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Insight into the Internal Structure of Biogenic, Synthetic and Geological Apatite by Electron Microscopy and X‐Ray Scattering

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Apatite occurs in many forms in nature, e.g. in teeth and geological minerals. Internally, biological apatite contains nanocrystals that are also found in synthetically prepared calcium phosphate nanoparticles which are used in biomedicine, e.g. for gene and drug delivery and for bone regeneration. Abstract Calcium phosphate is the inorganic component (
Kathrin Kostka   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Walking to/with Queen Saint Elizabeth: “Where Your Very Steps Lead Me”

open access: yesReligions
The cult of Queen Saint Elizabeth constitutes one of the most persistent manifestations of popular religiosity in central Portugal, especially in Coimbra.
Vera Lúcia Rodrigues
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Iconography of Sage Narada in Indian Sculptural Art: Regional Variations

open access: yesAncient Asia, 2020
Narada is one of the most admired characters in ancient Indian literature and mythology. He has been associated with numerous aspects of Indian life like music, architecture, art, law, justice, storytelling, agriculture and devotion.
Y. S. Sanathana, Manjil Hazarika
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From RNA to DNA: How Cargo Identity Reprograms Lipid Nanoparticle Architecture and Function

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
The evolution of lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) spans from RNA‐LNPs, used in mRNA vaccines, to DNA‐LNPs, ideal for gene therapies. Emerging bionano architectures, decorated with DNA and plasma proteins, pave the way for advanced DNA‐based therapies that are more stable, targeted, and customizable.
Erica Quagliarini   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lattice Structures for Bone Replacement: The Intersection of Bone Biomechanics, Lattice Design, and Additive Manufacturing

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review outlines how understanding bone's biology, hierarchical architecture, and mechanical anisotropy informs the design of lattice structures that replicate bone morphology and mechanical behavior. Additive manufacturing enables the fabrication of orthopedic implants that incorporate such structures using a range of engineering materials ...
Stylianos Kechagias   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Embodying Popular Piety: Code of Conduct and Death Anniversary in the Ṭarīqah Qādiriyyah wa Naqshbandiyyah

open access: yesUlumuna, 2016
This paper investigates how the code of conducts and devotion to the leaders develop in the Sufi orders, and how these shape the notion of “popular piety”, by paying a particular attention to the Ṭarīqah Qādiriyyah Wa Naqshbandiyyah (TQN) in Mranggen ...
Asfa Widiyanto
doaj   +1 more source

The Haywain Triptych: A Painted Sermon on the Fruits of Avarice

open access: yesGodišnjak, 2022
The Haywain Triptych is a set of three painted oil on oak panels that contain a complete frontispiece on the exterior and a three-part composition on the interior. It dates to approximately 1510–1516. It was painted by Hieronymus Bosch as a visual sermon
Elizabeth Hughes Jovanović
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Non‐Equilibrium Synthesis Methods to Create Metastable and High‐Entropy Nanomaterials

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Stabilizing multiple elements within a single phase enables the creation of advanced materials with exceptional properties arising from their complex composition. However, under equilibrium conditions, the Hume–Rothery rules impose strict limitations on solid‐state miscibility, restricting combinations of elements with mismatched crystal ...
Shuo Liu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A saint's day in the city: notes on ethnographic research in the outskirts of Belém, state of Pará, Brazil

open access: yesBoletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas, 2011
The article draws on other studies about the playful dimension of popular religion in the Amazon to reflect on the results of ethnographic fieldwork carried out on a patron saint's festival in the outskirts of contemporary Belém, in the Brazilian state ...
Antonio Maurício Dias da Costa
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Return to the Sacred: The Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham and Contemporary Christianity

open access: yesReligions, 2018
Once one of the most popular Catholic pilgrimage sites in England, The Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, now under the care of the Anglican Church, operates as a site of devotion, but it also operates as a site of memory. In this essay, I will argue that,
Susan Dunn-Hensley
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