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Engaging with citizens online: Understanding the role of ePetitioning in local government democracy [PDF]

, 2010
This article can be accessed from the link below.According to the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act introduced in 2009, UK local authorities are expected to implement ―a facility for making petitions in electronic form to the ...
Al-Debei, MM, Panagiotopoulos, P
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Can NGOs Regulate Medicines Markets? Social Enterprise in Wholesaling, and Access to Essential Medicines. [PDF]

, 2011
Citizens of high income countries rely on highly regulated medicines markets. However low income countries' impoverished populations generally struggle for access to essential medicines through out-of-pocket purchase on poorly regulated markets; results ...
Chaudhuri, Sudip, Mackintosh, Maureen, Mujinja, Phares Gm   +2 more
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Bacteria‐Responsive Nanostructured Drug Delivery Systems for Targeted Antimicrobial Therapy

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Bacteria‐responsive nanocarriers are designed to release antimicrobials only in the presence of infection‐specific cues. This selective activation ensures drug release precisely at the site of infection, avoiding premature or indiscriminate release, and enhancing efficacy.
Guillermo Landa, Gracia Mendoza, Silvia Irusta, Manuel Arruebo   +3 more
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Resistance in the data-driven society

Internet Policy Review
Individuals and groups increasingly seek to resist the harms and risks of a data-driven society. This essay explores the possibility of individual and collective resistance vis-à-vis datafication, drawing on examples from across the globe.
Stefania Milan
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The state of workplace union reps organisation in Britain today [PDF]

, 2010
This article provides a brief evaluation of the state of workplace union reps’ organization in Britain as we approach the second decade of the 2000s.
BERR, Charlwood A., Clegg H., Cliff T., Cohen S., Cohen S., Darlington R., Darlington R., Darlington R., Darlington R., Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Fairbrother P., Gall G., Gall G., Graham S., Graham S., Harman C., Kersley B., Kimber C., RMT, Smith M., Smith M., TUC, TUC, TUC, TUC, Unionlearn, Upchurch M., Waddington J., WERS   +29 more
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Beyond Earth: Resilience of Quasi‐2D Perovskite Solar Cells in Space

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
In the article (DOI: 10.1002/adma.202520433), Christoph Putz and co‐workers demonstrate rigid quasi‐2D perovskite solar cells operating in low Earth orbit, delivering stable power for more than 100 days under real‐space conditions. In‐orbit performance is correlated with extensive ground‐based thermal and proton‐irradiation studies on rigid and ...
Christoph Putz, Lukas E. Lehner, Stepan Demchyshyn, Bekele Hailegnaw, Phillip Jahelka, Magdalena Breitwieser, Sercan Özen, Andrea Denker, Jürgen Bundesmann, Alina Hanna Dittwald, Dilara Karabulut, Philipp Tockhorn, Steve Albrecht, Felix Lang, Markus C. Scharber, Michael D. Kelzenberg, Harry A. Atwater, Martin Kaltenbrunner   +17 more
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Understanding Digital Campaign Competence: Conceptualizing Data-Driven Political Advertising Literacy

Mass Communication and Society
Technological advancements create new ways of informing and persuading citizens in the political advertising context. Insights are limited regarding how citizens deal with data-driven political advertising (DDPA). This is problematic because the collection and combination of large amounts of data render them vulnerable to information and power ...
Minihold, Sophie, Lecheler, Sophie, Gibson, Rachel, de Vreese, Claes, Kruikemeier, Sanne   +4 more
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Recent Advances on Thermochromic Inks for Security Applications

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Thermochromic security inks have garnered interest in recent years as security elements for authentication, information encryption, and anti‐counterfeiting. This review outlines different types of thermochromic materials, how they have been developed as functional inks, and how advancements in property enhancement, sustainability, and printing ...
Duarte B. Oliveira, Andreia Araújo, Elvira Fortunato, Rodrigo Martins, Marta C. Corvo, Emanuel Carlos   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Distributed Bragg Reflector Based on Plasmonic Ag: Plasma Polymer Nanocomposites

Advanced Optical Materials, EarlyView.
This paper presents a comprehensive approach for the optical design and validation of silver nanocomposite‐based Distributed Bragg Reflectors (DBRs). It describes deriving material properties (n, k) and using them to predict the performance of the deposited optical stack, as well as to characterize imperfections in the DBR deposition, or even to ...
Zdeněk Krtouš, Pavel Pleskunov, Tereza Košutová, Milan Dopita, Ondřej Kylián, Bill Baloukas, Ludvík Martinu, Jaroslav Kousal   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Second thoughts on digital first: Exploring the development of election campaigning among Swedish political parties, 2010–2022

Nordicom Review
This article offers a longitudinal perspective on communications during election campaigns from a political-party perspective, where strategic considerations about digital media are compared across time.
Bolin Niklas, Grusell Marie, Nord Lars
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