Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Chitosan, a polysaccharide upcycled from biowaste, has long promised sustainable, biocompatible, and antimicrobial films and devices, an appeal reinforced by its recent regulatory recognition, with several chitosan‐based antibacterial dressings gaining clearance through the Food and Drug Administration's 510(k) pathway.
Jacopo Nicoletti +16 more
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Law, state and the internationalisation of agricultural capital in Ghana: a comparison of colonial export production and post-colonial production for the home market [PDF]
Law and State, especially forms of landed property and contract, have played an important mediatory role in the internationalisation of agricultural capital in Ghana.
Graham, Yao
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Post-colonial Antarctica [PDF]
, 2017 This chapter explores how postcolonial perspectives have informed and contributed to ‘critical Antarctic studies’.\ud \ud Shortly after Dodds published an essay in Polar Record entitled ‘Post- colonial Antarctica: an emerging engagement’, leading ...
Collis, Christy +2 more
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Coordinated Architectural and Chemical Reinforcement in the Crushing Mandible of a Soldier Termite
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.The crushing mandible of a soldier termite withstands substantial biting loads despite lacking mineral. Its cuticle is partitioned: convex teeth pair hardness and zinc enrichment with aligned chitin fibers for contact durability, while stiffer concave regions between teeth carry bending loads.
Andrew Tran Nguyen +16 more
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Crises de fraternidade: literatura e etnicidade no Moçambique pós-colonial
Horizontes Antropológicos, 2005 Este ensaio explora o conceito de crises de fraternidade aplicando-o ao contexto dos conflitos humanos ligados à pós-colonialidade em Moçambique, inspirando-se no conceito de fraternidade desenvolvido pelo filósofo Emmanuel Lévinas.
João de Pina Cabral
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Producing forests: a colonial genealogy of environmental planning in Victoria, Australia [PDF]
, 2007 In settler societies such as Australia, the colonial state actively produced its territory to secure it from its former Aboriginal owners. Imperial spatial technologies, including exploration, surveying, mapping, (re)naming, and classification of land ...
Porter, E.
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.A dynamically actuated reconfigurable topographical surface (DARTS) integrates contact‐mediated bactericidal nanotopography with programmable mechanical actuation to actively disrupt bacterial biofilms. Dynamic surface reconfiguration enhances bacterial killing and suppresses implant‐associated infections in vivo, providing a new strategy for active ...
Mohammad Asadi Tokmedash +4 more
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‘Comparativism from Inside and Outside: Not only a matter of viewpoint’: Comparativism in Art History edited by Jaś Elsner, London & New York: An Ashgate Book, Routledge, 2017 [PDF]
Journal of Art Historiography, 2017 The review criticizes the genuflection made to ‘world art history’ without specifying what this is, even as an antithesis to the methodology of some authors.
John Clark
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Post-Colonialism and Sci-Fi as Pedagogy: Film as a Vehicle for Understanding [PDF]
Contexto InternacionalPost-Colonialism has proved to be challenging for students studying the Global South especially in the United States. Books like Edward Said’s Orientalism have proved difficult to read.
Hanna Samir Kassab
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Making medicines in post-colonial Ghana: State policies, technology transfer and pharmaceuticals market. [PDF]
Soc Sci Med, 2022 Pourraz J.
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