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Does democracy promote equality? [PDF]

open access: yesDemocratization, 1998
The linkage between liberal democracy and income inequality has been the subject of considerable empirical research. However, the literature has largely ignored advances in the techniques for measuring income distribution which help to improve and strengthen the robustness of research findings in this field.
openaire   +2 more sources

From energy provision to protein synthesis: Tunnelling nanotubes as mediators of intercellular metabolic cooperation in cancer

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
The cytoskeleton‐mediated transport of mitochondria via tunnelling nanotubes restores respiration, increases ATP production, rescues cells from apoptosis, activates the AKT/mTOR signalling pathway, promotes cell migration and invasiveness, contributes to cancer progression and treatment resistance.
Stanislava Martínková, Jan Trnka
wiley   +1 more source

The EU's Promotion of External Democracy: In search of the plot. CEPS Policy Brief No. 281, 13 September 2012 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This policy brief illustrates that both the conceptualisation of democracy and the means to achieve it remain vague, and explains why this is problematic.
Orbie, Jan, Wetzel, Anne
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The US Power Projection in the Post-Soviet Space: Policies and Practices [PDF]

open access: yesThe Review of International Affairs
The article analyses the US policies in the post-Soviet space as an example of how a great power can stimulate specific political order in a region.
Alexey A. Davydov
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of terahertz irradiation on DNA damage repair in living cells

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
We investigated the effect of terahertz (THz) wave irradiation on DNA double‐strand break (DSB) repair in living cells. We found that THz irradiation enhanced DSB repair at specific frequencies, whereas heat treatment inhibited it, indicating that this effect is nonthermal and frequency‐specific.
Yuya Ueno   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Reform of European Union Development Policy: Improving Strategies for Conflict Prevention, Democracy Promotion & Governance Conditionality. CEPS Working Document No. 182, March 2002 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Improving external relations and the management of development aid is a key component of the current reform of the European Union (EU). In the course of the 1990s, the promotion of democracy, the strengthening of good governance and enhancing the rule of
Santiso, Carlo.
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Towards a theory of external democracy promotion [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
A few years ago, it was a common complaint that the international dimension of democratization and, in particular, the external promotion of democracy were largely neglected by scholars of comparative politics and international relations.
Wurm, Iris   +3 more
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Wsparcie demokracji i praw człowieka w polityce zagranicznej Francji

open access: yesPoliteja
SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN FRANCE’S FOREIGN POLICY The article attempts to analyze French foreign policy in the area of supporting democracy and human rights, addressing a number of key research questions.
Ewa Szczepankiewicz-Rudzka
doaj   +1 more source

Presidential Initiatives as a Tool to Manage U.S. Foreign Assistance Policies in the XXI Century: From George W. Bush Jr. to Joseph R. Biden

open access: yesВестник Московского Университета. Серия XXV: Международные отношения и мировая политика, 2022
Exploration of bibliography on the U.S. foreign policy reveals a striking and inexplicable lack of scholarly attention to such an interesting phenomenon, as presidential foreign aid initiatives.
V. I. Bartenev
doaj   +1 more source

Intelligent Tutoring Systems for Adult Learning in STEM Disciplines

open access: yesNew Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Intelligent tutoring systems (ITS) are reshaping adult learning in STEM by providing adaptive, data‐driven instruction across classrooms, workplaces, and informal environments. In the context of ITS, this article compares generative AI, which creates personalized explanations and practice materials, with explainable AI, which focuses on ...
Jill Zarestky, Amanda R. Lager Gleason
wiley   +1 more source

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