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Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.The article overviews past and current efforts on caloric materials and systems, highlighting the contributions of Ames National Laboratory to the field. Solid‐state caloric heat pumping is an innovative method that can be implemented in a wide range of cooling and heating applications.
Agata Czernuszewicz +5 more
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Changes in Retail Consumer Behaviour in South Africa during COVID-19: Permanent or Temporary [PDF]
The Retail and Marketing Review, 2021 The lockdown phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, with little or no mobility and only digital connection, has led to an understanding that sudden and universal policies of psycho-social intervention has transformed the dynamics of consumer behaviour and ...
Dr II Abe, Dr VV Mugobo
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Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Automated poultry processing lines still rely on humans to lift slippery, easily bruised carcasses onto a shackle conveyor. Deformability, anatomical variance, and hygiene rules make conventional suction and scripted motions unreliable. We present ChicGrasp, an end‐to‐end hardware‐software co‐designed imitation learning framework, to offer a ...
Amirreza Davar +8 more
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A Multimodal Haptic Feedback Interface with Thin‐Film Compliant Mechanism
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Multimodal haptic devices can trigger different mechanoreceptors, enabling richer haptic information. This study presents an electromagnetic multimodal haptic device capable of delivering indentation, stretch, and vibration stimuli. The device is enabled by a novel polymer thin‐film compliant mechanism that provides high translational compliance along ...
Jingjing Wan +15 more
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Fashion and TextilesSmart technology has become an increasingly prominent feature in the fashion apparel industry. However, small retailers still face challenges while trying to adopt such innovative smart technologies to increase consumer interaction and sales. By applying
Hyo Jung Chang +2 more
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Role power dynamics within the bridal gown selection process
Fashion and Textiles, 2018 In this study, the researchers explore the decision-making process of brides when selecting their wedding dresses by examining the power of the significant people involved in the selection process.
Seoha Min +2 more
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Advancing Fruit Bioimpedance Monitoring With Sustainable, Soft, And Bio‐Based Electrodes Beyond ECG
Advanced Electronic Materials, EarlyView.Electrical impedance spectroscopy enables non‐destructive fruit quality monitoring, but conventional ECG and needle electrodes compromise signal stability, fruit physiology, and sustainability. This perspective highlights the transition toward soft, biocompatible, and biodegradable electrode interfaces based on natural substrates, bio‐derived ...
Sundus Riaz +6 more
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Extreme Weather Events and Consumer Food Responses
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates consumer food responses to Hurricanes Helene and Milton, which affected a swath of the Southeastern U.S. in 2024. Using representative consumer survey data from six affected states, we analyze 10 distinct food responses classified into ex ante and ex post responses, and examine their associations with food insufficiency
Ahmad Zia Wahdat, Joseph Balagtas
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In this contribution we seek to clarify and analyze the links that exist or may exist between the world of hospitals and healthcare and that of commerce. We show that there are three ways of conceiving and analyzing these relationships. Firstly, by taking a general approach to the retailization of healthcare; secondly, by addressing the question of the
Gallouj, Naïla +2 more
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Proceedings of the Institution of Automobile Engineers, 1914 n ...
Clayden, A. Ludlow, Burchall, Harold
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