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Electroactuated liquid crystal polymers

open access: yesResponsive Materials, EarlyView.
Electroactuated liquid crystal polymers exhibit corresponding deformations under electrical stimulation, and electroactive deformations can be controlled by adjusting electrical parameters. This review introduces classification, mechanisms, characteristics, and applications, and looks forward to their potential development directions.
Ruitong Song, Jiu‐an Lv
wiley   +1 more source

Long-Lived In-Situ Solar System Explorer (LLISSE): Potential Contributions to the Next Decade of Solar System Exploration [PDF]

open access: yes
Venus, while having similar size, mass, and location in the solar system to Earth, varies from Earth in many ways and holds many scientific mysteries despite many missions that have focused on it in the past.
Hunter, Gary W., Kremic, Tibor
core   +1 more source

Occultation of a compact radio source by Venus [PDF]

open access: yes, 1992
An occultation of the compact radio source P 0507+17 by Venus on 19 Jul. 1988, was observed in Tidbinbilla, Australia at a frequency of 2.3 GHz. The purpose of this observation was to measure the position of Venus in the radio reference frame.
Linfield, R.
core   +1 more source

Game Changers: Leadership Lessons From Popular Sport Icons

open access: yesNew Directions for Student Leadership, Volume 2025, Issue 185, Page 25-31, Spring 2025.
ABSTRACT This article explores leadership lessons that can be drawn from popular sport icons. These lessons reveal how athletes leverage their status to drive social change or how they inspire others through performance‐based practices that align with effective modern‐day leadership skills.
S. Lynn Shollen, Maylon Hanold
wiley   +1 more source

Venus transit 2004: Illustrating the capability of exoplanet transmission spectroscopy

open access: yes, 2011
The transit of Venus in 2004 offered the rare possibility to remotely sense a well-known planetary atmosphere using ground-based observations for absorption spectroscopy.
Arnold   +54 more
core   +3 more sources

Leadership Development Through Exploring Critical Perspectives and Storytelling in Pop Culture: Toward Leadership for Liberation Values

open access: yesNew Directions for Student Leadership, Volume 2025, Issue 185, Page 107-113, Spring 2025.
ABSTRACT Popular culture exists as an expression of cultural history. It speaks to who we are, what we aspire toward, and where our generation stands in relation to the major issues of the day. This article is a conversation about the myriad perspectives offered in this issue of New Directions for Student Leadership, exploring the contributions each ...
Kathleen Callahan, Sean Connable
wiley   +1 more source

‘Humans Are Omnipotent and Beyond Their Destiny!’ Late Soviet Perspective on Girls’ Upbringing and the Female Self

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The article examines post‐Stalinist Soviet expertise on girls’ education and upbringing, analysing texts for and about female adolescents created by specialists in pedagogical sciences, psychology, sociology, medicine as well as children's writers and journalists from different parts of the Union, including national republics. The text focuses
Ella Rossman
wiley   +1 more source

Sex and the Social Order: Creative Approaches to Teaching the History of Gender and Sexuality in Modern Britain

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract ‘Sex and the Social Order: Gender and Sexuality in Modern Britain’ is a second‐year optional module for history students at the University of the West of England, Bristol (UWE). The module examines histories of gender and sexuality from the mid‐nineteenth century to the present day, providing a wealth of accessible primary material and a ...
Laura Harrison   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Direct comparison of herpetofaunal camera, pitfall, and funnel trapping in the upland habitats of Florida, USA

open access: yesWildlife Society Bulletin
Determining the best method to survey species of interest is critical for successful field research projects. When sampling herpetofauna, pitfall and funnel trapping allow a researcher to examine multiple individuals but require considerable field effort
Tiffany M. Doan
doaj   +1 more source

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