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Ultrathin Hydrogel Membranes Inspired by Soap Films Enable Physiologically Relevant Breathing Lung Models

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
A soap‐film inspired strategy enables the fabrication of ultrathin yet robust GelMA‐PAAm membranes for breathing lung culture. The hydrogel membrane supports long‐term cyclic deformation under air‐liquid interface conditions, enabling physiologically relevant breathing motions of engineered lung tissue culture. ABSTRACT Breathing continuously stretches
Yunji Lee   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Citizen participation in climate politics. Drivers and barriers of Climate Assemblies in Europe. [PDF]

open access: yesOpen Res Eur
Griessler E   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Citizen satisfaction with public services in Peru: Regional gaps in citizen perceptions of public service provision. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS One
Rodriguez-Saavedra MO   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Determinants of Direct Democracy [PDF]

open access: possibleSSRN Electronic Journal, 2007
This paper investigates on the demographic, economic, political and cultural determinants of direct democracy in 87 countries using an index of direct democracy. The test is interesting since there are important variations across these countries in the referendum and initiative use. We apply a number of estimation techniques.
Nadia Fiorino, Roberto Ricciuti
openaire   +3 more sources

Does Satisfaction with Democracy Really Increase Happiness? Direct Democracy and Individual Satisfaction in Switzerland [PDF]

open access: yesPolitical Behavior, 2011
This paper takes the influential “direct democracy makes people happy”-research as a starting point and asks whether direct democracy impacts individual satisfaction.
Adrian Vatter   +1 more
exaly   +3 more sources

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