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Design‐for‐Benchmarking in Soft Robotics: Navigating Component‐System Dichotomy

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Soft robotics faces a profound evaluation challenge: the Component‐System Dichotomy, where isolated component tests fail to predict integrated performance. This article presents a systematic survey of critical reporting gaps across actuation, sensing, and control.
Matteo Lo Preti, Muhammad Sunny Nazeer, Josh Pinskier, David Howard, Cecilia Laschi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pararchive and Island Stories: collaborative co-design and community digital heritage on the Isle of Bute

Internet Archaeology, 2017
This article draws on work undertaken during two recent research projects that focused on the practices and experiences of a group of heritage volunteers working on rural settlement archaeology on the Isle of Bute, Scotland.
Paul R.J. Duffy, Simon Popple
doaj   +1 more source

Learning in MOOCs: The [Un]democratisation of Learning [PDF]

, 2017
Massive open online courses have been signaled as a disruptive and democratizing force in online, distance education. This position paper critiques these claims, examining the tensions between viewing MOOCs as products and students as customers, and the ...
Hood, Nina, Littlejohn, Allison
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Innovative Artificial Intelligence‐Assisted Systems for Social Science Research: Architecture Design and Applied Practice

AI &Innovation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rapid advancement of large language model (LLM) technology is profoundly transforming the practice of social science research. Scholarly discussions on Artificial Intelligence (AI)'s role in social science research can be organised into three levels: AI as a research tool, AI as a methodological infrastructure and AI as a quasi‐cognitive ...
Jie Xiong
wiley   +1 more source

Redistributive land reforms, agricultural productivity, and structural change: New cross‐national evidence

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra, Abdulaziz B. Shifa, Lan Anh Tong, Mehmet A. Ulubasoglu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Between Autonomy and Independence. The Democratisation of the Armed Forces in Latin America in the Twenty-First Century

International Studies: Interdisciplinary Political and Cultural Journal, 2020
The aim of this article is to analyse the new forms of militarism as well as the position and the role of the armed forces in Latin American political systems in the twenty-first century.
Michał Stelmach
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Linkages between Political and Economic Reforms in Post-Communist Countries [PDF]

This paper analyses the interaction between the political and economic reforms undertaken in post-communist countries since the early 1990s. The empirical investigation uses panel data from 27 transition countries for the period 1991 to 2005 ...
Karsten Staehr
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Bullets over ballots: Islamist groups, the state and electoral violence in Egypt and Morocco [PDF]

, 2010
This article is concerned with state-sponsored electoral violence in liberalized autocracies. The first section of the paper identifies a number of variables that can help explain the decision calculus of authoritarian incumbents to deploy force against ...
Abaza Khairi, Amar Ali, Baaklini Abdo, Beau Nicolas, Ben-Layashi Samir, Burgat Francois, Cavatorta Francesco, Egyptian Association for Supporting Democratic Development, Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights, Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights, El-Mikawy Noha, Ezzat Dina, Francesco Cavatorta, Hamzawy Amr, Hamzawy Amr, Hendrik Kraetzschmar, Howaidy Amira, Human Rights Watch, Jordan B. J., Kohstall Florian, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Langohr Vicky, Laskier Michael M., Linantud John L., Ottaway Marina, Richter Donald, Rutherford Bruce K., Singerman Diane, Snyder Jack, Sullivan Denis, Thabet Hala G., United States Congressional Research Service, US State Department, US State Department, US State Department, White Gregory, Zartman William   +36 more
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Lung maneuvers of large amplitudes for probing physiological alterations in mouse models of asthma

Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
Lung maneuvers of small amplitudes, such as the ones performed in oscillometry, are the current gold standard to probe lung mechanics in animals, but they are insensitive to detect baseline physiological alterations in mouse models of asthma. Herein, lung maneuvers of different amplitudes were compared in two mouse models of asthma.
Magali Boucher, Cyndi Henry, Marie‐Josée Beaulieu, Andrés Rojas‐Ruiz, Ynuk Bossé   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Addressing Puzzles in Monetary Dynamics [PDF]

This paper discusses some of the puzzles associated with monetary dynamics and proposes possible explanations, primarily the democratisation of financial markets and sounder money.
Browne, Frank, Doran, David
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