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Innovative Stormwater Treatment Technologies: Best Management Practices Manual [PDF]
, 2002 Urban stormwater carries a number of pathogens, nutrients, heavy metals, sediment, and other contaminants as surface runoff flows over land. The increase in impervious or paved surfaces associated with development in urban areas reduces the natural ...
Bisbee, G. Dana +2 more
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The affective underpinnings of soft power [PDF]
, 2014 The concept of soft power occupies a prominent place in International Relations, foreign policy, and security studies. Primarily developed by Joseph S.
Solomon, Ty
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The Hybrid Aesthetic Functional (HAF) Appliance: A Less Visible Proposal for Functional Orthodontics
Case Reports in Dentistry, 2013 In modern orthodontics, aesthetics appear to have a decisive influence on orthodontic appliance preferences and acceptability. This paper reports the early application of a newly emerged functional device with enhanced aesthetics in a Class II treatment.
Christos Livas
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Top‐Down Fabricated Wood‐Derived Pressure and Strain Sensors: A Review
Advanced Science, EarlyView.This review focuses on wood‐derived pressure/strain sensors fabricated via top‐down strategies. It analyzes wood's structural composition, examines processing techniques, discusses sensor types and sensing mechanisms, and reviews existing research. The article concludes with future directions for enhancing performance and scalability.
Yi Ren +8 more
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Cognitive Interpretation of Kant’s Theory of Aesthetic ideas [PDF]
, 2019 The aim of my paper is to argue that Kant’s aesthetic ideas can help us to overcome cognitive limitations that we often experience in our attempts to articulate the meaning of abstract concepts. I claim that aesthetic ideas, as expressed in works of art,
Kuplen, Mojca
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The functional reception interfaces and their aesthetic effectiveness in smart children's products
الاكاديميThis research addresses the aesthetic study of smart children's product interfaces and their effective use. It is considered one of the modern innovations in the field of product design aimed at this demographic.
Raneen Mohammed Hussein +1 more
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Dream-work: Surrealism and Revolutionary Subjectivity in André Breton and Georges Bataille
Australian and New Zealand Journal of European Studies, 2021 This paper explores a polemic between André Breton and Georges Bataille around the question of the politics of the avant-garde. Focussing on texts composed in the late 1920s, principally Breton’s Second Manifesto of Surrealism and Bataille’s ‘The “Old ...
Rory Dufficy
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.By grafting dense long double‐brush chains, we synthesized bottlebrush networks with high theoretical enthalpy. Their low entanglement, combined with dynamic bonds, promotes crystalline domain reorganization and minimizes enthalpy loss, achieving a record enthalpy of 240.7 J·g−1.
Qiguang Liu +7 more
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Relationship between the psychosocial impact of dental aesthetics and perfectionism and self-esteem
Journal of Clinical and Experimental Dentistry, 2017 Background Awareness of the influence of personality traits such as self-esteem and perfectionism on the aesthetic self-image can help clinicians to improve their patients’ satisfaction and quality of life. The main objective of this study was to examine
Alina Venete +5 more
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How AI Shapes the Future Landscape of Sustainable Building Design With Climate Change Challenges?
Advanced Science, EarlyView.This review examines how artificial intelligence reshapes sustainable building design faced with climate change challenges. The authors synthesize existing studies to demonstrate AI's transformative potential across design lifecycle phases from climate‐aware form generation to performance optimization.
Pengyuan Shen +5 more
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