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Us, Them, and Me! Intergroup and personal challenges of aging successfully [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This Keynote Address was delivered at the 73 rd . Annual New York State Communication Association Conference on October 16, 2015. After an anecdotal foray into how he came to study “geronto-communication”, Dr.
Giles, Howie
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Smart, Bio‐Inspired Polymers and Bio‐Based Molecules Modified by Zwitterionic Motifs to Design Next‐Generation Materials for Medical Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Bio‐based and (semi‐)synthetic zwitterion‐modified novel materials and fully synthetic next‐generation alternatives show the importance of material design for different biomedical applications. The zwitterionic character affects the physiochemical behavior of the material and deepens the understanding of chemical interaction mechanisms within the ...
Theresa M. Lutz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Implementing leadership skills in students through art

open access: yesCogent Education
The research explores the perceptions of students at various educational stages and their teachers regarding the effectiveness of a disruptive didactic innovation to implement communication and leadership skills through an art-based experience.
Inmaculada Berlanga-Fernández   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Functional Materials for Environmental Energy Harvesting in Smart Agriculture via Triboelectric Nanogenerators

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This review explores functional and responsive materials for triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) in sustainable smart agriculture. It examines how particulate contamination and dirt affect charge transfer and efficiency. Environmental challenges and strategies to enhance durability and responsiveness are outlined, including active functional layers ...
Rafael R. A. Silva   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Phase Change Material‐Driven Tunable Metasurface for Adaptive Terahertz Sensing and Communication in 6G Perceptive Networks

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study explores the benefits of metasurfaces made from functional materials, highlighting their ability to be adapted and improved for various high‐frequency applications, including communications and sensing. It first demonstrates the potential of these functional material‐based metasurfaces to advance the field of sub‐THz perceptive networks ...
Yat‐Sing To   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploiting Two‐Photon Lithography, Deposition, and Processing to Realize Complex 3D Magnetic Nanostructures

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Two‐photon lithography (TPL) enables 3D magnetic nanostructures with unmatched freedom in geometry and material choice. Advances in voxel control, deposition, and functionalization open pathways to artificial spin ices, racetracks, microrobots, and a number of additional technological applications.
Joseph Askey   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Kundera’s typologies of immortality, love and chance: An encoded cultural theory

open access: yesPolythesis
Fourfold typologies at various levels govern the narrative structure of Milan Kundera's novel L’Immortalité. Besides giving the novel a semantic framework, they suggest deep analogies between the structure of love relationship, communication, epoch ...
Matthias Freise
doaj   +1 more source

Non Verbal Communication in Business Life [PDF]

open access: yes
Everybody communicates on two levels, namely verbally and non-verbally. Verbal communication, or the spoken words we use, represent a very small portion (less than 10%) of our overall message. People can lie, misrepresent or mislead you with their words.
Vintean, Adriana
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Functional Skills Support Programme: Developing functional skills in art and design [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This booklet is part of "... a series of 11 booklets which helps schools to implement functional skills across the curriculum. The booklets illustrate how functional skills can be applied and developed in different subjects and contexts, supporting ...

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Nanomaterial‐Integrated Fiber Neural Probes for Deep Brain Monitoring and Modulation: Challenges and Opportunities

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The article presents nanomaterial‐integrated fiber neural probes as innovative tools for deep brain molecular sensing, neural stimulation, and temperature monitoring. It examines breakthroughs in SERS‐based biomolecule detection, thermoplasmonic activation, and luminescent thermometry, alongside strategies to overcome stability, specificity, and ...
Di Zheng   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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