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The study of theology and religion at the University of Pretoria: Two epochs of endeavor

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2017
This article explores the possibility of an alignment of (a) theology (understood as study concentrating on one faith from the faith suppositions of that faith) and (b) a study of world religions, open to all regardless of faith in the context of an ...
J.S. (Kobus) Krüger
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Small Extracellular Vesicles from Neural Cells: Physiological and Pathological Roles, and Potential in Neurodegenerative Therapy

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Neural cell–derived small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) are emerging as pivotal mediators in neurodegenerative diseases, exerting both pathogenic and therapeutic functions. This review synthesizes current evidence on how sEVs from distinct neural cell types regulate neurodegeneration, neuroprotection, biomarker discovery, and targeted drug delivery ...
Muhammad Waqas Salim, Wei Zhang, Lyndsey Collins‐Praino, Yuling Wang, Andrew Care   +4 more
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Incentives, conditionality and collective action in payment for environmental services

International Journal of the Commons, 2014
As payment for environmental services (PES) initiatives spread to collectively managed natural resources, questions arise because the incentive structures that might be appropriate for individually managed resources will not necessarily promote the ...
John M. Kerr, Mamta Vardhan, Rohit Jindal   +2 more
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ETV2 Mediated Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells Results in Functional Endothelial Cells for Engineering Advanced Vascularized Microphysiological Models

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
A robust method to generate functional human iPSC‐derived endothelial cells using inducible ETV2 expression. These cells self‐organize into stable, lumenized microvascular networks within microfluidic chips, surpassing conventional differentiation methods.
Shun Zhang, Zhengpeng Wan, Lei Wang, Caihong Wu, Junkai Zhang, Sarah Spitz, Xun Wang, Marie A. Floryan, Mark F. Coughlin, Francesca M. Pramotton, Liling Xu, Ron Weiss, Roger D. Kamm   +12 more
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Recapitulating Endochondral Ossification for Bone Repair: From Development to Engineering Strategy

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This review summarizes the developmental basis of endochondral ossification (ECO) and its applications in bone tissue engineering (BTE). It first outlines the key biological processes and signaling pathways underlying ECO, then discusses biomaterial‐based engineering strategies derived from these principles, and finally highlights future directions for
Yiqi Su, Zihao He, Qianqian Chen, Long Chen, Caiyi Wei, Zijin Zhou, Jianhao Lin, Hui Li, Dan Xing   +8 more
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A Nano‐Interception Strategy for Chronic Heart Failure: Prussian Blue Nanoparticles Disrupt Fibroblast‐Immune Communication via CCL2 Sequestration

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A nano‐interception strategy disrupts pathogenic fibroblast–macrophage crosstalk in chronic heart failure. Scalable Prussian blue nanoparticles selectively sequester CCL2 via ultrahigh‐affinity binding, preventing CCR2+ macrophage recruitment and breaking a key fibro‐inflammatory circuit. This approach demonstrates robust efficacy in murine and porcine
Bo Chen, Gao Wei, Guowei Zeng, Haoyu Li, Rongrong Wu, Hongyu Yan, Zijie Zhou, Kai Luo, Xiaoyang Zhang, Cong Li, Longming Huang, Lingyan Cheng, Xinjie Zhang, Jinghao Zheng, Bozhong Shi, Xiaojun Cai, Xiaomin He   +16 more
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Carrots, sticks, and the rule of law. EU political conditionality before and after accession [PDF]

IANUS Diritto e Finanza, 2017
Le istituzioni europee non hanno ancora saputo trovare soluzioni efficaci alle crisi costituzionali in Ungheria e Polonia. La UE si scontra con un ‘dilemma di Copenaghen’: fino al momento dell’adesione è in vigore un robusto sistema di condizionalità ...
Matteo Bonelli
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One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: The EU and the Western Balkans After the Adoption of the New Enlargement Methodology and the Conclusions of the Zagreb Summit

Croatian Yearbook of European Law and Policy, 2020
Montenegro and Serbia are stuck in the EU accession negotiations, while, with Albania and North Macedonia, the perspective of their future course is very unclear.
Uroš Ćemalović
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2D Nanomaterials Toward Function‐Ready Superlubricity in Advanced Microsystems

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A unified framework links structural and transformation superlubricity with microsystem functions and deployment requirements. Mechanisms, device architectures, integration strategies, AI‐guided discovery, and benchmarking protocols are connected to define function‐ready superlubricity in advanced microsystems.
Yushan Geng, Jun Yang, Yong Yang
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IMF Conditionality and Government Education Spending: The Case of 10 MENA Countries

Economies
This study explores the impact of International Monetary Fund (IMF)-linked conditionality on government education expenditures in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
Hassan Sherry, Hussein Zeaiter
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