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Ten statements on technics (2024)
Book Chapter

To understand how preeminent scholars and creative practitioners approach the topic of technology today, Nicholas Baer and Annie van den Oever invited them to reflect on a series of questions: What drew them to technology as a matter of inquiry, and... Read More about Ten statements on technics.

Examining sustainable packaging designs in the automotive industry: A case study of a luxury car manufacturer (2024)
Book Chapter

This paper investigates implementing sustainable supply chain management in packaging design within the automotive manufacturing industry. The study identifies how sustainable automotive packaging can enhance packaging design, explores the main desig... Read More about Examining sustainable packaging designs in the automotive industry: A case study of a luxury car manufacturer.

Thematic analysis: A reflexive approach (2024)
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This chapter introduces the thematic analysis (TA) family of methods. We highlight key features of TA, including theoretical and design flexibility and its status as a technique that can be used within a wide variety of approaches to qualitative rese... Read More about Thematic analysis: A reflexive approach.

Sustainable low carbon and bioaugmentation strategies for bioremediation of oil-contaminated acidic wetlands (2024)
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This chapter delves into the critical issue of remediating oil-contaminated acidic wetlands, which pose significant ecological threats globally. These wetlands, vulnerable to pollution, particularly from hydrocarbons, have driven the adoption of vari... Read More about Sustainable low carbon and bioaugmentation strategies for bioremediation of oil-contaminated acidic wetlands.

Dynamics of excitation in F-actin: Automaton model (2024)
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We propose a model called the F-actin automaton, which represents a filamentous actin molecule as a graph of finite state machines. Each node in the graph can be in one of three states: resting, excited, or refractory. The states of all nodes are upd... Read More about Dynamics of excitation in F-actin: Automaton model.

The pleasure of reading against: Embedding lifelong critical literacy from picturebooks to social media (2024)
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In almost all children’s literature somebody lies. Harry Potter is told by the Dursleys that his parents died in a car accident, Lyra believes Lord Asriel to be her uncle, and countless narrators in picturebooks contradict, at some level, the images... Read More about The pleasure of reading against: Embedding lifelong critical literacy from picturebooks to social media.

The recreation of 19th century photomechanical processes to aid 21st century research and development (2024)
Book Chapter

Rahnella (2024)
Book Chapter

Rahnella species are ubiquitous in the environment, regularly isolated from water, soil, and woody tree hosts as well as occasionally from human clinical samples. Cells are Gram stain negative, facultatively anaerobic, and motile rods. Species are ps... Read More about Rahnella.

Bamboo (2024)
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The environmental impacts of construction are momentous. How can architects minimise these by making responsible material choices? Material choices have a global impact. The design and construction industry are responsible for 39% of all carbon emiss... Read More about Bamboo.

‘Meet and greet’ Animal experiences in zoos (2024)
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It is common for zoos in the UK to offer opportunities for visitors to interact with animals in the form of ‘Meet and Greet’ (M&G) experiences; which may include feeding, petting and posing for photographs. There is limited research investigating the... Read More about ‘Meet and greet’ Animal experiences in zoos.

An exploration of the direct biological targets of molecular hydrogen (2024)
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Molecular hydrogen (H2), supplied either as a gas or in a solution, has been gaining popularity as a treatment for a variety of conditions and diseases. For example, it has been suggested to be beneficial for neurodegenerative diseases, to ease the i... Read More about An exploration of the direct biological targets of molecular hydrogen.

Bisexualities (2024)
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This entry introduces the topic of bisexualities, which can be broadly defined as emotional, and/or romantic, and/or sexual attraction to people of more than one sex/gender. To consider bisexualities is important, in part because they have often been... Read More about Bisexualities.

Translating organizing and organizational metaphors: From the universal to the particular (2024)
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This chapter deploys the concept of translation as a “metaphor of metaphor” from which to learn. Thus, the authors explore the relationship between universals and particulars with respect to organizational metaphors and address the contradiction of t... Read More about Translating organizing and organizational metaphors: From the universal to the particular.

AI and the complexity of Black photographic representation and critical analysis (2024)
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In this chapter artist Yuko Edwards and academic Shawn Sobers discuss the complex dynamics of AI image making, with regards both the problems and opportunities in the cultural politics of Black and African heritage representation. The significant cha... Read More about AI and the complexity of Black photographic representation and critical analysis.

The role of the built environment in addressing the global challenges (2024)
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The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDGs), the Paris Agreement, the New Urban Agenda (NUA), and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR), are the global frameworks and policies that are now in use in relation to disaster risk... Read More about The role of the built environment in addressing the global challenges.

The built environment’s contribution to the progress of the sustainable development goals (2024)
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It is now more than six years since the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were agreed to be achieved by all member countries by 2030. While the deadline is approaching fast, still much of the counties are not on track to achiev... Read More about The built environment’s contribution to the progress of the sustainable development goals.

A comprehensive exploration of DDoS attacks and cybersecurity imperatives in the digital age (2024)
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This study emphasizes the critical role of cybersecurity in safeguarding digital infrastructure, ensuring passenger safety, and maintaining operational integrity. By highlighting the multifaceted challenges of DDoS attacks, the document advocates for... Read More about A comprehensive exploration of DDoS attacks and cybersecurity imperatives in the digital age.

The Internet of Things (IoT) Is revolutionizing inventory management (2024)
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Every part of the supply chain has been affected by the rise of Industry 4.0 technologies. Many businesses have been trying out this modern technology to see if it can help them make more money. IoT devices make it simple for companies to keep track... Read More about The Internet of Things (IoT) Is revolutionizing inventory management.

The concept of legal convergence (2024)
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The concept of convergence of legal systems stands for a leading idea in the modern discipline of law. Whereas one could neo-romantically still perceive law as a Landesjurisprudenz, a sort of provincial and domestic study, it would be fair to maintai... Read More about The concept of legal convergence.

Use of AI-based drones in smart cities (2024)
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Autonomous drones, known as AI drones, have been working without human intervention. It is doing something like navigation, avoiding obstacles, and taking picture recognition without explicit human direction, thanks to AI technology. It's an advantag... Read More about Use of AI-based drones in smart cities.