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Electroadhesion Suction Cups

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
Electroadhesion (EA) Suction Cups are electrically operated soft grippers that can pick up a wide range of objects from the top. A soft membrane, driven by electrostatic forces, conforms to surfaces, creating a passive vacuum when lifted. EA suction cups eliminate bulky vacuum systems, offering a compact, efficient, and portable alternative for ...
Fabio Caruso   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Photonastic Prototissue Capable of Photo‐Mechano‐Chemical Transduction

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
Mimicking energy transduction in prototissue assemblies remains a challenge of bottom‐up synthetic biology. In this work, prototissues integrating protocells with photothermal gold nanoparticle proto‐organelles and a thermoresponsive polymeric proto‐cortex are developed.
Agostino Galanti   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Authority versus Persuasion [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper studies a principal's trade-off between using persuasion versus using interpersonal authority to get the agent to 'do the right thing' from the principal's perspective (when the principal and agent openly disagree on the right course of action)
Eric J. Van den Steen
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Lading and Weight: Suggested Evidentiary Burdens in Senate Judicial-Nominee Hearings Post-Kavanaugh [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The Senate proceedings occasioned by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s allegation against Justice Brett Kavanaugh left the then-nominee calling them a “circus” and observers confused about who was supposed to prove what and by what standard.
Beery, Brendan T.
core   +1 more source

Stylistics and Persuasion

open access: yesStylistyka, 2008
The paper deals with stylistics and persuasion but, in order to be able to speak about them, we started first with the presentation of rhetoric that represents the core for both the study of style and the study of argumentation. Stylistics and persuasion
Raluca Bonta
doaj  

Power and Persuasion

open access: yesPolitical Studies, 2013
In familiar accounts of power, if agent i can induce j to change their beliefs then i has power over j to induce belief change. Does that mean that all deliberation is simply a power game? This article examines two connected ‘reliability conditions’ that distinguish when such persuasion is coercive or manipulative: common reason and the intentions of ...
openaire   +4 more sources

Sonicated Carbon Nanotube Catalysts for Efficient Point‐of‐use Water Treatment

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
The growing demand for freshwater and rising contamination of water sources require innovative treatment technologies. Sonicated carbon nanotubes can activate persulfate for selective contaminant degradation via nonradical pathways. This scalable approach enables rapid pollutant removal, offering a sustainable solution for decentralized freshwater ...
Xin Yang   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Persuasion knowledge for design community: Design of PToolkit prototype [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Persuasion knowledge has been used in various disciplines, and now is being utilized by interaction designer for designing persuasive application.Although lots of interactive applications were designed with aims to influence on certain aspects the ...
Alwi, Asmidah   +4 more
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