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Anti‐Slip Material‐Based Strategies and Approaches

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review highlights the principle mechanisms of slipping at the microscale, linking contact mechanics with a friction behavior model for surface interfaces. Main strategies to develop anti‐slip properties to the surfaces are discussed alongside standardized testing approaches.
Sogand Abbaspoor‐Zanjani   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adaptive Navigation Strategy for Low-Cost IMU-Assisted Vehicles in GNSS-Denied Traffic Environment

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Transportation
In the context of increasingly complex and diverse traffic environments, where intelligent and connected vehicles (ICVs) coexist with conventional human-driven vehicles, maintaining reliable navigation under global navigation satellite system (GNSS ...
Bingming Tong, Wei Chen, Luyao Du
doaj   +1 more source

International legal instruments relevant to fisheries and fishing communities : a handbook. Theme V. Fishing vessels and safety at sea [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This handbook provides detailed information for a wide range of legal instruments relevant to fisheries and fishworkers. It covers 114 legal instruments, categorized into the following seven themes: Theme I.

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Hydrogel‐Based Functional Materials: Classifications, Properties, and Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Conductive hydrogels have emerged as promising materials for smart wearable devices due to their outstanding flexibility, multifunctionality, and biocompatibility. This review systematically summarizes recent progress in their design strategies, focusing on monomer systems and conductive components, and highlights key multifunctional properties such as
Zeyu Zhang, Zao Cheng, Patrizio Raffa
wiley   +1 more source

A rolling-mode triboelectric nanogenerator with multi-tunnel grating electrodes and opposite-charge-enhancement for wave energy harvesting

open access: yesNature Communications
In light of the crucial role of marine ecosystems and the escalating environmental conservation challenges, it is essential to conduct marine monitoring to help implement targeted environmental protection measures efficiently.
Yawei Wang   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bristol Maritime Center Operations Manual [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Economic studies have indicated that visiting boaters spend between $25‐$300 per day per person ashore. The upper end of this average were visitors associated with regattas or events. $70 was the average expenditure used in the Bristol projections. It is
Hassett, Ellen   +2 more
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Comment [PDF]

open access: yes, 1983
A chloride-based chemical-vapor-deposition (CVD) process has been successfully used to grow very high quality 3C-SiC epitaxial layers on on-axis α-SiC substrates.
Andersson, Sven   +5 more
core   +3 more sources

Liquid Metal Sensors for Soft Robots

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review thoroughly reviews liquid metal sensors in soft robots. Their unique material properties like high conductivity and good biocompatibility are analyzed. Working principles are classified, and applications in environmental perception, motion detection, and human—robot interaction are introduced.
Qi Zhang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Columbus to Cooperation - Trade and Shipping Policies from 1492 to 1992 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1989
This Article summarizes the history of international trade agreements from the time of Columbus to the ...
Sweeney, Joseph C.
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MARITIME HUMAN RESOURCES COMPETITIVENESS THROUGH PROPER IMPLEMENTATION OF SAFETY MANAGEMENT [PDF]

open access: yes
Maritime competitive companies are the ones that provide qualitative transport services at a lower price than competitors. High professional seafarers are the key success for competitiveness in maritime field.
Nistor Cristina, Surugiu Gheorghe
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