July 31, 2011
ANNOUNCEMENT

Call for Papers

Akademeia is now accepting manuscripts for its next issue. Akademeia posts articles online in advance of the official publication date, as soon as they are ready.

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July 31st, 2011
ARTICLE

Microwaving Joining of Green Composites.

In the push to replace traditional petroleum-based materials, manufacturers are looking towards natural substitutes. Singh et al. demonstrate how microwave joining can be used in the manufacturing process of fiber-reinforced polymer composites.

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July 31, 2011
ARTICLE

Electrical Properties of a Photopolymerizable Resin

The development of new polymers allows scientists and engineers to create new and useful materials for biological and industrial applications. Oueslati et al., study and model the mechanism of a photopolymerization reaction.

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July 31, 2011
ARTICLE

Microcrack Propagation in Bovine Bone

Understanding the micro-mechanics of how bones break allows medical scientists to predict and prevent fractures. Najafi et al. show that the microstructure bone influences how bone cracks spread.

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July 31, 2011
ARTICLE

Linguistic Analysis of Obasanjo's Farewell Speech

On the eve of the swearing-in of Nigerian president Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, departing president Olusegun Obasanjo addressed the Nigerian people. Adedun and Atolagbe dissect the linguistic components of the farewell speech in the context of the political atmosphere.

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July 31, 2011
ARTICLE

Structural and conductivity analysis of NaPTe

Derbel et al. characterize the structure and properties of a tellurate compound, useful on account of a large temperature-dependent electrical conductivity change.

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July 31, 2011
ARTICLE

War, Children, Altruism

J.D. Salinger's Nine Stories portray broken adults haunted by the trauma of war. Rachel S. McCoppin shows us that in the midst of this despair, Salinger uses children as a symbol of hope.

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July 31, 2011
ARTICLE

Piezoelectric Field Effects on Hall Sensor Sensitivity

Hall sensors are used to detect changes in magnetic fields, a key component in many mechanical systems. Bouzaïene et al. explore the possibility of a new, highly sensitive hall sensor substrate.

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July 31, 2011
ARTICLE

Decoding Personal Suffering

Set in Italy's Fascist years, Morante's La Storia tells the tale of Ida and her confrontation with racial discrimination, social homologation, poverty, illness, rape, and death. Moretti's analysis points to some of the psychological mechanisms that underly active recovery from human suffering.

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July 31, 2011
ARTICLE

Exploring Sartrean Freedom

Are we fully free? To what extent does personal autonomy depend on social, cultural, legal and institutional precepts and moral codes? O'Dwyer engages in a philosophical discussion of the conflicts between individual freedom and social constraint.

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July 31, 2011
ANNOUNCEMENT

Call for Editors

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