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Evaluation of the Dual Impact of Nanotechnologies on Health and Environment Through Alternative Bridging Models

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This review explores how alternative invertebrate and small‐vertebrate models advance the evaluation of nanomaterials across medicine and environmental science. By bridging cellular and organismal levels, these models enable integrated assessment of toxicity, biodistribution, and therapeutic performance.
Marie Celine Lefevre   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Su alcuni meccanismi della formazione dei significati polivalenti e contradditori nella poesia di Jüri Üdi/Juhan Viiding sull’esempio della raccolta In chiaro estone (1974)*

open access: yesLea, 2013
The aim of the present article is to discuss some meaning generating mechanisms of the Estonian poet Juhan Viiding (1948-1995), taking as an example his collection Selges eesti keeles (“In clear Estonian”, 1974). The collection belongs to the first phase
Ülar Ploom
doaj   +1 more source

Trope Theory on the Mental/Physical Divide [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
In our everyday discourse, we distinguish without\ud fail between minds and bodies or between the mental and\ud the physical. Yet, in philosophy there is a tendency to get\ud rid of this divide.
Trettin, Käthe
core  

Looking and listening : music and sound as visual trope in Ukiyo-e [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The word ukiyo-e comes from a combination of “Ukiyo” , which means “floating world,” and “e” , which means picture or image. So, ukiyo-e offer both a description of the world of Edo (present-day Tokyo)—in particular the pleasures, foods, daily life, and ...
Binns, Alexander
core   +1 more source

On Perceiving Tropes [PDF]

open access: yesStudia Humana, 2015
Abstract In this short paper I consider Professor Bence Nanay’s suggestion that representationalism can be supported by the theory of tropes. I argue that from a philosophical point of view such a support is nevertheless not very strong.
openaire   +3 more sources

Bioinspired Adaptive Sensors: A Review on Current Developments in Theory and Application

open access: yesAdvanced 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   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Avatars Going Mainstream: Typology of Tropes in Avatar-Based Storytelling Practices [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Due to the growing popularity of video games, gaming itself has become a shared experience among media audiences worldwide. The phenomenon of avatar-based games has led to the emergence of new storytelling practices.
Tymińska, Marta
core   +1 more source

Light‐Programmable Interfaces: From Molecular Photoswitching to Adaptive Membrane Separations

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
This review advances an interface‐centered framework for light‐responsive membranes, linking molecular photoswitches (azobenzene (AZO), spiropyran (SP), diarylethene (DAE), donor–acceptor Stenhouse adducts (DASA), photoacid) to integration strategies in polymeric, porous, self‐assembled, and mixed‐matrix systems.
Liangliang Zhang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Polish ‘Creeping Coup d’État’: (Conspiracy) Tropes as Research Problem of Political Discourse Analysis

open access: yesPoliteja
The article is divided into two parts: the first examines discourse analysis as a research method, while the second focuses on the study of Polish political culture.
Franciszek Czech
doaj   +1 more source

The phenomenon of metaphor in Russian language studies: from the past to the future

open access: yesRussian Language Studies, 2019
The article analyzes the tendencies in scientific views on metaphor in Russian language studies in the past and present with a forecast for the future. Different stages in the study of metaphor, starting from traditional rhetorical approach, going back ...
Sergei B Kurash
doaj   +1 more source

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