standardized diagnostic and classification criteria are still lacking.
Ramón Moreno‐Luna   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

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