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Deterrence Misapplied: Challenges in Containing a Nuclear Iran [PDF]

, 2010
Argues against relying on deterrence against a nuclear Iran by analyzing problems with the disproportionate focus on Iran's current leadership in debates over deterrence strategies and considering the implications of various doctrines of ...
Frederick W. Kagan
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Epidermal Patch Technologies for Integrated Healthcare and Infection Management

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Epidermal patches have evolved from simple wound coverings into multifunctional, skin‐conformable platforms integrating drug delivery, biosensing, and therapeutic functionalities. This review highlights their material innovations, fabrication strategies, and intelligent designs, including hydrogels, microneedles, and flexible electronics, while ...
Yuqi Wang, Atakan Tevlek, Pawel L. Urban, Boaz Mizrahi, Onome Ejeromedoghene, Roshan Deen, Yuanjing Lin, Jagan Mohan Dodda   +7 more
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Where Have All the Symbols Gone?: A Study of Sufis and Sufi Symbolism in Ottoman Miniature Paintings

, 2013
Ottoman miniature paintings represent some of the best preserved and documented works of Islamic art still extant. They differ critically from other forms of miniature painting, such as Persian miniature painting, by not representing Sufi symbolism.
Siegel, Jesse E.
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Bioinspired Adaptive Sensors: A Review on Current Developments in Theory and Application

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review comprehensively summarizes the recent progress in the design and fabrication of sensory‐adaptation‐inspired devices and highlights their valuable applications in electronic skin, wearable electronics, and machine vision. The existing challenges and future directions are addressed in aspects such as device performance optimization ...
Guodong Gong, You Zhou, Qingxiu Li, Wenyu Zhao, Sunyingyue Geng, Hangfei Li, Yan‐Bing Leng, Shirui Zhu, Guanglong Ding, Yongbiao Zhai, Ziyu Lv, Ye Zhou, Su‐Ting Han   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Complex Relationship Between Sufism And Shi‘Ism As Reflected In The Concept Of Walāyah

Kanz Philosophia: A Journal for Islamic Philosophy and Mysticism, 2015
Abstrak : Tulisan ini mencoba meneliti konsep walāyah dalam tradisi Sufisme dan Syi’isme. Walāyah adalah salah satu prinsip yang paling penting dalam Sufisme dan Syi’isme, menempati status mendasar dalam seluruh struktur doktrin metafisik mereka. Walāyah
Wahyuddin Halim
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Islamic republic of Iran and Its Opposition [PDF]

This paper takes a stylized paradoxical fact of Iranian politics under the Islamic Republic of Iran as its starting point: the stark confusion between the position and a good portion of the opposition.
Mehrdad Vahabi, Mohajer Nasser
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Advanced Separators for Liquid and Quasi‐Solid Lithium Rechargeable Batteries: Design and Development

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review traces the evolution of lithium‐ion battery separators from passive barriers to multifunctional components central to cell safety and performance. Polymer‐ceramic hybrids, nanofiber architectures, and bio‐derived membranes deliver ionic conductivities above 3 mS cm−1, thermal stability beyond 200 °C, and effective suppression of lithium ...
Karthik Vishweswariah, Ningaraju Gejjiganahalli Ningappa, Anil Kumar M. R., Jeremy I. G. Dawkins, Thiago M. G. Selva, Karim Zaghib   +5 more
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Molecular‐Level Insights into Interfacial Adsorption Mechanisms of PFOA on Functional Dolomite Surfaces via AIMD and Spectroscopy

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD), density functional theory (DFT), Dolomite (DL), metal‐organic frameworks (MOFs), calcined modified dolomite (CDL), zero‐point of charge (PZC), metal‐organic frameworks (MOFs), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), X‐ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM ...
Yating Yang, Yuhan Li, Zhaohui Li, Hang Wei, Yaqi Wen, Po‐Hsiang Chang, Christopher Rensing, Ahmed I. Osman, Baoyu Kong   +8 more
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Unlocking the Potential of MXene‐Based Electrochemical Biosensors: A Review of Biofunctionalization Strategies and Biosensing Principles

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Electrochemical biosensors enable the accurate and timely detection of clinical biomarkers, improving healthcare and precision medicine. MXene nanosheets, a class of 2D transition metal carbides, nitrides, and carbonitrides, are promising materials for developing next‐generation electrochemical biosensors due to their unique physicochemical ...
Muhsin Ali, Sharat Chandra Barman, Isobel Steer, Aya H. Alshareef, Dana Alsulaiman   +4 more
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Visualizing Belief and Piety in Iranian Shi‘ism

American Journal of Islam and Society, 2011
In her book, Ingvild Flaskerud once and for all dispels the idea that Islam lacks and opposes all forms of visual art. Hers is a pioneering work, which guides her readers through Twelver Shi‘i visual culture in Iran.
Edith Szanto
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