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Developing Leadership and Political Capacity Among Laotian Refugees: Laotian Organizing Project [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Formed in 1995, the Laotian Organizing Project builds trust and leadership among Laotian refugees in Richmond, California. Richmond is home to a growing number of Laotian refugees from tribal groups that do not have a history of interacting and for whom ...
Jonathan Walters, Tamara Buckley
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Is Young's Modulus a Critical Coating Property Determining Fouling‐Release Performance of Marine Coatings?

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
The release of foulers from protective marine coatings is determined by several interrelated material properties, including the strength of Young's modulus, the flexibility of chain segments, the surface free energy, and the magnitude of hydrodynamic stress.
Johann C. Schaal   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advancing Research on Biomaterials and Biological Materials with Scanning Electron Microscopy under Environmental and Low Vacuum Conditions

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Herein, environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM) is discussed as a powerful extension of conventional SEM for life sciences. By combining high‐resolution imaging with variable pressure and humidity, ESEM allows the analysis of untreated biological materials, supports in situ monitoring of hydration‐driven changes, and advances the functional ...
Jendrian Riedel   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perception of ethnic and religious processes by mongolia population (a sociological study)

open access: yesНароды и религии Евразии, 2018
The article, based on the results of sociological surveys, considers the peculiarities of perception of ethnic and religious processes in Central and Western Mongolia.
Петр Константинович Дашковский   +2 more
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Climate Change and Adaptation on Karajarri Country and ‘Pukarrikarra’ Places [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
I am a Karajarri woman and one of the Traditional Owners of Karajarri Country. I come from Bidyadanga Aboriginal Community which is on Karajarri Country, approximately 190 km south of the township of Broome in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. I
Dwyer, Anna
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Pulled in or pushed out : understanding the complexities of motivation for alternative therapies use in Ghana

open access: yes, 2016
The impact of strong cultural beliefs on specific reasons for traditional medicine (TRM) use among individuals and populations has long been advanced in health care and spatio-medical literature.
ABASS, Kabila   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Control mechanisms and perceived organizational support: exploring the relationship between new and traditional forms of control [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Purpose: Taking into account the need to make a clearer distinction between traditional and new organizational controls, this paper aims to investigate similarities and differences between those two forms and explore the extent to which new forms of ...
Costa, T, Duarte, H, Palermo, OA
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On‐Demand Activation of Thin Alginate Shell Encapsulated Volatile Liquid for Untethered Pneumatic Soft Actuation

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Phase‐changing liquids enable untethered pneumatic actuation in soft robotics but suffer from volatility and storage challenges. This work reports a simple method to encapsulate Novec 7000 within micron‐thin alginate shells via in situ injection and ionic crosslinking.
Rayan A. M. Basodan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

REALITAS MAGIK DALAM MUSIK TRADISIONAL MINANGKABAU SEBUAH PERSPEKTIF KAJIAN BUDAYA [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Magic, is culture elements which has been depeloped since the primitive era. The development of civilization and culture does not disappear the belief of the attitude which are related with magic.
War, dizal
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Removing Oxide Layers and Retaining Oxide‐Free Steel Surfaces by Polishing in Oxygen‐Free Atmosphere

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
In this study, the efficacy of wet mechanical polishing under an oxygen‐free atmosphere for deoxidation and the retention of an oxide‐free steel surface are elucidated using X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The methodology proved successful; however, the results were highly dependent on the preparation of the solvents used to clean the samples after ...
Friedrich Bürger   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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