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Defining and Measuring A2K: A Blueprint for an Index of Access to Knowledge [PDF]
, 2017 Access to knowledge (A2K) is increasingly recognized as the central human development issue of our time. Yet to date there has been little literature defining precisely what is meant by this term, much less how to evaluate the progress toward achieving it.
Lea Shaver
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SSRN Electronic Journal, 2018 The topic of this symposium, Secrecy, suggests a focus on affirmative decisions shutting out the public by sealing records and closing courtrooms. My interest, in contrast, is in a broader set of processes that makes dispute resolution inaccessible and, in that sense, secret. My focus is on the problem of institutional privatization, as contrasted with
Judith Resnik, Resnik, Judith
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Neglect of the Human Rights Dimension in African IP Policymaking
The African Journal of Information and Communication, 2015 In this thematic report, the authors, both members of the African Scholars for Knowledge Justice (ASK Justice) network, outline the neglect of human rights in IP policymaking; the need to end this neglect, particularly in the African context; and ...
Andrew Rens, Jimcall Pfumorodze
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Access to Knowledge in the Age of Intellectual Property [PDF]
, 2010 Discusses intellectual property and maps the emergence of the Access to Knowledge (A2K) movement, along with its implications ...
Krikorian, Gaelle, Kapczynski, Amy
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Internet Visibility and Cyberbullying: A Survey of Cape Town High School Students
The African Journal of Information and Communication, 2015 The pervasive and open nature of the Internet in the everyday lives of South African children has facilitated benefits such as increased collaboration,learning opportunities and access to knowledge (A2K).
Brenda Scholtz +2 more
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International copyright and access to knowledge /
, 2016 "The principle of Access to Knowledge (A2K) has become a common reference point for a diverse set of agendas that all hope to realize technological and human potential by making knowledge more accessible. This book is a history of international copyright
Bannerman, Sara,
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Prospect for development of Open Access in Argentina [PDF]
, 2012 This perspective article presents an overview of the Open Access movement in Argentina, from a global and regional (Latin American) context. The article describes the evolution and current state of initiatives by examining two principal approaches to ...
Sandra Miguel +12 more
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Current African Intersections Between Intellectual Property Rights and Knowledge Access
The African Journal of Information and Communication, 2015 In this introductory article, the two Guest Editors of this 2015 thematic issue of The African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC) – a thematic issue focused on the theme of “African Intersections between Intellectual Property Rights and ...
Chris Armstrong, Tobias Schonwetter
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Interdiction Models and Heuristics for Graph Propagation
Networks, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Given a graph G=(V,E)$$ G=\left(V,E\right) $$ and a set S⊂V$$ S\subset V $$ of activated/infected nodes, we consider the problem of determining the set of c$$ c $$ nodes that minimizes the network propagation on the subgraph that results from the removal of those c$$ c $$ nodes. To measure network propagation, we assume that a node i$$ i $$ is
Agostinho Agra, José Maria Samuco
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Assessing relational values of nature through its cultural and spiritual significance is crucial for effective nature conservation. Folktales offer insights into traditional relationships between people and nature, and text mining is a powerful tool for extracting information from textual datasets.
Naoki Saito +2 more
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