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Anti-politics and democratic innovation

, 2019
This chapter offers a critical analysis of current research on anti-politics and links to forms of democratic innovation. We find that ‘anti-politics’ remains a ‘contested’ concept, which to some extent reflects a lack of analytical depth and thinking ...
Jack Corbett, Matthew Flinders, Corbett, J, Flinders, M, Matthew Wood, Wood, M   +5 more
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Predicting Enzyme Turnover Numbers and Enabling Rational Enzyme Evolution

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
MCKcat, a deep learning framework combining multi‐scale convolution and cross‐attention, accurately predicts enzyme turnover number (kcat) by fusing sequence and reaction representations. It couples with rational design in a two‐step strategy for Bacillus aryabhattai laccase engineering, achieving a 75% positive rate with synergistically enhanced ...
Fengya Ge, Xiangyang Ma, Jiyan Li, Mengxiang Wang, Fuping Lu, Yihan Liu, Lin Wang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The ESG–Democracy Interface

Campos Neutrais
This paper examines the relationship between democratic quality and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)-related governance through a comparative legal-institutional approach.
Gabriel Vieira Terenzi, Fernando Alves
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Reviewing Southern Africa’s Status as a Developmental Region through Governance and Development

Cihan University-Erbil Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences
This case study discusses how the democratic governance principles and norms impact development in the SADC, and how institutional and structural reforms require greater participation by society to address the governance challenges encountered in this ...
Juliet E. Joseph
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Multi-stakeholder design of forest governance and accountability arrangements in Equator province, Democratic Republic of Congo [PDF]

, 2009
Good forest governance is an increasingly important topic for stakeholders in many different settings around the world. Two of the best-known international initiatives to improve forest governance are the regional Forest Law Enforcement and Governance ...
Klaver, D.C.
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Printing‐Assisted Integration of Thermal, Fluidic and Electrical Components in Implants for Focal Brain Cooling

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Extrusion‐based 3D printing of silicones and discrete electronic components are combined to create cortical implants for rodents that integrate thermal neuromodulation and electrical recording. Linked to an autonomous auxiliary driver unit, the system enables rapid, stable and localized hypothermia alongside ECoG recording.
Spencer Ryan Moore, Naomi King, Aruã Clayton Da Silva, Clare Howarth, Jason Berwick, Thomas E. Paterson, Ivan R. Minev   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The European Union: democratic legitimacy in a regional state?. CES Working Paper, no. 112, 2004 [PDF]

, 2004
Democratic legitimacy for the EU is problematic if it is seen as a future nation-state. If instead the EU were seen as a regional state—with shared sovereignty, variable boundaries, composite identity, compound governance, and a fragmented democracy in ...
Schmidt, Vivien A.
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Extension Economists: Valued in Mission, Penalized in Practice

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As the public engagement arm of the land‐grant mission, we argue that Extension faculty in US agricultural economics departments face an identity crossroads as they struggle for institutional support. Specifically, we argue that Extension economists function as boundary‐spanning professionals within academic structures that often devalue ...
Trey Malone, Craig W. Carpenter, Courtney Bir, Andrew J. Van Leuven, Rebecca Wasserman‐Olin, Wendong Zhang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is Youth's Engagement in Agribusiness an Opportunity or a Necessity? A Closer Look at the Situation in South Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the broad focus on necessity‐ and opportunity‐driven entrepreneurship in research and policy, the entrepreneurial dichotomy within the agribusiness context has not been adequately addressed. This study contributes to closing this knowledge gap by examining youth's perceptions of agribusiness through the lens of the push‐pull motivation
Cool Dady Mangole, Paul Martin Dontsop Nguezet, Shiferaw Feleke, Victor Manyong, Kamala Kaghoma Christian, Zoumana Bamba, Tahirou Abdoulaye   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Push button parliament–why India needs a non-partisan, recorded vote system

ACDI: Anuario Colombiano de Derecho Internacional, 2011
Decisions of national importance are made by Parliamentary voting. Yet Indian Members of Parliament (MPs) vote with a remarkable lack of freedom and accountability.
Shalaka Patil
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