Copyright for Couture

Fashion design in America has never been covered by the extensive intellectual property (IP) protections afforded to other categories of creative works or to the art in other countries. As a result, America has become a safe haven for design pirates. Piracy disproportionately harms young designers who do not have established trademarks for their brands and must rely purely on creativity to propel their designs into the market. H.R. 2511 is a bill that aims to extend copyright protection to fashion designs, albeit narrowly. Compared with previous proposals to extend effective IP protection to fashion design, H.R. 2511 is more of a sui generis protection aimed at the particularities of the fashion industry. It was the result of intensive negotiations between parties of conflicting interests, and has been tailored to address specific yet ubiquitous problems in the fashion industry

Translating Patient Experiences into Clinical Practice:An Example of ‘Patient Involvement’ from Psychosocial Cancer Rehabilitation in Denmark

Abstract In this article we examine meanings and uses of the concept of patient involvement, using a psychosocial cancer rehabilitation intervention in Denmark as an example. Drawing on Scandinavian sociological institutionalism, we analyse the translation process of the concept and how it is understood, shaped and practised in four interrelated contexts: patients’ experience of cancer care; a call for research bids to improve cancer care; a research project of psychosocial cancer rehabilitation; and the implementation of the project’s intervention in clinical practice. Our analysis reveals distinct understandings and practices of patient involvement informed by the various actors’ perspectives and the structures of the healthcare system. The meaning of patient involvement changed from patients seeking to engage in healthcare on their terms, to patients being expected by researchers and healthcare professionals to be ‘active patients’ in particular ways. Our analysis highlights the importance of critically examining the phenomenon of patient involvement in local contexts.</jats:p

Experimental and theoretical study on the creep behavior of GFRP pultruded beams

Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) composites are widely used in the aerospace, naval, and automotive industries. More recently, such materials have also found several applications in civil engineering, e.g. for bridges, small houses, and gridshells. FRPs have considerable advantages mainly related to their high strength and low weight, but also some weaknesses, which limit their application. One weakness is their remarkable creep behavior, mainly due to the viscosity of the polymer matrix and the defects of the reinforcing fibers, which gradually break with time. A significant amount of experimental researches have been focused on the characterization of the creep behavior of composite materials. Nevertheless, most of the creep models found in the building codes are based on the extrapolation of data from short-term experiments. There are still many uncertainties on how to model the phenomenon as the time scale is of the order of some decades. The prediction of the long-term behavior of viscous materials can be based on short-term experiments by using the Time-Temperature-Stress Superposition Principle (TTSSP). This is an extension of the Time-Temperature Superposition Principle (TTSP). The TTSSP is based on the hypothesis that every creep curve, adapted to Findley’s law, has the same shape at different temperature and stress states. However its validity for Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) is not evident. The major objective of the present work is to explore the validity of the TTSSP for Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) pultruded beams having an epoxy matrix. To this end, 4-point bending tests have been performed in the short term at different temperature and stress levels. Then, according to Findley's law, the TTSSP has been assumed to predict the long-term behavior in secondary (steady-state) creep. Lastly, a micromechanical model has been developed to explore the possibility of tertiary creep and hence the applicability of the TTSSP

Synthesis of Novel Nanoparticles by Using «Europium Instead of Indium in the Conventional CIS Composition for Photovoltaic Application»

Eu has been placed instead of In in Cu-In-S2 which is used for CIS solar cells and effect of different capping agents on composition, size, distribution and morphology of the nanoparticles was investigated by scanning electron microscopy equipped with energy dispersive X-ray and transmission electron microscopy with the corresponding selected area electron diffraction pattern. When you are citing the document, use the following link http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/3530