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Arisaema siahaense sp. nov. (Araceae) from India

open access: yesNordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
A new species of Arisaema Mart. (Araceae) belonging to sect. Fimbriata is described and illustrated here from the Siaha District, Mizoram, India. This new species is characterized by an evergreen, dioecious herbaceous habit, up to 1.08 m high, having a subglobose tuber, with a solitary trifoliate leaf.
Rabishankar Sengupta   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reflecting on the State of our Field: Challenging our Purpose, Impact, and Potential

open access: yesJournal of Deliberative Democracy, 2015
This “Afterword” essay was written several months after the Frontiers of Democracy 2014 conference. It offers the Journal of Public Deliberation’s editors’ reflections on the conference and connections to the articles published in this special issue.
Laura Black   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

A Judge’s View of Congressional Action Affecting the Courts [PDF]

open access: yes, 1991
A comment on Larry Kramer\u27s article suggesting an addition to the mechanisms of congressional review of proposed legislation that has an impact on the work of federal courts is presented.
Cohn, Avern
core   +1 more source

USAID's Locally‐Led Development Agenda: Open Government and Independent Monitoring

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT USAID's ambitious localization agenda between 2021–2024—suspended in early 2025—aimed to provide more funding for local organizations, strengthen local systems, and co‐create with local communities. This study uses pre‐2025 open government data to identify continuity and change during USAID’s localization push.
Jeffrey Hallock   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Review of We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For: The Promise of Civic Renewal in America by Peter Levine (New York: Oxford University Press, 2013)

open access: yesJournal of Deliberative Democracy, 2013
Book Review: We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For: The Promise of Civic Renewal in America by Peter Levine (New York: Oxford University Press, 2013)
Timothy J. Shaffer
doaj   +2 more sources

NH Race Tightens After Debate 10/09/2012 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The race for president in New Hampshire has tightened in the past week. President Barack Obama continues to lead Mitt Romney but by a smaller margin, 6 percentage points compared to 15 percentage points a week ago.
Survey Center, UNH
core   +1 more source

The Mexico City Policy in US Development Policy and Its Backlash‐Frontlash‐Logic

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Mexico City Policy provides for the discontinuation of U.S. government funding for foreign non‐governmental organizations (NGOs) that provide legal abortion services. While Republican administrations have repeatedly pushed for the introduction of the Mexico City Policy after their re‐election, those regulations have been rescinded by ...
Thomas Lange
wiley   +1 more source

Deliberation In and Through Higher Education

open access: yesJournal of Deliberative Democracy, 2014
This article explores how deliberative democracy has the ability to change how colleges and universities function. Deliberation offers a powerful way for students, faculty, staff, and community partners to learn and practice modes of reasoning and ...
Timothy J. Shaffer
doaj   +2 more sources

Prospective of indigenous African wild food plants in alleviation of the severe iron deficiency anaemia in Sub‐Saharan Africa

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Iron deficiency anaemia remains a major public health challenge in Sub‐Saharan Africa, where population growth, displacement and limited resources heighten nutritional insecurity. We compiled a list of indigenous African underutilized wild food plants and examined their potential for addressing micronutrient deficiencies.
Eltayb Abdellatef   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Research note: Examining false beliefs about voter fraud in the wake of the 2020 Presidential Election

open access: yesHarvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review, 2021
The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election saw an unprecedented number of false claims alleging election fraud and arguing that Donald Trump was the actual winner of the election. Here we report a survey exploring belief in these false claims that was conducted
Gordon Pennycook, David G. Rand
doaj   +1 more source

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