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Infectious disease and labor management
Annals of Business Administrative Science, 2021 In the early 20th century, when Spanish flu and tuberculosis were prevalent, laborers in the Japanese textile industry worked long hours in poor conditions, and the risk of contracting an infectious disease was high. In such a situation, forward-thinking
Takashi Shimizu
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Bioprosthetic aortic valves have revolutionized the treatment of aortic stenosis, but their durability is limited by structural valve deterioration (SVD). This review focuses on the pericardial tissue at the heart of these valves, examining how its mechanical properties and calcification drive fatigue and failure.
Gabriele Greco +7 more
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Future craft:research exposition [PDF]
, 2010 Past, Present and Future Craft Practice has sought to use the Future Craft exposition as a vehicle for showcasing its research. The exposition was chosen over the exhibition as it opens up a dialogue with the audience on the work undertaken.
Follett, Georgina, Valentine, Louise
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Synthesis and characterization of light‐responsive donor–acceptor Stenhouse adducts (DASA)‐coated chlorhexidine‐loaded silica nanoparticles. Such a controllable drug‐delivery system enables the release of the antimicrobial drug on demand and in consecutive cycles, thereby maintaining the concentration within the therapeutic window.
Michèle Clerc +9 more
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In Situ, 2016 For many years now, several museums and heritage sites linked to the textile industries in the Rhône-Alpes region have been handicapped by the disappearance of the skills and savoir-faire associated with these industries, especially where the ...
Marianne Fournier +3 more
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Conversations about creativity and chronic illness I: Textile artists coping with long-term health problems reflect on the origins of their interest in art [PDF]
, 2003 This qualitative study explored the origins of interest in textile arts among a group of women living with long-term health problems. The part that illness played in motivating engagement in creative arts was of particular concern. Twenty four women were
Reynolds, F
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Flexible piezoresistive pressure sensors underpin wearable and soft electronics. This review links sensing physics, including contact resistance modulation, quantum tunneling and percolation, to unified materials/structure design. We highlight composite and graded architectures, interfacial/porous engineering, and microstructured 3D conductive networks
Feng Luo +2 more
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Exemplary Design Research [PDF]
, 2006 In this paper, we will look at what role a research program and an interventionist research strategy based on design experiments may play for the advancement of knowledge relevant to design and designers.
Binder, Thomas, Redström, Johan
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Smart textile as a context to support computational thinking
, 2020 The presentation was given at the September online transnational meeting of the RoboSTEAM Erasmus+ Project (Ref. 2018-1-ES01-KA201-050939) about how bringing together creative processes to support computational thinking in the classroom with smart textile.
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Textiles and the Creative Possibilities of Assemblage Thinking in Early Childhood: A Narrative Look
International Journal for Talent Development and Creativity, 2023 As textiles continue to feature heavily in discussions of sustainability, and young students continue to be positioned as saviors of the planet, this paper joins the call for assemblage thinking in early years research that decenters humans and foregrounds relationships.
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