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Water resources management in a homogenizing world: Averting the Growth and Underinvestment trajectory [PDF]
, 2014 Biotic homogenization, a de facto symptom of a global biodiversity crisis, underscores the urgency of reforming water resources management to focus on the health and viability of ecosystems.
Hjorth, P +4 more
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Strategies for Enhancing Thermal Conductivity of PDMS in Electronic Applications
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.This review explores effective strategies for enhancing heat dissipation in Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)‐based composites, focusing on particle optimization, 3D network design, and multifunctional integration. It offers key insights into cutting‐edge methods and simulations that are advancing thermal management in modern electronic devices.
Xiang Yan, Marisol Martin‐Gonzalez
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The institutional context of rationality [PDF]
, 2017 In the last three decades, mainstream economics has been influenced by authors associated with new institutional economics and new behavioral economics.
Godłów-Legiędź, Janina
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Anti‐Slip Material‐Based Strategies and Approaches
Advanced 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
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The political dimension of animal ethics in the context of bioethics: problems of integration and future challenges [PDF]
, 2016 Animal ethics has reached a new phase with the development of animal ethical thinking. Topics and problems previously discussed in terms of moral theories and ethical concepts are now being reformulated in terms of political theory and political action ...
Tirado, Carlos R.
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Soft Robotic Snake with Tunable Undulatory Gait for Efficient Underwater Locomotion
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This study designs an underwater soft snake robot using 3D‐printed soft actuators, controlled by specific signals to generate sinusoidal undulation. Results show a positive correlation between speed and swing amplitude, with optimal performance at 2/3π phase offset, PLA tail, 1.2 voltage growth rate, and 6s undulation period achieving a maximum speed ...
Huichen Ma, Junjie Zhou, Raye Yeow
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Developing an ecology of mind in design [PDF]
, 2011 The relationship between design and sustainability (DfS) is forever evolving: from the early focus on cleaner production processes and resource efficiencies to more recent endeavours to promote environmentally benign behaviours or to counter the ...
Dewberry, Emma
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Multi‐Material Additive Manufacturing of Soft Robotic Systems: A Comprehensive Review
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This review explores the transformative role of multi‐material additive manufacturing (MMAM) in the development of soft robotic systems. It presents current techniques, materials, and design strategies that enable functionally graded and adaptive structures.
Ritik Raj +2 more
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The Use of Contact Heat Generators of the New Generation for Heat Production [PDF]
, 2016 We substantiated the need for searching for, and realization of, fundamentally new approaches, using more efficient physical, heat-mass-exchanging and aerodynamic processes, which will make it possible to improve energy effectiveness and ecological ...
Daschenko, O. (Olga) +4 more
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3D Printing of Soft Robotic Systems: Advances in Fabrication Strategies and Future Trends
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Collectively, this review systematically examines 3D‐printed soft robotics, encompassing material selections, function integration, and manufacturing methodologies. Meanwhile, fabrication strategies are analyzed in order of increasing complexity, highlighting persistent challenges with proposed solutions.
Changjiang Liu +5 more
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